Discover the future of decentralized governance in this 2-year anniversary episode where game-changing ideas come to life! Watch as Dan unveils his revolutionary Gardens concept—a nature-inspired tokenomics system using seeds, sunlight, and mycelial networks, while Tadas introduces Synchronous Respect Trees - an innovative democratic voting game that transforms how communities choose topics together 🎂
Date: October 30th, 2025
Table of Contents
- Episode Highlights
- Timestamps
- Community Shared Resources
- Optimism Discourse
- Post on X
- Related Posts
- OTH 40: Fractal Appreciation Research & Anniversary Plans
- ETH 65: Respect Trees & Season 12 Proposal
- OTH 39: Superchain Collaborative Governance & Season 4 Launch
Episode Highlights
This anniversary special dives deep into grassroots developments that will reshape fractal governance 🎂
Learn about the Synchronous Respect Trees voting system where proposals branch into subtopics for nuanced community decision-making, Dan's comprehensive Gardens tokenomics model that synthesizes fungibility and sustainable funding through nature metaphors, and a new design from Tadas's respect credits as a near-term solution. Enjoy!
Timestamps
00:00 Welcome to Optimism Town Hall
00:10 Dan invites everyone to celebrate Optimism Fractal's 2-year anniversary, reflecting on launching October 20, 2023, and shares more about the broader journey of pioneering fractal democracy with the Eden community for over 4 years!
1:52 Tadas introduces the Synchronous Respect Trees voting game mechanics, explaining the contest structure where participants suggest subtopics for winning proposals that receive over 115 votes, with scoring weighted by topic popularity
2:12 Tadas and Dan have conversation on respect trees game
6:32 Tadas reveals his comprehensive design for a new Fractalgram app that would solve main usability problems with Abraham's current app, considering whether to build it from scratch or share the design ideas with the team
10:15 Dan and Tadas discuss topic proposals
12:56 Dan announces the consensus decision to award Mickey Level 6 respect (highest level) for his contributions and asks him to share his EVM address for token distribution
15:05 Dan and Tadas discuss plans to attend ETH Denver in February 2025, with both having checked dates recently and expressing mutual interest in attending together to showcase fractal governance tools
16:29 Tadas proposes building an easy-to-use respect game app over the winter break that any organization could use regardless of ORDAO deployment, targeting ETH Denver as the launch timeline for testing and promotion
21:21 Tadas plans to propose respect credits as a simpler near-term funding solution that could be ready before ETH Denver, mentioning it would need a nonprofit component to work properly. Dan responds to Tadas
22:46 Dan introduces his comprehensive "gardens" concept that synthesizes the fungibility/non-fungibility ideas, fractal coins proposal, and ecosystem development plan including nonprofit structure, though requiring significant technical development
25:16 Dan and Tadas discuss respect credits being short or long term
29:44 Dan explains the gardens metaphor in detail: people plant seeds that grow with sunlight (Respect given by community), water follows sunlight, and underground mycelial networks connect all plants and gardens
32:05 Tadas shares that the carbon cycle in nature is his holy grail for tokenomics design, explaining how photosynthesis and burning represent the full cycle of value creation and consumption
36:08 Tadas recommends focusing on simple solutions to practical problems rather than complex theoretical models, sharing that his carbon cycle research path was largely unsuccessful
37:00 Dan and Tadas continue conversation of their concepts and ideas.
42:49 Dan announces the final Optimism Fractal event before break on November 13th at 17 UTC, with a possible Optimism Town Hall event to be determined
44:32 Dan shares that Season 7 returns January 22nd, 2025, with Eden Town Hall and Eden Fractal events continuing November 5th at 16 and 17 UTC respectively
45:30 Go Optimism Fractal & Happy Anniversary!
Community Shared Resources
1. Join the Synchronous Respect Trees channel in Telegram 2. Learn more about the Synchronous Respect Trees page 3. Season 4 Forum Thread
Optimism Discourse
Post on X
Related Posts
OTH 40: Fractal Appreciation Research & Anniversary Plans
Learn about Eric’s exciting doctoral research study on measuring the impact of peer appreciation and fractal governance on nonprofit volunteer motivation. We also discuss Optimism Fractal's upcoming 2-year anniversary celebration on October 30th, featuring reflections on our journey building fractal coordination systems 📚
ETH 65: Respect Trees & Season 12 Proposal
A group of heroes successfully approve a proposal for Eden Fractal Season 12 beginning January 15th, 2026, introduce the new Synchronous Respect Trees game for prioritizing community topics, and explore health and wellness in the fractal ecosystem 🌳
OTH 39: Superchain Collaborative Governance & Season 4 Launch
Welcome to Season 4 of Optimism Town Hall! After a 6-week break, we're back with exciting updates on collaborative governance across the Superchain. Join Dan Singjoy and community members as we discuss new proposals for Optimism Fractal participant agreements, explore minimum vote thresholds for Town Hall meetings, and dive into business development opportunities across emerging Superchain networks 🌈🏛️