How is Optimism Fractal transforming governance at Ethereum’s gaming layer? This episode showcases how builders are implementing scalable infrastructure for consensus-based coordination by playing the Respect Game, while demonstrating what their building across the Superchain and beyond 🦄
Date: Feb 6th, 2025
Table of Contents
- Timestamps
- Episode Summary
- Community Shared Resources
- Feedback
- José Cabrera
- JX
- EZ
- Optimism Discourse
- X
- Related Posts
- OF 55: Coordinating Legitimacy
- OF 54: Ethereum Gardeners
- OF 53: Builder Showcase
Timestamps
00:00 Welcome to Optimism Fractal
00:15 Dan shares presentation on gaming layer and gives brief overview of Optimism fractal. Dan gives shouts to community members. Dan gives quick update on upcoming Optimism town hall.
8:36 Dan prepares for Respect game, quickly explains how it works.
9:41 Respect game begins.
11:22 Tadas shares his contribution, working on fractal depository. Gives short intro on his Main contribution ORDAO software which is an app including smart contracts. Tadas gives details on separate depository and multiple dao use. Shares screen on how it works. Tadas also organized new ORDAO meeting for sharing ideas. Completed Respect distribution.
18:08 Abraham thanks Tadas and shares his contributions. He did building session with 14 users, went really well. Notified the optimism community of an onchain scam, voted as a delegate on a proposal for superchain registry 2.0. Updated the Fractalgram Vercel app, gives details.
20:54 Jose shares that he’s taking time to digest what’s happening in the Respect Game. He really likes the interaction of having the ‘work in progress’ together
21:46 Jose introduces himself and screen shares his work as a musician entering the blockchain. He's blockchain agnostic, like to connect all over. Shares his digital music concert project page and explains how it works going into detail.
28:00 Dan and Jose have quick conversation on his project.
30:00 Dan shares screen with his contributions. Coordinates multiple events, technical development, fundraising, etc. Hosted events , provided overview of mission grant. Updated Hats tree article, added topics to OP topics. Participated ORDAO office hours. Met with Josh on deploying a new fractal.
35:56 Respect Game voting process (reaching consensus)
41:26 Abraham responds to Dans question on further details on respect building session he did, gives details on how it went. Tadas asks about deploying his project.
Consensus - level 6 - Dan, level 5 - Tadas, level 4 - Abraham, level 3 - Jose
53:50 return to community room
54:03 Will shared side events for ETH Denver in discord, gives additional event details.
55:27 Dan thanks Will, looking forward to meeting at ETH Denver. Dan asks Jose for thoughts on respect game
57:20 Jose shares he's really happy with the Respect Game. Jose plays a quick song for everyone!
59:17 claps for Jose, Dan requests Jose to share links in discord
1:00:15 Jose mentions that Optimism has a whole impact ecosystem. Impact concert is not just a project of Giveth but a cosmic project used to weave into the public goods on web3 social impact ecosystem so we can get to know each other! He’s proposing that Optimism does a retroactive public goods concert!
1:03:43 JX introduces himself, he's a musician, first time at Optimism fractal. He shares that his first time at Optimism Fractal feels so welcoming, it’s amazing! He’s networking and learning what all of this is all about! He shares link to his song on Optimism
1:04:09 Dan thanks JX, shout to Zao fractal for bringing musicians to Fractal, starts closing out Optimism Fractal, shares screen for impact concert and links. Go Optimism Fractal!
Episode Summary
The 56th episode of Optimism Fractal showcased the transformative potential of infinite games, such as the Respect Game, in ecosystem governance, demonstrating how playful consensus mechanisms can coordinate diverse communities effectively. Technical developments centered on making governance gaming infrastructure more accessible and scalable, with significant progress on ORDAO's architecture for supporting multiple fractal communities and improvements to Fractalgram's user experience.
A pivotal demonstration of governance gaming's practical application came through the successful implementation of the Respect Game at BuildIM, where a team of 14 developers engaged in consensus-based coordination. This enterprise implementation reveals how gaming mechanisms can enhance professional coordination while maintaining democratic principles, with plans to integrate reward systems that further align individual and collective interests. Huge respect for Abraham for helping to facilitate this!
The episode culminated in an exciting demonstration of how infinite games transcend technical boundaries, featuring musicians from Venezuela and Nigeria who shared their experiences using these coordination systems for artistic impact. José Cabrera, who’s participating in Giveth’s Loving on Public Goods round even did a live performance that impressed us all! This convergence of technical infrastructure and artistic expression exemplifies the opportunities of infinite games to foster collaboration across the Superchain ecosystem. Join us in an upcoming event to experience infinite games for yourself 😃
Community Shared Resources
- José Cabrera : https://lu.ma/zyl9obwz (musical concert
- Giveth projects:
From José Cabrera : https://giveth.io/project/digital-street-musician-doing-free-live-concerts From José Cabrera : https://giveth.io/project/huottoja-university-of-ancestral-knowledge
- From José Cabrera : one of the projects we're highlighting is a nigerian human trafficking documentary: https://giveth.io/project/documentary-about-nigerian-human-trafficking
- Abraham Becker : https://respect-game.vercel.app/
- From JX : https://www.sound.xyz/jedxo/lost
Feedback
José Cabrera
57:20 Jose shares he's really happy with the Respect Game. Jose plays a quick song for everyone!
1:00:15 Jose mentions that Optimism has a whole impact ecosystem. Impact concert is not just a project of Giveth but a cosmic project used to weave into the public goods on web3 social impact ecosystem so we can get to know each other! He’s proposing that Optimism does a retroactive public goods concert!
JX
1:03:43 JX introduces himself, he's a musician, first time at Optimism fractal. He shares that his first time at Optimism Fractal feels so welcoming, it’s amazing! He’s networking and learning what all of this is all about! He shares link to his song on Optimism
EZ
Coming soon!
Optimism Discourse
X
Related Posts
OF 55: Coordinating Legitimacy
How are communities pioneering democratic coordination on Optimism? Experience governance innovation in action as builders showcase developments and rank contributions across the ecosystem - from enhanced user interfaces and deployment strategies to novel funding mechanisms and coordination frameworks 🤲🏼
OF 54: Ethereum Gardeners
What role does peer-reviewed reputation play in nurturing decentralized communities on Ethereum? In this joyful episode, builders cultivate coordination infrastructure through the Respect Game, planting seeds of innovation across the Ethereum ecosystem via infinite games 🌱🪷🎮
OF 53: Builder Showcase
How are builders revolutionizing the Superchain as 2024 concludes? Builders showcase their winning innovations including new DeFi platforms leveraging Superchain interoperability, enhanced ORDAO governance infrastructure with improved wallet support, Respect Game promo at Octant, and trailblazing strategic community coordination initiatives ❄️⛷️🏆