What happens when Day One heroes gather to shape the future of the Superchain? In this pre-break session, witness builders share exciting contributions - from documenting fractal governance and creating content databases, to expanding Hats Protocol cross-chain and bringing the Respect Game to Nouns DAO Africa. These pioneers demonstrate decentralized coordination through research interviews, repository development, legal frameworks, and tools bridging art, music, and governance on the Superchain 🌱
Date: July 24th, 2025
Table of Contents
- Timestamps
- Episode Summary
- Community Shared Resources
- Optimism Discourse
- X
- Related Posts
- OF 65: Onchain Builders
- OF 64: Cross-chain Collaboration
- OF 63: Gamified Governance
Timestamps
00:00 Episode Highlights
1:07 Dan welcomes everyone to the 66th Optimism Fractal event
1:24 Dan presents about Optimism Fractal as day one heroes building on the Superchain, in relation to the Day One initiative by Base
2:00 Dan explains Optimism Fractal's mission fostering collaboration and awarding public goods creators
2:15 Dan introduces the Respect Game for ranking contributions and earning respect tokens
3:50 Dan discusses pioneering fractal democracy and governance experiments
4:46 Dan announces next event will be September 4th after summer break
5:50 Dan explains the two-event mid-season summer break proposal was approved
7:08 Dan initiates the Respect Game and explains the rules
8:28 Rosmari shares contributions including promoting events, creating content creator database, organizing resources in Notion, and editing videos
14:10 Harvesto presents his research on consensus mechanisms for fractal organizations and interviews with Zaal and Will
19:34 Tadas demonstrates the Frapps repository for documenting fractal processes and mechanisms
26:26 Zaal discusses building Hats Protocol trees, working with Nouns DAO Africa, beta testing Me3 wallet, and posting podcasts
31:01 Dan shares hosting events, writing the summer break proposal, researching legal frameworks, and supporting community members
44:47 Group begins ranking contributions
54:42 Final results: Level 6 - Harvesto, Level 5 - Zaal, Level 4 - Tadas, Level 3 - Dan, Level 2 - Rosmari
55:13 Dan reminds everyone about Eden Fractal meeting July 31st before the break
58:06 Tadas notices voting notification issues and suggests Discord improvements
1:00:52 Zaal recommends creating dedicated proposals channel for better governance
1:05:48 Dan introduces Lighthouse app for snapshot proposal notifications
1:11:05 Harvesto explains suggestion for attendance cutoff times to improve participation
1:21:05 Zaal discusses potential for spectator mode and clearer participation guidelines
1:24:24 Harvesto emphasizes need for increased marketing and engagement after summer break
1:28:01 Zaal offers collaboration with Sam/Candy for promotional support
1:32:19 Dan announces return date September 4th and counts down to close event
Episode Summary
Welcome to Optimism Fractal 66, where Day One heroes gathered for one final collaboration before the mid-season summer break to showcase their groundbreaking contributions to the Superchain ecosystem!
This week's session featured Harvesto presenting his comprehensive research on consensus mechanisms for fractal organizations, having conducted in-depth interviews with Zaal from ZAO Fractal and Will from the broader ecosystem. His research revealed fascinating insights about ZAO Fractal's active governance mechanism and their successful collaborations with other organizations, building a valuable case study documenting what works across 24 different fractal communities. Rosmari demonstrated her multifaceted contributions by showcasing her content creator database featuring over 100 onchain creators, organizing resources in Notion for future projects, and maintaining community momentum through event promotion across X, Farcaster, Telegram and Discord while editing videos from previous Optimism and Eden Fractal events.
Tadas unveiled the Frapps repository, a groundbreaking resource he's been developing to document all processes and mechanisms that fractals have used throughout their history, creating a comprehensive directory for fractal applications, different fractals, and generalized concepts like the tripartite governance model that can be applied across communities. Zaal shared his expansion into cross-chain infrastructure by building Hats Protocol trees for ZAO Fractal on OP mainnet, implementing permissionless onchain artist agreements that eliminated the need for traditional email contracts, and his exciting engagement with Nouns DAO Africa where he introduced fractal concepts to their already-organized community. Dan rounded out the presentations by detailing his work on the two-event mid-season break proposal (unanimously approved by council), his research into legal and compliance frameworks for privacy-preserving fund distribution using ZK proofs, and his collaborative development of the fractal ecosystem business plan with Tadas.
The group successfully reached consensus through the Respect Game, and the session concluded with important governance improvements including the creation of a dedicated proposals channel in Discord and recommendations for clearer attendance guidelines to support growth beyond single breakout rooms. The community will take a refreshing break during August, with Eden Fractal meeting one final time on July 31st, before Optimism Fractal returns stronger on September 4th to continue pioneering decentralized coordination on the Superchain.
Community Shared Resources
- From Zaal: platform for the music NFTs: https://emthree.xyz/
- From Tadas: Concepts repo: https://github.com/sim31/frapps/tree/v1.2
- Zaal and Harvesto’s interview coming soon!
- ORDAO Fractal App Demo video and article
Optimism Discourse
X
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OF 65: Onchain Builders
What happens when Superchain builders gather for fun times and collaborative innovation at Optimism Fractal? This beachside-vibes session brings together community members who are transforming how we coordinate and build together - from exploring gamified onboarding experiences and mining apps, to evolving Respect Games into exciting arena-style events, deprecating ORDAO services for seamless upgrades, creating engaging visual content and thumbnails, while bridging fractal communities 🏖️
OF 64: Cross-chain Collaboration
What happens when public goods creators unite to revolutionize coordination on the Superchain? This dynamic session showcases grassroots governance innovations - from ORDAO's cross-chain expansion to Base and the Superchain Interop Incubator pitch, to revolutionary tools like the asynchronous Discord bot for Respect Games and celebrating Eden Fractal's 3-year anniversary milestone 🌱
OF 63: Gamified Governance
What happens when builders compete collaboratively to grow the Superchain? Welcome to Optimism Fractal - where contributions become consensus and builders earn onchain reputation through the innovative Respect Game built on Ethereum 🌍💻