In this unique season finale, Dan experiments with a new way to recognize community contributors at Optimism Fractal, and shares reflections on two years of fostering collaboration and optimizing governance on the Superchain. From honoring builders like Tadas, Vlad, Zaal, and Swarthy Hatter, to reflecting on Optimism’s current focus, this episode celebrates the community's journey and looks ahead to an exciting year ahead—along with some special personal news ❤️‍🔥

Date: Nov 13th, 2025

Table of Contents

• Timestamps
• Episode Summary
• Shared Resources
• Update: Announcing Optimism Fractal’s Hiatus
• Optimism Forum Posts
• Pre-event
• Post-event
• X
• Related Posts
• OF 71: Optimism Fractal 2 Year Anniversary
• OF 70: Platform for Innovation
• OF 69: Ethereum Journey

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome to Optimism Fractal!

0:36 Dan welcomes everyone to the Season 6 finale and 72nd event of Optimism Fractal, marking the last community gathering before winter break

1:11 Celebrating two years of the Respect Game as the cornerstone of the community and thanking everyone who contributed along this journey

2:16 Explaining how Optimism Fractal fosters collaboration, awards public goods creators, and optimizes governance on the Superchain

2:45 Overview of the Respect Game as an innovative onchain social game pioneering new forms of community coordination

3:23 Discussing the Optimystics toolkit, an open-source suite of tools for community coordination and decentralized governance

4:23 Eden Fractal's role as a "fractal parent" supporting Optimism Fractal's growth across the Superchain

7:10 Community news about the ORDAO application at optimism.frapps.xyz for distributing respect onchain after each event

8:03 Dan announces Season 7 begins January 22nd, 2026 after an extended winter break for rest and planning

9:14 Update on Eden Fractal's final Season 11 event on November 20th and its return on January 15th, 2026

9:54 Explaining Respect Game mechanics including breakout groups of 3-6 people, 4-minute presentations, and Fibonacci-based distribution

11:26 Setting up an experimental solo Respect Game to recognize community contributors who couldn't attend

15:47 Dan shares contributions including hosting Eden Fractal events, facilitating the Respect Trees game, meeting Base Creators founders Toncho and Ryan, discussing the Gardens protocol, and organizing the video database

19:06 Helping Swarthy Hatter with questions about implementing Fractal Nouns and bringing the Respect Game to new communities

20:32 Work on Gardens as a regenerative liquidity system directing onchain resources towards public goods creators

21:09 Explaining the approach to ranking six community members who contributed significantly to Optimism Fractal's mission

26:06 Dan announces his marriage to Rosmari, co-founder of Optimism Fractal, sharing how they met at Eden Fractal's 35th event nearly three years ago

27:54 Dan shares why he ranked himself for hosting events full-time and making significant impact on Superchain development

28:36 Tadas recognized for building ORDAO software, facilitating the Respect Trees game, and sharing articles on fractal tokenomics

30:13 Vlad honored as Optimystics co-founder for building RespectGame.app and demonstrating it at Eden Town Hall

30:48 Zaal acknowledged for promoting events, building Zao Fractal, and sharing valuable ideas in community chats

31:18 Swarthy Hatter (Timothy) recognized for launching Fractal Nouns, introducing Base Creators founders, and implementing Respect Game elsewhere

34:15 Introducing Optimism Town Hall as a collaborative forum for Ethereum and Superchain governance discussions

35:19 Reflecting on his "Recognizing Impact" article published exactly one year ago about context for retrofunding reviewers

45:28 Looking ahead to Season 7 with optimism about scaling the community and building a playful protopia

47:16 Encouraging viewers to join upcoming events, share feedback in Discord, and connect via Eden Fractal Telegram

48:08 Closing with gratitude for the two-year journey and excitement for Optimism Fractal Season 7

Episode Summary

In this Season 6 finale of Optimism Fractal, Dan finds himself as the sole participant at the 72nd event, creating an unexpected opportunity to experiment with a new format for the Respect Game. Rather than canceling the episode, he uses the time to reflect on two incredible years of building the Optimism Fractal community and to recognize contributors who have been actively working behind the scenes. Dan shares his own recent contributions, including hosting Eden Fractal events, facilitating the new Respect Trees game, meeting with Base Creators founders Toncho and Ryan, and developing the Gardens protocol concept for public goods funding.

Enjoy an episode featuring a unique solo Respect Game where Dan proposes rankings for six community members who have significantly contributed to Optimism Fractal's mission. He announces his engagement to Rosmari, co-founder of Optimism Fractal and Optimystics, sharing the heartfelt story of how they met at Eden Fractal's 35th event nearly three years ago. Dan also recognizes Tadas for his ORDAO software development and fractal tokenomics articles, Vlad for building RespectGame.app, Zaal for his promotional efforts and Zao Fractal work, and Swarthy Hatter (Timothy) for launching Fractal Nouns and bringing the Respect Game to new communities.

Dan reflects on his "Recognizing Impact" article published exactly one year prior and discusses the evolution of the Optimism Collective's funding mechanisms and governance. He shares his hopes for greater recognition of Optimism Fractal's contributions to the Superchain ecosystem and looks ahead to Season 7, which will begin on January 22nd, 2025 after an extended winter break. The episode closes with an invitation for viewers to get involved, contribute to the community, and join the journey of building a playful protopia together.

Shared Resources

• OptimismFractal.com/details – Formal intents and details about Optimism Fractal
• OptimismFractal.com/council – Information about the Optimism Fractal Council
• optimism.frapps.xyz – ORDAO application for onchain respect distribution
• Optimystics.io – Optimystics team website
• Optimystics.io/ordao – Documentation and GitHub repository for ORDAO
• lu.ma/edencreators – RSVP page for upcoming Eden Fractal events
• t.me/edenfractal – Eden Fractal Telegram chat
• mirror.optimism.xyz – Optimism Collective blog
• optimism.io/collective – Optimism Collective governance documentation
• RespectGame.app – Vlad's new Respect Game application

Update: Announcing Optimism Fractal’s Hiatus

As you may remember, we had planned to return for Optimism Fractal Season 7 on January 22nd. However, after careful deliberation over the past couple of months, Tadas and I have decided that it makes more sense to pause Optimism Fractal and consolidate our resources in Eden Fractal. Since this last event of the season, the Optimism Fractal community has approved a proposal to go on to an indefinite hiatus, using Optimism Fractal's existing consensus processes to indefinitely pause events. The main goal is to consolidate our focus on the fractal ecosystem with Eden Fractal — supporting the mission to implement fractal decision-making processes throughout society and better serving the growing ecosystem of fractal communities.

As Dan wrote in the proposal, we are deeply grateful for everyone who participated and contributed to Optimism Fractal over the past two years. It's been truly special, and we've achieved a great deal together. I'm also really excited about this consolidated focus on Eden Fractal, where there's been a lot of momentum lately. In the new year, we have plans to make significant strides toward help all communities and organizations optimize collective decision-making, and I believe this focus will help us get there.

You can learn more about the rationale and what this means for the fractal ecosystem in the approved proposal (linked above). The proposal also includes a link to the Eden Town Hall 67 video where we discussed this decision in full. Stay tuned for additional updates in the coming weeks. In coordination with this decision, the Optimystics events calendar has been rebranded to the Eden Creators events calendar, reflecting this shift in focus toward the Eden community.

You’re also welcome to read details this forum post made in the Optimism Governance Forum, as well as join the conversation through this Eden Fractal’s Telegram post.

Optimism Forum Posts

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