Optimism Fractal Intent (June 2024 - November 2024)

Core Intents

Optimism Fractal is a community dedicated to fostering collaboration, awarding public good creators, and optimizing governance on the Optimism Superchain.

Specifications

1. Respect Game meetings

1.1. Respect Game meetings happen weekly;

1.2. At the start of the meeting participants are randomly distributed into break-out groups of 3 to 6 people. Each break-out group plays Respect game, which lasts for 45 minutes;

2. Respect Game

2.1. Each participant of the group is given up to 4 minutes to present their contributions. Their presentation should answer the following question: "What did I do this week to help Optimism?"

2.2. After everyone has had time to present, the group tries to reach consensus on rankings of contributions;

2.2.1. The participant who has contributed the most gets Level 6, the second biggest contributor gets level 5 and so on;

2.3. Once the group reaches consensus, participants of the group signal it onchain by calling submitCons function of the smart contract;

3. Validity of break-out group result

3.1. Break-out group result consists of rankings produced by the Respect Game and a group number;

3.2. A break-out group result is said to be valid if all of the following requirements hold

3.2.1. At least 2/3rds of the break-out group participants submit this result onchain by calling submitCons contract function within 2 hours of Respect game start. If a participant submits two conflicting results within this 2-hour window, only the newer one is taken into account;

3.2.1. At least 1 council member calls submitCons signaling this result (they don’t have to be participants of a break-out group);

3.2.3. A break-out group result is not blacklisted by the council (by passing a proposal to do it - see item 6);

4. Respect

4.1. Respect is a non-transferable token representing respect (an opinion) that a community (in this case Optimism Fractal) has on a particular account;

4.2. Respect is not a property that can by owned by anyone (or anything) and no participating party owns Respect”

5. Respect Distribution

5.1. Every Respect Game meeting shall eventually result in minting of Respect to participants of valid break-out groups;

5.2. Level 6 of a valid break-out group receives 55 Respect;

5.3. Level 5 of a valid break-out group receives 34 Respect;

5.4. Level 4 of a valid break-out group receives 21 Respect;

5.5. Level 3 of a valid break-out group receives 13 Respect;

5.6. Level 2 of a valid break-out group receives 8 Respect;

5.7. Level 1 of a valid break-out group receives 5 Respect;

6. Consensus process

6.1. Every week, during Respect Game meeting, a poll is created for participants to register to take part in the consensus process of Optimism Fractal next week. This is “registration poll”. Participants can register throughout the whole week;

6.3. A proposal is said to be passed by Optimism Fractal if at least 2/3rds of council members signal approval for it;

6.5. Optimism Fractal does not have any control or any other kind of power over any participating parties;

7. Bootstrap stage