Optimism Fractal Original Intent Document

Note: This intent was created in October 2023 and was updated by the Optimystics in January 2024, via the legacy consensus process before the end of Optimism Fractal’s bootstrap phase. You can see the current intent at OptimismFractal.com/details. You can learn more about the changes from the original intent to the current intent by watch and exploring the show notes for our 12th, 13th, and 14th episodes.

The original intent is archived below for reference.

Welcome

Below you can find our community intent, game rules, and other important details about Optimism Fractal 🌞

Table of Contents

• Welcome
• Key Links
• Optimism Fractal Intent
• 1. Community Meetings
• 2. Respect Game
• 3. Validity of break-out group result
• 4. Respect
• 5. Respect Distribution
• 6. Consensus process
• 7. Bootstrap stage

Optimism Fractal is a community dedicated to fostering collaboration and awarding public good creators on Optimism.

Key Links

• You can find a tutorial and more details about the Respect Game in this article.

• We play the Respect Game with an intuitive app called Fractalgram, which you can learn about in this blog post and article.

• After you reach consensus during your respect game, submit ranks to the OP Mainnet with this webapp.

Optimism Fractal Intent

1. Community Meetings

1.1. Consensus meetings happen every week;

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;

3.2.2. At least 1 council member calls submitCons signaling this result (they don’t have to be participant 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 OP fractal) has on a particular account;

4.2. Respect is not a property that can be owned by anything (or anyone) other than OP fractal as a whole. No member of OP fractal owns any part of Respect distribution.

5. Respect Distribution

5.1. Every consensus 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. Top 6 Respect earners over the last 12 meetings constitute a "council" (except during a Bootstrap stage);

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

6.3. Besides signaling consensus opinion of OP fractal, proposals can make changes to rules that govern OP fractal (i.e.: rules expressed here), blacklist break-out group results (see 3.2.3) or any accounts and make changes to the current Respect distribution (burn existing or mint additional Respect);

7. Bootstrap stage