TL;DR:

Automata joins the Superchain
Integrate OP Succint on Conduit
Vote: Mission Requests Cycle 28
Collective Feedback Commission Pilot Retrospective
Super Contributor Cohort 0
Research: Concentration of Power
Applications Open for Retro Funding 6
Cycle 28 Grants Preliminary Roundup

🌐 Ecosystem News

Automata joins the Superchain

Automata Network is building a machine attestation layer that extends machine trust to Ethereum with TEE Coprocessors. Automata Network will launch Automata, an OP Stack chain, using its native token ATA as a custom gas token, along with the OP Stack implementation of Alt-DA using EigenDA for data availability.

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Integrate OP Succint on Conduit

OP Stack chains on Conduit can now implement OP Succint, bringing fast finality, type-1 EVM equivalence and lower fees to their chain. After deployment, Conduit can convert chains to integrate OP Succint and seamlessly switch validation to ZK proofs.

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📰 Governance News

Vote: Mission Requests Cycle 28

During this voting cycle, only one mission request was approved by the Grants Council: Increasing the Prevalence of Non-USD/EURO Stablecoins. This mission focuses on growing the liquidity of stablecoins that are not pegged to the dollar or euro on OP Mainnet. Voting ends on October 9th.

Learn about rolling mission requests

Collective Feedback Commission Pilot Retrospective

During the last 6 months, the Collective Feedback Commission was consulted by the Foundation in the design process of Season 6 and round designs. This retrospective shares learnings initial thoughts on the next Iiteration.

Super Contributor Cohort 0

Become an elite contributor! The six-week co-learning track equips new and existing Optimism Collective members with the knowledge and skills needed to become a high context contributor. This program is organized by Superchain Ecosystem and supported by a Season 6 Mission Request.

Dates: October 9th - November 21st

Sign up

Research: Concentration of Power

Results of the Foundation Mission looking into the Concentration of Power in the Collective were published. The research report presents the Concentration of Power Index (CPI), an adaptation of Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI), to measure its decentralization.

Read the report

🗳 Voting Reminders

Token House delegates can vote until October 9th:

Rolling Mission Requests: Voting Cycle 28

💵 Grant News

Applications Open for Retro Funding 6

Retro Funding 6 will reward contributions to Optimism Governance, including governance infrastructure & tooling, governance analytics, and governance leadership. Citizens will vote to decide the final size of the round, which will range between 1.1M and 3.5M OP.

This round rewards contributions made between October 2023 and September 18, 2024. Apply on retrofunding.optimism.io

Application Deadline: October 14th.

Round details

Cycle 28 Grants Preliminary Roundup

The prelimenary report for Cycle 28 grants has been published. 41 applications will move forward to the final review, which will be announced next thursday.
Missions continue to receive applications on a rolling basis.

Read the roundup

Upcoming Calls

Grants Council Office Hours [Monday, October 7th]
Joint House Community Call [Tuesday, October 8th]
DAB Feedback, Ideation, and Conversation [Tuesday, October 8th]

You can add Optimism governance calls to your calendar here.

🔴✨ Optimism Collective Resources

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OP Bulletin: Automata joins the Superchain & Retro 6 begins! | Oct. 3rd