This week brings a shorter bulletin. Let's dive in:

TL;DR

Derive expands to the Superchain
Apply to The Sunnys: Last Days
Security Council Election: Results
Upgrade #10 Scheduled for Next Week
Retro Funding 5: Last Day
Foundation Mission Request: Growth Grant Analysis
Apply for a Mission Request

🌐 Ecosystem News

Derive expands to the Superchain

Derive (prev. Lyra) is partnering with Optimism to bring scalable and decentralized trading to the Superchain.

Apply to The Sunnys: Last Days

The SUNNYs is a decentralized awards ceremony to recognize artists and builders across the Superchain. The awards will distribute 540K OP in 20+ prizes.

Teams will sign up with Farcaster on The Sunny’s webpage, build their profile and will be ranked based on their on-chain data leveraging Open Source Observer’s framework. Register before September 9th.

Learn more at www.thesunnyawards.fun

📰 Governance News & discussions

Security Council Election: Results

Elections to the Security Council finished last week. The 7 candidates that will join re-elected Council Lead Alisha.eth are: ethernaut, nenexcool, emiliano, pablito.eth, Agora, The Uniswap Foundation, and yoseph. The new Security Council will begin their term in February.

Check out the results and winning candidates here.

Upgrade #10 Scheduled for Next Week

The Granite Network Upgrade received no vetos in the Citizens House. Upgrade #10 is now scheduled for execution for September 11th. Read the Upgrade's impact summary and action plan in the full proposal.

🗳 Voting Reminders

No voting at the moment.

💵 Grant News

Retro Funding 5: Last Day

Applications for round 5 close tomorrow after a 24-hour extension. Are you a contributor to the OP Stack? Create your profile on retrofunding.optimism.io and sign up with Farcaster to apply. Learn more

Retro Funding round 6 is coming up this month and will be focused on contributions in governance. More details soon!

Foundation Mission Request: Growth Grant Analysis

This mission is seeking to fund a detailed, metrics-driven assessment of all growth grants issued in Season 6. This analysis should bring a better understanding, answering specific questions and delivering a dashboard.

Baseline grant amount: 10,000 OP
Apply by: September 23rd
Learn more

Apply for a Mission Request

Delegate Mission Requests are a great way to develop a project that is aligned with Optimism’s current needs. Find an approved mission on the Mission Request List. Apply by: November 6th

Missions v2.5 | Calendar S6 | Application guide | Application walkthrough

Upcoming Calls

Grants Council Office Hours [Monday, September 9th]
Joint House Community Call [Tuesday, September 10th]

You can add Optimism governance calls to your calendar here.

🔴✨ Optimism Collective Resources

🫡 Stay Connected, Stay Informed

Every week we summarize news, discussions and proposals to provide you with the tools to bring informed contributions to the Collective.

See you next week!

OP Bulletin: Security Election Results | Sep. 5th