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.
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