What is Eden Fractal?
Eden Fractal is a community dedicated to optimizing collective decision-making with fractal consensus processes and prosocial games. Since May 2022, we've pioneered ways for communities to make decisions that are fast, fair, and fun, helping organizations implement better coordination systems across various ecosystems.
Our bi-weekly events bring together governance leaders, builders, and innovators to develop better coordination systems. Through interactive workshops and educational deep dives, we explore everything from theoretical frameworks to practical implementation strategies for scaling governance and improving coordination throughout society.
Drawing from groundbreaking work in democratic theory and practical experimentation, we're building governance tools that help communities scale effectively, resist capture, and aggregate wisdom from all participants - while making coordination fun and rewarding. Over the past year, we've particularly focused on supporting governance innovation on Ethereum and the Optimism Superchain.
Whether you're a community leader, governance enthusiast, or someone interested in better decision-making processes, join our events and watch our videos to learn how fractal processes can help your community thrive.
Our Vision
We believe all communities and organizations should have the tools and methods for the best decision-making possible. Fair, fast, and fun!
More details about our vision can be found here.
Our Mission
We're implementing fractal decision-making processes throughout society via collaborative research, development, education, gamification, and community engagement.
More details about our mission can be found here.
What We Do
We host bi-weekly educational events where anyone can join to:
- Learn about state-of-the-art governance processes
- Network with talented builders and community leaders
- Help create better decision-making systems for all
- Pioneer the future of collaboration and coordination
Our events feature in-depth discussions and workshops exploring governance frameworks, with a particular focus on implementation within the Ethereum and Optimism Superchain ecosystems.
Since May 2022, we've hosted over 110 events, fostering collaboration among governance leaders, builders, and community members across various ecosystems. You’re welcome to join our events and watch our videos to learn more!
Who We Are
Eden Fractal is an independent educational community dedicated to optimizing collective decision-making with fractal consensus processes and prosocial games. We have developed a distinctive event series and format, tailored to foster learning and collaboration in the realm of governance innovation.
We have cultivated a diverse participant base of governance innovators, bringing together thought leaders and practitioners from various backgrounds to explore and advance collective decision-making processes. Our events are hosted by Dan Singjoy, presented by Optimystics, and produced as educational videos by Eden Creators.
Governance Processes We Pioneer
Eden Fractal facilitates educational deep dives into two innovative governance frameworks:
Fractal Decision-Making Processes
Fractal Democracy enables scalable decision-making by organizing groups into nested consensus teams, similar to how nature creates complex systems from simple patterns. This approach maintains democratic effectiveness at any size through peer evaluation and reputation systems, ensuring both fairness and efficiency as communities grow. Learn more about Fractal Decision-Making Processes here.
Prosocial Governance Games
We transform traditional governance into engaging experiences through gamified processes that make coordination fun and rewarding. Our reputation-based systems align incentives for collaboration while keeping participants motivated through interactive mechanics. Learn more about Prosocial Governance Games here.
Creating Better Futures Together
Just as nature uses fractal patterns to build resilient systems, governance must be fractal to remain truly democratic at scale. Without fractal structures, power inevitably centralizes in the hands of a few, undermining democracy's core purpose.
These fractal processes work best when combined with prosocial games that make coordination fun and rewarding, helping communities thrive while solving complex challenges. Learn more about why fractal democracy is necessary in this article.
Our Foundations
These innovations didn't emerge from nowhere - they build upon groundbreaking work in democratic theory and years of practical refinement. Let's explore the foundational frameworks that inspired our journey.
Eden Fractal builds upon groundbreaking work in democratic governance and our processes are originally rooted in principles from two key sources:
More Equal Animals
Daniel Larimer's book "More Equal Animals: The Subtle Art of True Democracy" outlines how to create genuinely democratic systems. These systems protect both majority and minority interests, resist capture by powerful minorities, scale effectively through fractal structures, aggregate wisdom from local knowledge, and empower individual participation.
"More Equal Animals: The Subtle Art of True Democracy" is available in various formats for your learning convenience. You can access the free e-book, listen to the audiobook, purchase a print copy, or explore related videos.
ƒractally
Second, we implement and teach processes developed in the ƒractally whitepaper. This framework provides a blueprint for funding public goods sustainably, enabling organic community growth, aligning incentives for collaboration, and creating mutual benefit through cooperation. These principles form the foundation of our approach to optimizing collective decision-making and fostering effective governance systems.
You can learn more about this framework on fractally.com, the ƒractally whitepaper, and the keynote introductory video. You can learn more about the history of fractal communities in this article.
Critical Infrastructure
Just as nature uses fractal patterns to build resilient systems, governance must be fractal to remain truly democratic at scale. Without fractal structures, power inevitably centralizes in the hands of a few, undermining democracy's core purpose. You can earn more about why fractal democracy is necessary in this article.
For over two years, we've carried forward the vision presented in these frameworks, helping dozens of communities implement and adapt these principles in practice. Through consistent experimentation and iteration, we've refined these theoretical foundations into practical processes that communities can readily adopt. This journey of development and testing has prepared these systems for broader implementation throughout society.
Current Focus & Strategy
Over the past year, we've crystallized our vision and mission while developing comprehensive strategies for implementation. Through dozens of educational videos, we've explored everything from product packaging to target markets, creating a clear roadmap for bringing these innovations to the Superchain.
Perfect Timing, Perfect Place
The Ethereum and Optimism ecosystems, with its vision of creating an equitable internet and commitment to sustainable public goods funding, provides the ideal environment for scaling these processes. The Superchain's rapid growth and focus on decentralized coordination creates unique opportunities to demonstrate how fractal processes can help communities thrive.
Executing Our Mission
Our mission is to implement fractal decision-making processes throughout society via collaborative research, development, education, gamification, and community engagement.
Lately we’ve focused on executing our mission through parallel tracks:
- Supporting developers who have built applications, tooling, and EVM infrastructure for our governance innovations with the Optimystics
- Educating community leaders who want to learn about or implement fractal processes
Through our educational events and resources, we're helping builders and community leaders understand how these processes can benefit their specific contexts. This practical support, combined with our ongoing research and development, creates a foundation for achieving our vision of better decision-making throughout society.
Join the Movement
This is a pivotal moment in the evolution of human coordination. As our world grows increasingly complex, the need for better decision-making systems becomes critical. By joining our events and exploring our educational content, you'll:
- Connect with innovative builders and community leaders
- Help shape the future of coordination
- Build valuable skills for the decentralized future
- Learn cutting-edge governance processes before they become mainstream
- Be part of something bigger than yourself
Whether you're a developer, community leader, or someone passionate about better coordination, there's a place for you in this movement. Watch our videos and join our next event to experience firsthand how these processes can transform the way communities work together.
Get Involved
- Join our bi-weekly events: Events Page
- Watch educational content: Videos Page
- Connect with us: Group chat
Learn more about our history in our videos and explore opportunities to help create better governance processes for all communities.
