Thank you for the feedback, I’m glad you like the article. I appreciate the thoughtful comments and just responded to them in notion.
Special thanks to @Rosmari for inspiring many of the ideas in the article 🙏🏽
Awards and rewards each have unique benefits, utilities, and tradeoffs.
Rewards typically have monetary value, whereas awards typically have sentimental value. Communities can give rewards, awards, or some combination of both to participants in fractal meetings. You can compare this to sports where players can earn cash prizes or trophies for winning competitions. There are different purposes and important reasons for both.
The Optimism Fractal community awards public goods creators with Respect, which helps recognize, measure, and evaluate their contributions to the Superchain. This complements Optimism Retro Funding quite nicely, which can use the Respect awarded to determine how to distribute rewards to public goods creators and allow community members to earn funding by focusing on what they love (without needing to also manage a treasury of liquid tokens).
You can think of onchain awards like Respect as a form of potential energy that helps people build reputation on an open, immutable, composable, and verifiable ledger. This allows anyone to allocate rewards, awards, or other utilities (such as decision-making power or social influence) in the future to the people who have earned Respect.
This is very powerful and we’ve only just recently started to see it’s potential come to life…
Of course there are also many other benefits to participating in fractal events, such as opportunities for networking, collaboration, friendships, learning, teaching, promoting, creating videos, sharing experiences, raising awareness for your work, having your voice heard, having fun, building a better future, supporting fractal democracy, connecting with others, and developing community….
You can think of participating in fractal events and earning Respect as a form of building heavenly savings, as defined in More Equal Animals: Consider heavenly savings to be the good will of your community earned by being a reliable, trustworthy, and giving community member. When your earthly savings fail you, your heavenly savings can bail you out. This is what community is all about.”
As a reminder, the next round of Retro Funding will reward public goods creators in the field of governance and applications are scheduled to open in September. I think that there will be 10 million OP distributed in this round and both Eden Fractal and Optimism Fractal are well positioned to improve governance on Optimism.
https://optimism.mirror.xyz/nz5II2tucf3k8tJ76O6HWwvidLB6TLQXszmMnlnhxWU
Introductory Message for Eden Fractal Next Epoch Event
Hello fractal friends,
I hope you’re having a great week and are excited for an epic epoch!
As explained in the post above, the last event of our first epoch will be tomorrow and then we’ll have a four week summer break before returning for Epoch 2. As we prepare for the next era for Eden Fractal, I think that this week’s event will be a perfect time to reflect on the first epoch and set goals for the next one.
At tomorrow’s event each participant will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on the history and future of Eden Fractal. Feel free to share what worked well, what could be improved, and your vision for our next epoch. I’d be curious to hear if anyone has additional feedback or questions about the Epoch 2 proposal after having more time to think about it. At last week’s event we also discussed setting specific goals to measure our progress in the next epoch and ideas about this would be appreciated as well.
As always everyone is welcome to join the event and share their thoughts about anything related to fractal decision-making processes. I’m excited to move into our next epoch and make the next strides towards achieving our mission with you all. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts, see you at the event tomorrow!
Thank you again to everyone who has contributed so much in our first epoch and helped contribute to the success of our community so far. Go Eden Fractal!
and am excited for our next steps.
related topic that we discussed last week
. At least week’s event we discussed defining some
This structured conversation will ensure everyone gets a chance to speak and contribute to our collective goals.
this is the last week of our first epoch and tomorrow we’ll have our last event before a four week summer break. As we prepare for Epoch 2, I propo event will serve as a reflective and forward-looking session where we can collectively discuss our experiences from the first epoch and set our goals for the upcoming one.
We look forward to your valuable input and a productive discussion. Let’s make Epoch 2 even better together!
Best regards,
We are excited to invite you to the Eden Fractal Next Epoch event!
and setting goals for the next phase.
Agenda:
1. Welcome and Introduction
2. Reflections on Epoch 1
3. Preparing for Epoch 2
4. Community Feedback and Discussion
Transcript
1. Everything Said About Eden Fractal in the Transcript
• Discussed the topic for Eden Fractal, including the current status and continuation.
• Mentioned an idea related to the epoch, potentially a small celebration.
• Agreed on the topic at the end of the last Eden Fractal event, which involved discussing purpose and goals.
• Proposed preparing for Epoch 2, similar to preparing for a new season.
• Suggested reflecting on the first epoch and discussing goals for the second epoch.
• Mentioned feedback from Tadas, relevant to both Eden Fractal and Optimism Fractal.
• Talked about a three-week break between seasons and plans to announce it at upcoming events.
• Suggested getting feedback from the community about the end of the season at the event.
• Emphasized a structured conversation where everyone gets a chance to speak about their reflections and goals for Epoch 2.
• Discussed creating a topic proposal for the event, keeping it simple and including a summary and relevant article links.
• Considered various ideas for the event’s promotional image, including metaphors involving the Earth, waves, and stars.
2. Introductory Message for Eden Fractal Next Epoch Event
All right, so we're talking about the topic for eating fractal and other topics too.
I've always spoken with the topic for eating bractyl, what's the current thing, so we all just continue there.
And I don't know, I think it's something related to, except for something related to the epoch, and it's kind of following up on that maybe like a little celebration, but not like a big deal.
Your mom's told you...
Do you remember?
For Yumbrakel?
Mm-hmm.
No, I think we agreed on the topic at the end of the...
Mm-hmm.
Do you remember?
At the end of the Yudemractal event, basically.
Mm-hmm.
We said we talked about, like, our purpose and goals and...
Yeah, but you also...
Oh.
I think the topic would basically be, like, preparing for Epox 2.
Um, just like how I was preparing for season 4, preparing for Epoch 2. and then it can be kind of like saying goodbye to half one and saying what do we want to achieve what do you think about it after um after doing the idea and thinking about it for a while to das mentioned this idea that we're thinking about doing because then we have any thoughts about that appreciate everybody's feedback from last week.
What idea?
The Tadasa's idea?
I mean, I could mention the feedback that Taddaas shared.
But he gave it to a welcome to Fractyl.
No, but he shared in the Eden Fractyl, um, Epok II article as a question.
And, you know, that's relevant to fractal because a lot of that article is about Optumfractile anyway.
So, maybe worth it sharing it there.
It's more for us to really ponder and then propose it for autism fractal, but can also share it at the heat fractal and see if any of the ideas.
So what you're going to suggest for optimism fractal, you're going to probably also mention what the desk suggested, right?
For this biweekly thing.
You mean at this week's Optimus and Bractylophan?
You said that you're gonna propose the end of season sometime soon?
Mm-hmm.
Because right now only we know that it's three weeks left.
Yeah, I pass out a little bit at the events.
Yeah.
I think that people generally understand 12 weeks, season, two-week break is kind of like a thing that we did last time.
When do you think you're gonna announce what that said?
I think what I'll do is I'll bring that up at the event.
Which event?
On Thursday.
And the event on Wednesday as well.
But bring it up in more detail and see what people think about it.
Basically get like a first feedback from the community about it.
Okay.
Josh mentioned this.
I think it's a great idea.
So you may have any thoughts about this.
I'll be three bucks.
If you want me can go inside.
They're like a lot of them here.
Okay.
You want to stay out or go in?
Let's go.
Okay.
Oh, you killed it.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Nice.
But anyway.
But anyway, yeah.
Let's go inside.
Okay.
These are made a hit on their forces.
I'm gonnae.
What traffic going in and out of there?
Yeah, well.
Too many bugs?
We retreated.
Yeah.
Yeah, let's go home depot.
Let's see if they had that fly trap.
You know that tape that they hang up?
You know, pay you're going to turn up?
We can go see if home people have it.
Okay.
I'm open to my door.
Okay, this one in the door.
Do you think one need more?
might as well it just makes it nicer basically didn't check the weather okay well I could look it after I want to check out today anyway what's going on oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh, we're still recording.
Maybe we have to start again.
I think that stopping is both button.
Okay, so we just started a new one where was recapping where we're at.
Um, some things we could discuss is the image and the promotion that we create for opposite infection of the opposite.
As I said, I think it would be pretty similar opposite.
I'm preparing for epoch one, or Apoc two rather, and preparing for season four.
And in that case, um, I don't know what image you want to use for I just went back and I used that really nice greeting seasons image you use for the topic proposal I already wrote that out for opposite fractal yeah that one we have the four different things so I just use that yeah for the draft the topic proposal um for optimism fractal mm-hmm okay let's do even fractal first because it's coming up first okay yeah preparing for about two I mean the image and all this is it can be something around the earth I guess again or maybe not it could be I mean I just want to just reinforce that image of like that kind of metaphor rather than like bringing out a whole new idea for Epoc 2 and trying to illustrate some new thing just use like a similar image I think we probably want to differentiate at least a little bit but just the same image but maybe we can somehow like just use a different picture the earth or make it so like the plants are growing higher or maybe I don't know what the title of the image would be if it's just preparing for the next epoch for like epoch one to two or something like that maybe like it with an arrow or maybe some way to illustrate like because we're trying to illustrate that already with like the sun coming over the earth that's the epoch that's new horizon but we kind of I suppose the time could just be higher as well I think you know have one image where you have the earth that's a one circle and then you have like a bicycle on top of it and then something else something else I remember that oh you mean it in the Eden creative website maybe yeah in the about page maybe and I got the keyboard around there yeah probably that might be like a zoom zooming in into our earth in a way Well, that's kind of zooming out compared to the picture where half the Earth is there.
You mean you could see the entire Earth?
Not necessarily.
Maybe half of it, but then I can actually see things on top of the Earth.
Okay.
So this could be our epoch, our Earth.
Or our world.
We're zooming into our world and the next phase there.
I don't know if we are thinking about the same picture, but they are pictures with...
Yeah, I think maybe not.
The earth being...
I don't know, a decent size.
And then things on top of it.
So let's say this is the earth here.
We have a bicycle.
We have, I don't know, like a flower.
Maybe a group of people playing.
Maybe some technology here.
I can, like, make it so that it's like that.
Maybe some balloons or something.
I don't know Okay Also are we gonna like promote it more?
Personally to people I think we already done like a lot of celebrations lately And so And this is really some more just focused on like Preparing for the next season I think for the next epio And The whole thing's new like we knew It's not like a game that we're going to play or something.
I don't think so.
I think we should have some sort of structure speaking where like...
Each person gets a chance to speak just so we can hear from everybody's thoughts about...
Maybe it's like a... what would you like to see from epoch 2?
You have any reflections on Epic 1 and what do you like to see for Epic 2?
Basically.
Something like that.
And each person gets, you know, five minutes to share their thoughts basically.
That way you can make sure that... like it's a structured conversation and that everybody gets a chance to speak and we don't have to like as well like moderate too much if like maybe it's more clear just when that every gets a chance to speak in that way and we have like a loose kind of structure that people can really share with what they want that relates in some way to the first epaub or the next fpog okay maybe for them like what worked what didn't work what they would like seem to okay okay do you want to talk about how you're gonna draft this proposal or something we're already not just trying to come with a clever name board basically it was like epoch Topok, tepok or something, um, or maybe epoch talk.
But, yeah, it's not so important.
The next epoch?
The next epoch?
Or fractal-a-po.
Yeah.
Next-top-up game sounds good.
Simple.
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
Okay.
So, and then I think pretty much everything that we said there, I think probably we covered most, if not all the things that the proposal will say.
Basically, it can be like a pretty short topic proposal.
Just use AI to summarize this audio and pick out the right parts from it.
And then maybe there'll be one or two of the things. things that I think they had but keep it pretty simple also remind people of the article too where you can learn more about all the details and also share like a very high of overview of that and the this week's episode as well as we've heard people to the video and the article just to welcome feedback of course going forward and the best excitement for the next episode and that pop now with the image mm-hmm I'm curious to see what you have in your mind if you want to make that sounds good yeah we could zoom in like you said and add things another thing is um what I thought you said first was zooming out basically and we could have like a small picture of earth basically where showing the earth in like space and that gives a lot of space basically like in terms of writing the title and adding other stuff around it if we want or it can be like you know pretty big each like that or something like that and that's an option and eventually it could still be a a horizon happening over the earth as well there I mean the earth can be in the middle mm-hmm and for we can have the logo on top of it you know on top or inside of it or like in front of it I don't know if some of it you know there's any other one I suppose it's C2 so I think it's C2 yeah so the Earth in the middle and then the logo and then things on top of the But you see the whole earth though in this case yeah okay so you're zooming out and then things on top of it like bicycle maybe because we're on the right.
Okay, some symbolic things from this epoch or maybe the next epoch maybe this epoch.
Maybe this epoch and we're zooming out to another thing.
I had the respect game logo.
The apple, yeah the apple, the apple maybe the six people around the apple too.
Maybe even have the base logo on there.
I don't know if that's too much for now, but maybe.
But is that going to represent the next epoch?
Or are we talking about what this epoch was?
Like, are we representing this past epoch in the image, or are we representing showing things that we would like to see?
Well, I think that the title of the game, Next Epoch, and that's probably the title of the image, too um which says next epoch or the next epoch um imagine in a way that that just seems what might be what might be more so representing because it's preparing for next epoch so we're reflecting on the first epoch and we're celebrating a bit um so it's about the first epoch to some degree but i think the focus is more so on the preparing for the next epoch because we already had a lot of like reflecting and everything like that at the anniversary events and like that so It's good to reflect a bit.
It's good to reflect and talk a little bit at PEPO 1, for sure.
But I think the main focus should more so probably be just like, you know, preparing for it.
And so at Poc 2 is more so probably there.
Maybe we even illustrated kind of on the picture where like the left side of the screen is more atop 1 and the right side of screen is more Epoch 2.
Maybe there's like some sort of transition there that you can see.
Maybe also water too.
Something we could do, which I don't know, might be anything. interesting, which kind of like out there in artistic, but I like this idea.
For the earth to be on the wave.
For the earth be in the wave.
The wave to be dragged, to be below the earth.
Well, that's another option too.
I was also thinking just if we just did like an opacity thing where we have both the ocean and the water and then the earth in the middle.
So, because I've always loved that like artistic metaphor, like the space and the cosmos as the ocean.
And I don't know if you noticed, but I've done that in like art, constantly, constantly, constantly, like, have stars around, and then, like, because it's all based on waves and, like, motion and stuff like that.
So it's a, like, it's a really interesting metaphor with space and the ocean.
People call it the cosmic ocean.
So, uh, you could do things like, overlay a bit of, um, like, waves along with stars, which we do often already, I think you've done as before.
Um, and then you have some, like, beautiful picture and figure out, like, a good balance of the colors and contrast and transparency.
And then, you know, and then you have some, like, beautiful picture and then, make earth there and stuff.
But I like your option too about having just a wave that that would be more like evocative in some ways and like might be more difficult but also might be more like active and more interesting and more fun actually being the wave.
But maybe if the wave is also like the stars, I can show you some images.
I'll just if you notice there's image.
I can show you some images real quick.
I'm curious if you have any thoughts that you get inspired by that you wanted to share it's okay I can move through the night I'm inspired by this right now I just want to show you these pretty quickly though so like all my backgrounds have always been in the stars like this reason and the whole dance party thing it's like the dance party is meant to get this whole cosmic thing about the stars and how the stars are dancing and moving and waves and stuff like that and there's this picture here where I did a similar thing it's right at the top of the way website where it wasn't not being so as it what there's like a wave there and then that's actually the wave that we use for the uh the uh the edin fractal uh at the top of the website um and similar to the logo yeah because the logo has like that blue wave thing going on so that's like definitely a metaphor or like a visual imagery of edin fractal so yeah with this i overlaid with stars it didn't overlay with too many stars but you can see like some stars there for sure um so that's like one example of I also did a similar thing for creator talk too.
If you remember, it has like that really cool looking star, like black star wavy thing going on.
And I was watching one of these again, and I was I did