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• We are kicking of RetroPGF 2 with the goal of funding public goods that support development and usage of the OP Stack
• A total of 10m OP tokens will be distributed to public goods projects. How much each project receives will be decided by roughly 90 badgeholders.
• For your project to be eligible for voting,
  1. it needs to be nominated on the governance forum by Jan 31 at 19:00 GMT. Anyone can nominate a project, including contributors to that project!
  2. you need to fill out an application form by Feb 21 at 19:00 GMT. This logs all your details for accurate voting and verification.
• The outcome of RetroPGF 2 will be final by Mar 22 and the grant distribution will happen in the weeks after.

For more information, read the announcement post or visit our governance documentation.

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Welcome 🔴✨

Sup Nerds!

If you’re reading this manual, your project supported the development and usage of the OP Stack and we love you for it! ❤️

This document is your guide to participating in RetroPGF 2.

You are likely already familiar with the context around OP’s RetroPGF experiments. If you’d like a refresher, please read through our recent RetroPGF Round 2 announcement post or visit our governance documentation.

We are excited for the opportunity to reward projects for the contributions they made to the OP stack and continue the journey towards sustainable funding for OSS public goods 🔴✨

📌 The Basics

RetroPGF 2 consists of several phases. Your primary responsibility is in Step 2. Project Nominations.

1. Badgeholder distribution

From Dec 3 → Jan 25, Voting Badges for RetroPGF 2 will be distributed to a set of 90 community members.

• ✨ More info on Voting Badge distribution criteria

2. Project Nominations

From Jan 17 → Jan 31, any community member can nominate a project for RetroPGF by posting on the Optimism Governance Forum. Nominated projects must fill in an application form in order to be eligible for voting.

You are welcome to nominate your own project or others. You’re also welcome to engage in public discussion on the types of nominations you’d like to see in the dedicated Discord channel.