Mission and Membership

The mission of the Builders Sub-Committee is to maximize the number of developers building on Optimism. The members of the Growth Experiments Sub-Committee for Season 3 are:

Sub-Committee Authorization

The following summarizes the basic budget and parameters of the Sub-Committee, as provided for by Token House vote.

Rubric for Proposals

Review Rubric

The Rubric for grading initial proposals should be used by Sub-Committee members based on the criteria in the table below.

Reach Components 0 1 2 3
Developer Presence Team has no developers Team has a few developers Team has many developers N/A
Developer Draw Project unlikely to draw more developers to Optimism Project likely to draw more developers to Optimism Project likely to draw many developers to Optimism Project likely to draw a large number of developers or a new desirable class of developers to Optimism
Merits 0 1 2 3 4
Developer Commitment No commitment attraction Mercenary commitment attraction (stays until benefits end) Commitment attraction (1 to 3 months after rewards end ) Commitment attraction (1 year after rewards end) Commitment attraction (2+ years after rewards end)
Likelihood of success Clear flaw in design that cannot be easily remedied Difficult to see the project continuing for more than a year Reasonable chance that the project has intermediate-to-long-term success (+1 Year) Project is likely to generate long-term, sustainable value for the Optimism ecosystem Project has substantial likelihood to generate long-term, sustainable value for the Optimism ecosystem
Grant size Grant size significantly outweighs projected benefit Grant size is considerably larger than expected benefit Grant size is proportional to expected benefit Expected benefit outweighs grant size Expected benefit meaningfully exceeds grant size
Team assessment Team does not substantiate ability to deliver on plan Team does not show significant ability to deliver on plan Team shows reasonable ability to deliver on plan Team shows significant ability to deliver on plan Team exceeds what is required to deliver on plan
Milestones 0 1 2
Milestone Trackability Not trackable Somewhat trackable Easily trackable
Milestone Orientation Not oriented toward brining more devs to Optimism Oriented towards brining more devs to Optimism Oriented toward more devs and toward making project composable with Optimism ecosystem
Other 0 1 2
Demo included (binary yes/no) No demo included Demo included High quality demo included
-2 -1 0 1 2
Discretionary Factors (comment required)**

**Reviewers will have a discretionary score to apply to the overall rubric of (-2 to 2). An explanation must be included with the assignment of any discretionary score.

RFPs

Prior to the beginning of Cycle 11, the Sub-Committee will publish RFPs for categories of projects the Sub-Committee believes have a high likelihood of maximizing the number of users who use Optimism. RFPs will be published to the Governance Forum and on this site. Initial categories of interest include: