carlos

In the latest OP Retro Round, most "onchain builders / applications" won't qualify because we haven't technically deployed any contracts. 

Using third-party SDKs or mint protocols like Zora also won't qualify.

While sucks, it's a valuable lesson: make sure to deploy your OWN work onchain.

this feels like the wrong lesson - using any of these minting protocols like zora manifold highlight are still "deploying your OWN work". instead imo it's something to tackle at the grant funding layer to support these folks better

would be a step back if we stopped taking advantage of smart contract building blocks

This is the onchain builder round, it’s targeting devs who deployed smart contracts on the superchain. For more details on the upcoming rounds:

This is the onchain builder round, it’s targeting devs who deployed smart contracts on the superchain. For more details on the upcoming rounds: https://optimism.mirror.xyz/nz5II2tucf3k8tJ76O6HWwvidLB6TLQXszmMnlnhxWU

yeah am aware re criteria for this round, was just responding to carlos' point - am sure future rounds will support the various diff types of builders creators etc who may not have deployed their own contracts

@soyboy the people who are upset also won't qualify for the planned upcoming rounds which are *more* narrow than this one, not less

I don't have a dog in this fight personally since Splits qualifies for this round, but I think the communication around this really fell short (as I also said on Twitter)

gotcha! yep the idea is to reward those who make impact to the greater collective and those folks are important to our overall success ❤️