Optimism offers Retro Funding 5 8 million OP
Optimism Retro Funding Round 5 is open for applications until September 5, 2024.
The Optism team has welcomed the new Ethereum Layer-2 Soneium to the superchain.
Optimistic has announced that the 5th round of Retroactive Public Goods Funding (Retro Funding) is now open for applications.
According to the platform's announcement on August 23, OP contributors have until September 5 at 19:00 UTC to submit applications.
Eligible projects will win the 8 million OP portion. The new round is open to Ethereum core developers, OP Stack research and development teams, and OP Stack tooling developers.
Who is eligible for Retro Funding 5?
Round 5 of Retro Funding will award projects that have made an impact in the OP ecosystem between October 2023 and August 2024. Ethereum's main contributors include smart contract languages, execution clients, EVM, testnet, and cryptographers.
Meanwhile, OP Stack researchers include projects that contribute directly to the OP Stack and the Optimism protocol. These include client applications, modules and audits. Integration and load testing infrastructure and RaaS providers are among the OP Stack tooling projects eligible for funding.
Optimism welcomes Sonium
Other news developments related to the launch of Sony Sonium, the Ethereum layer-2 chain using the OP Stack. In an announcement following the announcement, Sonium said Optimum L2 is now part of Superchain.
GM! Welcome @soneium to Superchain! ✨
Sonyum is Ethereum Layer 2 developed by Sony Block Solutions Labs on OP Stack. pic.twitter.com/arvajOqJpJ
— Optimism (@Optimism) August 23, 2024
Sonium will be a general purpose network that seeks to connect Web2 and Web3.
Sota Watanabe, director of Sony Block Solutions Labs, said in a statement, “Sony Block Solutions Labs, a collaboration between Sony Group and Starale, has chosen to build world-class technology, a strong developer community, and an ecosystem with optimism.”
Watanabe is the CEO of Starale, the platform behind the Astar zkEVM and plans to migrate it to the Sonium L2 network.
