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Automata Network has been welcomed to the Superchain Ecosystem. This announcement comes as part of Optimism Collective's ongoing efforts to scale Ethereum. Key points: - Applications for Retro Funding 5 are open - Deadline: October 14 - Eligibility criteria available for review - New impact metrics for evaluating contributions to OP Stack The Superchain continues to grow, with recent additions including: - ArenaZ - Shape L2 Other notable updates: - Launch of @optimismgovbot for governance updates - Chain Delegation program onboarding more teams - @OptimismGrants fueling Superchain growth For more information and to apply, visit: http://retrofunding.optimism.io

Superchain Interop is set to revolutionize user experience across Layer 2 networks. Key features include: - Users can purchase NFTs or tokens using funds from any interoperable Superchain L2 - Network switching will be eliminated for integrated apps - The Superchain will function as a single, unified chain This development builds on previous announcements: - One integration grants access to all users and assets across the Superchain - Fungible, portable assets for users - No need for bridge-hunting While full protocol-level interoperability is still in development, users can currently experience interop through Superchain Bridges like brid.gg and superbridge.app.

The upcoming Superchain Demo Day will showcase presentations from WebHash (@webhash_eth) and TokenEngineering (@tokengineering). This event is part of a series, with previous sessions held on August 15th and September 30th. Key points: - Superchain focuses on Ethereum scalability - Regular demo days feature innovative projects - WebHash and TokenEngineering to present their work Stay tuned for insights into cutting-edge Ethereum developments and potential advancements in blockchain technology.

Tomorrow, the team at Lyra Finance will be joining OP Radio to discuss Lyra V2. The recent vulnerability in Hypr was caused by a bug in a development branch that was patched by the Optimism team in October. The bug was not introduced into any approved releases or pushed to production OP Chains. Developers are encouraged to use releases approved by Optimism governance and improvements are being made to release communication processes.

The Canyon upgrade is coming to OP Chain mainnets soon. Lalalavendr joined StableLab's podcast to talk about governance. Creators will have more time and minting opportunities. DAppscout Marketplace by Blockscoutcom has been launched. NethermindEth now supports the OP Stack. Giveth is participating in the Giving Season. Matchaxyz has some upcoming announcements. CrustNetwork introduces native EVM storage. Parsec_finance launched their explorer with enriched data.

The next episode of OP Radio will be available next week. In the meantime, you can check out past episodes featuring the co-founder of farcaster_xyz on platforms like Youtube, Apple, and Spotify. The NFT version is also available to collect.

ENS has launched the EVM Gateway, an open-source primitive, as the first step towards native Layer 2 support on OP Mainnet and OP Goerli. The EVM Gateway is now available for early use.

The Optimism Foundation has announced the transfer of around 22 million OP tokens between its wallets. This is an internal planned transaction and is being shared to keep the community informed.

Lattice.xyz has announced the launch of Redstone, the first plasma implementation for the OP Stack, aimed at developers of onchain games and autonomous worlds. In addition, Lattice.xyz has joined the Optimism Collective as a core developer.

Today, the Optimism community is hosting its first full day of conference programming at the Onchain Summit in Istanbul. The event is expected to feature several exciting sessions.