# Introduction

## Origin of the Dashboard The OP Governance Analytics Dashboard was proposed and successfully granted funding in Optimism's Season 4 as part of Intent 4: Governance Accessibility. Intent 4 focuses on improving the ability of community members to access and understand governance processes, ensuring that the decision-making system is transparent and inclusive. This aligns with the broader goals of the Optimism Collective to create a more decentralized, fair, and participatory governance structure. This project aims to advance governance accessibility by developing a user-friendly DAO Governance Analytics Dashboard for the Optimism Collective. \ \ **Proposed Mission**: To simplify complex governance dynamics, foster inclusivity in decision-making, and enhance overall governance effectiveness by offering a comprehensive dashboard for analyzing Optimism governance. **Forum Discussion**: [Final OP Governance Analytics Dashboard Proposal](https://gov.optimism.io/t/final-op-governance-analytics-dashboard/6171) **Dashboard Link**: [OP Governance Analytics Dashboard](https://optimism.curiahub.xyz/) ## Product Scope The OP Governance Analytics Dashboard will cover insights into the governance structure of the Optimism ecosystem by providing detailed metrics for both Token House and Citizen House governance models. ## Key Goals: * **Enhance Transparency**: Make governance data accessible to all stakeholders. * **Promote Engagement**: Provide actionable insights that encourage stakeholders to participate. * **Simplify Complexity**: Visualize intricate governance data in an easy-to-understand format. # Delegate This section covers metrics related to delegates, such as their ranking, voting power, and participation behavior. It provides insights into the role of delegates within the governance process, highlighting their influence and activity over time. *** ## **Individual Delegate Card**:

**Ranking**: Delegate ranking based on voting power. **Delegate Name:** Displays the name or ENS (Ethereum Name Service) address of the delegate. **Delegated Token (% Voting Power):** This represent the percentage of total votable tokens that have been delegated to a specific delegate **Delegating Address:** This number of delegators who have delegated their tokens to a particular delegate. **Forum Score:** This score is designed to provide a **quantifiable measure** of a delegate’s activity and engagement in DAO governance discussions. **Voting Turnout**: Tracks delegate engagement in proposals. * Active: A delegate actively engaged in voting. They've either voted on over 50% of the proposals since their first vote or participated in the latest 5 proposals. * Inactive: A delegate with limited voting activities, having participated in less than 50% of the proposals since their first vote. * Ghost: A delegate who, despite receiving delegation, hasn't exercised their voting power. **Most Recent Votes**: Shows the latest 5 proposals voted/not voted by the delegate. # Delegate Profile ## **Profile**: Displays the complete voting history for each delegate, allowing for detailed tracking of their actions in governance.

* **Delegated Token**: Shows the total voting power a delegate has received through delegation contracts. * **Community Delegation:** Show amount of voting power that come from other address * **Self Delegation:** Show amount of voting power that the * **Forum Score:** This score is designed to provide a **quantifiable measure** of a delegate’s activity and engagement in DAO governance discussions. * **Non-Conformity Ratio**: Tracks how often a delegate votes against the majority decision, providing insight into their independent stance. ## # Voting Summarizes the delegate's participation in voting, including key metrics:

* **Total Proposal**: Represents the total number of proposals that the delegate was eligible to vote on. * **Participation Rate**: The percentage of eligible proposals that the delegate participated in. * **Total Voted**: The total number of proposals that the delegate voted on. * **Total Not Voted**: The number of proposals that the delegate did not vote on. * **Voting Choice**: Represents the choice made by the delegate for each proposal. * **Rationale Vote**: Tracks whether the delegate provided a rationale and discussion for their vote, both on-chain and in forums. # Voting Power **Delegated Tokens**:

Tracks changes in the amount of delegated voting power over time. ### **Ranking**:

Displays changes in the delegate's ranking by voting power over different periods (daily, weekly, monthly). ### **Top 1000 Delegators**:

Lists the top 1,000 delegators that have provided the most voting power to the delegate. # Forum Activity (New) Engagement Trend

The **Engagement Trend** chart tracks your activity over time, showing how frequently you interact with the forum. It combines all engagement types to help you understand your participation pattern. * **All:** Total interactions across all types (topics, posts, and likes). * **Topic:** Number of new topics you’ve created. * **Post:** Number of comments or replies you’ve made in discussions. * **Like:** Number of likes you’ve given to other members’ posts. * **Timeline View:** Displays activity distributed over time (e.g., weekly or monthly), making it easy to identify periods of high or low engagement. *** ### Active Time

The **Active Time** heatmap shows **when you are most active** in the forum, broken down by **day of the week** and **hour of the day**. #### **Key elements:** * **Days (rows):** Sunday through Saturday show which days you tend to engage the most. * **Hours (columns):** 0–23 hours represent your activity across the day in hourly intervals. * **Color intensity:** * Lighter shades = lower activity * Darker shades = higher activity * **Filters:** * **Time of the Day:** Focus on your daily activity cycle. * **Last 90 Days / Last 365 Days:** Switch between short-term and long-term patterns. *** ### **Sentiment**

The **Sentiment** section provides insights into how the delegate communicates and how their content is perceived by the community. #### **Public Sentiment** * Indicates the **general tone of community interactions** related to the delegate. * Based on sentiment analysis of recent posts, comments, and discussions. * Scales: **Neutral → Balanced → Slightly Positive → Positive → Very Positive**. #### **Sentiment Score** * Quantifies the **overall positivity or negativity** in the delegate’s written content. * Helps track changes in tone over time to understand shifts in communication style or community perception. * Scales: **Very Negative → Negative → Neutral → Positive → Very Positive.** #### **Readability Score** * Reflects how **easy or difficult** the delegate’s content is to read and comprehend. * Scales: **Very Easy → Easy → Difficult → Very Difficult**. * Useful for evaluating how accessible the delegate’s posts are to a wide audience. #### **Wordcloud** * Highlights the **most frequently used terms** in the delegate’s content. * Larger words indicate higher frequency, providing a snapshot of the delegate’s primary topics and focus areas. *** ### **Response** The **Response** section measures **your responsiveness and engagement behavior** in the forum. It’s split into two parts:

**Response in my topic** Measures how quickly you respond to comments in topics **you created**. * **Average Reply Time:** The average amount of time it takes you to reply to someone commenting on your topic. * **Fastest/Slowest Reply:** Highlights the range of responsiveness — from immediate replies to delayed engagement. * **Reply Rate:** The percentage of comments in your topics that you replied to. * **Distribution Chart:** Shows how quickly you tend to respond to comments in your threads (e.g., under 30 minutes, 6–24 hours, 3–7 days). **Response in others topic** Tracks how quickly you post comments in topics **created by others**. * **Average Reply Time:** The average time it takes you to leave a comment after a new topic is created. * **Fastest/Slowest Response:** The shortest and longest time it took you to comment after the topic was posted. * **Distribution Chart:** Displays how your responses are spread over time (e.g., within 12 hours, 1–2 weeks, 3–4 weeks), helping illustrate your typical engagement pattern with others’ discussions. # Content Performance (New) The **Content Performance** section provides a detailed breakdown of how your topics and posts are performing, helping you understand engagement levels and visibility. ### **Topic Performance**

* **Total Posts:** Shows the total number of posts you’ve created in the forum. * **Total Likes:** Indicates how many likes your topics have received. * **Total Quotes:** Counts how many times your topics were quoted in other discussions. * **Total Participants:** Reflects the number of unique users who engaged in your topics. * **Detailed Table:** * **Topic Title:** Clickable link to view the original thread. * **Published Date:** When the topic was posted. * **Likes, Posts, Quotes, Views, Participants:** Metrics that measure how much traction and engagement each topic generated. *** ### **Post Performance**

* **Total Likes:** Sum of likes across all your comments or replies. * **Total Replies:** The number of direct responses to your comments. * **Detailed Table:** * **Post Snippet:** Preview of your post content with a “View post” link to the full thread. * **Post Date:** When the comment was made. * **Likes and Replies:** Metrics that show how engaging your individual contributions are. # Holder Metrics This section provides an overview of key metrics related to the holders of the OP token, focusing on aspects such as the number of wallets holding the token, the circulating supply, and the votable supply. It helps understand the distribution and dynamics of OP token holders. *** ## Overview:

**Holder Wallets:** Represents the total count of unique wallet addresses that are holding or vested with the OP token. **Token Supply**: Displays the total amount of OP tokens available, including both circulating and vested tokens. ## **Circulating Supply**:

The amount of tokens that are in circulation and tradable by the public. ## **Votable Supply**:

Indicates the number of tokens that can be used to vote, including those that are vested. ## **Share of Votable Supply**:

The percentage of the total circulating supply that is currently delegated and available to participate in governance votes. # Voting Power Metrics This section analyzes the concentration of voting power among delegates. It provides insights into the distribution of governance power, highlighting metrics such as the distinction between small and large holders, the distribution of voting power, and levels of decentralization. *** ## **Delegated Small Holder Address**:

This represents wallet addresses belonging to delegators who hold less than 0.1% of the total votable supply. The percentage show the ratio of delegated small holders to all small holders. ## **Delegated Large Holder Address**:

This represents wallet addresses belonging to delegators who hold less than 0.1% of the total votable supply. The percentage show the ratio of delegated large holders to all large holders. ## **Small vs Large Voting Power Ratio**:

The ratio of votable supply held by non-minority holders (wallets with equal to or more than 0.1% of the total votable supply) to minority holders (wallets with less than 0.1% of the total votable supply). ## **Delegate Quorum Gauge & Nakamoto Coefficient**:

**Delegate Nakamoto Coefficient**: Number of top delegates required to achieve 50% of votable supply, indicating decentralization levels. **Delegate Quorum**: Number of top delegates needed to reach proposal quorum (30% of votable supply). ## **Delegates Categorized by Source of Voting Power**:

**Single-Holder Delegate (via Self-Delegation)**: Delegates with >= 50% voting power through self-delegation. **Single-Holder Delegate (via Other Address)**: Delegates receiving >= 50% of voting power through a single other address. **Community Delegate**: Delegates with voting power distributed such that no single source accounts for >= 50%. ## **Voting Power Distribution**:

Breakdown of voting power held within the top 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, and 200 delegates. ## **Delegate Ranking Bump Chart**:

A dynamic tool visualizing the evolution of delegates' voting power over selectable timeframes (30, 90, or 365 days), offering an interactive way to track and analyze ranking changes.[
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# Proposal Metrics This section presents data on governance proposals, including their distribution by category, voting results, and proposer activity. It aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the types of proposals submitted, their outcomes, and the level of engagement from the community. ***

**Distribution of Proposals by Category**: Categorizes governance proposals by topic. **Voting Results of the Proposal**: Overview of voting outcomes, showing consensus levels or division among token holders. Classifies results as **contentious**, **generally accepted**, or **normal**. **Unique Proposers:** Indicates the range of individuals or entities participating in governance proposals. This help highlight varying levels of engagement among proposers. * One time: Proposers who've initiated a single proposal, asa percentage of all proposal. * Two times: Proposers who've made two proposals, as a percentage of all proposal. * More than 2 times: Proposers who've made more than two proposals, as a percentage of all proposal. ## **Table of All Proposals**:

### **Proposal Name**: Name of the proposal. ### **End Date**: Date when voting ends. ### **Status**: **Active**: Proposal is live and open for voting. **Succeeded**: Proposal has received more votes in favor and surpassed the quorum requirement. **Failed**: Opposite of succeeded; did not meet the quorum or had more votes against. ### **Proposal Result**: **Dominant**: Proposals where the result is ≥ 90% in either direction. **Majority**: Proposals where the result is ≥ 70% but < 90% in either direction. **Contentious**: Proposals where the result is < 70% in either direction. ### **Proposal Category**: **Release**: Issues related to protocol upgrades and new product launches. **Governance**: Issues related to structural or procedural aspects of the governance model. **Team And Operations**: Issues related to internal project operations, budget allocation, grant council, and operational efficiencies. **Token Supply**: Issues on token issuance, burning, transferability, redistribution, treasury expenses, and grants program. ### **Proposal Subcategory**: **Grant S1, Grant S2, Grant S4**: Grants approved during specific governance sessions to fund different community projects and initiatives. **Governance Update**: Changes proposed to the governance structure or process of Optimism. **Suspension**: Temporary halting of certain operations or powers for a specific purpose. **Election**: Process involving selecting or voting on key governance or committee members. **Delegation Program**: Initiatives or programs aimed at improving delegation within the ecosystem. **Foundation Budget**: Budget allocations for the Optimism Foundation. **Treasury Funded Expense**: Proposals involving expenses funded directly from the treasury. **Onchain Upgrade**: Protocol updates that require on-chain adjustments. **Mission Request (S5, S6)**: Requests made for specific missions/goals during Season 5 or Season 6. **COC Update & Enforcement**: Updates and enforcement related to the Code of Conduct. **Tokenomic**: Proposals involving token economics, supply adjustments, or other related changes. # Participation Metrics This section details participation levels in governance processes, focusing on the number of voters, their voting power, and overall participation rates. It provides an understanding of how active the community is in the decision-making process. *** ## **Top 1000 Delegates Participation:** This section provides an overview of the participation via delegation within the governance token ecosystem.

**Voting Power:** Indicates the token voting power delegated from minority & non-minority holders to each delegate category: Active, Inactive, and Ghost. **Delegator:** Indicates the number of both minority and non-minority delegator addresses associated with each delegate category: Active, Inactive, and Ghost. ## **Proposal Participation**: This section provides an overview of the participation within each proposals.

**Voter**: Indicates the unique number of addresses that have cast a vote on each proposal. **Voting Power**: Indicates the total number of tokens that were used to cast votes on each proposal. **Participation rate**: Indicates the percentage of votes casted in relation to the total votable supply. # Voting Behavior This section explores voting patterns and behavior across governance proposals. It includes metrics like voting period density and voting momentum to help understand how voters engage throughout the lifecycle of proposals. *** ## **Trend Voting Period Density**:

The colors on this heat map indicate voting density during various time periods. Darker shades signify higher voting density, scaled relative to the period with the highest density, which is represented by the darkest color. ## **Voting Momentum**:

Indicate the distribution of voter activity across the entirety of the proposals’ voting phase, divided into four equal quartiles: ‘early’, ‘normal’, ‘late’, and ‘ending’ # Citizen House Proposals ## **Proposal Distribution**

Displays the categorization and distribution of veto proposals, giving insights into how proposals are classified and how frequently each type of veto is used. ## **Results Tracking**

Analyzes the success rate of proposals, providing metrics that help assess their impact, effectiveness, and acceptance within the community. ## **Table of All Proposals**

**Proposal Name**: Describes the title and key details of each proposal, giving stakeholders an overview of its purpose. **End Date**: The date by which the voting period for the proposal concludes, indicating the deadline for community participation. **Status**: Indicates the current state of the proposal. * **Active**: Proposals that are currently live and available for voting by the community. * **Ended**: Proposals that have completed their voting period. **Proposal Result:** Provides an overview of voting outcomes for governance proposals, offering a snapshot of the level of agreement or disagreement among citizens. * **Veto**: Represents proposals that were vetoed, meaning they were rejected by the governing body. * **No Veto**: Represents proposals that were accepted without any veto. * **Others**: This category is used when outcomes fall outside the scope of a straightforward veto or no veto decision. **Proposal Category** * **Release**: Proposals focused on issues related to protocol upgrades and the launch of new products or features. * **Governance**: Proposals that address the structural or procedural aspects of the governance model, seeking improvements or changes. **Proposal Subcategory** * **Governance Update**: Changes aimed at refining or modifying existing governance processes to enhance efficiency or fairness. * **Retro Funding**: Allocations of funds for completed projects or initiatives, often based on retrospective assessment of impact. * **Protocol Upgrade**: Proposals that suggest technical improvements or changes to the protocol, such as feature updates or optimizations. * **Governance Upgrade**: Enhancements specifically aimed at the framework and processes of the governance model, aiming to make governance more transparent, participatory, or effective. # Badgeholder ## **Voting status**

* Veto Voted: Indicates the total number of veto votes * Avg. Proposal Voter: Indicates the average number of voters that have cast a vote on each proposal. * Avg. Participation Rate: Indicates the average participation rate that have cast a vote on each proposal. ## **Badgeholder Status**

* Active: Badgeholder who actively engaged in voting. They've either voted on over 50% of the proposals since their first vote or participated in the latest 5 proposals. * Inactive: Badgeholder with limited voting activities, having participated in less than 50% of the proposals since their first vote. * Ghost: Badgeholder who, despite receiving delegation, hasn't exercised their voting power. ## Badgeholder Table and Card

**Badgeholder Name**: The name or identifier of each badgeholder. **Joined Since**: Represents the date the badgeholder joined the community. **Joined Via**: Describes the method by which the badgeholder joined the community. * **Badgeholder Choice**: The badgeholder joined by expressing interest and opting in independently. * **Project Selection**: The badgeholder was selected through their participation in a specific project. * **Past Badgeholder**: The badgeholder was a previous participant who rejoined the community. * **Foundation Choice Selection**: The badgeholder was chosen by the foundation based on predefined criteria or contributions. **Referred By**: Represents the address or individual who referred the badgeholder to the community. **Most Recent Votes**: Displays the latest five proposals that each badgeholder voted on or abstained from. **Voting Turnout**: Participation rate, calculated as the number of proposals a badgeholder voted on divided by the total number of proposals they were eligible to vote on. * **Active**: Badgeholders who actively engage in voting, having either voted on over 50% of the proposals since their first vote or participated in the latest five proposals. * **Inactive**: Badgeholders with limited voting activity, having participated in less than 50% of the proposals since their first vote. * **Ghost**: Badgeholders who, despite receiving delegation, have not exercised their voting power. ## Badgeholder Profile

Offers a detailed view of the application process, from initial submission to the final decision. The visualization will show the application process for each category submission, tracking progress from submission to receiving a reward, while also showing participation rates, pass rates, and the total number passing each stage. * **Awarded Tab**: Projects that received funding rewards. * **Eligible Tab**: Projects that passed the eligibility criteria and are eligible for the reward. * **Applicant**: Projects that applied for the retro funding. ## **Project Details:**

Provides specific information on each eligible project, enhancing transparency and understanding of project dynamics. * **Project Name**: The name of the project. * **Category**: The category of the project, including Collective Governance, Developer Ecosystem, OP Stack, and End User Experience. * **In Ballot**: The number of badgeholders who selected and voted for this project. * **Received**: The amount of funding that the project received. # Retro Funding 4 The Optimism Collective’s fourth round of Retroactive Public Goods Funding (Retro Funding) took place in the Summer of 2024. Retro Funding 4 allocated 10m OP tokens to **reward onchain builders who have deployed contracts to the Superchain and contributed to the success of Optimism.** *** ## Project Insight:

Details ongoing and upcoming RetroPGF projects, with a focus on RetroPGF 3 and future rounds. * **Project Application**: The period for submitting the project. * **Voting**: The date that badgeholders vote on the RetroPGF proposals. * **Result**: The date on which the results of the voting are announced. * **Awarded Project**: The number of projects that received the retro funding reward. * **Total Award**: The total amount of OP tokens allocated for a specific retro funding round. * **Median OP Received**: The median OP reward allocated to all awarded projects. ## Impact Metrics: The thesis behind Retro Funding 4 is that by leveraging quantitative metrics, badgeholders are able to more accurately express their preferences for the types of impact they want to reward, as well as make more accurate judgments on the impact delivered by individual projects. During round 4, badgeholders did not vote on individual projects. **Vote by Selecting and Weighting Metrics**: Badgeholders voted by selecting and assigning weights to various impact metrics. Each metric comes with a description and a link explaining its calculation.

The visualization will illustrate the impact and the number of times each metric was used to evaluate projects, ranking metrics from most chosen to least chosen, and also showing the average weight assigned to each metric by all badgeholders. **By Ballot Votes**: The total number of ballots that included each metric. **By Average Weight**: The average weight for each metric chosen by all badgeholders. ## Eligible Projects

Provides specific information on each eligible project, enhancing transparency and understanding of project dynamics. * **Project Name**: The name of the project. * **Category**: The category of the project, including Social, NFT, Utility, Governance, Cross Chain, DeFi, and Open Source * **Received**: The amount of funding that the project received. ## Badgeholder Ballot

**Badgeholder Name:** The name or identifier of each badgeholder. **Ballot Status** * **Published**: Ballots that have been made publicly accessible for viewing by the community. * **Unpublished**: Ballots that are still in draft form and have not yet been released for public viewing. * **Not Voted**: Badgeholders who have not yet cast their vote on the available proposals. **Open-source multiple**: The number of times each badgeholder chose to multiply the impact of projects that are open source. **Metrics**: The number of impact metrics each badgeholder chose to evaluate the projects.
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Displays the metrics selected by each badgeholder to evaluate projects, along with the weights assigned to each metric. # Forum Score Forum Score is a pioneering feature designed to quantify and showcase a delegate’s engagement within DAO governance discussions. By measuring contributions beyond traditional on-chain voting. ## **What is Forum Score** Forum Score is designed to provide a **quantifiable measure** of a delegate’s activity and engagement in DAO governance discussions. It captures off-chain contributions, such as forum discussions and comments, ensuring that constructive participation is recognized. By aggregating diverse metrics, it offers a more comprehensive evaluation of delegate engagement and contributions. ## **Why Did We Build It?** Governance is more than just voting; it is shaped by discussions, proposals, and deliberations. However, off-chain interactions often go unnoticed. Forum Score surfaces this data, offering DAOs a more complete assessment of delegate participation beyond voting records. By recognizing diverse forms of engagement, it enhances transparency and provides a clearer picture of each delegate’s contribution on governance. ## **How is Forum Score Calculated?** Forum Score aggregates several key metrics from governance activities. The calculation involves three main components, with all data points first converted into percentile scores for fair comparison across users. Eligibility Requirement: To be included in Forum Score calculations, a user must meet at least [Trust Level 1](https://blog.discourse.org/2018/06/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/) on the forum. ### **A. Proposal Score** * This score measures the contributions of a user in creating and discussing proposals for the DAO in the forum. **Metrics Included:** * **Proposal Initiations:** The amount of proposals a user has created. * **Proposal Discussions:** The amount of posts a user has created under a proposal thread. * **Proposal Likes Received:** The average amount of likes a user received from their proposals and posts within a proposal thread. **Note**: For this component, we only selected posts in the following proposal-related categories: • #58 Technical Proposal: Protocol Upgrade • #59 Technical Proposal: Reflection Period Proposal • #46 Retro Funding Mission • #69 Governance Fund Missions • #82 Feedback These category IDs were chosen because they best represent proposal activities within the forum. **Formula Component:** `Proposal Score = (Prop_Initiated * 0.5) + (Prop_Discussed * 0.3) + (Prop_Like_Rec * 0.1)` ### **B. Engagement Score** * This score measures the contributions of a user to the overall forum. **Metrics Included:** * **User Topic Count:** the amount of topics a user has created. * **User Post Count:** the amount of posts a user has created * **User Likes Received:** the amount of likes a user received from all their posts and topics. **Formula Component:** `Engagement Score = (User_Topic_Int * 0.7) + (User_Post_Count * 0.4) + (User_Like_Rec * 0.2)` ### **C. Activeness Score** * This score measures how active a user is in keeping up with the forum. **Metrics Included:** * **User Days Visited:** the number of days a user has visited the forum. * **User Time Read:** the amount of time a user has spent reading a topic or post. **Formula Component:** `Activeness Score = (User Day Visited * 0.07) + (User Time Read * 0.06)` ### **D. Normalization and Final Calculation** **Normalization Factors:** * **Max Score** * **Sum of Weights × Max Score** **Overall Formula:** `Forum Score = ((Max_Score * 1) + (Proposal Score * 1) + (Overall Topic Score * 0.5) + (Activeness Score * 0.5)) / (Sum of Weights * Max_Score)` # How to Link Your Forum Score Delegates can integrate their Forum Score with their governance profiles to provide a **more complete view** of their participation. The process is as follows: 1. **Connect Your Wallet:** Visit [optimism.curiahub.xyz](https://optimism.curiahub.xyz/) and connect your delegate wallet. 2. **Link Your Forum Account:** Enter your forum username. 3. **Verify Your Identity:** Sign a verification message to confirm your forum handle. 4. **Post the Generated Signature:** • **Copy:** Copy the generated signature text. • **Post:** Navigate to the forum and paste the signature text. • **Verify:** Complete the verification process.