Welcome
The Fractal App is a comprehensive web application that facilitates coordination and collaboration within communities and organizations. This page outlines the features, development status, and benefits of the upcoming web app. Please note that this article is a work in progress and will be updated soon. Enjoy!
Table of Contents
- Welcome
- Recent Updates
- Overview as of Early 2024
- Intro Video
- WebRTC User Interface
- Overview of Features
- Overview of Benefits
- Relationship with Optimism
- Learn More
- Related Posts
Recent Updates
Over the past few months the Optimism Fractal community made great progress in technical development. Tadas is building the foundation for the next generation of fractal applications that enable anyone to play the Respect Game. Here are a couple recent updates.
The upcoming app can offer profoundly helpful features that were previously unimaginable and empower all communities with advanced tooling to optimize collective decision-making on the EVM, the leading platform for decentralized computing. You can see the concept and implementation in this repository, watch Tadas give an introduction to the software during a recent Optimism Fractal Respect Game, and watch a more detailed overview of the app in development during the Optimism Town Hall.
Another major highlight was submitting a project for a Respect Game app in the Onchain Summer Buildathon with Abraham Becker. Abraham started with developing Optimism Fractal software and built many exciting features, including a wide range of wallet connection integrations, custom user names, and the foundations of an all-in-one app with voting functionality. For more details about the upcoming apps, you can see this article about the Respect Game and a two minute presentation from Dan with some figma designs.
Overview as of Early 2024
Our team member Vlad has been working with several talented builders for over a year to create a comprehensive fractal app that allows any community or organization to coordinate their operations with the Respect Game. The first version of the app is complete on Antelope networks and we’re now planning to port over the software to the EVM in the coming months, while also exploring ways to reach full feature parity on the OP Mainnet to enable everyone to benefit from the Respect Game.
The Fractal App is a web application that offers features such as WebRTC integration for video meetings, automatic video recording, member induction system, automated Respect distribution custom token distribution, dynamic permission system of the contract based on member’s Respect, onchain randomization of members into breakout groups during weekly meetings, and onchain ranking validation. Additionally, this app offers a well-designed decentralized system for electing custodians in a dynamic manner, an automatic compensation distribution system, increased engagement with onchain accountability, and potential for further development to enhance collaboration within the community.
You can learn more about this app in the videos and text below. You can find many more details about the most recent version of this app in this article and learn more about different versions of this app in this overview. You can also learn more about an earlier version of this app here and find more details about the software components to automatically update permissions on this page. We will also add a direct link to the app so you can experience it for yourself in the near future. Enjoy!
Intro Video
Get a front-row seat as Vlad takes you on a dynamic tour of the ZEOS Fractal App. Discover the core purpose behind this groundbreaking platform and get an in-depth look at its user interface and standout features.
WebRTC User Interface
In addition to the app that Vlad is building, the fractally team is also building a similar app and is planning to open-source it in the future. You can see screenshots with the most recent version of the app on the homepage for their new project, Psinq.
The WebRTC user interface is hosted on a web app that’s accessible on an internet browser, which enables peer to peer video calls and eliminates dependencies on conferencing services like zoom. The UI enables intuitive drag and drop functionality for selecting the most valued contributions to the community. Elements of the UI will dynamically turn red, yellow, orange, and green to visually indicate the level of consensus reached for each contributor.
You can watch a funny UI demo video below to gain a better understanding of how the Fractal App facilitates ranking contributions during events. You can also learn more about this innovative, fun, and intuitive app by watching Fractally team members Daniel Larimer and Brandon Fancher also share exciting details about the UI in the last 30 minutes of ƒractally meeting 24.
Overview of Features
The first version of the web-app that Vlad is building includes following features:
- WebRTC integration for weekly video meetings.
- Automatic video recording for all the meetings.
- Automated Respect distribution system.
- Dynamic permission system of the contract based on member's Respect holdings.
- Onchain member randomization into groups for the weekly meetings.
- Onchain ranking validation.
Many other features have also been developed since this article was written in late 2023 and more details will be added soon.
Overview of Benefits
Benefits of the fractal app include:
- Well designed decentralized system to elect custodians for a community account treasury. The contract of the Fractal app constantly at the hands of most respected community members).
- Compensation distribution system for members of the community
- Increased accountability and engagement from the community members (on-chain proof of participation in the meetings).
- Possibility of further development, including additional on-chain modules that further increase the collaboration, productivity and cohesion of the community
This provides a high level overview of benefits provided by the Fractal App and many more details will be added soon. For more details about the benefits of this app, you’re welcome to explore many more benefits described in our article about the Respect Game.
Relationship with Optimism
The Fractal App is currently built with smart contracts on Antelope blockchains, but all of the software could be ported over to Optimism and Vlad has expressed interest in porting the software. These tools could synergize with helpful primitives on Optimism like ERC-4337 and Hats Protocol. The deep research, development, and live environment testing conducted in another Web3 ecosystem serves a valuable role in refining for their development on Optimism.
Learn More
We will also add a direct link to the app so you can experience it for yourself in the near future. You can find more details about the most recent version of this app in this article and learn more about different versions of this app in this overview. You can also learn more about an earlier version of this app here and find more details about the software components to automatically update permissions in this episode of Eden Fractal. Feel free to reach our with any questions or comments :)
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