Optimism launches Optimist NFT, which is currently in beta and only people voting in RetroPGF Round 2 are eligible to mint. In Q1 2023 minting will be opened up to include a much broader set of users based on participation in the Optimism Collective.
According to Optimism, Optimist NFT is a customizable profile picture that can represent user identity across the Optimism Ecosystem. The Optimist NFT is one of the first use cases of the AttestationStation, a permissionless primitive which anyone is able to read, add to, and build on top of.