This is my delegate communication thread, I will continue to update overtime.
Update: As of 12/31/2025 I have formally retired from the Arbitrum DAO in any capacity, legal or otherwise. I no longer wish to be a delegate and recommend those who delegate to me to move to another person.
I’ve enjoyed my time over the last few years, and wish Arbitrum all the best.
April Voting Communications
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May Voting Communications
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To save space on the forums, I’ve posted all my rationale for the STIPP Bridge challenge votes here:
- MUX: Against, already received a large amount of ARB in the 1st round and per metrics it looks like incentives did not create sustainable, long-term activity
- Stargate: For, I acknowledge the importance of bridging to reduce fragmentation of L2 networks. Along with not getting their chance with the first STIP due to a technicality.
- Solv: For, metrics look to indicate growth was achieved with the STIP. Given the amount asked, willing to vote to continue funding
- Sanko Games: For, novel project and metrics indicate STIP provided value.
- Tide: Against, I don’t really think I’m seeing the value here in terms of engagement produced per ARB paid. Data doesn’t make it clear to me either
- KyberSwap: Against, unfortunate situation but due to the hack and lack of KPIs I have to vote against
- Gains: Against, already recieved a large amoutn of ARB in the 1st round and the metrics seem to indicate any gains during the STIPP period returned to pre-STIPP levels. Not creating sustainable, long-term activity.
- Boost: Against, it seems sybil concerns are being addressed which is apprecitated, however metrics don’t seem to indicate sustainable, long term activity.
- Thalse: For, mertrics seem to indicate growth past the STIPP timeframe’
- Savvy: For, OBL not available at time of voting, but TVL statistics seem to indicate no dropoff past the STIPP timeframe.
- Stake DAO: Against, ARB still available for incentives, do not believe they need additional funding. Not many unique users given the cost to the DAO.
- Furucombo: Against, agree with concerns brought up by Cattin (wash trading)
- Socket Bridge: Against, agree with concerns brought up by Cattin (lack of reporting and funds still available from original STIPP)
- Angle: Against, not enough growth in metrics to justify the costs
- OpenOcean: Against, doesn’t seem much activity sustained post STIPP period
- Thetanuts Finance: For, metrics seem to indicate growth past the STIPP period and see value in funding an additional round.
- Dolomite & Unami: For, I don’t really see issue with the incentivization method and it seems to have worked well.
June Voting Communications
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Here are my rationales for the ARDC elections:
Supervisory Council
- Comm Role: I will be voting for Frisson. They have been a consistently impactful member of the DAO and while there are a lot of good applicants… I believe Frisson will be the most capable of this oversight role.
- Operations Role: There is only one applicant for this role. Unfortunately, this applicant has ties to Lido and in order to best represent those who delegate ARB to me I will not be showing support for this candidate.
Research
- I will be voting for Messari, as I believe they provide the most value per the cost relative to all applicants
Risk
- I will be voting for Nethermind. They have a solid background - both across the space and with the DAO - and come at a reasonable cost.
Security
- Similar to last time, I will be voting 50/50 as I believe both are quality candidates with fairly equal applications. And would be happy with either project representing.
For the Questbook’s Season 3 Domain Allocator Election, I will be posting my decisions below:
- Gaming: (Flook & Nikki) I simply think that Flook has done well the past 2 seasons and I see no reason not for them to continue to the work. While the other applicant has a good background as well, I don’t think it stands out enough to warrant a change for this domain allocator position. Especially since Flook’s experience specifically working with grant requests is a big plus for this type of position.
- Education, Community Growth, and Events: (SeedGov) Similiar to Gaming, I think SeedGov has done well the past 2 seasons and I don’t believe any challenging applicant offered enough to warrant a change. Through my interactions with SeedGov I believe they are capable of handling the role.
- Dev Tooling on One and Stylus: (ariutokintumi) All three applicants looked to be qualified for this domain, however I felt ariutokintumi’s application stood out for two reasons: 1) This was the only applicant who was a team of 2 (versus the others being a solo applicant). While I think a solo applicant isn’t necessarily a disqualifier, I think having the extra help will go a long way. Both for bouncing ideas off each other / keeping each other in check, as well as simply balancing workloads. 2) The teams background was impressive and I think stood out among the other applicants.
- New Protocols and Ideas (Saurabh) A lot of great applicants, but I will be voting for Saurabh as I think their prior experience with Questbook is a really big plus here. I also can vouch for both Saurabh and Shogun personally as great to work with and I think they would do a great job with this domain.
I edited my main post, but to reiterate for those who click here and scroll to the bottom:
As of 12/31/2025 I have formally retired from the Arbitrum DAO in any capacity, legal or otherwise. I no longer wish to be a delegate and recommend those who delegate to me to move to another person.
I’ve enjoyed my time over the last few years, and wish Arbitrum all the best.
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