Castle Delegate Communication Thread

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December 2024 votes

Snapshot votings

[Non-consitutional] User Research: Why do people even build on Arbitrum, anyway?

Vote: Abstain

[Non-consitutional] User Research: Why do people even build on Arbitrum, anyway?

gm @danielo, thank you for the proposal. We think it’s valuable for the DAO to have its own research conducted in this area and to ensure we get the right kind of report. On the proposal specifically we have the following feedback: We are unsure whether the focus should be on builders who have already selected Arbitrum because the report will likely be skewed toward survivorship bias. It’s not as essential for us to understand why builders have selected Arbitrum because OCL or AF should be …

Designing and Operating the Reporting and Information Function

Vote: Against

Designing and Operating the Reporting and Information Function

GM @AlexLumley, we appreciate the effort that has gone into this proposal, but Castle will vote against it for the reasons listed below. We agree there is a need for an overall data collation process to gain better insight into the progress of DAO initiatives, but we’re not sold on the proposal in its current form. It seems to add more bureaucracy to the process than may be efficient. There is also a lack of clarity on the final form of this report and what tangible benefits it provides the D…

[Non-Constitutional] [RFC] Arbitrum D.A.O. (Domain Allocator Offerings) Grant Program - Season 3

Vote: For with 5 Domains

[Non-Constitutional] [RFC] Arbitrum D.A.O. (Domain Allocator Offerings) Grant Program - Season 3

Castle has voted FOR Renew with 5 Domains on Snapshot. We feel that the program has had positive impact for Arbitrum and are supportive in extending it.

[NON-CONSTITUTIONAL] Arbitrum Onboarding V2: A Governance Bootcamp

Vote: Against

[NON-CONSTITUTIONAL] Arbitrum Onboarding V2: A Governance Bootcamp

Castle agrees on the importance of facilitating governance onboarding. We are very well familiar with the intricacies of the DAO and this is surely a positive addition. We have a few comments on this: Is there more information on the demand for these analysts from protocols? and why do they need so much oversight? are there any successes and findings from V1 that can be leveraged to refine the scope of this proposal? Why has the sample been chosen as 20 analysts? we’d love to see a program op…

[Election & Application Thread] V2 Arbitrum Research & Development Collective

Vote: Research: 100% DefiLlama Research & Castle Capital, Risk: 100% Nethermind, Security: 100% OpenZepellin, Supervisory Council: 49.5% Pedro (Comms), 49.5% James (Comms), 1% Tamara (Ops)

[Election & Application Thread] V2 Arbitrum Research & Development Collective

Our voting rationale is as follows: Research: 100% DefiLlama Research & Castle Capital Risk: 100% Nethermind Security: 100% OpenZepellin Supervisory Council: 49.5% Pedro (Comms), 49.5% James (Comms), 1% Tamara (Ops) We have voted for the above because we believe they are the best fit for the job, have the correct expertise, understand the challenges that the DAO faces and are well placed to carve out solutions. We would like to thank all the applicants for their work and dedication and ho…

Unifying Arbitrum’s Mission, Vision, Purpose (MVP)

Vote: For

Unifying Arbitrum’s Mission, Vision, Purpose (MVP)

Following on from our previous response, we will be voting FOR this proposal at Snapshot.

Partner with ETH Bucharest 2025 - Eastern Europe’s Leading Ethereum Conference and Hackathon

Vote: Against

Partner with ETH Bucharest 2025 - Eastern Europe’s Leading Ethereum Conference and Hackathon

We’ve reviewed the proposal and agree with the concerns raised by other delegates. While we think Eth Bucharest is a great conference and a gateway to engaging with developers in Europe, we feel the terms relating to the conference and the DAO’s participation in it lack clarity. In particular, given the size of the conference we are not sure what value the DAO can derive, taking into account the large budget proposed. Furthermore, we believe that the DAO Events Budget should be primarily for a…

OpCo – A DAO-adjacent Entity for Strategy Execution

Vote: For

OpCo – A DAO-adjacent Entity for Strategy Execution

After careful consideration and deliberation, we have update our stance and decided to vote FOR this proposal at Snapshot. We would like to thank @Entropy for their continued hard work and efforts in driving this (and other) initiative(s), and in explaining the nuances of such a complex proposal to alleviate our concerns.

Tally votings

Hackathon Continuation Program

Vote: Abstain

Hackathon Continuation Program

We have further reviewed the feedback of other delegates since our earlier response and have an update to our earlier position to ABSTAIN on the proposal. While we are still in favour of the proposed program in principle, we have concerns in the following areas: The proposal positions RnDAO as co-funding this proposal alongside ArbitrumDAO but responses on this front have been unclear at best. The initial proposal seemed to suggest that RnDAO and Arbitrum DAO would both be putting capital in…

[Non-Constitutional] Treasury Management v1.2

Vote: For

[Non-Constitutional] Treasury Management v1.2

Based on the proposal’s updates and clarifications, we will vote FOR on Tally.