Feld - Candidate for Security Council

Hello all,

Nice to meet you all!
I am the founder of Boring Security, a public good focused on security education, awareness, and a bit of asset recovery. Some of you may recognize us from when we rescued 36 BAYC and 18 MAYC from a hacker back in December 2023. We are a 2+ years running public good that has facilitated live classes on topics like Wallet Management, Sleuthing, Social Media Security to thousands of our Alumni, free of charge through the power of such partners such as Gitcoin, Ledger, ApeCoin DAO, Open Campus, and many others.

Background
I am an expat living in Asia and I have been into crypto for about 11 years now. I believe that being a trustworthy actor in a ‘trustless ecosystem’ such as crypto is ironically valuable. I’m proud to say I’ve been a signer on over 4 multi-million dollar multi-sig SAFEs, so I’d like to consider myself a trusted actor in the space.

Security Chops
I started my Security journey the old fashioned way, learning scriptkiddie antics in my teenage years, and graduated through the ranks in my early career at AT&T and Lockheed Martin via → Call center tech support → Help Desk → System Admin → Security Operations Center → until finally consulting and cyber risk management for companies like Microsoft and Two Sigma.

Why Me?
Its safe to say I’m not Johnny-come-lately to crypto. I was posting in the bitcointalk forums on the night of the HODL meme’s birth, and poured one out when Hal Finney passed. This ecosystem, for better or worse, is my family. My home. I’ve also been on-call and have been responsible for bringing systems back online for many years throughout my career. Also, as a long-time ApeCoin (And $ARB) holder, Arbitrum has been at the core of ApeChain and its forthcoming launch.

I think our incentives align greatly, and hey, most of the candidates I’ve seen are in the US. Might be nice to have someone in the Asia timezone, eh? :slight_smile: - I also wrote a Standard Operating Procedure for Multisig Wallets that I believe can help reduce phishing and increase secure coordination and collaboration in the unlikely event of a council member compromise. I’ve reviewed the duties and principles thoroughly and I am excited to take on this challenge, and will bring everything I can to the role. Thanks for reading,

-Feld

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Great candidate. Knows about Security and a diligent person.