My voting rationale for Security Council Election #6.
I made two rounds of votes.
First votes (early signal)
My first votes were meant as an early signal of support to communicate clearly to the community who I believe are strong candidates and should be considered.
Here’s how I thought about it:
- Pablo Sabbatella – Pablo’s operational security background is exactly what the Security Council needs. He’s the community leader in opsec and brings very practical, real-world experience. This is the kind of expertise that matters when things go wrong.
- bartek.eth (L2BEAT) – Bartek and the L2BEAT team have one of the best overviews of the rollup ecosystem. That context is extremely valuable. If something is happening elsewhere that could impact Arbitrum, they are likely to see it early.
- William Bowling (Zellic) – Zellic is a top-tier auditing firm. Having someone from a team like that on the Security Council is just a net positive.
- kemmio – Recently found a bug in Solidity, which is kind of insane given how battle-tested it is. That alone says a lot. But beyond that, the tooling and approach he brings to finding exploits is very impressive.
- Aragon – Long-standing, trusted org in the space. I also think they can help level up the direction and structure of the Security Council itself. With other players stepping back in the ecosystem, Aragon could play an important strategic role.
- Hudson Jameson – OG of OGs. Deeply connected, experienced, and someone i have done crises response with first hand.
- Gustavo Grieco / Michael Lewellen / Yoav – These are all rockstars I trust can show up when it matters. Reliability is underrated for this role. Michael and Yoav especially already know the Security Council flow so they are no brainers.
- blockful (Alex Netto) – I’ve been really impressed with the governance attack analysis they’ve been doing recently. Yes, there was controversy around LobbyFi in the previous round, but I see that as them pushing boundaries to surface real issues. I don’t think that should disqualify them, if anything, it shows they care. I think people have jumped the gun on assuming their intentions on all that
Overall, my thinking here was simple: getting more of these people involved in Arbitrum is a win.
Second votes (final allocation)
Toward the end, with about an hour left, I added my votes to support candidates who were at risk of not making it but who I strongly believe should be on the council.
Specifically:
- Aragon
- blockful
- William Bowling (Zellic)
- kemmio
I used my voting power to push kemmio over the line, and am glad to see Aragon and blockful make it in the final moments.