Rewarding Active Delegates (RAD) Program - Application Thread

Applications for DAO programs
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Introduction

Since the approval of the Rewarding Active Delegates (RAD) Program in the latest Snapshot Vote with a majority support of the DAO, regulations regarding RAD Participants’ behavior and expectations are in effect.

DAO Incentive Program Terms and Conditions

To this effect, please be reminded that the OpCo and the Program Manager reserve the right to suspend or ban any participant who does not meet the eligibility requirements or does not comply with the Terms and Conditions.

Context of the Program

A delegate is defined as a party with voting power that votes on proposals. Any action that installs or modifies software on Arbitrum One and Nova, any action that requires “chain owner” permissions, or any transfer of funds from the DAO’s treasury, has to be approved by the ArbitrumDAO in an on-chain vote.

These votes require a minimum level of participation (quorum), which is dynamic and increases with the total ARB supply. This leads to a dynamic where if ARB supply increases but doesn’t get delegated and participate in governance, it becomes increasingly difficult to achieve a quorum, which eventually will lead to a gridlock.

With this in mind, the core overarching goals that RAD is trying to achieve are:

  • Increased active voting power. The total amount of active voting power is growing steadily over time.
  • Reduce voter apathy. The share of active voting power compared to total delegated voting power is increasing over time.

Incentive Program Application Template

Forum Username (Link):
Twitter Profile (Link):
Telegram Username (Link or handle):
Tally Profile (Link):
Delegate Communication Thread (if any):
COI Disclosure:
Terms and Conditions Agreement: “As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision’

As a reminder, each delegate who wishes to participate in the program must explicitly state their intent in this thread. Any delegate who submits their application after the 5th of each month will be considered for the following month, without prejudice to any justified exceptions that the OpCo or the Program Manager may consider.

  • As a general exception for November, delegates will have one week until December 23rd, 2025, to apply in this thread.
  • As a general exception for December, delegates will have until December 31, 2025, to apply in this thread.

As a final note, we rely on participants’ good faith regarding COI Disclosure and urge them to keep this information as up-to-date as possible so that, if a new conflict arises, the OpCo, the PM, and the DAO are aware of it.

Requirements for Rewards

As a reminder, for participants in the RAD to be eligible for receiving incentives for any given month, they must meet the requirements outlined in the original proposal, which are also outlined below:

Actionable requirements:

  • They cast a vote on a proposal,
  • They publicly post a rationale for their vote within 5 days of a proposal ending, either under the proposal’s thread or in their delegate communication thread, if they maintain one.
    • As a special exception for proposals that took place between Nov 1 and Dec 11, delegates who cast their vote and met the requirements will retroactively receive rewards, regardless of whether they published their rationale.

Prior requirements:

  • They meet the minimum voting power threshold for the respective proposal types (currently set at 200,000 voting power across all types, but subject to change in the future)
  • They have cast votes in at least 75% of all proposals in a given month.
  • They expressed interest in participating in the program and met the OpCo’s compliance requirements.
  • They have the minimum voting power (specified in the budget).
  • Sufficient votes (FOR/ABSTAIN/AGAINST) are cast to achieve the quorum target.
  • The proposal follows the process outlined in the Arbitrum Constitution.
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OpCo January 2026 Update
Rewarding Active Delegates (RAD) Program
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Forum Username (Link): GFXlabs
Twitter Profile (Link): GFX Labs Twitter
Telegram Username (Link or handle): Available upon request
Tally Profile (Link): GFX Labs Tally Profile
COI Disclosure: GFX Labs has ongoing or recent (previous 12 months) governance relationships with: Arbitrum, Wormhole, Optimism, Uniswap, and ongoing or recent business relationships with various companies that will be specifically disclosed at the time and on the discussions where they may become relevant.

Terms and Conditions Agreement: “As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision’

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Incentive Program Application

  • Forum Username (Link): 0xDonPepe
  • Twitter Profile (Link): 0xDonPepe
  • Telegram Username (Link or handle): OxDonPepe
  • Tally Profile (Link): 0xDonPepe.eth
  • COI Disclosure: For transparency, I am currently involved in governance across multiple DAOs and serve on the Ecosystem Growth Council at Scroll.
  • Terms and Conditions Agreement: As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision.
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Forum Username (Link): TID Research
Twitter Profile (Link): TID Research
Telegram Username (Link or handle): @safetylast, @rooktc
Tally Profile (Link): Today in DeFi Research

COI Disclosure: We serve as the delegate of Arbiturm and Velora. We have no business relationship with any other DAO at the moment.

Terms and Conditions Agreement: “As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision’

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Forum Username (Link): Jojo
Twitter Profile (Link): jojothecow
Telegram Username (Link or handle): @jojothecow
Tally Profile (Link): jojothecow.eth

COI Disclosure: I am currently employed by Blockworks as lead and risk advisor, and I am an advisor for Camelot in the governance vertical. I am a delegate in Arbitrum and currently manage the D.A.O. Grant Program as PM, and don’t have any current relationship, neither as employee nor as delegate, with other DAOs at the moment.

Terms and Conditions Agreement: As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision

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Forum Username (Link): MaxLomu
Twitter Profile (Link): MaxLomu
Telegram Username (Link or handle): MaxLomu
Tally Profile (Link): MaxLomu
COI Disclosure: -
Terms and Conditions Agreement: “As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision"

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Forum Username (Link): Camelot
Twitter Profile (Link): Camelot
Telegram Username (Link or handle): upon request
Tally Profile (Link): Camelot

COI Disclosure: Camelot is the forefront DEX of Arbitrum and Orbit chains, accounting for $40M in TVL and $67B in volume since inception. We also operate a second DEX, Cypher, on Ethereum Mainnet.

Terms and Conditions Agreement: As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision

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Forum Username (Link): paulofonseca
Twitter Profile (Link): @paulofonseca
Telegram Username (Link or handle): @paulofonseca1987
Tally Profile (Link): paulofonseca.eth
Delegate Communication Thread: Paulo Fonseca Delegate Communication Thread
Arbitrum DAO Earnings Disclosure: Paulo Fonseca – Voluntary Earnings Disclosure Thread
Conflict of Interest Disclosure: I’m a co-founder of proposals.app which got a grant from Arbitrum DAO.
Terms and Conditions Agreement: “As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision"

:money_with_wings: When you delegate ARB to me, you get paid a share of 10% of my earnings. :money_mouth_face:

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Forum Username (Link): sov

Twitter Profile (Link): sovereignsignal

Telegram Username (Link or handle): @sovsignal

Tally Profile (Link): sovereignsignal.eth

COI Disclosure: Grants Manager at Uniswap Foundation. Involved in governance across multiple DAOs including ENS, Optimism, Scroll, and Velora. Advisor to Karma.

Terms and Conditions Agreement: As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision.

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Forum Username: DZack23
Twitter Profile: @DZack23
Telegram Username: @DZack23
Tally Profile: 0xc7782d8bfbe4219a63ed8773a7b67b1a9b645cfa
Delegate Comms thread: DZack23.eth Delegate Communications thread - #3 by dzack23
COI Disclosure: Not currently affiliated with any other DAOs.
Terms and Conditions Agreement: “As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision’

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Forum Username (Link): Zeptimus
Twitter Profile (Link): zeptimusq
Telegram Username (Link or handle): @zeptimusq
Tally Profile (Link): zeptimus.eth
Delegate Communication Thread (if any): Zeptimus Delegate Communication Thread
COI Disclosure: I’m hands-on with Griff across most of his ecosystem, including Giveth and General Magic.

Terms and Conditions Agreement: “As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision’

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Forum Username (Link): Griff
Twitter Profile (Link): @griffgreen
Telegram Username (Link or handle): @GriffGreen
Tally Profile (Link): griff.eth

COI Disclosure: Outside of my work with Arbitrum, I’m a dedicated member of the Ethereum community and co-founder of projects Giveth, Dappnode, Unicorn.eth, Pairwise, q/acc, TEC and General Magic, and deeply involved in multiple initiatives within the Ethereum ecosystem. In addition to these roles I am an active delegate for ENS, Optimism, Near and Gitcoin, and am on the Gnosis Bridge multisig, as well as the ENS Security Council and will be starting an Ethereum focused security fund very soon via Giveth, which is where Iwill be spending a majority of my time.

Terms and Conditions Agreement: “As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision.

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Forum Username: cp0x
Twitter Profile : https://x.com/cp0xdotcom
Telegram Username: @AlexQDAO
Tally Profile: cp0x's Delegate Profile

COI Disclosure:
cp0x currently involved in governance as a delegate in several other projects: Optimism, Lido, Obol, TrueFi, Euler, Derive, Uniswap, CoW, Sky, AEVO, Origin, Ethena, Resolv. Due to the appearance and disappearance of projects in the crypto space, this list may not be up to date, but I will update it as soon as possible.
I am not a member of any of the Arbitrum committees and do not work on projects affiliated with it.

Terms and Conditions Agreement: “As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision’

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Forum Username (Link): 404DAO
Twitter Profile (Link): 404
Telegram Username (Link or handle): @RikaGoldberg
Tally Profile (Link): Tally | 404 Gov
Delegate Communication Thread (if any): 404 Delegate Communication Thread
COI Disclosure: 404 is a delegate in Anvil, Uniswap, Optimism, Wormhole, Rootstock, ZKSync, Scroll, and NEAR.
Terms and Conditions Agreement: “As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision’

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Forum Username (Link): Jean_MUX
Twitter Profile (Link): MUX Protocol
Telegram Username (Link or handle): @Jeanwdzw
Tally Profile (Link): MUX Protocol Tally Profile
COI Disclosure: MUX Protocol is an aggregator of decentralized perpetual protocols that have integreated with GMX, Gains and our native pool on arbitrum.

Terms and Conditions Agreement: “As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision’

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Forum Username (Link): kpk (formerly karpatkey)
Twitter Profile (Link): kpk
Telegram Username (Link or handle): Available upon request
Tally Profile (Link): kpk Tally profile
Delegate Communication Thread (if any): Delegate Thread
COI Disclosure: kpk is one of the selected entities managing ATMC’s “Actively Managed Stablecoin Deployments”.
Terms and Conditions Agreement: “As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision’

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Forum Username: @dmihal

Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/dmihal

Telegram: @dmihal

Tally Delegate Profile: 0x8F73...Faa0's Delegate Profile

Delegate Communication Thread: N/A

Conflict of Interest Disclosure:

I am currently a delegate for Optimism. I was previously employed by Fuel Labs. I do not have any other conflicts of interest to disclose.

Terms and Conditions Agreement:

As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision’

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Forum Username (Link): Reverie

Twitter Profile (Link): Reverie

Telegram Username (Link or handle): Available upon request

Tally Profile (Link): Reverie

COI Disclosure: We serve as a delegate on Arbitrum and Uniswap. We do not vote on proposals of portfolio companies.

Terms and Conditions Agreement: As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision

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Forum Username (Link): AbdullahUmar & Juanbug (UADP)

Twitter Profile (Link): Twitter 1 & Twitter 2

Telegram Username (Link or handle): @ aumar7

Tally Profile (Link): Tally

Delegate Communication Thread (if any): UADP Thread

COI Disclosure: UADP strives to represent the interests of the UniswapDAO. The elected members from the UniswapDAO MetaGov team control the delegation (AbdullahUmar & Juanbug). The organizations we are involved with (Arana, PGov) are Arbitrum delegates, but we as individuals solely focus on this UADP delegation. Further, any payments from the RAD program will be directly sent to the UniswapDAO MetaGov team’s multisig.

Code of Conduct Agreement: “As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision’

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Forum Username (Link): @krst and @Manugotsuka

Twitter Profile (Link): @l2beatgov

Telegram Username (Link or handle): @kaereste & @Manugotsuka

Delegate Communication Thread: L2BEAT Delegate Communication Thread

Tally Profile (Link): L2BEAT 💗's Delegate Profile

COI Disclosure: We are active delegates in several governance bodies, including Arbitrum.

Terms and Conditions Agreement: “As a participating member of the Reward Active Delegates Program, I declare that I have read and understand the RAD’s Terms and Conditions in its entirety, and therefore, adhere to it in its entirety, being aware that non-compliance may result in suspension or removal from the program, with the OpCo as the sole appeal instance for such a decision’