We want to that @maxlomu for the thorough proposal and continuous communication throughout this process. This proposal and its discussions have continued for some time and we felt the final edition of the proposal from @Entropy to better Unify the DAO’s Mission, Value, and Purpose helps give some insights into the role of the DAO to address significant needs in more technical areas such as this. Having the insights from @Bobbay from Across and the OCL also provide valuable perspectives on how these solutions are progressing internally and throughout the space. We feel these comments below highlight where the DAO may be able to have the greatest impact.
While the DAO does not set the agenda for development of Arbitrum, our influence, network, and ability to incentivize such initiatives should be leaned into. There is abundant evidence that an initiative of this sort is needed and the DAO is capable of supplying the capital and facilitating coordination between ARDC, OCL, and the Foundation. As OCL analyzes the various options and the potential for chain meshes, these near-term solutions, outlined by @maxlomu below can be highlighted for further discussion:
Of these, we believe an initiative to bring protocols and liquidity to the Arbitrum ecosystem will improve competitiveness of the Orbital Liquidity Network as the DAO works through the structure for potential loans to solvers. OCL’s response only makes us feel more as though the DAO needs to be proactive here and we are looking forward to working with ecosystems projects and our fellow delegates to move this foreward.