First, we’d like to thank TempeTechie and all contributors involved in this merged SOS submission. The structure and alignment with Arbitrum’s mission are clear and thoughtful, and we appreciate the effort to consolidate and synthesize multiple inputs.
KR clarity and accountability
While the long-term objectives are well-scoped, many KRs assume organic follow-through without clearly assigning ownership or proposing next steps. @tamara’s assignation of provisional ownership among AAEs was really on point. We would also love to see clarity on how progress will be tracked and by whom. Introducing a proposal follow-up mechanism, perhaps in collaboration with OpCo and OAT, for structured quarterly reviews that assess KR progress, surface blockers, and refine objectives, would help keep the DAO engaged with the SOS progress while timely identifying challenges to reassess priorities. This loop can also feed into the suggested quarterly strategy syncs in Objective 6.
Effective execution
The proposal sets eight ambitious objectives, but without signaling how they will be phased, it’s hard to understand how the DAO should operationalize these given resource constraints. We suggest a tiered prioritization or execution cadence. For example:
- Phase 1 (0–6 months): Focus on Objectives 1, 3, and 6 (growth, builders, structure).
- Phase 2 (6–12 months): Emphasize Objectives 2, 4, and 7 (institutions, DeFi, token utility).
- Phase 3 (12–24 months): Deepen work on Objectives 5 and 8 (verticals, treasury).
This helps the DAO better allocate attention and funding while ensuring foundational objectives (e.g., DAO efficiency) are tackled early.
Improving Governance Participation
We’d also like to see a stronger emphasis on increasing governance participation, which is increasingly critical to DAO efficiency and resilience. The recent ARDC research highlighted systemic risks in DAO governance, including limited voter turnout and difficulties reaching quorum on constitutional proposals, issues that have prompted discussions about lowering quorum thresholds, which in turn raises new governance risks.
We recommend elevating this as a cross-cutting priority within Objective 6 (operational efficiency) and Objective 7 (token utility). Initiatives like governance staking, delegation tooling, and targeted voter activation programs could help establish ARB as a more actively used and valued governance token, while improving the DAO’s capacity to execute on strategic objectives without delay.
Emphasizing UX as a Growth Lever
Finally, we’d encourage more explicit emphasis on user experience (UX) enhancements to drive the next wave of user onboarding. For Arbitrum to succeed in reaching non-crypto native users, technical innovation alone isn’t enough, intuitive, seamless UX is essential. We see an opportunity to call out Account Abstraction (AA) and similar UX-first improvements more prominently within Objective 1, which could drastically improve onboarding and long-term user retention.