@JZhao thanks for this update.
Looking back to milestone one, I remember the exact meeting in October 2023 where myself @DisruptionJoe @radioflyerMQ and @feems were trying to find our way through deciding what to fund and what not to fund. After a ridiculous amount of time and several false starts I said “this is not working, Joe, you should just decide what gets funded”.
Even as a decentralization-maxi, I was comfortable taking that approach knowing that @DisruptionJoe had the greatest context of just about anyone in the DAO and we had just executed a Gov Month, a massive DAO sentiment survey - so we had a good idea of what contributors wanted. I was also confident recognizing that decentralization is a journey, and you have to start somewhere. Milestone 1 was about standing up the program and executing a plurality of grant programs. Milestone 2 & 3 will be about doubling down on the winners and completing the decentralization of decisions to the community.
Passages like:
and
followed by:
These passages give me confidence that we are making great progress towards grant decentralization and that the community engagement mechanisms we are building at Thrive Protocol can 1) scale the decentralization of capital allocation and 2) engage the community to provide input on what they thing matters and 3) reward the community for delivering actual value (still a bit of wip).
No, we are not done yet, but we are on our way and as a governerd I am excited to see where this goes next. For the moment, great work @BenWest @DisruptionJoe @katharina_thrive @JZhao and @rebecca.