Alignment:
In this situation, chaotic good. My prevailing values are democracy and equity, with a slight tilt towards anti-establishmentism. My primary goal is decentralization of Ethereum, which puts me in lock-step with Rocket Pool and RPL for at least the next 18% staking market share. My foremost priority within Rocket Pool is strengthening the governance structure, which is a soft spot in the protocol and thus the broader ecosystem. I also have some interest in improving the efficiency of the protocol to increase the attractiveness of our products.
Conflicts:
My crypto holdings are probably 98% in ETH and RPL; I have some wstETH dust somewhere. My solo staker node has transitioned to minipools. I have some BSV I haven’t been able to get rid of yet. I’ve bought some worthless NFTs and have some airdrops. I, myself, cannot be bought.
I may be writing some grants/bounties from time to time. My grants will not include any money to myself besides reimbursing expenses I fronted, and I will of course recuse myself from voting on them.
Identity:
I’m a healthcare worker that lives in the United States. I’m unwilling to publicly share my identity or node, although I will privately with the GMC. I have very little programming knowledge, but do have experience with non-governmental organizations and other complex systems. I am proud to call myself a hobbyist node operator.
Contributions:
This is a tough one. I have been running minipools since the first day of phase 4. I have contributed to many of the major debates regarding collateral, voting, and other governance discussions. I’m not sure any of my major ideas have made it to fruition, although often bits and pieces sometimes get implemented in other ways. I apparently spend more time on the forum than all but two other community members (you know who you are).
Additional information:
I’m running for a position on the GMC out of civic duty. I think the DAO deserves some real choices, and I’m happy to serve as an alternate if not selected. Having more frequent rotation of positions helps the GMC members and the general community. By serving on the GMC, I can also free up others to serve elsewhere. I am fully on-board with the time commitment and will serve at least one year or until the next election.
The ideas I volunteer in the forum often fall outside the mainstream; I do this knowing most will be rejected, as most radical ideas should. I will be far more restrained in control of the GMC purse. However, I would not be surprised to find myself as the sole vote for or against a proposal.
My general biases regarding grants and bounties would be:
- favoring projects that come from within the community rather than from outside, as these tend to be better aligned, better targeted, and capture more value within the protocol
- favoring wider distribution of awards rather than a single large grant
- promoting sustainability by favoring projects that can exist after initial seed funding
- trying to link payments to actual effect of projects, rather than delivery of goods