The momentum Gnosis has had with its core products in the last year has been fantastic. Very happy to see this roadmap and the additional investment going towards a cohesive story for the network.
I especially appreciate the comments in this thread from @Sam_Trust @staworth and @ernst, which are super helpful.
One thing that strikes me as worth diving into:
One of the core contradictions of the Gnosis Chain ecosystem is the exceptional level of resilience the network has achieved at the protocol level, yet the activity built on top of the network is consolidated into very few single points of failure.
From Gnosis Ltd.'s perspective, I do think this is the right strategy - making bets on just a few products/categories and investing heavily in them gives them the best chance to succeed and drive more value to GNO holders. @lefterisjp even mentions it might be too much activity, which maybe it is.
But at the ecosystem level, there’s very little diversity in Gnosis Chain’s activity - especially compared to other networks with similar TVL. Of course, this could be Gnosis Chain’s competitive advantage - that it’s NOT trying to do too much, not spreading itself too thin. But this strategy seems most effective from within 1 specific organization, and that the ecosystem beyond it should be working to reduce its dependence on Gnosis Ltd. (and Karpatkey) for the health of the network.
As a delegate, my ask for the DAO outside this proposal is that we work towards some basic investments and infrastructure to invite more diversity onto Gnosis Chain.
Gnosis Chain already has nation-state level resilience at the protocol level, so it’d be a waste not to reach nation-state level resilience at the ecosystem level too.
-Paul from Gardens