Gnosis DAO Delegate Program Application Thread

thewanderingeditor Delegate Application

Delegate Voting Address: 0x273D4e93eeEf5a494206c072ffF70f6Ea7D7afC4
Link to Forum or Discord Handle: @thewanderingeditor
Link to Delegate Platform: HOPR Node Runner Delegate Platform
Seeking Sponsorship: Yes (our sponsor will be @scbuergel, VP of Technology at Gnosis)

Twitter: x.com
Website: https://forum.hoprnet.org
Discord: thewanderingeditor
Telegram: @thewanderingeditor
Snapshot Profile: Snapshot

Nomination Statement

I’m thewanderingeditor, steward of the HOPR DAO, Member of the HOPR Association team since its founding and founder of Lexicon Governance. I am applying to the role of GnosisDAO delegate to represent the interests of the almost 500 node runners in the HOPR network, a decentralized mixnet which has been operating on Gnosis Chain for almost three years.

In addition to active participation in GnosisDAO in accordance with the delegate specifications, I will work to collect and represent the opinions and interests of the HOPR node runner, initially via the HOPR forum and later via bespoke tooling created for this purpose by Lexicon Governance.

I have read and understand the process and expectations for this delegate program and wish to be included on the ballot for nomination. This application does not meet the requirements and has sought sponsorship.

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I meet the eligible criteria, am not participating in this program and sponsor this applicant.

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This nomination program has officially ended, details of the Snapshot selection process will be communicated shortly.

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@Kene_StableLab It’s been almost 3 weeks, any update from the team?

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Currently, Karpatkey and StableLab are figuring out some technical issues with the Snapshot sub-space, once these issues are resolved the selection process through Snapshot will take place, apologies for the delay.

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After careful consideration, SEEDGov has decided to withdraw its application from the GnosisDAO Delegation Program presented by @Karpatkey and @Kene_StableLab

Having recently received a delegation from a significant ecosystem stakeholder, we recognize the importance of encouraging decentralization and fostering a more balanced distribution of voting power.

In line with our commitment to these principles, we believe that stepping aside will create space for other delegates to contribute and further the mission of decentralization within the GnosisDAO community.

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FranklinDAO Delegate Program Application

FranklinDAO (Prev Penn Blockchain)

Nomination Statement

We are a team from FranklinDAO, a DAO run by students from the University of Pennsylvania dedicated to participating in DAO governance. Our Governance Team has been active since the founding of some of the earliest DeFi DAOs and have made major contributions to Uniswap, Aave, Arbitrum, and Compound DAOs. More information can be found in our delegate profile.

We’ve been keeping up with the developments coming out of Gnosis for the past year, and would like to utilize this opportunity to officially become involved in GnosisDAO. We’re very excited to contribute to GnosisDAO and hope to strengthen our relationships with other stakeholders and delegates.

Seeking Sponsorship:

We understand the expectations for this delegate program and would like to join the delegate nomination. This application seeks sponsorship. Thank you for your consideration!

Below is our Delegate Statement:

Introduction

FranklinDAO is a student-run DAO composing of students at the University of Pennsylvania, and is one of the most active blockchain university orgs in the world. Our teams range from Governance, Research, investments, and Trading. Some of our other current delegations include: Arbitrum, Uniswap, Optimism, Compound, and Aave. Members of our governance team are highly motivated and have a background working at Chainlink, Messari, and Galaxy.

Some of our recent notable accomplishments:

  • Current member of Uniswap Treasury Working Group, with plans to present findings with UniswapDAO in the coming month
  • Launched and passed proposal on Compound to implement exchange rate pricing for LSTs and LRTs

Delegate Motivation

As a group of passionate and highly motivated contributors to the crypto ecosystem , we would like to help Gnosis continue its mission of building infrastructure and products for the crypto economy and bridge the gap between old and new payment rails. We believe GnosisDAO has provided tangible value to the ecosystem through projects like Gnosis Pay, Safe, CowSwap, and xDAI. We would like to help push Gnosis forward by providing our unique perspectives on existing initiatives, by leveraging our network and background in governance, and by proposing new ideas for the DAO. We will aim for 100% voting participation and to actively communicate our rationale.

Areas of expertise

Our team has a strong track record having worked as delegates in other major DAOs, and have developed expertise in those ecosystems (Arbitrum, Aave, Uniswap etc). We also have a strong background on the technical side from a software engineering and research perspective, enabling us to do on chain data analysis as well as understand and draft code for proposals, one of which includes oracles and hybrid web3 infrastructure.

Conflicts of Interest

FranklinDAO Governance also works as delegates in several other DAOs, including those listed in the Introduction Section.

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@Kene_StableLab It’s been almost 6 weeks, any update from the team?

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Gm @eklureuil

GIP-112 which is currently close to passing on Snapshot will enact changes which will make it much easier for the Delegate Program selection to proceed, the major issue is that the current Snapshot strategy does not support weighted choice voting, this is what we are trying to change.

Hey @Kene_StableLab how are you ? Any Update here ?

Thx

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To make changes to the snapshot subspace, several multi-sig signers need to align and it has been difficult to track down the final signer, we are looking to update the Multi-Sig signers, but this will have to be done with the guidance of the legal team, this may require a separate GIP.

I am keeping close tabs on this situation and will update as new information becomes available.

Thank you everyone for your patience while waiting for the process to start.
Currently, GIP-116: Should the DAO perform the following treasury operations? is going to Snapshot today, and after it passes, the changes required for the program to run will be implemented.

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Hey @Kene_StableLab Happy new year ! hope you’re well. Any update here ?

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6months later …
i now understand better why the deadline was July10th (and was extended)

GIP-101 Update: Gnosis Delegate Selection Process

A dedicated Snapshot space with Weighted Choice voting has been introduced to facilitate the selection of GnosisDAO Delegates. https://snapshot.box/#/s:delegates.gnosis.eth

Key details of the process include:

  • Voting Eligibility: All GNO holders can participate in voting for delegate selection using their GNO in this new Snapshot space.
  • Redelegation Requirement: Addresses previously receiving delegations must have their GNO redelegated in the new space to be eligible.
  • Process Timeline: The Delegate Selection process begins on the 3rd of March 2025 in the new Snapshot space.
  • Selection Criteria: Out of 19 interested candidates, only 10 Delegates will be selected, each receiving a 5,000 GNO delegation.

Candidates being considered:

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I don’t believe delegating votes to people who have no skin in the game will help—if anything, it may do more harm than good. Yes, this is a small experiment, but I still see it as a waste of time and energy. When the proposal that approved this was up for a vote, neither I nor many others were able to participate, because back then it wasn’t possible to vote with GNO on Gnosis Chain, in Safe, and so on.

I’m considering putting forward a new proposal to repeal this proposal.

We’re pleased to see this proposal moving ahead, and welcome this opportunity to increase the range of parties and perspectives that have significant weight in the DAO’s governance. Where at the moment a small handful of participants have sufficient voting power to overturn all other voices not in that group, this proposal opens the door to a new age in GnosisDAO’s day-to-day governance.

Though the technical difficulties and delay in moving forward with this plan have proven tricky, we agree with @Kene_StableLab’s plans to move forward and disagree with @gno-investor’s view that this plan should be repealed (or otherwise altered).

Our thanks to everyone who has persevered in delivering this plan.

The Delegate Selection Vote is now live!

Apologies for the initial issues with the Snapshot

https://snapshot.box/#/s:delegates.gnosis.eth/proposal/0x13622fb45f3d192e4138f43f175311fc166501106528989bc40e18933cec1ad9

The vote will end on the 11th of March.

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With the completion of the Gnosis Delegate Selection Process, we are glad to announce the 10 Delegates selected after the proposed 18 Delegates who were initially nominated.

Delegate Selection Program Winners.

ACI (Aave Chan Initiative)

mrtdlgc

Lefteris Karapetsas

Gnosis Guild

Viszla

Staworth (jackgale.eth)

Stake Capital (Louk)

Breadchain Cooperative

Gardens (paul2)

Areta

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Wallet Address Confirmation

We are reaching out to confirm the wallet addresses of the delegates selected by the DAO.

ACI (Aave Chan Initiative) - 0x57ab7ee15ce5ecacb1ab84ee42d5a9d0d8112922

mrtdlgc - 0x14d92832265eeafdef9e526356fefc90105966c3

Lefteris Karapetsas - 0x2B888954421b424C5D3D9Ce9bB67c9bD47537d12

Gnosis Guild - 0x12BEEF35025841EFccb77D6EE40df86400Fdb4bB

Viszla - anothervizsla.eth

Staworth (jackgale.eth) - 0x76c32eF9587b07c77545Ad1a86E02fC1f045a3b9

Stake Capital (Louk) - 0xB0C9F472b2066691Ab7FEE5b6702c28ab35888b2

Breadchain Cooperative - 0x9aa83712c3C1158f39C7DbaD7Cf9c300f2bC0987

Gardens (paul2) - 0x1B8C7f06F537711A7CAf6770051A43B4F3E69A7e

Areta - 0x8b37a5Af68D315cf5A64097D96621F64b5502a22

If you wish to change the wallet address to receive the delegation, indicate by replying to this post.

Deadline for confirmation: 18th March.

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