Hello dear GnosisDAO community,
Today, I’d like to share with you my objectives as a validator communication lead for this year at Gnosis Chain.
Our Overall Strategic Goals
- Grow the Gnosis Chain validator community
- Improve the tools we have for increasing accessibility
- Continue to support the Gnosis Validator Community for network health
Let’s take a look at what’s happened since the GBC launch.
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December 2021: GBC Launch
- The Gnosis Beacon Chain launched its first block in December 2021, marking our transition from Proof of Authority (PoA) to Proof of Stake (PoS).
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December 2021-2022: Seed Validator Campaign with DappNode and Avado
- We launched a seed validator program with Dappnode and Avado, leading to over forty thousand validators joining the Beacon Chain in just two months.
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April 2022: Kick off Gnosis Builders (GIP-38)
- The Gnosis Builders’ Proposal was introduced in April 2022, activating the builders team for Gnosis.
- Same year, in 2022, we launched validategnosis.com and gave grants to Stereum and Etherpools.info. We also created guides for aspiring validators.
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December 2022: Gnosis The Merge
- The Gnosis Merge in December was a historic event, emphasizing the importance of validator and team coordination.
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April 2023: Launched Gnosis VIP
- The Gnosis Validator Incentive Program, was launched by the builders team to promote network decentralization.
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August 2023: Shapella Upgrade
- The Shapella update in August 2023 combined the Shanghai and Capella updates.
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November 2023: Builders got wound down
- Post the Builders team’s wound down, we entered a new phase, which is called Gnosis 3.0.
I would like to add our observations and conclusions:
- Programs with Dappnode and Avado were successful. Success was ensured by generous rewards.
- The builders team shipped many tools, but we faced maintenance challenges.
- Gnosis VIP, aimed at supporting geographic diversity, was a great concept, but didn’t achieve expected results due to design and implementation issues.
- During Shapella, we focused on strong coordination and instant information flow, achieving successful transition and high participation.
- Our current focus is maintaining coordination and information with validator and preparing new strategies for Gnosis 3.0
After builders wound down we should set a new approach to validators.
- We recognize the potential of our network culture and the integration of new Gnosis initiatives like Pay, Wallet, Circles and more.
- Growing with our culture is key. Evangelizing the network ownership opportunity is giving huge playground. Gnosis products like Pay and Wallet provide additional income through fee market growth. This means additional income for validators
- We uphold our cultural pillars: decentralization, community ownership, and credible neutrality, reinforcing them with evolving Gnosis products.
- The PoS and staking ecosystem is expanding rapidly.
Our culture is central to the critical point of client diversity and credible neutrality in this ecosystem.
Growing with Core Values
Growth is an existential question. We should grow but how?
We believe that growing by taking power from our culture and society is the right way to grow.
We aim to achieve growth by reaching new audiences and explaining to them the opportunities created by the growing Gnosis products.
On the other hand, we will also reach out to the community by showing interest in our culture and commitments. This group knows us, but they haven’t engaged with us so far. We will include them in our network by giving the right messages.
We will renew and maintain our tools that ensure the health of our network and make it more accessible. These tools include the launchpad, deposit UI, and network dashboards.
And finally, we will keep all the validators who protect our network updated through social media communication and solve potential problems with the valuable support of Mert and Manuel.
In short;
- We aim for growth by reaching new audiences, sharing the benefits of Gnosis products and network ownership.
- We’ll also engage with those familiar with Gnosis but not yet actively involved, through targeted messaging.
- Our tools, including the launchpad, deposit UI, and network dashboards, will be updated and maintained for optimal performance.
What we have?
- We have someone on the team with dedicated time to focus on validators.
- Armagan will be involved in validator comms and growing the validator community.
- Gnosis’ consumer-focused strategy
- Gnosis as an organization is moving away from the ‘build it and they will come’ approach with Gnosis Chain towards a focus on core product pillars.
- Validator friendly tech stack
- Our tech stack is constantly being developed and battle tested with more and more participants. We also have a beacon chain compatible with Ethereum.
- Community Ownership
- Gnosis is the easiest and most accessible network for community ownership and as a validator you become the owner of the network that is processing UBI, decentralized payments and bankless banking.
Action Plan
- We’ll launch communication campaigns tailored to different groups, focusing on economic opportunities for one and our core values for the other.
- Continuous updates and coordination with other teams will ensure our tools remain effective.
- Education and updates for both our existing and new community members will be a priority, supported by validator newsletters, meetups, and workshops.
- We’ll act as a bridge between our core development team and the community, maintaining active engagement.
- We will observe and report all our activities, and if something is not going well, we will observe again and make new decisions.
If you have any question, please reach out me.
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