Optimism Collective | Governance Fund Cycle 4 Proposals
TL;DR:Optimism Collective Governance Fund Cycle 4 is comprised of nine proposals representing 2.4% of the Governance Fund $OP token allocation. This is ~$9.0m USD at time of drafting (July 29, 2022)I voted for five of the nine proposals, which represents 2.99m $OP tokens or ~$4.8m USD at time of draftingProposers are not required to match incentives, however, multiple proposals express a matching budget which delegates are relying on when evaluating FOR or AGAINST. The Optimism Collective sho...
Optimism Collective | Governance Fund Cycle 4 Proposals
TL;DR:Optimism Collective Governance Fund Cycle 4 is comprised of nine proposals representing 2.4% of the Governance Fund $OP token allocation. This is ~$9.0m USD at time of drafting (July 29, 2022)I voted for five of the nine proposals, which represents 2.99m $OP tokens or ~$4.8m USD at time of draftingProposers are not required to match incentives, however, multiple proposals express a matching budget which delegates are relying on when evaluating FOR or AGAINST. The Optimism Collective sho...
Optimism | Governance Fund Cycle 3 Proposals
TL;DR:Voting cycle 3 (or round two Phase 1 of the Optimism Governance Fund) concludes on Jul 20, 2022. Nine proposers requested ~4.1m $OP tokens worth ~$3.1m USD at time of drafting this postAs an Optimism delegate, I voted FOR four proposals and AGAINST five. For this round of proposals, I’ve beta tested a scorecard methodology to evaluating proposals (explained within this post)Although not relevant to the Governance Fund, I want to support the Optimism ecosystem due to what I perceive to b...
Optimism | Governance Fund Cycle 3 Proposals
TL;DR:Voting cycle 3 (or round two Phase 1 of the Optimism Governance Fund) concludes on Jul 20, 2022. Nine proposers requested ~4.1m $OP tokens worth ~$3.1m USD at time of drafting this postAs an Optimism delegate, I voted FOR four proposals and AGAINST five. For this round of proposals, I’ve beta tested a scorecard methodology to evaluating proposals (explained within this post)Although not relevant to the Governance Fund, I want to support the Optimism ecosystem due to what I perceive to b...
3Q 2022 Web3 OKRs
TL;DR:This post is a few days late for the start of 3Q 2022, but my broad intent for use of the Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) framework is (i) to memorialize my personal OKRs at the beginning of each quarter (this post, for 3Q 2022) and (ii) reflect on performance relative to goals at the end of each quarter (future post).There are so many Web3 organizations to explore, it’s overwhelming. I initially kept a very wide aperture and was trying to be a sponge, but I think I have a good enough...
3Q 2022 Web3 OKRs
TL;DR:This post is a few days late for the start of 3Q 2022, but my broad intent for use of the Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) framework is (i) to memorialize my personal OKRs at the beginning of each quarter (this post, for 3Q 2022) and (ii) reflect on performance relative to goals at the end of each quarter (future post).There are so many Web3 organizations to explore, it’s overwhelming. I initially kept a very wide aperture and was trying to be a sponge, but I think I have a good enough...
This Web3 Life | You know what would be pretty cool?
TL;DR:I’ve now been immersed in Web3 for about eight months and have learned a lot about many of the fundamental technologies, frameworks, protocols and theories of the space. Throughout this time I’ve explored a number of use cases in my mind and considered how some may interconnect to strengthen network effects and general value propositions of individual protocols. This post is my attempt to organize these thoughts into a Frankenstein’s monster apparatus and chart the path to research the ...
This Web3 Life | You know what would be pretty cool?
TL;DR:I’ve now been immersed in Web3 for about eight months and have learned a lot about many of the fundamental technologies, frameworks, protocols and theories of the space. Throughout this time I’ve explored a number of use cases in my mind and considered how some may interconnect to strengthen network effects and general value propositions of individual protocols. This post is my attempt to organize these thoughts into a Frankenstein’s monster apparatus and chart the path to research the ...
This Web3 Life | My Minimum Viable Bank on Chain
TL;DR:Post explores some of the pain points I’ve observed as I've searched for a sustainable way to do more on chainIf the Web3 community can focus on developing practical use cases to enable basic financial settlement on chain and / or significantly reduce on-ramp and off-ramp fees, retail users will get comfortable migrating on chainI think focus on (i) driving adoption of seamless and fee light direct deposit on chain of income earned off chain and (ii) settlement of high dollar low v...
This Web3 Life | My Minimum Viable Bank on Chain
TL;DR:Post explores some of the pain points I’ve observed as I've searched for a sustainable way to do more on chainIf the Web3 community can focus on developing practical use cases to enable basic financial settlement on chain and / or significantly reduce on-ramp and off-ramp fees, retail users will get comfortable migrating on chainI think focus on (i) driving adoption of seamless and fee light direct deposit on chain of income earned off chain and (ii) settlement of high dollar low v...
