# Scroll D/acc Mid-Point Reflection By [BenhurDoneThat](https://paragraph.com/@benhurdonethat) ยท 2025-09-06 --- So this is a quick blog I wanted to write as I am approaching the halfway mark of the Scroll Delegate Accelerator. **TL;DR**: Three weeks into the first DAO governance bootcamp, learning everything from smart contract code to risk management trade-offs, motivated by friends launching their own DAO and wanting to contribute meaningfully to decentralized governance. Program Overview ---------------- It's been roughly 3 weeks since the start of the inaugural Scroll D/acc and I am really pleased with the experience thus far. It's the first of its kind (as far as I know) and is focused on helping build the future of DAO delegates and equip them with the right set of mental models, technical understanding and general trade-off frameworks to aid them in better serving the DAO ecosystems they govern. Why I Joined the Program ------------------------ Here's my background context: for the last ~18 months or so I have been working at the intersection of M&A, co-ops and employee ownership with [OBRAN](https://www.obran.coop/) - not so much in DAO space. However these structures while underrepresented in current legacy markets, have defined regulatory frameworks and in many ways are the V1 primitives to the web3/V3 version of these governance and operating business models that DAOs exist within. As noted by [Zolidar](https://zolidar.com/blog/why-we-are-building-zolidar): "Employee Ownership can be the much needed prequel for stakeholder capitalism, a version 1.0 if you will, of the DAO which has already been proclaimed to be version 3.0." Check them out if you are interested in employee ownership. Technical Foundation: Understanding Scroll ------------------------------------------ So for background - I first came across Scroll last year through my association with [Exit 2 Community](https://e2c.how/) (collab w/ MED Labs at CU Boulder), I was able to learn more about a fairly new layer 2 ZkEVM called Scroll. If you have no idea what the fuck a layer two/roll up or zero knowledge ethereum virtual machine is - congrats you are likely not deranged and deep in the crypto rabbit hole (: In short, Ethereum (all blockchains) face a trilemma in wanting to scale for more transactions per second, maintain their security whilst still being a decentralized network. Technology such as Scroll helps enable Ethereum to process more transactions through a roll up mechanism that batches transactions together and ships them - making the network less congested and allowing users of Ethereum to pay significantly less transaction costs (fraction of a penny for most simple transactions). Personal Motivation: OmniacsDAO's Evolution ------------------------------------------- But what really motivated me to go through the accelerator and learn what governance means in a decentralized organization was my innerweb friends at OmniacsDAO. I met members from the team at a crypto conference a few years ago and over the years their Discord has been a helpful place for me to ask questions about market dynamics, upcoming airdrops and how to maintain best opsec practices. It's been a place for newbs to learn and not get ridiculed for asking dumb questions, but not a place for speculative bozos to spread FUD. Over the past few years they've been winning hackathons, completing bounties and bootstrapped a treasury, finally making the leap from Discord chatter and ad-hoc bounties to true DAO with a token and an established liquidity pool that serves as the basis to collectively grow through offering via data related services to other decentralized protocols. They launched [Crypto Pond](https://x.com/JoinPond/status/1951297224417353754) and you can learn more here at [OmniacsDAO.xyz](http://OmniacsDAO.xyz) and for the technical folks here is their [Github repo](https://github.com/OmniacsDAO). (duh I'm gonna shill for the set) The fact that they launched a token and were officially launching the DAO made me want to pursue this accelerator even more. I saw the D/acc as a way for me to support an emerging DAO that I believe provides a valuable service that hasn't quite yet figured out the way in which it will self-govern, and commit myself to deepen my understanding and support the decisions that will ensure the token provides utility rather than get lost in speculation hype. What I've Learned So Far ------------------------ But over the last three weeks I have had the pleasure of learning more about what governance looks like in the world of crypto protocols: **Governance Models:** * **Direct models:** Such as 1 token 1 vote * **Quadratic Voting:** (Where each additional vote costs exponentially more, preventing large token holders from completely dominating decisions) * **Hybrid models:** that leverage committed delegates who are keen to understand the strategy and vision (and limitations) of a protocol and voting on behalf of those who trust their decision making **Technical Deep Dives:** There was also a unique and great session led by @[FilosofiaCodigo](https://x.com/FilosofiaCodigo) that provided more insights into the nuts and bolts of the code that run governor smart contracts and how the history has evolved from the initial DAO (The DAO hack of 2016) and what led to the first major rift in Ethereum governance, through earlier players like Maker DAO, to Moloch and the industry wide standard of Governor Bravo contracts introduced by Compound in 2021. And last week we had a really fascinating session led by [Tino](https://x.com/Cryp_tino) at Seed Gov. He did the impossible and made layer 2 roll ups (both optimistic and zk-proof) easy to digest. There was also great content on what a zkEVM is and how that differs from other zkVMs. These incredibly complex topics pose a ton of factors that force anyone voting on protocol upgrades or security measures or changes in fee structure to really weigh out what the best choice in the short-medium term and over the long term are for a project. Key Insight: Security vs Speed ------------------------------ There are always trade-offs - and what becomes clear to me is that projects should always optimize for security over speed - even at the expense of revenue or growth. Innovation is tricky because it leads one to believe that you have to be nimble and pivot into where markets can expand and find critical mass. But if you are not being diligent in your risk management efforts - your asset base or TVL and trust within your network can vanish overnight, like literally. The biggest mindset shift I've had during these 3 weeks: in order to be effective at making decisions you have to commit to being a perpetual learner, you must accept your limitations and use the tools around you to gather the right insights to help you make decisions and in some cases abstain, if you are unsure, thats totally fine. Looking Forward --------------- In the coming weeks there will be some great sessions focused on DAOs as Financial Agents, using governance as a tool for growth and how to develop strong proposals and understand what relevant metrics are helpful for evaluating governance proposals. If you're curious about DAO governance, have questions about what we're building, or want to explore how these frameworks might apply, feel free to reach out. This space moves fast but the fundamentals we're learning here matter. --- *Originally published on [BenhurDoneThat](https://paragraph.com/@benhurdonethat/scroll-d-acc-mid-point-reflection)*