ENS name: mrly8621.eth
My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: Because hope for hop, thatâs all
**My web3 qualifications / skills:**Familiar with translation articles, participate in Dao development, discuss schemes, publish and sort out forms.
What voters can expect of me: I will try my best to balance the project and the community, so as to achieve win-win results, so that the project can move in the same direction;
ENS name: parhamgharavaisi.eth
My reasons for wanting to be a delegate:
I strongly believe that the future of Blockchain & Web3 is cross-chain rather than multi-chain and as such, projects that facilitate interoperability between chains such as bridges play a key role in setting up and maintaining the infrastructure required for cross-chain interoperability. I have a vast interest in and am deeply committed to participating in Hop Governance and contributing to the project in general.
My web3 qualifications / skills:
What voters can expect of me:
As a delegate, I shall do my utmost to drive the project forward in line with the interest of the community which includes but is not limited to active participation in governance, expenditure, decision-making and strategy as well as the community as a whole.
ENS name: yarg.eth
My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: I want to help the hop protocol grow, and I also want to grow my knowledge with a group of like-minded individuals. I think that being a delegate would help the hop protocol out a lot as well as myself.
My web3 qualifications / skills: I have been studying cryptocurrency since 2016. I have been in the game for a long time now. Over the past couple of years, I have just began to start developing on Ethereum using Solidity, TypeScript, and other frontend languages. I have a little bit of DAO governance experience, and I am experienced in technical analysis of tokens. I would say that NFTâs are my greatest strength in crypto right now - every aspect of it.
What voters can expect of me: Voters can count on me being an active and trustworthy member of the community. They can count on me using my voting power to do what is best for the protocol. Lastly, the can count on me to bring the community valuable insight and perspective.
ENS name: richardchen.eth
My reasons for wanting to be a delegate:
Iâve contributed a lot to the Hop community since the product launched and would love to continue the work Iâve been doing by being a delegate to the Hop DAO.
My web3 qualifications / skills:
Iâm a general partner at 1confirmation, which we were the lead investor in the seed round of Authereum (before the pivot to Hop) back in Jan 2020.
Iâm on the DAO multisig for Nexus Mutual and Notional.
What voters can expect of me:
Participating in every Snapshot/on-chain governance vote and being responsive to the Hop community on product feedback, governance proposals, and treasury spending.
ENS: flipsidecrypto.eth
Why apply as a delegate:
At Flipside Crypto, our mission is to help grow the orgs building the new digital economy. We believe that Hop, as a secure, trustless, and decentralized bridge is a core piece of Ethereum infrastructure.
Flipside Governance participates in a myriad of protocols across major L1s - Ethereum, Terra, Solana, Algorand, and Flow. We work closely with DAOs such as Aave, Maker, Anchor, SushiSwap, Astroport, Marinade, and OlympusDAO. We aim to bring this expertise and a full-time Governance team to Hop to improve its governance and voting processes.
As we look to expand our data capabilities to L2s, Hop is a key resource for users transacting across multiple scaling platforms and pursuing an intuitive UX.
By becoming a Hop delegate Hop gains access to the resources of Flipside Crypto, a 70+ strong team, robust data capabilities, and our community of 12,000+ analysts.
Flipside Cryptoâs qualifications & skills:
Flipside is a Web3 company with experience building tools, communities, and recently DAOs. We partner with major L1s to drive data analytics and on-board new users to these networks.
Flipside Governance, a department of Flipside Crypto, was established in September 2021, to directly support and contribute to governance, and drive participation in our partner communities - thereby helping to improve the efficiency of this critical piece of protocol health.
We are committed to using this team and experience to improve DAOs one proposal at a time.
We are one of the few full-time governance teams in the industry. We have developed a deep understanding of the needs and of the flow of information in governance processes as well as key tooling necessary to be successful.
A few of our highlights:
What voters can expect of Flipside Governance:
By entrusting us as delegates, we aim to represent the views of a wide range of users and provide unique analytics to justify our decisions. Together with the Hop community, we can create a stronger product by driving innovation for Hop DAO.
Flipside Governance will:
Conflicts of Interest:
As individuals and as a team we are involved in a range of communities and DAOs across the Web3 ecosystem. Our investors include Dapper Labs, Terra, Republic Capital.
ENS name: dybsy.sismo.eth
My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: I would like to champion the communityâs interests in a directive and passionate way. I believe I will be able to draw on my many years of experience in multiple levels of courts and tribunalsâacross varied jurisdictionsâto be a zealous advocate for all Hop bunnies.
My web3 qualifications / skills: I am not a coder, or developer, or an engineer, but I am well equipped to navigate risk and policy, and to apply critical and disciplined thought and assessment to all manners of issues, simple and complex. Further, I have been a blockchain citizen since I registered my account with Mt Gox in 2013, and to that end I will bring years of hands-on experience to every decision. In addition to the technical and practical skills I offer, I am also a published science fiction and fantasy writer, and in that regard I am extremely creative and have a flare for the dramatic.
What voters can expect of me: Objective, rational, and measured assessments. Responsiveness. Timeliness. Patience. And, above all, commitment to the Hop Protocol and its best interests. I have been here from the beginning, shouting for all to hear, âCanât stop the bunny.â I mean it.
âI have much stronger confidence in a promise of a mafia boss than a well meaning social workerâ(paraphrasing N. N. Taleb)
Why? Mafia don is giving promises on behalf of himself, has his goodwill and reputation at stake, the latter of which is a very important asset in mafia business and in life in general. A social worker acts on behalf of an organization whose decisions he rarely influences or controls. Even in a case he can have influence over those things, he has no reputation at stake.
Even thought we like to anthropomorphize organizations and often think of them as of people they have no conscience, shame, compassion and other basic feelings that tend to make humans behave much nicer to other humans than they would if they were strictly rational agents (easily observed when compared online vs offline interactions of the same people). Itâs no coincidence that psychopathy and sociopathy is more prevalent in higher management than in staff and lower management, since they can be more ruthful and effective. The point being that organizations have only incentives and no moral inhibitions that would keep them in check.
Currently we are in a quite happy early days since crypto is still full of early enthusiasts whose primary motivation is not money. Many companies are currently lead by founders who are value driven, passionate about self sovereignty, decentralization and building a better world. Many organizations reflect these values, but as crypto continues become more mainstream it will also become more incentive driven and less value driven. Main company incentive is profit, which is neither good nor bad, but I would not want to have delegates who are profit seeking automatons, which all companies move towards.
Google also started with âdonât be evilâ slogan which currently seems laughable, but there is no reason to believe it wasnât genuine belief of the founders. The founders though are long gone (as all will eventually be) and if the whole business model of company is built on selling ads, itâs hard to avoid the scenario where it is harvesting users for data and attention. Any CEO who would want to go against it would be quickly replaced by someone who can better act in the company interest of profit maximization.
It is theoretically possible to have organizations whose incentives are set up in a way that they are incentivized to be promoting the values they claim to be promoting. This is the spirit of web3 that we try to design better systems to avoid ânegative externalitiesâ of trad companies but still have long way to go.
I would much rather see individuals âendorsed byâ organisations than organisations themselves. It is clear that the person currently represents their values, but acts under his name and has his reputation at stake.
@0xhoratius thanks for your concern - Iâll take a stab at replying as it seems your comment was aimed at ourselves (Flipside) and GFX Labs. Iâll attempt to be nice too 
When delegating to an organization, the resources are insurmountable. Individuals can not monitor the same spread of delegations (develop cross-network context), handle operational responsibilities, such as voting, or rely on the same range of subject matter expertise. We have Soliditiy devs, financial analysts, Rust devs, anons, NFT whales, and frens on a âDAOâ team. With this comes our individual networks and personal passions.
As an individual, I am a reviewer at Aave Grants, Transferability Committee for Paladin, and do contract work for a crypto-native HFT fund out of Sydney Australia.
My reputation is at stake - and am making decisions based on experience and values.
Also funny we should be taking advice about accountability and reputation on public forums from an anon account, but I digress.
I would remind you of the mission and business model of Flipside Crypto - we pay users to learn about the blockchain and protocols like hop. Nor are we Google - we are a private company with dope humans.
Our revenue comes from Major L1s - I am not quite sure how this is a threat to Hop. Making crypto bigger, easier, and seamless via products like bridges benefits us both.
We stand by our decision to apply as delegates and welcome users who entrust us with their votes.
_ âserious businessâ _
ENS name: ceresbzns.eth
My reasons for wanting to be a delegate:
My web3 qualifications / skills:
What voters can expect of me:
Feel free to reach out to me on Discord or TG to say hello : )
_ âserious businessâ _
Thank you for the reply @fig and for keeping it civil. My message wasnât directed at you in particular, we are establishing new social norms of governance and I believe this is an important one that is why I voiced my concern and provided reasoning. I have nothing against you, your compony nor doubt your sincerity.
I get your point that organisation have many resources to draw upon, thats what organisations are good at, but would you not have the same support if you applied a an individual on behalf of your organisation?
If the answer is yes, why do you have the need to apply on behalf of organisation? Can you really vouch for everyone who comes after you to represent the company?
If the answer is no and without representing your company you cannot draw on their resources, can you really vote in line with your values? What if there is a conflict between how you and your company want to vote? Can you vouch for the future values of your company after you are gone?
I have a background in crypto and other fields but the arguments I have presented should stand on their own not on my credentials. Credentials are good proxy for performance but donât believe the strengths of an argument rests on how many degrees you have or how many startups you have sold.
Again, I didnât make any attack on your company, nor doubt its good intentions and sincerity. The point I was making was that Google also started as a private company with dope humans, but companies are driven strictly by their incentives can and will be less and less idealistic as they mature and the original team leaves.
We are establishing here new norms of decentralized governance here, maybe in this particular case your company will be the bright outlier and continue to be only a good influence in the space for decades to come, but even if it is, it is still a precedence I would rather not see.
Would love to see people like you stepping up on behalf of your companies as individuals. Delegates still can make decisions in line with company values, be supported by them, but it removes one important attack vector. This being, the company changes management â changes values, but people who have delegated become mislead about their delegate.
After carefully observing the points outlined by @fig and @0xhoratius Iâd like to present my own take on the issue of organization delegates and consolidation of power which I believe goes hand in hand with the problem of sybil resistance. But let me state my premises and address a few of the points mentioned above first.
From two very simple premises:
We can conclude that:
The debate around delegation is a complex issue to discuss so I shall attempt to keep it as simple and short as possible while addressing the point brought up prior, but the challenge here is what constitutes as a unique entity (isnât that the million dollar question?).
That is precisely the issue here and a major point of contention. It neither a matter of reputation nor competence but identity and how to correspond on-chain credentials (e.g. voting power) to a real person in a decentralized, anonymous and trustless manner which is yet another currently unsolved issue (or at least not fully solved problem). Answer me this please: how would you prove the following two in a TRUSTLESS manner: a) whether you represent n people controlling m on-chain credentials or m on-chain credentials controlled by n people? b) that the delegates align with the delegators
Looking at this from a DAOâs perspective, it is only a question of decentralization; once one entity gains 51% of the executive power, they are free to do as they please and nullify the rest and I am merely pointing out the possibility which is the risk here. âCollectivesâ are much more likely to seize that 51% than âindividualsâ, and by delegating to a collective we increase that risk. This is not about the benefits but rather than the (existential) risk this brings to the table. Once again, it boils down to the fundamental question of on-chain identity⌠What is a collective? What is an individual? And how do we map on-chain credentials to real people in a decentralized, anonymous and trustless manner? That problem should have been solved first before the conception of delegated proof of stake (dpos) and is an inherent existential risk to the entire idea.
It does not matter matter whether itâs an organization with majority delegation or a person, itâs just that we can take an educated guess that it is far more likely for an organization to become such than an individual. Consolidation of executive power poses an existential risk to decentralization of DAOs, and organizations are far more likely to succeed at doing so. We should treat the cause not the symptoms.
I would very much rather have no delegates and very few proposals and votes rather than a handful of delegates ending up with +51% of the executive power and imposing their vision (be it favorable or unfavorable) because that goes against the neutral spirit of decentralization. At this point, a DAO would just become an AO. Driving slowly towards an unknown and distant destination is better than ramming straight into a tree in my humble opinion. We need the issue of on-chain identity solved, and we need it solved swiftly first before we can have any fruitful discussion on DPOS/delegation.
As for me personally, I would neither delegate to any entity that publicly presents itself as an organization nor a person which owns a disproportionate amount of executive power already for the reasons Iâve explained above.
Best regards,
Hey, thanks for this perspective.
We believe in a world where organizations and individuals can co-exist as delegates.
Feels like this discussion may be best taken offline - or to another thread to allow other folks to apply. Happy to chat more if you are interested!
ENS Name: perroud.eth
My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: Iâm in crypto since 2014-2015 and I want to be more involved in this space, as I think I got some decent experience now. Why HOP? The fact that HOP supports Ethereum aligned L2âs is a strong signal of a project that cares about the values of the greater Ethereum ecosystem and itâs important for me, as I think HOP will be a critical piece of it. Iâm also the owner of the hop_alert twitter account, a bot that tweets about big transactions on HOP.
My web3 qualifications / skills: Python, Ruby, DEFI user, Ethereum walletsâŚ
What voters can expect of me: 1.Vote in the best interest of all 2.Wonât quit during bear markets [was there in 2014-15 and 2018-19]
ENS name: snxambassador.eth
My reasons for wanting to be a delegate:
The Synthetix community is made up of avid L2 users (namely on Optimism) and are also some of the earliest HOP protocol users. The interests of HOP and SNX are quite aligned when it comes to governance and ETH scaling solutions.
As Ambassadors we feel that we are well equipped to contribute to the improvement and maintenance of HOP protocol via governance and represent the Synthetix ecosystem in the HOP community as well. Synthetix is working on a protocol level integration with HOP, and SNX partner projects like Lyra already use HOP as the default bridge for their in app widget. The SNX Ambassadors play the role of governance participation on behalf of our community for many protocols and HOP governance would be yet another key place for us to be active in.
For the mentioned reasons we feel that weâd make great HOP Delegates and are excited to be a part of the future of HOP and itâs journey to bridge together many ETH scaling solutions!
My web3 qualifications / skills:
The Synthetix Ambassador Council is comprised of three members who are signers on the snxambassador.eth multi-sig and we over see governance for many ecosystem protocols. We are currently active Delegates for several DeFi projects and have experience in submitting and deploying governance proposals and staying up to date on broader governance matters. We also have access to resources with in the Synthetix DAO for purposes of protocol integrations.
Our current signers, whoâs twitter handles can be found on @snxambassadors profile bio, are made up of a combination of SNX Core Contributors and long time active Community members who are well versed in the operation of Synthetix and other DeFi/NFT projects.
We have a diverse set of skills that include Protocol/Governance analysis, user acquisition strategies, varying degrees of DeFi integrations, general marketing/communication skills and a wide range of other abilities in web3 and DeFi alike.
What voters can expect of us:
As Delegates of HOP protocol voters can expect that weâll uphold the integrity and purpose of HOP governance, be active in HOPâs mission to bridge together as many scaling solutions as it can and pledge to be stewards of HOP protocol adoption in the broader DeFi community!
ENS name: superphiz.eth
My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: I look for ways that my social & community building skills can best serve the growth and decentralization of the Ethereum ecosystem. My passion is stewarding the beacon chain and the communities that rely on the web3 services provided by the Ethereum chain. I see Hop protocol as a valuable scaling solution that supports the L2 scaling model for Ethereum, and I want to do my part to educate others and help people choose tools that are most consistent with our shared values.
My web3 qualifications / skills: Iâve been involved with Ethereum since the public release of the whitepaper in 2014, I was a participant in the original Ethereum token sale, and I participated as a testnet miner on the Ethereum Olympic testnet. Since then Iâve tried every product I can get my hands on as Iâve honed my awareness for the things that matter, things like providing services as public goods that give far more to the community than they take as rewards. I am active on Reddit, Twitter, and Discord, and I founded the EthStaker community, a group of community custodians who educate about staking on Ethereum. As a self-described Ethereum-centrist, I do believe that Ethereum will be the settlement chain for the future of web3.
What voters can expect of me: You can expect me to learn everything I can about Hop and share that knowledge with the rest of the ecosystem. If Hop continues to align with my beliefs regarding healthy ecosystem and ethos, Iâll continue to strengthen the relationship. If I feel that the community or leadership has lost its way Iâll work in good faith to help correct the course. I work hard to put my own ego in check and listen to the needs of others and do my best to draw attention and serve those needs.
ENS name: mihal.eth
My reasons for wanting to be a delegate:
Iâve been a strong supporter of the Ethereum rollup space for years, collaborating in some form with the teams from Fuel, Arbitrum, Optimism and ZKSync. Bridges are a crucial piece of infrastructure for this rollup-centric future, and I believe Hop Protocol provides the most elegant bridge implementation that still maintains maximal decentralization.
My web3 qualifications / skills:
Full-stack web3 developer, experience with contract development (Solidity, Rust-based languages), front-end (React/JS), subgraph development, etc.
What voters can expect of me:
You can expect me to push Hop in the direction that supports a large and diverse Ethereum L2 ecosystem. I will use my position to push to for this ecosystem to be maximally decentralized and secure, inline with the Ethereum ethos.
Some specific goals I would like to push forward
ENS name: l2beatcom.eth
My reasons for wanting to be a delegate:
At L2Beat.com, we are long-time supporters/researchers of L2 ecosystem. HOP is one of the critical pieces of infrastructure for the multi-domain world so itâs natural that we want to be involved in its governance.
My web3 qualifications / skills:
educating people about L2s, writing and reading smart contracts, dev tooling, researching ethereum scalability solutions, trying to break rollups
What voters can expect of me:
Trustlessness and decentralization will always be key objectives for us. That being said we understand business realities and rare needs to centralize in a short term.
ENS name: hop.maaria.eth
My reasons for wanting to be a delegate:
Hop is a major reason I believe that Ethereum + Layer 2âs could be the winning ecosystem for dApps. Every time Iâve used Hop over the past year I have been magically delighted by the experience, especially compared to the usual 90 minute, butt-clenching, âdid i just lose all my moneyâ bridge anxiety. I reached out to the Hop team last year to get more involved, and am now operating the USDT bonder with a small group of family and friends.
The low transaction fees and high throughput of L2s have the potential to unlock so many new applications that are currently not possible or scalable on mainnet. L2s have struggled with adoption though, largely due to the difficulty of moving assets on and off these chains. Until Hop, the L2 bridging experience included long settlement times, bad UX, security concerns, etc. By focusing solely on L2s, Hop created a seamless bridging experience with a single wallet interface and instant settlement of assets.
I often think about crypto infrastructure as a series of building blocks that unlock new capabilities and behaviors and in my opinion, L2s will be a big unlock for mainstream crypto adoption. Hop plays an important role in making L2 blockchains more accessible, which in turn will drive broader crypto adoption and usability. Operating the USDT bonder and providing utility to the Hop community has been incredibly fulfilling and meaningful for me personally, and Iâm looking forward to continuing to build with you all as both a bonder operator and DAO delegate.
My web3 qualifications / skills:
What voters can expect of me:
ENS â francom.eth
Reasons for wanting to be a delegate.
Iâve been an early liquidity provider for HOP and have wanted to be a part of this core infrastructure since last summer. Love at first sight!
HOP had me at âstewards of decentralization by providing tools for cross-chain modularity.â
Would love for the opportunity to add fresh energy into the protocol.
Web3 qualifications and skills
Defi User that participates in a myriad of protocols across major L1s - Ethereum, Solana, and Flow and Major L2s â Arbitrum, Optimism, and zkSync.
Writer/ research analyst.
What voters can expect from me?
Transparency and spirited debate.
I look forward to participating in every snapshot/on-chain governance vote and being communicative to the Hop community on product improvements, governance proposals, and treasury spending.
ENS name: tonyintern.eth
My reasons for wanting to be a delegate:
Iâm an early user, liquidity provider, and investor in the project. As a true believer in permissionless and censorship resistant applications, I see a future where there are many chains and many layers. In that world, a bridge that stewards the crypto ethos is essential infrastructure. I want to do my part in contributing to the evolution of that bridge.
My web3 qualifications / skills:
Early contributor to Decentraland, investor at Multicoin Capital, cofounder of Cozy Finance (cozy.finance), angel investor in 40+ crypto companies, sometimes humorous content on twitter
What voters can expect of me:
Responsive, thoughtful, and make decisions on first principles based on my best judgement on whatâs best for Hop and its community.
