Francom Delegate Communication Thread

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Temperature Check HIP 0: Mission Statement & Success Framework

Recommendation Vote: Yes. This framework emphasizes Hop’s core values (security, trustlessness, and community ownership) and will help guide community decision making.

Temperature Check HIP 1: Deploy a HOP Bridge

Recommendation Vote: Yes. Since HOP’s token is new, it is important to increase the tokens availability to further decentralize governance.

Temperature Check HIP 2: Explore Private Sale Legal Options

Recommendation Vote: Yes. This proposal is to pre-authorize the Hop Foundation to perform this kind of activity without a vote in the future. I believe its an efficient way for the Hop Foundation to secure funding over the medium term.

Temperature Check HIP 3: Hop Governance Incentives

Recommendation Vote: Yes. This proposal incentivizes high quality proposals which are imperative for the long term growth and sustainability of the Hop Community.

Proposal: Fast Bridging Support for SNX and sUSD

Recommendation Vote: Yes. Synthetix is one of the DEFI pioneers and currently has aligned incentives where Hop can become the bridge of choice for Synthetix assets moving between Optimism and Ethereum.

Temperature Check HIP 4: Delegate Incentivization Trial

Recommendation Vote: Yes. Governance takes time and resources consistently therefore I believe it’s important to continually support delegates to remain focused on Hop. Francom co-authored this proposal with GFX Labs and Fig.

Temperature Check: HIP 6 Deploy a Hop Bridge to Arbitrum Nova

Recommendation Vote: Yes. Hop should be an important component of Arbitrum Nova’s infrastructure as Nova builds for a new segment of L2’s user base.

Temperature Check HIP 7- AMM and Bonder Liquidity Incentives

Recommendation Vote: Yes. Bonders and Liquidity Providers are an integral part of Hop and while these roles are somewhat centralized currently (specifically bonders) it is important to support greater volume to reach a point where usage and fees can be further decentralized.

Hop Proposal Bundle: HIP’s 0-7; SNX/Susd Bridging Support

Recommendation Vote. Yes. While bundling proposals is far from ideal governance these proposals passed with an overwhelming majority and were stuck in a backlog therefore this seems like an efficient step at the moment.

Hip 8: Direct Velodrome veNFT votes to a WETH/HOP pool

Recommendation Vote: Yes. Prioritizing this pool makes sense as it captures greater value for Hop Protocol compared to the previous pool.

Temperature Check HIP 9: Should the Hop Community Fund a Grants Program?

Recommendation Vote. Yes. A targeted grants program will help foster growth that specifically adds value to Hop Protocol.

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HIP 8 Direct Velodrome veNFT votes to a WETH/HOP pool

Recommendation: Vote Yes.

I believe Velodrome veNFT votes are well suited to be directed to a WETH/HOP pool in order to increase HOP liquidity. Additionally, multi-sig signers managing a limited scope of Hop’s interests should add efficiency without overexposing the protocol.

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HIP 9 Should the Hop community fund a grants program?

Recommendation: Vote Yes.

Individual grants should attract talent and foster further innovation in the community for the benefit of the protocol. The committee’s scope is defined and limited in size therefore it’s a great way to experiment growing the protocol without risking many resources.

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HIP 10 Deploy HOP bridge on zkSync.

Recommendation: Vote Yes.

ZkSync is one of the most technically advanced L2 protocols with the potential of further scaling Ethereum transactions. By integrating with zkSync, Hop will enhance their L2 market share which should strengthen network effects.

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HIP 11 Fast bridging support and co-incentives for Susd and SNX

Recommendation: Vote. Yes

The initial phase of this proposal passed but it lacked clarity in terms of co-incentives especially for Susd. I believe it is important for Hop to align itself with top DEFI pioneers such as Synthetix to further solidify its place as a core part of Ethereum infrastructure therefore bootstrapping sUSD seems like a good move to enhance network effects.

While this proposal didn’t pass because many within the community felt that Hop’s token incentives were too high compared to Synthetix’s, it might be worth to re-explore in the future if SNX and Susd pools usage drops dramatically.

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HIP 12 How should HOP compensate Multi-Sig Signers.

Recommendation: Vote Yes.

Multi-sig signers are an integral part of the protocol with ample responsibility and have been performing well, therefore to ensure continued quality and resources from multi-sig signers I believe they should be compensated sooner rather than later. While the amounts are somewhat arbitrary, I think it’s a good starting point to strengthen the protocol’s relationship with signers and this HIP can be amended if needed.

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HIP 13 Updating Voting Frameworks for Community Governance

Recommendation: Vote Yes.

There is a need to update and clarify the governance process by modifying the voting framework to allow flexible and responsive decision-making. This proposal separates the framework into three categories that range from simple (allowing the multi-sig to work autonomously) to more complex (such as changes being made to the core Hop Protocol or executable code is attached to the vote).

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HIP 14 Hop Protocol Roadmap

Recommendation: Vote Yes.

This next phase of the Hop Protocol opens it up for an ecosystem to be built on top with four modules that will enable cross-chain functionality (Messaging, Token Transfers, NFT Transfers, and Omnichain Tokens).

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HIP 15 Engage Authereum Labs as Service Provider

Recommendation: Vote Yes.

I believe it is beneficial for the DAO to enter into a standard service provider agreement Authereum Labs as they have been instrumental in the development of Hop Protocol and they need resources to grow their team and continue improving the roadmap and frontend.

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HIP 16 Fees and Commitment to Public Goods Funding

Recommendation: Vote Yes.

The DAO committing to share revenue to fund public goods sends the right message to the Ethereum and overall crypto community that we recognize we are standing on giants’ shoulders and believe in furthering open, decentralized collaboration.

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HIP 17 Deploy Hop bridge functionality on the ConsenSys zkEVM rollup

Recommendation: Vote Yes.

ConsenSys has proven to be a forward-looking group creating several successful infrastructure tools for the Ethereum community. It makes sense for Hop to bridge the Protocol between the ConsenSys zkEVM and other chains in the Ethereum ecosystem to further cements itself as a key piece of cross-chain infrastructure.

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[RFC] Refill the Hop Community Multisig with funds from the Hop DAO

Recommendation: Vote Yes.

The Hop Community Multisig should be refilled to continue efficient distributions from the Hop DAO to Hop’s active stakeholders such as Bonders, Liquidity Providers, Multisig Signers and Delegates.

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Fast bridging support and co-incentives for sUSD

Recommendation: Vote Yes.

Synthetix’s stablecoin (Susd) is the most widely used stablecoin on Optimism therefore providing bridging support and incentivizing Susd liquidity providers should solidify Hop’s position as the go-to bridge for the Synthetix stablecoin on Optimism.

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HIP 20 Community Multisig Operations for the Hop DAO

Recommendation: Vote Yes.

This proposal outlines a process for nomination, election, and compensation of multisig signers for the Hop DAO Community Multisig. This proposal adds clarity to the process for joining and participating in the Hop DAO multisig.

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HIP 21 Hop DAO Ambassador Program

Recommendation: Vote Yes.

Hop DAO Ambassadors will participate in DAO Governance across the ecosystem on behalf of Hop Protocol. Increasing participation in the ecosystem will be vital for establishing key partnerships and identifying opportunities for possible integrations. The pilot phase of this program will start with Optimism because OP Governance Power has been delegated to the Hop DAO.

Disclaimer, I participated in creating this proposal with @kene_stablelab @bobbay_stablelab and @max-andrew

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