Toby Shorin
Gitcoin Username : @tobyshorin
ETH address : shorin.eth
Discord: telos#0360

Web3 qualifications

• I’ve worked in the crypto space since 2017.
• I’m known as one of the authors of influential ideas (e.g. headless brands, squad wealth) in this space, along with my co-authors at research DAO Other Internet.
• Recently I’ve worked with Aragon, Gitcoin, Zora, and Interchain Foundation, and in the past I’ve worked with people like Jesse Walden and Yancey Strickler to develop ideas that have become well known in the crypto space.
• I have a product design background but these days I mostly consult on product and communications strategy for protocols.
• Recently we received funding from Uni Grants and the Ethereum Foundation to pursue community management and offchain governance research.
• Gitcoin stewardship is a way to connect many of these ideas and put them to practice.

Why I’d like to become a steward
Other Internet worked with Gitcoin leading up to the recent site refresh, and I came to truly admire the core leadership team and share its values. I know of no other project in the space that is as dedicated to building a better society, and I want to do anything I can to help this process. At the same time, through working in crypto I’ve come to believe that this technology, and the community organization techniques that are developing now, are setting precedents that will be used for municipal / regional governance, voter engagement, and resource allocation. Gitcoin is one of the projects that is closest to what I imagine this might look like. I see this as an opportunity for us all to learn and discuss what the best meta-governance practices are, and how to make funding more democratic.