Name: ​L2BEAT 💗

About us:

L2BEAT is an independent, public goods company who acts as an impartial watchdog for the Ethereum Layer2 ecosystem. Our mission is to provide comprehensive and unbiased analysis and comparative evaluations of Layer 2 solutions . We are committed to the verification and fact-checking of the claims made by each project, with a special focus on the security aspects. What sets L2BEAT apart is our unwavering commitment to delivering accurate and reliable information.

In addition, L2BEAT has a governance team which actively participates in constructive discussions of specific protocol challenges and issues, fostering the discourse toward increasingly permissionless, open source, and trustless systems. Our participation in various DAOs and public debates reflects this commitment.

Governance Team

The governance team currently consists of kaereste (Krzysztof Urbanski) and Sinkas (Anastassis Oikonomopoulos). Both members have extensive knowledge and experience in the broader web3 ecosystem, on both technical and non-technical fronts. Any governance actions of the L2BEAT delegation team will be the product of research, fact-checking and ideation of the 2 aforementioned members.

Our Mission, Values and Approach to Governance

For us, governance isn't just about casting a vote. The real magic happens during healthy debates and coming to conclusions together. Voting should just be the cherry on top of a great community-driven process.

When participating in governance, we hold the following principles in mind:

• Transparency & Open Communication: We believe in being open about our decision-making process and keeping the community informed about any proposals or issues we discuss.
• Community Focus: Our top priority is to always consider the community's needs and interests in every decision we make.
• Inclusiveness: We're committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment, where everyone's voice is heard, regardless of their background or experience.
• Accountability: We value accountability and are always open to feedback, which helps us continually improve and better serve our community.

Skills and Areas of Expertise

We consider ourselves experts on blockchain scaling solutions. We have a deep technical understanding of underlying protocols and a broad overview of available solutions. We’ve spent hours understanding the code, documentation and on-chain data of every project listed on our website.

In terms of DAO-relevant work, we served on several grant committees and helped organise the work of the DAOs we're involved with.

Other DAOs involvement

We are currently actively involved in most L2-related DAOs with functioning governance: Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Starknet, zkSync, Scroll, Everclear, Hop, Lisk, Uniswap, and soon surely also others.

Address or ENS: ​delegate.l2beat.eth (0x1B686eE8E31c5959D9F5BBd8122a58682788eeaD)

Telegram handle: ​@l2beat

My views on the Obol Collective vision and why I want to be a delegate: ​

We view ourselves as fully aligned with Obol's vision of scaling Ethereum by strengthening the security, resiliency, and decentralisation of the consensus layer. As a self-proclaimed Ethereum ecosystem stewards in different governance systems, we want to serve similar role in Obol's governance. We also want to help Obol with supporting sustainable public goods as we have lots of experience both from other crypto ecosystems and with non-crypto public goods initiatives.

Languages I speak and write: ​

English, Polish, Greek