Name: ​karpatkey

About me: ​karpatkey is a DeFi-native organisation specialising in professional treasury development through industry-leading research and tooling since 2020. We’ve been working with GnosisDAO, Balancer, ENS, CoW Protocol, and Lido to diversify their treasuries into sustainable portfolios of DeFi investments designed to support the DAOs in their missions.

Address or ENS: ​governance.karpatkey.eth (0x8787FC2De4De95c53e5E3a4e5459247D9773ea52)

Telegram handle: ​@thiagofcf / @Coltron1

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

karpatkey sees itself aligned with Obol's vision of scaling Ethereum by strengthening the security, resiliency, and decentralisation of the consensus layer. As a contributor in several Ethereum ecosystem DAOs, in different governance systems, we can serve in similar role in Obol's governance. We are also capable to enhance Obol's mission of supporting sustainable public goods, as we experience both from other crypto ecosystems and with treasury management to support these type of initiatives.

A robust and progressive governance system will be essential moving forward, giving community members more opportunity to become involved and influence the protocol ecosystem, whether directly or indirectly. We’ve been advocates of delegated voting in DAO governance as a viable solution to improve the legitimacy, inclusivity, and effectiveness of decision-making processes. However, the efficacy of this system is highly dependent on having domain experts actively involved as delegates. They transform the delegation process into a dynamic ecosystem where insights are not just shared, but are also meticulously examined and thoughtfully applied. It fosters a symbiotic relationship between all stakeholders, optimising the quality of collective decisions and reinforcing the democratic underpinnings of DAOs.

As DAO treasury developers and contributors to some of the most reputable DeFi protocols in our industry, we believe that our team has the knowledge, trust, and alignment to meaningfully contribute to Obol’s growth moving forward. Check out our values to understand a bit more about our guiding and decision-making principles.

Languages I speak and write: ​English & Portuguese