This noble. Reading this, one question I have is, to what extent has this progressive mission extended beyond the comfort zone of the community to areas such as Africa, where web3 is a key need with proven use cases?
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I am one of the many who have had the opportunity to be on the Greenpill show. That opportunity was greatly impactful. Thank you for what you are doing for economic freedom for the citizens of the world.
Checking back in, was some year/s ago. Iām Philip from Sweden, been in crypto since the creation of ETH. So around 10 years. I have the biggest community in Scandinavia called Cryptocurrencies Sweden that I founded in 2017. We are traders and investors, but Iām also specialized inte cyber security, so often help projects when I got time over to fix security flaws and bugs, anti-patterns and secure code and so on.
Be blessed.
Philip
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Gitcoin Username: Sov
ETH Address: 0x2D7d6Ec6198ADFD5850D00BD601958F6E316b05E
Statement of Intention / My Values & Reason for Joining:
Since 2020, my journey in the crypto grant ecosystem has been driven by a belief in the power of community-driven initiatives. This experience solidified my commitment to fostering impactful programs. At Gitcoin, I see an opportunity to leverage my unique insights and experiences to further empower the community, enhancing both product adoption and the effectiveness of our programs.
My journey in the crypto grant space, coupled with my leadership experience, aligns with Gitcoinās mission. As a Steward, I am excited about the opportunity to contribute to the growth and success of the community, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of the crypto grant ecosystem.
What Qualifications / Skills I Have:
- 10+ years running a mid-sized Systems Integrator.
- Proficient in program development and project management.
- Previous experience with local, state, and federal government grants with a 501c3
- Researching and writing about grant programs since 2020. You can find my work here.
- Creator and Curator of LlamaoGrants and Blockworks Grantfarm.
- Creator of Curator Crypto Grant Wire.
- Creator and Curator of Sovās Compendium.
- Grantee Experience: Aave Grants DAO, Polygon Village Grantee
- Current Partnerships & Program Lead @ Gitcoin
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Gitcoin Username
@karlagod
ETH Address
0x9DCbA70B2dfe5807e2A847E065EBb666791F8b8A
Discord Handle (optional)
@_karlagod
Statement of Intention / my Values & Reasons for Joining
My intentions are to:
Iām some one whoās big on making impact, changing and affecting young people positively, and Gitcoin gives me the support to do that with every grant round I get into.
So I want to help and contribute to Gitcoinās success and to that of public goods growth.
My Values are
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Impact
I believe a life isnāt well lived if it didnāt benefit the good of other. -
Integrity & Honesty
I believe ones integrity is higher than money and shouldnāt be lost because of money. -
Prosperity.
I believe thereās more than enough money in the world and that you canāt make real impact without funds.
My Web3 Qualifications / Skills
Got into the web3 ecosystem in 2016 while still in the University.
By 2018 I had my first official eth wallet (I had one before in 2016, and I lost it)
I went into DeFi, NFTs, Ambassador works, meet-up organisation etc in 2019 and 2020
In 2020 I started research for a 100% decentralised SaveFi protocol, by 2021 I created a Child/parent contract structure for a pooless aggregator in the protocol.
In 2022 I put a team of developers and mathematicians together and we created the maths for the protocol to work on.
I started Borderless Dev in 2022 to help raise web3 developers for free.
More to come.
Thank you so much 
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Gitcoin username: robioreefeco
ETH Address: cryptobenthicš .eth
Statement of Intention / My Values & Reason for Joining:
Hola I am Rodrigo NuƱĪz
As a dedicated coralreef researcher, scientific diver, and fervent ocean conservation advocate, my journey has traversed diverse initiatives across the Mexican Caribbean focused on preserving coral reef ecosystems. Engagements span from immersive environmental education and community-driven citizen science to rigorous scientific exploration, encompassing themes such as herbivory, biodiversity, and coral reef #restoration.
Aligned with my persona as an INFP-A Mediator, I possess a profound enthusiasm for the potential of crypto and blockchain technologies. Iām impassioned to uncover innovative solutions addressing the multifaceted challenges faced by our oceans, particularly in the preservation of coral reef ecosystems. Currently, I actively contribute to initiatives like MesoReefDAO and the GreenPill MĆ©xico Local Chapter, fulfilling my passion for exploring complex systems and nurturing regenerative solutions. Iāve been involved in DeSci since Q1-2020.
What Web3 Qualifications / Skills I have:
*Love to play in the cryptoecosystems, love fundamentals
*Contributor of DeSci World and other DeSci communities
*Spanish Editor of Week in Ethereum News (ES)
*Co-Founder of MesoReefDAO
*Co-Founder of GreenPillMexico
Thanks!!
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ETH Address: deltajuliet.eth
Discord Handle: deltajuliet
Statement of Intention / Your Values & Reasons for Joining:
Iām focusing this year on boosting our financial resilience, enhancing our tech infrastructure, and tightening team cohesion and Gitcoinās governance. Bullish on improving financial strategies, invigorating community engagement, and instilling a culture of ongoing learning and feedback within Gitcoin.
My objective is to bring forth practical strategies and insights that bolster our governance and operational performance. Having operated behind the scenes since joining in May, Iām eager to step into a more visible role, actively engaging with our community and advancing our governance initiatives.
Web 3 Qualification/Skills
- Defi product management at Totle and Amazix
- Gitcoinās CoS (May 2023) - oomph what a ride!
- Professional lurker in DAO governance, aiming to bolster that in 2024
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ETH Address: cryptoreumd.eth
Discord Handle: cryptoreumd
Statement of Intention / Your Values & Reasons for Joining:
You can find me in many places under the nickname CryptoReuMD. First a little bit about me. Iāve been in crypto for 3 years, my story starts with the intention of decentralization of ideas and science is for me a lifetime of knowledge which has to be put on a chain and validated peer to peer, which led me to understand the real problems facing crypto, plutocracy, hegemony and many other coordination failures, being my priority to start in a DAO.
My first steps were as part of the translations of the content of BanklessDAO, I ventured to know a little more by being part of the Advocates of The Graph, but my technical knowledge was not so robust and unilateral coordination did not seem attractive to me, likewise I tried it in Optimism and Arbitrum, denoting still much seed of power focused on liquidity and economic power.
After a few years, BanklessDAO grew much more and we launched Nacion Bankless, a subDAO that is currently a reference in Latin America for content and decentralization, where we managed to push the decentralization ethos that I was looking for.
Web 3 Qualification/Skills
My first rounds in Gitcoin were as Grantee, at first with Ethereum Mexico and later with NaciĆ³n Bankless, initially learning how to create the proposal and then the grant coordination mechanisms.
After two sessions, particularly the 18th and 19th, it was for me a great opportunity, since I got to know the possibilities of helping each other and how Gitcoin, unlike other projects, even if they are also in charge of donations and community-based capital raising, still lives hurt by the votes of a few people and simply the grantees repeat themselves, without updates, without reports of success and the use of the funds raised.
Because of this situation, as part of the transparency of our subDAO we are dedicated to publish each of our successes and experiences, with a breakdown of incentives and the portfolios of those who receive those funds, with a method of transparency that we will continue to implement, you can find these reports in the forums of Gticoin, Arbitrum, BanklessDAO, Optimism and Push, since we consider that we must always have a proof of work in this game economy.
Together with several of my colleagues and with a lot of support from the community I managed to create the first rounds for Mexico and for projects that create improvements in the reporting chains of the projects that live off chain, raising 10, 000 USD between the two rounds, a success that is not only mine and I owe it 100% to the community.
Current challenges
Today I consider that GItcoin has an ecosystem that has gradually learned to decentralize, adopting more innovative governance schemes and also maturing in terms of resistance to Sybill attacks and liquidity extraction, a fact that for me has been fascinating, however The content is still mostly in English and the Latin American projects are simply repeated, many of them do not even update their proposals, they just upload them again and the successes they may have are not reflected.
Likewise, I think we have a content war where basically we all create the most vibrant video, the most elegant tweet and the most curious meme, but it remains the same and repetitive, we have not managed to link our ideas and support the projects, This, although we can understand it as part of the tragedy of the commons.
Furthermore, the funding currently seen in Latin America is nothing compared to what is received in other parts of the world, which generates a certain gentrification of resources and therefore reduces the success of our colleagues.
How do I plan to work my delegation?
When the idea of being a delegate of any project came to me, my response was with reservation, however when reading this opportunity, I simply could not say no, I feel that a way to live decentralization and the teaching of the ImpactDAO and Green books Pill is essentially acting in the governance of Gitcoin, I consider now to be much more transparent and help in the way possible so that my colleagues and of course a server do not miss the opportunities to continue growing, always with the intention of helping and generate waves of support among everyone.
For me the most important thing is the community, although many times we benefit from the votes in the rounds, it is essential for me to keep my words firm and if I consider that governance is important, having protocol tokens as a shield to Subsequent decisions is one of my greatest feats, given that with everything and what comes, delegation is more important than the extraction of liquidity.
Sharing, in essence, is something fascinating, it is not about giving gifts, but about giving people what they deserve for their work and monitoring in a simple and fair way what we are all doing, I believe that it is time for the governance and that DAOs once again lead the narrative, just before the explosion of users and everything gets out of control, which is why I will be more present in the forum and discussing progress and updates.
Although there is a lot of content in Spanish, there are few of us who check it all out and most of these training videos tend to be weak and with few views, so no matter who produces the content, I will make sure it is seen so that we can understand it from different perspectives, as long as it is content with the intention of helping and not just benefiting the protocol or the people who have uploaded it.
At Nacion Bankless we created a coordination section, in which we are delegates of different projects, Push, Optimism, Arbitrum and now Gitcoin, having a little more knowledge of what happens in other projects will allow us to more easily understand governance and take concrete decisions.
Creation of a decision reporting channel with justification. I believe that Hypercertz and Attestations are primitives that we should use, although the governance is intuitive and always forward, the forums are modifiable, so I consider that the decisions should be engraved in stone, so it is best to publish those decisions as attestations.
Impartiality will be one of the great differences and challenges that I will have, I have seen in governance forums the balance tip for a few people and fundraising to enrich projects even within my country, so I consider it a priority to be on the edge of these decisions and have a greater impact on people who are barely developing.
Objectives to be reported
- Number of quality hours in which I do the work of reading and posting on the forum
- Number of posts, whether as threads, tweets, videos or any type of content explaining about governance
- Thread in the forum with decisions and attestations about what is discussed in governance
- Number of new projects boarded to Gitcoin
- Number of meetings, talks or webinars about Gitcoin.
- Number of projects existing in previous rounds that begin to report their progress in the forum and with chain evidence.
These will be the scoop, I will evaluate how many I can actually do so that in future sections of the quarters, I can estimate a number of them.
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- Gitcoin Username: gokhan
- ETH Address: 0x36de990133D36d7E3DF9a820aA3eDE5a2320De71
- ENS: gokhan.eth
- Discord handle: 0xgokhan
Statement of Intention / My Values & Reason for Joining:
I am an independent researcher, and a generalist. I have been an open source proponent in the domains, and interstices thereof, of finance, education, civilizational grade networking tools, artificial intelligence and long-term archives for more than a decade; and, been actively participating at the junction of decentralized open financial systems, art markets, and emergent governance praxes practically, thanks to primarily the Ethereum ecosystem, both as an individual and in collectives.
I value professionalism, accountability, and honesty when it comes to the so-called sweat equity across the web3 cultural clusters. Iāve always donated to projects that align with my version of a probable future for our collective betterment, and observed from afar.
However, the more I started to partake in real life events that are primarily driven thanks to public goods funding, if not good samaritans, the clearer it has become for me that not all good actors are professional, let alone accountableāwhich in turn obliges me to go for becoming of a steward.
These are merely the tip of the mountain of a personal reasoning.
What Qualifications / Skills I Have:
I am an autodidact generalist who is able to use almost any production suite but I am aware that you are not looking for another marketer. I have a background in conflict resolution focused NGOs, academic lecturingāliterary/ languagesā, and marketing with a focus on growth and media planning. I have been using the best of these for my individual success onchain for half a decade now. I can state that I am good at coordination, community-steeringāsince a community is a cybernetics issue for me, viral yet meaningful campaigns. Though this should have been added in the above section, I perceive my accountability, professionalism and punctuality as skills, too. That is, I make sure everything clearly conveyed and upheld. I also specialize in archives so I make sure nothing is lost forever.
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Hey bruh,
liked ur skills, got any medium post of urs, would like to see ur works
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I do not have an active medium. Please resort to my Icebreaker link in the profile. All posts are proven tracks with provenance. Thank you.
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Nice, stewards are so valued. Happy to be here to connect ones more
Gitcoin Username: @cmurdock
ETH Address: 0xa53D1eED800BD55d15C01733C2647AC77017aaA8
Discord Handle: cmurdock
Twitter: @careymurdock
Statement of Intention / Your Values & Reasons for Joining
I have been an active contributor to Gitcoin since 2022 and believe in a multi-mechanism future that enables communities to fund what matters to them. So, as Iāve been a contributor for two years I want to take the next step as a steward to do what I can to give more back to Gitcoin and the community - and to do anything I can to help make the Gitcoin ecosystem more successful over time.
Qualifications /skills
Iāve been in web3 since 2022, enjoy learning new things, examining ideas and ways forward, and solving problems. Prior to web3, I had a background in management operations, but Iām here for the coordination.
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Gitcoin Username: dssdan
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ETH Address: 0xB8708B3900b44167DDb4F3368193758A832dFb81
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Discord Handle: danny_schu
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Statement of Intention / Your Values & Reasons for Joining:
I joined Gitcoin to further my commitment to innovation and disruption. I am deeply aligned with the Web3 principles of decentralization, empowerment, and transparency. I am passionate about working alongside dedicated contributors to address real-world challenges in capital allocation by leveraging technology and the expertise of our team. I am excited to step into the role of a Steward, which will allow me to engage more deeply in governance and make a meaningful impact.
ā* Your Web3 Qualifications / Skills:
Since early 2017, I have worked in the blockchain/Web3 space, focusing on sales and business development. Before contributing to Gitcoin, I led sales and business development for innovative blockchain and crypto companies, offering products such as a decentralized e-commerce platform, digital asset retirement solutions, and various NFT solutions for both Web2 and Web3 entities.
Gitcoin Username: jessicagitcoin
ETH Address: 0xac4425705678de7A12F88e0Ce3B9483F06A57225
Statement of Intention / Your Values & Reasons for Joining: A little late to the Steward party but my name is Jess and I have been a contributor since February 2024 as Operations Manager! To be fair, it took me some time to get fully integrated and understand my role as a Steward so now I can confidently say I am excited to be here to help move Gitcoin in the right direction. I am a regen at heart and think blockchain is the solution to transparency in basically any industry. Gitcoin has long enabled incredible projects to flourish outside of traditional funding. Being apart of something bigger than myself and identifying key areas of improvement within society is the root of my intention. Luckily, my fellow Gitcoiners have a similar focus and I am so thrilled to see what the future holds because of it!
Your Web3 Qualifications / Skills: I have been in web3 since the 2019 bullrun but aside from ānumber go upā, was all too interested in the projects behind the token. After a long long stint in the music industry (corporate and as an artist), I became hyperfixated on this new era in technology. Self-sovereignty should be at the forefront of all of our minds in this day and age. I did the DeFi, GameFi thing for a bit but needed way more purpose in my day-to-day. I build new revenue streams for impact projects and make shitty house music in my spare time. TLDR: If we are not making the world a better place, whatās the point?
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Gitcoin Username: PGov
ETH Address: PGov.eth (0x3FB19771947072629C8EEE7995a2eF23B72d4C8A)
Twitter: @PGovTeam
Introduction:
We are a team of dedicated governance enthusiasts who have been in the governance space for over four years. Our team were some of the first members involved in defi governance and we want to apply what we have learned over the years to Gitcoin. We recently partook in GG20 grants as part of the governance ecosystem delegates initiative and are looking to become more active in the community!
Core Values:
- Growth: Our decisions are primarily focused on the growth of the protocol. This often results in how to spend money efficiently, but even more importantly and objecting for unreasonable spends and knowing when to vote no.
- Transparency: Clear communication with votes and explanations of reasoning, and an equivalent demand for proposals to do the same. Too often we see thousands, if not millions, being rolled up together and glossed over during proposals.
- Accountability: Too often once a decision is done, having proper accountability becomes an afterthought. Whether itās a DAO promise or a grant or a new program, once a DAO votes something in, we forget about it. Our goal with PGov is to both continue to check in on these decisions as well as ensure that there are proper channels set up to ensure accountability.
Conflicts of Interest:
If situations arise, we will abstain from a vote, and clearly state the conflict on the forums.
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Gitcoin Username: Umarkhaneth
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ETH Address: 0x616caD18642F45d3fa5FCaaD0a2d81764A9cBa84
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Discord Handle (optional) ufkhan97
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Statement of Intention / Your Values & Reasons for Joining: I have gained a lot of context on Gitcoinās history from both looking at the data and working on making various bits and pieces (from data infra to sybil defense, analytics, mechanism upgrades, and lite impact analysis) come together for our rounds and our partners. Iād love to be able to share that context in a more clear capacity to influence community/governance decisions.
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Your Web3 Qualifications / Skills: 2 1/2 years at Gitcoin across being a grantee, working at MMM, Gitcoin Grants, & Data Guild. Badgeholder for Optimism Retrofunding
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Gitcoin Username: Lemma
ETH Address: 0x724d893688c1A30E98fe19DA73cdF0bfEd7931AE
Discord Handle: Lemma
Twitter: @Lemma_Solutions
Statement of Intention / Your Values & Reasons for Joining
Lemma has been assisting Gitcoin with Operations and Governance since 2024. Lemma will use this platform to publish Monthly transparency reports on the DAO finances and to help make the Gitcoin ecosystem more successful over time.
Qualifications /skills
Lemma has over forty years of professional services experience behind our team across international directorships, āBig Fourā accounting firms, digital assets businesses and decentralized organizations, Lemma brings industry-leading quality and professionalism to your community. Trusted by some of the largest DAOs in the world, Lemma works with our clients from Day Zero to ensure your team has absolutely every resource available to succeed ā regardless of where in the decentralization process you are. At Lemma, we believe no one should organize alone.
Gitcoin Username: masterhw
ETH Address: 0x012dDEb107697252BDA3231a249d4d3bf747EAB6
Discord Handle (optional): masterhw
Statement of Intention / Your Values & Reasons for Joining: Since joining the Grants Lab team in April Iāve focused on gaining a deep understanding of the Allo protocol, and Iām among the first Gitcoiners to get my wings in the new Capital Allocation era. In my work as developer relations Iām exposed to a wide net of problem sets and technical approaches. I look forward to feeding these learnings and convictions back in to Gitcoin discussions, and feel this provides important context and insight to the forum.
Your Web3 Qualifications / Skills: Four professional years of experience in the blockchain space, including work on:
- Enterprise private ledgers
- Tokenized securities & settlement systems
- DePIN and utility-oriented resource nets
- Significant on-the-ground presence representing Allo & Gitcoin at DevCon 2024, where learnings helped drive strategic and technical pivots like Allo 2.1 => 2.2
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