Hi Golem,
thank you for your detailed response and thoughts. I really appreciate it!
Let me quickly respond to the imo most important parts:
Ok so seeing as the main goal of this program is to increase DeFi TVL, we can use that as a good barometer for at least the 1st season of the program. In the proposal it is noted that if the goal is missed by a margin greater than 25%, then the program will be cancelled.
I am completely fine with that. I guess most if not all other goals/ KPIs mentioned are somehow connected to TVL and TVL is the highest KPI in that pyramid.
I am not a native speaker, so maybe my interpretation is off here, but since the proposal states that “The program may be cancelled at the discretion of the DSC […]” it’s not automatic, but optional. If we all agree that this “may” is actually a “should”, then I we are likely as close to automation as we can get with this first proposal.
I agree that we should have more delegate representation in future TPP / governance proposals, and I would love for essentially a list of pre-vetted, legit, delegates/ZKsync community members to be created that can serve on future Councils to overview future proposals.
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I hope that this proposal sets a precent of always having a highly skilled, competent, and unbiased council that oversees future proposals to ensure that things always go in a positive direction for the ZKsync community.
I completely understand the issue with timing here.
I also acknowledge that it would be hard to find trusted delegates, at least for me, because I don’t (really) know the five listed DSC members, but the same applies for all other delegates here. We probably could nominate someone, but it will be hard to really evaluate people based on just a few posts here.
So for the conclusion is the following:
- I am okay with a more pragmatic approach this time if we all agree on canceling season 2 and 3 if TVL is 25% below goal.
- I hope we can find a more decentralized approach with more Token Assembly involvement for future proposals. This best case includes the list of 20+ delegates (tbd how we can make that happen), but also explicitly an earlier start for new proposals. I think there were rumors about more proposals already in the works. @rafa @theshelb If you are aware of other proposals, could you try to reach out so we can get delegate input earlier?
tl;dr: I am okay with taking a pragmatic approach here, but for future proposals the bar would be higher and I hope the values zksync shared won’t be aspirational forever.