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Delegate Statement

The top 12 delegates hold >51% of the voting power! Support small delegates by delegating to me! 😊

The top delegates are overweighted on people with a large following rather than people who are most capable and dedicated to the optimistic vision. Governance needs to be more decentralised, for the good of Optimism!

Why you should delegate to me:

  • I am highly qualified. I am a crypto native (since 2014), and am the founder of Brighton Blockchain, a local community meetup group. It's one of the most active and successful groups in the UK outside of London. I have a wealth of knowledge and experience that I'm keen to put to good use.
  • I am highly engaged. I have a great voting record since I started participating, with explanations of each vote for maximum transparency.
  • I am aligned with the optimistic vision. I even gave a talk on public goods funding in April 2022!
  • I am an independent voice in Optimism governance. It is vitally important that Optimism doesn't have a small minority controlling decisions, or suffer from groupthink.

My view on the first 3 articles of the working constitution:

  • I strongly support principle #1 in the working constitution (experimentation), as the lessons learned are more valuable than the cost of learning.
  • I support #2 in the working constitution - a bicameral system is taking what worked for old governance systems and using that is a reasonable starting point - but experimentation is welcome.
  • I also support #3 in the working constitution (backing the core optimism team). I believe in supporting teams with a strong track record. This goes for grants and governance proposals too - I will back good teams wherever possible!

Public goods funding is the most important job of Layer 2s, and Optimism has the most credible claim to prioritising it. Optimism must succeed. LFG!

Name: Milo Bowman

Address: milob.eth

Discord: MiloBowman

I have read and understood the Delegate Commitment Process.

I understand that becoming a delegate is a significant commitment.

My Web3 interests: Just about everything! DeFi, Economics, Events, Social Impact, Zero Knowledge.

Languages: English.

Links: My profile on curia, milobowman.com

Top Issues

Grant funding
Grant funding
Experiment, bias for action, back those with a good track record.
Public goods
Public goods
Public goods are good! Impact should equal profit!

Past Votes

Voted on 1 options in this proposal about 2 months ago with 5.18K votes

Security Council Elections: Cohort A Lead

alisha

Reason: I can see no reason not to re-elect the existing lead
Voted on 6 options in this proposal about 2 months ago with 5.18K votes

Security Council Elections Cohort A Members

Voted:

Agora

,

Emiliano

,

Gauntlet

,

Mariano

,

Uniswap Foundation

,

Velodrome

Reason: Continuity of existing members is important, plus there are a few candidates with great experience.
Voted for this proposal 4 months ago with 4.95K votes

Security Council Season 7 Retroactive Funding Request

Reason: I'm voting for this proposal because the security council's workload was significantly larger than planned, and I think it's fair to compensate them for that. However, I don't want to set the precedent that every council can re-apply for more OP; this is an exceptional edge case.
Voted on 4 options in this proposal 4 months ago with 4.53K votes

Season 8/9 Operating Budgets

Voted:

Developer Advisory Board Operating Budget

,

Grants Council Operating Budget

,

Milestones & Metrics Council Operating Budget

,

Security Council Operating Budget

Reason: Voting for all. As much as I'd like to vote for who gets the smaller budget reduction, it's so minimal that it isn't worth it.
Voted for this proposal 4 months ago with 4.53K votes

Anticapture Commission Dissolution Proposal

Reason: I would like to express that I believe that the ACC should be changed into a different form, at a different time. The purpose is valuable, even if this particular form isn't at this time.
Voted for this proposal 5 months ago with 2.88K votes

Budget Board Advisory Proposal for the DAO Operating Budget for Seasons 8 and 9

Reason: Voting For. In my opinion, this is a good way of doing a budget.
Voted for this proposal 5 months ago with 2.88K votes

Upgrade 16 Proposal: Interop Contracts, Stage 1, and Go 1.23 Support in Cannon

Reason: One step closer to superchain interoperability
Voted for this proposal 5 months ago with 2.87K votes

Season 8: Intent Ratification

Reason: I'm disappointed that this is the same intent as last season, but with reduced numbers. I'm disappointed interop didn't ship last season and the intent wasn't achieved. And I'm disappointed that the target is lower this season. But I'm voting for, because interop is still as important, or perhaps even more important now. I would like to see a little more constraint on how much $OP is spent, because the token is under pressure which becomes self-sustaining with high spending - and more attention paid to driving value to $OP to mitigate this (either through hard value accrual, or spreading the gospel of the superchain).
Voted for this proposal 5 months ago with 2.87K votes

Season 8/9 Grants Council Charter

Reason: A good proposal with some improvements on last season.
Voted for this proposal 5 months ago with 2.87K votes

Season 8/9 Milestones and Metrics Council Charter

Reason: One option, happy to approve it.
Voted for this proposal 5 months ago with 2.87K votes

Season 8/9 Developer Advisory Board Charter

Reason: One option, happy to keep supporting Ed.
Voted for this proposal 5 months ago with 2.87K votes

Governor Update Proposal: Removing Abstain Count from Quorum

Reason: This is a simple improvement to prevent possible voting problems.
Voted for this proposal 6 months ago with 3K votes

Season 8 and 9 Milestone and Metrics Council Selection

Reason: I think this is an improvement on the current selection process, so I'm voting for. However, I think there is further room for improvement in the execution of this - I'm not sure random selection is perfect, and I'd also like to see selection criteria expanded on, perhaps to exclude red flags, or to evaluate the quality of previous council service.
Voted for this proposal 8 months ago with 2.84K votes

Season 8 and 9: Budget Board Member Ratification

Reason: This is another step toward decentralisation, taking something previously done by the foundation and putting it in the hands of the collective.
Voted for this proposal 8 months ago with 2.21K votes

Upgrade Proposal #15: Isthmus Hard Fork

Reason: Another day, another upgrade.
Voted for this proposal 8 months ago with 2.21K votes

Upgrade Proposal #14: Isthmus L1 Contracts + MT-Cannon

Reason: This will improve scalability, fault proofs, and fee pricing.
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