ENS DAO Delegate Applications

[inthiseconomy]

ENS Name: InThisEconomy.eth
ENS name:

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate:

My view on each section of the proposed ENS Constitution

• Name ownership is an absolute right: Agree: As stated in proposed constitution, the importance of a level playing field and emphasis of this I feel is core to future of web3. Equal opportunity starts with transparency of rates and consistency regardless of party involved.

• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: Agree: There must be some friction to registering, and I believe such friction provides the pause needed to thoughtful registrations. The fees also are essential to furthering the ENS long term value. The fees however must be justified, and feel strongly that any increase (or decrease) must be supported by transparent accounting.

• Income funds ENS and other public goods: Agree: Funds first and foremost must be used to sustain operations. I would ask for some formalized vetting process for for teams and individuals invested in. For this reason, the ENS DAO should have clear and core values/principles to measure potential projects against.

• ENS Integrates with the global namespace: Agree: As long as decentralization is preserved. This being said, I am not afraid to admit that I would want to hear more debate on this topic/have more supporting arguments. What does the “greatest extent possible without sacrificing decentralization” look like?

My web3 qualifications / skills:
As far as web3 technical skills go, I have little to no experience. I do however have a lot of experience with community building, scaling of companies and ecom, and a genuine fascination of web3 that has recently changed my view of how I see the world. I am a quick learner, and have strong presentation skills and business acumen. I am willing to listen and practice empathy in my interactions with other people, and lend advocacy to others whenever I am able. Not sure if this application will be taken seriously given the lack of core web3 skills, but my passion and energy for the space is immense, and I feel a broad range of Delegates will help avoid an echo chamber and create the discord internally needed to push ENS further.

Thank you for your time!

[Lockyfier]

ENS name: lockyfier.eth

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: I really would like to become a part of ENS DAO and support the community and ENS in general

My view on each section of the proposed ENS Constitution

• Name ownership is an absolute right: Agree
• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: Agree
• Income funds ENS and other public goods: Agree
• ENS Integrates with the global namespace: Agree

My web3 qualifications / skills: I am a professional project manager with an excellent background in marketing and web3. Every day I learn something new and as an ENS delegator I could easily fulfill my potential 100%.

[CP18]

ENS name: collinpixley.eth

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: Since my very first on-chain interaction with Ethereum I knew the address form would hinder later adoption and cause mistakes for beginners. When I learned about ENS I knew this could be one step in the right direction toward solving for that hurdle. After onboarding many to Ethereum, I have always suggested registering an ENS for ease of use and a beginner lesson to interacting with smart contracts. I am very excited to be able to represent those in the community who agree with my views on ENS as a blockchain public good and great onboarding tool.

My view on each section of the proposed ENS Constitution

• Name ownership is an absolute right: Agree
• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: Agree
• Income funds ENS and other public goods: Agree
• ENS Integrates with the global namespace: Agree

My web3 qualifications / skills:
I’m involved in varying degrees for several projects such as The Graph, Instadapp, Rabbithole, and Gitcoin. I work for an advisory and investment firm with a focus on blockchain technology and more often than not, Ethereum. I’ve onboarded hundreds of people to the space over the last several years and will continue to do so. I educate and help people find/create value using the blockchain.

[bvajresh]

ENS name: vajresh.eth

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: With over 150k wallets holding and using ENS Domains it is important to ensure the long-term viability and sustainability of ENS and ensure that the ENS community grows as adoption of crypto increases. As someone thinking about consumer crypto apps and the opportunity to onboard millions of users into crypto, I believe I can represent the ENS community and be a strong advocate for their interests.

My view on each section of the proposed ENS Constitution

• Name ownership is an absolute right: Agree
  It is important for users to have control over the usage and ownership of their web3 identity without the interference of a third-party entity.
• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: Agree
  Registration fees enable the ENS Domain ecosystem to be sustainable while disincentivizing speculative purchases of ENS Domains.
• Income funds ENS and other public goods: Agree
  As adoption of ENS increases, it is important for the protocol to be functional. Income from Registration fees should go towards maintaining and developing the protocol to stay up-to-date with advances in this space.
• ENS Integrates with the global namespace: Agree
  It is important to integrate with existing systems and ensure interoperability in order to increase adoption of ENS Domains.
  My web3 qualifications/skills:

• I currently work at SuperLayer Labs, a crypto venture studio that is part of the RLY Network. The goal for SuperLayer is to launch Consumer Crypto Applications that make it easy to onboard the next 100m people into crypto.
• Previously: Community Ambassador at Rally helping creators (that are brand new to crypto) launch Social Tokens and take advantage of the opportunities that web3 opens up.
• Pathfinder, Rabbithole.gg: Helping write guides (like this) as a member of the RabbitHole DAO that help users complete their “Learn-to-Earn” quests.
• Kernel Block II Fellow

[welulanggaring]

ENS name: welulanggaring.eth

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: I want to learning for build the future of the Internet together & also i’m active member of the ENS ecosystem

My view on each section of the [proposed ENS Constitution ] (Proposed ENS Constitution)

• Name ownership is an absolute right: ( Agree /Disagree/Comment)- Agree
• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: ( Agree /Disagree/Comment)- Agree
• Income funds ENS and other public goods: ( Agree /Disagree/Comment)- Agree
• ENS Integrates with the global namespace: ( Agree /Disagree/Comment) - Agree

My web3 qualifications / skills: I have basic knowledge Web3

[mandivs]

ENS name: mandivs.eth

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: I am passionate for the growth of crypto space and also the integration or transition from web 2.0 to 3.0 and ENS has a crucial role in this transition.

My view on each section of the proposed ENS Constitution

• Name ownership is an absolute right: (Agree)
• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: (Agree)
• Income funds ENS and other public goods: (Completely Agree)
• ENS Integrates with the global namespace: (Agree, ENS should be the global namespace standard)

**My web3 qualifications / skills:
I have basic knowledge and recently started to learn more and more. Good at project management and also the content creation so can contribute and standardize the processes. Also in security space so can provide guidance where its needed.

[sky_moore]

ENS name: skymoore.eth

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: I want to help build the decentralized world. To leave the world better than I found it. To assist in protecting the free and open internet. To help advance society.

My view on each section of the proposed ENS Constitution

• Name ownership is an absolute right: Agree - Except where the name is used to profit from or proliferate human rights abuses, human trafficking, slavery, child pornography, or abuse of animals.

• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: Agree - Especially in favor of preventing speculative registration of names.

• Income funds ENS and other public goods: Agree

• ENS Integrates with the global namespace: Agree - However I believe we should take steps to eventually replace legacy DNS altogether.

My web3 qualifications / skills: I am a 31 year old Cum Laude Computer Engineering Graduate from the University of Houston. I have worked on satellite controlled drones for Boeing. I have built cloud infrastructure for Amazon, Regeneron, Twitch, CBS, among others. I’ve been involved in the crypto space since 2015, but I quit working for companies and have been investing in crypto full time for about 3 months now. I’m studying Solidity and other blockchain technologies. I am also studying the legal framework of the formation of trusts. Trusts are in my opinion the legal and historical precident for the DAO. I would love to contribute to the ENS DAO with my techical skills and knowledge, legal knowledge, sound judgment, and love for crypto and a decentralized open world. Thank you for your time.

[mihal]

ENS name: mihal.eth

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate:

I’ve been a strong supporter of ENS for years, and built multiple applications using ENS in unique ways. One example is the Burner Wallet, which not only resolves ENS names, but actually had a plugin allowing users to register temporary “burnable” ENS subdomains. I also built DeFi777, an application that uses ENS names and ERC777 tokens to simplify DeFi actions.

I believe my experience as a developer and experience developing on top of ENS will be relevant to the governance process. I’m particularly interested in guiding ENS’s efforts to make domain names more accessable on L2.

My view on each section of the proposed ENS Constitution

• Name ownership is an absolute right: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)**

Enforcing a social contract of non-interference with the ownership of ENS names is the only way to deter influence of nation states and other large actors.

• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)**

Agreed

• Income funds ENS and other public goods: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)**

I believe ENS income should primarily fund ENS and ENS-related projects.

• ENS Integrates with the global namespace: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)

Strongly agree

My web3 qualifications / skills:

Smart contract engineer working in the Ethereum ecosystem for 4 years, on numerous projects.

Gas fees are insane right now, I’ll update my ENS records whenever gas prices drop

[ceresstation]

ENS name: ceresstation.eth

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate:

I believe that the true potential of web3 is to completely change how we fund public infrastructure. On the internet, identities are one key piece of that infrastructure. As Alisha recently noted, it’s hard to imagine having to type in an IP address every time we want to visit a website for information, and we’ll soon feel the same way about how we use addresses to transfer value.

Most importantly, it’s very possible for us to still end up in a world where these critical functions in the metaverse are owned by existing web2 monoliths like Facebook. Ultimately, that’s a major issue for anyone that believes they should have more control over the next phase of the web, and more interoperability between the services that they use.

By becoming a delegate of the ENS ecosystem, I can help push forward not just the ENS ecosystem but the public goods space on the whole as I’ve done through my work as a co-founder of Gitcoin and as a participant in a number of other related organizations in the past, such as the Digital Public Goods Alliance and Ethereum Foundation Grants.

My view on each section of the proposed ENS Constitution

• Name ownership is an absolute right: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)**

I think absolute ownership is a fundamental prerequisite to an open, community owned web.

• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)**

Fees are not always bad, fees can help keep organizations sustainable, and ultimately can be used to help make sure users act in good faith, and don’t attack the system without consequence.

• Income funds ENS and other public goods: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)**

Fees are also good because it’s possible to use them to sustain ENS itself and the ecosystem on the whole. There’s a huge amount of potential in web3 for public goods to govern themselves, but perhaps even more potential to allow them to sustain themselves.

• ENS Integrates with the global namespace: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)

We can’t repeat the mistakes of web2 and create walled gardens, we have to be part of the larger ecosystem and that includes leveraging existing well-adopted systems.

My web3 qualifications / skills:

• Actively participated in the Ethereum ecosystem since 2016 (and surprisingly, started a DAO project back then as well)
• Co-founded Gitcoin which has funded over $40m in public infrastructure to date
• Helped push forward one of the first Digital Public Goods Alliance communities of practice
• Served as a committee member in a variety of community grants programs including Ethereum Foundation Grants
• Advised a number of new web3 public goods related projects to help further my broader beliefs about how the ecosystem should evolve

[hj9p9]

ENS name: hrithik.eth

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: be a part in the decision making of ens domains for the future of identity in a decentralised world.

My view on each section of the proposed ENS Constitution

• Name ownership is an absolute right: Agree
• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: Agree
• Income funds ENS and other public goods: Agree
• ENS Integrates with the global namespace: Agree

My web3 qualifications / skills:
Full time Web3 and solidity developer since 2019.

[fql]

ENS name: awe.eth

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: I’m passionate about crypto. I’ve been in the space for many years and I want to be on top of the next trends. I’m very bullish on Ethereum being the de facto web3 blockchain and obviously ENS will control the domain infrastructure. I feel like I’m uniquely position because I understand web3 technology more than the average user and have implemented RFC specs on the engineering side. I have a strong background in software engineering.

My view on each section of the proposed ENS Constitution

Name ownership is an absolute right: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)

Disagree. I think we would explore a better name ownership and revenue model that is fair to all parties. I don’t think being a first mover should give you absolute rights.

Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)

Agree. ENS is a SaaS product and typically reoccurring revenue has been proven to be a successful model for SaaS product. I am opened to exploring additional incentives.

Income funds ENS and other public goods: (Agree/Disagree/Comment).

Agree. Although I could be convinced private entities could be worth pursuing if it’s highly beneficial for ENS.

ENS Integrates with the global namespace: (Agree/Disagree/Comment):
Agree. This would be awesome for everyone involved with this project.

My web3 qualifications / skills:

• Been in Bitcoin scene since 2011. I still have old Bitcoin wallets from 2013.
• Previously a routing and signaling cloud software engineer at Cisco.
• Previously a software engineer at a Bitcoin exchange, Kraken.
• Previously at a crypto hedge fund working in prop trading.
• Currently working on a defi protocol on Ethereum using solidity and other web3 technologies. I understand solidity, familiar with the popular EIPs ad Ethereum’s history, and understand how protocols work across the blockchain.
• I’m very adept with defi products and trading.

[whoismoses.eth]

ENS name: whoismoses.eth

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: Decentralization and crypto has changed my life for the better and I want to help move the world to be a much more decentralized place.

My view on each section of the proposed ENS Constitution

• Name ownership is an absolute right: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)** - Agreed. However there are fees for the renewal of name. One might not be able to pay them in the future. If this is an “absolute right” renewal fees should be optional. ENS should find ways to incentivize payments through new services or just take a tiny fee as part of record updates. For example changing 0.01 or 0.001 for ENS record changes. As the web3 world will be using ENS as an account not just an identifier their ENS name becomes their identity. No one has the right to take that away. If the ENS foundation was at risk of failing due to funding, it would be in the best interest of ENS name owners to donate to keep their names safe.
• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)** - Agreed, some friction makes every process better.
• Income funds ENS and other public goods: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)** - Agreed, product roadmap and value add services are important to the continued life of the ENS foundation. Proper management of funds and proper product management are required.
• ENS Integrates with the global namespace: (Agree/Disagree/Comment) - Disagree. Legacy DNS names are just another way that people can be controlled as the management of them is centralized and those assets can be seized by governments. If the governance team chooses to continue legacy DNS integration that is fine, I don’t think it should be an immutable tenant of the ENS foundation.

My web3 qualifications / skills:

• The number one qualification I have is I am a believer in decentralized control will eventually bring true freedom to all humans. Centralized control is a great threat and has been all along. We know have the technology to enable decentralized systems, organization, and currencies.
• I’ve been in the cryptocurrency space as an investor, node operator, and miner since 2015. It has changed my life for the better is so many ways. I must continue to give back.
• I believe ENS critically important. So important that I have registered the ENS names for my son, wife, business (each of them), me, my online handles.
• I am one of the founders of a DAO that has not launched yet, built on Ethereum. Though I am a founder, once governance starts, I’ll be just one of the token holders. It is a leaderless organization.
• I am a Software Engineer
• I own a decent amount of digital art that is special because it is mine and no one can take it away from me.
• I know I already said this, but personal freedoms are very important to me and someone’s identity is at the top of that list. I want ENS to be successful and I am willing to be more than just an active participant.

[DannyNugz]

ENS name: DannyNugz.eth

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: I want to support the development of ENS as well as become apart of the change as we progress into the next evolution of the web.

My view on each section of the proposed ENS Constitution

• Name ownership is an absolute right: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)
• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)
• Income funds ENS and other public goods: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)
• ENS Integrates with the global namespace: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)

My web3 qualifications / skills: I have a technical background, however only basic knowledge of web3, I wish to improve on my understanding and contribute to this community with the security and growth that it has to offer.

[alexyao]

ENS name: alexyao.eth
My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: My values have been developed in my work and entrepreneurial journey building educational, community-based products in the education, blockchain, and wellness industry. I deeply believe in designing better systems to create a more equitable world.

We’re currently at the forefront of how we create long-lasting institutions and the values we bring into these systems are important for their success. As a delegate I’m bringing in values and vision of a world that is healthy, thriving, and accessible to all.

I’d like to support ENS in building and growing a healthy community. My focus is on the long-term success of the crypto ecosystem through education, community building, and onboarding non-crypto natives to crypto protocols. ENS is one of the first places I point to for people who are new to the crypto space.

My view on each section of the proposed ENS Constitution

• Name ownership is an absolute right: Agree
  The future of the web is one where we own all of our data.
• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: Agree
  Fees are important for the sustainability of ENS Domains and prevents people from abusing the system.
• Income funds ENS and other public goods: Agree
  It’s important that there is income that will allow ENS to continue into the future.
• ENS Integrates with the global namespace: Agree
  Integration with existing global systems and interoperability are the key for crypto and web3 to get worldwide adoption.

My web3 qualifications / skills:

• I started my explorations and learning in crypto while I was at Blockchain at Berkeley in 2015, I have focused on education in the crypto space.
• In 2021, I jumped in full-time to work in the crypto industry, I previously worked at The Graph and Hashflow helping grow their communities.
• Gitcoin Kernel Block 3 Fellow
• I’m currently one of thirty students in the first cohort of @OurNetwork x @DuneAnalytics: Learn-to-Earn Data Cohort Program.
• I’m the Community Lead at Superlayer, a crypto venture studio. Currently building the community strategy playbook for all of our portfolio companies.

[soysebastian]

ENS name: soysebastian.eth

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: I am a lover of crypto ecosystems and I believe that these protocols generate a genuine bridge to the massive Internet

My view on each section of the proposed ENS Constitution

• Name ownership is an absolute right: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)** Agree.
• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)** Agree.
• Income funds ENS and other public goods: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)** Agree.
• ENS Integrates with the global namespace: (Agree/Disagree/Comment) Agree

My web3 qualifications / skills: I am a specialist in Digital Marketing and digital business especially applied in the crypto industry

[cory.eth]

ENS Name: cory.eth

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate
Personal Identity is a fundamental human right. In the digital world, our personal identity will be our web3 identity. It is critical that the technology underpinning personal identity on the Internet is governed through fair, open, transparent principles.

I believe I possess those principles and the perspective to make, execute, and champion good, thoughtful decisions for the future of ENS. In my free time, I have written about ENS on social media many times. I was one of the first people on Twitter to make my name my ENS domain.

I have the time to engage with the DAO, thoughtfully research and question proposals, and vote with both intent and forethought.

My view on each section of the Proposed ENS Constitution

• Name ownership is an absolute right

Strongly Agree.

Personal Identity is a human right. All human beings should have the inalienable right to choose their name. No individual or entity should be able to restrict another’s ability to choose their name in the digital namespace.

In the case of exceptional and unpredictable scenarios which I presume to be malicious or harmful to ENS or humanity, I will reflect on history and philosophy to guide my choice.

• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism

Strongly Agree.

Registration fees and expiration are critical to the mechanics of ENS. Registration fees disincentivize squatting by putting recurring capital risk on domain holders. Expiration allows people to claim names which are abandoned.

Anecdotally, my preferred username on Twitter, Xbox, and Instagram are all squatted by abandoned accounts with no activity. At scale, this is a loss of human value by preventing humans from expressing their identity how they prefer.

I am a mathematician and can analyze the pricing and incentives based on a goal framework. The primary concern to consider is ensuring personal identity is not restricted by capital burden in developing communities, while balancing for squatting, first-mover advantages, and other downsides.

• Income funds ENS and other public goods

Strongly Agree.

ENS is a public good and all funds should go towards development of ENS or ENS-aligned projects.

Funds should first go to ENS. When there are additional funds, they may be used to fund other public goods.

I am weary but open to ideas around a treasury which utilizes DeFi tooling to generate yield. While it feels sketchy and risky today, the rapid experimentation in web3 will likely surface better ideas than simple holding.

• ENS integrates with the global namespace

Strongly Agree.

This feels particularly obvious. The global namespace shall include ENS and ENS shall integrate with it.

My web3 qualifications / skills

• Experienced crypto Investor, passionately involved since 2013.
• Work in web3 full-time as independent polymath
• Mathematician and Computer Scientist. Intense self-study in Economics.
• Tens of thousands of pro-crypto social media comments over last 8 years.
• Onboarded all my friends, family, and even a coworker who became a core dev. Lost count of how many.
• Creator @ethburnbot on Twitter
• Developer for 12 years
• Solidity/web3/JS full stack
• Five years in Big Tech, two years at Seed->B startup as Employee #2 / Principal Engineer
• Bachelors of Science in Honors Mathematics and Computer Science (double major)

[born]

ENS name: born.eth

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate:
I have a decent amount of experience in identity and crypto and I believe I can help positively shape the future of ENS. I’m also a long time user of ENS; I’ve owned and used domains since when it first launched. I’ve been working in the identity space for 7 years (between Microsoft and Celo Labs) and working on web3 for 5 years. I currently lead the Identity team at Celo Labs.

My view on each section of the proposed ENS Constitution

• Name ownership is an absolute right: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)** Agree. No tyranny of the majority.
• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)** Agree. For lack of fairer method, fees are a decent solution.
• Income funds ENS and other public goods: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)** Agree.
• ENS Integrates with the global namespace: (Agree/Disagree/Comment) Agree.

My web3 qualifications / skills:

• Worked on Ethereum tech on the Microsoft Blockchain team for 3 years
• Lead Identity engineer at Celo Labs
• Creator of TokenCast (NFT art display - incorporates ENS)
• Advisor on a handful of crypto projects

[starky]

ENS name: starky.eth

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: I want to support the ENS community as well as the development to make it more efficient, i aslo believe ENS can represent any entity as a Web3 standard naming.

My view on each section of the [proposed ENS Constitution ] (Proposed ENS Constitution )

• Name ownership is an absolute right: ( Agree /Disagree/Comment)- Agree
• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: ( Agree /Disagree/Comment)- Agree
• Income funds ENS and other public goods: ( Agree /Disagree/Comment)- Agree
• ENS Integrates with the global namespace: ( Agree /Disagree/Comment) - Agree

My web3 qualifications / skills: I am a Developer, cryptocurrency researcher,trader,investor

[dwlz]

ENS name: dwlz.eth

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: I believe in the decentralized web, but a big chunk of the crypto space is invested in centralized solutions. We’ve been there, done that, and look where it got us—single points of failure, invisible governance, etc. This is not the crypto ecosystem I want to be a part of or support.

However, ENS proposes a new way of viewing identity on the Internet, and is so much more than just a domain-name service. The current iteration has only scratched the surface of what’s possible. I’d like to see further integrations with web3 projects involving account identity and authentication. There are so many cool things to be done!

I am a very good listener, a careful decision-maker, and have been in leadership positions throughout my career. But most of all I just really want to be a part of the revolution.

My view on each section of the proposed ENS Constitution

• Name ownership is an absolute right: Agree
• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: Agree, with comment
  • The constitution holds that a secondary goal of fees is “to provide enough revenue to the DAO to fund ongoing development and improvement of ENS”. It’s important to clarify what “enough revenue” means, here. Specifically, if the DAO attains a certain low-water mark of revenue, should certain fees no longer taken? Perhaps this is something the DAO decides on later.
• Income funds ENS and other public goods: Agree, with comment
  • Similar to the thoughts on Section II; I wonder how soon the DAO would need to consider how quickly spending occurs. Does the DAO hold onto funds until the perfect candidate for funding or investment emerges? Or are investments made at a constant cadence? A mix? Just food for thought.
• ENS Integrates with the global namespace: Agree
• Amendments to this constitution: Comment
  • I know this wasn’t prompted, but I do I have a few comments. Is 5% a common value for DAO token participation? Basically, do I read correctly that amendments could ostensibly be passed with only 3.34% of tokens in favor of a proposal?

My web3 qualifications / skills: I’ve been using Bitcoin since 2011 and more recently sold most of it and went all in on Ethereum. I’m a professional software engineer (full-stack, more or less) and have been for over a decade. I work mostly with TypeScript, Python, Go, and maintain a few iOS apps as well (Swift/Objective-C). I recently picked up Solidity through the CryptoZombies course. I’ve deployed a few solidity contracts on mainnet (nothing major, just for fun). I also run an Eth2 validator. Yay merge!

I also happen to be participating in Uniswap’s Hackathon this week; my project actually integrates with ENS, believe it or not!

Ultimately, I’m not the most experienced web3 hacker, but I’m a quick learner and have been building early-stage projects on the web for over a decade. I don’t plan to stop learning now

[pescennius]

ENS name: pescennius.eth

My reasons for wanting to be a delegate:

“Intelligence is not a privilege, it’s a gift. And you use it for the good of mankind.” - someone wiser than I

Beyond being a technically curious person with relevant experience, the reason I want to be further involved with ENS is its potential to be one of many crypto projects that help bridge the gap between the developed and developing world.

While am American, I have worked on development projects in Africa and South America (I speak spanish as well) in addition to my day job since I was an engineering student. As a black American, I’m also acutely aware of what the lives of the economicly marginalized within my own country look like. It is the economically marginalized who have the most to gain from open, permissionless, and community owned protocols/apps that are the promise of smart contract blockchains.

We can’t just build the technology and hope they come. The decisions that are made now at the protocol level need to be made in such a way that maximizes developers ability to leverage the protocol for consumer applications. Just like people never learned how DNS works while using web 2.0, the masses are likely never going to understand the intricacies of ENS. Instead we need to create a system with a robust set of incentives that protect the community from bad actors.

My view on each section of the proposed ENS Constitution

• Name ownership is an absolute right: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)** Agree that every individual (human person not legal person) should have the opportunity and sufficient access to leverage ENS. However
• Registration fees exist as an incentive mechanism: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)** 100% agreed. I believe it is appropriate to apply a permutation of the land value tax to ENS which would disincentivize rent seeking behavior. Everyone should be able to afford an (meaning one) ENS name, but pricing should be controlled to disuade speculators.
• Income funds ENS and other public goods: (Agree/Disagree/Comment)** 100% agreed. Income should be sufficient to cover associated costs to ensure sustainability.
• ENS Integrates with the global namespace: (Agree/Disagree/Comment) I believe ENS will be the global namespace within a few decades.

My web3 qualifications / skills: I have basic web3/solidity skills. I’m more familiar with the algorand ecosystem from a development perspective. However I am also a software developer and data scientist by trade and have experience with a number of programming languags, databases, and machine learning frameworks.