Application Eligibility
There will be about a week-long period for candidates to submit their applications from the time this application is posted on the forum. The application window will end Tuesday March 4 at 0:00 AM UTC (7:00 PM ET Monday March 3). The top 15 delegates will be determined based on a point system outlined below.
Delegates from Cycle 2 must apply again for Cycle 3–they will not be automatically included.
Only delegates who have participated in onchain voting for at least three months prior to the application post are eligible for Cycle 3.
In case there are more than 15 eligible applicants, the top 15 will be chosen by the following objective metrics. The highest number of available points will be 11.
1. Voting Participation
Since a delegate's primary role is to utilize voting power from delegators and vote in Uniswap’s best interest, active participation is essential to ensuring quorums are met and malicious proposals are thwarted. This category carries a total of 7 points, with onchain voting weighted more heavily due to its ability to directly impact governance contracts and direct treasury funds. The voting rate is evaluated based on the past six months.
Offchain Voting (Snapshot)
90% and above: 3
80% to 90% : 2
70% till 80% : 1.5
60% till 70%: 1
50% till 60%: 0.5
50% or below: 0
Onchain Voting
90% and above : 4
80% till 90% : 2.5
70% till 80%: 1.5
60% till 70%: 1
50% till 60%: 0.5
Below 50%: 0
2. Proposal Authorship
Contributing to proposal drafting for Uniswap DAO is valuable, but maintaining quality and preventing malicious proposals is equally important. As a result, only successfully passed votes are counted. This category is worth a total of 3 points, with onchain proposals receiving greater weight once again.
For non-binary proposals, if a "No" equivalent option was available and the final voting outcome was a choice other than "No," the proposal qualifies for points in this category. For example, the Uniswap Treasury Working Group (UTWG) Election would not be eligible, as there was no "No" vote option. However, the [Temp] Uni Onboarding Package - BSC would qualify, since an "Against" option was present, and the final outcome was "$1M."
Authored or Co-authored a proposal that passed offchain (Snapshot) vote before.
Yes, 2 or more: 1
Yes, 1: 0.5
No: 0
Authored or Co authored a proposal that passed onchain vote before
Yes, 2 or more: 2
Yes, 1: 1
No: 0
3. Community Participation
The full point for this category is 1.
Community Calls (attendance for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025)
Attended at least 80% of calls: 1
Attended at least 50% of calls: 0.5
Tie Breaker
Ties will be decided by the date of the first onchain vote that these applicants cast in order to reward delegates who have been contributing to Uniswap governance for an extended period. The tie-breaking value will be determined based on the end date of the vote in which the delegates participated, not the onchain date when the vote was cast.
In the event of a tie with the first tie-breaker criterion, priority will be given to the delegate who has cast the most votes in the last 6 months.
In the event that the tie persists further, the final decision will favor the delegate who was first to present their delegation platform—hence, priority will be given to the individual/entity who first publicly declared their intention to become a delegate.
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Applicant name:
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization:
Link to Tally onchain voting profile:
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain:
Onchain:
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
Application Eligibility
There will be about a week-long period for candidates to submit their applications from the time this application is posted on the forum. The application window will end Tuesday March 4 at 0:00 AM UTC (7:00 PM ET Monday March 3). The top 15 delegates will be determined based on a point system outlined below.
Delegates from Cycle 2 must apply again for Cycle 3–they will not be automatically included.
Only delegates who have participated in onchain voting for at least three months prior to the application post are eligible for Cycle 3.
In case there are more than 15 eligible applicants, the top 15 will be chosen by the following objective metrics. The highest number of available points will be 11.
1. Voting Participation
Since a delegate's primary role is to utilize voting power from delegators and vote in Uniswap’s best interest, active participation is essential to ensuring quorums are met and malicious proposals are thwarted. This category carries a total of 7 points, with onchain voting weighted more heavily due to its ability to directly impact governance contracts and direct treasury funds. The voting rate is evaluated based on the past six months.
Offchain Voting (Snapshot)
90% and above: 3
80% to 90% : 2
70% till 80% : 1.5
60% till 70%: 1
50% till 60%: 0.5
50% or below: 0
Onchain Voting
90% and above : 4
80% till 90% : 2.5
70% till 80%: 1.5
60% till 70%: 1
50% till 60%: 0.5
Below 50%: 0
2. Proposal Authorship
Contributing to proposal drafting for Uniswap DAO is valuable, but maintaining quality and preventing malicious proposals is equally important. As a result, only successfully passed votes are counted. This category is worth a total of 3 points, with onchain proposals receiving greater weight once again.
For non-binary proposals, if a "No" equivalent option was available and the final voting outcome was a choice other than "No," the proposal qualifies for points in this category. For example, the Uniswap Treasury Working Group (UTWG) Election would not be eligible, as there was no "No" vote option. However, the [Temp] Uni Onboarding Package - BSC would qualify, since an "Against" option was present, and the final outcome was "$1M."
Authored or Co-authored a proposal that passed offchain (Snapshot) vote before.
Yes, 2 or more: 1
Yes, 1: 0.5
No: 0
Authored or Co authored a proposal that passed onchain vote before
Yes, 2 or more: 2
Yes, 1: 1
No: 0
3. Community Participation
The full point for this category is 1.
Community Calls (attendance for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025)
Attended at least 80% of calls: 1
Attended at least 50% of calls: 0.5
Tie Breaker
Ties will be decided by the date of the first onchain vote that these applicants cast in order to reward delegates who have been contributing to Uniswap governance for an extended period. The tie-breaking value will be determined based on the end date of the vote in which the delegates participated, not the onchain date when the vote was cast.
In the event of a tie with the first tie-breaker criterion, priority will be given to the delegate who has cast the most votes in the last 6 months.
In the event that the tie persists further, the final decision will favor the delegate who was first to present their delegation platform—hence, priority will be given to the individual/entity who first publicly declared their intention to become a delegate.
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Applicant name:
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization:
Link to Tally onchain voting profile:
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain:
Onchain:
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
I am responding personally since I was tagged in my personal account.
First of all, the situation presented was completely unforeseen and does not have an objective solution, meaning it is subject to interpretation. Clearly, when a situation is open to interpretation, there is no ideal solution, so any decision made or opinion expressed will never satisfy all parties involved. Therefore, I understand @Argonaut’s disagreement and do not take it as a conflict or anything of the sort. It is entirely valid to express disagreement with an interpretation one does not agree with.
I am responding personally since I was tagged in my personal account.
First of all, the situation presented was completely unforeseen and does not have an objective solution, meaning it is subject to interpretation. Clearly, when a situation is open to interpretation, there is no ideal solution, so any decision made or opinion expressed will never satisfy all parties involved. Therefore, I understand @Argonaut’s disagreement and do not take it as a conflict or anything of the sort. It is entirely valid to express disagreement with an interpretation one does not agree with.
My general interpretation is that we are dealing with a delegate who has used two wallets and built a voting history in the DAO with them. This is not a case of a Sybil attack or a governance activity merge between different delegates to artificially and maliciously increase participation percentage. Blockchain at Berkeley clarified in its application the reason for using two wallets, which is completely understandable. Any delegate may decide to change their delegation wallet for legal or security reasons, and if that happens, they should not lose their voting history, as that would be entirely unfair and illogical.
The delegate has a total combined voting power of 3.11 million UNI across these two addresses. In multiple proposals, they voted with only one address, representing 40% of their voting power, yet this was counted as a full vote. If both addresses are considered, why not count those votes as 0.4 instead of 1?
I also do not share this view. Delegates have the right, in any vote, to not vote, to vote with 100% of their VP, or to vote using only a portion of their VP. In the latter two cases, participation is still taking place; a vote is still being cast. It is incorrect to say that voting with a percentage of their VP means the delegate did not participate in that vote or only participated partially. A delegate who votes in an voting has participated in that vote, regardless of whether they used 100% or only part of their VP.
We understand this was an unforeseen event, but wouldn’t it be easier to simply say, “This wasn’t anticipated, and we didn’t account for a candidate having two voting profiles, so we will select the one with the higher points?”. This approach would have avoided the need for the program coordinator to choose a method for considering both wallets instead of just one and avoiding bias in the selection.
For all these reasons, I believe the interpretation shared by @Doo_StableLab has been correct and I agree with it, as it respects and accurately accounts for the delegate Blockchain at Berkeley’s full participation history.
I am responding personally since I was tagged in my personal account.
First of all, the situation presented was completely unforeseen and does not have an objective solution, meaning it is subject to interpretation. Clearly, when a situation is open to interpretation, there is no ideal solution, so any decision made or opinion expressed will never satisfy all parties involved. Therefore, I understand @Argonaut’s disagreement and do not take it as a conflict or anything of the sort. It is entirely valid to express disagreement with an interpretation one does not agree with.
I am responding personally since I was tagged in my personal account.
First of all, the situation presented was completely unforeseen and does not have an objective solution, meaning it is subject to interpretation. Clearly, when a situation is open to interpretation, there is no ideal solution, so any decision made or opinion expressed will never satisfy all parties involved. Therefore, I understand @Argonaut’s disagreement and do not take it as a conflict or anything of the sort. It is entirely valid to express disagreement with an interpretation one does not agree with.
My general interpretation is that we are dealing with a delegate who has used two wallets and built a voting history in the DAO with them. This is not a case of a Sybil attack or a governance activity merge between different delegates to artificially and maliciously increase participation percentage. Blockchain at Berkeley clarified in its application the reason for using two wallets, which is completely understandable. Any delegate may decide to change their delegation wallet for legal or security reasons, and if that happens, they should not lose their voting history, as that would be entirely unfair and illogical.
The delegate has a total combined voting power of 3.11 million UNI across these two addresses. In multiple proposals, they voted with only one address, representing 40% of their voting power, yet this was counted as a full vote. If both addresses are considered, why not count those votes as 0.4 instead of 1?
I also do not share this view. Delegates have the right, in any vote, to not vote, to vote with 100% of their VP, or to vote using only a portion of their VP. In the latter two cases, participation is still taking place; a vote is still being cast. It is incorrect to say that voting with a percentage of their VP means the delegate did not participate in that vote or only participated partially. A delegate who votes in an voting has participated in that vote, regardless of whether they used 100% or only part of their VP.
We understand this was an unforeseen event, but wouldn’t it be easier to simply say, “This wasn’t anticipated, and we didn’t account for a candidate having two voting profiles, so we will select the one with the higher points?”. This approach would have avoided the need for the program coordinator to choose a method for considering both wallets instead of just one and avoiding bias in the selection.
For all these reasons, I believe the interpretation shared by @Doo_StableLab has been correct and I agree with it, as it respects and accurately accounts for the delegate Blockchain at Berkeley’s full participation history.
1. Applicant name: Event Horizon
2. Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
3. Link to Tally onchain voting profile:
https://www.tally.xyz/profile/0xb35659cbac913d5e4119f2af47fd490a45e2c826
4. Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
1. Applicant name: Event Horizon
2. Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
3. Link to Tally onchain voting profile:
https://www.tally.xyz/profile/0xb35659cbac913d5e4119f2af47fd490a45e2c826
4. Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Event Horizon is the largest metagovernance platform and public-access voter pool now governed entirely through Agentic voting. The new AI-driven voting mechanism utilizes what we've coined as the emperor-consol model by which each human is an emperor to their own personal agent. The human sets preferences and requests and the agent automatically votes in the humans proxy.
Metrics & Traction: Event Horizon has mobilized >$500,000,000 of voting power across ~700 proposals on 9 DAOs all on behalf of retail voters at no cost to the user. This is $500,000,000 of voice amplification for the low-capital, high-conviction citizens which would never have been possible prior to the Event Horizon’s product.
5. Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made
Offchain: 11/05/2023 (under our previous wallet address)
Current: https://snapshot.box/#/s:uniswapgovernance.eth/profile/0xb35659cbac913d5e4119f2af47fd490a45e2c826
Previous: https://snapshot.box/#/s:hvax.eth/profile/0x518647d7BB25c1b22f70b1344E26a06e7Fb751c0
Onchain: 04/27/2024 https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/62
6.Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit:
No
7.Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit:
No
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
No
Applicant name: Blockchain at Berkeley (@CalBlockchain)
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Two Wallets: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x7ae109a63ff4dc852e063a673b40bed85d22e585 https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x458cEec48586a85fCFEb4A179706656eE321730E
Applicant name: Blockchain at Berkeley (@CalBlockchain)
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Two Wallets: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x7ae109a63ff4dc852e063a673b40bed85d22e585 https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x458cEec48586a85fCFEb4A179706656eE321730E
(Note: The second wallet is an EOA wallet initially used at Uniswap DAO's conception. However, due to legal and security risks, this wallet was not used from 2022-2024. Since then, the first wallet, a multisig, has been the primary wallet to be used. From now on, we will be primarily voting with the first multisig wallet. Future activity tracking for performance should be entirely based on this wallet. We recently used the EOA wallet purely to push some votes above quorum at the request of proposal writers.)
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Blockchain at Berkeley is a student organization at UC Berkeley focused on innovating, educating, and participating in the blockchain ecosystem. We have been active participants in the Uniswap DAO for many years and believe in the protocol’s sustainability. We prioritize growth and stability.
It takes a lot of time to understand, synthesize, and vote on proposals, as well as keep track of ongoing discussions. Currently, some members in Blockchain at Berkeley do this out of passion, but have to prioritize paid engagements first, like paid consulting projects, research grants, and paid governance participation.
As an active ongoing voter in the Uniswap ecosystem, we are very passionate about Uniswap and would love to take a more active role in shaping its future, as well as having the fiscal justification to staff more members in the Governance department.
The 2 members who currently follow Uniswap governance do so out of passion and with this money, we can finally justify governance participation as an active requirement for all our members (40+). We would love the opportunity to participate in this program and hope to boost governance participation within our club so more members are exposed to this vital part of the blockchain ecosystem.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: Jul 13, 2021 https://snapshot.box/#/s:uniswapgovernance.eth/proposal/Qmeza7LnzTLAGhHeA2psNtf1ua4kgm2Q1NHAMPeVzs5C2i
Onchain: Nov 2, 2021 https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/9
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): https://snapshot.box/#/s:uniswapgovernance.eth/proposal/QmaG6nJYW3xLeQwAa6xxhpbuYS8h6PVQpbx1vfqpqxAtik
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/19
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
No
Applicant name: Michigan Blockchain
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/michiganblockchain.eth
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
1. Applicant name: DAOplomats
2. Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
3. Link to Tally onchain voting profile:
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x057928bc52bd08e4d7ce24bf47e01ce99e074048
4. Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Applicant name: Areta
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Areta Tally Profile
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
1. Applicant name: Event Horizon
2. Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
3. Link to Tally onchain voting profile:
https://www.tally.xyz/profile/0xb35659cbac913d5e4119f2af47fd490a45e2c826
4. Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
1. Applicant name: Event Horizon
2. Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
3. Link to Tally onchain voting profile:
https://www.tally.xyz/profile/0xb35659cbac913d5e4119f2af47fd490a45e2c826
4. Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Event Horizon is the largest metagovernance platform and public-access voter pool now governed entirely through Agentic voting. The new AI-driven voting mechanism utilizes what we've coined as the emperor-consol model by which each human is an emperor to their own personal agent. The human sets preferences and requests and the agent automatically votes in the humans proxy.
Metrics & Traction: Event Horizon has mobilized >$500,000,000 of voting power across ~700 proposals on 9 DAOs all on behalf of retail voters at no cost to the user. This is $500,000,000 of voice amplification for the low-capital, high-conviction citizens which would never have been possible prior to the Event Horizon’s product.
5. Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made
Offchain: 11/05/2023 (under our previous wallet address)
Current: https://snapshot.box/#/s:uniswapgovernance.eth/profile/0xb35659cbac913d5e4119f2af47fd490a45e2c826
Previous: https://snapshot.box/#/s:hvax.eth/profile/0x518647d7BB25c1b22f70b1344E26a06e7Fb751c0
Onchain: 04/27/2024 https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/62
6.Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit:
No
7.Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit:
No
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
No
Applicant name: Blockchain at Berkeley (@CalBlockchain)
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Two Wallets: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x7ae109a63ff4dc852e063a673b40bed85d22e585 https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x458cEec48586a85fCFEb4A179706656eE321730E
Applicant name: Blockchain at Berkeley (@CalBlockchain)
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Two Wallets: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x7ae109a63ff4dc852e063a673b40bed85d22e585 https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x458cEec48586a85fCFEb4A179706656eE321730E
(Note: The second wallet is an EOA wallet initially used at Uniswap DAO's conception. However, due to legal and security risks, this wallet was not used from 2022-2024. Since then, the first wallet, a multisig, has been the primary wallet to be used. From now on, we will be primarily voting with the first multisig wallet. Future activity tracking for performance should be entirely based on this wallet. We recently used the EOA wallet purely to push some votes above quorum at the request of proposal writers.)
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Blockchain at Berkeley is a student organization at UC Berkeley focused on innovating, educating, and participating in the blockchain ecosystem. We have been active participants in the Uniswap DAO for many years and believe in the protocol’s sustainability. We prioritize growth and stability.
It takes a lot of time to understand, synthesize, and vote on proposals, as well as keep track of ongoing discussions. Currently, some members in Blockchain at Berkeley do this out of passion, but have to prioritize paid engagements first, like paid consulting projects, research grants, and paid governance participation.
As an active ongoing voter in the Uniswap ecosystem, we are very passionate about Uniswap and would love to take a more active role in shaping its future, as well as having the fiscal justification to staff more members in the Governance department.
The 2 members who currently follow Uniswap governance do so out of passion and with this money, we can finally justify governance participation as an active requirement for all our members (40+). We would love the opportunity to participate in this program and hope to boost governance participation within our club so more members are exposed to this vital part of the blockchain ecosystem.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: Jul 13, 2021 https://snapshot.box/#/s:uniswapgovernance.eth/proposal/Qmeza7LnzTLAGhHeA2psNtf1ua4kgm2Q1NHAMPeVzs5C2i
Onchain: Nov 2, 2021 https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/9
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): https://snapshot.box/#/s:uniswapgovernance.eth/proposal/QmaG6nJYW3xLeQwAa6xxhpbuYS8h6PVQpbx1vfqpqxAtik
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/19
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
No
Applicant name: Michigan Blockchain
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/michiganblockchain.eth
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
1. Applicant name: DAOplomats
2. Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
3. Link to Tally onchain voting profile:
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x057928bc52bd08e4d7ce24bf47e01ce99e074048
4. Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Applicant name: Areta
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Areta Tally Profile
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Applicant name: Michigan Blockchain
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/michiganblockchain.eth
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Michigan Blockchain is an organization run by students at the University of Michigan. Our main goal is to educate students about blockchain and prepare them for roles within and outside our organization including governance, consulting, and investment. We have been involved and active in the Uniswap governance ecosystem for around three years now, and are also involved in governance across other DAOs. We think this program does a great job in incentivizing governance participants to first, consistently vote, and more importantly, make more informed voting decisions. We also appreciate that this program incentivizes engaging in discussion with community members, and is crucial in involving a wider pool of delegates to suggest improvements and share ideas about the protocol.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain:
July 20, 2021 https://snapshot.org/#/uniswapgovernance.eth/proposal/Qmeza7LnzTLAGhHeA2psNtf1ua4kgm2Q1NHAMPeVzs5C2i
Onchain:
Nov 7, 2022
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/9
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
[Temperature Check] Deploy Uniswap v3 on Rootstock (Bitcoin Sidechain)
[Temperature Check] Deploy Uniswap v3 on Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM)
[Temperature Check] Deploy Uniswap v3 on Moonbeam (2023)
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Deploy Uniswap V3 on Rootstock
Deploy Uniswap V3 on Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM)
Deploy Uniswap V3 on Moonbeam (2023)
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
1. Applicant name: DAOplomats
2. Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
3. Link to Tally onchain voting profile:
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x057928bc52bd08e4d7ce24bf47e01ce99e074048
4. Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
DAOplomats is a governance-as-a-service organisation that empowers DAOs through effective governance, treasury management, grants programs, and community-building initiatives. We believe in a decentralized future where diverse perspectives and insights from delegates around crypto can shape the collective future we envision as a community and with our participation in this initative we wish to accelerate this trend. By being eligible for compensation we can install dedicated resource in our team towards uniswap governance and assist the DAO with our expertise and experiences gained from participating in DAO governance across crypto.
5. Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made
Offchain: May 8th, 2024
Onchain: April 21 , 2024
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/60
6.Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit:
No
7.Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit:
No
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
Yes,
Applicant name: Areta
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Areta Tally Profile
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
As strategic partners and long-term contributors to Uniswap DAO, we are dedicated to fostering the growth of the Uniswap ecosystem through institutional-grade decision making and professional delegation. Our aim to is continue supporting and leading key growth initiatives such as UAGP and UFSF, while maintaining excellent DAO participation through robust, defensible analysis of proposals that improve the state of Uniswap governance.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Have you posted an RFC that passed the off-chain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Note: We were credited as co-authors in the name “Web3 Studios” (this was our former name before we rebranded to Areta).
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Note: We were credited as co-authors in the name “Web3 Studios” (this was our former name before we rebranded to Areta).
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
Applicant name: Ignas
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Individual
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x3ddc7d25c7a1dc381443e491bbf1caa8928a05b0
Applicant name: Ignas
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Individual
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x3ddc7d25c7a1dc381443e491bbf1caa8928a05b0
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: Currently, DeFi DAOs face several internal issues, such as voter apathy leading to governance attacks, insider voting, and voting concentration among a few active voting addresses.
Additionally, they face external challenges like regulatory uncertainty.
I believe in a decentralized future, even if it seems naive.
However, the current state of crypto is plagued by misaligned incentives that prioritize short-term speculative gains over the core DeFi values of self-sovereignty and custody.
Equally concerning is the trend of McKinsification in DAOs, where decisions are increasingly made by one or two professional consultant delegates. This discourages individual participation, as their opinions and votes have less impact.
To make DeFi DAOs viable, we must align incentives to encourage active participation in governance from the broader crypto community.
I believe that community must be at the core of every DAO.
Without giving the community a say in protocol governance, we’re no better than the Web2 companies we aim to replace—companies that view their “community” merely as users to extract value from.
I will support initiatives that align token holders with the protocol, such as revenue sharing or other methods to bring value to the token.
Token holders are frustrated with exploitative tokenomics that only benefit early insiders who acquired tokens at much lower prices, leaving no upside for new investors. Without incentives to buy and hold tokens, the attractiveness and health of DAOs decline.
Finally, I will highlight key votes and decisions of the DAO on X and my blog, as I believe the general public is often unaware of important actions being taken.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made: Onchain: August, 15 2024: Tally - Deploy Uniswap v3 on X Layer Offchain: August 15, 2024: Snapshot - [Temp Check] Activate 2, 3, 4 bps fee tiers on Uniswap v3 on Base
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. Yes - I joined in Nov and Dec 2024, Jan and Feb 2025 (Name: Ignas)
Applicant name: Michigan Blockchain
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/michiganblockchain.eth
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Michigan Blockchain is an organization run by students at the University of Michigan. Our main goal is to educate students about blockchain and prepare them for roles within and outside our organization including governance, consulting, and investment. We have been involved and active in the Uniswap governance ecosystem for around three years now, and are also involved in governance across other DAOs. We think this program does a great job in incentivizing governance participants to first, consistently vote, and more importantly, make more informed voting decisions. We also appreciate that this program incentivizes engaging in discussion with community members, and is crucial in involving a wider pool of delegates to suggest improvements and share ideas about the protocol.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain:
July 20, 2021 https://snapshot.org/#/uniswapgovernance.eth/proposal/Qmeza7LnzTLAGhHeA2psNtf1ua4kgm2Q1NHAMPeVzs5C2i
Onchain:
Nov 7, 2022
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/9
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
[Temperature Check] Deploy Uniswap v3 on Rootstock (Bitcoin Sidechain)
[Temperature Check] Deploy Uniswap v3 on Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM)
[Temperature Check] Deploy Uniswap v3 on Moonbeam (2023)
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Deploy Uniswap V3 on Rootstock
Deploy Uniswap V3 on Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM)
Deploy Uniswap V3 on Moonbeam (2023)
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
1. Applicant name: DAOplomats
2. Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
3. Link to Tally onchain voting profile:
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x057928bc52bd08e4d7ce24bf47e01ce99e074048
4. Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
DAOplomats is a governance-as-a-service organisation that empowers DAOs through effective governance, treasury management, grants programs, and community-building initiatives. We believe in a decentralized future where diverse perspectives and insights from delegates around crypto can shape the collective future we envision as a community and with our participation in this initative we wish to accelerate this trend. By being eligible for compensation we can install dedicated resource in our team towards uniswap governance and assist the DAO with our expertise and experiences gained from participating in DAO governance across crypto.
5. Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made
Offchain: May 8th, 2024
Onchain: April 21 , 2024
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/60
6.Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit:
No
7.Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit:
No
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
Yes,
Applicant name: Areta
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Areta Tally Profile
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
As strategic partners and long-term contributors to Uniswap DAO, we are dedicated to fostering the growth of the Uniswap ecosystem through institutional-grade decision making and professional delegation. Our aim to is continue supporting and leading key growth initiatives such as UAGP and UFSF, while maintaining excellent DAO participation through robust, defensible analysis of proposals that improve the state of Uniswap governance.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Have you posted an RFC that passed the off-chain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Note: We were credited as co-authors in the name “Web3 Studios” (this was our former name before we rebranded to Areta).
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Note: We were credited as co-authors in the name “Web3 Studios” (this was our former name before we rebranded to Areta).
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
Applicant name: Ignas
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Individual
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x3ddc7d25c7a1dc381443e491bbf1caa8928a05b0
Applicant name: Ignas
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Individual
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x3ddc7d25c7a1dc381443e491bbf1caa8928a05b0
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: Currently, DeFi DAOs face several internal issues, such as voter apathy leading to governance attacks, insider voting, and voting concentration among a few active voting addresses.
Additionally, they face external challenges like regulatory uncertainty.
I believe in a decentralized future, even if it seems naive.
However, the current state of crypto is plagued by misaligned incentives that prioritize short-term speculative gains over the core DeFi values of self-sovereignty and custody.
Equally concerning is the trend of McKinsification in DAOs, where decisions are increasingly made by one or two professional consultant delegates. This discourages individual participation, as their opinions and votes have less impact.
To make DeFi DAOs viable, we must align incentives to encourage active participation in governance from the broader crypto community.
I believe that community must be at the core of every DAO.
Without giving the community a say in protocol governance, we’re no better than the Web2 companies we aim to replace—companies that view their “community” merely as users to extract value from.
I will support initiatives that align token holders with the protocol, such as revenue sharing or other methods to bring value to the token.
Token holders are frustrated with exploitative tokenomics that only benefit early insiders who acquired tokens at much lower prices, leaving no upside for new investors. Without incentives to buy and hold tokens, the attractiveness and health of DAOs decline.
Finally, I will highlight key votes and decisions of the DAO on X and my blog, as I believe the general public is often unaware of important actions being taken.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made: Onchain: August, 15 2024: Tally - Deploy Uniswap v3 on X Layer Offchain: August 15, 2024: Snapshot - [Temp Check] Activate 2, 3, 4 bps fee tiers on Uniswap v3 on Base
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. Yes - I joined in Nov and Dec 2024, Jan and Feb 2025 (Name: Ignas)
It would not be fair for a delegate to lose their participation history or have only one of their wallets counted simply because they changed voting wallets for any reason.
It would not be fair for a delegate to lose their participation history or have only one of their wallets counted simply because they changed voting wallets for any reason.
We said we wouldn’t continue replying, but we just want to clarify something. You’re making it seem like the delegate stopped voting with one wallet and switched to another, and that we were trying to prevent them from including past voting history from a migrated wallet. We specifically stated that this would be the only valid reason for merging addresses:
The only situation where merging addresses would make sense is if a delegate had to migrate from a compromised address. However, we verified that this is not the case, as both addresses have been actively used for voting in recent months and years.
However, if you look at the votes from the past six months, both wallets have been actively used during this period and even before that. The analysis should not be based on the personal situation of a specific delegate. Trusting their explanation without verifying the data undermines the integrity of the program. This process should be based on facts and numbers. Otherwise, the organizers have too much power to interpret cases subjectively, introducing potential bias.
It would not be fair for a delegate to lose their participation history or have only one of their wallets counted simply because they changed voting wallets for any reason.
It would not be fair for a delegate to lose their participation history or have only one of their wallets counted simply because they changed voting wallets for any reason.
We said we wouldn’t continue replying, but we just want to clarify something. You’re making it seem like the delegate stopped voting with one wallet and switched to another, and that we were trying to prevent them from including past voting history from a migrated wallet. We specifically stated that this would be the only valid reason for merging addresses:
The only situation where merging addresses would make sense is if a delegate had to migrate from a compromised address. However, we verified that this is not the case, as both addresses have been actively used for voting in recent months and years.
However, if you look at the votes from the past six months, both wallets have been actively used during this period and even before that. The analysis should not be based on the personal situation of a specific delegate. Trusting their explanation without verifying the data undermines the integrity of the program. This process should be based on facts and numbers. Otherwise, the organizers have too much power to interpret cases subjectively, introducing potential bias.
Applicant name: Arana Digital
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x0579a616689f7ed748dc07692a3f150d44b0ca09
Applicant name: Arana Digital
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x0579a616689f7ed748dc07692a3f150d44b0ca09
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: Our members have been active participants in Uniswap DAO for the past 3 years. History with the DAO allows us to make informed voting decisions. During our tenure, we’ve maintained an excellent voting record, passed numerous proposals, and collaborated with multiple other delegates, the Foundation, and adjacent teams associated with Uniswap. Our team lead, Abdullah, is currently serving on three Uniswap working groups: UADP, UAC, and UTWG. Arana hopes to continue delivering on its members’ previous commitments to the Uniswap DAO going forward, abiding by transparent communication & thoughtful decision making, all with the intention of bettering Uniswap as a whole.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: March 1, 2024 – Activate Uniswap Protocol Governance Onchain: February 8, 2024 – Deploy Uniswap V3 on Zora
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain/onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Yes. Our team has authored over 10 proposals that eventually passed the offchain & onchain voting stages. Links to each can be referenced on our delegate page.
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
Abdullah has joined all of the previous community calls, having hosted most of them.
We want to point out that this clarification was edited and posted after we flagged the issue to the team and was not originally part of their application post:
Blockchain at Berkeley clarified their wallet usage and set up in the application forum
Applicant name: Argonaut
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x21b3b193b71680e2fafe40768c03a0fd305efa75
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Thanks all for applying. We will work on recording points and will share with the community once ready.
Uniswap Delegate Reward Initiative - Cycle 3 passed the Onchain Vote. And the application lasted till the Onchain Vote ended. After examining the Voting Participation, Proposal Authorship, and Community Participation, top 15 delegates are selected. The post outlines the list of top 15 delegates as well as addresses the questions and clarifications. For detailed breakdown in excel, it can be found here
Applicant name: Jojo
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Individual
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Uniswap Tally Profile
Hello everyone,
First of all, we want to say that we’re really happy and grateful for the opportunity to have been part of the second phase of the program.
We’d like to explain the issue we raised in the community call. To clarify, we flagged this before knowing we would end up in the 16th position, though now it directly affects us.
Hello everyone,
First of all, we want to say that we’re really happy and grateful for the opportunity to have been part of the second phase of the program.
We’d like to explain the issue we raised in the community call. To clarify, we flagged this before knowing we would end up in the 16th position, though now it directly affects us.
We had requested to review the calculations before they were posted because our team is particularly skilled at verifying these kinds of calculations. We have an great data analyst, and we want to contribute where we excel. For example, we previously identified an error in a highly complex compound query in Dune for a similar program, which was later corrected after we reported it:
https://www.comp.xyz/t/delegate-compensation-program-pilot-final/6383/2?u=argonaut
Regarding this specific issue we flagged in the community call, when we accessed the calculation sheet, the first thing we noticed was that a delegate who had submitted two profiles with relatively low participation (one at 81% and the other at 63%) was listed with a combined 91% voting participation. After a deeper review, we found that both addresses had been merged into one, effectively converting two low-participation addresses into a single high-participation address, securing this delegate’s place in the program.
At first, we assumed this was a mistake and informed multiple members of the team responsible for the calculations, who acknowledged it. However, the issue was never corrected.
We have not based our analysis on the specific delegate involved, as we believe the calculation process should be neutral and number-driven. Those responsible for these calculations should focus on the numbers rather than individual delegates, as this approach prevents bias, otherwise, the method could be chosen based on personal preferences.
The most logical method, in our view, would have been to select the profile with the higher participation rate (81%) rather than combining both to artificially improve the delegate’s standing.
Alternatively, if both addresses were considered, votes where only one address participated should count as 0.5 rather than 1.
It was not part of the original program The approved program never mentioned the possibility of applying with two addresses. In Web3, an address represents a user, so it makes sense to use only one.
It’s unfair to other participants Since this wasn’t outlined in the original proposal, other participants may have assumed it wasn’t allowed and, as a result, missed out on the program. Additionally, if this was permitted for one delegate, what would stop others from teaming up and submitting joint applications? For example, we could have easily secured a spot by partnering with any of the following delegates who were also not accepted: Avantgarde, DAOplomats, Blockchain EDU, Areta, or Event Horizon.
It goes against the spirit of the program The reason voting participation is weighted so heavily is that voting is the primary responsibility of a delegate, it ensures the protocol remains secure against governance attacks and bad actors. If a delegate has low participation across two profiles, it means they are missing votes on both. Even if they occasionally vote with only one profile, they are still leaving part of their voting power unused, weakening DAO security.
It creates incentive issues Combining two low-participation profiles into one with high participation sends the wrong signal. It suggests that as long as a delegate with multiple profiles votes in one of them, it doesn’t matter if they fail to vote consistently in the others. This could encourage teams with multiple members to create separate voting profiles for each member and take turns voting, knowing that at least one of them would participate while the others remain inactive. Where do you draw the line? Can a delegate apply using five addresses?
It opens the door to potential exploitation A delegate with bad intentions could recruit someone who voted in an old proposal just to win a tiebreaker. They could also add a high-participation delegate to their team solely to merge addresses and improve their score.
It introduces conflicts of interest Unfortunately, this is the most serious one. Since using multiple addresses was never part of the program, allowing the team responsible for calculations to make this interpretation creates a risk of bias, potentially favoring friends or business partners. These decisions should be explicitly outlined in the proposal, not made arbitrarily during the process.
The only situation where merging addresses would make sense is if a delegate had to migrate from a compromised address. However, we verified that this is not the case, as both addresses have been actively used for voting in recent months and years.
Our analysis suggests that the team responsible for these calculations made an unusual interpretation that benefited a delegate who wasn’t part of the program in the previous cycle, while negatively impacting a delegate with perfect participation. We don’t want to be drastic, and we’re also aware that we have a conflict of interest in this situation, but we believe this sets a concerning precedent for Uniswap Governance.
Applicant Name: Gauntlet
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization.
Link to Onchain Voting Profile: https://vote.uniswapfoundation.org/delegate/0x683a4F9915D6216f73d6Df50151725036bD26C02
Applicant name: FranklinDAO (Penn Blockchain)
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Tally
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Applicant name: Tané
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0xb79294d00848a3a4c00c22d9367f19b4280689d7
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Applicant name: Arana Digital
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x0579a616689f7ed748dc07692a3f150d44b0ca09
Applicant name: Arana Digital
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x0579a616689f7ed748dc07692a3f150d44b0ca09
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: Our members have been active participants in Uniswap DAO for the past 3 years. History with the DAO allows us to make informed voting decisions. During our tenure, we’ve maintained an excellent voting record, passed numerous proposals, and collaborated with multiple other delegates, the Foundation, and adjacent teams associated with Uniswap. Our team lead, Abdullah, is currently serving on three Uniswap working groups: UADP, UAC, and UTWG. Arana hopes to continue delivering on its members’ previous commitments to the Uniswap DAO going forward, abiding by transparent communication & thoughtful decision making, all with the intention of bettering Uniswap as a whole.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: March 1, 2024 – Activate Uniswap Protocol Governance Onchain: February 8, 2024 – Deploy Uniswap V3 on Zora
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain/onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Yes. Our team has authored over 10 proposals that eventually passed the offchain & onchain voting stages. Links to each can be referenced on our delegate page.
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
Abdullah has joined all of the previous community calls, having hosted most of them.
We want to point out that this clarification was edited and posted after we flagged the issue to the team and was not originally part of their application post:
Blockchain at Berkeley clarified their wallet usage and set up in the application forum
Applicant name: Argonaut
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x21b3b193b71680e2fafe40768c03a0fd305efa75
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Thanks all for applying. We will work on recording points and will share with the community once ready.
Uniswap Delegate Reward Initiative - Cycle 3 passed the Onchain Vote. And the application lasted till the Onchain Vote ended. After examining the Voting Participation, Proposal Authorship, and Community Participation, top 15 delegates are selected. The post outlines the list of top 15 delegates as well as addresses the questions and clarifications. For detailed breakdown in excel, it can be found here
Applicant name: Jojo
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Individual
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Uniswap Tally Profile
Hello everyone,
First of all, we want to say that we’re really happy and grateful for the opportunity to have been part of the second phase of the program.
We’d like to explain the issue we raised in the community call. To clarify, we flagged this before knowing we would end up in the 16th position, though now it directly affects us.
Hello everyone,
First of all, we want to say that we’re really happy and grateful for the opportunity to have been part of the second phase of the program.
We’d like to explain the issue we raised in the community call. To clarify, we flagged this before knowing we would end up in the 16th position, though now it directly affects us.
We had requested to review the calculations before they were posted because our team is particularly skilled at verifying these kinds of calculations. We have an great data analyst, and we want to contribute where we excel. For example, we previously identified an error in a highly complex compound query in Dune for a similar program, which was later corrected after we reported it:
https://www.comp.xyz/t/delegate-compensation-program-pilot-final/6383/2?u=argonaut
Regarding this specific issue we flagged in the community call, when we accessed the calculation sheet, the first thing we noticed was that a delegate who had submitted two profiles with relatively low participation (one at 81% and the other at 63%) was listed with a combined 91% voting participation. After a deeper review, we found that both addresses had been merged into one, effectively converting two low-participation addresses into a single high-participation address, securing this delegate’s place in the program.
At first, we assumed this was a mistake and informed multiple members of the team responsible for the calculations, who acknowledged it. However, the issue was never corrected.
We have not based our analysis on the specific delegate involved, as we believe the calculation process should be neutral and number-driven. Those responsible for these calculations should focus on the numbers rather than individual delegates, as this approach prevents bias, otherwise, the method could be chosen based on personal preferences.
The most logical method, in our view, would have been to select the profile with the higher participation rate (81%) rather than combining both to artificially improve the delegate’s standing.
Alternatively, if both addresses were considered, votes where only one address participated should count as 0.5 rather than 1.
It was not part of the original program The approved program never mentioned the possibility of applying with two addresses. In Web3, an address represents a user, so it makes sense to use only one.
It’s unfair to other participants Since this wasn’t outlined in the original proposal, other participants may have assumed it wasn’t allowed and, as a result, missed out on the program. Additionally, if this was permitted for one delegate, what would stop others from teaming up and submitting joint applications? For example, we could have easily secured a spot by partnering with any of the following delegates who were also not accepted: Avantgarde, DAOplomats, Blockchain EDU, Areta, or Event Horizon.
It goes against the spirit of the program The reason voting participation is weighted so heavily is that voting is the primary responsibility of a delegate, it ensures the protocol remains secure against governance attacks and bad actors. If a delegate has low participation across two profiles, it means they are missing votes on both. Even if they occasionally vote with only one profile, they are still leaving part of their voting power unused, weakening DAO security.
It creates incentive issues Combining two low-participation profiles into one with high participation sends the wrong signal. It suggests that as long as a delegate with multiple profiles votes in one of them, it doesn’t matter if they fail to vote consistently in the others. This could encourage teams with multiple members to create separate voting profiles for each member and take turns voting, knowing that at least one of them would participate while the others remain inactive. Where do you draw the line? Can a delegate apply using five addresses?
It opens the door to potential exploitation A delegate with bad intentions could recruit someone who voted in an old proposal just to win a tiebreaker. They could also add a high-participation delegate to their team solely to merge addresses and improve their score.
It introduces conflicts of interest Unfortunately, this is the most serious one. Since using multiple addresses was never part of the program, allowing the team responsible for calculations to make this interpretation creates a risk of bias, potentially favoring friends or business partners. These decisions should be explicitly outlined in the proposal, not made arbitrarily during the process.
The only situation where merging addresses would make sense is if a delegate had to migrate from a compromised address. However, we verified that this is not the case, as both addresses have been actively used for voting in recent months and years.
Our analysis suggests that the team responsible for these calculations made an unusual interpretation that benefited a delegate who wasn’t part of the program in the previous cycle, while negatively impacting a delegate with perfect participation. We don’t want to be drastic, and we’re also aware that we have a conflict of interest in this situation, but we believe this sets a concerning precedent for Uniswap Governance.
Applicant Name: Gauntlet
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization.
Link to Onchain Voting Profile: https://vote.uniswapfoundation.org/delegate/0x683a4F9915D6216f73d6Df50151725036bD26C02
Applicant name: FranklinDAO (Penn Blockchain)
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Tally
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Applicant name: Tané
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0xb79294d00848a3a4c00c22d9367f19b4280689d7
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
We want to point out that this clarification was edited and posted after we flagged the issue to the team and was not originally part of their application post:
Blockchain at Berkeley clarified their wallet usage and set up in the application forum
Aside from this mention, we also want to state that we disagree with the approach outlined in StableLab’s post.
Even if the application using two addresses was accepted, there was no explanation for the interpretation that both addresses should be combined rather than using a fairer approach, like the ones we suggested:
Alternatively, if both addresses were considered, votes where only one address participated should count as 0.5 rather than 1.
The post states that moving forward, using two wallets won’t be allowed. So why should it be allowed in this cycle?:
Additionally, going forward, there will only be one wallet used for tracking compensation.
The delegate has a total combined voting power of 3.11 million UNI across these two addresses. In multiple proposals, they voted with only one address, representing 40% of their voting power, yet this was counted as a full vote. If both addresses are considered, why not count those votes as 0.4 instead of 1?
Wouldn’t it be fairer if the program coordinator didn’t have to make these kinds of interpretations?
We understand this was an unforeseen event, but wouldn’t it be easier to simply say, "This wasn’t anticipated, and we didn’t account for a candidate having two voting profiles, so we will select the one with the higher points?". This approach would have avoided the need for the program coordinator to choose a method for considering both wallets instead of just one and avoiding bias in the selection.
This will be our final post on this subject. We don’t want to create conflict over something that isn’t critical for the DAO or cause any hard feelings with the program’s authors. Our goal as delegates is simply to flag something we believe is unfair.
We sincerely appreciate @marian, @Juanbug, @AranaDigital and @Doo_StableLab for taking the time to evaluate and respond to our concerns.
Applicant name: Argonaut
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x21b3b193b71680e2fafe40768c03a0fd305efa75
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Argonaut is a team of highly motivated crypto enthusiasts eager to participate in governance and make meaningful improvements where we see opportunities. We were part of the second cycle of this program and learned a lot from it. The financial compensation allowed us to better organize and bring new talent to the team. We would love to participate in the third cycle of this program to continue growing, add value to DAO governance, and take on key roles where the DAO sees us as a good fit.
Since our first vote, we have maintained a 100% voting participation rate and we will continue maintaning this participation and monitoring every proposal. Being part of the 3rd cycle of the program presents a significant opportunity for our team, especially as a new, unfunded group. We're driven by passion and would love the chance to dedicate more time to this work and create value for Uniswap!
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: https://snapshot.org/#/uniswapgovernance.eth/proposal/0xc2eed288ba61241dd86928eff15b7c8c9622168fc4b435657f58dda8ce285d13 (Jul 22, 2024)
Onchain: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/65 (Jun 27, 2024)
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Uniswap Delegate Race Tiebreaker - We know PGov is the author of these proposals (the on-chain and off-chain proposal), but since we were the ones who flagged the issue in the forum, prepared the slides, and presented them in the Community Call, we thought we should also be considered co-authors of the off-chain and on-chain proposal.
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Uniswap Delegate Race Tiebreaker
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. Yes, we’ve combined them under the following names: Argonaut, Argonaut Team, Orpheus - Argonaut, Kaer, and Ragnar.
Uniswap Delegate Reward Initiative - Cycle 3 passed the Onchain Vote. And the application lasted till the Onchain Vote ended. After examining the Voting Participation, Proposal Authorship, and Community Participation, top 15 delegates are selected. The post outlines the list of top 15 delegates as well as addresses the questions and clarifications. For detailed breakdown in excel, it can be found here
Tie Breakers
The maximum point possible was 11. There were 6 delegates with score of 8 that were competing for last 4 spots.
First Tie Breaker: On Chain Vote. Between 404 DAO, KeyRock, L2BEAT, Tane, Argonaut, and Curia
Second Tie Breaker: Most Votes. Between Tane and Agronaut
Third Tie Breaker: Earliest Delegate Platform Post. Tane and Agronaut
Note:
Argonaut has raised a question about the delegate Blockchain at Berkeley and whether their two voting wallets with different voting history should be recorded separately or together. The post can be found here.
Blockchain at Berkeley clarified their wallet usage and set up in the application forum.
Link to Tally onchain voting profile:
Two Wallets:
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x7ae109a63ff4dc852e063a673b40bed85d22e585
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x458cEec48586a85fCFEb4A179706656eE321730E
(Note:
The second wallet is an EOA wallet initially used at Uniswap DAO’s conception. However, due to legal and security risks, this wallet was not used from 2022-2024. Since then, the first wallet, a multisig, has been the primary wallet to be used. From now on, we will be primarily voting with the first multisig wallet. Future activity tracking for performance should be entirely based on this wallet. We recently used the EOA wallet purely to push some votes above quorum at the request of proposal writers.)
Assessing both sides. We maintain our current decision because of three main reasons
-The application has guidance but it realistically can’t lay out literally every “Yes” and “No.” We don’t believe whether one can use one or more wallets is a crucial element that needs to be explicitly laid out, as delegate wallets often change and this situation is rather normal in the space. It is in the domain for us to interpret as needed for the program.
-Both of Berkeley’s wallets were long standing public wallets that were able to be identified even before the start of the program and thus we don’t find foul play or malicious intent. This was not an attempt to sybil the program or hedge their voting record. Additionally, going forward, there will only be one wallet used for tracking compensation.
-Case of potential delegate recruiting another delegate just for voting history is unlikely but even if so, not a significant concern. Other elements such as Proposal Authorship and Community Participation are considered and Blockchain at Berkeley is a community member who has been known to the community for years.
Other points to note:
Event Horizon’s application was posted more than 24 hours after the onchain voting closed. We still calculated the points for information, but even if Event Horizon’s points were within top 15, other applicants would be given priority based on the missed deadline.
Argonaut in their application requested the proposal “Uniswap Delegate Race Tiebreaker” as a Proposal Authorship. However, a question, a comment, or even a long post not in the form of RFC, does not meet the criteria of “only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit.”
Applicant name: Jojo
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Individual
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Uniswap Tally Profile
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: I'll just state what I already provided in my personal platform for voting rationale: I am a builder first, and I firmly believe there has to be a higher representation of people working in protocols in the DAO, because while Governance entities can for sure do a great work, usually builders are the one having enough skin in the game to be able to provide a specific point of view.
As a Jones contributor, one of my focus is providing concentrated liquidity in the most important dexes, and this aligns me in being more involved in the Uniswap ecosystem: despite tons of different models out there, and with a very few exception, liquidity participant tend to prefer Uniswap as a platform, and as byproduct we tend to have on average a better depth and a better yield in Uniswap pools.
So far I have contributed to this ecosystem by being part, for almost a year, to the UAGP . I have brought my builder vision in there while helping Uni growth as much as possible. I would like to replicate the value I brought there in the governance life.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: Sep 10, 2024 - Snapshot
Onchain: Sep 4, 2024 - Tally
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well: No. Only joined a few calls with my personal handle
Applicant Name: Gauntlet
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization.
Link to Onchain Voting Profile: https://vote.uniswapfoundation.org/delegate/0x683a4F9915D6216f73d6Df50151725036bD26C02
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: Gauntlet has been active in the Uniswap ecosystem for a number of years. We believe governance participation is crucial to balance a diverse set of viewpoints and that this program will help ensure a core base of delegate engagement. Gauntlet will continue to bring our data-driven background and experience across governance ecosystems to the Uniswap DAO.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made: Onchain: November 2,. 2021: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/9 Offchain: December 21, 2022: https://snapshot.org/#/uniswapgovernance.eth/proposal/0x387b5e811e9673359b98729af5c7f14a50b7d0ea9b4dcf9278686b238932e25d
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/45
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/45
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. Yes, attended both.
Applicant name: FranklinDAO (Penn Blockchain)
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Tally
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
FranklinDAO is a student-run DAO composed of students at the University of Pennsylvania. We’ve been long-term contributors to UniswapDAO since the first Snapshot vote in 2021, helping push through many proposals. Our recent engagements include publishing the Uniswap Treasury Working Group Report (full report, forum post) putting out a proposal to Scale Uniswap Liquidity on Celo linked below, and our member Alex Duckworth serving on the Accountability Committee since October 2024.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain:
May 31st, 2021 - Should Uniswap lower the proposal submission threshold?
Onchain:
Nov 12th, 2022 - Add 1 Basis Point Fee Tier
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Dec 22, 2024 - [TEMP CHECK] Scale Uniswap Liquidity on Celo
Mar 12, 2023 - [Temperature Check] Deploy Uniswap v3 onto Kava EVM Network
Nov 24, 2022 - [Consensus Check] Deploy Uniswp V3 to Boba Network
Nov 17, 2022 - [Temperature Check] Deploy Uniswap V3 to Boba Network
Sep 24 - 2022 - [Consensus Check] Deploy Uniswap V3 to zkSync
Sep 16, 2022 - [Temperature Check] Deploy Uniswap V3 to zkSync
Aug 13, 2021 - Consensus Check: Upgrade Governance Contract to Governor Bravo
Jul 10, 2021 - Consensus Check: Raise the proposal quorum threshold
Jun 22, 2021 - Temperature Check: Raise the proposal quorum threshold
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Scale Uniswap Liquidity on Celo
Deploy Uniswap V3 to Boba Network
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025?
We have joined infrequently over the past cycle due to conflicts, under Alex Duckworth / Franklin DAO.
Applicant name: Tané
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0xb79294d00848a3a4c00c22d9367f19b4280689d7
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Tané is formed with a group of crypto-native product builders, based in Tokyo, Dubai and New York. We are backed by SoftBank, and Japanese tech giants like DeNA, GREE, MIXI, and have great relationship with Japanese crypto communities.
We are applying for this initiative because we acknowledge the significance of in the DeFi ecosystem, and we want to contribute to its growth and sustainability, particularly from a DAO governance perspective. Having already served as a delegate in Uniswap DAO, we aim to broaden our contributions within the community. Especially, we believe we can play an important role in the relationship between Uniswap DAO and Unichain. This is after the fact that we have been actively involved in governance of Optimism Collective, including participation in the grants-related councils.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: July 28th, 2024 [Temp Check] Uniswap Onboarding Package - Gnosis Chain
Onchain: June 30th, 2024 Uniswap Arbitrum LTIPP Matching
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No.
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No.
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. : Yes, with the names Takeshi and Shoji.
As the onchain proposal is still ongoing and ending in 8 hours, the application will be open till the voting closes.
Applicant name: PEPO
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Individual
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x786a4eb282a6332871e4bad890ce5960f1d12813
Applicant name: PEPO
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Individual
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x786a4eb282a6332871e4bad890ce5960f1d12813
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: I am deeply engaged with Uniswap’s ecosystem, with a track record of dissecting its governance, market dynamics, and operational challenges. My critical thinking skills shine through in my ability to identify flaws in vague initiatives, trace financial implications, and propose reasoned alternatives. I understand DeFi’s technical and economic underpinnings, enabling me to evaluate proposals with precision and skepticism where warranted.
What do I bring to the table?
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made: Onchain: Nov 20th, 2024 - Supporting Tally’s Development and Enhancements for Uniswap DAO Governance Offchain: Dec 16th, 2024 - [Temp Check] - Adopt The SEAL Safe Harbor Agreement
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. I joined as a delegate in November, I don't actually recall my activity previous to that, but I believe to have joined every single one of those community calls as PEPO.
Applicant name: StableLab
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0xecc2a9240268bc7a26386ecb49e1befca2706ac9
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Applicant name: StableLab
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0xecc2a9240268bc7a26386ecb49e1befca2706ac9
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
StableLab is the leading provider of governance solutions for decentralized protocols. We contribute to over 25 protocols and ecosystems with exceptional participation metrics. We have been contributing extensively to Uniswap.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Note that we changed the voting wallet starting late 2023
Offchain:
May 26, 2023
Making Protocol Fees Operational: Fee options for V3
Onchain:
May 10th, 2023
Deploy Uniswap V3 on Moonbeam (2023)
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/39
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
There are several but here are 5 examples:
[Temp Check] Mobilizing the Uniswap Treasury
[Temp Check] Uniswap Delegate Reward -3 Months-Cycle 1
[Temp Check] Uniswap Delegate Reward Initiative - Cycle 2
[Temp Check] Uniswap Delegate Reward Initiative - Cycle 3
[Temp Check] Forse Analytics for Uniswap Revitalization and Growth Program
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
There are several but here are 5 examples:
Delegation of UNI to Active but Underrepresented Delegates
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/54
Mobilizing the Uniswap Treasury
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/62
Uniswap Delegate Reward- 3 Months Cycle 1
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/64
Uniswap Delegate Reward Initiative - Cycle 2
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/68
[Updated] Forse Analytics for Uniswap Revitalization and Growth Program
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/72
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
Doo , Doo_StableLab
Applicant Name: GFX Labs (@GFXlabs)
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization.
Link to Delegate Forum Platform: Delegate platform on Agora
Link to Snapshot Profile: GFX on Snapshot
Link to Tally/ Agora/ onchain voting profile: GFX on Tally
Applicant Name: GFX Labs (@GFXlabs)
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization.
Link to Delegate Forum Platform: Delegate platform on Agora
Link to Snapshot Profile: GFX on Snapshot
Link to Tally/ Agora/ onchain voting profile: GFX on Tally
Links to the proposal that you authored or co-authored that passed the snapshot (Required if the voting power is less than 10k $UNI): We have proposed 21 proposals that have passed Snapshot
Links to the proposal that you authored or co-authored that passed the Onchain Vote: We have proposed 11 proposals that have passed on Tally
Joined Uniswap Gov Workshop Before? If so, when?: GFX has been a longtime contributor for several years
Joined Uniswap Community Call Before? If so, when?: GFX has been a longtime contributor for several years
Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program (1 Paragraph): GFX Labs (and its founder before it was created) has been one of the most active and prolific Uniswap contributors. We consistently vote, provide feedback on proposals, draft proposals, and provide independent business development and public policy support for Uniswap.
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. Yes, we attended both calls.
Applicant name: SEEDGov
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Uniswap Tally Profile
Applicant name: SEEDGov
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Uniswap Tally Profile
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: SEEDGov is the first Latam based Delegate Platform actively engaging in various governance activities and we have a dedicated team of SEEDGov members, passionate about Uniswap and committed to governance activities. It has been a pleasure to have been part of Cycle 2 and ee are excited about the opportunity to continue to collaborate with Uniswap Governance.
The main objective of this delegation will be to continue to maintain active and meaningful participation, contributing to the growth and evolution of Uniswap Protocol Governance within Ethereum and other chains where available. In this sense, we have maintained a 100% voting, participation and justification rate since our joining, participating in community calls, and contributing ideas and asking relevant questions in the discussions to promote improvements in the proposals submitted, and not only that we will continue on this path, but we intend to deepen it, we have strong interest, expertise and capacity in to participate and integrate working groups, committees and workshops in which we can collaborate more intensely for the benefit of Uniswap, the DAO and its community.
It is our understanding that this new program cycle will help to continue to increase participation and discussions in governance, both in quantity and quality, thus strengthening governance itself and the protocol. In our specific case, the rewards received has been used to cover the compensation of the team dedicated to the Uniswap delegation, as well as the rest of the support team in different areas, so it would be very useful to continue to count on an incentive from the governance itself to ensure that we can continue and deepen our participation with the highest levels of quality that Uniswap deserves.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: Jun 18, 2024 - Snapshot
Onchain: May 29, 2024 - Tally
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): Yes, 1: https://snapshot.box/#/s:uniswapgovernance.eth/proposal/0x0c7b3acc56ad1d276cd4c9338e2ef8ca9e15e8ab3e3a22d395fd34398bda40af
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): Yes, 1 (pending approval): https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/80
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well: We joined all of these Uniswap Community Calls with one of our member, Marian, who completed all the forms on SEEDGov's behalf.
Applicant name: 404 DAO
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Tally
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Applicant name: 404 DAO
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Tally
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
We are applying for this cycle of the Delegate Reward Initiative to deepen our engagement in Uniswap DAO’s governance. Our consistent participation—through proposal discussions, governance calls, and voting—reflects our commitment to the DAO’s long-term success. As Uniswap governance enters a critical phase, with key discussions on fee mechanisms, v4/Unichain adoption, and the evolution of DAO operations, strategic decision-making is more important than ever. The Delegate Incentive Program enables us to scale our contributions, ensuring we continue delivering in-depth analysis, advocating for sustainable policies, and driving initiatives that strengthen Uniswap DAO’s strategic positioning.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: Snapshot (Aug 7, 2023)
Onchain: Vote 40 (July 27, 2023)
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. Yes, believe we attended all calls either as Cole Schendl or Rika Goldberg
Applicant name: Curia
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/curia-delegates.eth
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: Curia Lab is dedicated to enhancing DAO ecosystems through data-driven insights, tools, and services. Having worked with various DAOs, we've seen firsthand how decentralization, resiliency, and transparency can transform decision-making. We’re excited about the Delegate Reward Initiative because it offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the Uniswap DAO—supporting its vision and further strengthening governance in the DEX space.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): N/A
Applicant name: Curia
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/curia-delegates.eth
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: Curia Lab is dedicated to enhancing DAO ecosystems through data-driven insights, tools, and services. Having worked with various DAOs, we've seen firsthand how decentralization, resiliency, and transparency can transform decision-making. We’re excited about the Delegate Reward Initiative because it offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the Uniswap DAO—supporting its vision and further strengthening governance in the DEX space.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): N/A
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): N/A
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well: Yes, we primarily joined under the name “Curia Lab”, and we also had a colleague participate under the name “Varit Ruangsiri” or “Nichapat D.”
Applicant name: atiselsts.eth
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Individual
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: here
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Applicant name: atiselsts.eth
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Individual
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: here
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
I’m a senior researcher at Chaos Labs, fascinated with the Uniswap protocol, professionally and academically involved with it since 2021. I have participated in Uniswap governance since July 2023, with near 100% voting rate, and have maintained active presence in the forum. My conflicts of interest are minimized, since neither I’m nor my employer is a service provider for the DAO, nor I am professionally affiliated with DeFi protocols unrelated to Uniswap, which makes it fair to be compensated for my time spent on its governance activities here.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: Snapshot - 29/06/2023
Onchain: Tally - 21/07/2023
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before?: Yes, one: [TEMP CHECK ]Uniswap DAO Principles
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before?: Yes, one: Uniswap DAO Principles
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
Yes, as Atis
Applicant name: L2BEAT
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/l2beatcom.eth
Applicant name: L2BEAT
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/l2beatcom.eth
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: L2BEAT is a public goods company that acts as an impartial watchdog for the Ethereum ecosystem with a specific focus on Layer 2s. In our attempt to help steer the broader Ethereum ecosystem, including Uniswap, towards a robust decentralized future, we also participate in several DAOs as active delegates. Participating in the program will help us continue our active involvement in a sustainable way and without having to compromise on the level of our engagement.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: August 12, 2023 - Migrate the Celo Uniswap V3 Factory Contract owner from Optims to Wormhole
Onchain: December 6, 2023 - Delegation of UNI to Active but Underrepresented Delegates
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): N/A
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): N/A
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. Yes, we've attended all calls. Mostly joined as Anastassis Oikonomopoulos (Google Meets name), or Sinkas/L2BEAT (name I used on the Google Form to verify attendance). Not sure if my colleague had joined one of the calls in my stead, but if he had, it'd be under the name Krzysztof Urbanski.
Applicant name: Blockchain Education Network
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/blockchainedu.eth
Applicant name: Blockchain Education Network
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/blockchainedu.eth
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: Since 2021, BEN has been a champion for onboarding diverse voices onto Uniswap governance through running our own delegate, hosting various governance calls and voting on several proposals with 70+ students participating from over 13 universities around the world. We also assisted several blockchain clubs, including Rutgers, Blockchain at Michigan, and Penn Blockchain, in setting up their own Aave, Uniswap, and Compound delegates through educational workshops with Harvard Law and Berkeley and direct connections to interested parties like a16z who wanted to delegate their voting power to more student groups.
We have had a considerable impact in Uniswap governance over the years. Through this program we hope to have a continued sustained model to grow our impact, educate the community, drive more participation, and create more tangible results for the Uniswap ecosystem.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: May 26, 2021 https://snapshot.org/#/uniswapgovernance.eth/proposal/Qmehop1NNWP9VEf7tGLEAYRphVsXtdxkL7oKEhaXL2Xao6
Onchain: Jan 25th, 2023 https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/30
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): N/a
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): N/a
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. Yes, Erick Pinos
Applicant name: Avantgarde Finance
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/profile/0xb49f8b8613be240213c1827e2e576044ffec7948
Applicant name: @kpk
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organisation
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Tally profile
Applicant name: Keyrock
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Uniswap Tally profile
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
We want to point out that this clarification was edited and posted after we flagged the issue to the team and was not originally part of their application post:
Blockchain at Berkeley clarified their wallet usage and set up in the application forum
Aside from this mention, we also want to state that we disagree with the approach outlined in StableLab’s post.
Even if the application using two addresses was accepted, there was no explanation for the interpretation that both addresses should be combined rather than using a fairer approach, like the ones we suggested:
Alternatively, if both addresses were considered, votes where only one address participated should count as 0.5 rather than 1.
The post states that moving forward, using two wallets won’t be allowed. So why should it be allowed in this cycle?:
Additionally, going forward, there will only be one wallet used for tracking compensation.
The delegate has a total combined voting power of 3.11 million UNI across these two addresses. In multiple proposals, they voted with only one address, representing 40% of their voting power, yet this was counted as a full vote. If both addresses are considered, why not count those votes as 0.4 instead of 1?
Wouldn’t it be fairer if the program coordinator didn’t have to make these kinds of interpretations?
We understand this was an unforeseen event, but wouldn’t it be easier to simply say, "This wasn’t anticipated, and we didn’t account for a candidate having two voting profiles, so we will select the one with the higher points?". This approach would have avoided the need for the program coordinator to choose a method for considering both wallets instead of just one and avoiding bias in the selection.
This will be our final post on this subject. We don’t want to create conflict over something that isn’t critical for the DAO or cause any hard feelings with the program’s authors. Our goal as delegates is simply to flag something we believe is unfair.
We sincerely appreciate @marian, @Juanbug, @AranaDigital and @Doo_StableLab for taking the time to evaluate and respond to our concerns.
Applicant name: Argonaut
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x21b3b193b71680e2fafe40768c03a0fd305efa75
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Argonaut is a team of highly motivated crypto enthusiasts eager to participate in governance and make meaningful improvements where we see opportunities. We were part of the second cycle of this program and learned a lot from it. The financial compensation allowed us to better organize and bring new talent to the team. We would love to participate in the third cycle of this program to continue growing, add value to DAO governance, and take on key roles where the DAO sees us as a good fit.
Since our first vote, we have maintained a 100% voting participation rate and we will continue maintaning this participation and monitoring every proposal. Being part of the 3rd cycle of the program presents a significant opportunity for our team, especially as a new, unfunded group. We're driven by passion and would love the chance to dedicate more time to this work and create value for Uniswap!
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: https://snapshot.org/#/uniswapgovernance.eth/proposal/0xc2eed288ba61241dd86928eff15b7c8c9622168fc4b435657f58dda8ce285d13 (Jul 22, 2024)
Onchain: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/65 (Jun 27, 2024)
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Uniswap Delegate Race Tiebreaker - We know PGov is the author of these proposals (the on-chain and off-chain proposal), but since we were the ones who flagged the issue in the forum, prepared the slides, and presented them in the Community Call, we thought we should also be considered co-authors of the off-chain and on-chain proposal.
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Uniswap Delegate Race Tiebreaker
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. Yes, we’ve combined them under the following names: Argonaut, Argonaut Team, Orpheus - Argonaut, Kaer, and Ragnar.
Uniswap Delegate Reward Initiative - Cycle 3 passed the Onchain Vote. And the application lasted till the Onchain Vote ended. After examining the Voting Participation, Proposal Authorship, and Community Participation, top 15 delegates are selected. The post outlines the list of top 15 delegates as well as addresses the questions and clarifications. For detailed breakdown in excel, it can be found here
Tie Breakers
The maximum point possible was 11. There were 6 delegates with score of 8 that were competing for last 4 spots.
First Tie Breaker: On Chain Vote. Between 404 DAO, KeyRock, L2BEAT, Tane, Argonaut, and Curia
Second Tie Breaker: Most Votes. Between Tane and Agronaut
Third Tie Breaker: Earliest Delegate Platform Post. Tane and Agronaut
Note:
Argonaut has raised a question about the delegate Blockchain at Berkeley and whether their two voting wallets with different voting history should be recorded separately or together. The post can be found here.
Blockchain at Berkeley clarified their wallet usage and set up in the application forum.
Link to Tally onchain voting profile:
Two Wallets:
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x7ae109a63ff4dc852e063a673b40bed85d22e585
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x458cEec48586a85fCFEb4A179706656eE321730E
(Note:
The second wallet is an EOA wallet initially used at Uniswap DAO’s conception. However, due to legal and security risks, this wallet was not used from 2022-2024. Since then, the first wallet, a multisig, has been the primary wallet to be used. From now on, we will be primarily voting with the first multisig wallet. Future activity tracking for performance should be entirely based on this wallet. We recently used the EOA wallet purely to push some votes above quorum at the request of proposal writers.)
Assessing both sides. We maintain our current decision because of three main reasons
-The application has guidance but it realistically can’t lay out literally every “Yes” and “No.” We don’t believe whether one can use one or more wallets is a crucial element that needs to be explicitly laid out, as delegate wallets often change and this situation is rather normal in the space. It is in the domain for us to interpret as needed for the program.
-Both of Berkeley’s wallets were long standing public wallets that were able to be identified even before the start of the program and thus we don’t find foul play or malicious intent. This was not an attempt to sybil the program or hedge their voting record. Additionally, going forward, there will only be one wallet used for tracking compensation.
-Case of potential delegate recruiting another delegate just for voting history is unlikely but even if so, not a significant concern. Other elements such as Proposal Authorship and Community Participation are considered and Blockchain at Berkeley is a community member who has been known to the community for years.
Other points to note:
Event Horizon’s application was posted more than 24 hours after the onchain voting closed. We still calculated the points for information, but even if Event Horizon’s points were within top 15, other applicants would be given priority based on the missed deadline.
Argonaut in their application requested the proposal “Uniswap Delegate Race Tiebreaker” as a Proposal Authorship. However, a question, a comment, or even a long post not in the form of RFC, does not meet the criteria of “only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit.”
Applicant name: Jojo
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Individual
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Uniswap Tally Profile
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: I'll just state what I already provided in my personal platform for voting rationale: I am a builder first, and I firmly believe there has to be a higher representation of people working in protocols in the DAO, because while Governance entities can for sure do a great work, usually builders are the one having enough skin in the game to be able to provide a specific point of view.
As a Jones contributor, one of my focus is providing concentrated liquidity in the most important dexes, and this aligns me in being more involved in the Uniswap ecosystem: despite tons of different models out there, and with a very few exception, liquidity participant tend to prefer Uniswap as a platform, and as byproduct we tend to have on average a better depth and a better yield in Uniswap pools.
So far I have contributed to this ecosystem by being part, for almost a year, to the UAGP . I have brought my builder vision in there while helping Uni growth as much as possible. I would like to replicate the value I brought there in the governance life.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: Sep 10, 2024 - Snapshot
Onchain: Sep 4, 2024 - Tally
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well: No. Only joined a few calls with my personal handle
Applicant Name: Gauntlet
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization.
Link to Onchain Voting Profile: https://vote.uniswapfoundation.org/delegate/0x683a4F9915D6216f73d6Df50151725036bD26C02
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: Gauntlet has been active in the Uniswap ecosystem for a number of years. We believe governance participation is crucial to balance a diverse set of viewpoints and that this program will help ensure a core base of delegate engagement. Gauntlet will continue to bring our data-driven background and experience across governance ecosystems to the Uniswap DAO.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made: Onchain: November 2,. 2021: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/9 Offchain: December 21, 2022: https://snapshot.org/#/uniswapgovernance.eth/proposal/0x387b5e811e9673359b98729af5c7f14a50b7d0ea9b4dcf9278686b238932e25d
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/45
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/45
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. Yes, attended both.
Applicant name: FranklinDAO (Penn Blockchain)
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Tally
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
FranklinDAO is a student-run DAO composed of students at the University of Pennsylvania. We’ve been long-term contributors to UniswapDAO since the first Snapshot vote in 2021, helping push through many proposals. Our recent engagements include publishing the Uniswap Treasury Working Group Report (full report, forum post) putting out a proposal to Scale Uniswap Liquidity on Celo linked below, and our member Alex Duckworth serving on the Accountability Committee since October 2024.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain:
May 31st, 2021 - Should Uniswap lower the proposal submission threshold?
Onchain:
Nov 12th, 2022 - Add 1 Basis Point Fee Tier
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Dec 22, 2024 - [TEMP CHECK] Scale Uniswap Liquidity on Celo
Mar 12, 2023 - [Temperature Check] Deploy Uniswap v3 onto Kava EVM Network
Nov 24, 2022 - [Consensus Check] Deploy Uniswp V3 to Boba Network
Nov 17, 2022 - [Temperature Check] Deploy Uniswap V3 to Boba Network
Sep 24 - 2022 - [Consensus Check] Deploy Uniswap V3 to zkSync
Sep 16, 2022 - [Temperature Check] Deploy Uniswap V3 to zkSync
Aug 13, 2021 - Consensus Check: Upgrade Governance Contract to Governor Bravo
Jul 10, 2021 - Consensus Check: Raise the proposal quorum threshold
Jun 22, 2021 - Temperature Check: Raise the proposal quorum threshold
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Scale Uniswap Liquidity on Celo
Deploy Uniswap V3 to Boba Network
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025?
We have joined infrequently over the past cycle due to conflicts, under Alex Duckworth / Franklin DAO.
Applicant name: Tané
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0xb79294d00848a3a4c00c22d9367f19b4280689d7
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Tané is formed with a group of crypto-native product builders, based in Tokyo, Dubai and New York. We are backed by SoftBank, and Japanese tech giants like DeNA, GREE, MIXI, and have great relationship with Japanese crypto communities.
We are applying for this initiative because we acknowledge the significance of in the DeFi ecosystem, and we want to contribute to its growth and sustainability, particularly from a DAO governance perspective. Having already served as a delegate in Uniswap DAO, we aim to broaden our contributions within the community. Especially, we believe we can play an important role in the relationship between Uniswap DAO and Unichain. This is after the fact that we have been actively involved in governance of Optimism Collective, including participation in the grants-related councils.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: July 28th, 2024 [Temp Check] Uniswap Onboarding Package - Gnosis Chain
Onchain: June 30th, 2024 Uniswap Arbitrum LTIPP Matching
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No.
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No.
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. : Yes, with the names Takeshi and Shoji.
As the onchain proposal is still ongoing and ending in 8 hours, the application will be open till the voting closes.
Applicant name: PEPO
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Individual
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x786a4eb282a6332871e4bad890ce5960f1d12813
Applicant name: PEPO
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Individual
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0x786a4eb282a6332871e4bad890ce5960f1d12813
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: I am deeply engaged with Uniswap’s ecosystem, with a track record of dissecting its governance, market dynamics, and operational challenges. My critical thinking skills shine through in my ability to identify flaws in vague initiatives, trace financial implications, and propose reasoned alternatives. I understand DeFi’s technical and economic underpinnings, enabling me to evaluate proposals with precision and skepticism where warranted.
What do I bring to the table?
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made: Onchain: Nov 20th, 2024 - Supporting Tally’s Development and Enhancements for Uniswap DAO Governance Offchain: Dec 16th, 2024 - [Temp Check] - Adopt The SEAL Safe Harbor Agreement
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. I joined as a delegate in November, I don't actually recall my activity previous to that, but I believe to have joined every single one of those community calls as PEPO.
Applicant name: StableLab
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0xecc2a9240268bc7a26386ecb49e1befca2706ac9
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Applicant name: StableLab
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/0xecc2a9240268bc7a26386ecb49e1befca2706ac9
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
StableLab is the leading provider of governance solutions for decentralized protocols. We contribute to over 25 protocols and ecosystems with exceptional participation metrics. We have been contributing extensively to Uniswap.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Note that we changed the voting wallet starting late 2023
Offchain:
May 26, 2023
Making Protocol Fees Operational: Fee options for V3
Onchain:
May 10th, 2023
Deploy Uniswap V3 on Moonbeam (2023)
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/39
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
There are several but here are 5 examples:
[Temp Check] Mobilizing the Uniswap Treasury
[Temp Check] Uniswap Delegate Reward -3 Months-Cycle 1
[Temp Check] Uniswap Delegate Reward Initiative - Cycle 2
[Temp Check] Uniswap Delegate Reward Initiative - Cycle 3
[Temp Check] Forse Analytics for Uniswap Revitalization and Growth Program
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
There are several but here are 5 examples:
Delegation of UNI to Active but Underrepresented Delegates
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/54
Mobilizing the Uniswap Treasury
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/62
Uniswap Delegate Reward- 3 Months Cycle 1
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/64
Uniswap Delegate Reward Initiative - Cycle 2
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/68
[Updated] Forse Analytics for Uniswap Revitalization and Growth Program
https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/72
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
Doo , Doo_StableLab
Applicant Name: GFX Labs (@GFXlabs)
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization.
Link to Delegate Forum Platform: Delegate platform on Agora
Link to Snapshot Profile: GFX on Snapshot
Link to Tally/ Agora/ onchain voting profile: GFX on Tally
Applicant Name: GFX Labs (@GFXlabs)
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization.
Link to Delegate Forum Platform: Delegate platform on Agora
Link to Snapshot Profile: GFX on Snapshot
Link to Tally/ Agora/ onchain voting profile: GFX on Tally
Links to the proposal that you authored or co-authored that passed the snapshot (Required if the voting power is less than 10k $UNI): We have proposed 21 proposals that have passed Snapshot
Links to the proposal that you authored or co-authored that passed the Onchain Vote: We have proposed 11 proposals that have passed on Tally
Joined Uniswap Gov Workshop Before? If so, when?: GFX has been a longtime contributor for several years
Joined Uniswap Community Call Before? If so, when?: GFX has been a longtime contributor for several years
Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program (1 Paragraph): GFX Labs (and its founder before it was created) has been one of the most active and prolific Uniswap contributors. We consistently vote, provide feedback on proposals, draft proposals, and provide independent business development and public policy support for Uniswap.
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. Yes, we attended both calls.
Applicant name: SEEDGov
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Uniswap Tally Profile
Applicant name: SEEDGov
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Uniswap Tally Profile
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: SEEDGov is the first Latam based Delegate Platform actively engaging in various governance activities and we have a dedicated team of SEEDGov members, passionate about Uniswap and committed to governance activities. It has been a pleasure to have been part of Cycle 2 and ee are excited about the opportunity to continue to collaborate with Uniswap Governance.
The main objective of this delegation will be to continue to maintain active and meaningful participation, contributing to the growth and evolution of Uniswap Protocol Governance within Ethereum and other chains where available. In this sense, we have maintained a 100% voting, participation and justification rate since our joining, participating in community calls, and contributing ideas and asking relevant questions in the discussions to promote improvements in the proposals submitted, and not only that we will continue on this path, but we intend to deepen it, we have strong interest, expertise and capacity in to participate and integrate working groups, committees and workshops in which we can collaborate more intensely for the benefit of Uniswap, the DAO and its community.
It is our understanding that this new program cycle will help to continue to increase participation and discussions in governance, both in quantity and quality, thus strengthening governance itself and the protocol. In our specific case, the rewards received has been used to cover the compensation of the team dedicated to the Uniswap delegation, as well as the rest of the support team in different areas, so it would be very useful to continue to count on an incentive from the governance itself to ensure that we can continue and deepen our participation with the highest levels of quality that Uniswap deserves.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: Jun 18, 2024 - Snapshot
Onchain: May 29, 2024 - Tally
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): Yes, 1: https://snapshot.box/#/s:uniswapgovernance.eth/proposal/0x0c7b3acc56ad1d276cd4c9338e2ef8ca9e15e8ab3e3a22d395fd34398bda40af
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): Yes, 1 (pending approval): https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/80
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well: We joined all of these Uniswap Community Calls with one of our member, Marian, who completed all the forms on SEEDGov's behalf.
Applicant name: 404 DAO
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Tally
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Applicant name: 404 DAO
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Tally
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
We are applying for this cycle of the Delegate Reward Initiative to deepen our engagement in Uniswap DAO’s governance. Our consistent participation—through proposal discussions, governance calls, and voting—reflects our commitment to the DAO’s long-term success. As Uniswap governance enters a critical phase, with key discussions on fee mechanisms, v4/Unichain adoption, and the evolution of DAO operations, strategic decision-making is more important than ever. The Delegate Incentive Program enables us to scale our contributions, ensuring we continue delivering in-depth analysis, advocating for sustainable policies, and driving initiatives that strengthen Uniswap DAO’s strategic positioning.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: Snapshot (Aug 7, 2023)
Onchain: Vote 40 (July 27, 2023)
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. Yes, believe we attended all calls either as Cole Schendl or Rika Goldberg
Applicant name: Curia
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/curia-delegates.eth
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: Curia Lab is dedicated to enhancing DAO ecosystems through data-driven insights, tools, and services. Having worked with various DAOs, we've seen firsthand how decentralization, resiliency, and transparency can transform decision-making. We’re excited about the Delegate Reward Initiative because it offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the Uniswap DAO—supporting its vision and further strengthening governance in the DEX space.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): N/A
Applicant name: Curia
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/curia-delegates.eth
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: Curia Lab is dedicated to enhancing DAO ecosystems through data-driven insights, tools, and services. Having worked with various DAOs, we've seen firsthand how decentralization, resiliency, and transparency can transform decision-making. We’re excited about the Delegate Reward Initiative because it offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the Uniswap DAO—supporting its vision and further strengthening governance in the DEX space.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): N/A
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): N/A
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well: Yes, we primarily joined under the name “Curia Lab”, and we also had a colleague participate under the name “Varit Ruangsiri” or “Nichapat D.”
Applicant name: atiselsts.eth
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Individual
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: here
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Applicant name: atiselsts.eth
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Individual
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: here
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
I’m a senior researcher at Chaos Labs, fascinated with the Uniswap protocol, professionally and academically involved with it since 2021. I have participated in Uniswap governance since July 2023, with near 100% voting rate, and have maintained active presence in the forum. My conflicts of interest are minimized, since neither I’m nor my employer is a service provider for the DAO, nor I am professionally affiliated with DeFi protocols unrelated to Uniswap, which makes it fair to be compensated for my time spent on its governance activities here.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: Snapshot - 29/06/2023
Onchain: Tally - 21/07/2023
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before?: Yes, one: [TEMP CHECK ]Uniswap DAO Principles
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before?: Yes, one: Uniswap DAO Principles
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
Yes, as Atis
Applicant name: L2BEAT
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/l2beatcom.eth
Applicant name: L2BEAT
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/l2beatcom.eth
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: L2BEAT is a public goods company that acts as an impartial watchdog for the Ethereum ecosystem with a specific focus on Layer 2s. In our attempt to help steer the broader Ethereum ecosystem, including Uniswap, towards a robust decentralized future, we also participate in several DAOs as active delegates. Participating in the program will help us continue our active involvement in a sustainable way and without having to compromise on the level of our engagement.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: August 12, 2023 - Migrate the Celo Uniswap V3 Factory Contract owner from Optims to Wormhole
Onchain: December 6, 2023 - Delegation of UNI to Active but Underrepresented Delegates
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): N/A
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): N/A
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. Yes, we've attended all calls. Mostly joined as Anastassis Oikonomopoulos (Google Meets name), or Sinkas/L2BEAT (name I used on the Google Form to verify attendance). Not sure if my colleague had joined one of the calls in my stead, but if he had, it'd be under the name Krzysztof Urbanski.
Applicant name: Blockchain Education Network
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/blockchainedu.eth
Applicant name: Blockchain Education Network
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/delegate/blockchainedu.eth
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: Since 2021, BEN has been a champion for onboarding diverse voices onto Uniswap governance through running our own delegate, hosting various governance calls and voting on several proposals with 70+ students participating from over 13 universities around the world. We also assisted several blockchain clubs, including Rutgers, Blockchain at Michigan, and Penn Blockchain, in setting up their own Aave, Uniswap, and Compound delegates through educational workshops with Harvard Law and Berkeley and direct connections to interested parties like a16z who wanted to delegate their voting power to more student groups.
We have had a considerable impact in Uniswap governance over the years. Through this program we hope to have a continued sustained model to grow our impact, educate the community, drive more participation, and create more tangible results for the Uniswap ecosystem.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: May 26, 2021 https://snapshot.org/#/uniswapgovernance.eth/proposal/Qmehop1NNWP9VEf7tGLEAYRphVsXtdxkL7oKEhaXL2Xao6
Onchain: Jan 25th, 2023 https://www.tally.xyz/gov/uniswap/proposal/30
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): N/a
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): N/a
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. Yes, Erick Pinos
Applicant name: Avantgarde Finance
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/profile/0xb49f8b8613be240213c1827e2e576044ffec7948
Applicant name: @kpk
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organisation
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Tally profile
Applicant name: Keyrock
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Uniswap Tally profile
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Applicant Name: @PGov
Link to Voting Profile: Tally, Snapshot
Thank you everyone for your consideration. Our team has been an active Uniswap community member for four years now and has helped draft and submit various proposals to governance. We have maintained a 100% voting and participation rate since inception and have attended as many Uniswap events and calls as we can. We currently help on the Accountability Committee, Metagov, and UEII initiatives and will continue to help in any other areas where we can provide support. Thanks again!
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stages before? If so, please provide links here:
Uniswap Growth Program & UEII: Coauthored and proposed Snapshot Discretionary Budget: Coauthored and proposed Snapshot Uniswap-Arbitrum Working Group: Helped co-author and participated in the UAWP from which the grants and delegate program (now Metagov team) were created. Snapshot: Working Group Creation, UAGP & UADP election Create the Uniswap Accountability Committee: Part of discussions and drafting for the Accountability Committee season 1, 2, and 3. (Snapshot: Season 1, Snapshot: Season 2, Snapshot: Season 3) Members of our team have authored various other deployment proposals and we helped sponsor various Snapshot proposals, including: Uniswap Arbitrum LTIPP Matching, Approved Budgets Rebalancing, Uniswap Delegate Race Tiebreaker, Uniswap Accountability Committee S3 Elections, Incentive Package for Sonic (Formerly Fantom), [Temp Check] Uniswap Delegate Reward Initiative - Cycle 3
Off Chain Proposals
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stages before? If so, please provide links here:
Many of the aforementioned offchain votes we authored we subsequently proposed on chain. Additional votes from above: Uniswap Accountability S3 Renewal and Rebalance, Uniswap Growth Program Trial, Incentive Package for Sonic, Lower Onchain Proposal Threshold vote.
On Chain Proposals
Yes, we have joined/helped host all of them
Applicant name: Avantgarde Finance
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/profile/0xb49f8b8613be240213c1827e2e576044ffec7948
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: Avantgarde is a DeFi-native asset management, advisory and research firm catering to DAOs, Foundations, Institutional and Sophisticated Investors. We’ve been active in DeFi since 2016, notably as founders of the on-chain asset management protocol Enzyme, and help DAOs to optimise treasury management strategies, improve financial sustainability, and support long-term growth.
Avantgarde has been an active delegate in Uniswap for soon-to-be 3 years. Notably, we participated in the Uniswap Bridge Assessment Committee and have also contributed with R&D towards proposals, including the fee switch discussion. Drawing on our extensive experience and track record in both TradFi and DeFi, we will continue to contribute in a meaningful way to the Uniswap DAO and drive Uniswap’s success.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: August 8, 2022: [Temperature Check] Create the Uniswap Foundation
Onchain: August 15, 2022: Create the Uniswap Foundation
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
Yes. Participants include Erik (Brinde), but also on occasion Conor (Gilmore).
Applicant name: @kpk
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organisation
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Tally profile
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: karpatkey is a DeFi-native organisation specialising in professional treasury development since 2020. We work with leading DAOs to diversify their treasuries into sustainable portfolios and serve as delegates across leading DAOs. In Uniswap, we serve as delegates and are elected members of the Uniswap Treasury WG. As written in our delegate statement, we aim to actively contribute to the long-term sustainability of the Uniswap ecosystem and improve its governance process. We believe this program fits into that as a way to increase active participation, high-value discussions and valuable DAO-driven initiatives.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: ARB distribution proposal poll
Onchain: proposal 40
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): proposal 66
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): proposal 66
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well: Yes, @alicecorsini joined on behalf of karpatkey.
Applicant name: Keyrock
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Uniswap Tally profile
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Keyrock is active across a variety of on-chain ecosystems and DAOs, providing expertise to scale and grow the next generation of finance. Governance is a crucial yet overlooked process, and delegates play a vital role in shaping the trajectory of Uniswap. We believe the first phase and second of the delegate incentives were successful, resulting in higher forum participation, increased vote turnout, and attracted more delegates interested in contributing to the Uniswap DAO. We have been very impressed with the recent depth of discussion and passion coming from various delegates and are excited to continue contributing to the DAO.
Offchain: Snapshot - 26/05/2023
Onchain: Tally - 21/07/2023 Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. Yes - Jakob and Athanasios
Applicant Name: @PGov
Link to Voting Profile: Tally, Snapshot
Thank you everyone for your consideration. Our team has been an active Uniswap community member for four years now and has helped draft and submit various proposals to governance. We have maintained a 100% voting and participation rate since inception and have attended as many Uniswap events and calls as we can. We currently help on the Accountability Committee, Metagov, and UEII initiatives and will continue to help in any other areas where we can provide support. Thanks again!
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stages before? If so, please provide links here:
Uniswap Growth Program & UEII: Coauthored and proposed Snapshot Discretionary Budget: Coauthored and proposed Snapshot Uniswap-Arbitrum Working Group: Helped co-author and participated in the UAWP from which the grants and delegate program (now Metagov team) were created. Snapshot: Working Group Creation, UAGP & UADP election Create the Uniswap Accountability Committee: Part of discussions and drafting for the Accountability Committee season 1, 2, and 3. (Snapshot: Season 1, Snapshot: Season 2, Snapshot: Season 3) Members of our team have authored various other deployment proposals and we helped sponsor various Snapshot proposals, including: Uniswap Arbitrum LTIPP Matching, Approved Budgets Rebalancing, Uniswap Delegate Race Tiebreaker, Uniswap Accountability Committee S3 Elections, Incentive Package for Sonic (Formerly Fantom), [Temp Check] Uniswap Delegate Reward Initiative - Cycle 3
Off Chain Proposals
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stages before? If so, please provide links here:
Many of the aforementioned offchain votes we authored we subsequently proposed on chain. Additional votes from above: Uniswap Accountability S3 Renewal and Rebalance, Uniswap Growth Program Trial, Incentive Package for Sonic, Lower Onchain Proposal Threshold vote.
On Chain Proposals
Yes, we have joined/helped host all of them
Applicant name: Avantgarde Finance
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/profile/0xb49f8b8613be240213c1827e2e576044ffec7948
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: Avantgarde is a DeFi-native asset management, advisory and research firm catering to DAOs, Foundations, Institutional and Sophisticated Investors. We’ve been active in DeFi since 2016, notably as founders of the on-chain asset management protocol Enzyme, and help DAOs to optimise treasury management strategies, improve financial sustainability, and support long-term growth.
Avantgarde has been an active delegate in Uniswap for soon-to-be 3 years. Notably, we participated in the Uniswap Bridge Assessment Committee and have also contributed with R&D towards proposals, including the fee switch discussion. Drawing on our extensive experience and track record in both TradFi and DeFi, we will continue to contribute in a meaningful way to the Uniswap DAO and drive Uniswap’s success.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: August 8, 2022: [Temperature Check] Create the Uniswap Foundation
Onchain: August 15, 2022: Create the Uniswap Foundation
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit):
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well.
Yes. Participants include Erik (Brinde), but also on occasion Conor (Gilmore).
Applicant name: @kpk
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organisation
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Tally profile
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative: karpatkey is a DeFi-native organisation specialising in professional treasury development since 2020. We work with leading DAOs to diversify their treasuries into sustainable portfolios and serve as delegates across leading DAOs. In Uniswap, we serve as delegates and are elected members of the Uniswap Treasury WG. As written in our delegate statement, we aim to actively contribute to the long-term sustainability of the Uniswap ecosystem and improve its governance process. We believe this program fits into that as a way to increase active participation, high-value discussions and valuable DAO-driven initiatives.
Please provide the date and link of the first offchain and onchain Uniswap vote you made:
Offchain: ARB distribution proposal poll
Onchain: proposal 40
Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): proposal 66
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): proposal 66
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well: Yes, @alicecorsini joined on behalf of karpatkey.
Applicant name: Keyrock
Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization
Link to Tally onchain voting profile: Uniswap Tally profile
Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this Delegate Reward Initiative:
Keyrock is active across a variety of on-chain ecosystems and DAOs, providing expertise to scale and grow the next generation of finance. Governance is a crucial yet overlooked process, and delegates play a vital role in shaping the trajectory of Uniswap. We believe the first phase and second of the delegate incentives were successful, resulting in higher forum participation, increased vote turnout, and attracted more delegates interested in contributing to the Uniswap DAO. We have been very impressed with the recent depth of discussion and passion coming from various delegates and are excited to continue contributing to the DAO.
Offchain: Snapshot - 26/05/2023
Onchain: Tally - 21/07/2023 Have you posted an RFC that passed the offchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you posted an RFC that passed the onchain voting stage before? If so, please provide links here (only the sole author or co-authors explicitly mentioned on the proposal will receive credit): No
Have you joined the Uniswap Community Call for September, October, December 2024 & January - Feb 2025? If so, what name did you join as? If multiple joined as a team, please note theirs as well. Yes - Jakob and Athanasios
