CIP-63: Renewing the CoW Grants Program

We’d also love to be considered as a candidate for the upcoming new member onboarding for the Grants Committee.
Although we are aware that the official application process is to be prepared, let us share our key information so that anyone can see it.

  • Experience on the Optimism Grants Council
    • Served on the Grants-related Council of the Optimism Collective in Season 6 and 7.
    • Participated in the review, evaluation, and distribution of grants.
    • Familiar with effective workflow design for grant approvals, stakeholder engagement, and on-chain administration.
    • In Season 7, we are placing greater emphasis on supporting the delivery of projects that have received grants, which is very similar to what is discussed as Steward in this thread.
  • Active Participation in Multiple DAOs
    • Involved in governance activities across Optimism, Arbitrum, Lido, ENS, Morpho, and more.
    • Leverages cross-ecosystem insights to ensure CoW Grants Committee benefits from diverse best practices in DeFi and governance.
  • Broad Project Assessment & Support
    • Evaluated a wide range of applications (infrastructure, DeFi, middleware) for both technical feasibility and community impact.
    • Provided ongoing guidance and resource support for grant recipients, focusing on both short-term deliverables and long-term ecosystem growth.
    • We can also leverage the insights we gained through our venture investment activities in evaluating projects.
  • Hands-On Technical and Product Building Background
    • Team members include former senior engineers at Twitter and product managers at unicorn startups with tens of millions of MAU.
    • Quite familiar with MEV as we have been running nodes of different chains and invested in MEV-related projects.
    • Skilled at assessing project feasibility, reviewing technical roadmaps, and spotting integration or security issues early.

You can also find some other key information here.

We believe we are ready to help optimize CoW Grants processes and metrics for transparency, efficiency, and measurable impact.

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