As the snapshot voting has passed, a 5-day period will begin where delegates that meet the below application criteria are encouraged to post their application to be considered for delegation. As this post is posted around November 6th 2023 5PM CET, the deadline will be November 11th 2023 5PM CET.
In cases where there are more than Four qualified applicants, there will be an additional Snapshot vote to determine the top Four. Once Four or fewer applicants are selected (in case there are not enough delegates that meet the criteria), it will proceed to an onchain vote.
Participation Requirements
Must have voted on 80% (or more) of proposals (minus the proposals that were canceled) over the last 3 months (as of the date when this proposal is passed on Snapshot). This includes both Snapshot and Onchain proposals (such as Tally or Agora). So 80% of Snapshot
For snapshot, the last voting was “[Temperature Check]: Delegation of UNI to Active but Underrepresented Delegates” . The first voting that counts for past 3 months is “[Temperature Check] Migrate the Celo Uniswap V3 Factory Contract owner from Optics to Wormhole”
For Onchain voting, the last voting was “Deploy Uniswap V3 on Scroll”. The first voting that counts for past 3 months is “Migrate the Celo Uniswap V3 Factory Contract owner from Optics to Wormhole”
Must have actively participated in proposal voting for more than 3 months and have a Delegate Platform on Uniswap Forum under Delegation Pitch (If a delegate doesn’t have it yet, one can create it before applying).
Application Criteria
Meets the above Participation Requirements
Voting Power is less than 2.5 million UNI (as of the date when this proposal is passed on Snapshot).
Application Form
Applicant Name:
Link to Delegate Forum Platform:
Link to Snapshot Profile:
Link to Tally/ Agora/ onchain voting profile:
Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program (1 Paragraph):
Application Summary:
Ever since launching our delegate profile in January, our mission has been to actively contribute to Uniswap’s governance efficiency and growth. We’ve maintained a 100% participation rate for on-chain votes (pass all participation requirements) since our delegate launch, deployed Uni V2 on Boba and Gnosis Chain, launched WinterGov, and actively provided feedback to Uniswap proposals. We’d love to continue supporting the growth of Uniswap by contributing to governance efficiency, contributing to more deployments, and would be honoured if the DAO were to empower us with greater voting power!
Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program:
As a power user of Uniswap, we’re fully aligned with Uniswap’s best interest such as multi-chain expansion and improving a fair and distributed governance participation. There is a clear miss-match of voting power and participation for some delegates so we believe this initiative will not only push the less active participants to be active but also enable more initiatives by the recipients of this delegation. If we receive this delegation, we are committed to always contribute and be active within the forums while providing our perspective and expertise in matters such as liquidity provision.
Over the last 3-months we’ve had 100% participation rate both on-chain and Snapshot.
Applicant Name: StableLab
Link to Delegate Forum Platform: here
Former Link to Snapshot Profile: here
New Link to Snapshot Profile: here
Former Link to Tally/ Agora/ onchain voting profile: here
NewLink to Tally/ Agora/ onchain voting profile: here
StableLab has 100% participation both snapshot and onchain. And the voting power is below 2.5 million UNI.
Applicant Summary:
StableLab is a professional delegate and governance services firm, contributing to over 20 protocols and ecosystems with exceptional diligence and participation metrics. StableLab helps DAOs scale sustainably through lean and efficient governance. We have been actively participating in Uniswap governance both via voting, forum posts, Uniswap Deployments Accountability Committee, and UNI-ARB Grant Program. And we believe that with greater governance power, we will be able to support the protocol even further by helping to encourage more accountability and discussions.
Edit:
Going forward for StableLab, for better security , Voting address will still be stablelab.eth but it will be 0xECC2a9240268BC7a26386ecB49E1Befca2706AC9
Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program:
As an expert in Uniswap’s technical details and someone with real-world governance experience, I am well-positioned to contribute to the DAO. Without a doubt, Uniswap is among the most significant DeFi protocols, and it’s a privilege to participate in making decisions about its future. I’ve been seriously involved in DeFi governance only recently, since the delegate race this spring, but I have quickly developed a strong affinity for it, and have participated with diligence. My voting record demonstrates a willingness to cast dissenting votes and challenge the consensus—on occasion, I have been the sole significant negative voter, as I believe entertaining contrarian arguments are essential for sound governance. If I receive the support, I will increase my participation in the forums by also regularly sharing rationale for my votes in the delegate platform thread.
Over the last 3-months:
100% participation on-chain
90% participation on Snapshot (missed the Zero protocol’s proposal due to some unanswered questions from their side)
Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program:
As a long time Uniswap Community member of over two years, I’ve watched Uniswap governance grow into a robust and thriving ecosystem. Currently, I help with two community led initiatives here being the Uniswap-Arbitrum delegate program where we help steward the DAO’s $ARB airdrop in Arbitrum governance and the Deployment Accountability Committee.
This delegation would severely help my work on the Deployment Accountability Committee as often the question of how to submit an ecosystem’s Uniswap deployment on-chain is posed. Of course, with >2.5m delegation, we can easily propose and skip that burdensome step. Being full time now at PGov, and having led the FranklinDAO platform where I utilized our delegation to propose multiple on-chain votes, I understand how important this delegation is and will promise the community to diligently represent these votes. Thanks for your consideration!
PGov current voting power is 250,008 UNI
Over the last 3 months we’ve had a 100% participation rate on both on-chain and snapshot voting.
Native Labs currently does not possess any UNI token voting power.
Applicant Summary including reasons for interest in the Program:
My name is Kydo, the founder of Native Labs. As an active community member, I’ve previously served as a delegate for the Stanford. I spearheaded governance at the Stanford Blockchain Club and contributed significantly to the development of Uniswap’s crosschain mechanism, MMA. The foundation currently leads this project, which is in its final audit stage.
My voting and public (forum, twitter) record demonstrate my independent thinking. Equipped with a strong background in business and computer science, I’ve often expressed my reservations about deploying on newer chains and advocated for a more research-focused approach to governance.
At present, I’ve shifted my focus from daily governance to long-term strategic thinking for the Uniswap Protocol and DAO. My primary areas of focus are hooks and Uniswap X (RFQ). As a result, I have built close relationship with Labs, Foundation, and the greater Uniswap developer ecosystem and sharpened my understanding of the future.
Lastly, I am proud to say that I am a delegate who genuinely wants Uniswap to succeed in the long run.
Thanks for the application but the application won’t be qualified under the current criteria. Yes, there are several governance participants who contributed to Uniswap governance in various ways but this is specifically for empowering delegates who are active voters but have been underrepresented. And in theory, large delegators who delegate to delegates should have accountability and in cases of delegates voting rarely, should have redelegated but they don’t. Because often, they don’t pay attention to the governance. Therefore, this program is suggested to help close this gap.
So similar to MakerDAO to AAVE to many other DAOs, it’s fair to consider voting activity as objective metric to consider for this program for now.
404 DAO is a non-profit born out of Blockchain at Georgia Tech. Our team encompasses a wide range of both technical and non-technical backgrounds, from analytics and business development to cybersecurity and MEV. We seek to support the development of new applications in the Uniswap ecosystem, expanding the range of users, and accumulating value to the holders of the Uniswap governance token and relevant stakeholders. We look forward to increasing our involvement in the Uniswap DAO and are ready to take on the necessary commitment that additional voting power entails.
404 DAO is also an active delegate for Arbitrum, Optimism, and dYdX. Our team is committed to transparency - our decision process, core principles, and previous work in other protocols can be found on our governance page.
Application Criteria
100% participation rate on on-chain 80% participation rate on snapshot voting 250,007 Current voting power
Congratulations to the prospective delegates in the Uniswap community. It’s truly impressive to see such a diverse and skilled group stepping forward. Each candidate, from StableLab’s governance prowess to atiselsts.eth’s technical expertise, PGov’s community focus, Native Labs’ strategic outlook, and 404 DAO’s comprehensive approach, brings invaluable insights to the table. Their collective efforts signal a promising future for Uniswap’s decentralized governance. Reflecting on this, one of my biggest regrets this year is not having applied for a similar role for Bunni. It’s a missed opportunity to be part of such an influential and forward-thinking group in the DeFi space.
Applicant Name: karpatkey Link to Delegate Forum Platform:here Link to Snapshot Profile:here Link to Tally/ Agora/ onchain voting profile:here
karpatkey has 86% participation on-chain and 80% participation off-chain. Our voting power is 426k UNI.
Applicant Summary:
karpatkey is a DeFi-native organisation specialising in professional treasury development through industry-leading research and tooling since 2020. We work with DAOs such as GnosisDAO , Balancer, ENS, CoW Protocol, and Lido to diversify their treasuries into sustainable portfolios of DeFi investments designed to support the DAOs in their missions.
We launched our delegate platform on Uniswap in August 2023, and have been thoughtfully participating in voting and discussions over the past three month. We are also proud to have participated in the inaugural Blessing sponsored by the Uniswap Foundation and focused on the Uniswap ecosystem and governance.
