Karam | Web3 Foundation
@0xZendetta
An entrepreneur and policy advocate. Governance @Web3Foundation. MPP in Global Affairs @Yale. @ethereum Fellow. CEO of @zefihub
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What if we built an Evangelion inspired AI delegate for Polkadot? Balthazar, Caspar & Melchior would read every proposal, ingest community sentiment and vote with 2/3 consensus. A sort of cognitive prosthetic for OpenGov. Thoughts? 👀
You've asked, and we've listened 🫡 At this year's @Web3summit, web3 builders will get the opportunity to share what they're most passionate about — on a dedicated stage, for an entire afternoon.💪 Sign up now – limited slots available! ⚠️ forms.gle/gHtJhzhZ53Jq4G…
We are pleased to introduce the Builder Summit, a mini-conference organized by W3F Success within the Web3 Summit. During the Builder summit, builders can give 10-minute talks on their progress, technical insights, and the challenges they are solving with Web3. This is not a…
We are pleased to introduce the Builder Summit, a mini-conference organized by W3F Success within the Web3 Summit. During the Builder summit, builders can give 10-minute talks on their progress, technical insights, and the challenges they are solving with Web3. This is not a…
The Web3 Foundation’s Annual Report is now published - a year of resilience, community-led governance, technical education, and ecosystem growth across Polkadot and Kusama. Read the full report: medium.com/web3foundation…
Applications for the 3rd Cohort of Decentralized Nodes are now open!✏️ 📆Important dates: Applications close: July 31 Selection announcement: Aug 25 - 29 Cohort launch: Sep 10 Other important changes: Max Kusama commission is now 20% nodes.web3.foundation
Some referendums have been proposed by the Polkadot Technical Fellowship to change Polkadot and Kusama's coretime system. The Amendment to RFC-1 Agile Coretime by eskimor proposes changes to the core renewal system in order to prevent what some people have labelled "Core…
Actually, several misconceptions that are sort of tied together, but they all go back to one misconception - that there is one "team" in charge of Polkadot. This is incorrect. The DOT holders determine if the network upgrades. The DOT holders determine where Treasury funds are…
Any teams building on Polkadot and based in New York City looking for one or two PBA graduates as unpaid interns for three weeks later this year (Oct-Nov)? Please let me know.
Balancing power is messy, but totally worth it. Pre-plan for Decentralized Voices future is up: DV-Light guardians, more DAOs but with slimmer voting power, auto-sunset when turnout rises. We Need the #Polkadot community’s blunt feedback. 🛠️👇 forum.polkadot.network/t/the-future-o…


Other ecosystems' coordinators: "Governance is so peaceful! We meditate every morning.." Me, waking up to 30 fresh treasury referenda and a five-page flame-war: "Define peaceful… habibi".

Fantastic work by @kukabi_ 🎉 Information is power
📢 I'm happy to release dv.report, a comprehensive dashboard for Cohort IV of the Decentralized Voices programme by @Web3foundation. The available graphs: 1. Vote Counts 2. Policy Direction 3. Similarity Matrix 4. Average Time to First Vote 6. Referenda Not Voted…
Good overview of the +/- of the Yapper Leaderboard Program - please respond to it if you have feedback. Before I give my take, a reminder - as a W3F employee I am not eligible for rewards, so there's no bias here on that regard. I'm in broad agreement with the facts here, and I…
Time for a cordial discussion ⚡️ There are just TWO MONTHS remaining in the Polkadot Marketing Bounty's Yapper Leaderboard program. If it were up to you, would you: → Scrap it / sunset it → Extend it → Expand Rewards → Modify it in some way Context: The MB's intention was…
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Web3 Foundation is looking to fill several positions. x.com/davidhawig/sta…