Delegate Statement

Open Source Observer

Open Source Observer (OSO) is a public good that helps communities measure impact and improve grant effectiveness. We are primarily concerned with sustainable treasury utilization. We intend to bring a data-driven lens to evaluating proposals and driving network growth.

As our name suggests, we take open source principles seriously. We vote our values. We speak up when we see those values being threatened or undermined. And we expect you to hold us to the same high standards of integrity and transparency.

Team

We are a small team, launched in 2023. Our two cofounders (Carl Cervone and Raymond Cheng) have extensive experience in crypto and grantmaking ecosystems. We previously worked on Hypercerts while at Protocol Labs (also known fpr public goods like libp2p and IPFS). Carl is a data scientist, Gitcoin steward, Optimism badgeholder, and previous founder of a web2 startup. Ray is software engineer, PhD research scientist, Google alum, and previous founder of a privacy-focused L1. In addition to ourselves, we have a growing community of impact data scientists and engineers contributing to our mission.

Disclosures

We are also Optimism delegates.

Top Issues

Builders

On builders, we care about accelerating open source and developer network effects.

Community

On community, we want to see a big tent, but feel it's important that there be clear pathways for motivating high-impact contributors.

Governance

On governance, we believe in representation and don't think everyone should be consulted on every issue. It should be easy to get rid of bad ideas.

Decentralization

On decentralization, we accept that this will take time, especially at the "social layer", and the pace should be driven by outcomes rather than arbitrary dates.

Past Votes

Voted for this proposal 10 months ago with 6.47K votes

Community Council Formation

Voted abstain this proposal 10 months ago with 6.47K votes

Better DAO Decisions & Aligned Incentives: Research on Carroll Mechanisms

Voted for this proposal 10 months ago with 6.47K votes

Feynman Upgrade on Scroll Mainnet

Voted for this proposal 10 months ago with 6.47K votes

Security Subsidy Program for Scroll Builders

Voted for this proposal 12 months ago with 7.17K votes

Proposal Title: Votable Supply Adjustment - Auto-Abstaining Wallet

Voted against this proposal 12 months ago with 7.17K votes

Proposal: Gov Contribution Recognition - Retro & Working Group

Reason: The impact of quality engagement is non-linear and much more than "participation". We worry this sets the wrong precedent even if it's just a once off. Would rather allocate the same amount and have it go solely towards rewarding a limiting number of exceptional contributions.

Voted for this proposal 12 months ago with 7.17K votes

Proposal: Ecosystem Growth Council Formation

Voted for this proposal 12 months ago with 7.17K votes

Proposal: Brazil Local Node

Reason: We don't think it is a good use of delegate time to vote on $30K proposals. That said, the budget is reasonable relative to the ask.

Voted for this proposal 12 months ago with 7.17K votes

Kenya Scroll Local Node Founder Program

Reason: We don't think it is a good use of delegate time to vote on $30K proposals. That said, the budget is reasonable relative to the ask.

Voted for this proposal 12 months ago with 7.17K votes

Mexico Mobile Scroll Node: A Founder-Focused Onboarding and Support Program

Reason: We don't think it is a good use of delegate time to vote on $30K proposals. That said, the budget is reasonable relative to the ask.

Voted for this proposal about 1 year ago with 8.09K votes

Voting Power	Delegated on	From	Txn Hash
35.639 SCR	2025/02/13	0x00...6c27	View
46.058 SCR	2025/02/23	0x00...beb0	View
40.512 SCR	2025/02/13	0x02...4cbd	View
0.002 SCR	2025/02/13	0x02...08fc	View
0.95 SCR	2025/02/14	0x05...cd5d	View
820.605 SCR	2025/02/13	0x05...3a8a	View
0.142 SCR	2025/02/13	0x05...d03d	View
15.058 SCR	2025/02/24	0x06...b870	View
28.33 SCR	2025/02/14	0x06...1de1	View
0.035 SCR	2025/02/13	0x07...2812	View
28.455 SCR	2025/02/18	0x08...b9ce	View
0.335 SCR	2025/02/14	0x0a...da02	View
0.006 SCR	2025/02/23	0x11...938c	View
0.018 SCR	2025/02/15	0x11...a34f	View
29.439 SCR	2025/02/14	0x12...7669	View
47.751 SCR	2025/02/14	0x15...3a2b	View
0.042 SCR	2025/02/19	0x16...91be	View
35.078 SCR	2025/02/15	0x17...a18d	View
0.557 SCR	2025/02/16	0x17...c9dd	View
9.586 SCR	2025/02/16	0x19...ec8c	View

Delegate Statement

Open Source Observer

Team

Disclosures

Top Issues

Past Votes

Community Council Formation

Better DAO Decisions & Aligned Incentives: Research on Carroll Mechanisms

Feynman Upgrade on Scroll Mainnet

Security Subsidy Program for Scroll Builders

Proposal Title: Votable Supply Adjustment - Auto-Abstaining Wallet

Proposal: Gov Contribution Recognition - Retro & Working Group

Proposal: Ecosystem Growth Council Formation

Proposal: Brazil Local Node

Kenya Scroll Local Node Founder Program

Mexico Mobile Scroll Node: A Founder-Focused Onboarding and Support Program

Scroll DAO Constitution

Past Votes

Community Council Formation

Better DAO Decisions & Aligned Incentives: Research on Carroll Mechanisms

Feynman Upgrade on Scroll Mainnet

Security Subsidy Program for Scroll Builders

Proposal Title: Votable Supply Adjustment - Auto-Abstaining Wallet

Proposal: Gov Contribution Recognition - Retro & Working Group

Proposal: Ecosystem Growth Council Formation

Proposal: Brazil Local Node

Kenya Scroll Local Node Founder Program

Mexico Mobile Scroll Node: A Founder-Focused Onboarding and Support Program

Scroll DAO Constitution