Who we are
- ITU Blockchain is the first blockchain student society of Turkey! It is a community of approximately 5000 people. All the members have skills and areas of expertise of their own. There are currently 6 committees specified: Delegation, Design, Devs, Event Organization, Research & Content, and Marketing. These committees elaborate on various professions, including developers, designers, content creators, and so on. We encourage each community member to choose their own path by supporting them in their respective expertise.
Structure and Process of Delegation at ITU Blockchain
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In particular, the Delegation Committee has been involved in governance for over a year and acts as a delegate for seven DAOs - Optimism, Arbitrum, Uniswap, Starknet, Everclear (formerly Connext), ZKNation, and Scroll. To provide more insight into our team structure, we have individuals with expertise in governance, including a head of committee, a committee assistant, 9 active team members, 5 advisors, and 7 heads of DAOs.
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Advisors are experienced in governance and provide feedback to members to ensure the quality of their work remains top-notch. Heads of DAOs oversee relevant DAO forums and ensure nothing is overlooked. After participating in each DAO, we appoint an interested and active member as the head of that DAO. We also schedule weekly meetings where each DAO head shares updates and information regarding their respective DAO.
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When a proposal arises, the committee head or assistant forwards it to the team, and any of the 23 people can choose to take up that proposal. After thorough review, the person in charge of the proposal prepares a document of that proposal and explains it to the team via Google Meet and presents their idea on how to vote on the proposal. Then, discussion continues until every member is on the same page, and the vote is decided by overall consensus. After voting on platforms, we prepare a summary of the proposal and our rationale. This process exemplifies how we implement the concepts of decentralization and transparency on a smaller scale.
A message to the community and ecosystem
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Since we follow the developments in decentralized protocols on blockchains very closely, we can understand what is beneficial for the user. The main reason why we want to become a delegate is because we want to help users who cannot follow these processes but have voting power to use this power correctly. Moreover, we believe there are many original ideas of our community and we want to share them with the Scroll governance. If we support these ideas enough, we think governance in blockchain will take a big step towards the ultimate decentralized world. And of course, since we know that our main focuses are on the same page, we want to contribute to the decentralization of Scroll.
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ITU Blockchain is located in Turkey, the country where Europe and Asia meet which gives us the advantage of providing different perspectives from different cultures and natives which eventually contributes to the decentralization needed for the delegation process. We have also noticed that most of the delegates so far are from the American environment. Both the ITU Blockchain being the delegate and the holders/stakers choosing us as the delegate will support the diversity of ideas.
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To further promote decentralization and strengthen our association, an authorized team from our community will regularly monitor the Scroll governance forums and keep the rest of our community (approximately 5,000 members) informed of any new developments within the DAO.
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The greatest thing being the first and the biggest blockchain student society in Turkey, is that every person in the community is aware of these titles and knows we are the pioneers of blockchain in Turkey. This really forces us to carry the responsibility of informing people about decentralization and blockchain concepts, and we try to keep the quality of the work we do at the highest. Lastly, since we are voluntary in this society, every piece of thing we do is the result of self sacrifice and dedication.
To sum up, we think that a decentralized protocol will come to a much better point by being managed with the opinions and suggestions of different communities. Since ITU Blockchain comes from both Europe and Asia, unlike other delegates, different perspectives will be put together and these perspectives will develop Scroll. Furthermore, we are a strong believer of decentralization and aware that the governance part of blockchain plays a huge role to reach that goal. That's why we share the enthusiasm of Scroll. Recognizing the potential of zero-knowledge technology to support decentralization and transparency, we have long anticipated collaborating with the Scroll governance, and becoming a delegate has been a primary objective for us.
Disclosures/Conflicts
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One potential concern is that we serve as a delegate for seven different DAOs, which may raise questions about how we manage this responsibility. To clarify, we have appointed "Heads of DAOs" based on their skills and areas of expertise, ensuring that each DAO is managed effectively and thoroughly. Therefore, we appointed someone as the head of Scroll. At times, particularly during intense discussions in the Scroll's governance forum or concerning proposals, we may allocate additional personnel, leveraging our sufficient workforce for governance activities.
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From another perspective, serving as delegates for various DAOs allows ITU Blockchain to gain a broader understanding of current governance practices, enabling members to explore and experience diverse governance structures and styles. Consequently, this positions us to offer more effective feedback and reasoning for Scroll proposals.
