Profile of Benjamin.lens in Optimism

Posts by Benjamin.lens

• Retro Funding 4: Onchain Builders - round details by Benjamin.lens - No Role
  Posted on: April 22, 2024, 7:06 a.m.
  Content: Amazing work folks! love that this is metrics-based. that way the math speaks for itself! greetings from QiDao :handshake:
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• Retro Funding 4: Onchain Builders - round details by Benjamin.lens - No Role
  Posted on: April 22, 2024, 3:06 a.m.
  Content: Amazing work folks! love that this is metrics-based. that way the math speaks for itself! greetings from QiDao :handshake:
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• Crosschain Proposer - Open-Source Module on Safe for Intra-Protocol Automations by Benjamin.lens - No Role
  Posted on: Aug. 24, 2023, 1:32 a.m.
  Content: Intent: Innovate on Novel Applications (Intent 2 ) Proposed Mission: Crosschain Proposer - Open-source Module on Safe for intra-protocol automations across various chains Proposal Tier: Fledgling Tier Please verify that you meet the qualifications for submitting at the above Tier: QiDao team has worked with the Optimism Collective before. Baseline grant amount: 50 k OP % of total available Intent Budget: 5 . 88 % Alliance name: QiDao team Alliance Lead: Benjamin.lens Contact info: @Benjamin 891 on Telegram L 2 recipient address: maifinance.eth Please list the members of your Alliance and link to any previous work: Benjamin.lens: Long-term member of the crypto community, building numerous projects in the space. Currently core team at QiDao. Pablo the Penguin: Previous work at Consensys, Gitcoin, and other major protocols. Has built several projects in the space for over 6 years. Currently core team at QiDao. Please explain how this Mission will help accomplish the above Intent: Currently, the multi-blockchain world has completely outpaced crosschain infrastructure for DAOs. While there is an increasing amount of DAOs expanding to multiple L 2 s, there is still no open-source infrastructure for DAOs to connect their governance and contract-management mechanisms. Instead, most projects simply rely on multisigs deployed on each chain to execute the will of DAOs. This is true for both small projects, and “blue chip” projects. Such a reality makes protocols and ecosystems less safe. This module of Safe will allow projects to propose transactions between Safes on various chains. Such a functionality allows for several intra-protocol operations to be automated. For example, automating the process from voting on a proposal to executing changes on smart contracts on other chains. The underlying infrastructure is carried out by Chainlink’s CCIP, a crosschain messaging layer that functions on the system used for Chainlink oracles. As such, it presents no new trust assumptions for projects already relying on Chainlink oracles. For more information about this module, please see our original post here: https://twitter.com/chainlink/status/ 1687493603545780225 What makes your Alliance well-suited to execute this Mission? Our team has lead innovation in the crypto space for crosschain DAOs, participating in the first crosschain stablecoin protocol. Given this experience, the team is connected with several teams that would benefit from this product. This will help onboard teams to use Crosschain Proposer to automate their operations. Additionally, this module is being developed alongside teams within Chainlink and Safe, who receive regular development updates from the QiDao team. Please list a critical milestone. Milestone 1 : Finish codebase for Crosschain Proposer, and have teams at Chainlink and Safe review the implementation. Release github repo for any community member to review and provide feedback. Milestone 2 : Release Crosschain Proposer’s final codebase as an open-source product for anyone to analyze and use. Milestone 3 : Launch Crosschain Proposer Module on Safe, making it possible for any protocol to easily integrate their intra-protocol infrastructure. Milestone 4 : integrate the first protocol into Crosschain Proposer. Specifically, a protocol will automate their internal infrastructure for maintaining smart contract parameters and executing DAO decisions using this module. How should Token House delegates measure progress towards this Mission: Progress should be evident based on the completion of the milestones above. The following details the dates by which each milestone is expected to be reached. Milestone 1 : End of August, 2023 Milestone 2 : End of September, 2023 Milestone 3 : End of October, 2023 Milestone 4 : End of December, 2023 How should badgeholders measure impact upon completion of this Mission? Real usage of module: this can be measured by transaction volume for the module. Protocol integrations: number of protocols using the module or its open-source code for their protocol operations Breakdown of Mission budget request: Milestone 1 : 10 k OP Milestone 2 : 10 k OP Milestone 3 : 15 k OP Milestone 4 : 15 k OP
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• Crosschain Proposer - Open-Source Module on Safe for Intra-Protocol Automations by Benjamin.lens - No Role
  Posted on: Aug. 23, 2023, 9:32 p.m.
  Content: Intent: Innovate on Novel Applications (Intent 2 ) Proposed Mission: Crosschain Proposer - Open-source Module on Safe for intra-protocol automations across various chains Proposal Tier: Fledgling Tier Please verify that you meet the qualifications for submitting at the above Tier: QiDao team has worked with the Optimism Collective before. Baseline grant amount: 50 k OP % of total available Intent Budget: 5 . 88 % Alliance name: QiDao team Alliance Lead: Benjamin.lens Contact info: @Benjamin 891 on Telegram L 2 recipient address: maifinance.eth Please list the members of your Alliance and link to any previous work: Benjamin.lens: Long-term member of the crypto community, building numerous projects in the space. Currently core team at QiDao. Pablo the Penguin: Previous work at Consensys, Gitcoin, and other major protocols. Has built several projects in the space for over 6 years. Currently core team at QiDao. Please explain how this Mission will help accomplish the above Intent: Currently, the multi-blockchain world has completely outpaced crosschain infrastructure for DAOs. While there is an increasing amount of DAOs expanding to multiple L 2 s, there is still no open-source infrastructure for DAOs to connect their governance and contract-management mechanisms. Instead, most projects simply rely on multisigs deployed on each chain to execute the will of DAOs. This is true for both small projects, and “blue chip” projects. Such a reality makes protocols and ecosystems less safe. This module of Safe will allow projects to propose transactions between Safes on various chains. Such a functionality allows for several intra-protocol operations to be automated. For example, automating the process from voting on a proposal to executing changes on smart contracts on other chains. The underlying infrastructure is carried out by Chainlink’s CCIP, a crosschain messaging layer that functions on the system used for Chainlink oracles. As such, it presents no new trust assumptions for projects already relying on Chainlink oracles. For more information about this module, please see our original post here: https://twitter.com/chainlink/status/ 1687493603545780225 What makes your Alliance well-suited to execute this Mission? Our team has lead innovation in the crypto space for crosschain DAOs, participating in the first crosschain stablecoin protocol. Given this experience, the team is connected with several teams that would benefit from this product. This will help onboard teams to use Crosschain Proposer to automate their operations. Additionally, this module is being developed alongside teams within Chainlink and Safe, who receive regular development updates from the QiDao team. Please list a critical milestone. Milestone 1 : Finish codebase for Crosschain Proposer, and have teams at Chainlink and Safe review the implementation. Release github repo for any community member to review and provide feedback. Milestone 2 : Release Crosschain Proposer’s final codebase as an open-source product for anyone to analyze and use. Milestone 3 : Launch Crosschain Proposer Module on Safe, making it possible for any protocol to easily integrate their intra-protocol infrastructure. Milestone 4 : integrate the first protocol into Crosschain Proposer. Specifically, a protocol will automate their internal infrastructure for maintaining smart contract parameters and executing DAO decisions using this module. How should Token House delegates measure progress towards this Mission: Progress should be evident based on the completion of the milestones above. The following details the dates by which each milestone is expected to be reached. Milestone 1 : End of August, 2023 Milestone 2 : End of September, 2023 Milestone 3 : End of October, 2023 Milestone 4 : End of December, 2023 How should badgeholders measure impact upon completion of this Mission? Real usage of module: this can be measured by transaction volume for the module. Protocol integrations: number of protocols using the module or its open-source code for their protocol operations Breakdown of Mission budget request: Milestone 1 : 10 k OP Milestone 2 : 10 k OP Milestone 3 : 15 k OP Milestone 4 : 15 k OP
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• Protocol Delegation Self-Nominations by Benjamin.lens - No Role
  Posted on: Jan. 8, 2023, 6:59 p.m.
  Content: a recent show of how QiDao continues to innovate on Optimism - we just did the first test transaction on Chainlink’s crosschain messaging (CCIP) to Optimism’s testnet! https://twitter.com/QiDaoProtocol/status/ 1612158481477378048 ?s= 20 &t=KxdV 6 cWzh-eiD 5 EoH 8 fKqg 2
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• Protocol Delegation Self-Nominations by Benjamin.lens - No Role
  Posted on: Jan. 8, 2023, 1:59 p.m.
  Content: a recent show of how QiDao continues to innovate on Optimism - we just did the first test transaction on Chainlink’s crosschain messaging (CCIP) to Optimism’s testnet! https://twitter.com/QiDaoProtocol/status/ 1612158481477378048 ?s= 20 &t=KxdV 6 cWzh-eiD 5 EoH 8 fKqg 2
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• Protocol Delegation Self-Nominations by Benjamin.lens - No Role
  Posted on: Jan. 8, 2023, 1:59 p.m.
  Content: a recent show of how QiDao continues to innovate on Optimism - we just did the first test transaction on Chainlink’s crosschain messaging (CCIP) to Optimism’s testnet! https://twitter.com/QiDaoProtocol/status/ 1612158481477378048 ?s= 20 &t=KxdV 6 cWzh-eiD 5 EoH 8 fKqg
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• Protocol Delegation Self-Nominations by Benjamin.lens - No Role
  Posted on: Jan. 3, 2023, 11:35 p.m.
  Content: Protocol name: QiDao Protocol Name of protocol representative(s) that will serve as delegate(s): Benjamin.lens Link to delegate commitment: Delegate Commitments - # 164 by Benjamin.lens 4 Is your protocol OP Native?: No, QiDao is a multi-chain protocol Was your protocol active in Optimism governance prior to 12 / 5 / 22 ?: Yes If so, please link to voting history (ie. Snapshot profile, delegate communication thread, twitter threads, etc.): Profile - Benjamin.lens - Optimism Collective Snapshot 2 Why do you want to participate in this program? Our protocol devotes a significant percentage of its resources researching and developing on Optimism. As a result, much of the protocol sits on this chain. This creates a certain need to support Optimism and its future. Becoming a delegate will allow the QiDao team to contribute in new ways and connect us closer to the rest of the Optimism community. Additionally, the team maintains strong partnerships with most of the DeFi applications building on Optimism. This adds to the desire to contribute further to the chain. Why do you believe your protocol would be a good steward of the Optimism ecosystem? Through continued product releases, partnerships, events, and community building, QiDao has shown its commitment to Optimism. Given the widespread integrations QiDao has in the space, it’s safe to say success at both projects is aligned. Since launching on Optimism, the team has not stopped shipping products. LP collateral vaults, $OP lending, and QiDao V 2 are the latest product offerings to hit QiDao Optimism. Others on the way include custom timelocks, and an upgraded liquidation engine. Integrations and partnerships include Balancer, Velodrome, KyberSwap, Curve, Beefy, Yearn, Liquidity, Lido, Angle, Chainlink, Galxe, and Reaper. We also participate in key community groups affiliated with Optimism, like Defilatam. Do you agree to abide by the delegate code of conduct: Yes Please list any anticipated conflicts of interest: No material conflicts of interest. QiDao maintains very close and healthy relationships with all its key competitors.
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  • Benjamin.lens: a recent show of how QiDao continues to innovate on Optimism - we just did the first test transaction on Chainlink’s crosschain messaging (CCIP) to Optimism’s testnet! https://twitter.com/QiDaoProtocol/status/1612158481477378048?s=20&t=KxdV6cWzh-eiD5EoH8fKqg
• Protocol Delegation Self-Nominations by Benjamin.lens - No Role
  Posted on: Jan. 3, 2023, 6:35 p.m.
  Content: Protocol name: QiDao Protocol Name of protocol representative(s) that will serve as delegate(s): Benjamin.lens Link to delegate commitment: Delegate Commitments - # 164 by Benjamin.lens Is your protocol OP Native?: No, QiDao is a multi-chain protocol Was your protocol active in Optimism governance prior to 12 / 5 / 22 ?: Yes If so, please link to voting history (ie. Snapshot profile, delegate communication thread, twitter threads, etc.): Profile - Benjamin.lens - Optimism Collective Snapshot Why do you want to participate in this program? Our protocol devotes a significant percentage of its resources researching and developing on Optimism. As a result, much of the protocol sits on this chain. This creates a certain need to support Optimism and its future. Becoming a delegate will allow the QiDao team to contribute in new ways and connect us closer to the rest of the Optimism community. Additionally, the team maintains strong partnerships with most of the DeFi applications building on Optimism. This adds to the desire to contribute further to the chain. Why do you believe your protocol would be a good steward of the Optimism ecosystem? Through continued product releases, partnerships, events, and community building, QiDao has shown its commitment to Optimism. Given the widespread integrations QiDao has in the space, it’s safe to say success at both projects is aligned. Since launching on Optimism, the team has not stopped shipping products. LP collateral vaults, $OP lending, and QiDao V 2 are the latest product offerings to hit QiDao Optimism. Others on the way include custom timelocks, and an upgraded liquidation engine. Integrations and partnerships include Balancer, Velodrome, KyberSwap, Curve, Beefy, Yearn, Liquidity, Lido, Angle, Chainlink, Galxe, and Reaper. We also participate in key community groups affiliated with Optimism, like Defilatam. Do you agree to abide by the delegate code of conduct: Yes Please list any anticipated conflicts of interest: No material conflicts of interest. QiDao maintains very close and healthy relationships with all its key competitors.
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  • Benjamin.lens: a recent show of how QiDao continues to innovate on Optimism - we just did the first test transaction on Chainlink’s crosschain messaging (CCIP) to Optimism’s testnet! https://twitter.com/QiDaoProtocol/status/1612158481477378048?s=20&t=KxdV6cWzh-eiD5EoH8fKqg
• Protocol Delegation Self-Nominations by Benjamin.lens - No Role
  Posted on: Jan. 3, 2023, 6:35 p.m.
  Content: Protocol name: QiDao Protocol Name of protocol representative(s) that will serve as delegate(s): Benjamin.lens Link to delegate commitment: Delegate Commitments - # 164 by Benjamin.lens 4 Is your protocol OP Native?: No, QiDao is a multi-chain protocol Was your protocol active in Optimism governance prior to 12 / 5 / 22 ?: Yes If so, please link to voting history (ie. Snapshot profile, delegate communication thread, twitter threads, etc.): Profile - Benjamin.lens - Optimism Collective Snapshot 2 Why do you want to participate in this program? Our protocol devotes a significant percentage of its resources researching and developing on Optimism. As a result, much of the protocol sits on this chain. This creates a certain need to support Optimism and its future. Becoming a delegate will allow the QiDao team to contribute in new ways and connect us closer to the rest of the Optimism community. Additionally, the team maintains strong partnerships with most of the DeFi applications building on Optimism. This adds to the desire to contribute further to the chain. Why do you believe your protocol would be a good steward of the Optimism ecosystem? Through continued product releases, partnerships, events, and community building, QiDao has shown its commitment to Optimism. Given the widespread integrations QiDao has in the space, it’s safe to say success at both projects is aligned. Since launching on Optimism, the team has not stopped shipping products. LP collateral vaults, $OP lending, and QiDao V 2 are the latest product offerings to hit QiDao Optimism. Others on the way include custom timelocks, and an upgraded liquidation engine. Integrations and partnerships include Balancer, Velodrome, KyberSwap, Curve, Beefy, Yearn, Liquidity, Lido, Angle, Chainlink, Galxe, and Reaper. We also participate in key community groups affiliated with Optimism, like Defilatam. Do you agree to abide by the delegate code of conduct: Yes Please list any anticipated conflicts of interest: No material conflicts of interest. QiDao maintains very close and healthy relationships with all its key competitors.
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  • Benjamin.lens: a recent show of how QiDao continues to innovate on Optimism - we just did the first test transaction on Chainlink’s crosschain messaging (CCIP) to Optimism’s testnet! https://twitter.com/QiDaoProtocol/status/1612158481477378048?s=20&t=KxdV6cWzh-eiD5EoH8fKqg