This is an interesting choice considering Lucy has spent a total of 12 minutes engaging in the Optimism forum and created close to no value for the Optimism ecosystem. Ethereum Honduras as a whole has done close to zero work relating to Optimism as seen by quick searches on twitter example 1 and example 2.
Also interesting mention of the QF rounds hosted by Ethereum Honduras. Most notably the recent round hosted on Arbitrum. The projects that participated in that round attest to the lack of results/ impact/ adoption created by this community. Just as the projects that participated in the previous round, I expect close to zero impact from these as well. In my opinion these QF rounds served as nothing more than a mechanism to distribute grant funding amongst themselves and positioning for usage of buzz words in moments like this.
Would you be able to identify any results relating to Optimism that I am not seeing?
How is this a better choice than other people in LatAm, even within the EthKipu ecosystem that have been doing excellent work to promote the collective?
Being familiar with the Honduras ecosystem, I can personally tell you that very little has been done to create real adoption despite having received lots of grant funding for many years. Most of the “meet ups” during 2012 were the same 10-15 people and created very little tangible results.
It’s unfortunate to see LatAm leadership mimic the same issues that have kept the region behind for so long. Specifically cronyism. This creates inefficiencies, poor performance, complacency, lack of meritocracy, social inequalities, unethical behavior, limited opportunities, and weakening of institutions/ organizations among many other issues.
It wouldn’t surprise me if these votes are kept private because the majority are already committed to projects in the EthKipu and SeedLatAm ecosystems. It looks like the LatAm Optimism ecosystem is redefining impact = profit with cronyism = profit.