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@SEEDGov it’s alarming how dishonest your organization is being. There are a number of serious allegations you’re not addressing.
Again, you’re not disclosing all the information. For example, @0xLocoPacha is a designer for SEED Latam and ETH Kipu, but also for L2 en Español and ETH LATAM, organizations that have also received funding. Particulartly you’re omitting members like @0xjean, who is part of SEED Latam and a founding member of forkdao:
This is from your Notion page where @SEEDGov calls Jean a “hardcore member”.
This is from forkdao’s forum, where it is stated that Jean is a core team member of forkdao.
Jean plays an interesting role in the whole scheme, since he’s the head of communications for Kleros. Actually, many SEED Latam members like @candufaz have undisclosed roles in Kleros or have received funding from them in the past, yet Kleros isn’t mentioned anywhere in SEED Latam’s team roles for unknown reasons, but most likely political influence being it.
Jean has also high on-chain activity with @CryptoChica and Sobol, one of forkdao’s biggest bullies and most active members:
Jean even calls himself “CryptoChica’s brother” in the SEED Latam community:
I think right now is a good opportunity to address this matter, since there’s a lot that goes on with the wide interpretation this tends to have. ETH Kipu is in no way a representative of other Ethereum communities accross the region, yet this is what Kipu’s Notion and grant applications suggest:
The ambiguity around this interpretation is something that has gotten ETH Kipu A LOT of grants. The facts, however, tell us that a clear majority of their contributors come from Argentina. It’s stated that ETH Kipu is a private organization ran by a group of its founders, yet they suggest the exact opposite in their Notion and in every grant or retroactive funding application they fill. No other Ethereum community across Latam has any inquiry in ETH Kipu’s treasury, there are no transparency mechanisms and a handful of people control all funds, yet a lot of money is drawn in using our names and work suggestively.
It’s concerning how many doors @CryptoChica opens with the title of ETH Kipu co-founder, but on paper ETH Kipu identifies as an organization with no leaders. Kipu tends to appeal to crowds in ways like this, but the sad truth is that a handful of people from very few Latam countries control their multisig:
I think that in general @Cryptochica has many undisclosed interests that would make her ethics highly questionable at this point.
It seems that ETH Kipu and SEED Latam operate more like a political party, and less like communities that truly would foster the values we share. After months of observing these alarming conducts with continous colonizing patterns, I have no doubt in my mind that these badgeholders will be no different than traditional appointed politicians.
I urge the Optimism Collective to not foresee these attitudes, as taking measures against it would undoubtly strengthen the RPGF rounds to come.
I would like to close with what seems to be a completely unaware direct quote of my biggest concern:
I come from a community that would rather relate to this: