Optimist Profile: https://atlas.optimism.io/shazow.eth
Does this nomination represent an individual or organization: Individual
Please link to any contributions that demonstrate you meet the eligibility criteria outlined in the Security Council Charter:
Details included in previous security council self-nomination (Season 6): Security Council Nomination: Andrey Petrov
Quick summary (more details in the link above):
- Technical competency:
- Long-time OSS maintainer and developer since 2007
- Launching things on Ethereum since 2017 (ThousandEtherHomepage, Vipnode, WhatsABI, Callthis, and more)
- Recipient of Optimism-Cannon bug bounty in 2022
- Currently building WhatsABI (popular EVM static analysis library).
- Reputation:
- Author and maintainer of OSS libraries used by millions of people
- Worked at Google and Infura, received multiple grants from the Ethereum Foundation
- Consistent online presence under unique handle (“shazow”) dating back to early 2000’s
- Geographic diversity: Residing in Canada (Toronto, ON)
- Diversity of interests and Alignment: Independent OSS developer, no standing affiliations.
Please verify that you have no conflicts of interest:
- I have no conflicts of interest
Please verify that you understand you may be removed from this role via the Representative Removal proposal type in the Operating Manual
- I understand
Please verify that you understand that election is subject to successful completion of a Foundation screen which may include KYC/AML, sanctions screening, and a requirement to sign a standard contract:
- I understand
Please verify that you are able to commit ~5 active hours / month to fulfill the Member Responsibilities. Please note that there is an “on-call” aspect to this role that is not fully encompassed in the active hours estimate:
- I am able to commit ~5 active hours per month to Security Council operations