Security Council Self-Nomination: Ink

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Organization ID: inkonchain

Does this nomination represent an individual or organization: Organization

Please link to any contributions that demonstrate you meet the eligibility criteria outlined in the Security Council Charter:

  • Technical competency: Ink has extensive experience running and modifying the OP Stack. Members of Ink come from deep experience managing cold and hot wallets at Kraken as well as integrating dozens of currencies with rigorous standards of security. With a close knit group of crypto veterans and experts, Ink stays on top of latest commits and features not in mainnet yet.

  • Reputation: Ink, unleashed by Kraken, comes from a top global exchange with over a decade of experience in security and crypto expertise. Ink echoes the values of Kraken being cypherpunks and traders aiming to enable an easier onramps, experience, and security to DeFi all while building on top of pillars of privacy, security, and UX.

  • Geographic diversity: Ink is a globally distributed team with members in North America, several countries across Europe and Asia.

  • Diversity of interests: This will be the only application associated with Ink and will be the only application made on behalf of Ink members.

  • Alignment: Ink is committed to funding and growing the Superchain ecosystem by providing support and funding to teams building specifically for Superchain features with an internal grants program coming live in early '25 and beyond. While we uphold a ‘productively paranoid’ culture around security, we want to help scale Ethereum and push the limits of what’s possible–with security at the forefront.

Please disclose any anticipated conflicts of interest:

  • We have no conflicts of interest

Please verify that you have no conflicts of interest:

  • We 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:

  • We 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:

  • We 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:

  • We are able to commit ~5 active hours per month to fulfill Security Council responsibilities
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I am an Optimism delegate with sufficient voting power and I believe this proposal is ready to move to a vote

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Excited to see Ink participation in superchain dao along with base.

I am an Optimism delegate with sufficient voting power and I believe this proposal is ready to move to a vote.

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I am one of the Synthetix Ambassadors, and I am an Optimism delegate [Delegate Commitments - #65 by mastermojo ] with sufficient voting power, and I believe this proposal is ready to move to a vote

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We believe that the Kraken team has a lot of experience in dealing with security issues over the years. Furthermore, as Ink is one of the major participants in the Superchain, they have significant skin in the game, so their participation in the Security Council would be valuable and meaningful.

We are an Optimism delegate with sufficient voting power and we believe this proposal is ready to move to a vote.

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Kraken team is onboarding many users to Superchain & we believe they have many years of on-chain experiences. Therefore:

I am an Optimism delegate with sufficient voting power and I believe this proposal is ready to move to a vote.

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I am an Optimism delegate with sufficient voting power and I believe this proposal is ready to move to a vote.

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I am an Optimism delegate with sufficient voting power and I believe this proposal is ready to move to a vote.

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The Kraken team has had to deal with a number of War Room situations and come out in good standing. I’m sure their experience will serve to improve the current set up and, if needed, tackle any security issues if they arise.

I am an Optimism delegate with sufficient voting power and I believe this proposal is ready to move to a vote.

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