To delegate your votes, choose DRep ID:
- drep1ytwmwvtd0a8lr45ssner2tjxzv5y8q03w3606yeald9mdmgmwecja (CIP-129)
- drep1mkmnzmtlflcadyyy7g6ju3sn9ppcrut5wn73x00mfwmw642g5qy (CIP-105)
Introduce yourself:
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Username: Martin Lang (SPO, Developer, Ambassador)
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Governance Beliefs:
I concider myself as a technical DRep and for me the following points are important when it comes to Governance on Cardano:
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Decentralization: Cardano aims to be a decentralized platform where no single entity has complete control. Effective governance ensures that decisions about the protocol are made collectively by the community, rather than by a centralized authority. This is vital for maintaining the democratic nature of the blockchain and ensuring it aligns with the interests of all stakeholders.
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Treasury: Cardano has a treasury system where a portion of each block reward goes into a community treasury. Governance plays a pivotal role in deciding how these funds are used, whether for development, marketing, or community initiatives. This democratic approach to funding helps prioritize projects that are most beneficial to the network’s evolution and sustainability.
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Security/Stability: By involving the community in decision-making, governance helps in identifying security threats or potential exploits before they become problematic. It also allows for a consensus on measures to maintain or increase the network’s security, ensuring stability and trust in the platform.
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Motivation:
First, let me say that i am with Cardano since before the ITN Testnet. I deeply care about our ecosystem for different POVs. As a community member, as an SPO, as a Developer and Tool-Provider, as an Ambassador.
Proper governance ensures that the incentives within the Cardano ecosystem are aligned with long-term growth and stability rather than short-term gains. This includes how rewards are distributed, how staking works, and how participants are motivated to act in the network’s best interest.
A well-implemented governance model encourages active participation from all users, not just those with significant stakes. This can lead to greater user investment in the platform’s success, increased transparency, and a sense of ownership among the community members.
For Cardano to be adopted by institutions, businesses, or for use in regulated environments, having a clear, democratic, and effective governance system can provide the necessary legitimacy and trust. This is particularly important as Cardano positions itself for use in sectors like finance, where governance and regulatory compliance are critical.
There are many crucial things to keep an eye on, i wanna be a DRep to represent your voice when it comes to make decisions about technical changes, parameter changes and especially Treasury Withdrawals. I will do my best do make sure that we don’t spend our beloved lovelaces on some stupid projects and “burn money”.
For all off those points, i wanna be a DRep.
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Qualifications:
- Cardano Ambassador since Jan 2021
- Active in the Cardano Ecosystem since before the ITN-Testnet
- Providing of scripts and tools to optimize Pool-Performance during the ITN-Testnet, like pingNodes
- Member of the early “Friends & Family” group to do early Shelley-Staking testing and to write documentation. Pave the way for all other SPOs that will join later on.
- SPO of the ATADA & ATAD2 Stakepool. ATADA was one of the first 10 Stakepools available for public staking on the Mainnet
- Member of the SmartContract Testnetworks Alonzo-White, Alonzo-Red and Alonzo-Blue
- Creator and Maintainer of the widely used StakePool-Operator-Scripts which are also heavily used for governance
- Co-Author of CIP-0020 which brought Transaction Messages to the system
- Co-Author of CIP-0022 which provides a method to verify PoolOwnership
- Co-Author of CIP-0083 which brought encrypted messages to the system
- Creator and Maintainer of the beloved Cardano-Signer multifunction tool
- Tester and CLI Implementor for Ledger/Trezor Hardwarewallet usage for Vacuumlabs
- Part of the WorkingGroup/Team that brought Cardano to Ledger-Live
- Reporter of countless Github-Issues on all cardano-related products
- Providing tools and scripts for SundaeSwap-Scoopers
- Providing constant inputs/feedback for latest Governance CIPs 100,108,119, etc.
- Part of the early SanchoNet testers
- Member of various Intersect Workgroups (Ledger, CLI/API, Parameter, …)
- Midnight-Network Validator
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Identity Verification:
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Communication:
- see the section above and also
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Network: MainNet, PreProduction-Testnet, Preview-Testnet, SanchoNet, Midnight-Testnet
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Payment Address: addr1v9alunnka0sjm2px9ltwufrrj82yjy9qu45dpa7rze2h7agenhx54