Nomination Instructions for the 2024 RareDAO Council Election

Governance Discussion
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  • Preferred name: John Crain
  • Ethereum address / ENS name: superrarejohn.eth
  • Country of residence: USA
  • Relevant social links / NFT marketplace profiles:
    SuperRare Collection
    Twitter/X

Which best describes your role in the crypto art ecosystem?

  • Builder, creator, collector
  • Provide more details: I’m one of the co-founders of SuperRare and have spent the past 5 years dedicated to the growth of the NFT ecosystem and collecting digital art

Please share any relevant experience in line with the council’s responsibilities and scope.

  • I’m a co-founder of SuperRare Labs and contributed to the designed and implementation of the first couple versions of the product and protocol.

  • I served on the genesis council and helped to structure the RareDAO and governance process.

  • I have extensive experience in art, crypto, web3 and DAO governance in general.

What do you believe are the DAO’s most pressing priorities, and how would you contribute to them if elected?

  • There are three main priorities for the DAO.

  • The first priority is figuring out how to scale SuperRare. In my opinion one of the best ways to do this is via a decentralized verification system for creators. Using $RARE staking we can build a peer to peer reputation system that would allow us to scale while maintaining a high level of quality and increase transparency. As one of the architects of the RARE staking system I’m well suited to help push it forward.

  • Second, the DAO needs to continue building out the Rare Protocol to allow other developers to build and contribute to our ecosystem. All the smart contracts in the protocol are open source, however, we have not properly documented them. By investing in documentation and grants we’re well positioned to foster a robust developer community that will contribute to network growth.

  • Third, the DAO needs to figure out a system for on-going RARE distribution. Most of the RARE has been sitting in the treasury unused. While this is good in that the RARE hasn’t been used frivolously, this is a competitive space and we should be actively putting these tokens to work and get them in the hands of the community and developers.

  • As a council member I would continue to dedicate all of my time and energy into pushing these initiatives forward and serving the community.

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