Compound Delegate Race Cycle 2 Application

[Doo_StableLab]

Compound Delegate Race Cycle 2 Application

Co-Authors: @AranaDigital, @PGov, @Doo_StableLab

There’s a week-long period for delegate candidates to submit their applications for the Compound Delegate Race. The hard deadline will be 9PM EST on November 3rd. Please note that the applicant needs to fulfill the following criteria to be considered:

1. The applicant needs to submit application by the deadline

2. Only entities / individuals that have maintained at least a 20 percent participation rate since the previous delegate race will be eligible to apply for treasury delegation, given that their last vote occurred within the 2025 calendar year. The eligible pool includes all participants from the Cycle 1 dataset who meet these thresholds. Below is a list of wallets that are eligible for submitting an application (the gray rows are delegates from Cycle 1).

3. The applicant currently does not have 65k or more COMP of voting power. The applicant is not eligible for this delegate race if the applicant has 65k or more COMP of voting power to prevent the overconcentration of voting power.

Please also note that:

1. You must specify in your application if you are applying as an individual or an entity. A maximum of one person can apply from each entity.

2. All delegates from Cycle 1 who continue in Cycle 2, as well as the new delegates onboarded, will be subject to the same participation requirement (80% biannually) and accountability mechanisms. If any current treasury-delegated delegates cannot meet the new standard, their prior delegation will be revoked and that COMP will return to the allocation pool for redistribution under this proposal’s framework.

3. Regarding accountability and good-faith participation, the CGWG will hear all complaints regarding any conflicts of interest or malicious actions taken by delegated parties.

For a more detailed description of this Delegate Race, please review this Post.

Application Template

Applicant name:

Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization:

Link to Tally onchain Compound voting profile:

Link to delegate platform profile on the Compound forum:

Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this delegate race:

Acknowledgement of and agreement to abide by the Compound Governance Code of Conduct. If agreed, write Yes:

[EventHorizon]

Applicant name: Event Horizon

Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization

Link to Tally onchain Compound voting profile: Event Horizon DAO's Delegate Profile

Link to delegate platform profile on the Compound forum:

Event Horizon Delegate Platform

Event Horizon Delegate Address: EventHorizonCommunity.eth Snapshot Delegate Profile: EventHorizonCommunity.eth Forum Handle: @EventHorizon Email: jordan@hvax.org Twitter: @EventHorizonDAO Website: https://EventHorizon.vote Introduction Event Horizon is the largest metagovernance platform and public-access voter pool now governed entirely through Agentic voting. Metrics & Traction: Event Horizon has mobilized >$450,000,000 of voting power across ~700 proposals on 9 DAOs all on behalf of retail…

Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this delegate race:
Event Horizon has been an active member and voter within the Compound community for a couple of years now. Further, EH has fully upheld its contributions as a delegation race round 1 recipient.

Acknowledgement of and agreement to abide by the Compound Governance Code of Conduct. If agreed, write Yes: YES

[DonofDAOs]

Applicant name: Jordan Karstadt (DonOfDAOs)

Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Individual

Link to Tally onchain Compound voting profile:

DonOfDAOs's Delegate Profile

Link to delegate platform profile on the Compound forum:

DonOfDAOs Delegate Platform

Jordan Karstadt Delegate Address: 0xCE8Ab0464957EAB5635344A62FAb9Bf5a3FF8cA3 Snapshot Delegate Profile: TBA Forum Handle: @DonOfDAOs Email: jordan@hvax.org Twitter: @DonOfDAOs Website: www.medium.com/jordankarstadt Introduction I am one of the founders of Event Horizon. Event Horizon is the largest metagovernance platform and public-access voter pool now governed entirely through Agentic voting. Metrics & Traction: Event Horizon has mobilized >$500,000,000 of voting power across ~700 proposal…

Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this delegate race:
I have been an active contributor to the Compound DAO and have assisted its various core components and contributors (CGWG, Foundation, Gauntlet) for over a year now. I am fully dedicated to the governance space and its improvement, not only through participation, but also through direct contribution

Acknowledgement of and agreement to abide by the Compound Governance Code of Conduct. If agreed, write Yes: YES

[Avantgarde]

Applicant name: Avantgarde Finance

Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization

Link to Tally onchain Compound voting profile: Avantgarde's Delegate Profile

Link to delegate platform profile on the Compound forum: Avantgarde Delegate Platform

Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this delegate race: Avantgarde has been an active delegate on Compound for over 3 years, with one of the most consistent historical voting records of all as seen in the Compound Delegate Analytics Dashboard. We are also happy to have been entrusted by the DAO to manage part of the Compound treasury funds, and remain excited about the recent changes to Compound as we look forward to support the Foundation and community where our expertise is of use.

Acknowledgement of and agreement to abide by the Compound Governance Code of Conduct. If agreed, write Yes: Yes

[WintermuteGovernance]

Applicant name: Wintermute

Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization

Link to Tally onchain Compound voting profile: Wintermute Governance's Delegate Profile

Link to delegate platform profile on the Compound forum: Wintermute Delegate Platform

Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this delegate race:

Wintermute has been an active Compound DAO participant since early 2023, maintaining a high participation rate since the inception of our engagement, despite having little voting power in recent months.
When critical proposals arose such as ‘Recall of COMP Delegated via the Delegate Race’ or ‘Renew Proposal Guardian Role for the Community Multisig’, we mobilized our resources to help to maintain protocol integrity. We also posted a case study about these events, in which we described the above events in detail, bringing awareness to the topic as well as covering our governance process.

At Wintermute we treat our delegate activity responsibly with our core values being:

• long term value creation over short term opportunism
• objective data-driven decision making
• transparency, alignment and proactivity

Outside of Compound, we are also active contributors to Arbitrum, Uniswap, Lido, Optimism and Aave DAOs. Our participations statistics across all DAOs can be found here:
https://dune.com/wintermute_research/wintergov.

We believe that by applying to the delegate race, we will be able to provide additional value to Compound DAO by proactively engaging in the voting process of the proposals, and with increased voting power we will be able to help the DAO more effectively.

Acknowledgement of and agreement to abide by the Compound Governance Code of Conduct. If agreed, write Yes:
Yes

[Tane]

Applicant name: Tané

Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization

Link to Tally onchain Compound voting profile: Tané - tanegov.eth's Delegate Profile

Link to delegate platform profile on the Compound forum: Tané Delegate Platform

Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this delegate race: Tané has been an active delegate for Compound governance, and maintained a high participation rate. We have been active in other prominent DAOs including Uniswap, Optimism and Velora, and experienced in making contributions to various governance activities. We look forward to collaborations with the Foundation, CGWG, and other delegates/contributors going forward.

Acknowledgement of and agreement to abide by the Compound Governance Code of Conduct. If agreed, write Yes: Yes

[cylon]

Applicant name: Michael Lewellen

Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Individual

Link to Tally onchain Compound voting profile: Michael Lewellen’s Delegate Profile

Link to delegate platform profile on the Compound forum: Michael Lewellen Delegate Platform

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Applicant summary – briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this delegate race:

I’ve been an active member of the Compound community for several years, leading Compound Security as OpenZeppelin’s Protocol Security Advisor and now advising the Compound Foundation. My focus has always been on strengthening protocol security and governance transparency. I’m applying to continue supporting the community through informed, responsible participation and to help guide Compound’s long-term growth with a security-first perspective.

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Acknowledgement of and agreement to abide by the Compound Governance Code of Conduct: Yes

[pennblockchain]

Applicant name: FranklinDAO

Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization

Link to Tally onchain Compound voting profile: FranklinDAO’s Delegate Profile

Link to delegate platform profile on the Compound forum: FranklinDAO Delegate Platform

Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this delegate race: FranklinDAO has been an active participant in Compound Governance for over four years, contributing to proposals that promote long-term security and sustainability. Beyond Compound, we boast a consistent history of performance across protocols including Uniswap, Arbitrum, and Celo.

We recognize the importance of maintaining a reliable voter base as the governance threats that motivated Cycle 1 still persist. In order to take a step toward the elimination of governance threats, FranklinDAO will enthusiastically accept the responsibility of actively evaluating proposals for governance and security risks. In Cycle 2, we are committed to maintaining our participation rate significantly above the 80% threshold. FranklinDAO also fully supports the reallocation of COMP to the most active participants when this threshold is not met by the selected delegates of Cycle 2.

Acknowledgement of and agreement to abide by the Compound Governance Code of Conduct. If agreed, write Yes: Yes

[woof]

Applicant name: WOOF!

Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization

Link to Tally onchain Compound voting profile: WOOF!'s Delegate Profile

Link to delegate platform profile on the Compound forum: WOOF! Delegate Platform

Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this delegate race: Woof is a software development service provider contributing to the ongoing improvement of the Compound protocol. Beyond that, our team is actively engaged in governance processes and ecosystem partnerships. Overall, we’re committed to helping Compound expand its market share, increase TVL, develop stronger products, form major partnerships, and maintain a healthy governance process. Our clients success is in our best interest. We believe that, as a delegate, WOOF! can bring meaningful value to governance participation, discussion, and security.

Acknowledgement of and agreement to abide by the Compound Governance Code of Conduct. If agreed, write Yes: Yes

[Curia]

Applicant name: Curia Lab

Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization

Link to Tally onchain Compound voting profile: Curia Lab 's Delegate Profile

Link to delegate platform profile on the Compound forum: Curia Forum Delegate Platform

Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this delegate race:

As an existing Compound delegate, Curia Lab is applying for Cycle 2 of the Delegate Race. We are a team of seasoned governance researchers, data analysts, and engineers committed to Compound’s long-term health. Our goal is to continue supporting the DAO’s governance by helping to sustain high-quality participation and contribute to the robust processes, reinforcing the quorum stability that Cycle 2 aims to achieve. We have demonstrated our reliable engagement for over a year with more than 95% participation since our first vote, and we will leverage this experience to continue providing thoughtful, participation for the DAO.

Acknowledgement of and agreement to abide by the Compound Governance Code of Conduct. If agreed, write Yes: Yes

[AranaDigital]

Applicant name: Arana Digital

Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: Organization

Link to Tally onchain Compound voting profile: Arana Tally Profile

Link to delegate platform profile on the Compound forum: Delegate Platform

Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this delegate race:

We bring extensive experience in governance across a multitude of DAOs, with our team having involvement in Compound DAO for over 4 years. We are committed to supporting Compound’s long-term sustainability through active participation, thoughtful proposal evaluation, and consistent community engagement. Over the past 13 months, we have sustained a 97% voting participation rate, supporting quorum attainment for over 400 proposals. Through our involvement in the CGWG, we have also assisted in sponsoring and creating multiple proposals. This delegate race will allow us to continue contributing in a meaningful manner.

Acknowledgement of and agreement to abide by the Compound Governance Code of Conduct. If agreed, write Yes:

Yes

[allthecolors]

Applicant name: allthecolors

Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: individual

Link to Tally onchain Compound voting profile: allthecolors’s Delegate Profile

Link to delegate platform profile on the Compound forum: Allthecolors Delegate Platform - Governance Process / Delegate Platforms - Compound Community Forum

Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this delegate race:

Serving in the first round of the Delegate Race allowed me to contribute constructively to the Governance Working Group’s DAO-approved goal of boosting the number of delegated COMP used for active voting on proposals. I achieved one of the highest delegate participation rates and ensured timely execution of several important risk-management and market update proposals that would not have met quorum without my participation. If I drop out of the cycle 2 race, I will still have a couple of large delegations allowing me to continue participating in governance meaningfully; however, I hope to retain the higher delegation level through the Delegate Race to help ensure COMP delegated through this process is put to maximally productive use.

I continue to believe in the good of this community stewarding the protocol and hope to continue contributing constructively to governance proposal outcomes that reflect the interests of lenders, borrowers, and the ecosystem of builders in, on, and around Compound. My track record in the first round of the Delegate Race shows that the delegated tokens were put to constructive use, and I commit to extending this track record alongside increased reporting of reasoning for my votes through the new delegate thread. For critical or sensitive votes, I have a track record of using the CastVoteWithReason() function call in the Governor contract to post my reasoning directly onchain; I will probably stick to the delegate thread for reporting on most decisions going forward.

Acknowledgement of and agreement to abide by the Compound Governance Code of Conduct. If agreed, write Yes: Yes

[sharp]

Applicant Name: ReservoirDAO

Individual/Organization : Organization

Tally profile : Tally | ReservoirDAO

Delegate platform: Link to existing Delegate post

Applicant summary:

Reservoir DAO has been deeply involved in the growth and development of the Compound Platform for the past 2 years. Over time, we expanded Compound to multiple chains (OP, Linea ), launched multiple markets on existing chains - ex USDT markets, USDC and ETH markets.

We’ve helped Compound stay at pace with the industry developments with securing investments from chains (More than $4M in incentives secured), with industry trends like LRTs and BTC LSTs.

ReservoirDAO has significantly contributed to the governance landscape of Compound with authoring and executing multiple proposals like Proposals 258, 259, 264, 262, 263, 269, 268, 265, 273, 275, 276, 277, 278, 280, 283, 284, 285, 286 have all been planned and executed.

Finally, ReservoirDAO team has acted to protect the interests of the Community and resolve disputes. We stopped $25M worth of funds from being withdrawn from the DAO treasury highlights the team’s capability to turn challenges into opportunities.

[DAOplomats]

Applicant name: DAOplomats

Specify if you’re applying as an individual or an organization: organisation

Link to Tally onchain Compound voting profile: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/compound/delegate/0xc5547b4907418c2ec0c2a95bec6fee8354657759

Old voting address: (till May 18th, 2025): https://www.tally.xyz/gov/compound/delegate/0x057928bc52bD08e4D7cE24bF47E01cE99E074048

Link to delegate platform profile on the Compound forum: https://www.comp.xyz/t/daoplomats-delegate-platform/5855

Applicant summary–briefly explain why you’re interested in applying for this delegate race:

DAOplomats has been active in the Compound ecosystem since October 2024. We deeply believe in the ethos and the decentralised nature of the Compound protocol. A healthy delegate ecosystem and strong decentralisation are essential requirements for the success of any DeFi lending protocol. Learn more about our commitments to Copound here: DAOplomats Delegate Platform

Acknowledgement of and agreement to abide by the Compound Governance Code of Conduct. If agreed, write Yes: Yes