404 Gov Delegate Platform

[404Gov]

Delegate Name: 404 Gov

Tally Profile: 404 DAO's Delegate Profile

Delegate Address: 0xE93D59CC0bcECFD4ac204827eF67c5266079E2b5

Forum Handle(s): @404Gov @cole_404 @RikaGoldberg

Alternate Means Of Contact (Twitter, Discord, Email, etc): X, cole@404dao.io, rika@404dao.io

About: 404 Gov is the professional governance arm under 404 DAO, a community of web3 professionals and students focused on advancing education, innovation, and adoption of blockchain technology in Atlanta. Our governance team is composed of Georgia Tech graduates, Atlanta professionals, and current Georgia Tech students. Learn more about our team on our Governance Page.

Experience: 404 Gov has been active in governance since January 2023, working as a delegate across a range of DAOs including Arbitrum, dYdX, Optimism, RocketPool, and Uniswap. Currently, we are active delegates for Arbitrum, Optimism, and Uniswap. Within these ecosystems, we have been elected to committees, councils, and programs, specifically:

• Arbitrum Long-Term Incentive Pilot Program Council: Responsible for helping allocate up to 45m ARB in growth incentives to over 170 applicants.
• Arbitrum Onboarding Working Group: Helped lead the creation of fellowship programs to onboard new contributors and help them find their footing in the DAO.
• Optimism Anti-Capture Commission: Representing the interests of individual delegates as a key tokenholder group, and helping prevent capture of the Token House by any one tokenholder or group of tokenholders.
• Uniswap Underrepresented Delegates Program: Elected by the DAO to participate in a campaign to increase governance participation.

You can find our full on-chain voting history and participation on our delegate profile on Tally.

Delegate Platform or Philosophy:

We strive to engage in responsible governance that advances the best interests of the DAO and protocol. We commit to upholding our guiding principles of accountability, transparency, and neutrality.

1. Accountability: We commit to performing the necessary diligence on proposals and driving meaningful discussion on the forum.
2. Transparency: We commit to sharing our voting rationale on all proposals.
3. Neutrality: We commit to making decisions that are in the best interest of the DAO and not individual protocols or projects.

Conflicts of Interest: We are active delegates in Arbitrum, Optimism, and Uniswap. One of our contributors works for a competing bridge protocol, but they will not be involved in any discussions or votes within Wormhole governance.

Policy for Handling Conflicts of Interest When They Arise: We will disclose potential conflicts of interest and recuse ourselves from voting on proposals or participating in initiatives that could be perceived as a conflict of interest.

[404Gov]

Adding an update for our Solana Delegation Address.

Address: C6iZi5EQv2UTdc9PAsKXYtWUcDKH9bU4mtfpayRWFC2n
Tally: Tally | 404 Gov (Solana)

[404Gov]

An important update regarding the future of 404 DAO’s governance operations.

Since entering the governance space in 2022, 404 Gov has been an active voice and participant in some of the industry’s largest DAOs. What started as a small team of Georgia Tech students focusing on contributing to the Optimism DAO, quickly grew to becoming a trusted delegate in 10 ecosystems.

As the governance team evolved and members ventured into new opportunities, we began to evaluate what was the best path forward for our governance vertical. We determined that our delegated voting power deserves a dedicated steward who can commit the time and focus it requires.

So while 404 Gov is taking a step back from governance, the mission and work will continue with one of our team members, Rika, under her new entity, Axia Network, which has taken over the voting wallets and governance operations. Going forward, Axia Network is responsible for the voting activity of 0xE93D59CC0bcECFD4ac204827eF67c5266079E2b5. Their work and delegation rationale can be found at the following account: Axia Network

Rika has been a core part of our team’s operations for many years now and deeply understands the responsibility involved with being a delegate. We are confident that the delegations will continue to be handled with professionalism under her stewardship. However, those that wish to remove their delegations may do so on Tally.

This transition applies only to governance-related wallets and profiles. Our partnership with Blockchain at Georgia Tech and educational work in Atlanta remains active.

Thank you to those who entrusted us with their voting power for so many years and thank you to the DAOs and contributors we’ve collaborated with in Wormhole. It has been a privilege to take part in this ecosystem.