Delaying Spotlight Round 2: conviction-based delegation initiative 🔦

[Gavin]

Hello! We were scheduled to open the delegation next round ~Sep 7, however, we’d like to delay until the beginning of November. This will give us time for:

1. Completing the PGF proposals that have been evolving over the past month

2. Honing in on consensus about what’s needed most, now that there appears to be a clear target for PMF

Please stand by! In meantime, please see the first round to get a sense for what Spotlight is about:

Spotlight: 25m NAM conviction-based delegation initiative

Namada’s Phases of Mainnet are wrapping up, and a new chapter is starting Activity’s picking up faster than expected, so it’s time to place some bets Spotlight: Conviction-Based Delegation Initiative Luminara has 25 million NAM ready to delegate to validators (and prospective validators) who will help move Namada forward over the next three months. Ready to develop tools, content, community, security, growth, support, or more? Template Please reply to this topi…

[Citadel_One]

Hi Gavin! Is any news on the dates of this round?

[Gavin]

Luminara is winding down operations, and will no longer be responsible for PGF efforts. All Luminara NAM is being unbonded to be returned to the Namada community PGF. Thank you to everyone who participated

Knowable is leaving our Namada role

In November 2022, Knowable joined as a bootstrapped, independent team of three to help launch Namada:@spork.Knowable & @almostFitz initially, and later @CryptoDruide. It was a big opportunity, and we’re grateful to the Anoma Foundation / Heliax founders for it. After nearly 3.5 years, and with no hard feelings, Knowable is leaving this role. A big change in direction from June, when we were excited to propose this future for Namada: NAM Utility & Namada’s Path to Success But why? …