Going to jump in here as I was the one that asked Anthony to join us.
This is a retrospective thank you.
But, gifting someone $25k and hoping he shills for us is a losing strategy.
He has already run 7 episodes for us, out of his own time, garnering some of the biggest names and followings in CT, creating the biggest buzz around SSV since our inception. Aligning us with top names, themes, and the narrative of the Merge overall. This is the best marketing we could ask for.
I would strongly argue that having someone do this entirely for free is a completely winning strategy, not losing. The $ cost to pay influencers to do this type of thing in the wild would be high 6 figures and incredibly difficult. For reference, a 45-second sponsorship shoutout in top podcasts such as Bankless can cost $30k+.
Anthony didn’t ask for a single thing. He did it for the good of Ethereum and to help us on our mission to educate the general public and CT on all things ‘The Merge’.
This proposal is merely a retrospective thank you, that he doesn’t even know about.
Moreover, this proposal does not suggest funding this thank you via a stablecoin, but directly through SSV as a token.
As a lawyer, I’d also caution language in these proposals suggesting “future contributors knowing that they will be rewarded”. This proposal is purely altruistic, and nobody should expect future rewards for ambiguous contribution.
I would also have to disagree with this. A large part of being a DAO, a headless organisation, is working to attract top contributors whom are willing to give their name, time, expertise and skills to better the network and DAO as a whole. They must and should know there are routes to SSV-based compensation at every level (Ambassador, partner, grant partner, dLeaders, retroactive funding, committee working groups etc…) when collaborating with us.
For reference, our entire dLeader team and most working groups have been working for 0 form of remuneration for the last 6 months, the same as Anthony. However as we ramp up the level of output of the DAO, and therefore the accountability of its participants, we have introduced new proposals such as (dLeaders Coordinape Compensation Proposal) in order to make it make sense.
To conclude, currently in the temp check, the winning choice is for 1000 SSV ($11,000 in value at the time of writing). I believe this is a fair thank you that is massively below market rate yet still a way to align Anthony with us in the future. The metrics from this series are ‘insane’ and as an SSV token holder, it will be unlikely that you will ever see such as ROI as this in the future.