# Cal Blockchain Arbitrum Info Sheet

## Important Links

[Arbitrum Delegate Platform](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/delegate-statement-template/31/1141)

[Tally.xyz Profile](https://www.tally.xyz/profile/0x4ea96a958d4f91259e25510fbb2b95ecc5f4d22e) - This is our tally.xyz profile. To edit this, you need access to the delegate address.

[Delegate Address](https://arbiscan.io/address/0x4EA96a958d4f91259E25510fBB2B95ecC5f4d22e) - This is an EOA since Tally isn't really working with gnosis safe right now. PM Albert or Isaac if you want the private key.

[Arbitrum Snapshot](https://snapshot.org/#/arbitrumfoundation.eth) - This is where you go to vote. You need to have the above delegate address(an EOA) connected to snapshot in order to vote.

[Arbitrum Forum](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/) - This is where discussions happen. PM Albert or Isaac for the account login details.

## TODOs

Get people to delegate to us
Vote on proposals

## Cal Blockchain Arbitrum Delegate Profile

**Name (organization or individual):** Blockchain at Berkeley

**Wallet Address or ENS:** calblockchain.eth

**Links:** [Website](https://blockchain.berkeley.edu/) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/calblockchain)

**What area are you most interested in contributing to?**
DeFi development on Arbitrum
IRL Arbitrum community gatherings

## Delegate Statement

Blockchain at Berkeley is a student organization at UC Berkeley that has been founded since 2014. We actively participate in governance on Aave, Compound, dYdX, Optimism, and Uniswap and we are expanding our governance focus to more protocols. We are experienced in on-chain governance and protocol design and we are very interested in the Arbitrum ecosystem. In 2022, UC Berkeley was ranked by CoinDesk as the #1 university to study blockchain in the United States and #3 in the world.

We believe that a fast-growing protocol needs a diverse team of delegates and continuous nourishment of the next generation of designers, developers, educators, and entrepreneurs. Blockchain at Berkeley is in a perfect position to supply talent from the student community to study the latest updates on Arbitrum, to foster engagement, to introduce learners to Arbitrum, and to build on Arbitrum!

In the past, we created a proposal(Compound #89) to lower the minimum proposing threshold on Compound to increase inclusivity for proposal creation. For more about our justifications for our governance votes, please check our Twitter!

Blockchain at Berkeley has departments including consulting for leading web3 projects, blockchain education on edX, blockchain accelerator program, and research. Our governance department is in charge of protocol research and voting and. We dedicate at least one lead to each protocol and include all governance members to make decisions on all proposals. The governance department meets weekly to discuss the latest updates and presents analysis on proposals and we ensure voices of all members are considered before making a decision. The voting process within the department is democratic to balance knowledge from seasoned members and thoughts from younger members.

We appreciate your consideration for us to be your delegate. We believe that our experience and dedication will greatly complement the other participants in the Arbitrum governance ecosystem. We are always happy to go in depth with decision making and analysis so you can be assured that your delegation is efficient in the system.

### Overall Goals for the DAO

**Sample Voting Issue 1 - Uniswap and Flipside Crypto:**

*How would you vote?*
For. We believe this proposal has great potential to enrich the Uniswap community with useful tools to navigate the complex AMM landscape on V3. Further, we appreciate this proposal’s strategic approach that allows Uniswap-native mechanisms to generate the usable funds in this proposal can serve as a model for future grants.

*What amendments would you make to the proposal if any?*
The main gripe we had with this proposal was the lack of competition allowed for the role of service provider. We believe that if there was a competitive aspect to this proposal where multiple service providers could bid for the right to run this program, it could have been much better.

*How would you approach the tradeoff between centralization of authority and the ability to get things done?*
While we recognize the fundamental value of decentralization, we also believe that there this proposal strikes a good balance between having Uniswap remaining largely decentralized and improving the ecosystem.

**Sample Voting Issue 2 - FEI Rari Hack Reimbursement**

*How would you vote?*
No Reimbursement

As previous delegates for the FEI protocol, Calblockchain voted no reimbursement on a related proposal(TIP-112).

Our reasoning was as follows:
We don't believe this is the proper use of PCV. Fei needs all the defenses necessary, and shouldn't be responsible for repaying the complete sum of Rari losses during an unprecedented market downturn. Rari positions carry smart contract risk, and while we believe in a future where Rari can provide compensation to users who lost out from a hack, it's an unwise choice to put the stable coin at risk for complete repayment. Falling collateralization to ~120% is not an option: Fei still has exposure to stEth, and repayement would primarily reduce exposure to stablecoins (90% -> 70%). This risk portfolio is not safe in any market, especially this one. We support alternative solutions to repay hack-affected users - such as a safety staking pool - but do not support the use of PCV to repay for the attack. Fei peg is of the highest priority to us.

We still believe that this was the right stance to take, even after a different proposal for full repayment of the Rari hack passed. As we all know, FEI protocol shut down shortly after and the reduction to PCV was a large reason why. PCV was not meant to act as a backstop and thus we have never considered it to be a backstop.

**Languages we speak and write:**
Cantonese, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Telugu, Turkish

**Conflicts of Interest**
We are governance delegates for Aave, Compound, DYDX, Optimism, and Uniswap.

**Waiver of liability:** By delegating to Blockchain at Berkeley, you acknowledge and agree that Blockchain at Berkeley will participate on a best efforts basis and will not be liable for any form of damages related to participation in Arbitrum.