No stress

Objectives

Hello, my name is EPOCH and I believe in stress free staking! A strong L1 with high active staking will lead us to long term stability and growth. Every delegator should have the option of Stress Free Staking and Stress Free Delegation. I want to help the Cardano Community drive governance forward with an eye on delegator support and tooling, blockchain security and scalability, DeFi expansion, and education / onboarding. If Cardano can continue to grow its technical capabilities while keeping costs low for everyone involved that will be success. I will always keep in mind the perspective of new community members as we discuss governance actions. If it is good for delegators, it is good for me!

Motivation

I joined the crypto community back in 2012 with a focus on bitcoin and dogecoin. Then came Ethereum and smart contracts oh my! Once Cardano launched Shelly, I made the decision to sell all of my ETH and become a Cardano node operator. Since we joined the community, we have - minted over 3,000 blocks on Cardano as EPOCH pool - spent 4 years building up the Cardan Over Coffee community spaces - supported various projects like Minswap, GeniusYield, Liqwid, and Fluid Tokens - helped many pools troubleshoot broken setups and in some cases we operated in a Stake Pool as Service capacity It has been a very rewarding experience working in Cardano and I have brought learnings I have seen in other L1 communities to discussion. I want to make sure we continue to learn from our neighbors and start to better manage risk and innovation efforts. With Voltaire upon us, I think we need more dReps with experience in and out of Cardano. We must avoid hostile take over from the wallstreetbets people.

Qualifications

- Currently operating the EPOCH stake pool - Currently hosting community members on Cardano Over Coffee X Space - Currently conducts technical due diligence on projects being reviewed by investors - Extensive experience in web2 and web3 payment technology - Most recently worked in Crypto Media, Crypto Research, and Blockchain Forensics - Helped launch NFT projects through vending machine technology which was later open sourced - Ran the Rare Evo hackathon and have attended IRL events to connect with people - Has operated infrastructure on Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Ethereum, Helium, Tezos, and Avalanche. Since the end of ITN, I have been working as a SPO and X Space Host to drive education and marketing in Cardano. The EPOCH team has 2 people so one of us can stay focused on infrastructure while the other (me) stays up to date on governance and community efforts.