DRep Profile
No stress
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!
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!
Motivations
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.
Payment Address
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Cardano Constitutional Dept Workstreams
This proposal establishes a Governance Workstream Consortium which establishes decentralized execution framework, ROM Multisig Model, to support the delivery of constitutional dept workstreams in Cardano. Its core aim is to ensure that budgeted governance tasks are completed verifiably, transparently, and without relying on a single administrator.
Safer, Smarter Cardano: From Personal Loss to Community Protections
In my early crypto journey, I fell for a scam that cost me $1,700—a loss born not from ignorance, but misplaced confidence. I believed I could outwit deception by changing the script. I couldn’t. That moment taught me that even intelligent users are vulnerable in a system that offers no safety net. What kept me grounded was Cardano: its mission of research, patience, and principled design. That mission is why I stayed. Yet Cardano’s openness and decentralization, while empowering, also expose users to hidden dangers: cloned tokens, misleading branding, and overhyped projects. This proposal introduces a framework for improving wallet-layer safety and trust, including UI enhancements, opt-in transparency tools, and a community-reviewed case study examining the breakdown of post-ISO trust.
Ironlight: Tokenization Marketplace for Traditional Finance
Ironlight is bringing Tokenization to TradFi. This is done by creating a fully regulated secondary trading venue for tokenized Real World Assets (RWA). The RWAs are private market funds, company equity and real estate. Ironlight is different from most other players in 3 major aspects: 1. Liquidity: Ironlight has secured 4 major institutions to backstop trading. Additionally, RIAs & Wealth Advisors from the major banks are market participants. 2. Sponsor Access Model: The Alternative Trading System (ATS) allows for trading & settling between anyone in the US financial system not just within it’s own network. This allows for dramatically more participants and thus facilitates liquidity. 3. Institutional Grade Technology: Built from the ground up, the technology can process 2 million messages per second at 20 microseconds per transaction. Additionally, built under Reg SCI. The technology was built at the same standard Wall Street expects for Public Market ATS/Exchanges.
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