Firefly808 Delegate Thread

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#1

Contact
Name: Firefly808
Delegate ENS: firefly808.eth
Forum Username: @Firefly808
Twitter: https://x.com/firefly808
Tally: firefly808.eth’s Delegate Profile

About
I’ve been a RARI DAO delegate since the beginning—Fall 2022. My focus has always been on building something sustainable for artists and collectors, not just chasing trends. I care about long-term thinking, rewarding real contributors, and creating systems that make participation worthwhile.

I come from a background that blends culture, governance, and DeFi. I’ve worked on a number of proposals aimed at aligning incentives and helping creators get the visibility and support they deserve. RARI is one of the few places in Web3 where art, community, and governance actually meet—and I want to make sure we protect that.

Core Values
• Transparency – make it make sense to the people using it
• Creativity – give artists tools, space, and a voice onchain
• Integrity – reward effort and impact, not gaming the system
• Longevity – we’re not here to farm short-term hype

Goals

  • Back proposals that support genuine creators and collectors
  • Build out infrastructure that actually helps contributors stick around
  • Expand the tools we have for storytelling, identity, and cultural coordination
  • Support community-led initiatives with real purpose—not just noise
  • Help RARI DAO become a long-term cultural engine in Web3

Disclosures / Conflicts of Interest
I contribute to a few other DAOs and Web3 orgs. If there’s ever a conflict, I’ll call it out before voting.

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#2

Active governance is the backbone of a strong DAO, and right now, too many delegates are doing the work with zero support. This proposal fixes that with a simple, fair incentive model tied to real participation — voting, sharing rationale, and proposal writing.

It’s not over-engineered, it’s transparent, and it encourages consistency without being a cash grab. Feels like a necessary step if we want governance to grow and decentralize over time.

Easy yes for me.

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[RRC-XX] Replacement Delegate Incentive Program for Q1 2025 and Beyond
RARI DAO Highlights - April 7-13, 2025
Q1 2025 RARI DAO Delegate Incentive Program Report + Payout Breakdown
[RRC-XX] Q1 2025 RARI DAO Delegate Incentive Program Report
RRC-XX: Q2 2025 Delegate Incentive Program Report
#3

This proposal directly implements the DAO’s directive from RRC-39 by establishing a clear, multi-chain fee collection system managed by the Foundation. It ensures secondary fees are properly aggregated and bridged to the treasury with transparency and efficiency. This is a necessary step to operationalize the DAO’s intent — I’m voting yes.

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#4

I’m voting YES on RRC-39 because it directly strengthens the financial foundation of the DAO by unlocking missed revenue opportunities and formalizing Rari DAO’s role in the evolving multichain NFT economy.

With over 66% of Rarible’s secondary trading volume occurring outside Ethereum mainnet—and no DAO mechanism to capture protocol fees on those chains—we’re leaving significant value on the table. This proposal empowers the Foundation to close that gap by expanding fee collection across all supported chains and introducing a fair, DAO-controlled fee on primary mints.

Not only does this bring alignment between Rarible’s growth and the DAO’s sustainability, but it also positions the DAO to benefit from future NFT innovation and cross-chain activity. The estimated $33,000 in additional revenue may be modest today, but it sets up long-term infrastructure for scalability and better treasury health.

RRC-39 is low-cost, high-impact, and aligned with our mission. It’s a clear step forward.

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#5

RRC-38 is a strong step forward, and the best part is the clean move to RARI Chain. It drops vote decay to match the new system, brings active delegates over without skipping a beat, and sets future cohorts up to run fully on RARI. The Event Horizon model is a nice bonus to strengthen governance, but really—it’s the shift to native-chain coordination that makes this worth supporting. Voting YES to keep momentum and build where it matters.

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#6

This proposal funds the core team that’s been driving real progress—RARI Chain, treasury diversification, governance upgrades, and more. The budget scales with the ecosystem, stays transparent, and focuses on what matters: growing the protocol and supporting the DAO.

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#7

Sydney’s original draft introduced a multisig for fund custody, but in practice that added complexity and no real benefit. I’ve reworked the proposal to:

  1. Remove the multisig entirely. Funds flow directly from the Foundation treasury under existing safeguards.
  2. Add clear due dates for each deliverable, so there’s a hard timeline and accountability.
  3. Make all funds clawbackable if milestones aren’t met, protecting the DAO from wasted spend.

What Happened on Tally
I attempted to publish my revised version at https://www.tally.xyz/gov/rari-foundation/draft/2488092694971156438, but I was 540 veRARI short of the 1,000 veRARI threshold and couldn’t submit. It looks like StableLab ended up putting Sydney’s original draft on Tally instead.

Key Improvements

  • Simplicity: Dropping the multisig streamlines execution.
  • Accountability: Due dates and clawbacks ensure deliverables—or your RARI back.
  • Fairness: No new on-chain guardianship—this sits squarely under our existing treasury and grant process.
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#8

:ballot_box: Delegate Thread: RRC-42 – Q1 Delegate Incentive Payout

I’m voting YES on RRC-42.

This proposal executes what was already approved in RRC-40: the Q1 payout for the Delegate Incentive Program. It rewards active RARI DAO delegates for:

  • :white_check_mark: Onchain voting
  • :brain: Posting rationale
  • :building_construction: Authoring proposals

This round includes a full breakdown of who earned what and why—me included—and uses a transparent point system and spot pricing for conversion. No surprises, no backroom deals. Just proof-of-participation → proof-of-payout.

Why this matters:

DAO governance often talks about sustainability, but RRC-42 delivers it.

This is exactly the kind of loop we should be reinforcing:
Show up. Contribute. Get paid.

It’s not speculative. It’s not delayed. It’s not based on social clout.
It’s earned.

My Take:

It’s fabulous that this proves participating in governance earns.

As someone who consistently votes and posts rationale, I believe this is a model worth doubling down on. We’re making it clear that showing up and doing the work isn’t just respected—it’s compensated.

This is what credible DAO governance looks like.

—Firefly808

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#9

I’m voting YES on RRC-43 because I strongly support introducing staking on Rari Chain. This initiative will not only encourage current $RARI holders to migrate and actively use Rari Chain but also attract new users to the ecosystem. By bringing staking to Rari Chain, we’re boosting governance participation and significantly enhancing the utility and value of the $RARI token.

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#10

I’m casting a YES vote on RRC‑44, and here’s why:

1. Strategic Reallocation of Funds
Reallocating 85% of the Grants Fund to strategic partnerships and 15% to the Creator Fund tightens our resource allocation toward growth and ecosystem expansion on Rarible and RARI Chain, without requiring additional funds.

2. Sequencer Revenue Direct to Creators
Directing sequencer fees into the Creator Fund unifies on-chain value capture and directly supports creators—encouraging content and volume growth organically.

3. Sound Treasury Management
By pausing token sales and rolling over surplus, the Foundation avoids market risk and unnecessary dilution. This is smart, responsible stewardship.

4. Enhanced Accountability & Reporting
Strategic investments will comply with EGF transparency standards. Metrics like GMV, paid mint count, and token liquidity offer the DAO clear means to evaluate success.

5. Focused Timeline & Oversight
A three-phase plan provides clarity: approval, execution, and ongoing performance tracking, giving delegates visibility and room for course correction.

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#11

Test Proposal V2 - 1
Voting YES.
Let’s test the voting and make sure things work

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#12

Test Proposal V2 - 2 veto test
I’m voting YES.
Let’s test veto power.

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#13

RRC-45
I’m voting YES
I still support RARI Staking and I’m glad this vote is making it a reality. It’s been a long time coming, and it’s great to see the community pushing it forward.

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#14

RRC-55
Vote: NO
Rationale:

  • The proposal was submitted outside the official process, breaking our governance protocol
  • It lowers the seller fee without a solid monetary model, risking a revenue shortfall for the Foundation.
  • Without clear offset mechanisms or safeguards, the fee cut threatens long‑term financial stability.
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#15

Dear Rarible community. I’m writing as a longtime user, supporter, and active delegate in the Rari Foundation—someone who’s been minting, collecting, and trading on Rarible since the early days when it positioned itself as a truly community-driven alternative in the NFT space. With $RARI governance through the DAO (voting on upgrades, fees, treasury, etc.) and the push toward multi-chain support to make things more accessible for creators, it felt like a platform built with real input from artists and collectors in mind.

But this acquisition by IMPOSSIBLE Finance? I’m really not a fan of this move. It feels like the end of an era for what was already a quiet platform, and it comes across more like wrapping up the brand and tech rather than sparking a genuine revival.

From what I’ve seen, IMPOSSIBLE is a DeFi-focused outfit—launchpad, incubator, advisory, swaps, helping projects fundraise and giving investors access to early opportunities. Their whole thing is finance-first: research, scaling, yields, curated deals. There’s zero mention of art, creators, curation, or the cultural heartbeat that made NFTs (and Rarible) special. No track record supporting digital artists or building communities around creative work. This just doesn’t seem like a natural fit.

Rarible was built around empowering tens of thousands of artists—folks like XCOPY, Hackatao, Murat Pak, and countless others who dropped culture-shifting pieces there. It was chaotic at times, but it had real soul and prioritized creators. Folding that into a DeFi ecosystem geared toward fundraising, IDOs, and investor plays? I struggle to see how the artist-first spirit survives long-term. It feels like the brand and marketplace tech are getting repurposed for something else entirely, probably to add some NFT flavor to their stack without rebuilding from zero.

Rarible’s been on the quiet side for years—volume way down, community thinned out after the 2021 boom faded—and the market moved on. I get that. But handing it over to a group with no roots in the art/NFT creator world just underlines how far things have drifted from the original vision.

I’m disappointed, and I’m moving on. Gonna look for art elsewhere—spots like SuperRare, Foundation, or newer platforms that still put creators and culture ahead of pure financial infrastructure.

Wishing the team the best on whatever comes next (Alex’s reflective post was thoughtful and classy, at least), but this feels like closing one chapter for good.
Take care,
Firefly808

https://x.com/insider0x/status/2035361789349962192

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