Hello everyone. I’m JC Denton, or JCD#2000 on Discord. I didn’t think it would come to this, but here we are.
Some background about me in the world of crypto, and in Premia itself:
- Coming from an IT background, I mined a lot of Scrypt algo coins back in 2013-2014. I developed a great interest in how these systems worked with cryptography and the fact they were creating a small alternative economy with an immutable history. All of my crypto from back then was lost on the Cryptsy exit scam.
- DeFi is what cemented my belief in crypto as a useful and inevitable tool of progress: seeing in 2020 that we now have to ability to trustlessly borrow and loan money on chain, put it in various investment funds (Ignore the hacks for this point), and more; all made me convinced that this isn’t going away and will only get bigger. This made me look for more functional protocols, like Premia.
- Throughout 2020-2023, I’ve helped various smaller cap projects (Between 200k and 5mil at peak mcaps) with community management, content management, as well as various forms of marketing efforts. From my experience in these positions as well as a trader and investor myself, I’ve seen what works and what doesn’t, what catches on and what stays obscure, and I’m sure many here have these instincts too.
- In late 2021 I found Premia and joined the Discord. After exploring other alternatives later in 2022, seeing what competitors have to offer and what Premia does, I realized something here was not adding up. Premia should have been bigger by now. It’s clearly the superior protocol even when you go down to minute UI details, is it not? Forget the features and superior functionality, everything is just better.
A more critical view is needed to move forward
Some users may have noted I’ve generally been critical on the Discord regarding the constantly delayed changes to tokenomics (The vote has been cast in September 2022 and has barely seen progress since). I do this because I genuinely see an objectively superior product squandering its potential with delayed bureaucracy and inefficient marketing efforts. My stance is that if you have a solid unshakeable foundation in the form of fundamentals, everything past that is fair game for your marketing campaigns and efforts. Behind you is a solid dapp that proves itself like a self evident truth, what do you do now to get more users?
Here’s a few things I have in mind if I get chosen for this role:
- Encourage and push everyone to finalize the tokenomics changes as fast as possible, as well as burning as much of the unneeded tokens as possible without significantly harming any of the parties involved. Like it or not, but perception matters a lot not just for price but for people to read about and use your given dapp, and things like future dilution of your held or staked share matter greatly.
- Encourage quicker and more confident decision making and acting on those decisions, in the sphere of marketing and public perception. There’s no reason why this vote from September is still under heavy discussion and nothing significant was done in the months beforehand. If a decision is made, it should be acted upon swiftly and confidently, instead of meandering around.
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Accelerate marketing and public perception campaigns towards the release of v3. Everyone involved in Defi, and especially on Arbitrum, should know Premia by now. But they don’t. This is a grave error that needs to be corrected. I’ve witnessed constant missteps and half baked efforts, why did Lyra partner with Camelot before Premia, when they came to us themselves? This is just one example.
The release of the greatly anticipated v3 will be the spark that lights the fire to start a great conflagration. Public as well as clandestine marketing efforts will be discussed and elaborated on further, if I’m there to do it.
We have grown, but there is still much to be done. Many live in the darkness that must be shown the way. For it is the dawning of a new day.
Good luck to all candidates.
