Candidate: Tacolopo for MAGIC Monero Fund

[tacolopo]

• I have read and understand the MAGIC Monero Fund documents.
• I have read and understand the relevant MAGIC Grants policies.
• I understand that should I be in a position to receive funds from MAGIC Grants for any reason, I will need to provide identifying information to the organization privately. Election to a committee does not guarantee compensation even if compensation is made available, since MAGIC Grants has legal limitations on how it can disburse funds.
• I understand that an active committee is the number one factor in a Fund's success.
• I am at least 18 years old.

• Why you are running for the committee
  I am running because I am a major advocate for privacy protocols such as Monero. Free commerce and reliable forward secrecy are essential characteristics that must be preserved in the cryptocurrency movement.
• Why you are a good candidate
  I am a good candidate because I have a proven track record of working on privacy protocols and standing up for privacy in various projects. I worked on and am the Gitopia repo owner for the Juicer protocol, a ZKP system written in CosmWasm for smart-contract enabled chains on Cosmos (https://gitopia.com/Juicer). I also authored the proposal to remove blocking lists from Cosmos DEX's (https://www.mintscan.io/osmosis/proposals/320). My experience and track record demonstrate my principled commitment to privacy.
• What experience you bring to the table (eg: fundraising)
  I bring development experience from a different community, and business experience from formerly running a Web3 company. My company wasn't able to generate sufficient revenue to outpace my normal salary, so I'm acutely aware of what the economics are for a successful business, and what bloat is unnecessary. Finally, I conduct infrastructure compliance audits for a living, so I have extensive experience with best practices across multiple hardware and operating systems.
• What you hope the Fund will accomplish while you are on the committee
  I hope to support concrete cryptographic development teams and those who have practical solutions to improving end-user privacy solutions compatible with Monero.
• Contact information (optional)
  Signal: crypticrisk.34
  Email: [email protected]