Decentralization is one thing, and transparency is another. You mentioned:
I happen to be an extremely and obsessively privacy-oriented person (the type that always uses pseudonyms online) so I’m not really keen on putting my name and private details out here in public just yet—but this is not a burner account, it’s my main and only EA forum account, just bearing a pseudonym. My intention is to fully “dox” myself to people who join the DAO. To them I will reveal my face and all my important personal details and even go through transparent KYC procedures if necessary.
It’s fine to be concerned about privacy. But if someone wants to start or lead anything that involves $1 billion, it’s reasonable to expect that people will know who they are, what their experience levels are, what their track record is, etc. – and be able to verify these things for themselves. If you don’t want to do that, fair enough, but in that case, don’t start this yourself, persuade someone else who is prepared to be public to start this themselves.
I did think about this and decided to try do it anonymously anyway and see who buys the idea.
When I have a few persons who chose to take a chance on me I will reveal everything to them and we can then decide on someone/people who are more comfortable being public. In fact there will be an entire Team dedicated to Public Relations. I’m also in discussion with a few persons on some kind of collab so the public identity may soon no longer be an issue.
But I just want to at least get the ball rolling...
All the same, anyone who really really needs to know my identity is free to DM me about it.
Decentralization is one thing, and transparency is another. You mentioned:
It’s fine to be concerned about privacy. But if someone wants to start or lead anything that involves $1 billion, it’s reasonable to expect that people will know who they are, what their experience levels are, what their track record is, etc. – and be able to verify these things for themselves. If you don’t want to do that, fair enough, but in that case, don’t start this yourself, persuade someone else who is prepared to be public to start this themselves.
I agree with you.
I did think about this and decided to try do it anonymously anyway and see who buys the idea.
When I have a few persons who chose to take a chance on me I will reveal everything to them and we can then decide on someone/people who are more comfortable being public. In fact there will be an entire Team dedicated to Public Relations. I’m also in discussion with a few persons on some kind of collab so the public identity may soon no longer be an issue.
But I just want to at least get the ball rolling...
All the same, anyone who really really needs to know my identity is free to DM me about it.