DFINITY Foundation

Synapse.vote (original)

ICDevs.org

CryptoIsGood

Anvil

ICPL.app

ysyms

The Accumulators’ Neuron

RawTech Venture

Paul Young

ICPMANUAL

8yeargangDAO

Isaac Valadez

Krzysztof Żelazko

Nicolas.ic

Smaug’s Neuron for Retail Investors

ICLight.io

Synapse.vote (NEW)

Taggr Network

CodeGov

Sonic AMM

Rakeoff.io

OpenChat

ELNA AI

GEEKFACTORY

ICP Hub México

ICP Hub Poland

Jerry Banfield

WaterNeuron

ICP Hub Bulgaria

Gold DAO

NeuronPool

LORIMER ♾️ 🐶

B3Pay

ZenithCode

Aviate Labs

D-QUORUM

Yuku AI

CO.DELTA △

DragginCorp

Gwojda

Thyassa

🌮 TACO DAO Neuron

Cosmicrafts

Arthur’s Neuron (used to be cycle_dao)

Inactive (Request Removal) - The Fools' Court

$STACK

Always Rejects

John Wiegley

# Background 
As part of an ongoing effort to incentivise neurons to verify proposals in depth, voting neuron grants will be provided for candidates selected by the community. Overall, 2 candidates are selected for each of 7 proposal topics. **This is one of multiple motion proposals submitted today to select these candidates**: 

- one NNS motion proposal is submitted for each candidate and topic for which the candidate applied  

- for each proposal, the result is computed as the number of YES minus the number of no votes (#YES-#NO). Proposals that are not adopted are not considered.

- for each topic, the 2 candidates with the highest results get the grants 

You can read more about the motivation and the process [here](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/voting-neuron-grants-season-2). 

# Proposal Topic 
SNS & Neurons' Fund

# Is this a team grant application? 
yes

# [Application Text](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/voting-neuron-grants-season-2/53020/30?u=cryptoschindler)


# [CO.DELTA △](https://dashboard.internetcomputer.org/neuron/33138099823745946) - SNS & Neurons’ Fund

### Voting Neuron Grant Application

* **Topic:** SNS & Neurons’ Fund

* **Total Team Size:** 9

* **Specialist Team Size:** 4

* **We’re different △** - verifiably decentralised, high quality, publicly shared proof of due diligence, provided by experienced members of the community, for the community. CO.DELTA has no hierarchy. All team members are co-owners of the neuron, the fund dispersal canister, and all other aspects. This is enforced by threshold consensus. Each specialist sub-team within CO.DELTA thereby acts as a distinct entity covering their respective topic.

### Specialist Team Members

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#### Name:

Donna Powell

#### Applied Topic(s):

**SNS & Neurons’ Fund**, Participant Management & Node Admin

#### Why SNS & Neurons’ Fund:

Since the launch of the SNS, my husband and I have participated in most raises. While there have been success stories such as KongSwap, DecideAI, Neutrinite, and Taco Dao, not all projects have met expectations.

Earlier this year, it became clear that the SNS dashboard had become crowded with inactive projects, many appearing designed primarily to extract value from SNS participants and the Neuron Fund. Those active on the forum at the time know this was an issue both and I championed. Our advocacy contributed to several SNS takeovers and repurposing, highlighted critical flaws in project setup, and ultimately led to the temporary pause of the Neuron Fund.

Although much work remains, there are encouraging signs of progress. I believe SNS projects and Neuron Fund participation can still have a strong future, but only with stronger oversight and clear accountability for every SNS. The recent launch of Caffeine has introduced a new wave of projects with significant potential. I propose directing Neuron Fund resources toward these initiatives, combining funding with technical assistance.

I want to play an active role in shaping this future, using my experience to help prevent past mistakes. I also advocate ending the promotion of SNS projects that have acted questionably (whether via Dfinity newsletters, social media, Oisy, or the dashboard). Our focus should be on projects that create value, not extract it. This is essential to ensuring newcomers have a positive experience and are motivated to remain engaged with the Internet Computer ecosystem.

#### About me:

Hi, I have been active in the Internet Computer (IC) ecosystem since genesis and participated in the seed investor round. I’m also building on the IC as one of the creators of Dragginz and the Toko Marketplace/NFT maker. Before that, I spent over a decade involved in Bitcoin and Ethereum.

While I am not a developer, I bring strong analytical skills, experience and passion to the table. The Internet Computer’s technology drew me in because it offers something rare - code as an unbiased, incorruptible source of truth. The potential applications are vast, with the power to make systems fairer and more transparent. Seeing such potential misused for personal gain is deeply frustrating, and I’m committed to putting in the time to help protect the technology and give it the best chance to fulfil its promise.

Regardless of the grant outcome, I will actively review proposals in these areas and continue beyond the grant period. In the past, these topics did not receive the attention they deserved, and I am committed to ensuring that gap is closed.

If CO.DELTA is awarded a grant, I will donate any rewards I receive to initiatives developing tooling for the Internet Computer ecosystem.

* **DFINITY forum:** https://forum.dfinity.org/u/thyassa/summary

* **Thyassa on X:** [https://x.com/Donna_icp](https://x.com/Donna_icp)

* **Dragginz Website:** [https://dragginz.io/](https://dragginz.io/)

* **Toko on X:** [https://x.com/TokoMarket](https://x.com/TokoMarket)

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#### Name:

Remco Sprenkels

#### Applied Topic(s):

**SNS & Neurons’ Fund**, Service Nervous System Management, Protocol Canister Management

#### Why SNS & Neurons’ Fund:

I have hands-on experience helping to launch multiple SNSes, giving me practical insight into the full lifecycle from configuration to decentralization. My work on Toolkit, a governance and project management platform for the IC, regularly involves SNS-related functionality such as proposal execution, parameter adjustments, and canister lifecycle management. I understand how the Neurons’ Fund supports decentralization and have the technical background to evaluate proposals for upgrade safety, sustainability, and alignment with community and ecosystem goals.

#### About me:

I am a developer with around 10 years of experience, starting in frontend development and later moving into fullstack work. I have followed the Internet Computer since 2018 and have been developing on it since genesis in May 2021. Over that time, I have worked on various projects within the IC ecosystem, covering areas like governance systems, canister architecture, and automated proposal execution.

I currently lead the development of a governance and project management platform on the IC that supports multiple governance models, secure canister lifecycle management, and integrations with other services. This work has involved reviewing upgrades, designing state migration strategies, and ensuring compatibility across different IC components. My experience gives me a practical understanding of both the technical and governance aspects of the Internet Computer.

* **DFINITY forum:** https://forum.dfinity.org/u/rem.codes

* **GitHub:** [https://github.com/remco-sprenkels](https://github.com/remco-sprenkels)

* **LinkedIn:** [https://www.linkedin.com/in/remco-sprenkels-49a44687/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/remco-sprenkels-49a44687/)

---

#### Name:

Alex Lorimer

#### Applied Topic(s):

**SNS & Neurons’ Fund**, Subnet management & API BN Management, Participant Management & Node Admin

#### Why SNS & Neurons’ Fund:

This topic is pivotal to a healthy and vibrant SNS ecosystem on the IC, one which investors and users can have faith in. I’m keen to build better tooling for performing SNS & Neurons’ Fund reviews, informed by my extensive experience reviewing these proposals for over a year, and my experience building and using similar tooling for [Subnet Management reviews](https://forum.dfinity.org/search?q=%40Lorimer%20tags%3ASubnet-management%20order%3Alatest). I’m proud of each and every review, and I do my best to go above and beyond. Here are some notable examples:

* [137563](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/upcoming-icplay-sns-decentralization-sale/52909/8) - An SNS launch that would have allowed dev VP to be easily jacked up above 50% after a very short vesting period (due to initial parameters using a very short dissolve delay, and a dissolve delay bonus that significantly increases VP)

* [137503](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/upcoming-mops-sns-decentralization-sale/52234/27), [136969](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/were-preparing-to-launch-zkgame-dao-on-the-sns/48128/11) - SNS launch proposals that violated terms of the syndication period, and either would be heavily centralised at genesis, or had not established a mechanism for sharing value with investors/governance participants

* [136443](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cosmicrafts-dao-sns-launch/42289/51) - An SNS launch that would have been heavily centralised

* [135902](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/upcoming-taco-dao-sns-decentralization-swap/41987/13) - An SNS launch proposal that highlighted weaknesses in the Neurons’ Fund. [Shortly after this](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/i-suggest-rejecting-any-and-all-create-service-nervous-system-sns-proposals-that-use-the-neurons-fund-until-the-system-is-fit-for-purpose/42666/1) the Neurons’ Fund was suspended as an option for all new SNS launches.

* … there are many, many more. Please [consider browsing](https://forum.dfinity.org/search?q=%40Lorimer%20tags%3Asns%20order%3Alatest).

#### About me:

I’m an experienced full-stack software developer, with an MSc in Computer Science and a ResM (research masters) which focused on mass-participatory design. I’m passionate about Web3 governance, and I’m dedicated to improving tooling, as well as processes and procedures relating to NNS participation. “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” The IC is the solution, and I’m very driven to help it succeed. I’m also heavily staked in the IC. I’m devoted to securing that long-term stake, and that of all other ICP stakers. I regularly review IC code and have received numerous bug bounties in the IC ecosystem. I’m also extremely active in governance matters and regularly post reviews, and vote on a range of topics. I’m always looking for opportunities to build tooling for the topics that I focus on in order to improve reliability, robustness and attention to detail.

* **DFINITY forum:** https://forum.dfinity.org/u/lorimer/summary

* **LinkedIn:** [https://www.linkedin.com/in/aodlorimer/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aodlorimer/)

* **Github:** https://github.com/aodl

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#### Name:

Gabriel Nicola

#### Applied Topic(s):

**SNS & Neurons’ Fund**, Protocol Canister Management, Service Nervous System Management

#### Why SNS & Neurons’ Fund:

I have practical experience with SNS launches from both developer and governance perspectives. During the Dragginz project, I set up and tested complete local SNS environments, replicating SNS-1’s exact configuration to understand the launch mechanics, token distribution, and governance setup process. This gave me hands-on insight into how SNS initialization works, from the technical implementation to the tokenomics configuration.

Understanding developer neuron allocation is crucial when reviewing SNS proposals because it directly impacts governance security. When developers allocate too many tokens to themselves or their controlled entities, they can maintain disproportionate voting power that allows them to control the dapp and access treasury funds, undermining the decentralization goals of the SNS. The ICP community has seen cases where substantial treasury funds were moved quickly due to poor initial tokenomics design or excessive developer control. (cough BoomDAO cough)

Having worked through the entire SNS setup process locally, I understand the technical nuances of the sns_init.yaml configuration, the Tokenomics Analyzer tool, and how different parameter choices affect long-term governance health. My experience with multi-canister architecture and SNS governance gives me the perspective needed to evaluate whether proposed projects have sound technical foundations and reasonable governance structures that protect community interests while enabling sustainable development. This combination of technical SNS knowledge, governance experience, and understanding of the security implications makes me well-positioned to provide thorough reviews of SNS launch proposals and Neurons’ Fund participation decisions.

#### About me:

I have over 11 years of coding experience, including work in banking solutions where precision, reliability, and strict compliance were essential. This background taught me to review code and systems with a strong focus on security, which is important for protocol-level canister management.

Since joining the IC community in 2020, I’ve been active in both development and governance, building canisters, contributing libraries, reporting bugs, and assisting the community. My work includes early Motoko projects, multi-canister system designs, and large-scale Rust applications like Dragginz and the Toko Marketplace. I’m passionate about building secure, scalable, and maintainable canister-based systems and sharing that knowledge with the community.

* **DFINITY forum:** https://forum.dfinity.org/u/gabriel/activity

* **Github:** https://github.com/gabrielnic

Voting Neuron Grants application of CO.DELTA △ for topic SNS & Neurons' Fund