原子最终分裂

Atom Accelerator DAO 是一家加密货币合作社，该公司已分发数百万美元来支持 Cosmos 加密货币，该公司的联合创始人兼总经理上周被赶下台。

Atom Accelerator, a crypto cooperative that has distributed millions of dollars to support a Cosmos cryptocurrency, saw its co-founder and general manager ousted last week over a dispute surrounding the issuance of performance bonuses.

Atom Accelerator 是一家加密货币合作社，已分配数百万美元来支持 Cosmos 加密货币，上周其联合创始人兼总经理因围绕绩效奖金发放的争议而被罢黜。

Employees of the Atom cooperative voted unanimously on September 25 to remove general manager Youssef Amrani from his post, with his final day with the organisation being September 30.

Atom 合作社的员工于 9 月 25 日一致投票罢免总经理 Youssef Amrani，他在该组织的最后一天是 9 月 30 日。

The drama is a big deal in Cosmos. Endowed with millions in crypto, the cooperative has a dual mandate: boosting the Cosmos Hub blockchain and the ATOM token, both of which were once meant to lie at the heart of Cosmos, the “internet of blockchains.”

这部剧在宇宙中是一件大事。该合作社拥有数百万美元的加密货币，肩负着双重使命：推动 Cosmos Hub 区块链和 ATOM 代币的发展，这两者都曾经是 Cosmos（“区块链互联网”）的核心。

The efforts have yet to pay off: Despite Atom Accelerator’s doling out crypto grants worth more than $6 million to more than 80 organisations, ATOM has fallen almost 60% since January 1, prompting soul-searching among the blockchain’s proponents.

这些努力尚未得到回报：尽管 Atom Accelerator 向 80 多个组织发放了价值超过 600 万美元的加密货币资助，但 ATOM 自 1 月 1 日以来已下跌近 60%，促使区块链支持者进行反思。

A reckoning

算一笔账

Amrani’s ouster has prompted a reckoning at the cooperative.

阿姆拉尼的下台引发了合作社的清算。

Co-founder Ryan Orr declined to lead the organisation going forward, and suggested it either disband or find someone “who wants to lead a community renewal mandate process.”

联合创始人 Ryan Orr 拒绝领导该组织前进，并建议该组织要么解散，要么找一个“想要领导社区更新授权流程的人”。

Communications head Syed Choudhury said he would leave by year’s end. Controller Patricia Mizuki, who was the first to raise questions about the bonuses, announced she would do the same.

通讯主管赛义德·乔杜里 (Syed Choudhury) 表示，他将在年底前离职。第一个对奖金提出质疑的财务总监帕特里夏·水木 (Patricia Mizuki) 宣布她也会这样做。

There’s more: The cooperative has received a “legal demand letter” from an unnamed “former contributor” demanding 12 months’ pay for dismissal without cause and defamation, according to Choudhury.

不仅如此，乔杜里表示，该合作社还收到了一封来自一位未透露姓名的“前捐助者”的“法律要求信”，要求支付无故解雇和诽谤行为的 12 个月工资。

Additionally, the cooperative will review grants made during Amrani’s tenure to seek evidence of possible favouritism or nepotism, Choudhury said.

此外，乔杜里说，合作社将审查阿姆拉尼任职期间提供的赠款，以寻找可能存在偏袒或裙带关系的证据。

Amrani did not return DL News’ request for comment.

阿姆拉尼没有回复 DL News 的置评请求。

Cosmos Hub adrift

漂流的宇宙中心

The ouster is the latest controversy to rock Cosmos, a network of interconnected blockchains that once held great promise as a means for scaling blockchain technology.

这次罢免是震动 Cosmos 的最新争议，Cosmos 是一个相互连接的区块链网络，曾经作为扩展区块链技术的手段而前景广阔。

The Cosmos network was initially envisioned as having a hub-and-spoke model with Cosmos Hub at its centre. But its developers instead built software allowing its myriad blockchains to interact with one another directly.

Cosmos 网络最初设想为以 Cosmos Hub 为中心的中心辐射模型。但其开发人员却构建了软件，允许其无数的区块链直接相互交互。

After spending several years adrift, Cosmos Hub has taken tentative steps toward reinventing itself — an effort Atom Accelerator funded via grants to various developers, according to one member.

一位成员表示，在漂泊了几年之后，Cosmos Hub 已经采取了尝试性的步骤来重塑自己——Atom 加速器通过向各个开发人员提供资助来资助这一努力。

‘Why does the Hub exist?’

“为什么要存在这个中心？”

Nevertheless, its lack of a clear mission or purpose was “the reason for all our drama,” the insider said, asking that they not be named so they could speak candidly about the events that led to Amrani’s ouster. “Why does the Hub exist?”

然而，该内部人士表示，缺乏明确的使命或目的是“我们所有戏剧性事件的原因”，并要求他们不要透露姓名，以便他们能够坦诚地谈论导致阿姆拉尼下台的事件。 “枢纽为何存在？”

Last month, the Interchain Foundation, a Swiss nonprofit backing Cosmos, faced a vote of no confidence over suspicion its leadership mismanaged funds meant to promote the network’s development.

上个月，支持 Cosmos 的瑞士非营利组织 Interchain 基金会因怀疑其领导层对旨在促进网络发展的资金管理不善而面临不信任投票。

Persistent advocacy

坚持不懈的倡导

Behind both the ICF vote and Amrani’s ouster is crusading strategy consultant Grace Yu, who during several skirmishes with Cosmos leadership has earned respect for her persistent advocacy as well as frustration from those who see her style as unnecessarily adversarial and unyielding.

ICF 投票和阿姆拉尼下台的幕后黑手是战略顾问 Grace Yu，在与 Cosmos 领导层的几次小冲突中，她因其坚持不懈的倡导而赢得了尊重，但也让那些认为她的风格不必要的敌对和不屈不挠的人感到沮丧。

Atom Accelerator was founded by Amrani and Orr in 2023, with a small, mostly part-time staff funded by Cosmos Hub.

Atom Accelerator 由 Amrani 和 Orr 于 2023 年创立，拥有一支由 Cosmos Hub 资助的小规模、大部分是兼职员工。

The hub’s validators voted in December 2023 to give Atom Accelerator almost 1 million additional ATOM tokens, worth more than $8 million at the time, to fund its efforts for 2024. Another 100,000 tokens were set aside for performance and retention bonuses.

该中心的验证者于 2023 年 12 月投票决定向 Atom Accelerator 额外提供近 100 万个 ATOM 代币，当时价值超过 800 万美元，为其 2024 年的工作提供资金。另外 100,000 个代币被预留用于绩效和保留奖金。

‘The bonus pool should not be misused to ‘reward’ unexceptional performance.’

“奖金池不应该被滥用来‘奖励’表现不佳的人。”

The text of the proposal included a link to a document titled “AADAO Performance and Retention Bonus Protocol.” According to that document, Atom Accelerator employees deemed to be meeting expectations would be eligible for a “middle tier performance bonus.”

该提案的文本包含一个名为“AADAO 绩效和保留奖金协议”的文件的链接。根据该文件，被认为达到预期的 Atom Accelerator 员工将有资格获得“中层绩效奖金”。

Earlier this year, Yu was elected to a position on the cooperative’s oversight committee.

今年早些时候，余被选为合作社监督委员会的一员。

“The bonus pool should not be misused to ‘reward’ unexceptional performance that merely ‘meets expectations,’” she wrote in a September report detailing concerns with Youssef’s stewardship of the cooperative.

“奖金池不应该被滥用来‘奖励’仅仅‘达到预期’的平庸表现，”她在九月份的一份报告中写道，详细阐述了对优素福合作社管理工作的担忧。

“Additionally, given the current price action of ATOM, the proposed methodology is all the more indefensible.”

“此外，考虑到 ATOM 目前的价格走势，所提出的方法更加站不住脚。”

While Cosmos Hub validators approved the bonus package, its details were tucked away in a hard-to-find online document that few had seen, Yu said.

Yu 表示，虽然 Cosmos Hub 验证者批准了奖励方案，但其详细信息隐藏在一份很难找到的在线文档中，很少有人见过。

A ‘dangerous negative spiral’

“危险的负面螺旋”

The oversight committee refused to approve the bonus payouts in August. In September, Yu detailed her misgivings on the Atom Accelerator forum.

监督委员会拒绝批准八月份的奖金支付。 9 月，Yu 在 Atom Accelerator 论坛上详细阐述了她的疑虑。

The debate over Amrani’s bonus practice unspooled over hundreds of messages in which both sides accused the other of using anonymous accounts to create the impression they enjoyed broad support.

关于阿姆拉尼奖金做法的争论引发了数百条信息，双方都指责对方使用匿名账户来制造他们享有广泛支持的印象。

Amrani’s critics contended on the Atom Accelerator forum that he intended to use the bonus pool to reward work that wasn’t deserving of such recognition.

阿姆拉尼的批评者在 Atom Accelerator 论坛上辩称，他打算利用奖金池来奖励那些不值得获得此类认可的工作。

Amrani said Yu’s actions were “political”

阿姆拉尼称余的行为是“政治性的”