AFC Application - Maarten Henskens

[AFC Application - Maarten Henskens]

  • Full name and timezone:
    Maarten Henskens (CET - Belgium)
    https://x.com/henskensm
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiexer/

  • Relevant experience:
    I have been actively managing protocol funds for Astar Foundation. Those include but are not limited to: LP management, investments, and assets value management. I have a good understanding of tokenomics and overall DeFi landscape mechanism. Active participation in treasury proposals on Astar Network.

  • Track record of contributions to Astar:
    I have been leading the Astar Foundation since the entity has been set up.

  • Motivation to join the AFC and goals for your term:
    My main motivation starts with the setup of this initiatives where Astar as an asset is missing opportunities towards creating more value to the token with idle liquidity. Based on the opportunities laying ahead of us, Astar as an asset can take big steps by creating a constant buyback and burning. While doing well-thought investment to strenghten its treasury with other assets to support initiatives to further strenghten Astar in the market.

  • Weekly availability (minimum 5 - 8 hours/week)
    Not an issue.

  • Verified onchain identity on Astar:
    YvWEPYi6BRqpLeKQRQP1XZoWc6JM3LoZDCXgMNgtswXULvb

  • Disclosures of any project affiliations or potential conflicts
    I am an angel investor in some projects on top of Astar and Soneium but I can ensure my integrity as part of the AFC. As angel investor I do see it as a benefit to open more opportunities for the ACT to further strengten it’s treasury.

  • Commitment to attend live meetings and operate transparently:
    No issues on this part as already being a public person for Astar Foundation

I’m happy to answer any questions related to my application.

Warm regards
Maarten

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your experience It’s something that has brought astar to its current state, that is, undercapitalized, with a ridiculous market value, The sum of all the strategies you and the core team have implemented, in fact bringing a big disadvantage to the holders. Why do you think you should be one of the people who can be taken into consideration?

You can find my motivation ‘why’ in my initial post :person_bowing:

  • Motivation to join the AFC and goals for your term:
    My main motivation starts with the setup of this initiatives where Astar as an asset is missing opportunities towards creating more value to the token with idle liquidity. Based on the opportunities laying ahead of us, Astar as an asset can take big steps by creating a constant buyback and burning. While doing well-thought investment to strenghten its treasury with other assets to support initiatives to further strenghten Astar in the market.

If you have any more in-depth question let me know, happy to answer.

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I personally asked you several times in several posts to report what the numbers are regarding the sequencer buyback, and you never answered me about it.

You made it clear that you had a great idea for more than a month and after a month you bring up the startale buyback, which you never defined. A joke for all the holders, so I repeat why should I trust people like you? You have ruined this community, you read the forum every now and then, have you seen how bad the mood is? Do you intend to do something about it? Then do we want to talk about social media? Read and comment, do not keep quiet and do not present yourself here with false expectations for all of us, when you are really on the front line to fight you will have my support, until then you have been very disappointing

One thing I learned in many years leading the Foundation, going in to discussions created on emotional statements will have no value add to the ongoing purpose of the topic. Personal attacks are easy to be made when posts are made with that mindset, I can take a certain level of personal attacks but at one point it’s enough. Everything that will be responded will never satisfy someone who is being emotional in the conversation.

To keep this thread to its purpose, let me know if you have any question related to my AFC application. Thanks in advance :person_bowing:

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you always talk about emotional attacks, but in fact you had no respect for me and many others.

For this reason I ask you, if you have already worked for astar, as head of foundation, and you are applying for this role, what do you intend to change about your behavior, given that it is a role that requires enormous transparency?

My behavior will be at the standards listed in the AFC initiative that is initiated here:

How the AFC will be operated related to transpanrency is also available in the initiative, there will be monthly reports made about the operations done by AFC. These reports will be done in name of AFC.

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