From Corporate America to the Governance Frontier.
OCC Research is led by Othman Gbadamassi, who spent a decade across traditional finance, defense, enterprise consulting, and big tech before a realization at Microsoft in 2019 changed everything: governance and incentive infrastructure is the leverage point for systemic change.
The core research output is the Governance Memory System (GMS), a framework that treats “governance amnesia” as a coordination failure worth solving. Othman has co-authored governance constitutions for Solana and NEAR Protocol, and serves as a steward on Jito's Cryptoeconomics SubDAO.
Crypto governance serves as an adversarial testing ground for frameworks that will eventually scale to civic technology globally. The 20-year mission: rewire global incentive structures.
Co-founded Validator Commons and the NYC chapter of White Paper Reading Club (WPRC). Turbin3 Research Cohort graduate. Operated nodes across 15+ PoS networks. Presented at Metagov, Korea Blockchain Week, and Folk Tech. NYC-based.
From Governance Amnesia to
Institutional Memory.
GMS is institutional memory as a service. A five-layer system that transforms governance from a series of isolated votes into cumulative, queryable institutional knowledge. Think version control for organizational governance. Currently deployed across three contexts: on-chain protocol governance, a national parliament, and a distributed research community.
The long-term vision: build what GitHub is for code, but for governance.
Making Governance Legible.
Publications, field reports, and analyses. Building the case that institutional memory is coordination infrastructure.
The Governance Memory System
A five-layer framework addressing governance amnesia in DAOs and protocol communities. Introduces salience infrastructure for institutional memory in decentralized organizations.
GMS Research Deck
Research presentation covering the five-layer GMS architecture, case studies (Juno, Gitcoin, NEAR), competitive positioning, and the roadmap from DAOs to democracies.
GMS Business Pitch Deck
Business deck covering the governance amnesia problem, AI feedback loops, three revenue streams (Protocol SaaS, consulting, cross-protocol intelligence), strategic moat, and use of funds.
CSD Progress Report One
First comprehensive update on the Cryptoeconomics SubDAO's progress, covering $2.5M+ in buybacks, The Vault, JTO Auction, and TWAP mechanism design.
Arcium Deep Dive
Deep dive analysis of Arcium's architecture, covering confidential computing infrastructure on Solana.
Solana is Rebuilding its Social Contract
Governance Field Report 001. A ground-level assessment of Solana's governance rebuild and the social contract emerging across its ecosystem. Featured on the official Solana Constitution community initiative.
NEAR's Governance Crossroads
Inside the House of Stake transition. Diagnosing governance fragility, institutional memory loss, and the inflation vote controversy through the GMS lens.
Enhancing Solana Governance with Quadratic Voting and Delegator Override
Insights from the Solana governance framework on quadratic voting models and delegator override mechanisms.
Economic Implications of Application-Specific Sequencing and Double Zero on Solana
Analysis of how emerging Solana technology advancements are transforming the network's capacity and validator economics. Predicted validator commodification seven months before it materialized.
Open Research Institute Pitch Jam
Pitch presentation for GMS as open governance infrastructure at the Open Research Institute.
DoubleZero: Decentralized Bandwidth for Distributed Systems
Deep dive into 2Z's permissionless protocol aggregating private fiber into a high-performance communication layer, covering architecture, economics, and validator incentives.
Dual Flow Batch Auctions: Jump Crypto's New Market Architecture
Analysis of Jump Crypto's hybrid market design that simultaneously processes continuous and batch order flows, balancing fairness, efficiency, and latency in DEXs.
x402 Protocol: Open HTTP Payment Standard
Breakdown of Coinbase's open protocol for embedding instant stablecoin micropayments into HTTP requests, enabling user-to-machine and machine-to-machine payments without intermediaries.
Lagrange DARA: Robust Double Auctions for ZK Prover Markets
Analysis of Lagrange's double auction mechanism for allocating computational resources in zero-knowledge proof markets, ensuring truthful bidding and efficient resource matching.
Decentralized AI & The Agentic Economy
Panel discussion summary on decentralized AI and the emerging agentic economy, featuring speakers from Allora, Sage/Herd, Octane Security, and EZKL.
Chainflow's Response to the Cetus Exploit & Sui Governance Vote
Official response analyzing the Cetus exploit on Sui and the governance vote that followed, examining the tradeoffs between intervention and credible neutrality.
Bitcoin Staking vs Interchain Security vs Ethereum Restaking Pt. II
Part two of the staking primitives comparison, evaluating the good, the bad, and the ugly across Bitcoin staking, Cosmos Interchain Security, and Ethereum restaking.
Story Protocol Tokenomics & Staking Design
Breakdown of Story Protocol's IP token economics, staking mechanism design, validator types, and fair launch schedule for the decentralized IP marketplace.
The MakerDAO Governance Attack
Analysis of the MakerDAO governance attack and the broader debate around governance transparency and decentralization in DeFi.
Story Protocol Deep Dive
Comprehensive deep dive into Story Protocol's architecture for decentralized intellectual property registration, exchange, and monetization.
DoubleZero Tech and Its Economic Impact on Solana
Introduction to DoubleZero's two-ring architecture and its economic implications for Solana validators, covering bandwidth marketplaces, FPGA filtering, and cost reduction.
Balancing Incentives, Robustness, and Efficiency in Decentralized Systems
Summary of learnings from the Columbia Crypto Economics Workshop on mechanism design tradeoffs in decentralized systems.
Royalty & Revenue in Story Protocol
Analysis of Story Protocol's Royalty Module design for fair creator compensation throughout the lifecycle of IP assets.
Namada Governance Rundown
Pre-mainnet overview of Namada's governance model, covering voting mechanisms, proposal types, and privacy-preserving governance infrastructure.
Story Protocol Explained
Introductory explainer on Story Protocol's vision for a blockchain-based IP marketplace, programmable licensing, and the intellectual property graph.
A Deep Dive into Jito Stakenet
Deep dive into Jito's StakeNet protocol for decentralized liquid staking delegation on Solana, covering the Validator History and Steward programs.
Sui Mysticeti Upgrade Demystified
Technical breakdown of Sui Network's Mysticeti consensus protocol upgrade and its impact on chain efficiency and performance.
Liquid Staking on Sui
Introduction to liquid staking on Sui, covering SIP-6, Aftermath's afSUI design, and how Sui's LST model preserves validator decentralization.
Nebular Summit 2024 Panel
Recap and panel discussion from Nebular Summit 2024 covering governance, validator economics, and decentralization in proof-of-stake networks.
Futarchy Governance on Solana Explained (Interview with Proph3t)
Interview with Proph3t (MetaDAO) on futarchy governance, conditional markets, prediction-based decision-making, and how it could apply to Solana.
Decoding Solana's Stake-Weighted Quality of Service (QoS)
Analysis of how Solana's stake-weighted QoS system impacts validators, transaction prioritization, and network decentralization.
Large Stake Accounts & Solana Validators
Research into the dynamics of large stake accounts on Solana and their impact on validator economics and network centralization.
Chainflow's Take on Replicated Security
Perspective on Cosmos Replicated Security (formerly Interchain Security), covering validator implications, economic tradeoffs, and governance concerns.
Initia Governance Explained
Explainer on Initia's governance architecture, covering the modular L1 design and how governance operates across its interwoven rollup ecosystem.
Help Build the Governance Commons.
The Governance Memory System is open research infrastructure. Your support funds the MVP dashboard, AI pipeline, and expansion from NEAR Protocol to additional ecosystems. Every contribution accelerates the path from governance amnesia to institutional memory.
