Jamie ZigelbaumTracheopteryx

I design coordination systems — the structures a civilization decides with: who holds power, how value flows, what gets built. Yearn, Coordinape, EigenLayer, Aztec. Now building what’s next.

Systems

  1. Yearn Finance

    2020–22

    Constrained delegation: Yearn’s Governance 2.0, co-authored with Gabe Shapiro. Instead of delegating votes to politicians, the DAO delegates specific powers to accountable teams — and YFI holders keep the last word. Joined pseudonymously in DeFi Summer 2020; the model has been referenced across DAO governance since.

  2. Coordinape

    2021–22

    Co-founded; incubated inside Yearn. Decentralized compensation through GIVE circles: teams decide together, peer to peer, who created value and how to reward it — the hardest decision a decentralized organization makes.

  3. EigenLayer

    2024–25

    As Chief Governance Officer of the Eigen Foundation, designed EigenGov: governance for a multi-billion-dollar protocol where small councils of high-context experts make the decisions, and token holders hold endorsement and veto power. Presented at Devcon SEA, 2024.

  4. Aztec

    2026

    Governance consulting for the privacy layer of Ethereum, a network built around day-one decentralization.

  5. ISTA

    2026

    Designed a new governance system for the International School of Temple Arts, a global mystery school. Coordination design doesn’t stop at blockchains.

If you’re working on new ways for humans to coordinate, write to me.