Hello, this is Michiko, the new Head Ambassador from Japan :) I know Astar well because also in Japan. I met Sota Watanabe a few time, he is smart man, but I think not very interested in Polkadot. He move Astar to zkEVM on Polygon, which I think is bad idea, bc Polkadot is better technology. So I believe Giotto-san is right, we should exclude Astar from marketing budget. Maybe Sandeep from Polygon should pay his marketing now instead ;)

@MAARTEN | ASTAR

i'm saddened by this. i didn't think it would pass, either, but sometimes when we play with fire we get burned.

though i say this with utmost respect for Ben, perhaps this is testament to his gift for stirring sh*t up, but you would already know about that.

this decision was provoked by ref 935 which was completely unnecessary and probably should have been initiated by an account without ties to the team.

always as we carry ourselves, either as ambassadors or core team, we represent the projects we associate ourselves with.