James was a guest on our podcast back in early 2023, talking about what Octant was building (before it was even named Octant!) and it struck a chord with many of us that were interested in funding public goods. As such, several of the EVMavericks community began staking early on in Octant's history. Fast forward to mid-2024 and we invited James back to the pod, where he encouraged our community on two initiatives:

1. More EVMavericks should stake GLM and support public goods -- we now have 30+ members staking GLM inside Octant
2. The Doots should apply as a public goods project in the upcoming Epoch 5 -- to which we were just accepted!