Nico Marotta — Web3 Community Lead

// About

Community is the
product.

I've spent 5+ years building at the frontier of decentralized technology — not from the sidelines, but from the inside. My Web3 journey began in 2020 as an early Keep Network testnet pioneer, and has never stopped since.

From architecting governance frameworks and running global hackathons to shipping 15,000+ branded items internationally and delivering keynotes to 10,000-person audiences — I operate across the full community stack.

I've served as an elected Threshold DAO contributor, community steward at Taho Wallet, and now lead community operations at AcreBTC, the Bitcoin auto compounding protocol earning yield on your assets. My work spans Discord architecture, governance design, IRL event production, content strategy, and AI-assisted community tooling.

I believe the strongest communities are built on trust, cultural fluency, and showing up — in person and online.

// Web3 Origin Story

Keep Network → Threshold DAO → Taho Wallet → Thesis.co → AcreBTC. A continuous thread from the earliest days of decentralized Bitcoin infrastructure, through DAO governance, to building the Bitcoin liquid staking community from zero.

// Experience

The Work
in Detail.

Web3 & DAO

Jan 2025 — Present

Community Lead ACTIVE

AcreBTC · Remote · Full-time

Retained following Acre's spin-out from Thesis.co. Own end-to-end community strategy across Discord, Telegram, LinkedIn, and X. Manage a global moderation team with clear ownership and accountability. Architected the governance framework and voting structure behind the Acre Security Council (ASC) and lead quarterly ASC meetings. Support voting, proposals, and protocol communications during key upgrades. Host weekly community calls, podcasts, and Twitter Spaces. Represent Acre at major global conferences and IRL events worldwide.

Community StrategyGovernanceDiscordBitcoinFiSecurity CouncilIRL Events

Mar 2022 — Dec 2024

Elected DAO Contributor & Community Manager DAO

Threshold DAO · Remote · Contract

Elected by token holders to represent and grow the Threshold Network community. Managed Discord, Telegram, and social channels globally. Coordinated governance participation, proposal communications, and community education around tBTC. Represented Threshold at ETHDenver, ETH CC, Devcon Istanbul, Scaling Bitcoin, and more. Designed and produced swag, ran trade show booths, and served as a solo event operator.

DAO GovernancetBTCCommunity OpsEvent ProductionToken Governance

Jul 2021 — Mar 2022

Community Contributor PAST

Taho Wallet (formerly Tally Ho) · Remote · Contract

Contributed to community growth for Taho, the community-owned Web3 wallet. Built Discord infrastructure, supported user onboarding, and helped develop community voice and brand identity.

Discord GrowthWeb3 WalletsUser Onboarding

Mar 2020 — Jul 2021

Web3 Pioneer — Early Testnet & Hackathons ORIGIN

Keep Network / Foundational Web3 Experience · Remote

My Web3 origin story. Joined the Keep Network "Playing for Keeps" incentivized testnet in 2020 — one of the earliest participants in what would become Threshold Network. Awarded 50,000 KEEP tokens as a program winner for contributions including early tBTC test minting, node operations, and random beacon participation.

OG Web3Keep NetworktBTC PioneerNode OperationsETHGlobalHackathons

Education & Background

2016 — 2020

Master of Science, Digital Design

Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ

Graduate study in digital design and strategy, providing the analytical and visual communication foundation applied across community brand, content, and UX work in Web3.

Digital StrategyUX DesignBrand Identity

// IRL Events & Brand Experience

Showing Up
In Person.

A core part of my value is physical presence and full-spectrum event operations. I've organized, staffed, and represented projects at 20+ conferences across North America, Europe, and Asia — handling everything from international swag logistics to keynote delivery.

20+

Global Conferences

15K

Items Shipped Single Event

10K

Keynote Audience

Countries Represented In

Public Speaking

Keynote delivery to 10K+ audiences. Podcast hosting and guest appearances. Twitter Spaces moderation. Comfortable on stage, on camera, and on the fly.

Logistics & Production

International shipping coordination for 15K+ items per event. Trade show booth design, setup, and teardown. Solo event deployment when budget requires it.

Brand & Swag Design

Concept and production of event t-shirts, hats, branded giveaways. Logo artwork, press releases, and event collateral.

Ecosystem Relations

Coordinate with co-sponsors, event hosts, and partner projects to maximize shared exposure. Build relationships that outlast conferences.

Live Content

Livestreaming from events. Real-time social updates. On-the-ground content creation that extends event reach to digital audiences globally.

Global Mobility

Comfortable traveling anywhere in the world to represent my project. Operated across North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia.

// Adventure

Beyond the
Booth.

Building global Web3 communities requires understanding the cultures that power them. I don't just attend events — I immerse myself in local scenes, make genuine friendships, and bring those lived experiences back into how I build and communicate.

"The best community builders don't just understand the protocol — they understand the people. That means being curious, being present, and being willing to get a little lost."

// Vibe Coding & Autonomous Agents

AI-Assisted
Building.

I've been diving into the frontier where AI meets building — using vibe coding workflows and autonomous agent architecture to prototype faster, think in systems, and ship ideas that would have taken months in days.

I built the OpenClaw agent from scratch and am developing a series of agent workflows to create an autonomous community operations team.

I regularly evaluate AI solutions — including Google Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and ChatGPT — and return executive-level reports with implementation recommendations.

This portfolio was built through a live vibe coding session with Claude.

OpenClaw AgentClaude · Python · Custom Build

Autonomous Agent TeamMulti-agent Pipeline · Protocol Integration

Community Intelligence AgentClaude · Python · Discord API

DAO Governance SummarizerLLM · Snapshot API

Acre Community Ops Automationn8n · Discord API

AI Platform Evaluation ReportsGemini · Perplexity · Claude · ChatGPT

This Portfolio SiteClaude · Vibe Coded · HTML

$ whoami

# nico marotta · community lead → builder

$ web3_journey

→ 2020: Keep Network testnet pioneer

→ 2021: Taho Wallet contributor

→ 2022: Threshold DAO elected contributor

→ 2024: Thesis → AcreBTC community lead

$ status

• actively building

Building trust-first
Web3 communities
at global scale.

Community is the
product.

The Work
in Detail.

Showing Up
In Person.

Beyond the
Booth.

AI-Assisted
Building.

Let's Build
Something.

Building trust-firstWeb3 communitiesat global scale.

Community is theproduct.

The Workin Detail.

Showing UpIn Person.

Beyond theBooth.

AI-AssistedBuilding.

Let's BuildSomething.

Building trust-first
Web3 communities
at global scale.

Community is the
product.

The Work
in Detail.

Showing Up
In Person.

Beyond the
Booth.

AI-Assisted
Building.

Let's Build
Something.