Gitcoin Decentralization Updates

Created By
Date Created
May 28, 2021
Date Updated
May 28, 2021
Tags
Workstream
Type
Internal
Released
Date Released
May 26, 2021
Release Channel
Kyle Weiss
Kevin Owocki
  • Community Status & Updates
    • Published Workstream Suggestion post
    • Published Steward post
  • Decentralization Architecture Proposal Creation Status
    • Each to propose multiple solutions for each area which requires decentralization recommending one with background on why
    • Goal is to focus on solutions that provide same or better UX/Performance
    • Proposal focus is currently overall but will move to prioritizing decentralized storage/retrieval initially
  • Research
    • Researched Gnosis SafeSnap
    • Digging into MACI
    • Better understand types of attacks on Gitcoin grants to date
    • Will dig into The Graph and Indexers (initial high level research done, will test implementation)
    • Got caught up on background of Hackathons and details (with Connor)
    • Meeting with Aditya to understand current codebase / GitHub
  • Direction thoughts/ideas/decisions
    • Decisions Made
      • Going minimal with community involvement initially, focusing on providing updates in order to move forward as quickly as possible
  • Next Steps
    • Move workflow/capture to Notion (so that my results are visible and benefit others)
    • Will post a bounty to have API docs (maybe current, maybe updated based on decentralization spec, undecided)

Gitcoin Decentralization Updates

Created By
Date Created
May 28, 2021
Date Updated
May 28, 2021
Tags
Workstream
Type
Internal
Released
Date Released
May 26, 2021
Release Channel
Kyle Weiss
Kevin Owocki
  • Community Status & Updates
    • Published Workstream Suggestion post
    • Published Steward post
  • Decentralization Architecture Proposal Creation Status
    • Each to propose multiple solutions for each area which requires decentralization recommending one with background on why
    • Goal is to focus on solutions that provide same or better UX/Performance
    • Proposal focus is currently overall but will move to prioritizing decentralized storage/retrieval initially
  • Research
    • Researched Gnosis SafeSnap
    • Digging into MACI
    • Better understand types of attacks on Gitcoin grants to date
    • Will dig into The Graph and Indexers (initial high level research done, will test implementation)
    • Got caught up on background of Hackathons and details (with Connor)
    • Meeting with Aditya to understand current codebase / GitHub
  • Direction thoughts/ideas/decisions
    • Decisions Made
      • Going minimal with community involvement initially, focusing on providing updates in order to move forward as quickly as possible
  • Next Steps
    • Move workflow/capture to Notion (so that my results are visible and benefit others)
    • Will post a bounty to have API docs (maybe current, maybe updated based on decentralization spec, undecided)