Superblock 820800 Final Proposals

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Proposal: michael-dev-mar
Proposals url: https://goo.gl/vzZ2jv

February recap:
The main focus of the month is fixing XRouter and working towards an official beta launch. If you would like to see progress, please visit https://github.com/BlocknetDX/blocknet/commits/fix-xrouter Current tasks include improving XRouter connection handling, fixing the fee system, adding multi-threading, fixing the custom plugin system, improving the XRouter wallet connections, and many additional performance improvements and bug fixes. The goal is to wrap up XRouter beta in March.

To vote on my proposal (5700 BLOCK):

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Ongoing Tasks
- XRouter Beta development (handoff from previous team and bug fixes)

Other tasks
- Improved handling of pending orders affected by a Blocknet client is shutdown and restart
- Refundable trade fees (for failed orders)
- Wallet Redesign UI fixes & improvements
- Development discussions

Proposal: blockdx-js-dev-mar
Url: https://goo.gl/FiZWkg

To vote on the Block DX Javascript Developer proposal (1710 BLOCK):

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This proposal is for funding javascript development on Block DX.

Upcoming Tasks
- Fix copy/paste issues
- DX setup fixes
- General settings screen updates
- Performance improvements
- Ongoing dev on bug fixes

Proposal: buildserver-cost-mar
Url: https://goo.gl/gdsYEL


To vote on the Build/Test Server monthly costs (310 BLOCK):

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This build and test server is responsible for auto-generating all of the dev builds for Linux, Mac, Windows and is extremely important for QA testing as well as for validating Blocknet's code on github. It also allows the community to beta test our upcoming releases.

Proposal: Social_Philip_Mar

Ongoing tasks:

Maintain and manage the social media profile of Blocknet on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, BTCTalk, Youtube, Medium and other platforms.
Ensure communications from the developers and marketing team can be transmitted in a clear and timely manner to the community.
Respond to the community.
Compile and write regular newsletter.
Contribute to various marketing materials and initiatives.
Write press releases and news updates.
Write and create articles for specific initiatives.
Manage, source, correspond and coordinate payments to news and media outlets.
Participate in strategy discussions as part of the strategy group.

Recent and forthcoming tasks

Now that Coin announcements have resumed, I am working with the UAT team and representatives of various tokens regarding the scheduling of announcements and the creation of new Coin Hub pages moving forward.
The regular Token/Coin recap articles have now resumed in conjunction with the next phase of Block DX token announcements.
4 articles have been written and an in-depth DX comparison chart has been created in preparation for the Block DX marketing push. Some articles have now been reviewed but are still awaiting links to “how to” videos that are integral to the articles. The comparison chart has has some new additions which are also awaiting review.
Since the departure of the marketing director and co-brand lead, I am now responsible for an estimated 90% of the current social media output across Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, BTCTalk, Instagram, and Medium.


Cost Assessment:
2.3 BLOCK per hour / 4 hours per day @ $3.00 per BLOCK.
A fixed amount of 275 BLOCK (Plus 10 BLOCK fee)
Total: 275 BLOCK from Superblock


If this proposal passes but is bumped from the Superblock due to there not being enough room, this will be paid out from the Marketing Fund.

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Proposal: atc-dev-sb820800
Proposals url: https://bit.ly/2Ua1sRm
Block Amount: 175

Server costs:
- Gitian build system
- Seed nodes mainnet
- Seed nodes testnet
- Forum

Current costs avg $500 per month for server hosting, and maintenance.

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Additional tasks:
- updating build pipeline to include sha256 sums
- maintain/update new dx forum

Proposal: atc-mm-sb820800
Proposals url: https://bit.ly/2Xt7A9t
Block Amount: 635
Market Maker (MM) for BlockDX markets:
- ltc/block
- ltc/dash
- ltc/sys
- ltc/digi
- ltc/doge
- ltc/pivx

Costs $1800 per month

Bringing liquidity to BlockDX is critical for its adoption.  The MM strategy will also include arbitraging against other exchanges (both cex/dex).  There are no “start-up” costs associated with this proposal.

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UAT Team
Team consists of 86b, aderks, and Fattox.

Foreword:
Below is a non-exhaustive list of tasks we will aim to spend our time on. Some tasks will take priority over others, based on many variables, but we will aim to cover both 'roles' in a efficient and sufficient manner, based on what makes the most sense at the time. Please be aware that due to the necessity of managing our time and prioritising these tasks, based on how critical they are, it may not be possible to address every single point listed below. But rest-assured, our team will aim to work in a way which is the most optimal and beneficial to the project, at any given time.

Role #1 - UAT/QA/Integrations:

• Support services
  
• Integration strategy
  
• Product analysis
  
• Bug reporting, error tracking, and logging
  
• Collaboration with other projects and teams
  
• New coin integration, confirming, and corresponding QA
  
• Genesis testing
  
• Exploit checks
  
• Communicating with partners and project delegates
  
• XRouter testing and QA
  
• Block DX UI QA
  
• Wallet release QA
  
• Auto configuration testing and QA
  

Role #2 - Marketing:

• Coin Announcements lifecycle: from initial integration/QA to community/partner outreach and coordination of announcements/support.
  
• Helping to support and promote the DX to communities that are integrated in to our protocol, both old and new..
  
• Pushing awareness of Blocknet throughout the communities of our supported projects and partners.
  
• Creating content for Blocknet’s Social Media and driving traffic to our site and community channels.
  
• Collaborating on the creation and maintenance of documentation: EG Tutorials, resources, informative articles and other content, for both our community and a wider audience.
  
• Dealing with the necessary communication and discussions with any potential partners and third-parties who would like to work with us. EG: Exchanges, dev teams, projects and any other interested parties.
  
• Collaborating on other developmental marketing strategies and initiatives, with both the Strategy group and the team as a whole.
  
• Approaching communities within the space of Ethereum to pre-ignite the awareness and benefits of our ability to host a decentralized alternative to Infura, amongst our node networks.
  
• Aiming to increase the amount of pairs available to trade via Block DX, by helping to increase the node support and maker bots available on those newly supported chains.
  

To vote on UAT’s proposal:
UAT-820800 - 7,800 + 10 fee = 7,810 BLOCK):

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If this proposal passes but is bumped from the Superblock due to there not being enough room, this will be paid out from the Burn/Community Funds.

Community Projects Appreciation Fund  

Summary:
This is a proposal to send a little love to some of our community contributors. These guys have created some invaluable tools used by both the team and the community, so we'd like to propose that a donation is made via the Superblock, in the name of the community as a whole. Rather than donating from the Community Funds, as has happened in the past, we felt that the decision and support coming directly from our community would make the appreciation of their efforts that much more apparent and meaningful.



Proposal - 100 BLOCK each to:

• @ishkb1 (https://block-node.info/)
  
• @littleeagle (https://blockdx.co/)
  
• @nik_chis (Discord 'Bridge' bot - ongoing upgrades/maintenance)
  
  (Funds will be sent to and distributed by Fattox)
  

To vote on this proposal:
CommProj-820800 - 300 + 10 fee = 310 BLOCK):

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If this proposal passes but is bumped from the Superblock due to there not being enough room, this will be paid out from the Burn/Community Funds.

Proposal name:
uat-equipment

This proposal is being made to both upgrade existing physical equipment and add new equipment to aid UAT, integration, and QA tasks.  This equipment's goal is the beginning part of the process of completely phasing out all AWS and other cloud testing environments, ultimately cutting costs over time for the project while also saving us a ton of time spent starting and stopping VPS's and fighting inferior specs to cut costs.

Purpose and details of equipment:

• Increase storage space on existing machines
  
• Increase RAM on existing machines
  
• Build 1 new machine with the goal of it dedicating 24/7 services to other projects and groups testing on it
  
• These specific equipment upgrades will help sustain the demands of both geth and Parity full archival nodes and data requests for ongoing testing
  

The estimated cost of this equipment is 1260 BLOCK

Voting

Vote from 5000 client:

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Vote from Service Node client:

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Proposal name:

aws-february

This proposal is being made to cover the total costs of our AWS expenses for the month of February.

Proposal amount:  270 BLOCK

To vote:

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