BitShares Core Team Budget Worker Proposal - 2019* Author: Ryan R. Fox (
"fox")
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国语翻译 Mandarin Translation: TBD (
"TBD")
* Accounting:
Provided by BBFIntent* Provide
sustainable protocol development funding for the BitShares Core Team
* Operate as a multidisciplinary
collaborative team to benefit the BitShares decentralized autonomous community (DAC)
* Engage the community, regulators and public as the
authoritative source for protocol development and information
BackgroundThis budget proposal represents a follow on to the efforts established and executed by the
BitShares Core Team in 2018. It seeks to continue funding the development efforts related to the core protocol and expand its scope within the DAC to deliver greater outreach throughout 2019. The Core Team is responsible to our DAC to transparently deliver a secure protocol, collaborate on research, prioritize innovative features, and engage our Community and the public toward increased protocol adoption.
WorkerThis is a _Budget Worker Proposal_ which funds the following effort areas through calendar year 2019:
* BitShares Core Development
* Collaboration Tools
* Conference Participation and Community Engagement
This Worker funds a
not to exceed budget for ideation, collaboration, development and defense of the ideas, engagements and implementations required to advance the BitShares Project. Individuals supported by funds from the budget occupy a defined set of Core Team Roles at specific rate valuations detailed in _Table 2._ below.
BTS are collected into the
"workers.bitshares.foundation" account which is a multi-sig account controlled by
"BitShares Blockchain Foundation" and owned by
"committee-account" using the Budget Worker Model which provide:
* Transparent accounting provided by the BitShares Blockchain Foundation
* Invoice review, approval and remittance within 5 business days
* Compensation remitted in a viable SmartCoin (i.e. bitCNY)
* All accumulated and unallocated BTS returned to the Reserve Pool at the conclusion of the Worker
As the team size scales or BTS token valuations fluctuate, subsequent Worker(s) will be offered to fully fund the Intent.
Core Team ScopeThe primary focus of the Core Team remains maintenance and development of the
core protocol and oversight of the
BitShares Improvement Proposals (BSIP) process. The Core Team will continue to liaise with the
BitShares UI Team, and other community lead efforts maintained within the
BitShares Organization on GitHub. The Core Team continues to guide Community Contributors toward promotion into open Core Team Roles through the Community Claims program detailed below.
Collaboration tools will continue to include software tools and server infrastructure to support development and testing efforts. The
bitshares-core GitHub repository remains the primary source for our planning, discussion and deliveries. The Core Team participates with the UI Team and BitShares Committee to manage access within the
BitShares Organization on GitHub.
Attendance and speaking engagements at relevant international conferences, hackathons and events remain an important component of the Core Team's dedication to community outreach. We gather for in-person meetings prior to each conference and hold remote planning meetings throughout the year.
Expanded Core Team scope for 2019 will include:
* Participation in one (1) additional international conference
* Multilingual information gathering and dissemination (English and Mandarin)
* Designate the Development Spokesperson(s) for public engagements
Core Team Member IntroductionsAbit More - Core Developer
I have contributed to the BitShares code base for many years [4].
Alfredo Garcia - Core Developer
Started Bitshares contributions into the core more than 2 years ago, initially funded by my own worker proposal[5]. Activity was always maintenance, development, testing, discussion and review around the bitshares-core source code[6]. I also provide support to the community and build utility tools to increase the adoption of Bitshares technology[7]. In the second half of 2018 i joined the core team and had been working there since then.
Peter Conrad - Core Developer
I am a knowledgeable and long-standing member of the BitShares community (@pc) and an active developer for many years [8-9].
John Jones - Core Developer
I have been a professional software developer since 1991, and a "hacker" before then. Most of my work experience has been in finance/investments/insurance. I have been contributing to the BitShares codebase since the beginning of 2018. [10-12].
Ryan R. Fox - Coordinator, Business Analyst, QA/Tester
I have actively contributed to BitShares development from its inception [13-16]. I have extensive professional background in project management with software development teams and am a professional scrum master (PSM-1) with multi-national experience in financial services, mortgage banking and manufacturing.
Dr. Christopher J. Sanborn, PhD - Junior Developer
I have more than a decade of experience in scientific computing and developing software for physical simulations, and more than two decades in software development generally [17]. I have been passionate about crypto since 2013, and have been contributing to the BitShares ecosystem since 2017. I have a particular interest in improving privacy preservation within blockchain technologies.
Michel Santos - Senior Business Analyst
Trained as an aerospace engineer with extensive experience in modeling and simulating the dynamics and control of different types of vehicles. Background in analyzing business processes and finding ways to improve them. Has assisted firms with identifying how to use blockchain technologies as one option in their toolchest [18].
沈瞳 Tong Shen - Coordinator Assistant
I have over 10 years of experience in development of web apps, mobile apps, API servers, data processing apps, smart contracts, and have served various roles as SDE, Project Manager, Product Manager, IT Consultant, Agile Coach and CTO [19-21]. As Cofounder & CTO of Spark Blockchain and Liaoyuan, I've built a strong connection with the blockchain and startup ecosystem through our blockchain & startup summits and meetups in United States and China [22].
杉本 T. Sugimoto - Documentation Specialist, QA/Tester
I have created and revised documentation for BitShares over the past two years [23]. I hold a Masters in MIS and have held professional titles including Systems Analyst & Programmer, Web Designer and Database Administrator. I have experience using Content Management Systems to re-organize multiple websites. I am proficient analyzing system code in many programming languages and have created many web applications and websites.
田蒙蒙 Linda Tian - Coordinator Assistant
I was fully engaged in the planning and organization of China Graphene Blockchain DevCon in January and Global Graphene Blockchain DevCon in May, 2018 [24]. I have organized a series of activities like translation, meetups, live events about BitShares. Now I work as Secretary General of Graphene Blockchain Application Center(GBAC) [25], and regularly communicate with Graphene projects including BitShares community in China. In short, I have extensive professional background in community operation [26].
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