BitShares Hangout #25 -2017-06-16- OpenSource Agenda [Top Contributors Earn BTS]

[R]

Count me in!

I'll replicate my post from steemit:

Bitshares Roadmap?

Could we update the Bitshares roadmap https://bitshares.org/roadmap.html ?  The last entry in the current roadmap on the official bitshares website is Feb 2016.

Funding BSIPs/Worker proposals!
We've got this massive reserve pool of funds to potentially fund development - it's literally in the hundreds of millions $ range!

Some may argue that users who fear BTS dilution will reject all worker proposals, however I believe this was only the case a couple years ago for Bytemaster due to political reasons. Given how less BTS will be distributed now due to the current marketcap, this may not be as serious of a concern anymore.

I feel that there are two things blocking worker proposal attempts:
* Inability to create worker proposal via the GUI. ([Bitshares-UI issue raised!](https://github.com/bitshares/bitshares-ui/issues/173)
* Having to create a worker proposal to request funds for potentially developing features for the Bitshares DEX. I feel that requesting payment may be a daunting task, putting users off. If we were able to create bounty proposals to advertise the need and support of a potential [BSIP](https://github.com/bitshares/bsips) we'll successfully recruit developers. Thoughts?

Writing up BSIPs after discussion!
After coming up with a great idea, or holding a discussion about a possible idea we need to make a habit of writing up a [BSIP](https://github.com/bitshares/bsips) to get action going on new features.

Case and point, I still need to write up a BSIP for 'Earning interest/dividends on bitassets' (The forum post has 3000+ views and 9 pages! https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,23981.0.html)

Shoutout to BSIPs
https://github.com/bitshares/bsips/blob/master/bsip-0017.md (Revive BitAssets after global settlement - Peter Conrad; Stagnated.)
https://github.com/bitshares/bsips/blob/master/bsip-0018.md (Revive BitAsset through buying Settlement Pool - Fabian Schuh; New!)
https://github.com/bitshares/bsips/blob/master/bsip-0005.md (Expiring Votes for Witnesses - Fabian Schuh; Stagnated.).

[fuzzy]

BitShares Hangout Open Source Agenda has been Launched!

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The Format of these Hangouts:

This post is planned to go up every Thursday the day before the BitShares Hangout. BitShares community members who post subjects to cover and bring topics of discussion are asked to do so in response to this post first. @officialfuzzy can finally pay people who have supported this powerful cryptocurrency for the past 4 years since its birth and evolution. So reply below with valuable topics, updates, info we should cover and earn upvotes from in this thread and earn a special bonus if yours are chosen!
How much time will we have?

Hangouts will be at least 45 minutes long, but depending on attendance and projects/topics to be covered may last up to 1 hour. Given this, we will try to stay with 4-5 core topics and will fit in others where possible.

What will we earn for contributing?
Those who attend will each earn from a pool of bitshares that will be purchased with earnings from this post. They will then be given directly to you via our new guestbook that we are testing.
Fuzzy will be giving whaleshares to community founders who attend this weekly hangout to give their own unique perspectives and expert commentary. He will also be giving them to people who give topics and information we choose to use in our hangout!

And let's not forget...you get SP through upvoting quality information and content worth sharing with the top minds in crypto across the graphene ecosystem!


Is any topic off Limits?
Yes. We reserve the right to learn from the newest trickster trolling steemit consistently searching for way to insert chaos into the equation and devise future strategies for negating these. Naturally if these efforts become ham-fisted attempts at shutting down free speech in honest conversations, the audience will hold us accountable.
But with that said....pretty much anything can be covered--even up to and including current events. However, I personally will only be voting up stories that touch the blockchain in some way shape or form and will be asking the community to downvote absolute Rubbish!

Please Post Additions to the Open Source Agenda Thread on Steemit so we can pay you for your contributions and help you increase the BTS Community's Strength in the strongest crypto-social network in the world!