Proposals Maintainer

[cbeams]

Docs: https://docs.bisq.network/proposals.html#maintainer
Team: @bisq-network/proposals-maintainers

[cbeams]

2017.12 report

There was no activity around proposals this month.

/cc bisq-network/compensation#26

[cbeams]

2018.01 report

We had one new proposal issue this month around how to turn Bisq nodes into Lightning nodes, and it's begun to get some activity. See bisq-network/proposals#3.

/cc bisq-network/compensation#35

[cbeams]

2018.02 report

Just one new proposal this month, around building native mobile apps. It's only an issue at this point and could use more feedback: bisq-network/proposals#4

/cc bisq-network/compensation#40

[cbeams]

2018.03 report

We had an uptick in new proposals over the month of March (some of which were my own), but not a lot of resolution / coming to consensus about them. To a certain degree, it's fine for proposals to hang around for a while, in order for people to have time to read, think about, and respond to them, but at a certain point, proposals basically "go cold" and either need to be brought back to life or closed due to inactivity. I'm not sure about what to do here, process-wise, but in any case, I think we want the proposal process to have a high degree of integrity, where people who submit proposals are fully responsible for their resolution (one way or another), and proposals don't "die on the vine" due to inattention.

I'll make a point to care for my proposals in this way over the coming month; perhaps others can do the same.

/cc bisq-network/compensation#57

[cbeams]

2018.04 report

@cbeams wrote a proposal on refining the proposal process, which was approved and led to putting together the https://docs.bisq.network/proposals.html doc in bisq-network/bisq-docs#40. This new doc defines the proposals process and all @bisq-network/contributors are encouraged to read and understand it.

There were a number of other proposals accepted and rejected this month, and several proposals remain open right now. In the future come, these monthly maintainer updates will recap the proposals that were created, accepted and rejected throughout the month.

/cc bisq-network/compensation#68

[cbeams]

2018.05 report

As can be seen in the results of this query:

• 6 proposals were closed as approved
• 1 proposal was closed as stalled
• 2 new proposals were created

I believe the proposals process is working quite well now, and it's reasonable to believe it'll only get better from here as more contributors get familiar with it.

One potential area for improvement, though, is around reviewing proposals. On average we're getting just 3–5 reactions to proposals. If that is a reflection of how many contributors actually care about each proposal, then that's fine (we don't want people wasting their time weighing on on stuff they don't know about or don't care about), but if these numbers are a reflection of the fact that people just don't know that the proposals are there, or haven't prioritized reading through them, then it would be good to get more engagement. Be sure to watch the repository if you're not already doing so.

If you have feedback on this process, please speak up. You can do that in a comment here, in the `#proposals' Slack channel, or in an issue on the proposals repository.

/cc bisq-network/compensation#74

[ManfredKarrer]

2018.06 report

I took over primary ownership of that role that month.

• 7 proposals have been opened.
• 1 was closed

Unfortunately there is still not a lot of discussion and feedback on most of the proposals. We need to try to spread that better to the other channels and invite people to actively participate in the discussion.

/cc bisq-network/compensation#92

[cbeams]

2018.06 report

Thanks, @ManfredKarrer and @ripcurlx for agreeing to temporarily take on this role, but on review, I don't think it makes sense to hand it off. Proposals are a vital part of how we do things, and I'm happy to continue caring for the process there until someone shows up who is really eager to take it over.

I think it's much better, @ManfredKarrer, for you in particular to spend your time with proposals either (a) submitting your own proposals (as you've done to good effect a number of times now) or (b) reviewing others' proposals. The actual duties of Proposals Maintainer are quite easy, so I'll keep doing them for now.

Note that I've clarified what those duties are in the Proposals doc. It hasn't been merged yet, but you can see a draft here: https://deploy-preview-46--bisq-docs.netlify.com/proposals.html#duties

I've updated the description of this issue to reflect what I've written above.

/cc bisq-network/compensation#89

[cbeams]

2018.07 report

I have been behind in my proposals maintainer duties over the last couple months, and let a few proposals linger longer than they should have without being closed or otherwise pushed along.

I've caught up now, however, on open proposals, including closing serveral, and will endeavor to keep up with the normal two-week review cycle going forward.

In the meantime, it's great to see all the productive ideas and conversation happening around proposals. Keep it coming!

BSQ requested: 150

/cc bisq-network/compensation#101

[pazza83]

Cycle 50 Report

Some good proposals opened this cycle for discussion.

4 proposals were opened:

• @clearwater-trust BSQ Affiliate Program
• @counterweightoperator Spread Bisq 2 education through European meetups
• @nickfonbnk Proposal: Increase Bisq's Reach with Fonbnk Integration (Payment Method Request)
• @alvasw Allow non-absent Trade Peer to Claim Funds Before Arbitration

No proposals were accepted / rejected this cycle:

[pazza83]

Cycle 51 Report

Here is the report for the proposal activity from Cycle 51

3 proposals were opened:

• @DireWolfM14 Proposal to advertise Bisq on the bitcoin forum
• @403State 403State to post bond for Bisq2 seednode operator
• @HenrikJannsen Bisq Lightning trade protocol

1 proposal was rejected this cycle:

• @nickfonbnk Proposal: Increase Bisq's Reach with Fonbnk Integration (Payment Method Request)

2 proposals were approved cycle:

• @counterweightoperator Spread Bisq 2 education through European meetups
• @alvasw Allow non-absent Trade Peer to Claim Funds Before Arbitration

[pazza83]

Cycle 52 Report

Quiet cycle for proposals for this cycle.

Good time to remind users to comment / upvote / downvote any of the current open issues.

0 proposals were opened:

0 proposals were rejected this cycle:

1 proposal was approved cycle:

• @403State 403State to post bond for Bisq2 seednode operator

[pazza83]

Cycle 53 Report

Busy cycle for proposals for this cycle with users making proposals to bond roles for Bisq 2.

7 proposals were opened:

@brokenmoney Application to become a moderator for Bisq 2
@solomon1923 Application to become a mediator for Bisq 2
@runbtc Application to become a bonded price node operator
@runbtc Application to become a bonded explorer operator
@HenrikJannsen Bisq2 Security Manager
@HenrikJannsen Bisq2 seed node operator
@HenrikJannsen Bisq2 oracle node operator

2 proposals were rejected this cycle:

@clearwater-trust BSQ Affiliate Program
@DireWolfM14 Proposal to advertise Bisq on the bitcoin forum

0 proposals were approved cycle:

[pazza83]

Cycle 54 Report

All proposals voted on by the DAO for new Bisq 2 roles were accepted this cycle.

2 proposals were opened:

@pazza83 Plan for Projects Maintainer role: First Stage
@luis3672 Application to become a mediator for Bisq 2

0 proposals were rejected this cycle:

13 proposals were approved cycle:

@gabernard Bisq2 Security Manager
@alvasw Bisq2 oracle node operator
@alvasw Bisq2 seed node operator
@suddenwhipvapor Application to become a moderator for Bisq 2
@alejandrogarcia83 Bisq2 Release Manager
@brokenmoney Application to become a moderator for Bisq 2
@solomon1923 Application to become a mediator for Bisq 2
@runbtc Application to become a bonded price node operator
@runbtc Application to become a bonded explorer operator
@HenrikJannsen Bisq2 Security Manager
@HenrikJannsen Bisq2 seed node operator
@HenrikJannsen Bisq2 oracle node operator
@HenrikJannsen Bisq2 Release Manager

[pazza83]

Cycle 55 Report

Quiet cycle for proposals.

0 proposals were opened:

0 proposals were rejected this cycle:

1 proposals were approved cycle:

@pazza83 Plan for Projects Maintainer role: First Stage

[pazza83]

Cycle 56 Report

Quiet cycle for proposals.

1 proposals were opened:

@403State Application to become a bonded pricenode operator

0 proposals were rejected this cycle:

2 proposals were approved cycle:

@MwithM BSQ trading fee update on Cycle 55
@solomon1923 Proposal to assume Growth Lead role

[pazza83]

Cycle 57 Report

Quiet cycle for proposals.

1 proposals were opened:

@salokiam Show a Warning for potentially misconfigured network settings

0 proposals were rejected this cycle:

1 proposals were approved cycle:

@403State Application to become a bonded pricenode operator

[pazza83]

Cycle 58 Report

Quiet cycle for proposals.

0 proposals were opened:

0 proposals were rejected this cycle:

0 proposals were approved cycle:

[pazza83]

Cycle 59 Report

Quiet cycle for proposals.

1 proposal was opened:

@HenrikJannsen Reduce max. trade amount via DAO voting

0 proposals were rejected this cycle:

0 proposals were approved cycle:

[pazza83]

Cycle 60 Report

Another quiet cycle for proposals.

2 proposals were opened:

@runbtc Restore mempool fork
@refund-agent2 Reduce max refund amounts

0 proposals were rejected this cycle:

1 proposal was approved cycle:

@HenrikJannsen Reduce max. trade amount via DAO voting

[pazza83]

Cycle 61 will be my last cycle for this role. I will look to tidy up the current open proposals before passing this role over to @suddenwhipvapor should they accept taking it on.

[suddenwhipvapor]

Thank you @pazza83 I will be available to take on this role from cycle 62

[pazza83]

Cycle 61 Report

This will be my last cycle as the proposals maitainer. @suddenwhipvapor will be taking over from next cycle.

2 proposals were opened:

@philipmw Application to become a bonded price node operator
@ChrisSon15 Single Transaction Multisig Protocol for Bisq using UTXO swap

0 proposals were rejected this cycle:

0 proposals were approved this cycle:

[suddenwhipvapor]

Cycle 61 Report

This will be my last cycle as the proposals maitainer. @suddenwhipvapor will be taking over from next cycle.

2 proposals were opened:

@philipmw Application to become a bonded price node operator @ChrisSon15 Single Transaction Multisig Protocol for Bisq using UTXO swap

0 proposals were rejected this cycle:

0 proposals were approved this cycle:

Thank you, I think this is where I officially ask to be given moderation privileges for this repository?

[pazza83]

Thank you, I think this is where I officially ask to be given moderation privileges for this repository?

@cbeams please can you give @suddenwhipvapor the necessary permissions for the proposals repository and this issue.

Many thanks.

[suddenwhipvapor]

Cycle 62

New proposals

• Proposal to decentralize dispute resolving in bisq proposals#458
• Dispute resolution changes for bisq 2 multisig proposals#459
• increase privacy for SingleTX protocol proposals#460