Hello!

Welcome back to the discussion on the Gridcoin Research 4.0-2018 Roadmap proposals. First, some house keeping.

Useful Reading

Directly Related Content:

1: Gridcoin Research 4.0 Proposals and Preliminary Polls

2: Summary of Discussion - Gridcoin Proposals and Preliminary Polls

3: Gridcoin Research 4.0-2018 Roadmap Progress Report #1

4: Regarding the New Technology Rebase Poll and GRC 4.0-2018 Roadmap Proposals

5: Gridcoin Research 4.0-2018 Roadmap Progress Report #2 and November 18th Discussion Recording

Constant Block Reward and Block Creation Proposals/Ideas:

Gridcoin Production Supply Proposals Discussion

Proposal: Pure PoR Transition GRC 4.0-2018 Roadmap

The Gridcoin Community Hangout

Join us this Saturday, 7pm UTC, at the Gridcoin Community Hangout (number 45!) for further discussion. Additionally, get your comments in on that thread if you would like anything Gridcoin related discussed! We will cover it whether you are there or not. If you are there, you will be given the opportunity to introduce your comment and lead the discussion. If you cannot make the hangout, keep an eye out for the recording and summary posted in the days after.

Because I Have Your Attention

Before we begin, I want to take a moment to direct you to two survey polls in the client that were put together by @Brod.

Read more at Github Issue #185.

Both are there to gauge what the community sees as the most pressing issues with regards to development. You can select more than one option in both polls. The "cnt" poll gives each CPID 1 weight per vote and the "mag" poll gives weight based on magnitude. Participate! To vote, don't forget to fully unlock your wallet, and then lock it again when you are done.

Gridcoin Research 4.0-2018 Roadmap Progress Report #3

Here are the updates regarding creating polls for the proposed improvements to Gridcoin Research in 2018.

As discussed in the last progress report, we acknowledge that the timeline proposed in the original article has passed. We continue to discuss a new timeline moving forward. Expect more time for polling than is presented in the original article. We also acknowledge that the proposed polls in the original article may have been too specific. At the same time, we still intend to release a general 2018 roadmap on January 1st, 2018. The roadmap presented on the 1st will be preliminary as the polls outlined below will be taking place at least through January. To achieve this, we have restructured how we intend to phrase the polls made in the client. Keep in mind that all polls made in the client will be verifiably created by a signer of the original Gridcoin Research 4.0 post.

Here is how we intend to phrase the Gridcoin Research 4.0-2018 Roadmap polls. Detailed explanations of each proposed solution can be found in the original article linked at the top of this post. We look forward to your feedback!

"Do you think the Stake Weight Problem is something that should be fixed in 2018, and how?"

-Yes, Constant Block Reward with continued exploration into more long term solutions.

-Yes, Masternodes.

-Yes, Combination of Interest and Constant Block Reward.

-Yes, Fix interest so coins must stay online.

-Yes, Not Constant Block Reward, Masternodes, or Interest.

-No

"Do you think Total Credit Delta is something that should be implemented in 2018"

-Yes

-No

-No, but we should not use RAC either.

"Should we develop a way to use Research Done on BOINC (magnitude) to secure at least part of the blockchain in 2018?"

-Yes

-No

"Do you support the continued exploration of Manual Reward Claims in 2018?"

-Yes

-No

"Do you support the continue exploration of Dynamic Witness Participation for superblock creation in 2018?"

-Yes

-No

"Do you support the continued exploration of Superblock Payout in 2018?"

-Yes

-No

There you have it! If you see any possible issues with these polls, think we should add or remove anything, think we are phrasing them incorrectly or with bias, or anything at all, please let us know in the comments below.

We will continue to discuss the timeline around the creation and duration of these polls and will let you know as soon as we have an idea that is ready for feedback from the community.

Thank you for your continued involvement in the development and progression of Gridcoin!

Happy BOINCing!