Introduction

Before getting started, I wanted to give attribution of the M.A.S.H system to ODIN Society member, Bohica. He worked tirelessly at completing this project and is due a fair bit of gratitude. Thank you!

M.A.S.H. = Massive Automated Scalable Hosting

The M.A.S.H. service provided by ODIN Society seeks to provide an incredibly user-friendly solution for remote hosting of Masternodes. Additionally, the new build includes a portal by which anyone can submit a proposal for ODIN related development that will then be voted on by masternode holding community members. I’ll talk further to the usability, implications, and general alignment this update has with ODIN Societies’ ultimate vision of a community governed network throughout this article.

Proposal Portal — A quick explanation and an ‘almost’ step by step guide.

Have you ever opened your favorite crypto currency’s debug console and immediately become struck with a mix of terror and confusion?

Yeah, me too.

ODIN Society is against the technical barriers holding back novice level participants in the space, and with the latest update to the M.A.S.H website, these limitations are significantly reduced when it comes to ODIN.

ODIN Society has made the ability to propose ODIN developmental efforts easily accessible to anyone with 51 ODIN Coin in their proposal wallet and an active internet connection.

Submitting a proposal previously meant a fairly involved series of steps that included several commands, that if not done just right by way of that dreaded debug console, would result in your proposal not making it to the round of voting.

I tried it. It wasn’t pretty. Two hours and a proposal submitted to the wrong superblock later, I was still unsure if I had done it correctly. Mind you; I’m not the most technically gifted, but I surely would consider myself fairly competent.

Fast forward to the new launch of M.A.S.H., and I was able to complete my latest proposal beginning to end all within the online portal in just ten minutes. No anxiety. No confusion. I was even greeted to an Easter egg of sorts in the form of Baby Dragon, a web-based game contribution by a co-operative member’s incredibly gifted duo of teenage sons. (More on this later in the article.)

Exactly how accessible is this to the average consumer in the space?

Below I’ll be including a series of pictures and corresponding definitions showing what to expect when submitting your first proposal.

Step 1: Go to https://mash.odinblockchain.org/proposals and ensure your wallet is holding at least 51 ODIN coin. Simply click “GENERATE ADDRESS” and send 51 ODIN coin to the provided address.

Proposal Portal Wallet

As you can see above, I currently have 51 ODIN coin in my wallet and thus meet proposal payment requirement.

Step 2: Upon your wallet showing a current balance of at least 51 ODIN, you will click CREATE PROPOSAL, and be provided with the following to fill out:

Preparing your proposal.

Step 3: As seen in the image above, you, the proposer, will have to provide a few details manually before the proposal can be correctly submitted. Here they are:

Proposal Name: Here you will name your proposal in 20 characters or less. This naming convention allows for voters to quickly find your specific project and vote accordingly. (Ex. Publication Efforts)

URL: Here you will link prospective voters to an outline of your proposal. The framework will typically include an explanation of your plans, including details regarding time frame, expenditures, and other relevant information. Take a look at the proposal that made this article possible here. (Pro tip: use a URL condenser like bit.ly to meet the 64 character limit)

Total Monthly Payments: Here you will select how many monthly payments you would like your ODIN Coin to be distributed over if your proposal is approved and makes it to the final budget. This allows for larger project’s fees to be spread across several months, leaving a more substantial proportion of unused funds available for distribution to other ODIN projects.

Select Superblock: Here you will find two choices. The first of which is the ability to select that your proposal is up for consideration in the current voting round. However, you may find yourself too near the closing of the current proposal period and elect for option two. Selecting the second of the two options in the drop-down means that your proposal is instead up for consideration the following proposal period. Opting for the latter will allow more time for the community to consider your plan and make a more informed decision on it.

ODIN address to send payments to: Here you will provide the ODIN receiving address you wish to have the payment sent. I highly encourage having funds sent to an address associated with your desktop wallet or an ODIN wallet address you feel confident is secure.

Monthly payment amount: Here you will include the monthly amount you wish to receive. Thinking back to my previous example, if you wanted a total of 5,000.00 ODIN coin over the course of five months, you would do some basic division to find out your monthly payment total. In the previous example, 5,000.00 ODIN coin divided by five months would result in a monthly payment of 1,000.00 ODIN coin.

A correctly filled out proposal will look something like this:

Completed Prepare Portal

Step 4: After you’ve submitted the necessary information, click CONTINUE, and you will find yourself in a waiting room of sorts that shows the passing of block confirmations. The portal requires a minimum of 6 confirmations of the transaction before your final submission. The typical block time is roughly one minute per block, so expect to spend about six minutes here while the blockchain is confirming your transaction. Does six minutes sound like a bit of a stretch for the 21st-century brain? No worries. You’ll have the option to play Baby Dagon, which I know I’ve teased twice now, but I’ll speak more to in the closing of this article.

After this you will find yourself in the final step. Click SUBMIT and your proposal will find itself among the others waiting to be voted on.

Congratulations! You’ve done it. You’re now participating in ODIN’s community governance model. Give yourself a high five, or if a pat on the back is more your style, do that instead.

Implications for ODIN’s Community Governance

We at ODIN Blockchain value the input of our community immensely. This update makes it possible for the voices of all to be genuinely heard and felt. It isn’t every day that you come across a network that you can make meaningful change within. ODIN aims to be different. We believe that providing accessible and user-friendly solutions will widen our user-base and provide us with an increasingly community governed model.

If you’re interested in reading more about why I feel community governance is so valuable, feel free to read my previous article, ODIN Blockchain Embarks on a Journey Toward True Community Governance.

Do you have the next great ODIN contribution? We hope to hear all about it.

In Proposal entertainment, Baby Dragon, provided by Co-op member [The Voice]’s teenage sons.

I’m an educator by trade. I work with our nation’s youth most of the year and am continually inspired by the sparks of creativity that permeate from them.

Today I found myself surprised — not in the classroom, but on my web browser by the two teenage sons of The Voice. These two adolescent coders go by Octal8 and C4nn0n. (Because no real coder is complete without a cool name, am I right?) The former of which, Octal8, is a full stack developer in his third year of college. He hopes to learn more about Blockchain and game development with the potential integration of the two. His brother, C4nn0n, is well on his way to becoming a full stack developer. He is in his first year of college and loves the design component of development.

In the building of Baby Dragon, (where villagers are subject to the wrath of a fire breathing dragon, think: Daenerys Targaryen burning down King’s Landing), C4nn0n, the conceptual genesis behind the game, was instrumental in character design and sound while Octal8 helped with character design and wrote the code powering the game.

Please give their contribution a look and don’t forget to stop by our Discord or Telegram and give them an extra special thanks!

Play Baby Dragon here!

https://bluelimoo.com/baby-dragon/

Where do I find out more?

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Read more about how to get Ø(ODIN) here.

Come on by our discord and be the first to @ [nondiscript | ODIN] with the following message “M.A.S.H.ternodes brought to us by @Bohica!” to get 100 free Ø (ODIN COIN).