From a4ded30b8b63ffbcf5a9cacc43ca4b8fc2826e92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SatoshiSoramoto <98047601+SatoshiSoramoto@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:32:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 01/16] Create Decentralized Forum Proposal --- open_rfps/Decentralized Forum Proposal | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+) create mode 100644 open_rfps/Decentralized Forum Proposal diff --git a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum Proposal b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum Proposal new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9ae181f --- /dev/null +++ b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum Proposal @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +**Proposal Due Data** +20th January, 2022 +**Proposal Overview** +Creating a new decentralized forum that will have XOR as the native currency + +**Proposal Goals (list with explanations where possible)** +The main goal is to create a new decentralized forum that will be used by many people and will also bring new users to the Sora network. +The forum won't require registration by using email or any kind of KYC, people will be able to post threads and comments +by only signing messages with their wallets (polkadot.js). There are various other crypto-forums/platforms (i.e. bitcointalk) that have many million users. +Only last year over 20 million users (combined) registered to these forums. +There will be various sections in the forum but the very interesting one will be the Marketplace where people will freely trade, +buy and sell digital and non-digital goods using a contract system(at their own risk). +The XOR will be used for all the payments in the forum (like subscriptions, contracts, paid stickers, etc). + +**Scope of Work (describe the scope of work in as much detail as possible)** +- People will be able to post comments and threads by only signing messages with their wallets. + +- There will be sections such as Economy, Life, Code, Games, Tech, Science, Market, Cryptocurrencies, and many others. + +- To prevent spam posts/threads, it will be required each user to hold at least 40-50$ worth of XOR in their address (the equivalent amount of $ may change). + +- There will be an exclusive Sora and Polkaswap section in the forum so all the users can read about new updates and learn more about the network. + +- We will create a contract system for the Marketplace section, people will give a score for the quality of the products/services of the vendors after every deal. + +- The contracts will be paid in XOR, they'll be off-chain contracts in a server, in the future we may upgrade the contract system and they may be on-chain contracts to the public Sora's blockchain. + +- There will be groups owned by influencers/youtubers in order to bring more users, people will pay for subscriptions the same way they pay at other platforms, so they have access to each group. + +- Every group will have its section in the forum and only people who paid subscriptions will have access. + +- Subscriptions, group sales, contracts, stickers, and in general everything in the forum will be paid only with XOR. + +- We will be able to blacklist an address if they violated the T.O.S. + +- Sora Parliament will always be helpful with their new ideas for the forum. + +**Milestones** +Project to begin March 2022 and be ready for testing by July 2022 and released to the public tentatively once it's fully functional. + +**Current roadblocks** +None + +**Deliverables** +- A fully functional forum that uses XOR as its native currency. +- A section for Sora network that will be controlled by the Sora Parliament (Community can vote for the addresses that will have +control of the section, or else the council). +- A contract system for the Marketplace. + +**Submission Method (which folder on GitHub to submit a proposal to** +https://github.com/sora-xor/rfps + +**Project due date** +July 2022 + +**Budget Amount** +2500 XOR + From d18c8417ade30b70b0bd757f0ffa72a9ffd8ea5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SatoshiSoramoto <98047601+SatoshiSoramoto@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:42:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 02/16] Update Decentralized Forum Proposal --- open_rfps/Decentralized Forum Proposal | 26 ++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum Proposal b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum Proposal index 9ae181f..d51c01b 100644 --- a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum Proposal +++ b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum Proposal @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ **Proposal Due Data** 20th January, 2022 + **Proposal Overview** Creating a new decentralized forum that will have XOR as the native currency @@ -13,6 +14,13 @@ buy and sell digital and non-digital goods using a contract system(at their own The XOR will be used for all the payments in the forum (like subscriptions, contracts, paid stickers, etc). **Scope of Work (describe the scope of work in as much detail as possible)** +All the technology that we may need to code the forum is available. Polkadot.js wallet seems to be compatible with whatever you have in our mind as team. +Would be great if we could use wallet connect for Fearless Wallet, Sora DAE and other mobile wallets. This may happen in the future. + +**Current roadblocks** +None + +**Evaluation metrics and criteria** - People will be able to post comments and threads by only signing messages with their wallets. - There will be sections such as Economy, Life, Code, Games, Tech, Science, Market, Cryptocurrencies, and many others. @@ -35,11 +43,12 @@ The XOR will be used for all the payments in the forum (like subscriptions, cont - Sora Parliament will always be helpful with their new ideas for the forum. -**Milestones** -Project to begin March 2022 and be ready for testing by July 2022 and released to the public tentatively once it's fully functional. +- There will be various changes to the UI as the time goes by based on what community asks/likes. -**Current roadblocks** -None +- Some of the funds will be used to protect the servers from DDOS attacks, hopefully no additional resources will be needed. + +**Milestones** +Project to begin March 2022, be ready for testing at latest by July 2022, and released to the public once it's fully functional. **Deliverables** - A fully functional forum that uses XOR as its native currency. @@ -48,11 +57,4 @@ control of the section, or else the council). - A contract system for the Marketplace. **Submission Method (which folder on GitHub to submit a proposal to** -https://github.com/sora-xor/rfps - -**Project due date** -July 2022 - -**Budget Amount** -2500 XOR - +https://github.com/sora-xor/rfps/tree/master/open_rfps From 742acde4b8b97085d4928aa48fd65bb2dc6d3982 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SatoshiSoramoto <98047601+SatoshiSoramoto@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:45:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 03/16] Update Decentralized Forum Proposal --- open_rfps/Decentralized Forum Proposal | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum Proposal b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum Proposal index d51c01b..083092a 100644 --- a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum Proposal +++ b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum Proposal @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ buy and sell digital and non-digital goods using a contract system(at their own The XOR will be used for all the payments in the forum (like subscriptions, contracts, paid stickers, etc). **Scope of Work (describe the scope of work in as much detail as possible)** -All the technology that we may need to code the forum is available. Polkadot.js wallet seems to be compatible with whatever you have in our mind as team. +All the technology that we may need to code the forum is available. Polkadot.js wallet seems to be compatible with whatever we have in our mind as team. Would be great if we could use wallet connect for Fearless Wallet, Sora DAE and other mobile wallets. This may happen in the future. **Current roadblocks** From b7df2a4e9babb005750984086f003b0772baf69b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SatoshiSoramoto <98047601+SatoshiSoramoto@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 11:16:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 04/16] Rename Decentralized Forum Proposal to Decentralized Forum RFP --- .../{Decentralized Forum Proposal => Decentralized Forum RFP} | 0 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) rename open_rfps/{Decentralized Forum Proposal => Decentralized Forum RFP} (100%) diff --git a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum Proposal b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP similarity index 100% rename from open_rfps/Decentralized Forum Proposal rename to open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP From d769e5d8f9297e3d127ab421e22f50a29facf904 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SatoshiSoramoto <98047601+SatoshiSoramoto@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 10:57:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 05/16] Update Decentralized Forum RFP --- open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP index 083092a..81ba173 100644 --- a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP +++ b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Only last year over 20 million users (combined) registered to these forums. There will be various sections in the forum but the very interesting one will be the Marketplace where people will freely trade, buy and sell digital and non-digital goods using a contract system(at their own risk). The XOR will be used for all the payments in the forum (like subscriptions, contracts, paid stickers, etc). +To run the forum, me and my team will have to register a company, so we can pay all the people who will work for the project legally (coders, UI designers, mods, etc.), pay for +the servers that will host the forum and also probably we will use some of the funds for marketing. I will write the proposed budget below. **Scope of Work (describe the scope of work in as much detail as possible)** All the technology that we may need to code the forum is available. Polkadot.js wallet seems to be compatible with whatever we have in our mind as team. @@ -58,3 +60,6 @@ control of the section, or else the council). **Submission Method (which folder on GitHub to submit a proposal to** https://github.com/sora-xor/rfps/tree/master/open_rfps + +**Budget amount** +2500 XOR From a8376f150c19877bc74500eae75580d174745cd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SatoshiSoramoto <98047601+SatoshiSoramoto@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2022 17:45:12 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 06/16] Update Decentralized Forum RFP --- open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP index 81ba173..fde0582 100644 --- a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP +++ b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP @@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ control of the section, or else the council). https://github.com/sora-xor/rfps/tree/master/open_rfps **Budget amount** -2500 XOR +250,000 XSTUSD From 82c46a7d08176ef6391d9d288e493040adbb2a35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SatoshiSoramoto <98047601+SatoshiSoramoto@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 23:03:09 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 07/16] Update Decentralized Forum RFP --- open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP | 135 +++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 103 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) diff --git a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP index fde0582..4127773 100644 --- a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP +++ b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP @@ -1,65 +1,136 @@ -**Proposal Due Data** +**(Initial) Proposal Due Date** 20th January, 2022 +**(UPDATED) Proposal Due Date** +16th April, 2022 + **Proposal Overview** -Creating a new decentralized forum that will have XOR as the native currency - -**Proposal Goals (list with explanations where possible)** -The main goal is to create a new decentralized forum that will be used by many people and will also bring new users to the Sora network. -The forum won't require registration by using email or any kind of KYC, people will be able to post threads and comments -by only signing messages with their wallets (polkadot.js). There are various other crypto-forums/platforms (i.e. bitcointalk) that have many million users. -Only last year over 20 million users (combined) registered to these forums. -There will be various sections in the forum but the very interesting one will be the Marketplace where people will freely trade, -buy and sell digital and non-digital goods using a contract system(at their own risk). -The XOR will be used for all the payments in the forum (like subscriptions, contracts, paid stickers, etc). -To run the forum, me and my team will have to register a company, so we can pay all the people who will work for the project legally (coders, UI designers, mods, etc.), pay for -the servers that will host the forum and also probably we will use some of the funds for marketing. I will write the proposed budget below. - -**Scope of Work (describe the scope of work in as much detail as possible)** +Creating a new decentralized forum that will have XOR as its native currency + +**Proposal Goals** +The main goal is to create a new decentralized forum that will be bring new users and expand the decentralization of the Sora ecosystem. +The forum won't require emails, usernames, passwords or any kind of KYC for the registration. People will be able to register, login, post threads and comments +by only using their wallet that supports SORA network (polkadot.js). + +There are various other crypto-forums/platforms (i.e. bitcointalk) that have many millions of registered users (Only last year over 20 million users +registered to these forums). + +There will be many sections in the forum but the 3 very interesting ones will be: +a) the Marketplace, where people will freely trade, buy and sell digital and non-digital goods using a contract system. Also, in the same section people +will be able to offer & ask for services. + +b) the SORA section, where people will discuss about the SORA ecosystem, future upgrades, proposals and in general whatever is related to SORA. + +c) the Teams-Groups section. This section will be used as membership 'platform' that provides business tools for content creators, artists and others. +There won't be many Teams-Groups available, so being a Team-Group owner will be valuable. +The existing groups will be sellable, so every Team-Group owner can sell his Group to someone else if they liked the offer. +All the subscriptions for every Team-Group will be paid in XOR. + +Some of the Teams-Groups will be given for free to some of the most well-known content creators in the cryptospace (such as Youtubers and influencers). +This section will help the forum and SORA as the Team-Group owners will advertise us to their fans. + + +About the UI: +Our vision is to create a digital city as background UI for the forum. As the users enter to a section, a digital car in the background will drive them +to a different building in the city. + + +- Very interesting feature is that people will choose their own digital personas/characters among many we will create. These characters will be used as profile pictures. + Every user will be a citizen in the digital city. + +- To give NFTs more utility, we will mint some of these personas as NFTs and we will reward the early-supporters/users of the forum. + Also, some special characters will be created/and minted as NFTs, and will be given *only* to those who run validators that help to secure more the SORA network. + The users will be able to buy, sell and trade their digital personas with other users. + +The XOR will be used for all the payments in the forum (like subscriptions, paid stickers for the threads, teams-groups sales, special digital personas, etc). +In order to prevent spam/fake accounts, every user will have to own at least 30-40$ worth of XOR to their address in order to be able to post threads and comments. + +The forum will run on the team's servers. All the data such as subscriptions, XOR balances, threads, posts and contracts will be stored also there. +Although, as all the XOR addresses for the subscriptions and contracts between users will be showable in public, in the forum, everyone can see and verify the data and the transactions with the Sora Blockchain. + +Scope of Work (describe the scope of work in as much detail as possible) All the technology that we may need to code the forum is available. Polkadot.js wallet seems to be compatible with whatever we have in our mind as team. -Would be great if we could use wallet connect for Fearless Wallet, Sora DAE and other mobile wallets. This may happen in the future. +Would be great if we could use wallet connect for Fearless Wallet, Sora DAE and other mobile wallets. This hopefully will happen in the future. + **Current roadblocks** -None +None + **Evaluation metrics and criteria** -- People will be able to post comments and threads by only signing messages with their wallets. -- There will be sections such as Economy, Life, Code, Games, Tech, Science, Market, Cryptocurrencies, and many others. +- People will be able to post comments and threads by only using their wallets that support SORA network. + +- There will be sections such as SORA, Marketplace, Life, Games/NFTs, Cryptocurrencies, and others. Selected council members will be the admins of this section. -- To prevent spam posts/threads, it will be required each user to hold at least 40-50$ worth of XOR in their address (the equivalent amount of $ may change). +- To prevent spam posts/threads, it will be required each user to hold at least 30-40$ worth of XOR in their address (the equivalent amount of $ may change based on +what community wants). - There will be an exclusive Sora and Polkaswap section in the forum so all the users can read about new updates and learn more about the network. - We will create a contract system for the Marketplace section, people will give a score for the quality of the products/services of the vendors after every deal. -- The contracts will be paid in XOR, they'll be off-chain contracts in a server, in the future we may upgrade the contract system and they may be on-chain contracts to the public Sora's blockchain. +- The contracts will be off-chain and will be stored in a server. The users will be able to view the contracts between other users in the forum. -- There will be groups owned by influencers/youtubers in order to bring more users, people will pay for subscriptions the same way they pay at other platforms, so they have access to each group. +- There will be teams-groups owned by influencers/youtubers in order to bring more users, people will pay for subscriptions the same way they pay +to other platforms (but only in XOR), so they have access to each group. -- Every group will have its section in the forum and only people who paid subscriptions will have access. - -- Subscriptions, group sales, contracts, stickers, and in general everything in the forum will be paid only with XOR. +- Subscriptions, group sales, special personas, stickers, and in general everything in the forum will be paid only with XOR. - We will be able to blacklist an address if they violated the T.O.S. -- Sora Parliament will always be helpful with their new ideas for the forum. +- Sora Parliament will always be helpful with their new ideas for the forum. We have an idea about SORA Parliament being the escrow service for the users deals. +This of course will have to be decided and voted by the community. - There will be various changes to the UI as the time goes by based on what community asks/likes. - Some of the funds will be used to protect the servers from DDOS attacks, hopefully no additional resources will be needed. -**Milestones** -Project to begin March 2022, be ready for testing at latest by July 2022, and released to the public once it's fully functional. + + +**Milestones** +Project to begin as soon as possible, be ready for testing at latest by September 2022, and released to the public once it's fully functional. + + //The first Milestone will be proposed for funding AFTER the team delivers a video of the functional forum with the basic UI// + + +- We will propose to get 10% of the total funding for: +a) UI designing. The first step is to have the background ready so we will not face compatibility issues with the front and back-end coding of the forum. +This milestone is for the sections' UI background. +b) Pixel artists who will create from scratch all the digital personas. +c) Front and back-end work for the sections. + +-The next proposal will be again for 10% funding: +a) UI designing for the users' profiles. +b) Front and back-end work for the users' profiles. +c) Contract and rating system for the Marketplace. + +- Once the above are ready (estimated - July) we will propose to get another 25%: +a) Optimising the front and back-end code. +b) Polkadot.js implementation. +c) NFTs minting. +d) XOR balance checker for every user from the blockchain. +e) Auto-buy (subscriptions) for the Teams-Groups section. +f) Servers expenses. +g) Promo & how-to-use videos. + +Once testing is ready, community will use the forum to check for any bugs. +The 45% of the total funding will be proposed and given after the team delivers the mainnet. + +- Once forum is ready-for-use, we will propose the last 10% of the total funding for: +a) Forum App development (Android & iOS) +b) IF wallet connect feature is available to Fearless wallet/and Sora DAE wallet, same feature will also be implemented to the forum. + **Deliverables** -- A fully functional forum that uses XOR as its native currency. -- A section for Sora network that will be controlled by the Sora Parliament (Community can vote for the addresses that will have -control of the section, or else the council). +- A functional forum that will work as described above and that uses XOR as its native currency. +- A section for the Sora ecosystem. Council members will be the admins of this section. - A contract system for the Marketplace. -**Submission Method (which folder on GitHub to submit a proposal to** + +**Submission Method** https://github.com/sora-xor/rfps/tree/master/open_rfps + **Budget amount** 250,000 XSTUSD From 86b1f47cb18714574613eb74b04ef7ea8dce2b66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SatoshiSoramoto <98047601+SatoshiSoramoto@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 23:06:52 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 08/16] Update Decentralized Forum RFP --- open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP index 4127773..981f654 100644 --- a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP +++ b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ In order to prevent spam/fake accounts, every user will have to own at least 30- The forum will run on the team's servers. All the data such as subscriptions, XOR balances, threads, posts and contracts will be stored also there. Although, as all the XOR addresses for the subscriptions and contracts between users will be showable in public, in the forum, everyone can see and verify the data and the transactions with the Sora Blockchain. -Scope of Work (describe the scope of work in as much detail as possible) +**Scope of Work** All the technology that we may need to code the forum is available. Polkadot.js wallet seems to be compatible with whatever we have in our mind as team. Would be great if we could use wallet connect for Fearless Wallet, Sora DAE and other mobile wallets. This hopefully will happen in the future. From 2506350d7298b5990050a439c33c4093dbcc967a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SatoshiSoramoto <98047601+SatoshiSoramoto@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 23:11:56 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 09/16] Update Decentralized Forum RFP --- open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP index 981f654..c97b33b 100644 --- a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP +++ b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP @@ -87,12 +87,10 @@ This of course will have to be decided and voted by the community. - Some of the funds will be used to protect the servers from DDOS attacks, hopefully no additional resources will be needed. - **Milestones** Project to begin as soon as possible, be ready for testing at latest by September 2022, and released to the public once it's fully functional. - //The first Milestone will be proposed for funding AFTER the team delivers a video of the functional forum with the basic UI// - + //The first Milestone will be proposed for funding AFTER the team delivers a video of the forum with the basic UI// - We will propose to get 10% of the total funding for: a) UI designing. The first step is to have the background ready so we will not face compatibility issues with the front and back-end coding of the forum. From bd74380da7ab824878d3ebf38b1bab8f2fc811a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SatoshiSoramoto <98047601+SatoshiSoramoto@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 23:22:10 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 10/16] Update Decentralized Forum RFP --- open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP index c97b33b..a5417d9 100644 --- a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP +++ b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP @@ -52,11 +52,9 @@ Although, as all the XOR addresses for the subscriptions and contracts between u All the technology that we may need to code the forum is available. Polkadot.js wallet seems to be compatible with whatever we have in our mind as team. Would be great if we could use wallet connect for Fearless Wallet, Sora DAE and other mobile wallets. This hopefully will happen in the future. - **Current roadblocks** None - **Evaluation metrics and criteria** - People will be able to post comments and threads by only using their wallets that support SORA network. From 463da8f42c76098a37037aa410c88c0f1f71db5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SatoshiSoramoto <98047601+SatoshiSoramoto@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 23:24:42 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 11/16] Update Decentralized Forum RFP --- open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP index a5417d9..d5d08f0 100644 --- a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP +++ b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP @@ -29,12 +29,10 @@ All the subscriptions for every Team-Group will be paid in XOR. Some of the Teams-Groups will be given for free to some of the most well-known content creators in the cryptospace (such as Youtubers and influencers). This section will help the forum and SORA as the Team-Group owners will advertise us to their fans. - About the UI: Our vision is to create a digital city as background UI for the forum. As the users enter to a section, a digital car in the background will drive them to a different building in the city. - - Very interesting feature is that people will choose their own digital personas/characters among many we will create. These characters will be used as profile pictures. Every user will be a citizen in the digital city. @@ -84,11 +82,10 @@ This of course will have to be decided and voted by the community. - Some of the funds will be used to protect the servers from DDOS attacks, hopefully no additional resources will be needed. - **Milestones** Project to begin as soon as possible, be ready for testing at latest by September 2022, and released to the public once it's fully functional. - //The first Milestone will be proposed for funding AFTER the team delivers a video of the forum with the basic UI// + //The first Milestone will be proposed for funding AFTER the team delivers a video of the forum with the basic UI// - We will propose to get 10% of the total funding for: a) UI designing. The first step is to have the background ready so we will not face compatibility issues with the front and back-end coding of the forum. @@ -117,16 +114,13 @@ The 45% of the total funding will be proposed and given after the team delivers a) Forum App development (Android & iOS) b) IF wallet connect feature is available to Fearless wallet/and Sora DAE wallet, same feature will also be implemented to the forum. - **Deliverables** - A functional forum that will work as described above and that uses XOR as its native currency. - A section for the Sora ecosystem. Council members will be the admins of this section. - A contract system for the Marketplace. - **Submission Method** https://github.com/sora-xor/rfps/tree/master/open_rfps - **Budget amount** 250,000 XSTUSD From 1d9c00b9361c5de80c961894fcb470a5349fdd27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SatoshiSoramoto <98047601+SatoshiSoramoto@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 19:57:14 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 12/16] Update Decentralized Forum RFP --- open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP | 112 ++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-) diff --git a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP index d5d08f0..1157a8b 100644 --- a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP +++ b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP @@ -2,24 +2,25 @@ 20th January, 2022 **(UPDATED) Proposal Due Date** -16th April, 2022 +22th April, 2022 **Proposal Overview** Creating a new decentralized forum that will have XOR as its native currency **Proposal Goals** -The main goal is to create a new decentralized forum that will be bring new users and expand the decentralization of the Sora ecosystem. -The forum won't require emails, usernames, passwords or any kind of KYC for the registration. People will be able to register, login, post threads and comments +The main goal is to create a new decentralized forum that will be bring new users and expand the decentralization of the SORA ecosystem. +The forum will not require emails, usernames, passwords or any kind of KYC for the registration. People will be able to register, login, post threads and comments by only using their wallet that supports SORA network (polkadot.js). -There are various other crypto-forums/platforms (i.e. bitcointalk) that have many millions of registered users (Only last year over 20 million users -registered to these forums). +There are various other crypto-forums/platforms (i.e. bitcointalk) that have many millions of registered users (only last year over 20 million users +registered to these forums). A decentralized forum with a Marketplace will be something unique for the cryptospace. There will be many sections in the forum but the 3 very interesting ones will be: a) the Marketplace, where people will freely trade, buy and sell digital and non-digital goods using a contract system. Also, in the same section people will be able to offer & ask for services. b) the SORA section, where people will discuss about the SORA ecosystem, future upgrades, proposals and in general whatever is related to SORA. +Elected members of the council will be the admins of this section. c) the Teams-Groups section. This section will be used as membership 'platform' that provides business tools for content creators, artists and others. There won't be many Teams-Groups available, so being a Team-Group owner will be valuable. @@ -43,35 +44,56 @@ to a different building in the city. The XOR will be used for all the payments in the forum (like subscriptions, paid stickers for the threads, teams-groups sales, special digital personas, etc). In order to prevent spam/fake accounts, every user will have to own at least 30-40$ worth of XOR to their address in order to be able to post threads and comments. -The forum will run on the team's servers. All the data such as subscriptions, XOR balances, threads, posts and contracts will be stored also there. -Although, as all the XOR addresses for the subscriptions and contracts between users will be showable in public, in the forum, everyone can see and verify the data and the transactions with the Sora Blockchain. +The forum will run on the team's servers. All the data such as subscriptions, XOR balances, threads, posts and contracts will be stored also there. +At the same time though, as all the XOR addresses for the subscriptions and contracts between users will be showable in public, in the forum, everyone can see and verify +the data and the transactions with the SORA Blockchain. + +With this budget, the team will have to run the forum for at least 2 years (starting from day 1 of the main-net). After this period of time, if the team wants, +we can keep on running for the forum, otherwise we will have to give all the files, url, brand (everything related to forum) to another team/company (based on the +community's decision). + +About the forum code & files: +As it's risky for the SORA community to have in public the forum's code (another network could fork the forum for free and create their own version), +we propose to share the code with Soramitsu (or any other company that SORA community trusts) before proposing for the funding of every milestone. +After the forum have enough users and it's not risky for the community, we could publish the code, if the community decides such thing. +All the data of the forum (all the files), will be stored as back-up every 4 months in our servers and also will be shared with Soramitsu (or any other company +that SORA community trusts). + + +**Scope of Work (describe the scope of work in as much detail as possible)** +All the technology that we may need to create the forum is available. Polkadot.js wallet seems to be compatible with whatever we have in our mind as team. +For the Front-end, the team will use Angular (framework) using typescript, html/css. +For the Back-end, the team will use NodeJS (framework) using typescript. +For the Mobile Forum App, the team will use Flutter (framework) using dart, which will help us to have an Android and an iOS version. +Would be great if we could use wallet connect for Fearless Wallet, Sora DAE and other mobile wallets. This hopefully will happen in the future (we added a wallet connect intergration +in the last milestone). -**Scope of Work** -All the technology that we may need to code the forum is available. Polkadot.js wallet seems to be compatible with whatever we have in our mind as team. -Would be great if we could use wallet connect for Fearless Wallet, Sora DAE and other mobile wallets. This hopefully will happen in the future. **Current roadblocks** None + **Evaluation metrics and criteria** - People will be able to post comments and threads by only using their wallets that support SORA network. -- There will be sections such as SORA, Marketplace, Life, Games/NFTs, Cryptocurrencies, and others. Selected council members will be the admins of this section. +- There will be sections such as SORA, Marketplace, Life, Games/NFTs, Cryptocurrencies, and others. Elected council members will be the admins of the SORA-section. -- To prevent spam posts/threads, it will be required each user to hold at least 30-40$ worth of XOR in their address (the equivalent amount of $ may change based on +- To prevent spam posts/threads, it will be required every user to hold at least 30-40$ worth of XOR to their address (the equivalent amount of $ may change based on what community wants). -- There will be an exclusive Sora and Polkaswap section in the forum so all the users can read about new updates and learn more about the network. +- There will be an exclusive SORA section in the forum, so all the users can read about new updates and learn more about the network. The threads will be created by the +elected council members who will be the admins of this section. -- We will create a contract system for the Marketplace section, people will give a score for the quality of the products/services of the vendors after every deal. +- We will create a contract and rating system for the Marketplace section, people will give a score for the quality of the products/services of the vendors after every deal. -- The contracts will be off-chain and will be stored in a server. The users will be able to view the contracts between other users in the forum. +- The contracts will be off-chain data and will be stored in a server. The users will be able to view the contracts between other users in the forum. +The contracts will include the payment address, the amount in XOR and the terms of the deal. - There will be teams-groups owned by influencers/youtubers in order to bring more users, people will pay for subscriptions the same way they pay -to other platforms (but only in XOR), so they have access to each group. +to other platforms (but only in XOR), so they have access to every group. -- Subscriptions, group sales, special personas, stickers, and in general everything in the forum will be paid only with XOR. +- Subscriptions, group sales, special digital characters/personas, stickers, and in general everything in the forum will be paid only with XOR. - We will be able to blacklist an address if they violated the T.O.S. @@ -82,45 +104,43 @@ This of course will have to be decided and voted by the community. - Some of the funds will be used to protect the servers from DDOS attacks, hopefully no additional resources will be needed. -**Milestones** -Project to begin as soon as possible, be ready for testing at latest by September 2022, and released to the public once it's fully functional. - - //The first Milestone will be proposed for funding AFTER the team delivers a video of the forum with the basic UI// - -- We will propose to get 10% of the total funding for: -a) UI designing. The first step is to have the background ready so we will not face compatibility issues with the front and back-end coding of the forum. -This milestone is for the sections' UI background. -b) Pixel artists who will create from scratch all the digital personas. -c) Front and back-end work for the sections. - --The next proposal will be again for 10% funding: -a) UI designing for the users' profiles. -b) Front and back-end work for the users' profiles. -c) Contract and rating system for the Marketplace. - -- Once the above are ready (estimated - July) we will propose to get another 25%: -a) Optimising the front and back-end code. -b) Polkadot.js implementation. -c) NFTs minting. -d) XOR balance checker for every user from the blockchain. -e) Auto-buy (subscriptions) for the Teams-Groups section. -f) Servers expenses. -g) Promo & how-to-use videos. + +**Milestones** + +Project to begin as soon as possible, be ready for testing at latest by October 2022, and released to the public once it's fully functional. + +a) Back-end and Front-end of the forum (will NOT include: contract & rating system, polkadot.js intergration, teams-groups subscription implementation, XOR balance checker). + Funding: 15% of the total amount + +b) Contract and rating for the Marketplace (Front-end and Back-end development). + Funding: 7% of the total amount + +c) Polkadot.js intergration and XOR balance checker (Front-end and Back-end development). + Funding: 8% of the total amount + +d) Teams-Groups subscription implementation. + Funding: 6% of the total amount + +e) UI designing, creation of digital characters/personas, NFTs minting, servers expenses, promo videos. + Funding: 14% of the total amount Once testing is ready, community will use the forum to check for any bugs. -The 45% of the total funding will be proposed and given after the team delivers the mainnet. +The 40% of the total funding will be proposed and given after the team delivers the main-net. + +f) Forum App development (Android & iOS) & wallet connect intergration (IF this feature is available to Fearless and Sora wallets by then). + Funding: 10% of the total amount -- Once forum is ready-for-use, we will propose the last 10% of the total funding for: -a) Forum App development (Android & iOS) -b) IF wallet connect feature is available to Fearless wallet/and Sora DAE wallet, same feature will also be implemented to the forum. **Deliverables** - A functional forum that will work as described above and that uses XOR as its native currency. - A section for the Sora ecosystem. Council members will be the admins of this section. - A contract system for the Marketplace. +- Polkadot.js intergration and XOR balance checker. + -**Submission Method** +**Submission Method (which folder on GitHub to submit a proposal to)** https://github.com/sora-xor/rfps/tree/master/open_rfps + **Budget amount** 250,000 XSTUSD From 827bf2d63c89face2e06fb0ff3fe9d7307b2ba81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SatoshiSoramoto <98047601+SatoshiSoramoto@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 20:30:09 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 13/16] Update Decentralized Forum RFP --- open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP index 1157a8b..e89f9c8 100644 --- a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP +++ b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP @@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ After the forum have enough users and it's not risky for the community, we could All the data of the forum (all the files), will be stored as back-up every 4 months in our servers and also will be shared with Soramitsu (or any other company that SORA community trusts). +KUSO project: + +Our team invites Euratek, a Swiss company that runs the KUSO project and has collaboration with the blockchain IT company SORAMITSU, to have their own role in our +forum. The current RFP will be updated so we provide more information about this collaboration. **Scope of Work (describe the scope of work in as much detail as possible)** All the technology that we may need to create the forum is available. Polkadot.js wallet seems to be compatible with whatever we have in our mind as team. From afbfc700d3663430ff687e72ced5f876932259bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SatoshiSoramoto <98047601+SatoshiSoramoto@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2022 00:03:38 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 14/16] Update Decentralized Forum RFP --- open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP index e89f9c8..2f761ec 100644 --- a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP +++ b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP @@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ forum. The current RFP will be updated so we provide more information about this **Scope of Work (describe the scope of work in as much detail as possible)** All the technology that we may need to create the forum is available. Polkadot.js wallet seems to be compatible with whatever we have in our mind as team. -For the Front-end, the team will use Angular (framework) using typescript, html/css. -For the Back-end, the team will use NodeJS (framework) using typescript. -For the Mobile Forum App, the team will use Flutter (framework) using dart, which will help us to have an Android and an iOS version. +For the Front-end, the team will use Angular. +For the Back-end, the team will use NodeJS. +For the Mobile Forum App, the team will use Flutter. Would be great if we could use wallet connect for Fearless Wallet, Sora DAE and other mobile wallets. This hopefully will happen in the future (we added a wallet connect intergration in the last milestone). From 9d700eabc0806d527472591544a99983ade0c253 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SatoshiSoramoto <98047601+SatoshiSoramoto@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2022 02:25:27 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 15/16] Update Decentralized Forum RFP --- open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP index 2f761ec..c336aff 100644 --- a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP +++ b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ All the technology that we may need to create the forum is available. Polkadot.j For the Front-end, the team will use Angular. For the Back-end, the team will use NodeJS. For the Mobile Forum App, the team will use Flutter. -Would be great if we could use wallet connect for Fearless Wallet, Sora DAE and other mobile wallets. This hopefully will happen in the future (we added a wallet connect intergration +Would be great if we could use wallet connect for Fearless Wallet, Sora DAE and other mobile wallets. This hopefully will happen in the future (we added a wallet connect integration in the last milestone). @@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ This of course will have to be decided and voted by the community. Project to begin as soon as possible, be ready for testing at latest by October 2022, and released to the public once it's fully functional. -a) Back-end and Front-end of the forum (will NOT include: contract & rating system, polkadot.js intergration, teams-groups subscription implementation, XOR balance checker). +a) Back-end and Front-end of the forum (will NOT include: contract & rating system, polkadot.js integration, teams-groups subscription implementation, XOR balance checker). Funding: 15% of the total amount b) Contract and rating for the Marketplace (Front-end and Back-end development). Funding: 7% of the total amount -c) Polkadot.js intergration and XOR balance checker (Front-end and Back-end development). +c) Polkadot.js integration and XOR balance checker (Front-end and Back-end development). Funding: 8% of the total amount d) Teams-Groups subscription implementation. @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ e) UI designing, creation of digital characters/personas, NFTs minting, servers Once testing is ready, community will use the forum to check for any bugs. The 40% of the total funding will be proposed and given after the team delivers the main-net. -f) Forum App development (Android & iOS) & wallet connect intergration (IF this feature is available to Fearless and Sora wallets by then). +f) Forum App development (Android & iOS) & wallet connect integration (IF this feature is available to Fearless and Sora wallets by then). Funding: 10% of the total amount @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ f) Forum App development (Android & iOS) & wallet connect intergration (IF this - A functional forum that will work as described above and that uses XOR as its native currency. - A section for the Sora ecosystem. Council members will be the admins of this section. - A contract system for the Marketplace. -- Polkadot.js intergration and XOR balance checker. +- Polkadot.js integration and XOR balance checker. **Submission Method (which folder on GitHub to submit a proposal to)** From de3dcb798f09e0ea935927f8dae1c336b79f6f8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SatoshiSoramoto <98047601+SatoshiSoramoto@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:48:50 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 16/16] Update Decentralized Forum RFP --- open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP index c336aff..3a444ba 100644 --- a/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP +++ b/open_rfps/Decentralized Forum RFP @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ 20th January, 2022 **(UPDATED) Proposal Due Date** -22th April, 2022 +1st May, 2022 **Proposal Overview** Creating a new decentralized forum that will have XOR as its native currency @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ The main goal is to create a new decentralized forum that will be bring new user The forum will not require emails, usernames, passwords or any kind of KYC for the registration. People will be able to register, login, post threads and comments by only using their wallet that supports SORA network (polkadot.js). -There are various other crypto-forums/platforms (i.e. bitcointalk) that have many millions of registered users (only last year over 20 million users -registered to these forums). A decentralized forum with a Marketplace will be something unique for the cryptospace. +There are various other crypto-forums/platforms (i.e. bitcointalk) that have many millions of registered users. A decentralized forum with a Marketplace will +be something unique for the cryptospace. There will be many sections in the forum but the 3 very interesting ones will be: a) the Marketplace, where people will freely trade, buy and sell digital and non-digital goods using a contract system. Also, in the same section people