Proposal “DCG-SUPPLEMENTAL-JAN24“ (Completed)Back
| Title: | Dash Core Group January Supplemental Funding Proposal |
| Owner: | quantumexplorer |
| One-time payment: | 648 DASH (18887 USD) |
| Completed payments: | 1 totaling in 648 DASH (0 month remaining) |
| Payment start/end: | 2024-01-10 / 2024-02-09 (added on 2024-01-16) |
| Votes: | 453 Yes / 57 No / 0 Abstain |
Proposal description
Dash Core Group January 25th Supplemental Funding Proposal
DCG already submitted 1 funding proposals for the budget cycle that pays out January 25th. This is a supplemental proposal that will fund Dash Core Group with an additional 648 Dash:
1) DCG Compensation: 5,112 Dash per month (currently in month 2/3)
2) DCG Compensation Supplemental: 648 Dash (currently in month 1/1)
What does this specific proposal fund?
DCG reserves are practically still empty, this proposal aims to speed up recovery of a small buffer, so DCG can be in a more healthy position sooner.
How are things?
Late December and early January were marred by a lot of absences from contributors, either for end of year holidays or due to small personal illnesses. Nevertheless over the last month there were still good things that happened: many stress tests of Platform, fixing a lot of issues and potential exploits. For the first time quite recently we seem to have been able to run a stress test where Platform succeeded in staying responsive.
When will DCG start hiring again?
We had continuously reduced staff during this bear market. Furthermore three months ago, the board of DCG decided out of necessity to let go of some long time contributors to the project which reduced our head count by about 1/3rd. This included almost the entirety of the business development and marketing/communication parts of Dash Core Group. This was a painful decision and one that will come with downsides.
As we move forward, business development and marketing/communication will most likely come from a different DFO. DCG will then be able to solely focus on software development for the network.
We have 1 critical hire in infrastructure that we are aiming to take place in February. Other hires will take place after we have at least 2 to 3 months of buffer.
How much of an impact do the supplemental proposals have?
A big impact. The supplemental proposals will aid our recovery and put us in a better position for growth sooner.
If you have any questions, please direct them to quantumexplorer at dashcentral.
Requested funding is as follows for the December 26th superblock:
DCG already submitted 1 funding proposals for the budget cycle that pays out January 25th. This is a supplemental proposal that will fund Dash Core Group with an additional 648 Dash:
1) DCG Compensation: 5,112 Dash per month (currently in month 2/3)
2) DCG Compensation Supplemental: 648 Dash (currently in month 1/1)
What does this specific proposal fund?
DCG reserves are practically still empty, this proposal aims to speed up recovery of a small buffer, so DCG can be in a more healthy position sooner.
How are things?
Late December and early January were marred by a lot of absences from contributors, either for end of year holidays or due to small personal illnesses. Nevertheless over the last month there were still good things that happened: many stress tests of Platform, fixing a lot of issues and potential exploits. For the first time quite recently we seem to have been able to run a stress test where Platform succeeded in staying responsive.
When will DCG start hiring again?
We had continuously reduced staff during this bear market. Furthermore three months ago, the board of DCG decided out of necessity to let go of some long time contributors to the project which reduced our head count by about 1/3rd. This included almost the entirety of the business development and marketing/communication parts of Dash Core Group. This was a painful decision and one that will come with downsides.
As we move forward, business development and marketing/communication will most likely come from a different DFO. DCG will then be able to solely focus on software development for the network.
We have 1 critical hire in infrastructure that we are aiming to take place in February. Other hires will take place after we have at least 2 to 3 months of buffer.
How much of an impact do the supplemental proposals have?
A big impact. The supplemental proposals will aid our recovery and put us in a better position for growth sooner.
If you have any questions, please direct them to quantumexplorer at dashcentral.
Requested funding is as follows for the December 26th superblock:
- 647 Dash ($19,410 USD @ $30.0 per Dash)
- 1 Dash Proposal fee reimbursement
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1 : Deliver Platform on Mainnet
2 : Re-organise DCG to address their ongoing issues :
Constant Platform delays through the Platform teams.
Inability to provide a realistic estimate to the Dash community or even agree upon which Core version to enable Platform features activation.
Roadmap subject to constant shifting or changing of its goal posts.
This can not be fixed by just hiring some additional developers in a few months, this needs to be fixed by re-organising how DCG works. Ultimately this is the responsebility of the CTO of DCG. Unfortunetely i do not see this getting addressed in the nearby future, which means these issues will continue to form a problem for DCG.
Shouldn't it be just the opposite? If/when DCG can get this product on mainnet and stable, *then* you will support them?
Otherwise, you're basically saying "I'll financially support you so long as you don't deliver."
Come on.
So you're also basically saying, "If you deliver a working product, I'm going to re-evaluate whether you get to keep your job going forward."
Wake up!
I think that Dash was not created to finance an Inc and I would prefer to see more independent projects like Incubator and therefore Devs that embrace the possibility of completely self-financing without an Inc involved
Not financing the DCG when we are so close to this now indispensable first step (Platform) would mean having to find new Devs who will work to complete the work, further extending the time and calling into question the quality of the continuation, because almost certainly some of the current Devs we would lose them as they would not accept Dash directly from self-financing.
Personally, currently, I see the DCG as a sort of entity with which there is a "project contract". Once the project has been delivered, everything, the fate of the DCG and also of the Trust, should be re-evaluated.
So this vote is dictated by my assessment of the current situation as I see it, and it is obviously personal because I don't know what the perfect path to follow is, and in reality, I think no one here knows it.
If DCG does not claim it, who will claim that Dash?
Remaining balance if all proposals pass: -48.96 DASH.
v20.0.4 of core just out, new mobile wallets constantly coming out, good bi-weekly updates, good progress on Platform/Evo. Good value for money compared to some other DFOs !