☎️ Public Goods Working Group – Weekly Meeting: 12pm ET, Tuesdays

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Public Goods Meeting, August 29th, 2023

Details

Time: Tuesdays at 12pm ET (4pm UTC)
Google Meet link: meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc

Stewards: @coltron.eth (ENS | Twitter), @vegayp (ENS | Twitter), @simona_pop (ENS | Twitter)

:information_source: Please contact @Coltron.eth, @vegayp or @simona_pop via forum message to have an item added to the agenda.

Agenda

  1. General DAO Updates (Happy Hour NYC)
  2. DescentralAmerica Sponsorship (Marcus)
  3. Public Goods Hackathon
  4. Discuss: Grants stream for p256 precompile
  5. Open space for additional topics

Notes by @184.eth

Attendance

coltron.eth, vegayp.eth, simona.eth, 5pence, accessor, avsa.eth, daniel hannum, emmanuel ikwuoama, estuardo polanco bobadilla, evan, francis sanchinelli, limes.eth, maintainer, marcus am, marcus estmcmxci, 184.eth

1. General DAO Updates

ENS NYC Happy Hour

  • @limes shared about ENS event during ETH New York happening on September 23rd from 6-9pm (ET).
  • The event is planning to use technology from some our partner projects - supporting those who support us - including:
    • An NFT ticket that is ‘Built on Base[.eth]’.
    • Token gated communication on Forecaster.
  • Many from the Working Groups, ENS Labs and community will be attending.
  • The forum post ENS Happy Hour @ ETH NY 2023 will be updated next week with more details.

Discussion flowed into ENS events channels on Farcaster

  • Farcaster supports ENS Primary Names as identifiers and has had dedicated channels for events (e.g. EthCC).
  • Suggestion was made for an ENS events channel and layered threads: some token-gated, and some open.
  • Limes is meeting with Forecaster to explore possibilities.

2. DescentralAmerica Sponsorship

@marcus AM & Francis Sanchinelli from Hackathon DescentralAmerica

Following the success of ETH Guatemala, Public Goods WG wanted to discuss and learn more about this hackathon, to better understand whether to sponsor/contribute.

  • Marcus outlined how Ethereum Guatemala has used previous grants to host the first Ethereum event in Guatemala, and run the largest in-person solidity training program at a leading university
  • Marcus announced the new Hackathon “DescentralAmerica” set to take place 3-5 November.
    • Their aim is to engage Central American students and broader tech community.
    • They are seeking funding for event and bounties (starting at 2k).
    • They anticipate 100 in-person and 100 online attendees.
  • Discussion included:
    • Attendees included participants from the recently run Solidity Bootcamp
    • Event budgeting, potential sponsors and different bounty amounts.
    • @simona_pop advised the value in having more clarity in sponsorship tiers, especially regarding allocations towards bounties versus production.
  • Those on the WG call showed interest in sponsoring.

3. Public Goods Hackathon

  • PG WG is funding a Public Goods Hackathon with a 5K award.
  • The Focus is on ‘Expanding Decentralized Identities’. Information can be found here.
    • The submission deadline is ~48 hours from this call, and there have already been five submissions.
    • Please share and retweet.

4. Discuss: Grants stream for p256 precompile

:scroll: Forum: Grants stream for p256 precompile

This RFP is highly technical. The ongoing discussion is intended to get more eyes on this body of work.

  • The EIP-7212 PR has been merged with Ethereum’s GitHub repo.
    • A main debate centres around using verification versus a recovery interface.
    • A recommendation from the all-core devs is to implement the new EIP in L2 solutions first.
  • @avsa commented about this potentially being a huge improvement for Ethereum as a whole.
    • Additionally that efforts and support for an RFP may include mentorship and assistance in navigating the social aspects of getting an EIP approved, in addition to funding/scholarships & exposure.
  • @estmcmxci emphasised P256’s potential and called for community, steward & veteran support to increase exposure & awareness.
  • Find more information here:

5. Open space for additional topics

No additional topics were discussed.

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