Description
This weekly report provides a high-level overview of what's happening with Filecoin governance.
Anyone is welcome to participate in governance. To learn more about any of the below materials, simply follow the links and feel free to weigh in.
If you have questions or ideas related to FIPs or Filecoin governance, please start a new discussion in the FIPs Forum or post directly in #fil-fips.
Last Call FIPs - final opportunity for community feedback!
- FIP0027 - Change type of DealProposal Label field from a (Golang) String to a Union (FIP)(Discussion)
Last Call for FIP0027 ends on Friday, April 8!
FIP0027 is currently on-track to be accepted by EOD today.
Current FIP Drafts - now accepting community feedback; merged into repo
- FIP0029 - Beneficiary address for storage providers (FIP)(Discussion)
- FIP0030 - Introducing the Filecoin Virtual Machine (FIP)(Discussion)
- FIP0031 - Atomic switch to non-programmable FVM (FIP)(Discussion)
- FIP0032 - Gas model adjustment for non-programmable FVM (FIP)(Discussion)
- FIP0033 - Explicit premium for FIL+ Verified deals (FIP)(Discussion)
Open Pull Requests - upcoming FIP drafts awaiting technical review; now accepting community feedback
- Add FIP proposing p256 address types (PR)(Discussion - @whyrusleeping please open a new discussion post for community feedback)
- FIP gas model adjustment for user programmability (PR)(Discussion)
- Set pre-commit deposit independent of sector content (PR)(Discussion)
- Supporting contracts as deal clients in the built-in storage market actor (PR)(Discussion)
- FIP Filecoin Message Replay Protection (PR)(Discussion)
- Askv2 Protocol (PR)(Discussion)
🔥 HOT 🔥 Discussion Topics
- Proposal: FIP on Indexer - This discussion topic, the latest in the FIPs repo, proposes an 'advertising' protocol for FIP indexer nodes. Be on the lookout for a draft FIP draft to be added to the repo in coming days!
- Change type of of Label in DealProposal to be []byte rather than String - This is the discussion thread for FIP0027, which is now in Last Call! Reviewing this discussion thread is important for community members interested in the series of changes that this FIP has undergone (including in the title!), as well as the reasons why.
- Discussion: Codifying FIP Roles and Responsibilities - The newest discussion topic in Filecoin governance, this document outlines official roles and responsibilities for Core Devs and FIP Editors. If you want to learn more, or want to discuss how these roles help steward the FIPs process, be sure to read the proposal and weigh in!
Other Governance Updates
- This week's update was a few days' delayed while I was out of office at a training. Thanks for your patience!