# EthSignals Manifesto

## Purpose

### Background

The project was inspired by the [Phil Lucsok and Griff Green presentation](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bQiSw8UveVT_R2f3Yhla61ad6FRefptf/view) at EthMagicians in Berlin on July 2018. The working group was formed shortly afterwards. The project was funded on [Giveth](https://beta.giveth.io/campaigns/5b51bdbdf8ba4732631989f5) by Griff Green, then with the [Aragon Nest grant](https://github.com/aragon/nest/pull/66) and later on [GitCoin](https://gitcoin.co/grants/85/tennagraph-minimum-bias-ethereum-signal-aggregat-2) and [WeTrust](https://cryptounlocked.wetrust.io/tennagraph). Collectively over $43k was attracted for the development and community work. Currently the funds are managed through [Aragon DAO](https://mainnet.aragon.org/#/tenna.aragonid.eth/0x77886861218199f5d98c86f4e707a071cbb82ea5). Info on the team:

* **Max Semenchuk.** Entrepreneur, Product Manager, UX Designer. Partner at [DGOV Foundation](https://dgov.foundation/), [4IRE labs](https://4irelabs.com/),  #Decentralization, #Holacracy, #Lean, #DAO. ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/maxsemenchuk))
* **Bohdan Malkevych.** Full Stack Web (python, vue.js, nuxt), Blockchain (ethereum, solidity) & iOS Engineer. ([Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bohdan-malkevych-19357bb1/))
* **Anett Rolikova.** Has experience in marketing, community building, research. In recent months she has organized numerous Ethereum meetups, helped with organising eventsand has had a positive impact on the community.  ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/AnettRolikova))

The working group is advised by Hudson Jameson (Ethereum Foundation), Griff Green (Giveth) and Anna Rose (Zero Knowledge). The roles, strategy, reports and meeting notes can be found in [the ethsignals wiki](https://ethsignals.gitbook.io/wiki/).

Find us on [Magicians Ring](https://ethereum-magicians.org/c/working-groups/signaling-ring) & [Telegram working group](https://t.me/tennagraph)

## Stakeholders and needs

1. Foundations (EF, Magicians)
   * Quickly aggregate consensus around governance topics
2. Developers (Core, Clients, Consensys, Parity, Status, Gnosis, Giveth, Aragon, Metamask, MyCrypto, Infura, Exchanges)
   * More efficient (scalable, functional, etc) protocol
3. Miners
   * Increase returns on investments
4. Coin holders
   * Price growth
5. Users
   * Cheap transactions
   * High level of Security
6. Team
   * Compensation
   * Recognition

![Journey + Open Challenges](https://2930871406-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LJslxl5RRCeUFlx2HOX%2F-Li95P58kY8SERzC_IaC%2F-Li95Z--B68mIqiuVyIS%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=ba21089a-2851-4349-b840-c0ea008dce1c)

![https://medium.com/coinmonks/ethereum-governance-survey-results-c67c11695f2a](https://2930871406-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LJslxl5RRCeUFlx2HOX%2F-Lmyiuqtw7D0ejrjFdbq%2F-LmyivusrtVtj4NcGCek%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=65c91174-c026-42dc-9663-2640128fb7ec)



## Strategy

### Identify specific stakeholder group stances

Based on the feedback from [Jamie](https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/what-are-the-most-important-topic-to-get-the-community-feedback/3615) and Vitalik.

Can join metacartel to gather the app dev stances

### Increase the volume of signaling

* Creating more awareness about most important EIPs, importance of signaling and Tennagraph as the tools
  * Doing promotional campaigns in Twitter on specific EIPs (e.g. [EIP-1559](https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-1559-fee-market-change-for-eth-1-0-chain/2783/8))
  * Manual verification and attaching influencers stances to Tenna
  * Engaging the EIP writers in signaling promotion
  * Create the guide "How to participate in the Ethereum governance"
  * Including overview/links in relevant media (coindesk, [eth website](https://www.ethereum.org/), [eth github](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Governance-compendium) and satellite resources)
  * Arrange talks on the conferences (e.g. web3, ethBerlin, magicians) & podcasts (e.g. Zero Knowledge)
  * Allow setting signal collection bounties from EF and other parties
  * Attract advisors into popularization (tweets why they advise us etc)
  * Create an agreement with major dapps dev on signaling
  * Making public report on the work
* Add a plugin for Chrome to inject voting mechanics in EIP github interface
* Make cleaner website with more info&#x20;
  * Add the mission statement ([example](https://coin.dance/))
  * Add roadmap - with potentially numbers that we want to reach out - get
  * Add “about”&#x20;
  * Add FAQs
  * Short description of EIP - but you can click on it and see it full afterwards&#x20;
  * Add socials - twitter & telegram
* Make educational media format (like video) with the EIP overview

### Simplify the signal collection

* List the open topics for signaling – Hudson?
* Separate the influencers & majority opinion
  * Local / Manual signal collection on conferences
  * Connect more identity data

### Increase the Team Capacity

* Raise $5k / mo. budget for next 6 months – Fundraiser
  * Create Moloch request (Ameen, Griff, Jamie P, Yalda, Kevin, Hudson, Cassandra, Eric Conner EIP-1559 - need 4 votes)
  * Promote Gitcoin
  * ECF & EF
  * Aragon
* Conduct regular reporting (progress, financial)
* Open up a working group around the topic
* Setup advisor agreements+process
  * Hudson
  * EthMagicians (Jamie, Boris?)
  * Gitcoin
  * Aragon
  * Griff
  * Anna

## Policies

* Governance: We use holacracy framework
* Coordination: Be-weekly calls
* Finance: _\*\*_[Cashflow](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rivtjkYQXm2M0ZxqW-ISe3pkRyKpl8frFsAEertS8S0/edit?usp=sharing) is open

### Roles

| Purpose                                                                                    | Role           | Assigned to |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------- | ----------- |
| Holding the org purpose, people and resource allocation                                    | Lead link      | Max         |
| Communicate more awareness and recognition                                                 | Communications | Anett       |
| Fundraising                                                                                |                | Max         |
| Developing the product                                                                     | Engineer       | Bohdan      |
| <p>Meeting outcomes are captured and clear</p><p>Recognize when coordination is needed</p> | Secretary      | Max         |
| Ensuring meetings have a clear process and it's and easy to participate                    | Facilitator    | Max         |
| Product is nice and usable                                                                 | Design         | Max         |
