Re: [ANN][DASH] Dash | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX
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The whole idea behind the Virtual Corporation is that anyone can step up to the plate and work for it, if accepted by the voters.
And I must suggest strongly, that anyone wanting to do a proposal, think months in advance, start a discussion on it (preferably on Dashwhale). You need time to gain the approval of such a diverse group of voters. The community needs time to digest your proposal, make suggestions, and for you to implement those suggestions. In a very real way, the forum thread that contains your proposal is your contract with the Dash Virtual Corporation. These proposals have been coming out so loosely, mostly things that Evan says he'd like us to do, and we just do it. Eventually, proposals should come from anyone, and they should be formalized in a thread, with final specifications and a time table. The community should keep them honest and raise the red flag if something is going wrong, so the MN can vote down the proposal and stop the funding on solid grounds.
Don't get me wrong, we Know our current core team are keeping tight watch on all funds they spend, and they're a small group doing so many things, but plan on putting that ledger out for public view. But that's not how a decentralized system should work, (relying on one person to tell us what to fund and do) and we need to start setting up some rules/traditions. IMO
Look what happened to DashWhale's proposal. The implimented Evan's vision of a place where we can manage Dash voting, and a forum for proposals. However, Evan never formally Green lighted the project, I suspect because he doesn't want to be the almighty dictator and to let MN voters do the right thing. And MN voters won't support it, with many saying the reason was that Evan didn't say they should. We all (community and MN voters) need to grow up and make the decisions that are right for Dash. Will others that start projects, hoping to show they can do it prior to asking for funding, now stop because it looks very much like they can't win approval? A project that's already obviously had a TON of work put into it for the benefit of the Dash Virtual Corporation, can't even get funding boggles my mind.
Otherwise it's been going very well
The whole idea behind the Virtual Corporation is that anyone can step up to the plate and work for it, if accepted by the voters.
And I must suggest strongly, that anyone wanting to do a proposal, think months in advance, start a discussion on it (preferably on Dashwhale). You need time to gain the approval of such a diverse group of voters. The community needs time to digest your proposal, make suggestions, and for you to implement those suggestions. In a very real way, the forum thread that contains your proposal is your contract with the Dash Virtual Corporation. These proposals have been coming out so loosely, mostly things that Evan says he'd like us to do, and we just do it. Eventually, proposals should come from anyone, and they should be formalized in a thread, with final specifications and a time table. The community should keep them honest and raise the red flag if something is going wrong, so the MN can vote down the proposal and stop the funding on solid grounds.
Don't get me wrong, we Know our current core team are keeping tight watch on all funds they spend, and they're a small group doing so many things, but plan on putting that ledger out for public view. But that's not how a decentralized system should work, (relying on one person to tell us what to fund and do) and we need to start setting up some rules/traditions. IMO
Look what happened to DashWhale's proposal. The implimented Evan's vision of a place where we can manage Dash voting, and a forum for proposals. However, Evan never formally Green lighted the project, I suspect because he doesn't want to be the almighty dictator and to let MN voters do the right thing. And MN voters won't support it, with many saying the reason was that Evan didn't say they should. We all (community and MN voters) need to grow up and make the decisions that are right for Dash. Will others that start projects, hoping to show they can do it prior to asking for funding, now stop because it looks very much like they can't win approval? A project that's already obviously had a TON of work put into it for the benefit of the Dash Virtual Corporation, can't even get funding boggles my mind.
Otherwise it's been going very well
This hits the nail on the head, TanteStefana2.
Fully agree astonished to see the dashwale proposal not getting enough yes votes
Nothing astonishing about that. People vote what they think is good for DASH as a currency. Whoever is using dashwhale can donate money if they want. So if we support dashwhale and next day node40 implements excatly same features, will we fund node40 as well? I am actually happy, dashwhale proposal was not passed. While it may seem donations is the only way to generate money, but its not true. Dashwhale stands at a unique oppurtinity to broaden service and become like a dash hub. The design is perfect and simple, hence it can expand. Perhaps a) Link dash price graphs b) Dash price graph linked with an exchange which in fact would promote people using that exchange (share fee, referral bonus?) c) add a proper merchant directory (referal bonus?) d) Collaborate with Node40 e) Be a node40 competition and if connected with an exchange just transfer MN earnings straight to the exchange account f) Add a news tab for all the relevant articles g) Perhaps online wallet... ETC... dashwhale can be a dash hub. With all do respect, the dashtalk design is not nice, while Dashwhale is sexy...
Funny you should mention us (Node40) in regards to budget proposals. We just released a first iteration of our Budget Proposals page. We don't currently support push-button voting for people who aren't hosting with Node40, but it is in the works.