Quote from: jdlrexy on January 05, 2014, 08:13:58 PM

Forgive me for posting this plan here, but I don't have access to Devtome. I have been working on it over the last few hours and think it is relevant to the discussion. Let me know what you think

Devcoin Bounty Engine...

Loving the ideas. I once wrote a bounty for a bounty site (official devcoin bounties, not a free market exchange). I didn't submit it because I wasn't sure enough was in place, or priority was high enough. As it's now subject of discussion here's what I wrote with a bit added which sort of gives my own opinion on certain aspects:

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Devcoin is about funding people and projects that create open source content. This requires time and effort as well as ideas and interest, which means putting visibility, know-how and incentive together in one place. This doesnt exist yet for Devcoin outside the thread and devtome so we need to create it, to increase real-world people and project investment.

1. The web site should be attractive with its own domain that includes dev in it.
2. It should start as just a site that records bounties. Later it would be expanded to have categories with tagged bounties, so people could search by category. Bounties would automatically be added each round.
3. A rating system would be developed eventually to increase objectivity and quality in vetting categories of particular expertise.
4. If the site works well there may be the possibility in time to integrate other projects, support or third party opportunities that involve more than this, but for now it needs to be a simple way of recording and tracking official Devcoin bounties only.
5. Maintenance and further development of the site would be funded through regular generation payments in the same way as devtome.
6. Content management should be kept fairly simple to allow non-expert user edits. Actual admin of changing content should be open to reasonable discussion and consensus so it can always keep rolling with new manual content when necessary. There will also be smaller bounties for any additional admins needed, particularly those who can demonstrate knowledge in fields related to available bounties and rating.

Some thoughts since then:

1) With devcoin.org and a forum coming, they do perhaps already offer a venue where basic bounties could be hosted/linked?
2) Actually starting the process with integral vetting requires people and skillsets - perhaps quite a few - certainly in providing any meaningful appraisal of code/tech prior to end product. Without it there could be a simple skew towards ideas rather than doable ideas because average users (like me) might not appreciate what's involved in fulfilling the bounty?
3) A means of automating that system (paying dvc) is an interesting idea. Would that be added to the recipients final bounty payment, or are you referring to different systems?
4) Tying that in to having a devtome account is another thing I hadn't even considered, not sure yet about relative pros/cons of that, because there's a potential risk that the people voting will be the least attuned to to the bounty skillset?
5) Less complicated is better, at least to begin with?

dalamar96: Bounties are paid out from generation devcoin like all other direct devcoin earnings.