Keystone PM: @Jack
Copilot: @Dermot
The biggest gains to Pocket’s reliability, performance, and cost will come with v1 and the whole host of innovations and mechanisms that come with it.
Therefore, one of PNF’s most impactful contributions is to ensure the protocol team’s success in developing and launching v1, through: keeping the team stocked with world-class talent, protecting their focus on v1, scaling their output through the community (without undermining their focus), supporting them with coordinating the v1 upgrade, and shining a spotlight on the work they’re doing.
| Deliverable | Description | Driver | Timeline | Kanban | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recruit world-class protocol engineers | Support PNI with recruiting world-class protocol engineers | Ben | Ongoing | Done | |
| Recruit a world-class Protocol PM | Hire, onboard and support a world-class Protocol PM to sit on the Foundation | Jack | July | Done | |
| Define v0 community roadmap w/ the Protocol PM | Plan community maintenance of v0 mainnet and testnet to free up the core devs to focus on v1 | Jack | August | Doing | On track |
| Build out community-centric protocol ops and execute on the roadmap | Work with the Protocol PM to build world-class protocol ops that scale through the community without burdening the core devs | Jack | September | To do | |
| Shine a spotlight on v1 | Leverage PNF’s marketing function to amplify industry awareness of the protocol team’s innovations | Adrienne | October onwards | To do | |
| Coordinate v1 upgrade | Support the Protocol PM with coordinating the testnet, launch, and migration from v0 to v1 | Jack | Q3-Q1 | To do |
| Stakeholder | Role and Responsibilities |
|---|---|
| PNF | Support the protocol team via their new Protocol PM and by leveraging their resources to protect and amplify the protocol team’s efforts. |
| Protocol team | Hold PNF accountable to providing the support that they need. |
| Community Contributors | Answer the call when opportunities are shared (via POPs, sockets, etc) to contribute to the protocol. |
The Era budget allocated $100k towards this keystone. This will go towards expenses such as recruiter fees and protocol-related grants (e.g. sockets).
For clarity, any excess or un-utilised funds from the Era Budget will be returned to the DAO Treasury at the end of the Era.
Expenses incurred to date:
Budget remaining: