Mastercoin Opportunities Thread (Bounties & Positions) - page 2.

ripper234

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New bounty: undetermined amount (please propose a bounty amount for it).

https://trello.com/c/CrTosrYl/56-scalability

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We need a page describing the eventual scalability of Mastercoin.

How many transactions per second can the network sustain? How fast this number is expected to grow? What are our main challanges? What about Lite Mastercoin Clients?

Something like https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Scalability

This task is left for someone qualified to take and propose a suitable bounty.

haightst

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Quote from: Luckybit on November 16, 2013, 07:37:09 AM

Quote from: ripper234 on November 14, 2013, 06:30:58 AM

New UX/UI bounty:

https://trello.com/c/MdyfWYxp/10-mockups-design-for-a-website-listing-all-autonomous-applications

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We would like someone to create a mockup or design for a website that will concentrate all the AAs currently raising money through the Mastercoin platform. The site will be a focal point for AAs to kickstart/bootstrap their operation. I think we can start with something that can easily showcase 10-20 companies. The next step would be to enhance the website to support 100s of companies.

There are some delicate legal issues here.

On the one hand we are currently using the term AA which we hope is a safer regulatory framework for speaking about these projects.

On the other hand, we need this website to be very welcoming to people who are not familiar with the Mastercoin ecosystem. One analogy for AAs is companies, shareholders, etc. ... which is easier to understand but harder legally.

The UX lead for this feature will need to consolidate this difference. FYI we are preparing a legal Think Tank that will assist wit this. For any issues or questions, please turn to Stas Oskin and David Johnston.

Please see the card for more details / POC.

You are really good at this. Excellent job. Mastercoin is now starting to grow exponentially and I can barely keep up with the changes, and that is a good.

Quote from: ripper234 on November 14, 2013, 09:44:17 AM

https://trello.com/c/pIl04Srk/49-200-bounty-get-an-existing-nonprofit-organization-to-accept-mastercoin

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They have a Bitcoin address, so technically they accept Mastercoin already. Problem is they won't know what to do with them.

So for someone to pick up this bounty they need to talk to an existing organization that accepts Bitcoins already, educate them about Mastercoin, explain to them how to work with the, and have them officially announce their support in some way.

For the purpose of this bounty we do not want organizations that are Bitcoin centric (e.g. the Litecoin Foundation if it existed wouldn't count). Wikileaks. EFF and Wikipedia are good examples.

How about churches? Would they count? Also they aren't as politically controversial as Wikileaks.

i know plenty of non-profit organizations and churches that will accept mastercoin/bitcoin! Grin

~what can i do for you?

ripper234

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Quote from: ripper234 on November 16, 2013, 01:00:23 AM

Quoting from the main thread:

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Are there any researches among us?

I am putting up a $1000 bounty for writing what may be the first peer-reviewed Mastercoin paper. Details:

http://fc14.ifca.ai/bitcoin/cfp.html

The first person or team to get a paper accepted into the Financial Crypto 14 conference, receives the bounty.

FYI the workshop is sponsored by The Bitcoin Foundation.

I updated the card to include any formally reviewed peer review, not just Crypto 14.

Quote from: klee on November 16, 2013, 07:33:57 AM

Interested in starting a Greek one...

Great! Please send an email to [email protected]
We are opening a Google Group to organize all local chapters with more instructions.

Quote from: klee on November 16, 2013, 07:33:57 AM

Quote from: ripper234 on November 15, 2013, 05:21:12 AM

Localization for one of the clients...

Also interested...

No problem. Please contact the client developers, sync with them, and send them a pull request.

Quote from: Luckybit on November 16, 2013, 07:37:09 AM

You are really good at this. Excellent job. Mastercoin is now starting to grow exponentially and I can barely keep up with the changes, and that is a good.

Thanks, this means a lot. I'm just an ordinary joe that happened to by lucky enough to be in the position that people are willing to listen to me (sometimes).

Quote from: Luckybit on November 16, 2013, 07:37:09 AM

Quote from: ripper234 on November 14, 2013, 09:44:17 AM

https://trello.com/c/pIl04Srk/49-200-bounty-get-an-existing-nonprofit-organization-to-accept-mastercoin

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They have a Bitcoin address, so technically they accept Mastercoin already. Problem is they won't know what to do with them.

So for someone to pick up this bounty they need to talk to an existing organization that accepts Bitcoins already, educate them about Mastercoin, explain to them how to work with the, and have them officially announce their support in some way.

For the purpose of this bounty we do not want organizations that are Bitcoin centric (e.g. the Litecoin Foundation if it existed wouldn't count). Wikileaks. EFF and Wikipedia are good examples.

How about churches? Would they count? Also they aren't as politically controversial as Wikileaks.

Hmm ... it might ... I don't think it's a good idea to start with them (do any churches accept Bitcoin at this point???), but I won't rule it out.

Luckybit

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Quote from: ripper234 on November 14, 2013, 06:30:58 AM

New UX/UI bounty:

https://trello.com/c/MdyfWYxp/10-mockups-design-for-a-website-listing-all-autonomous-applications

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We would like someone to create a mockup or design for a website that will concentrate all the AAs currently raising money through the Mastercoin platform. The site will be a focal point for AAs to kickstart/bootstrap their operation. I think we can start with something that can easily showcase 10-20 companies. The next step would be to enhance the website to support 100s of companies.

There are some delicate legal issues here.

On the one hand we are currently using the term AA which we hope is a safer regulatory framework for speaking about these projects.

On the other hand, we need this website to be very welcoming to people who are not familiar with the Mastercoin ecosystem. One analogy for AAs is companies, shareholders, etc. ... which is easier to understand but harder legally.

The UX lead for this feature will need to consolidate this difference. FYI we are preparing a legal Think Tank that will assist wit this. For any issues or questions, please turn to Stas Oskin and David Johnston.

Please see the card for more details / POC.

You are really good at this. Excellent job. Mastercoin is now starting to grow exponentially and I can barely keep up with the changes, and that is a good.

Quote from: ripper234 on November 14, 2013, 09:44:17 AM

https://trello.com/c/pIl04Srk/49-200-bounty-get-an-existing-nonprofit-organization-to-accept-mastercoin

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They have a Bitcoin address, so technically they accept Mastercoin already. Problem is they won't know what to do with them.

So for someone to pick up this bounty they need to talk to an existing organization that accepts Bitcoins already, educate them about Mastercoin, explain to them how to work with the, and have them officially announce their support in some way.

For the purpose of this bounty we do not want organizations that are Bitcoin centric (e.g. the Litecoin Foundation if it existed wouldn't count). Wikileaks. EFF and Wikipedia are good examples.

How about churches? Would they count? Also they aren't as politically controversial as Wikileaks.

klee

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Quote from: ripper234 on November 16, 2013, 01:45:35 AM

Founding a local chapter of the Mastercoin Foundation

This is a voluntary opportunity. There is no bounty or salary for doing this.
If you want to get involved, but not sure how - this is a great way to get involved.

Found your own local Mastercoin Community. It can be a country-wide thing, a city chapter, or anything else.

Currently there are at least four groups working on setting up their local organizations. Just organize, ask us for help, and we'll do this together. More details to follow soon.

Interested in starting a Greek one...

Quote from: ripper234 on November 15, 2013, 05:21:12 AM

I can't believe we reached this so soon:

https://trello.com/c/qPlB0nxw/51-localization-of-at-least-one-client

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Official support for localization in one of the popular clients.
Conditions:

1. Localization must be done in a generic way - there needs to be proper code and documentation that allows anyone to submit a new pull request to that client with a new language.
2. Localization must be officially adopted and announced by the client's lead.

I think $300 would be a nice bounty for this (not approved yet). Please feel free to comment on the Trello card.

Also interested...

SyRenity

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Mastercoin foundation is looking for an experienced CFO, preferably with a strong theoretical and practical knowledge in the crypto currencies field.

For more details:
https://trello.com/c/DQ2QY699/44-job-cfo

Please apply (including a resume) to:
[email protected]

ripper234

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Ron Gross

Founding a local chapter of the Mastercoin Foundation

This is a voluntary opportunity. There is no bounty or salary for doing this.
If you want to get involved, but not sure how - this is a great way to get involved.

Found your own local Mastercoin Community. It can be a country-wide thing, a city chapter, or anything else.

Currently there are at least four groups working on setting up their local organizations. Just organize, ask us for help, and we'll do this together. More details to follow soon.

ripper234

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Ron Gross

Quoting from the main thread:

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Are there any researches among us?

I am putting up a $1000 bounty for writing what may be the first peer-reviewed Mastercoin paper. Details:

http://fc14.ifca.ai/bitcoin/cfp.html

The first person or team to get a paper accepted into the Financial Crypto 14 conference, receives the bounty.

FYI the workshop is sponsored by The Bitcoin Foundation.

ripper234

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Ron Gross

I can't believe we reached this so soon:

https://trello.com/c/qPlB0nxw/51-localization-of-at-least-one-client

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Official support for localization in one of the popular clients.
Conditions:

1. Localization must be done in a generic way - there needs to be proper code and documentation that allows anyone to submit a new pull request to that client with a new language.
2. Localization must be officially adopted and announced by the client's lead.

I think $300 would be a nice bounty for this (not approved yet). Please feel free to comment on the Trello card.

ripper234

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Ron Gross

https://trello.com/c/pIl04Srk/49-200-bounty-get-an-existing-nonprofit-organization-to-accept-mastercoin

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They have a Bitcoin address, so technically they accept Mastercoin already. Problem is they won't know what to do with them.

So for someone to pick up this bounty they need to talk to an existing organization that accepts Bitcoins already, educate them about Mastercoin, explain to them how to work with the, and have them officially announce their support in some way.

For the purpose of this bounty we do not want organizations that are Bitcoin centric (e.g. the Litecoin Foundation if it existed wouldn't count). Wikileaks. EFF and Wikipedia are good examples.

ripper234

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Ron Gross

New UX/UI bounty:

https://trello.com/c/MdyfWYxp/10-mockups-design-for-a-website-listing-all-autonomous-applications

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We would like someone to create a mockup or design for a website that will concentrate all the AAs currently raising money through the Mastercoin platform. The site will be a focal point for AAs to kickstart/bootstrap their operation. I think we can start with something that can easily showcase 10-20 companies. The next step would be to enhance the website to support 100s of companies.

There are some delicate legal issues here.

On the one hand we are currently using the term AA which we hope is a safer regulatory framework for speaking about these projects.

On the other hand, we need this website to be very welcoming to people who are not familiar with the Mastercoin ecosystem. One analogy for AAs is companies, shareholders, etc. ... which is easier to understand but harder legally.

The UX lead for this feature will need to consolidate this difference. FYI we are preparing a legal Think Tank that will assist wit this. For any issues or questions, please turn to Stas Oskin and David Johnston.

Please see the card for more details / POC.

ripper234

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Updated the "Bounty" spec and added a bounty of $100 for writing it.

https://trello.com/c/KcZ6FfSu/2-spec-bounties

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I want to emphasize how important the Bounties feature is important.

This will allow us to move from the Foundation's management to "The community's management".
Implementing that might take some time, but this is a critical component in our acceleration program / network effect.

ripper234

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Quote from: lonestar108 on November 13, 2013, 11:08:45 PM

I own mastercoincharts.com and would like to work on the price charts website. If there's an existing effort our there already in progress I can contribute my time / use of the domain. I have questions about where I can find historical pricing for mastercoin (trades per day is easy to do, I can extract that data from the blockchain but historical pricing is trickier.) I could also use a back-and-forth with an established mastercoin developer as to the best method is now/in the future for how/where to go to derive the daily average mastercoin price. I'm assuming the distributed exchange will come into play here quickly. From there, multi-currency support etc is easy...

Awesome!

I think some of the devs have started thinking about this, better coordinate with them.
The Google Doc contains some historic price charts.

You can also comment on the Trello board (send me your email to [email protected] and I'll invite you).
The Trello board is to be used as the main point to discuss specific bounties, in order no to clutter this thread.

lonestar108

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Quote from: ripper234 on November 11, 2013, 10:51:39 AM

I would like to use this chance to announce a new position and a new bounty:

Security Auditor
https://trello.com/c/FDNNdZ5H/24-security-auditor

We are looking for someone to become Mastercoin's official security auditor.
This person needs to come with the highest credentials possible.

He will own the task of auditing the spec, various clients and infrastructure components.
He will also be responsible for setting up various bounties for detecting security related bugs.

Price Charts website AKA Mastercoincharts
https://trello.com/c/MmaWrEZu/25-mastercoincharts-price-charts

Mastercoin already has some price history, and soon we'll have the distributed exchange and a real price history.

This bounty goes to developing this site. Note that the site will need to support multiple currency pairs and other asset types ... you should start with BTC/MSC at first.

I own mastercoincharts.com and would like to work on the price charts website. If there's an existing effort our there already in progress I can contribute my time / use of the domain. I have questions about where I can find historical pricing for mastercoin (trades per day is easy to do, I can extract that data from the blockchain but historical pricing is trickier.) I could also use a back-and-forth with an established mastercoin developer as to the best method is now/in the future for how/where to go to derive the daily average mastercoin price. I'm assuming the distributed exchange will come into play here quickly. From there, multi-currency support etc is easy...

ripper234

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Another feature that will let us handle ourselves easier financially, and might develop into a full-fledged micro-lending economy.

https://trello.com/c/C3zc82Ob/43-lending-spec

Lending Spec

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The Foundation will soon have a lot of "future money" in the form of future payments to the Exodus address from the Dev Mastercoins.

We want to be able to use them right now, and not be constrained by the temporal unavailability of funds.

What is needed is for someone to write a spec for lending ... people will be able to lend us money and gain interest.

E.g. if we have 10,000 MSC to be released over the next 2 year, it should be very risk free to lend 1,000 MSC to the Foundation and get some (low) interest rate on that ... as long as you trust that we won't default on the loan.

Rough idea:

publish_loan_request(address, interest rate, period) - we will publish that we are looking for a loan at a certain rate.

grant_loan_request(loan_id) - someone will agree to our terms. This will move the funds from his address to ours.

pay_back_loan(loan_id, amount) - pays back to the lender (amount can be smaller than the lent amount)

delete_loan_request(loan_id) - delete a standing loan request.

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he who has the gold makes the rules

Social Media Analyst and PR Assistant - please leave a message on trello with a link to your Linkedin profile and suggested compensation

https://trello.com/c/agb6drd7

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Description

Virtual assistant and social media marketer to assist in communications and PR tasks.

Ideally someone who can write in at least one of the following (in addition to English): Chinese, Japanese, German, Russian, Nordic languages or Spanish. Understands the basics of social media marketing or can absorb knowledge easily, is a self directed, independent thinker, and a doer.

Time commitment of approximately 10 hours per week.

Please suggest a rate in euros or dollars you are comfortable with.

ripper234

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I just authorized $500 for

https://trello.com/c/EAWWSd1n/40-500-economic-research-why-does-msc-have-value

Assuming it is done by Peter Surda or someone of his caliber.
(Peter has shown interest in taking this up)

ripper234

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New $500 bounty!

This is in fact an old feature (why, it was proposed almost a week ago!), but we haven't decided on a bounty for it until now.
I am authorizing a $500 bounty for a good implementation.
We may grow the bounty in the future (or not), but let's see what $500 can buy us.

https://trello.com/c/wtFdcTtl/15-build-a-budget-website

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We are planning to separate the funds stored in 1Exodus between several addresses, and eventually multisig addresses. This will make it harder for us to prove to the world how much funds we have and how we are using them.

In light of transparency, I would like us to build a "Budget website" (budget.mastercoin.org) that will always show where all the funds are, with full support for multiple multisig addresses.

I would also like this website to let us specify on each expense what it is for. It is basically a replacement for https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtCyUJvk_IyNdGpVcnpBN2tOczFmbVRnck5TWjZuRFE&usp=sharing

Eventually this website will become a core part of Mastercoin and will be used by other companies that will be issuing their assets on top of Mastercoin.

The website should be open source of course.

If you want to start working on it, please propose a budget, we can then approve it with the board.

ripper234

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I'm excited!

We already have one research problem ... the Dark Exchange, and here's another:

https://trello.com/c/EAWWSd1n/40-economic-research-why-does-msc-have-value

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How much would be a suitable bounty for this feature? $500?

We need someone with a solid economics background (Peter Surda caliber) to research and explain why MSC has value.

A good feature to investigate is the CFD feature. CFDs and backed currencies "need" MSC to have value, and thus I believe their adoption will _cause_ MSC to have value.

I'll ping Peter Surda again on this.

ripper234

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https://trello.com/c/7O3AYVOm/38-job-project-manager

New position - Project Manager

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We have tons of concurrent projects going on, the number of project is just going to increase ... quickly.

We need someone whose task is to concentrate the status of the various projects. They should engage the community, prioritize projects via bounties, make sure that important projects get sufficient PR and thus attract developers...

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