For Cycle 18

[freimair]

Summary

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• BSQ requested: 3603
• USD requested: 2450
• BSQ rate: 0.68 USD per BSQ
• Previous compensation request (if applicable): For Cycle 17 #655

Contributions delivered

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Title	Team	USD	Link	Notes
Monitoring Operator/Maintainer	ops*	200	bisq-network/roles#10 (comment)
Establish network usage metrics	dev	2250	bisq-network/projects#13 (comment)

Contributions in progress

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Title	Team	USD	Link	Notes
Update contribution guidlines	security	150	bisq-network/bisq#3762
Tor v3 Milestone "Allow old clients to update"	dev	4350	bisq-network/bisq#3044
Create more detailed offer book metrics	dev	750	bisq-network/projects#22
Add code coverage reports to Codacy	security	300	bisq-network/bisq#4454
Reduce bandwidth requirement on Bisq startup	dev	3200	bisq-network/projects#25	the project got completed recently, and given the design is the design I came up with, I claim compensation for the feasibility study, the proof of concept implementation (bisq-network/bisq#4233), and some overhead

[chimp1984]

The 3200 USD for bisq-network/projects#25 seems a bit high to me. Consider also the lost effort which went into your implementation from various reviewers. For not merged code there is usually no compensation. As the concept was good and was used as base for the final implementation as well as your code base (though that got transformed to a huge extent) I agree that we should compensate your efforts for that project. Thought the amount seems too high to me.

[ripcurlx]

The 3200 USD for bisq-network/projects#25 seems a bit high to me. Consider also the lost effort which went into your implementation from various reviewers. For not merged code there is usually no compensation. As the concept was good and was used as base for the final implementation as well as your code base (though that got transformed to a huge extent) I agree that we should compensate your efforts for that project. Thought the amount seems too high to me.

@freimair Could you please respond to this comment as I haven't reviewed the PR in discussion? Thanks!

[freimair]

though that got transformed to a huge extent

I disagree. Yes, coding style changed a lot, yes, the "version" information has its own protocol field now, and yes, stuff only applies to TradeStatistics now. But overall, the business logic did not change too much and I could have made these changes with very little efforts based on my ready-to-ship PR. However, the project was defined as is half a year ago (by a group of people) I was not aware of the new requirements. You pretty much took a finished solution and refactored it - can be seen clearly because your first PR bisq-network/bisq#4519 has been solely based on all my code. Also consider, that sq, aka the reviewer, and I had in-depth discussions on how stuff works and that it is a big and risky step. The reviewer therefore knew the concept of the PR already, and hence, did not have to invest too much time into thinking through a whole new PR. Please note that I did not ask for compensation for testing, because you took the liberty to delete all tests.

For not merged code there is usually no compensation.

That kind-of changed with the rise of the projects concept. Projects have been introduced to reduce the risk of big changes not being compensated and thus, encourage more people to do bigger projects and thus, really improve Bisq. Unfortunately, since the project concept has been introduced, pretty much only I adopted the process for non-management projects and only 2 projects got closed (the KPIs and bisq-network/projects#25) so far.

The 3200 USD for bisq-network/projects#25 seems a bit high to me.

For making Bisq work again? I disagree. (details: because slow inet, i.e. tor, speed means Bisq cannot be used and we only have around 450 active nodes at each time, loosing more would not benefit the project - keep in mind that we already might have lost lots of users because of these issues). And the project has been priced at a discount to begin with and I only ask for roughly half of it anyways.

[chimp1984]

We both have the right to disagree. So will I.

[freimair]

I understand that your vote will make my compensation request fail if I do not lower the amount for the project in question, so I will include that part in my next compensation request. Maybe you care about naming an amount you are comfortable with?

[ripcurlx]

Based on the changes mentioned in #685 (comment) as stand in team lead I approve this request for dev now.

[freimair]

@wiz can I have your two cents here as well?

[chimp1984]

@freimair I think 50% of the initial request amount for that project is justified.

[wiz]

It's fine but I thought @Emzy was taking over the Bisq monitor since you resigned? Are you guys still coordinating that?

[freimair]

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[chimp1984]

@freimair Can you please provide @Emzy the necessary information/data for the monitor setup (grafana config,...). Please check in all the data required to get a running monitor into a repo (can you yours) so its easier to share and transparent. I consider that as part of the monitor project the DAO has paid for and expect that the handover works without much hassle. Thanks in advance.

[chimp1984]

@freimair
As you have not reacted I will wait with supporting your request until you have fulfilled the outstanding obligation to provide the source of work you got paid for. The current monitor project is incomplete as it misses the Grafana setup as well as potentially other tools used. I consider the monitor project complete when a dev can run it from the provided source and instructions on his own and get the same end result. This should have been done from day one on when you started to use Grafana. We are an open source project and by default all produced work has to be made open source and available for others to get the same result.

I will support your open request once that handover is completed with the amount requested here + 50% of the "initial data request" amount you inititally requested.

[ripcurlx]

Based on the changes mentioned in #685 (comment) as stand in team lead I approve this request for dev now.

Based on the unresponsiveness on the missing handover of the items required to run the monitor I have to withdraw my approval for this compensation request this cycle.

[MwithM]

Closed as rejected.

[chimp1984]

@freimair As stated above please provide all data and information to @Emzy so that he can start to setup the monitor and we can do the handover.

The DAO has invested about 50 000 USD in the monitor project and we need to ensure that this investment does not vanish just because you left the project. To re-do all the work to setup Grafana would be too much of an effort to invest again into the project with quite limited value (it never fulfilled the purpose to be an alert system). If you don't provide the needed information to reduce the needed effort for the handover I consider that investment as a huge loss for Bisq. Holding back work you got paid for is not acceptable.

My support for your outstanding requests is directly depending on that outstanding delivery.

Also be assured I have not been the only one who rejected your request.

[xanoni]

This is still a problem ... the website links to a broken monitor ....

See bisq-network/bisq#5297 (comment)