Gridcoin poll: What should we do regarding the mandatory team requirement? (vote until May 20)
Until 20th May, 2017 Gridcoin users can vote in this poll:
What should we do regarding the mandatory team requirement?
Results so far (A), on:
You can see other ongoing polls here:
Further info:
- [Discussion] Mandatory team 'Gridcoin' membership requirement
- Mandatory team requirement - if removed, how to modify the NN?
You have as voting options:
- Checklist:I Have Read The Team Requirement Cryptocointalk Thread
- We Should Work Towards The Removal Of The Mandatory Team Gridcoin Requirement
- We Should Maintain The Mandatory Team Gridcoin Requirement
- Abstain
Windows users:
- If your wallet is encrypted, fully unlock the wallet (not just for 'staking only').
- Click "Advanced", then click "Voting" to launch the voting menu.
- Right-click on "Technical Poll: What should we do regarding the mandatory team requirement?"
- Click "vote".
Linux users (QT Wallet/daemon):
- Fully unlock your wallet.
- Navigate to the Debug Console (Help - Debug Window - Console (tab) )
- Enter one of the following commands:
e.g. vote with "Abstain" like this: execute vote Technical_Poll_:_What_should_we_do_regarding_the_mandatory_team_requirement? Abstain
e.g. vote with "We Should Work Towards The Removal Of The Mandatory Team Gridcoin Requirement" like this: execute vote Technical_Poll_:_What_should_we_do_regarding_the_mandatory_team_requirement We_should_work_towards_the_removal_of_the_mandatory_team_gridcoin_requirement
notes:
- (A): Poll results on Gridcoin Research Corp are still calculated by the old formula when magnitude and balance was 50%/50%. GridcoinStats displays poll results by the new formula that was voted new ca. a month ago.
IMO, the removal of the mandatory team requirement would be massively beneficial for the Gridcoin network.
Our advertising effectiveness on BOINC related websites would increase as we would be able to reach those who have held back due to the team req, and our community will be able to engage in word-of-mouth marketing on forums which have their own team (many forum communities have their own team).
Nevermind the fact that as a POS crypto, potentially recruiting tens of thousands more users (out of 250k active, 4 mil registered) will be great for buying pressure (you need to acquire a staking balance) & as a result would be great for the marketcap.
The removal of the mandatory team req does introduce an excellent new challenge - how to scale to 10k-100k+ new users? All windows users currently all build the neural network for the network, which involves the retrieval of BOINC statistics directly from project servers -> this action of downloading the stats from the projects directly multiplied by tens of thousands more users & expanded to more than just team gridcoin could constitute a DDOS.
We would need to scale the NN up whilst scaling back the quantity of nodes responsible for maintaining the production of the NN (perhaps some kind of elected witness positions).
current situation:
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I guess when Bitcoin hits $4k and crypto hits $400B, we'll still be discussing the team requirement. It feels like seeing an old alarm clock (with clock hands and everything) in a sci-fi movie.
the poll ended with: