Closed TimWilliams00 closed 3 months ago
Hi @TimWilliams00 based on this Notary election cycle's final scoring, you/your organization has qualified to be a Fil+ Notary! You will be receiving your final scored rubric soon, along with the total allocation of Datacap based on rubric scoring.
In order to confirm your participation as a Notary in the Fil+ ecosystem, please respond to the following:
Please confirm that the region of operation for client applications you will focus on is North America.
Please confirm each of the following items below (you can do this by quoting each of the following bullets and adding a line under each section agreeing that you'll abide by these operational principles).
• Upfront Disclosures: Prior to being confirmed as a Notary, Notaries are expected to disclose all relevant addresses which they control, have a financial stake in, or are strongly connected to by other means. For the disclosure, the Notary should state the relevant addresses and the nature of the relationship .
• Promoting Client Best Practices: Notaries agree to educate approved clients about the best practices for using their DataCap (e.g. how to request additional services from miners, storing data redundantly across many miners, etc). Some reference information can be found here.
• Commitment to efficiently serving the Network: Notaries agree to serve as fiduciaries of the Network, striving to work towards bringing useful data onto Filecoin and improving the experience for clients to do so. Notaries should generally be able to respond to Client applications and updates within 3 days, and should be comfortable communicating with Clients and Notaries if an application needs to be redirected.
• No Self Dealing: To prevent conflicts of interest, Notaries should not allocate DataCap to Clients over which they control the private keys, or to a Client who intends to specifically spend the allocated DataCap with an address affiliated with the Notary. When in doubt, Notaries should bias towards transparency (i.e. public disclosure) or to getting a different Notary to handle the individual request.
• Operating in Good Faith: Notaries hold a position of trust in the network, and as such it is expected that they operate keeping the Principles of this mechanism in mind. While each form of abuse cannot be exhaustively defined, Notaries are expected to bias towards caution and act in a way that promotes transparency. Notaries should expect to potentially receive requests or questions for allocation decisions (within reason) - and should make decisions with this in mind.
• Community Governance Participation: It is expected that you will participate in the program 4 hours a week. Along with data allocation, participation in Github issues and Slack conversations, Notaries are to make an effort to regularly attend the scheduled Governance calls. As these calls are a forum to shape this process, it is important to ensure Notaries are present to provide their context, with discussions and input.
Please list any addresses you are affiliated with, and state the nature of the relationship. Please refer to the first bullet point in (2) for the definition of "affiliated", and bias towards transparency when in doubt.
Please affirm that you will abide by the allocation / client due diligence plan you laid out above.
(If ready) Please confirm the address that should receive DataCap. This is the address which you will use to sign messages on-chain to verify clients (through using a Ledger and the Fil+ Registry App). If you have an active (non-zero) DataCap grant from a previous election cycle, please provide a different address here. • If you do not have a ledger already, we recommend ordering directly from the Manufacturer for the Nano S or Nano X (link: https://shop.ledger.com/pages/ledger-nano-x)
Thank you for acknowledging my past work.
Hi @TimWilliams00 based on this Notary election cycle's final scoring, you/your organization has qualified to be a Fil+ Notary! You will be receiving your final scored rubric soon, along with the total allocation of Datacap based on rubric scoring.
In order to confirm your participation as a Notary in the Fil+ ecosystem, please respond to the following:
- Please confirm that the region of operation for client applications you will focus on is North America.
Confirm
- Please confirm each of the following items below (you can do this by quoting each of the following bullets and adding a line under each section agreeing that you'll abide by these operational principles).
Confirm
• Upfront Disclosures: Prior to being confirmed as a Notary, Notaries are expected to disclose all relevant addresses which they control, have a financial stake in, or are strongly connected to by other means. For the disclosure, the Notary should state the relevant addresses and the nature of the relationship .
Confirm
• Promoting Client Best Practices: Notaries agree to educate approved clients about the best practices for using their DataCap (e.g. how to request additional services from miners, storing data redundantly across many miners, etc). Some reference information can be found here.
Confirm
• Commitment to efficiently serving the Network: Notaries agree to serve as fiduciaries of the Network, striving to work towards bringing useful data onto Filecoin and improving the experience for clients to do so. Notaries should generally be able to respond to Client applications and updates within 3 days, and should be comfortable communicating with Clients and Notaries if an application needs to be redirected.
Confirm
• No Self Dealing: To prevent conflicts of interest, Notaries should not allocate DataCap to Clients over which they control the private keys, or to a Client who intends to specifically spend the allocated DataCap with an address affiliated with the Notary. When in doubt, Notaries should bias towards transparency (i.e. public disclosure) or to getting a different Notary to handle the individual request.
Confirm
• Operating in Good Faith: Notaries hold a position of trust in the network, and as such it is expected that they operate keeping the Principles of this mechanism in mind. While each form of abuse cannot be exhaustively defined, Notaries are expected to bias towards caution and act in a way that promotes transparency. Notaries should expect to potentially receive requests or questions for allocation decisions (within reason) - and should make decisions with this in mind.
Confirm
• Community Governance Participation: It is expected that you will participate in the program 4 hours a week. Along with data allocation, participation in Github issues and Slack conversations, Notaries are to make an effort to regularly attend the scheduled Governance calls. As these calls are a forum to shape this process, it is important to ensure Notaries are present to provide their context, with discussions and input.
Confirm
- Please list any addresses you are affiliated with, and state the nature of the relationship. Please refer to the first bullet point in (2) for the definition of "affiliated", and bias towards transparency when in doubt.
N/A
- Please affirm that you will abide by the allocation / client due diligence plan you laid out above.
Yes, I affirm it
- (If ready) Please confirm the address that should receive DataCap. This is the address which you will use to sign messages on-chain to verify clients (through using a Ledger and the Fil+ Registry App). If you have an active (non-zero) DataCap grant from a previous election cycle, please provide a different address here.
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@TimWilliams00
Please fill out this form to move forwards with the ratification process: https://airtable.com/shrs55Lzbm1wJTIRw
This request is 100% not affiliated with Performive
Dear Mr. DiRocco, sorry for the misunderstanding.
This is Tim Williams from Filecoin Community. Mr. Brozena (VP of Business Development at Performive) applied and successfully acted as Filecoin's notary on behalf of Performive in December 2020,
In June 2021, after continued to apply to be a notary of Filecoin for the second time, Mr.Brozena was no longer performed the work obligations of a notary due to personal reasons and handed over the relevant responsibilities to us. We also announced on Slack - the notary channel, and explained to the community and requested updates, including GitHub, slack, and wallet addresses.
I believe you have communicated with Mr. Brozena in these situations. In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, we are willing to use the name of Tim Williams to act as a notary instead of Performive and we apologize for any misunderstanding caused to you. The updated information will be submitted here, please refer to the community: https://airtable.com/shrs55Lzbm1wJTIRw
@TimWilliams00 We need some more details to verify your identity and relationship with Performive, as you are citing being an official representative of that US-based company.
Please reach out to us here and at filplus@fil.org with more evidence to verify your identity.
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@TimWilliams00 still hoping for some more diligence and evidence to verify your identity and previous relationship with Performive. Please provide some more details and evidence of your identity here, and reach out to us at filplus@fil.org
Dear Mr. DiRocco, sorry for the misunderstanding.
This is Tim Williams from Filecoin Community. Mr. Brozena (VP of Business Development at Performive) applied and successfully acted as Filecoin's notary on behalf of Performive in December 2020,
In June 2021, after continued to apply to be a notary of Filecoin for the second time, Mr.Brozena was no longer performed the work obligations of a notary due to personal reasons and handed over the relevant responsibilities to us. We also announced on Slack - the notary channel, and explained to the community and requested updates, including GitHub, slack, and wallet addresses.
I believe you have communicated with Mr. Brozena in these situations. In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, we are willing to use the name of Tim Williams to act as a notary instead of Performive and we apologize for any misunderstanding caused to you. The updated information will be submitted here, please refer to the community: https://airtable.com/shrs55Lzbm1wJTIRw
Thanks Galen, Please see my detailed reply as above, promise the above information is true and reliable.
@TimWilliams00 The team from Performive has reached out directly to dispute this request and challenge your affiliation with their organization. Please verify your legal name and provide some additional evidence of your role in the community and your relationship with Mr. Brozena since 2021. You can provide that evidence here or directly at filplus@fil.org
The internal opinions of Performive will be unified and I will get back to you soon.
Thanks for your request! :exclamation: We have found some problems in the information provided. We could not find the Datacap requested in the information provided
Please, take a look at the request and edit the body of the issue providing all the required information.
Thanks for your request! :exclamation: We have found some problems in the information provided. We could not find the Datacap requested in the information provided
Please, take a look at the request and edit the body of the issue providing all the required information.
@galen-mcandrew I'm pretty sorry for the late response. My opinion finally reached a consensus with Jason.
I've never worked for Performive. Just because I am familiar with Jason, I referred to Jason's previous notary application and continued using the name 'Performive' as a notary. It is indeed inappropriate behavior. So I change this application into my own notary application formally this time.
1.If I can continue working as a notary, I will strictly do my duty; 2.If it is improper for me to work as a notary, I will go on focusing on the development of Filecoin and hope that I can have an opportunity to apply for a notary again in the future.
I will respect the decision of Filecoin community. Thanks all!
Thanks for your request! :exclamation: We have found some problems in the information provided. We could not find the Datacap requested in the information provided
Please, take a look at the request and edit the body of the issue providing all the required information.
Thanks for your request! Everything looks good. :ok_hand:
A Governance Team member will review the information provided and contact you back pretty soon.
@galen-mcandrew @Kevin-FF-USA @dkkapur Have you got my mail? Please let me know if you have a result of this updated application. Thanks a lot!
Notary Application
To apply to be a Fil+ Notary, please review the Notary Overview [here] (https://github.com/filecoin-project/notary-governance/tree/main/notaries#overview) and then fill out the following form.
Core Information
Please respond to the questions below in paragraph form, replacing the text saying "Please answer here". Include as much detail as you can in your answer!
Long Term Network Alignment
Time Commitment
Describe the nature and duration of your affiliation with the Filecoin project. Please include relevant Github handles, miner ids, significant projects, or contributions (with links).
Stake Exposure
Please cite the total token at stake (currently available, locked as collateral, vesting over time) and any substantiating evidence.
Industry Reputation
In-protocol Reputation
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In-protocol Security
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Organizational Reputation
Please describe the nature of your organization, including the country of registration, size of the organization, and time since inception.
Please share any relevant details to help substantiate information about your organization (website, named officers, links to social media profiles).
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Individual Reputation
Please share links to at least 2 of your (personal) social media profiles (or accounts that you can use) and the approximate size of your audience (i.e., followers, subscribers) for each one.
Diversity and Decentralization
Use Case Diversity
(Optional) Any additional information you'd like to share about the use case(s) you plan to support?
Allocation Plan
Concreteness of Allocation Plan
Allocation Strategy
How do you plan on allocating the DataCap requested above? Please describe your allocation strategy with as much specificity as you can. This includes the target amount per client and the rate at which you'll allocate DataCap.
How do you plan on securing the DataCap to ensure your organization (and its delegated members) are the ones allocating the DataCap?
Client Due Diligence
How will you vet the clients that are applying for DataCap? What questions will you ask to ensure your trust is placed well and that clients can properly handle the DataCap you intend to allocate to them?
What processes will you employ when granting additional DataCap to a client that has previously been verified? This includes confirming that the client is not improperly using the DataCap they were previously granted, i.e., making deals with a single SP entity.
Bookkeeping Plan
Do you plan on conducting all your allocation decisions in public (e.g. Github repo), private (e.g. over email, Telegram, etc), or both?
Where do you plan on keeping a publicly accessible record of all your allocation decisions?
Service Level Agreement
Engagement in Program
How much time per week, on average, are you willing to dedicate to participating in the Fil+ program? This includes making DataCap allocations (direct and/or Large Datasets), comments on discussion/issues, attendance in governance calls, messages in Slack, etc.
Track Record
Past allocation
Have you previously received DataCap to allocate before? If so, please link to any previous applications.
Cumulatively, how much DataCap have you previously successfully allocated?