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Notary Application - IPFSMain - Neo Ge #672

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neogeweb3 commented 1 year ago

Notary Application

Core Information

Long Term Network Alignment

Time Commitment

Describe the nature and duration of your affiliation with the Filecoin network. Please include relevant GitHub handles, Storage Provider IDs, significant projects or contributions (with links).

I have worked as a crypto miner for over 10 years. 
I’ve been a part of the Filecoin community since 2017 and founded IPFSMain in 2018. 
I am also one of the Slingshot community reviewers who were helping evaluate applicant projects. 
I am one of the members of the Filecoin Foundation Storage Provider Working Group. 
Besides the Vice President role at IPFSMain, I am currently helping and advising multiple web3 startups on storage solutions. 

More information: 

- Github/Slack/Twitter handle: @neogeweb3
- Storage Provider ID: f01235, f09037, f022361, f022373, f022374, f023626, f023627

Stake Exposure

Please cite total token at stake (currently available, locked as collateral, vesting over time) and any substantiating evidence (i.e., addresses on chain with their corresponding FIL amounts).

The total FIL at stake is over 2MM, with the following miners f01235, f09037, f022361, f022373, f022374, f023626 & f023627 by the date of Nov 10, 2022.

How did you acquire the FIL cited above?

Space Race awards, block rewards, Storage Providing as a Service.

Industry Reputation

In-protocol Reputation

Please describe (in detail) your activity and tenure as a member of the Filecoin community. Please note (with links where possible) any contributions made to implementations of Filecoin, the spec, documentation, or to substantially help the Filecoin ecosystem grow. 

As a member of the Filecoin community, we have
- joined the Lab Day's Panel on August 18th, 2018, at San Francisco: https://youtu.be/ztPi2e21Mw4  
- presented at the GDIS on October 1st, 2018, at Santa Clara: https://youtu.be/ZHMejeZJdXY  
- joined the IPFS Camp on June 27-30, 2019, in Barcelona: https://youtu.be/kc_dxO-V8YM 
- held the DSAS on July 13th, 2019, in Shenzhen and invited PL members to present: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Vjsl9pQ2TJAbx8JZLsfRQZj0yZPgPhf  
- sponsored the Tokyo and Osaka IPFS Meetups during Devcon V in Japan: https://gihyo.jp/news/report/2019/10/2302?page=2  
- contributed some translation work to help the ecosystem grow: https://blog.ipfs.io/46-ipfs-weekly-12/ 
- contributed our resources to help complete both phase 1 & 2 of the trusted ceremony setup: https://filecoin.io/blog/roadmap-update-august-2020/ 
- sponsored the HackFS Hackathon: https://hackfs.com/
- joined the Miner Show & Tell panel during Space Race: https://youtu.be/M8rFiweyKyk
- ranked at the top of the SR1 leaderboard: https://spacerace.filecoin.io/
- helped set up the Bootstrap Node: https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/blob/master/build/bootstrap/bootstrappers.pi 
- joined multiple events like the Mining Hardware & Architecture talk and the Miner Spotlight panel during Filecoin Liftoff Week: https://filecoin.io/blog/mainnet-liftoff-day2/
- sponsored NFTHack (https://nfthack.ethglobal.co/) and Scaling Ethereum (https://scaling.ethglobal.co/) virtual Hackathons and summits
- sponsored the second HackFS Hackathon: https://hackfs.com/

In-protocol Security

Please describe your contributions to the security of Filecoin and the duration over which you've made contributions. Please also include any links or references that can substantiate your contributions. 

Our team and I have identified several bugs during the past two years and have informed the Filecoin team accordingly. 
Please check with @why, who will be able to substantiate our contributions.

Organizational Reputation

Please describe the nature of your organization, including the country of registration, size of the organization, and time since inception.

IPFSMain is a leading service provider committed to comprehensive Filecoin mining solutions in a cost-effective way. 
We have built quite an extensive relationship with the Filecoin community since its initial launch back in 2017, 
and as a result, have sustained countless contributions to the overall network. 
Just to name a few, we've helped out with both phase 1 & 2 of the trusted ceremony setup, ranked #1 in the Space Race, 
and presented in multiple Filecoin talks and panels (i.e., Miner Show & Tell, Mining Hardware & Architecture, etc.). 
We’ve also held and participated in over 100 events around the world. 
These events include blockchain summits, conferences, online and offline meetups, hackathons, and online streaming events. 
With these events, we have influenced over 3 million people globally. 
Pictures and snapshots of some of these events can be found on our Chinese website: https://www.ipfsmain.cn/aboutus

Please share any relevant details to help substantiate information about your organization (website, named officers, links to social media profiles).

IPFSMain Website: https://www.IPFSMain.cn 
IPFSMain Twitter: https://twitter.com/IPFSMain 
IPFSMain LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/IPFSMain 
IPFSMain Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IPFSMain 
IPFSMain Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/IPFSMain

Please share any relevant external information regarding your organization (e.g. news articles, social media profiles, etc.)

https://decrypt.co/41702/space-race-filecoin-hackathon-video 
https://forkast.news/filecoin-space-race-miners-challenged-with-network-upgrades/ 
https://www.chaintalk.tv/tv/10-questions-about-filecoin-with-ipfs-main/ 
https://hackernoon.com/we-plan-to-establish-the-first-ipfs-node-on-mars-says-filecoin-miner-neo-ge-ke2c3whe 
(Some other relevant external news links in Chinese: 
https://cointelegraphcn.com/news/beep-with-ipfsmain-ceo-li-yandong 
https://www.chaindd.com/3326120.html 
http://www.pcpop.com/article/6317692.shtml 
http://www.shilian.com/baike/185381.html 
https://www.zilian8.com/33547.html)

Individual Reputation

Please share links to at least 2 of your (personal) social media profiles (or accounts that you are able to use) and the approximate size of your audience (i.e., followers, subscribers) for each one.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/neogeweb3 - 5800 followers
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neoge/ - 1200 connections

Please share any additional relevant information regarding your presence (e.g. news articles, interviews, podcasts, videos, awards, etc.)

Interview conducted by Protocol Labs - https://hackernoon.com/we-plan-to-establish-the-first-ipfs-node-on-mars-says-filecoin-miner-neo-ge-ke2c3whe

Allocation Plan refer to the Rubric to see how this impacts your Notary score

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 rate at which you'll allocate DataCap.

Allocating the DataCap is all about distinguishing rational clients from malicious clients, and as such, my allocation strategy seeks to emphasize the key question "how much does the Notary trust the client?" rather than "does the Notary trust the client?". I have set up thresholds with varying degrees of trust. The way we traditionally audit Notaries can also be used to audit clients as well. Below, I've created 7 varying degrees of trust. The Rubric will be the primary guideline I use when evaluating a client and determining their DataCap allocation. These scoring guidelines can serve as a tool of assessment and further add a level of consistency across the board.

Update#1: I have created my allocation flow and workbook.

How do you plan on securing the DataCap to ensure your organization (and its delegated members) are the ones allocating the DataCap?

A hardware wallet (Ledger) is currently used to store the keys associated with the DataCap allocation address securely.

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? 

In general, the higher the DataCap thresholds are, the more restricted the client scrutiny would be. 
For individual clients, online identity will be verified by both account age and account activity perspectives, 
and this will serve to prove that they are valid users and not bots or sybils. 
Third-party tools like twitteraudit may also be used to verify online identities. 

For organizational clients, application organizations should be easy to verify through the appearance of their application. 
The developing applications may require further stringent investigation; 
this is to ensure that the application is valid and enclosed with meaningful content, rather than the shell of a malicious client. 
Large public datasets hosted by organizational clients are easy to verify because the data should be unencrypted and accessible to anyone. 
However, in the event that the organizational client has large private encrypted datasets(i.e., law firms), the Due Diligence procedure will be executed.

Below is the proposed procedure of Due Diligence. We need 3 types of information for review by myself or our compliance team depending on the volume of clients required Due Diligence:
1. Entity Information
 - Formation documents - this includes certificates of registration/incorporation/information; 
 - government-issued identification number for the entity
2. Authorized Signatory Information
 - evidence of the authorized signatory’s authority to act on behalf of the application entity (evidence include written consent of the company board of directors, or a secretary’s certificate, a signed letter from the applicant’s CFO, or may be included in the company operation agreement); 
 - close-up photo of the signatory’s face next to the visible passport or other government-issued photo-bearing ID
3. Beneficial Owners - If there are any 25%+ shareholders, we need a document as a capitalization table, operating agreement, or similar to verify the ownership, and also the following information for each of them: 
 - legal name;
 - date of birth; 
 - street address (P.O. box number is not acceptable); 
 - a government-issued identification number, which shall be either an SSN, ITIN, passport number and country of issuance, alien identification card number, or number and country of issuance of any other government-issued document evidencing nationality or residence; 
 - copy of an unexpired passport or other government-issued document evidencing the individual's nationality or residence which bears a photograph of the individual. 

There are two questionnaires to help me get to know our clients. The first one is about the basic information collection of new clients. 

Questionnaire #1
Please describe answers as much specificity as you can.

1. Can you introduce yourself? Where can I find you online? (Github, Twitter, Linkedin handle, Wechat, etc.)
2. If you represent an organization, what is the name, nature, registration country, time since inception, and named officers of your organization?
3. In which region(s) do you intend to use the DataCap?
4. What is your use case for the DataCap being requested?
5. Do you plan to specify advanced features when utilizing a DataCap in your storage deal? If so, please specify the feature.
6. How many miners do you plan on allocating the DataCap? If you have a specific miner(s) you would like to allocate a DataCap, please specify.
7. Do you agree on providing transparency of DataCap allocation decisions & execution details in public to prevent excessive/unfair self-dealing?

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.

I will use the second questionnaire to collect follow-up answers about previous allocations for returning clients. 

Questionnaire #2
Since you have requested DataCap from me before, I have some questions regarding your previous DataCap allocation.

1. How much cumulative DataCap was allocated to you from me?
2. In which region(s) did you use the DataCap?
3. What was your use case for the previous allocation?
4. Did you specify any advanced features for the previous allocation?
5. How many miners did you allocate the DataCap to? Please specify transaction links to the storage deals.
6. In your previous allocation, did you violent any community principles like excessive/unfair self-dealing?
7. Is there anything I could improve to serve you better in future allocations?

Utilizing the information collected will help me confirm that the client is not improperly using the DataCap they were previously granted. 
Clients are encouraged to allocate the DataCap to more than 5 different miners, 
which not only increases storage redundancy but also helps maintain decentralization and reduce the possibility of potential misuse. 
The more miners clients allocate, the more DataCap clients are likely to get.

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? 

Yes, all allocation decisions will be conducted in the Github repository.

Where do you plan on keeping a publicly accessible record of all your allocation decisions?

Github. 
Since all interactions are intended to occur publically, most of the allocation decisions should be self-explanatory. 
Any challenges raised regarding allocation decisions should be discussed publicly in the Github repo first. 
If convincing justifications can’t be given by the Notary, a dispute resolution application can be filed to the Notary Governance after 14 calendar days since its original challenge date. 
Once the dispute resolution application is filed, the Notary Governance can assign an arbitrator among the Root Key Holders in order to resolve the dispute. 
A hearing may be given within 30 calendar days of the dispute resolution application depending on the arbitrator's decisions.

Service Level Agreement

Engagement in Program

Which level (1-5) of service commitment are you willing to dedicate to participating in the Fil+ program? This includes making DataCap allocations (direct and/or Large Datasets), joining working groups, adding comments on discussion/issues, attendance in governance calls, messages in Slack, etc. For a full list of the service levels and time commitments please review the rubric 

L4
- Maintain a ranking in Leaderboard in the top 10% of Notaries.
- Attend 2 Governance calls a month.
- Join 2 working groups
- Respond to SLACK inquiries within 2 days
- Vote/Comment on >2 proposals a month

Track Record

Past allocation

Have you previously received DataCap to allocate before? If so, please link to any previous applications.

Yes. #11, #168 & #413

Disclosures

Do you/your organization have any relationship(s) with other existing notaries or their organizations? If yes, please list the names of the Notary individuals or organizations you may be related to.

None.
filecoin-notaries-onboarding-bot[bot] commented 1 year ago

Thanks for your request! :exclamation: We have found some problems in the information provided. We could not find your Filecoin address in the information provided

    Please, take a look at the request and edit the body of the issue providing all the required information.
filecoin-notaries-onboarding-bot[bot] commented 1 year ago

Thanks for your request! Everything looks good. :ok_hand: 

    A Governance Team member will review the information provided and contact you back pretty soon.
filecoin-notaries-onboarding-bot[bot] commented 1 year ago

Thanks for your request! Everything looks good. :ok_hand: 

    A Governance Team member will review the information provided and contact you back pretty soon.
Kevin-FF-USA commented 1 year ago

Hi @neogeweb3

Thanks for (re)applying to become a Notary in the Fil+ program!

As we score your application, you will need to verify your contact information and affiliated organization. Since you are applying on behalf of an organization, please email NOTARYELECTION@FIL.ORG from your Organizations email account. *This cannot be from your personal account. You must use/send the address of your Organization.

Subject Line: Notary Name, Application Number Email Body:

Your First and Last name Your Organization Your Country of Operation Your Slack handle in filecoinproject.slack.com Link to this GitHub application

This step needs to be completed by 28NOV. Emails received after the 28th run the risk of delaying scoring and may result in your application not being completed. Once we receive verification of your email, we will then send you a token code to verify and link your SLACK account.

Should you have any questions, please post them here in the comments section of your application and tag @Kevin-FF-USA and @panges2

Thank you!

filecoin-notaries-onboarding-bot[bot] commented 1 year ago

Thanks for your request! Everything looks good. :ok_hand: 

    A Governance Team member will review the information provided and contact you back pretty soon.
neogeweb3 commented 1 year ago

I would assume the Application Number is #672

galen-mcandrew commented 1 year ago

Please see attached for initial notary scoring by governance team. Thank you for applying! 672.pdf

panges2 commented 1 year ago

NOTE: there was an error with our automation that caused IPFSMains SLA engagement score to be 0 when really it should be an L4. This would push their final score to be a 4. All internal records of IPFSMain's fourth notary election score are amended with this change.

Kevin-FF-USA commented 1 year ago

@neogeweb3 Thank you for applying to serve as a Notary in support of the Filecoin Plus program. After review of your application and a diligent scoring of your past and potential future contributions to the program, you have been selected to continue as a Notary in this 4th round of elections. (score was updated to reflect error in SLA total)

In the coming days you will receive an onboarding training checklist. It will walk you through the steps to verify your ledger verification in https://plus.fil.org/ as well as outline the best practices and responsbilities for a Notary in the Program.

Next steps

  1. By 20 December - Complete the CONTACT AND DISCLOSURES form
    1. https://airtable.com/shrjx52lvefitwdq6
  2. By 30 December - Ensure that the Governance meeting time is on your calendar and make scheduling plans which allow you to commit to attending per your SLA level expectations. (L1-L5)

Please reach out to Galen, Kevin-FF, or Philop on Slack if you have any questions.

panges2 commented 1 year ago

Hi @neogeweb3, this is a kind reminder to get your ledger verified by Wednesday, Feb 8. To connect and set up your account in the Registry, please follow this short guide. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VCksV4_roLSTmaPqZJ8u643rykC0A7Z53YBDUoIY1xc/edit?usp=sharing For a longer video walkthrough - see here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HFvRjjplt4NpRz4P67320D2g3Z42ePzj/view

neogeweb3 commented 1 year ago

Notary Ledger Verified

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