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Notary Application: FBG Capital #722

Closed GaryGJG closed 3 months ago

GaryGJG commented 1 year ago

Notary Application

To apply to be a Fil+ Notary, please review the Notary Overview here 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 network. Please include relevant GitHub handles, Storage Provider IDs, significant projects or contributions (with links).

Founded in 2017, FBG Capital is Asia’s leading digital asset management and investment firm.

We started Filecoin mining back in 2020. As of Feb 2022, we have data center setup in Singapore and 
North America.

We are dedicated to supporting the whole Filecoin ecosystem. We’ve invested a few Filecoin eco projects & funds, 
such as CID Gravity, FilSwan and Fenbushi Capital. We’re also planning to set up a stand-alone Filecoin eco fund
to further support the Filecoin eco projects.

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).

About 0.66 MM FIL (Miner ID: f0402661, f01372912, f01238519)

How did you acquire the FIL cited above?

Block rewards & storage provide 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. 

- We started Filecoin mining back in 2020.
- We’ve invested a few Filecoin eco projects & funds, such as CID Gravity, FilSwan and Fenbushi Capital. 
  We’re also planning to set up a stand-alone Filecoin eco fund to further support the Filecoin eco projects.
- We’ve co-hosted an online Filecoin anniversary event (Enter the metaverse - Anniversary of Filecoin Mainnet 
  Launch) with FilSwan on 19-20 Oct 2021.

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. 

NA

Organizational Reputation

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

Founded in 2017, FBG Capital is Asia’s leading digital asset management and investment firm with 50 employees 
worldwide.

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

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/fbg-capital
https://twitter.com/FBGCapital (15k Followers)

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

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2018/08/01/tricks-of-a-crypto-trader-meet-asias-hottest-crypto-hedge-fund/amp 
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/09/28/clearpool-raises-3m-to-build-decentralized-capital-markets-ecosystem-on-ethereum 
https://nairametrics.com/2021/10/26/deal-coinlist-raises-100-million-in-funding-round-now-valued-at-1-5-billion 
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/11/17/oasis-launches-160m-ecosystem-fund-with-backing-from-jump-capital-and-others

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.

 https://twitter.com/FBGCapital (15k Followers) 
https://www.linkedin.com/company/fbgcapital (2k Followers)

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

FIL-Toronto Summit by FilSwan Successfully Concluded

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.

We will leverage some existing best practices.

Allocating the DataCap is all about distinguishing rational clients from malicious clients, and as such, 
Our allocation strategy seeks to emphasize the key question "how much does the Notary trust the client?" 
rather than "does the Notary trust the client?". We will set up thresholds with varying degrees of trust. 

The way we traditionally audit Notaries can also be used to audit clients as well. 
We define 7 varying degrees of trust. The Rubric will be the primary guideline we 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.

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

We will use hardware wallet 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? 

We will follow the FIL+ guidelines and conduct all our allocation decisions publicly on Github.

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

GitHub & some public websites: 
- filecoin-plus-client-onboarding
- filplus.info

All allocation decisions will be guided by the rubric publicly on Github.  
Since all interactions are intended to occur publically, most allocation decisions should be self-explanatory. 
Any challenges raised regarding allocation decisions should be discussed publicly, e.g., the Github repo.
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. 
Depending on the arbitrator's decisions, a hearing may be given within 30 calendar days of the dispute resolution application.

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. #458

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! 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.
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.
panges2 commented 1 year ago

Hello @GaryGJG, Thanks for 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 include the address of your Organization.

Subject Line: Notary Name, Application Number Email Body:

  1. Your First and Last name
  2. Your Organization
  3. Your Country of Operation
  4. Your Slack handle in filecoinproject.slack.com
  5. Link to your 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!

GaryGJG commented 1 year ago

Notary Ledger Verified

Message sent to Filecoin Network

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You can check the status of the message here: https://filfox.info/en/message/bafy2bzaceagdvvzg26gwcnk6f3dvf2lgrk4dqsd343eih7jr67nioqy2dgc3k

galen-mcandrew commented 1 year ago

Please see attached for initial notary scoring by governance team. Thank you for applying! 722.pdf

GaryGJG commented 1 year ago

Dear Galen, Thanks to you for the scoring, after checking the score, I have a question, why we don't have SLA Engagement Score, could you please help check about that?

Thank you very much! Best regards Gary

Galen @.***> 于2022年12月5日周一 19:52写道：

Please see attached for initial notary scoring by governance team. Thank you for applying! 722.pdf https://github.com/filecoin-project/notary-governance/files/10159481/722.pdf

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Kevin-FF-USA commented 1 year ago

@GaryGJG 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 onboard as a Notary in this 4th round of elections.

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.

GaryGJG commented 1 year ago

Notary Ledger Verified

Message sent to Filecoin Network

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You can check the status of the message here: https://filfox.info/en/message/bafy2bzaceajwqgmis3sxqpbg7ubhzaxs7xmcwbkzywjo2rnbn2hdrrcau2neq

galen-mcandrew commented 4 months ago

Request Approved

Address

f1zffqhxwq2rrg7rtot6lmkl6hb2xyrrseawprzsq

Datacap Allocated

0PiB

filplus-bot commented 4 months ago

The request has been signed by a new Root Key Holder

Message sent to Filecoin Network

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galen-mcandrew commented 3 months ago

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