For March 2019

[m52go]

Summary

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• BSQ requested: 8325
• BSQ address: B1FGfKZQrpbLN9UNMogyJAVTR5PJNRkGPXJ

Contributions delivered

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Blog

• Write post/essay Benefits of the Bisq DAO, Part I: Funding FLOSS & Avoiding Surveillance Capitalism (link)
  • I requested a bit more than usual here because this post was a longer and required more time to think and formulate than others. It also got several positive reactions on Twitter, both through the post itself and the resulting tweetstorm.

BSQ Requested: 750

Blog Operations

• Review, edit, and publish 3 other posts for the month in coordination with arunasurya

BSQ Requested: 1000

Website

• Overhaul FAQs page (PR)

BSQ Requested: 1500

Docs

• Speed improvements (PR and PR).
  • Google PageSpeed rating is now perfect 100 for desktop and 94 for mobile. As explained here, I don't see any reasonable way to improve the mobile rating.
• Minor updates to help contributors specify their mainnet BSQ addresses (PR) and encourage DAO testing and feedback (PR).

BSQ Requested: 800

Video

• Test the Bisq DAO in 90 Seconds (link)
  • Under-valuing here since the ultimate "shelf-life" was short (video will no longer be useful after April), but a good number of users who helped test the DAO watched it, so I think it was a good effort.

BSQ Requested: 250

Events/Communications

• Panel at MIT Bitcoin Expo (9-10 March) (link)
  • Fly to Boston for 3 days/2 nights
• Interview with Ricardo Martinez (link)
  • Also posted on the World Crypto Network with an intro from Max Hillebrand (link)

BSQ Requested: 600

Other Operations

• Push for DAO testing participation and feedback
  • Across Slack, GitHub, email, and personal 1-on-1 contact as appropriate

BSQ Requested: 925

Contributions in progress

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Partly because I was late in submitting my PRs, and partly because some PRs are tied to the actual DAO launch, a chunk of my work this month hasn't been merged yet. It will just come through in next month's request.

• DAO docs preparation - PR pending
• DAO faqs (PR)
• DAO website tweaks (PR)
• Stats page on website (PR)

On the communications front, 2 items are coming up.

• Appearance on Peter McCormack's What Bitcoin Did podcast, probably happening sometime in May
• Interview with Vlad Costea of Crypto Insider

Roles performed

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Twitter Admin: bisq-network/roles#21 (comment) 2500
Roles Admin: bisq-network/roles#28 (comment) 25
Docs Maintainer: bisq-network/roles#29 (comment) 25
Slack Admin: bisq-network/roles#23 (comment) 25
YouTube Admin: bisq-network/roles#56 (comment) 25

[ripcurlx]

Closing as complete, see #243 (comment).