Retrospective Award Application
Retrospective Award
Title
Smartnode contributions.
Who is the proposed retrospective award recipient?
0xFornax
What specific project or work is the retrospective award in recognition of? Please detail what the project or work entailed and the duration over which it took place.
This proposal is to reward work done on the smartnode project from Jan-24 to Apr-14, consisting of 6 PRs (4 merged, 1 approved, and 1 under review).
The main goal was to help Joe focus his time on the most significant RP features while Fornax worked on smaller features, and implemented community requests.
The work includes the implementation to allow setting the ENS avatar for nodes (request by Peteris) and improving the security in the way the expose API/RPC port settings are done. This will help VPS users avoid exposing their system to the whole internet (requested by Patches). Also, Fornax actively searches and fixes bugs related to issues reported on #support and improvements to help lower the number of users requesting support. Also, maintenance to previous work was required as the Snapshot API had some breaking changes.
Are the subjects of this award entirely open source (MIT, GPL, Apache, CC BY license or similar)? If not, which parts will not be, why, and under what license will they be published?
The work is entirely open source.
Benefits - enter N/A where appropriate
How did the project or work for which the retrospective award would be given help people looking to stake ETH for rETH?
N/A
How did the project or work for which the retrospective award would be given help rETH holders?
N/A
How did the project or work for which the retrospective award would be given help people looking to run a Rocket Pool node for the first time?
The work consisted of Smartnode new features and bug fixes improving the user experience for both new and current users and making the software more robust.
How did the project or work for which the retrospective award would be given help people already running a Rocket Pool node?
The work consisted of Smartnode new features and bug fixes improving the user experience for both new and current users and making the software more robust.
How did the project or work for which the retrospective award would be given how does this help the Rocket Pool community?
A robust software leads to an overall improved UX for the RP community. Having someone deal with community requests, identifying and fixing bugs reported by users helps them feel heard and included in the process.
How did the project or work for which the retrospective award would be given how does this help RPL holders?
N/A
Payment
The applicant is suggesting $3,000 for this work.
Conflict of Interest
Does the person or persons requesting the retrospective award have any conflicts of interest to disclose? (Please disclose here if you are a member of the GMC or if you have nominated a member of the GMC for this retrospective award).
Fornax is a member of the GMC and will not vote on this proposal.