Round 10 - GMC Call For Retrospective Applications - Deadline is March 10

Blockies - GMC Payment Verification Bot

Who is the proposed retrospective award recipient?

ramana

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.

After conversations and requests from members of the GMC, ramana built the blockies bot that the GMC can use to verify payment addresses when signing transactions. He made a few iterations to the bot based on additional requests from the GMC. You can read the conversation here.

The amount of payment addresses to verify averaged around 5~6 a year ago, recently the GMC has had to verify 20+ addresses per month. Ideally the bot will reduce verification times while adding an extra layer of verification security.

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?

I have forked the project into the GMC repo.

Benefit

<please enter N/A where appropriate>

Group Benefits
Potential rETH holders N/A
rETH holders N/A
Potential NOs N/A
NOs N/A
Community Ideally the project should lead to reduced verification times, and a more secure verification process.
RPL holders N/A

Costs

How much USD $ is the applicant requesting be awarded to the recipient?

$800

Ramana claims he spent a total of 8 hours on the project to date (2024-03-09 11:00 EST). The requested amount would pay him $100/hr for his work.

Is the applicant requesting RPL or LUSD?

RPL

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).

I am the administrator for the GMC. GMC members requested the extra verification layer, and I submitted this application to make sure ramana compensated for his work.

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