Round 43 - GMC Community Discussion of Submitted Applications

Grants / Bounties
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In order to keep the application threads clear of discussions (to make it easier for committee members to read and score them), please use this thread for any and all questions and discussions of round 43 period of grant, bounty, and retrospective award applications.

Round 43 - GMC Call for Bounty Applications - Deadline is December 7
Round 43 - GMC Call for Grant Applications - Deadline is December 7
Round 43 - GMC Call for Retrospective Applications - Deadline is December 7
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@ShfRyn, a question about my application in the grants thread (post #3, “Rocket Pool Scorecard: Saturn 1 content refresh”), which claims Milestone B of the Scorecard bounty BA062304.

I tried to message you directly, but new accounts can’t send PMs, so I’m asking here:

  1. Is BA062304 Milestone B still live, and is a Round 43 application the right way to claim it?
  2. Who can merge and redeploy rocket-pool/RocketPool-Scorecard once the content is reviewed? (Nick Doherty did the last deployment.)

I plan to open the PR with a preview by 21 Nov and run a one-week feedback thread before the deadline. If the bounty has been retired, let me know and I’ll withdraw the application.

Thanks,
Timilehin

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Hi Timicoding,

The committee closed bounty BA062304 in May 2025.

We don’t have any active valid bounties at this time. You’re welcome to submit one here.

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Thanks @ShfRyn, that’s helpful. The bounty page still lists BA062304 as Open, so I missed that it was closed. Since the live scorecard still describes the protocol before Saturn 1 (minipool sign-up, undated figures), I’ll keep this as a regular grant application rather than a bounty claim, and I’ve updated post #3 in the grants thread to match. If the committee would rather retire the scorecard than refresh it, let me know and I’ll withdraw.

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The live scorecard isn’t an official Rocket Pool website. It’s hosted by Anthias Labs, the company that developed it. The website never became official because we had trouble completing the second milestone.

Which bounty page are you referring to?

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Thanks @ShfRyn. I meant your bounty board: Rocket Pool Scorecard | Rocket Pool Bounty Board. It still shows BA062304 as Open with Milestones B and C, which is why I thought it was live.

Thanks for the context on Anthias Labs hosting the live site, I didn’t know that. Since the code sits in rocket-pool/RocketPool-Scorecard, here’s what I’d propose instead: I refresh the content for Saturn 1 and ship it from that repo as an official Rocket Pool deployment (GitHub Pages under the rocket-pool org, or a rocketpool.net subdomain, whichever the team prefers). That way the scorecard finally becomes official and doesn’t depend on a third-party host.

I’m flexible on the ask: I can do it for $600 instead of $960 if that makes it easier for the committee. And if you’d rather not have a scorecard at all, just say so and I’ll withdraw so it doesn’t take up scoring time.

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@Timicoding

Oh I understand the confusion now. That bounty board was an old fork of the live board that can be found at https://rpbountyboard.com/. On the live board, that bounty was closed a while ago.

The committee was no longer interested in the scorecard when they had trouble completing milestone B which is why the site never went live / official. A withdrawal makes the most sense at this time.

Thanks.

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Also note that the one remaining bounty on that board is about to be withdrawn

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Thanks @ShfRyn and @drdoofus, that clears it up, and understood on the scorecard.

Before I withdraw it: is there anything the committee would actually like to see funded right now, especially around Saturn 1? I’d rather point my time at something you need than guess again. For context, I’m a backend/infra engineer: Node/TypeScript and Rust, Docker and node ops, and I built ZecKit (Zcash dev tooling, funded by the Zcash Foundation). I’m happy to take on docs, tooling, dashboards or integration work, even something small to start. If nothing fits this round, no worries, I’ll withdraw and keep an eye out for future rounds.

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The GMC has been tight on money for quite a while. In fact, we were at no money for a good part of the last year or two. So, we have basically withdrawn all bounties and we reject most grants. I like that you want to get involved and that is something we want to see, we just don’t really have any/many projects we are currently looking for. Our main concern is minting rETH, so if someone can think up a way to really help with that, that could be a grantable request. We are all spinning our wheels on that.

If you do think up something, bring it up in the community and to the GMC first. Community vetting greatly increases chances of getting a grant request accepted. We have a lot of iffy AI garbage that comes through these days and we are pretty quick to hit the “no” button on anything we aren’t enthusiastic about.

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Round 43 - GMC Call for Grant Applications - Deadline is December 7
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Thanks @drdoofus, really appreciate the honest picture. I’ll withdraw the scorecard application now. Growing rETH demand is a problem I’d genuinely like to take a swing at, so I’ll take my time to think it through properly and bring an idea to the community for feedback before anything goes to the GMC.

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