Abstract / Overview
This proposal is to continue to fund the Engineering Workstream’s budget for 6 months, October 1st, 2024 through March 31st, 2025.
The ShapeShift DAO relies on the Engineering Workstream to maintain the code base, undertake core engineering work to enable new features, and to provide architectural oversight and technical leadership as we continue to execute the roadmap as defined by the Community and Product Workstream.
Motivation
To continue to provide the DAO the needed engineering resources to maintain the existing product offering and implement new functionality.
Specification
Team
Mandate
No changes to mandate. See previous renewal.
Budget
The details below expand upon the budget spreadsheet (the previous renewal sheet is also available at the same link for comparison)
Total amount requested over 6 month: $511,500 + $91,000 USD in FOX
The amount of FOX requested will be locked in on Oct 7, 2024 by using a 7 day daily-VWAP calculated by taking the daily mid price (Low + High / 2), multiplied by that day’s volume averaged over 7 days using data from CoinMarketCap. The intended use of this FOX is discussed below.
Recurring costs
Labor
The budget currently retains the 5 existing engineers from the previous workstream. There is no compensation for a workstream leader built into this budget as a new WS leader will need to be ratified by governance and can negotiate compensation at that time.
Infrastructure
These costs are currently being paid by the Foundation and are not included in the workstream’s budget but are managed by the workstream.
Non-recurring costs
Miscellaneous
The budget contains a line item for $10,000 USDC of discretionary funds which may be used for travel, conferences, retreats etc, at engineering’s discretion.
The line item above is provisional, and any unspent funds will be returned to the DAO.
Contingency
Unforeseen costs will arise and 10% of the USDC subtotal is requested accordingly.
The budget seeks approval for $49,500 for contingency to be spent judiciously at the workstream’s discretion, shall it be required.
Variance
Unused funds from any budget category will be returned to the DAO at the end of the budget cycle.
In the event that the Engineering Workstream requires more funds, a separate governance proposal shall be raised.
Changes from previous renewal
Compared to last cycle’s budget we are requesting $22,000 less in USDC and $4,000 US dollars less equivalent of FOX tokens.
Fox compensation
All engineers who remain engaged full-time with the workstream for the duration of the budget cycle (6 months) will receive a 20% bonus in FOX that will be paid out evenly over the following 6 months starting April 1, 2025. Any engineer who leaves or is terminated before March 31 2025, will not be eligible for this incentive. For any newly hired engineer, the discretion of how to fairly pro-rate this is left to the discretion of the workstream leader.
The price of FOX used for this calculation will be the reference price mentioned above.
Engineers may opt for any additional amount of their stable compensation as FOX.
Reporting
The workstream will continue to post monthly updates (1,2,3,4,5) to the community published to the forum and provide visibility into its work on GitHub (project boards, issues, and pull requests). If the community has additional requests for reporting, the workstream is happy to consider them and ensure that there is visibility and transparency.
Interim leader
0xean will act as interim leader of the workstream but the DAO is encouraged to find and elect another more permanent workstream leader who will replace him as soon as possible.
Benefits
- Ensures continuity of the existing engineering team with retention incentives
Drawbacks
- USDC and FOX spend
- No permanent workstream leader