Proposal “DCG-Operations-Nov-24-Jan-25“ (Active)Back

Title:Dash Core Group Operations November - January
Owner:quantumexplorer
Monthly amount: 5147 DASH (299989 USD)
Completed payments: 2 totaling in 10294 DASH (1 month remaining)
Payment start/end: 2024-10-08 / 2025-01-06 (added on 2024-10-12)
Votes: 555 Yes / 35 No / 21 Abstain
Will be funded: Yes
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Proposal description

Dash Core Group October 24th Funding Proposals

DCG is submitting 2 funding proposals for the budget cycle that pays out October 24th:
1) DCG Operations: 5,147 Dash per month (currently in month 1/3)
2) DCG Supplemental proposal: TBD on amount.

What does this specific proposal fund?


This proposal funds Dash Core Group's ongoing operating costs - this includes compensation, legal and infrastructure costs.  This is a single month proposal that will cover operating costs for November 2024 to January 2025.

What is the proposal funding?

As of October 1st, 2024, DCG has 21 paid staff at full time/close to full time associated with the project and 3 part time contributors. In addition, we have 2 volunteers who have decided to work for no compensation and 2 people who have decided to work at minimal compensation. The amount of developers we currently have is given below.

We estimate that our projected run-rate for September for compensation will be around $160,000 and around $5,000 for infrastructure. With this current proposal, we are asking for total funding of $121,469 per month. This is less than our run rate, and even with the supplemental we are underwater a bit. This can continue for a month or two before having to request more funding or reduce the team members of DCG.

What does DCG's current structure look like?

DCG has evolved to primarily be a tech focused organization that can be grouped into 2 main parts, technology and technology support.

Technology:

  • CTO Samuel Westrich - quantumexplorer (making this proposal)

Core:
  • Lead C++ Software Engineer
  • Lead C++ Software Engineer
  • Senior C++ Software Engineer
  • C++ Software Engineer
Mobile (no change):
  • Lead Android Software Engineer and Principal Developer
  • Sr. Android Software Engineer
  • Android Software Engineer (Part time)
  • Sr. iOS Software Engineer
Platform Consensus:
  • Sr. Go Software Engineer
Platform Protocol:
  • Lead Rust/JS Software Engineer
  • Senior Rust Software Engineer
  • Rust/JS Software Engineer 
  • Rust Software Engineer
Platform Database (GroveDB)
  • Senior Rust Software Engineer
  • Senior Rust Software Engineer
Research:
  • Lead Tech Research Engineer
Technology Support:

Communication / Business Development / Marketing:
  • Business Development Manager (very part time (1h/week) )
Documentation:
  • Lead Technical Content Developer
Human Resources:
  • HR Specialist
Infrastructure
  • Lead Infrastructure Engineer
  • Infrastructure Engineer
  • Web Developer
Project Management (no change):
  • Lead SM / Project Manager
  • SM / Project Manager (part time)
Product (no change):
  • Head of Product
Quality Assurance (no change):
  • QA Engineer
Tech Support (no change):
  • Lead Support Engineer
  • Support Engineer

If you have any questions, please direct them to @quantumexplorer at dashcentral to ensure we are notified of your request.
Requested funding is as follows for the October budget cycles:
  • 5,146.66 Dash for core team compensation per month ($121,461 USD @ $23.50 per Dash)
  • 0.33/Month Dash proposal reimbursement 
Total: Dash per month

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2 points,1 month ago
R.I.P. Masterblaster

https://www.dash.org/forum/index.php?threads/r-i-p-masterblaster.55405/
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0 points,1 month ago
Just take some time to look at a two year dash price chart and tell us why most of the months have a dump pattern that comes like clockwork?

Let me guess:
a) it's a bear market?
b) price is not important?
c) technical development is more important than price?

How about hiring 10x developers if dash price went up 10x?

Dash governance is shit, has poor incentives.
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1 point,1 month ago
Fuck off, Sally !
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1 point,1 month ago
:D good morning!
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2 points,1 month ago
Good job team, I really like what you've done with Platform!
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