• OKRs
• Mission
• Future projects
• Other projects
• Cryptonet-preferred projects

OKRs

Cryptonet OKRs

Key Results	Objectives	Status	🚩 Milestones	Period
KR1: No known unaddressed high severity protocol and cryptography issues (including Cron safety)	Keep critical systems running growing releasing scaling and secure	100%	(security) Short term fix for Cron Replacement Sealing Forcing Function & PoRep Security Policy (FIP-47prime) FIP-0047 and code are ready Figure out design to avoid FIP-0047 after all Publish FIP-0047 replacement (FIP-47’) Deploy PoRep safety mechanism to Filecoin (= being accept as FIP)	2023Q2
KR2: A new team is assembled to propose a formal model, gather requirements and ship an early design for a new Proof of Space to de-risk SDR aging	Keep critical systems running growing releasing scaling and secure	70% (in progress)	Pebbling PoS: SDR and NSE improvements and tighter analysis 🔭 🛠️ New Proof of Space Constructions New paper with new results (includes Proof of Space Model and Technical Primer) Possible avenues to radical New PoS (and new space-hardness assumptions)	2023Q2
KR3: An updated security model for Proof of Space and QAP pricing security is published	Keep critical systems running growing releasing scaling and secure	10% (in progress)	Publish FIP-0047 replacement (FIP-47’) Deploy PoRep safety mechanism to Filecoin (= being accept as FIP) Replacement Sealing Forcing Function & PoRep Security Policy (FIP-47prime) Technical Report Proof of Space in Filecoin	2023Q2
KR4: A new proof of space website with educational material attracts 10 different groups	Focus + accelerate the talent & teams contributing to PL Stack protocols	100%	PoS: new page for educational material 🔭 Proof of Space: educational material 2nd iteration of the PoS website Outreach Updated home page	2023Q2
KR5: Launch Cryptonet Intelligence and publish 3 reports on Filecoin to align opportunities in the network	Focus + accelerate the talent & teams contributing to PL Stack protocols	70% (in progress)	📡 Cryptonet intelligence - Observability proposal Cryptonet Intelligence website SP ROI calculator connected to data sources Working group kickoff	2023Q2
KR8: FIP on Value capture proposals (protocol improvement fees)	Focus + accelerate the talent & teams contributing to PL Stack protocols	Not started		2023Q2
KR6: Short-term liquidity issue addressed (pledge shortfall)	Scale data onboarding & CDN-speed retrievals to drive supralinear adoption w lighthouse user	30% (De-Prioritized)	🏦 Pledge Collateral Shortfall	2023Q2
KR7: Leverage CC-Sector upgrade pipeline to onboard XXX storage (via SaaS, Snapdealv2, etc)	Scale data onboarding & CDN-speed retrievals to drive supralinear adoption w lighthouse user	10% (in progress)	↗️ [2023Q2] CC Sector Upgrade: Guidelines and Modeling Create the model for cost/profit to compare CC sector upgrade with deal sector strategy Implement the model Report about model and findings	2023Q2
KR9: Remove the top bottleneck for data onboarding via ready to deploy FIPs by reducing costs and reduce complexity (we will decide based on prioritization: e.g. early deal activation, separation of deals from sectors)	Scale data onboarding & CDN-speed retrievals to drive supralinear adoption w lighthouse user	10% (in progress)	L2 Deal Market alignment on Broker ↔ SP side of the market Support integration of PoDSI Document for L2 Deal Market Data Onboarding Pipeline Removal of Batch Balancer through Onboarding Fees 🎯 Direct data onboarding & FIL+ technical design	2023Q2
KR10: Concrete proposal to enable Export Filecoin into other chains	Upgrade Filecoin with new L2 capabilities shardable chain-space & compute over data	0% (De-Prioritized)	🤝 Filecoin cross-chain interoperability Background research on consensus/snapshot/finality options Design & analysis for consensus changes for interop	2023Q2
KR11: 3 players using verifiable off-chain data aggregation and market for subpieces	Upgrade Filecoin with new L2 capabilities shardable chain-space & compute over data	100%	Verifiable Off-chain Data Aggregation Support FVM via On-chain Aggregator Support DagHouse integration Support Delta (ex-Estuary) integration Support Lighthouse integration	2023Q2
KR12: Demo of verifiable computation over Filecoin data	Upgrade Filecoin with new L2 capabilities shardable chain-space & compute over data	0% (De-Prioritized)	➰ Direct Translation Exploration ⚖️ Translations Proofs 🛠️ Enabling Filecoin Client Data Usage ➿ Curve Agnostic Hash Translation 🛠️ Enabling Filecoin Client Data Usage	2023Q2

Mission

Improve the Filecoin GDP with research and protocol breakthroughs

• Improving Monetary Policies
• Improving the quality of Storage Provider services
• Increase usage of the Filecoin network with new applications and storage offerings

Future projects

Filecoin improvements & prioritization

Priority	Future projects	Impact if succesful	Current Risk	Status
P0 - Urgent and Important	Sector Duration Multiplier	immediate	no risk - engineering stage	In progress
P1 - Urgent	Gas volatility/multiple message complexity	high	high risk - early research stage	Not started
P1 - Urgent	Programmable storage markets [impact: more/cheaper deals and storage utilisation]	high	low risk - protocol design needed	In progress
P1 - Urgent		immediate	high risk - early research stage	Ready to start
P1 - Urgent	Cheaper PublishStorage Deal	high	very high risk - conception stage	Icebox
P1 - Urgent	SEV: Cron	high	medium risk - late research stage	Not started
P1 - Urgent	SEV: Cost model	high	medium risk - late research stage	Done
P1 - Urgent	Merkle Tree translation for any CID			Not started
P2 - Important	📦 Retriev.org	high	no risk - engineering stage	Paused
P2 - Important	FVM native lending market	high	low risk - protocol design needed	Paused
P2 - Important	Flexible windowpost timing setting	high	medium risk - late research stage	Ready to start
P2 - Important		medium	very high risk - conception stage	Not started
P2 - Important	Better economic indicators for minting and pledge and other burn function	medium	very high risk - conception stage	Not started
P2 - Important	📈 Neutron: Off-chain miner state	low	high risk - early research stage	Icebox
P2 - Important	Data preparers market	low	low risk - protocol design needed	Icebox
P2 - Important	Deal to span across sectors		high risk - early research stage	Not started
P2 - Important	PayloadCID === PieceCID (in the Deal)	medium	high risk - early research stage	Not started
P2 - Important	Future-compatible Sectors (Curve-agnostic Sectors)	high	very high risk - conception stage	Not started
P3 - Useful	NI-PoRep - [impact: more/cheaper onboarding, unlimited sector lifetime, sealers]	medium	high risk - early research stage	Ready to start
P3 - Useful	Inactive CC for a CC market	medium	low risk - protocol design needed	Ready to start
P3 - Useful	Deletion (via ReSnap: Repeatable SnapDeals ?)	high	high risk - early research stage	Paused
P3 - Useful	Automated deals lifespan	high	high risk - early research stage	Ready to start
P3 - Useful	Blockchain data persistence (incl FilFil) - store Filecoin or other chain in Filecoin [impact: utilisation]	medium	no risk - engineering stage	Ready to start
P3 - Useful	🌐 Privacy-Preserving Content Routing	medium	very high risk - conception stage	Paused
P4 - Extra	Memory Efficient Sealing	medium	very high risk - conception stage	Icebox
P4 - Extra	Faster SnarkPack with reduced trusted setup	medium	low risk - protocol design needed	Not started
P4 - Extra	FVM L2 storage deal market [impact: product → utilisation, lower costs, app revenue?]	low	very high risk - conception stage	Ready to start
P4 - Extra	Replacing Merkle trees with Vector Commitments [impact: lower costs, new capabilities]	low	medium risk - late research stage	Icebox

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Cryptonet-preferred projects

Filecoin improvements & prioritization

Future projects	Team	Priority	Impact if succesful	Stage	Team ability	Current Risk	Sub-theme	Old teams	Status	Portfolio
NI-PoRep - [impact: more/cheaper onboarding, unlimited sector lifetime, sealers]	protocol	P3 - Useful	medium	project	cryptonet only	high risk - early research stage	Streamlined and Outsourceable Pipeline for Mining	storage-protocols	Ready to start	70% - Core
	econ	P1 - Urgent	immediate	de-risk	cryptonet preferred	high risk - early research stage	Reduce New Circulating Supply		Ready to start	20% - Future
Cheaper PublishStorage Deal	protocol	P1 - Urgent	high	project	cryptonet preferred	very high risk - conception stage	Remove Protocol Inefficiencies		Icebox	70% - Core
Inactive CC for a CC market	protocol	P3 - Useful	medium	project	cryptonet preferred	low risk - protocol design needed	Streamlined and Outsourceable Pipeline for Mining	storage-protocols	Ready to start	20% - Future
Memory Efficient Sealing	protocol	P4 - Extra	medium	idea	cryptonet preferred	very high risk - conception stage	Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs		Icebox	20% - Future
Deletion (via ReSnap: Repeatable SnapDeals ?)	protocol	P3 - Useful	high	project	cryptonet preferred	high risk - early research stage	Remove Protocol Inefficiencies	storage-protocols	Paused	70% - Core
📈 Neutron: Off-chain miner state	protocol	P2 - Important	low	idea	cryptonet preferred	high risk - early research stage	Remove Protocol Inefficiencies		Icebox	20% - Future
🌐 Privacy-Preserving Content Routing	research	P3 - Useful	medium	project	cryptonet preferred	very high risk - conception stage	Improve existing storage offerings		Paused	10% - High risk
Replacing Merkle trees with Vector Commitments [impact: lower costs, new capabilities]	research	P4 - Extra	low	project	cryptonet preferred	medium risk - late research stage	Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs		Icebox	70% - Core
Gas volatility/multiple message complexity	protocol	P1 - Urgent	high	idea	cryptonet preferred	high risk - early research stage			Not started
Deal to span across sectors		P2 - Important		idea	cryptonet only	high risk - early research stage	Improve existing storage offerings		Not started	70% - Core
PayloadCID === PieceCID (in the Deal)		P2 - Important	medium	idea	cryptonet only	high risk - early research stage	Improve existing storage offerings		Not started	70% - Core
Faster SnarkPack with reduced trusted setup		P4 - Extra	medium	project	cryptonet preferred	low risk - protocol design needed	Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs		Not started	20% - Future