[TASK] Simplify/Refine/Document Goerli

[ghost]

(Continuation of goerli/parity-goerli#50)

(what needs to be done next)

Task B

Requirements

Requirements (for any results, be it in code, product, project, docu etc.):

• easy to understand for IT professionals with not much Blockchain (BC) experience)

The initial plan was to got only into the "parity-goerli" part. Yet it is essential that the overall material (Website, Product, Project etc.) gets a little bit "polished".

Starting with the most relevant:

Code, Parity

Simplify the Implementation of Additional Engines within Parity

Start to "replay" the existent chunks of work (e.g. branches merged, PRs) to extract abstractions simplifications, e.g.:

• parity: add --chain goerli goerli/parity-goerli#2
• Isolate code-changes which could be merged stand-alone
• Review the relevant Partiy Codebase in order to come up with potential simplifications
• direction (future) : modularized consensus-engine, low coupling to other modules.
• Provide at minimum one Parity-Eth code-level simplification example (either the solution or the specification)

In parallel to the above

• observe the ongoing work on parity-goerli
  • decide about how much time to invest for
    • the alternate plan (Task C)
    • the rework (= strict refactoring and slight redesign) of the parity-ethereum client.

Product, Goerli

• Identify teach-in barriers, provide (or at least specify) solutions
• Provide basic documentation
• direction (future tasks): Goerli becomes a reference-point re "how testnets should be"

Projects, Goerli

• Identify teach-in barriers, provide (or at least specify) solutions
• Provide basic documentation
• direction (future tasks): Goerli projects become a reference-point for "cross-client" test-net cooperation

Budget

5K, the results will be available within 14 days (top, depending on necessary "digestion" breaks).

(limited scope budget, can be used as a foundation to judge for further extension. Seeing the goals of the Goerli and especially the Parity project, the estimated effort to refine all relevant systems goes into months.)

[5chdn]

Hi @lazaridiscom - thanks for your proposal. I really appreciate your work here.

I updated the website and will double down on documentation. For the Parity implementation, I identified two potential candiates. Thanks for your contributions.