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Obscuro will evolve to be the solution for privacy on Ethereum through the strength and dedication of the Obscuro community.
Together we'll make Obscuro the most community-driven project in crypto.
As detailed in the white paper, Obscuro will be powered by OBX, a native utility token that provides security to the Obscuro network while allowing holders to pay transaction fees.
2% of tokens are to be set aside for early contributors. Each contributor's allocation will be a percentage of their total contributions against the entire community contribution.
Suppose you contribute work worth 10 'task points' and the community as a whole contributes 200 'task points'. In that case, you'll be allocated 5% of the contributor tokens or 0.1% of all available OBX tokens. These tokens will be held and distributed to you according to the vesting schedule detailed in the tokenomics. Upon vesting, they will be sent to your wallet.
To help manage contributions, we use DeWork. It's a lot like Trello but crypto-native. The DeWork board has a load of suggested tasks. Anyone can add additional tasks and manage the lifecycle through to completion.
Anyone in the community can suggest a task that will benefit the project and community by adding it to the community suggestions group.
Use the Create Task form to add a name, description (try and be as explicit as possible), existing tag (or add a new one if it's an entirely new category of work) and add a reviewer. Finally, think about task points. These translate roughly into hours taken to complete the task or complexity.
If there's already a task you think the community should prioritise. You can upvote the task by clicking the tiny up arrow on the task.
Once they're part of the 'To Do' group, you can express interest and say why you think you'd be great for the task. This will be reviewed and assigned accordingly. Some tasks, like competitions, accept multiple submissions.
If there's a suggested task that you think you'd be great at and isn't currently in the 'To Do' group, reach out on Discord.
Finally, nothing is more important than the community. We're here to help in any way. If you need guidance, want to discuss a task, ask questions, anything. Reach out to me or anyone on the Obsuro Labs team.
Ready to go? Begin here
Listed below are a bundle of activities you can do to help out the Obscuro community.
Take a look. If you spot something you would like to take on then reach out to the team, join one of the community calls or add a task the DeWork.
Meetups: run local Obscuro meetups to explain the use cases, help educate the DeFi community on the Obscuro design and technology choices and build community interest. Call for Action for meetup audience to be subscribing to Obscuro Discord / Telegram / Twitter and (stretch goal) become a contributor.
Blog posts: give context to the Obscuro solution and help educate the DeFi community on the Obscuro design and technology choices.
Review blog posts: Spot the typos, delete the superfluous and check the narrative to make Obscuro blog posts a high-quality experience.
Explainer videos
- How Obscuro works: a 2 minute explainer video on how Obscuro works
- How POBI works and why it achieves decentralisation
- Privacy: a short video explaining why giving individuals the opportunity to choose the level of privacy they use is important for the future mainstream adoption of blockchain
Use case write up: identification of and an easy-to-read explanation of top use cases for Obscuro
Conference talks: identification of conferences on a global scale where Obscuro is a highly relevant topic for conference attendees and where a speaking opportunity is forthcoming. Arrange for members of Obscuro team to be there.
Hackathons: submit ideas of Obscuro developer hackathons. Arrange regional hackathons.
Technical documentation: write and / or review technical documentation in the public domain for Obscuro.
Improve whitepaper: review and submit PRs to enrich and improve the whitepaper including the diagrams
Specific pieces of work: coming soon! Will be labelling in GitHub as specific pieces of development work.
Write tests: submit PRs to robustly test Obscuro code
Bug bounty: go bug hunting and, for example, challenge / deep dive into the POBI logic to find edge cases
Improve website: enrich the UX / UI of the Obscuro website to make it more compelling and easier for visitors to consume information
Create interactive roadmap: the Obscuro roadmap is currently a static image. An interactive roadmap which can provide more granular detail in the same screen real-estate would be great.
Create bespoke graphics for website: enrich images assets so they match the Obscuro branding more effectively.
Create visual representation of POBI: help community members better understand POBI
What do community builders think we need? Explain what helps build community and why. Suggest actions (like this one) to grow the Obscuro community and bring contributors to the project.
Design merchandise: Design some awesome merch to show off at hackathons and meetups.
Increase engagement with Telegram and Disord users: Help build momentum and excitement around Obscuro by raising the level of engagement on the major blockchain social channels.
Review Obscuro tokenomics: Modelling tokenomics for a L2 like Obscuro is non-trivial plus there are cultural and ethical considerations to overlay. Help make the tokenomics approach viable and sustainable.
Research competitors: Privacy in DeFi is huge and it’s going to get bigger. Who else is building privacy for DeFi? What design choices are they making and why? Is there a partnership opportunity? How can we join forces to accelerate the privacy conversations with regulators?
Translate whitepaper: Help make the whitepaper globally accessible.
Translate website: Help make the Obscuro website globally accessible.
Create custom memes: Have some fun and bring a smile to the world.
Create emojis: Have some more fun and bring more smiles to the world 🙂
Create a tagline for Obscuro: Obscuro needs you! Because there is no tagline.
What should our community be called?: We need an identity, help us define it.
Create an NFT portfolio for Obscuro: Let's design a unique NFT collection representative of Obscuro.
Competition ideas: Suggest competitions and prizes to help the community stay engaged with Obscuro. Who knows, perhaps it will run on Obscuro.