Rapid Research Incubator

This Repository contains my original "Commission Cut" proposal submitted for the Rapid Research Incubator, and also my "Cohesive" proposal that pulls from several Rapid Research Incubator submission ideas with some modifications as a follow up to Next Steps.

Cohesive Proposal Summary

Combine ideas from 4 categories of submissions:

1. Bond Reduction through sublinear bonding
2. RPL Value Capture
3. Universal Variable Commission
4. rETH protection from underperforming Node Operators

The full proposal can be found here: CohesiveProposal

Commission Cut Proposal Summary

The summary of this idea is to introduce Eth only minipools, where a portion of their rewards are diverted to RPL staked minipools.

As a simple example, start by offering new node operators the same product as Lido’s CSM: (4E bond, and 7.5% commission on the other 28E). For an rETH holder, the commission could remain at 14%, leaving 6.5% on the 28E per minipool to be diverted to RPL staked minipools.

Start by reading the proposal submission here: initialProposalSubmission.md. The first distribution strategy (smoothie pool methodology) was explored more thoroughly with conclusions and calculations found here: calculationsAndConclusions.md

Files

• CohesiveProposal is my suggested proposal for next steps that pulls from several Rapid Research Incubator submission ideas with some modifications
• initialProposalSubmission.md is the initial written proposal submission that summarizes and brainstorms the ideas from a high level. DistributionStrategies.md is a minor follow up to help visualize example distribution strategies for the diverted yield to RPL staked minipools.
• YieldComparisons.xlsx includes some initial calculations done to compare the yields and commissions of solutions under various scenarios. Google sheets version can also be found here
• RCM_plotter.py is a script to plot out the scenarios for better visualization of the possibilities
• calculationsAndConclusions.md explains how the script is setup and provides examples with analysis/conclusions
• plots includes example plots referenced in calculationsAndConclusions.md