Proposal: Select A Dev House on Retainer

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Proposal Title Author(s) Phase Type Date Created
Proposal to Select A Dev House on Retainer czepluch I Snapshot 10.06.2024

Proposal

A month ago, I proposed creating a Request for Proposal (RFP) to hire a development house on a retainer basis. The proposal was put to a vote on Snapshot and passed with 100% voting “Yes”: Three dev houses then submitted bids: Blockful, General Magic, Three Sigma. I now propose that Shutter DAO select a dev house on retainer using ranked choice voting.

Background Links

Forum Post: https://shutterdao.discourse.group/t/create-an-rfp-for-a-dev-house-on-retainer/382

Snapshot Vote: https://snapshot.org/#/shutterdao0x36.eth/proposal/0x80c25738e642e123d8b459b9d381c0f59269a3c9fe5e85500926b63562142906

Submitted Bids

Listed in alphabetical order:

Blockful

Bid: https://shutterdao.discourse.group/t/rfp-for-a-dev-house-on-retainer-blockful/410

Website: https://blockful.io/

Experience: They emphasize their dedication to open-source development and public goods, highlighting successful collaborations with ENS, Balancer, and Aztec. They offer a comprehensive service covering the full spectrum of development needs.

Team: Mentions key team members such as Alex T. Netto and Guilherme Neves, emphasizing their experience and contributions to blockchain projects.

Costs: Estimated $85 / hour

Response Times: Not Stated

Other Notes: Utilizes agile project management, thorough stakeholder engagement, and rigorous testing to ensure high standards. They also emphasize their commitment to the community and governance.

General Magic

Bid: https://shutterdao.discourse.group/t/rfp-for-a-dev-house-on-retainer-general-magic/403 Website: https://www.generalmagic.io/

Experience: They focus on providing reliable and responsive development support. Their past work includes collaborations with Giveth, Aragon, and Optimism.

Team: Includes key team members like CTO Krati, design lead Marko, and full-stack developer Youssef.

Costs:

  • Junior Developers: $60 / Hour
  • Senior Developers: $90 / Hour

Response Times: They will respond to any enquiries on the forum by Shutter DAO 0x36 members within 3 working days. General Magic will respond to any new requests for projects or issues with either a statement of work or decline of the request within 5 working days.

Other Notes: Emphasizing quick turnarounds, responsive support, and dedicated communication channels, they offer flexibility to meet the evolving needs of Shutter DAO 0x36.

Three Sigma

Bid: https://shutterdao.discourse.group/t/rfp-proposal-for-dev-house-on-retainer-to-support-shutterdao/405

Website: https://threesigma.xyz/

Experience: They highlight their extensive experience in both on-chain and off-chain projects, collaborating with zkSync, Starkware, and Filecoin in the past.

Team: Features team members like Afonso Oliveira, Simão Amaro, and João Lopes, with a focus on blockchain technology and development expertise.

Costs:

  • Project Manager: $75 USD / hour

  • Backend Developer: $87.5 USD / hour

  • Frontend Developer: $75 USD / hour

  • Smart Contract Developer: $100 USD / hour

Response Times: Commit to responding to requests within 48 hours and commencing approved tasks within two weeks.

Other Notes: They highlight their flexible approach and dedication to aligning with Shutter DAO 0x36’s mission.

Platform

Snapshot (ranked choice voting)

Voting Options

Blockful

General Magic

Three Sigma

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All three sound like sound choices. If anyone has particular experience or reference from using any of them, please do share

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I have experience with Blockful - I’ll link to the comments I made on their initial proposal. [RFP] Develop a Keyper Incentive Mechanism and (delegated) Staking - Blockful - #2 by 5pence

I’d also like to add that when the social proposal for the 3 million DSR deposit passed, I asked Blockful if they wanted to support 0x36 by helping to research and craft the executable proposal for the transfer.

They researched the best ways to perform the 3million USDC → DAI → Deposit safely using PSM swaps, ensuring the deposit function was properly crafted. It went smoothly.

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@d0z3y raised a few question in the Shutter Friends Telegram group. A few quick answers:

Is there any contractual commitment on our part to a minimum amount of work, or exclusive use of the selected developer (I assume not)? Linked to the above, is there anything preventing us from voting on a new dev partner if for someone reason the originally selected one doesn’t work out?

There is no commitment for Shutter DAO 0x36 to give them a minimum amount of work.

There is no exclusive relationship.

There is nothing to prevent Shutter DAO 0x36 from using more than one dev house in parallel and/or replacing the dev house on retainer.

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