diff --git a/sig-chain/meetings/014-2024-03-12.md b/sig-chain/meetings/014-2024-03-12.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f5947f65 --- /dev/null +++ b/sig-chain/meetings/014-2024-03-12.md @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +# Akash Network - Chain Special Interest Group (SIG) - Meeting #14 + +## Agenda + +- Overview of recent and current governance proposals +- Discussion of recent proposal on minimum deposits +- Update on mainnet network upgrade proposal +- Scheduling of planned network upgrade + +## Meeting Details + +- Date: Tuesday, March 12th, 2024 +- Time: 08:00 AM PT (Pacific Time) +- Recording: Coming Soon +- [Transcript](#transcript) + + +## Participants +- Artur Troian +- Joao Luna +- Maxime Beauchamp +- Rodrigo Rochin +- Scott Carruthers +- Tyler Wright + +## Meeting Notes +### Introduction and Updates +#### Tyler Wright +- Tyler Wright welcomed everyone to the Sig Chain monthly meeting #14. +- The meeting focuses on the Akash blockchain, Cosmos SDK, governance proposals, and network upgrades. +- Validators and community members are encouraged to join and participate. +- Tyler acknowledged the efforts of validators in voting on proposals. +- Currently, there are three active proposals onchain. +- A recently passed proposal concerns decreasing minimum deposits for deployments and transactions on the tenant and provider sides. +- This change has been tested and is functioning correctly. +##### Active Proposals: + - Highlighted the community and spheron team's contributions to recent discussions leading to parameter changes. + - Specifically mentioned an important active proposal regarding the main upgrade to version 0.332.0. + - Voting for this proposal is ending soon, within the next few hours. + - If passed, a network upgrade is scheduled for tomorrow at 12:37 Eastern Time (UTC conversion to be provided). +- **Network Upgrade Discussion** + - **Tyler Wright** + - Core engineering team led by Artur Troian. + - Messaging about the upgrade will be shared on various channels. + - Documentation updated and available on the docs site. + - Information will be disseminated through Discord and other platforms. + - **Artur Troian** + - Upgrade expected to be quick and easy, minimal downtime. + - Reminder about the US daylight savings time shift; upgrade at 1pm EST. + - First network upgrade of the year, a minor but important change. + - Anticipation for more upgrades later in the year. + - Plan to present and discuss future proposals and enhancements. + - Encouragement for feedback on blockchain improvements. +- **Network Upgrade Discussion (Continued)** + - **Rodrigo Rochin** + - Asked about the lowering of provider AP requirements. + - Queried if it is now cheaper to deploy and have providers. + - **Tyler Wright** + - Confirmed the parameter change from 5 AKT to 0.5 AKT for both provider and deployer sides. + - Proposal 248 outlines the changes. + - Clarified that the parameter change has been tested but defaults to 5 AKT and needs manual adjustment. + - **Scott Carruthers** + - In the process of testing the provider side for the bid minimum deposit. + - Deployment creation using 0.5 AKT is working perfectly. + - Mentioned the need to use a deposit switch when creating deployments via Akash CLI, which defaults to 5 AKT. + - Cloudmos team can set the default to 0.5 AKT on their platform. + - Announcements will be made once provider side testing is complete. +- **Core Engineering Team and Contributions** + - **Tyler Wright** + - The core engineering team is growing with significant community contributions. + - Focus on managing more engineering tasks related to the core product. + - Network upgrades and Sig Chain projects to be included in the product and engineering roadmap. + - Items will be tagged in the backlog section for easy access. + - Aim for transparency and communication through roadmap discussions. +- **Network Upgrade Clarifications** + - **Scott Carruthers** + - Clarified the adjustment lowering provider attribute update prices as part of the network upgrade scheduled for tomorrow. + - Lowering of minimum bid and deployment deposits (already in effect due to a proposal passed yesterday) is separate from the provider attribute update fee reduction. + - **Artur Troian** + - Will release a new CLI version after the network upgrade to include updated default values. + - Historically, the CLI used hardcoded default parameters, but the new release will query the current default bid and deployment deposits if not set manually. + - **Maxime Beauchamp** + - Cloudmos updated to query on-chain parameters, setting the default to 0.5 AKT. + +## Action Items +- Validators and participants are reminded to vote on the active proposal if they haven't already. +- Group to prepare for the planned network upgrade scheduled for tomorrow if the proposal passes. +- Tyler to attach Proposal 248 for Rodrigo. +- Scott to complete provider side testing and communicate the results. +- Cloudmos team to potentially adjust the default deployment parameter to 0.5 AKT. + +## Transcript