Round 1 / BlockScience

In the midst of the FIP0056 governance debates, the timely and accurate analysis from our research team played a pivotal role in providing an accurate analysis to evaluate claims being made about the proposed cryptoeconomic sector multiplier mechanism and to inform relevant stakeholders and the broader Filecoin community to navigate towards a resolution and prevent misinformation or misunderstandings. This includes:

-Reviewing the FIP-0056 and CDM debate (https://medium.com/block-science/reviewing-the-fip-0056-and-cdm-debate-on-filecoin-6a6af0ed4b78), as cited in governance forum discussions: a timely, scientific analysis at the height of the FIP-0056 and CDM governance debate, presented in the form of a blog post, to dispel misinformation and inform the community to be able to meaningfully participate in discussions, towards a viable path forward. This post received very positive feedback from the community and has been referenced in governance forum posts since.

-Past work on educating about Termination Fee, as per "Exploring the Filecoin Termination Fee" (https://medium.com/block-science/exploring-the-filecoin-termination-fee-9351fd40340e - April 2023) was directly relevant to the governance discussions on the Termination Penalty (#691, #712 and #724 May to July 2023), which then evolved to the discussions related to improving Storage Reliability on Filecoin (#843, October 2023)

-Work on articulating and educating on the inner workings of the Baseline Minting and Consensus Pledge was important for the governance discussions on FIP-0081 (#847, Oct-Dec 2023), as per "A cadCAD Interactive Calculator to Explore Minting Scenarios in Filecoin" (https://medium.com/block-science/a-cadcad-interactive-calculator-to-explore-minting-scenarios-in-filecoin-284009a2e941 - Mar 2022).