Member Details

• Member e-mail: gavin@parity.io
• Polkadot address: 16SDAKg9N6kKAbhgDyxBXdHEwpwHUHs2CNEiLNGeZV55qHna
• Current rank: "VI Dan: Grand Architect" (to be promoted to "VII Dan: Free Master", as per the Fellowship manifesto: requirements and obligations in the document)
• Date of initial induction: November 2022
• Area(s) of Expertise/Interest: Technical design, Protocol evolution, Socio-political direction

Reporting period

Start date: 2023/05/16
End date: 2024/05/28

Areas of contribution

Polkadot SDK:

• Specification & implementation of Agile Coretime (brokerage system).
  Specification of Agile Coretime (interface). RFC 1 & PR 14568, RFC 5.

Improvements to XCM:

• Tools for uniquely referencing messages, PR 7234
• Bound number of assets which can be withdrawn to pay for execution, PR 7641.

Improvements to FRAME:

• FRAME: Revamp Preimage pallet to use Consideration, PR 1363
• FRAME: Create TransactionExtension as a replacement for SignedExtension, PR 2280.

Roadmap/Vision:

• Specification for JAM Protocol, Graypaper and ongoing refinements.

In-depth conversations on the philosophy behind Polkadot:

• Within the ecosystem: Polkadot Decoded 2023, sub0 Asia 2024 (Keynote: Gavin Wood sees Polkadot as a global Supercomputer, Keynote: JAM A-Z). 2) with the general public: Space Monkeys, Gavin Wood - Is Polkadot OpenGov’s Democratic? Games & Consensus, Behind the Code: The Graypaper interview.

Presentations on the Polkadot network and protocol:

• With peers from other ecosystems and/or industries: Decentralized Lugano, sub0 Asia 2024, Token2049 Dubai 2024.
• With the wider academic community and/or industry: Protocol Berg, The Journey Man.

Comment(s):

• Gav was originally meant to be seeded into the Fellowship at Rank 7. However, this could not happen as the manifesto specifies that induction at Rank 7 can only be done via the community vote: more specifically on Fellowship Admin track. For any members to be promoted to rank VII a vote from the community needs to happen.
• Gav's contributions to the ecosystem are invaluable and his work has shown a clear vision with regards to where Polkadot should be in the future, what the challenges and the opportunities are in the industry and how a truly unstoppable, scalable and interoperable network should look like.

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