Residency Extension Proposal
What's your name/your team's name?
Mike Cohen
Discord: mijoco.btc
GitBook: https://brighton-blockchain.gitbook.io/sbtc-bridge/
GitHub: https://github.com/radicleart
Twitter: https://twitter.com/radicleart
Best email on which to contact you?
Email: mjoecohen@gmail.com
Personal Statement
The past six months have been busy and include some of the proudest moments of my career. My main endeavours have been development of the sBTC Bridge and Bridge API applications, key parts of the sBTC Testnet program. Contributing to the SIP process by taking part in discussions and reviews and writing high level design documentation. I have had the privilege of representing the Foundation at Bitcoin Unleashed and sharing the stage with thought leaders in the Bitcoin space.
As part of the sBTC testnet program I have supported community devs on Discord and delivered a shared sBTC devnet. Working with developers at Uasu and DLC.link, I've shown how sBTC and DLC technology can be leveraged to enable sBTC loans - a Bitcoin Defi alternative to depositing directly (commingling BTC) to the sBTC wallet. The solution is currently running on devnet (bitcoin regtest) and testnet.
I am applying now to extend my residency for a further six months to build upon this work.
End Product: What does success look like?
The next six months of my residency will be about consolidation and exploration.
sBTC Bridge
I will consolidate the work so far on the sBTC Bridge by;
delivery of the Revealer API
support for deposits using either OP_DROP (default) or OP_RETURN transaction formats
support for the reclaim path
Signer Binaries
Provide infrastructure support to community members for running sBTC signer binaries.
DLC Technology
Continue to explore DLC and sBTC technology.
Look into mechanisms for bridging digital assets between Bitcoin and Stacks blockchain.
Ecosystem DAO
I will update the work started via Clarity Lab in 2022 - the Ecosystem DAO for Stacks governance to provide the Foundation a robust tool for governance and community engagement using on-chain voting.
Planning
I will continue to plan and execute my work as transparently and openly as I have over the past 6 months. My sprint planning is available here on Gitbook with issues and pull requests in Github and Daily Updates reported via Discord.
Delivery
Milestone 1: February 2024
Sprint planning
Ecosystem DAO - SIP vote tallying
Revealer API
Bridge development work
Support community with sBTC related work
Milestone 2: March 2024
Sprint planning
Signer Binaries
Prepare sBTC Bridge Nakamoto Release
Support community with sBTC related work
Milestone 3: April 2024
Sprint planning
Signer Binary infrastructure
sBTC Bridge
sBTC API
Prepare for sBTC Release
Support community with sBTC related work
Milestone 4: May 2024
Sprint planning
sBTC Bridge in Production
sBTC Bridge API in Production
Support community with sBTC related work
Milestone 5: June 2024
Sprint planning
Support for the Bridge applications
Research bridging digital assets
Support community with sBTC related work
Milestone 6: July 2024
Sprint planning
Maintenance of sBTC Bridge
Development of bridging digital assets
Support community with sBTC related work
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