Whitepaper economics update and edits #237

nottoseethesun · 2020-02-17T19:22:07Z

Overview

I took care of the remaining to-do items; pending PR approval, this can now be a release candidate.

Extracted the chart image from the earlier pdf, added the chart image as a file, and included it in the markdown document in the expected place.
Fixed the Slack link.
Cleaned up a couple grammatical issues, and formatted a single whitespace.

Added Automatic Creation of PDF from Markdown Source (Feb. 22, 2020)

Provides automatic pdf generation, as a GitHub Build Artifact (in a zip file), from the markdown source code, whenever that markdown is changed.

Here's what the result looks like: https://github.com/nottoseethesun/Gridcoin-Tasks/actions/runs/43624529

Currently, the zip file is the only option for the official GitHub Action used.

Later, we could consider using something like this: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/gh-pages-deploy to publish automatically to gh-pages.

…a whitespace.

barton2526 · 2020-02-17T19:25:41Z

Please add the .DS_Store file to your git ignore list. This is a mac autogenerated attribute file.

nottoseethesun · 2020-02-17T19:54:21Z

@barton2526 Thanks, done; yes I needed to configure that on my machine.

wilkart · 2023-02-18T14:26:38Z

Is it going to be merged?

nottoseethesun · 2023-02-18T19:51:56Z

Is it going to be merged?

An earlier PR was merged: #236

As for this one, I think so, one of these years. There was a delay of a couple years while the Gridcoin website was being re-done. I raised the topic over half a year ago in the Discord and some members were responsive, but still no action.

None of this content is published yet at the links on the Gridcoin website. It's still the old whitepaper from many years ago.

jamescowens · 2023-02-18T20:32:13Z

Can we figure out where we are with this and get the whitepaper updated on the main site?

barton2526 · 2023-02-21T22:32:03Z

README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+![CI](https://github.com/nottoseethesun/Gridcoin-Tasks/workflows/CI/badge.svg)


why is this linking to your personal repo?

Also the link goes to "no status"

I think it's just my fork.

It seems that perhaps in the over two years since I made this PR, GitHub has changed the Actions such that the old build is no longer here.

barton2526 · 2023-02-21T22:33:01Z

whitepaper/gridcoin-whitepaper-draft.md

@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ View it like so: The protocol mints a chunk of GRC to distribute to network part

 ### The Gridcoin Foundation

-The Gridcoin Foundation is a community-managed wallet of ~30 million GRC.The Gridcoin
+The Gridcoin Foundation is a community-managed wallet of ~30 million GRC. The Gridcoin


This is no longer true. The current balance is ~16.6 million GRC

div72 · 2023-02-23T12:26:49Z

.github/workflows/build.yml

+    - name: Checkout the project source code
+      run: git checkout


Suggested change

- name: Checkout the project source code

run: git checkout

This should be redundant in the CI.

So there's something else that goes this already?

The actions/checkout action already fetches and checks out the repo. I am actually not sure what a git checkout without branch does.

div72 · 2023-02-23T12:27:19Z

.github/workflows/build.yml

+
+jobs:
+  build:
+


Suggested change

nit: unnecessary whitespace.

div72 · 2023-02-23T12:28:17Z

.github/workflows/build.yml

+      WHITEPAPER_FILE_NAME_ROOT: gridcoin-whitepaper-draft
+      WHITEPAPER_ARTIFACT_NAME: gridcoin-whitepaper
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2


Suggested change

- uses: actions/checkout@v2

- uses: actions/checkout@v3

Could you update this to v3? v2 leaves warnings in the build logs as it uses some deprecated method.

div72 · 2023-02-23T12:29:20Z

whitepaper/gridcoin-whitepaper-draft.md

@@ -230,9 +230,9 @@ MI = Monetary Inflation. There is no ultimate cap on the number of GRC to be min

 ##### CBR

-CBR = Constant Block Reward.  CBR incentivizes people to maintain a balance of GRC to help secure the network. There is technical and economic significance to CBR. The economic significance comes in the form of GRC lock-up -- it is similar to how banks reward people with interest for keeping their money in a bank. Essentially, a 10 GRC reward for staking a block (a constant reward for each block) incentivizes people to hold GRC. This type of holding of the GRC helps ensure a healthy network because of the technical ways proof-of-stake works. Similar to how holding money in a bank helps ensure that banks can continue to stimulate economic activity.
+CBR = Constant Block Reward.  CBR incentivizes people to maintain a balance of GRC to help secure the network. There is technical and economic significance to CBR. The economic significance comes in the form of GRC lock-up -- it is similar to how banks reward people with interest for keeping their money in a bank. Essentially, a 10 GRC reward for staking a block (a constant reward for each block) incentivizes people to hold GRC. This type of holding of the GRC helps ensure a healthy network because of the technical ways proof-of-stake works. The  mechanism is similar to how holding money in a bank helps ensure that banks can continue to stimulate economic activity.


Suggested change

CBR = Constant Block Reward. CBR incentivizes people to maintain a balance of GRC to help secure the network. There is technical and economic significance to CBR. The economic significance comes in the form of GRC lock-up -- it is similar to how banks reward people with interest for keeping their money in a bank. Essentially, a 10 GRC reward for staking a block (a constant reward for each block) incentivizes people to hold GRC. This type of holding of the GRC helps ensure a healthy network because of the technical ways proof-of-stake works. The mechanism is similar to how holding money in a bank helps ensure that banks can continue to stimulate economic activity.

CBR = Constant Block Reward. CBR incentivizes people to maintain a balance of GRC to help secure the network. There is technical and economic significance to CBR. The economic significance comes in the form of GRC lock-up -- it is similar to how banks reward people with interest for keeping their money in a bank. Essentially, a 10 GRC reward for staking a block (a constant reward for each block) incentivizes people to hold GRC. This type of holding of the GRC helps ensure a healthy network because of the technical ways proof-of-stake works. The mechanism is similar to how holding money in a bank helps ensure that banks can continue to stimulate economic activity.

nit: double space.

div72 · 2023-02-23T12:33:44Z

whitepaper/gridcoin-whitepaper-draft.md

-Slack @todo: this link needs to be fixed
-<https://join.slack.com/t/teamgridcoin/shared_invite/enQtMjk2NTI4MzAwMzg0LTUzMmY0YjdiNzYxYzQ0MDc3MGE1NjQ3Nzg2NWMzZTUzMjAwZjdhMWI1YWUzMDE4YzQyZjVjMjMzOTc1MRmMmM>
+Slack
+<https://join.slack.com/t/teamgridcoin/shared_invite/enQtMjk2NTI4MzAwMzg0LTE4N2I3ZWZjYWJlZGM1Zjg3MTUyMDhiN2M5NmRmZTA2NDA0ZmY1ZTFmOGM3ZGU2YTBkOTdhNTk2ZjkzMGZkODY>



Unrelated to this PR but can we show a bit love to Matrix(https://matrix.to/#/#gridcoin-community:matrix.org) and IRC(#gridcoin on irc.libera.chat)? A cryptocurrency which only lists proprietary messaging channels is a bit hypocritical.

nottoseethesun added 2 commits February 17, 2020 10:57

feat: add chart image

e6549bc

feat: fix: include chart image, fix a couple grammatical issues, add …

677548a

…a whitespace.

lint: remove system file

4d4a5f6

nottoseethesun added 25 commits February 22, 2020 10:00

chore: add pdf build

9ee60f9

add req'd dep

f51900c

use apt instead

11a13f0

install dep for pandoc

2a748c9

fix: deps for pandoc

3ce827c

fix: handle unicode

a1a07ca

doc: ws

c85d600

fix: add texlive-xetex dep

48bce78

chore: convert chart image to png

cefada2

chore: convert to png , part 2

880d427

fix: current path

be5cd7b

fix: path

4bec048

fix: switch to mdpdf

509e230

fix: namespace

6a06d72

fix: correct nodejs dep's

a68cc18

fix: workaround install issue

1bc0849

fix: workaround part ii

7ea0b78

fix: need sudo

ca3983d

fix: alternative workaround

14a1354

feat: upload artifact

fc21ee4

fix: provide dir since upload requires zip file

f1730cb

fix: conform to zip

35cfe0e

add build badge

e600e01

fix: env namespace

cbcb99b

fix: remove 'draft' from artifact name

314c8f1

jamescowens requested review from barton2526 and jring-o February 18, 2023 20:31

barton2526 reviewed Feb 21, 2023

View reviewed changes

div72 reviewed Feb 23, 2023

View reviewed changes

Provide feedback

Saved searches

Use saved searches to filter your results more quickly

Whitepaper economics update and edits #237

Whitepaper economics update and edits #237

nottoseethesun commented Feb 17, 2020 •

edited

Loading

barton2526 commented Feb 17, 2020

nottoseethesun commented Feb 17, 2020

wilkart commented Feb 18, 2023

nottoseethesun commented Feb 18, 2023 •

edited

Loading

jamescowens commented Feb 18, 2023

barton2526 Feb 21, 2023

nottoseethesun May 2, 2023

nottoseethesun May 2, 2023

barton2526 Feb 21, 2023

div72 Feb 23, 2023

nottoseethesun May 2, 2023

div72 May 2, 2023

div72 Feb 23, 2023

div72 Feb 23, 2023

div72 Feb 23, 2023

div72 Feb 23, 2023

		@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
		![CI](https://github.com/nottoseethesun/Gridcoin-Tasks/workflows/CI/badge.svg)


		jobs:
		build:

Whitepaper economics update and edits #237

Are you sure you want to change the base?

Whitepaper economics update and edits #237

Conversation

nottoseethesun commented Feb 17, 2020 • edited Loading

Overview

Added Automatic Creation of PDF from Markdown Source (Feb. 22, 2020)

barton2526 commented Feb 17, 2020

nottoseethesun commented Feb 17, 2020

wilkart commented Feb 18, 2023

nottoseethesun commented Feb 18, 2023 • edited Loading

jamescowens commented Feb 18, 2023

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

nottoseethesun commented Feb 17, 2020 •

edited

Loading

nottoseethesun commented Feb 18, 2023 •

edited

Loading