What privacy problem are you solving?
For now the only way to use incognito is the mobile wallet - though a web wallet is on its way. While the mobile wallet is here to stay and remain the main entry point in the incognito ecosystem the lack of alternative comes with several issues:
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iterating on features chain-side makes it necessary to enable their access in the mobile wallet too, introducing viscosity in the development process and slowly cluttering the mobile wallet interface - which ends up being a issue for non-power users.
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power-users are used to CLI tools and not to fancy touch interfaces .
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people relying on low ressources devices - like Raspberry Pi - don’t have access to smartphones - obviously - nor to web browsers to access the upcoming web wallet.
What is the solution?
A CLI wallet would provide a simple alternative making it possible to:
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quickly iterate on new features without needing to reflect them directly in the mobile wallet.
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lighten the mobile wallet interface by delegating some power-users only tool to the CLI wallet.
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enable incognito on any
node.js
capable devices - which is: almost all devices out there.
What substitutes do people resort to because this doesn’t exist yet?
The mobile wallet for those who can.
Who are you?
I’m Olivier Sarrouy. You can find my website here with some links to my Keybase, GitHub and Twitter accounts. As you’ll see if you browse my website I love CLIs .
I’ve technically led various Ethereum projects like PandoNetwork - a distributed alternative to GitHub - and AragonBlack which used to be the third core team of the Aragon project before we quit and with which I’ve built a bonding-curve based continuous fundraising system for DAOs.
I have a multiple years experience in distributed technologies developing CLI - see here for instance.
Why do you care?
I’ve been concerned about privacy for a while and actually came to the blockchain space for political reasons. I care more specifically about the CLI because I believe in small and simple tools to solve complex problems and also care about widening the access to Incognito.
What’s your plan? What’s your schedule?
The project duration will be one month and a half from April, 13 2020 to May, 30 2020.
Ship Date | Deliverable |
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April 27, 2020 | Basic features release: manage wallets and token transfers |
May 30, 2020 | Advanced features release: manage staking and trading |
What’s your budget?
This project will be undertaken by one engineer for 2 months.
Resource | Cost | Quantity | Monthly Cost |
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Senior Software Engineer | 1,000 PRV | 1 | 1,000 PRV |
TOTAL (x 2 months) | 2000 PRV |
Is there an existing conversation around this idea?
Yes: here.
Is there anything else you would like the community to know?
Feedback welcome!