Hello, CommitPool family!
It’s already October, and CommitPool is still trucking along towards our launch. We hope that everyone is doing well in these trying times. Please stay safe and healthy while you enjoy our updates!
Kernel Keeps on Giving
It’s no secret that we are incredibly grateful to the Gitcoin Kernel fellowship for the experience, the mentorship, and for bringing this team together in the first place. What we didn’t expect was the continuation of support even after the end of our official time together. The Gitcoin Kernel team has been incredibly active in helping in any way they can—through grant opportunities, educational events, sharing news, or even just spreading the word about their projects. A fantastic project, and a highly recommended experience for anyone interested in the Web3 space.
Outreach Update
Our team is in continued talks with a number of different projects, as well as exploring multiple funding avenues. In the meantime, we have launched an initial website, which can be found at commitpool.com, and started a community Discord server, where our friends and supporters can join together and share their stories, successes, or even failures. Please join, chat, and invite your friends as we move through this journey together.
Development Update
Our live, functional pilot is coming ever closer to fruition every day. Most of you have likely seen our web version by this point, and we are currently testing it out on iOS and Android. We hope to have these done and live by the end of the month. On the contract side, we have updated our contract to reflect our single-player goals. We are still auditing, so don’t go relying on it quite yet—but stay tuned for updates!
Thought of the Moment
The deeper we move into CommitPool, the more fascinating we find oracles. We have discussed the oracle problem (or, our “Oracle Trilemma”) in the past, but recent happenings in the world have brought up more of a philosophical question: when does an oracle become reliable? In philosophy, there’s a notion called the “Heap of Grains” problem. One single grain is not a heap, and two grains is not a heap, but 2,000,000 grains is likely to be considered by most people a heap. So there is a clear consensus about some collection(s) of grains, and whether or not they are a heap. But when does a collection of grains turn from “not a heap” into “a heap?” There is no clear answer, but almost everyone can look at any given pile and agree whether it’s a heap or not. A very interesting question, and one that applies, somewhat, to oracles. When does a network of oracles become sufficiently decentralized? One oracle is not sufficiently decentralized, but 10,000 is. So what about two oracles? Three oracles? What constitutes a sufficiently decentralized network of oracles?
Thank you all—stay committed, my friends!
The CommitPool Team
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