In our self-nomination, we described this as a meta-project: a MVP for supporting Filecoin core infrastructure dependencies, and as an attempt to encourage (and track) wider acceptance of RetroPGF funds in the communities that build our existing OSS roots.

For the first RetroPGF, the goal is modest. First, we collected info on all of Lotus’ Go dependencies:

• Raw data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q7Vxp6AzClhdVHXCsWTf_sKfFSuT2opip65hMwJohzY/edit
• Code used to generate dependencies: https://github.com/dannyob/ff-fil-retropgf-1/

From this, we identified those that have already signalled that they are seeking financial support (through the presence of Drips’ FUNDING.json, or Github’s FUNDING.yml files in their repositories). We also sought contact details for all other dependencies.

If approved, we will:

• Distribute the funds provided to each of the groups that had already signalled that they wished support. We will divide the funds equally between groups — ie if an individual/org has multiple projects, they will only receive the same as if they had only one project.

We will reach out and offer (in order of our preference) - Sending them it as FIL, or wFIL - Converting to fiat, and sending to their existing preferred donation format (if possible) - An alternative of their choosing.

• Funds not accepted (or which prove impossible to distribute) will be returned to the RetroPGF fund.
• FF also plans to make the following steps subsequent to this round. We are not drawing from the FIL reward, and so you should not judge your award based on these future processes. If you feel you might, please do not read this!

Current Status

There are currently 11 groups or individuals representing dependencies are currently requesting financial support. If accepted, funds would be distributed equally to the contacts in this list:

Projects Seeking Funding

Process Notes

RetroPGF Nomination Text

RetroPGF Application Text

RetroPGF Notes to Badgeholders