diff --git a/open-grant-proposals/meson.md b/open-grant-proposals/meson.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..80076ccec --- /dev/null +++ b/open-grant-proposals/meson.md @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +# Open Grant Proposal: `Meson` + +**Name of Project:** Meson + +**Proposal Category:** `app-dev` + +**Proposer:** Haihong Shi + +**Do you agree to open source all work you do on behalf of this RFP and dual-license under MIT and APACHE2 licenses?:** "Yes" + + +# Project Description +Filecoin&IPFS focus on distributed storage, but there are many limitations when it comes to nowadays's popular applications like video streaming, gaming, etc. +Because popular applications often require high bandwidth in file transmission besides the file storage capacity. But Filecoin&IPFS only focus on storage capacity. We are building a project called 'meson' which is a distributed file acceleration cache layer over Filecoin&IPFS. Meson is the layer2 that increases the whole bandwidth over Filecoin&IPFS, and it caches the hot files from Filecoin&IPFS globally. + +## Value +According to the market, a popular application called 'tiktok' spends billions on file transmission each year.[CDN] Currently, Filecoin&IPFS network has a lot of storage capacity, but files stored on the network are not efficiently used. Meson will bring down the cost of file transmission while using Filecoin &IPFS and bring Filecoin&IPFS into real commercial applications. + + +### What are the benefits to getting this right? +There are three parts to the benefits. + +1.For Filecoin&IPFS miners, they can run meson directly on top of Filecoin&IPFS. Miners will receive more money from commercial applications while transmitting the hot files. + +2.For traditional application companies like 'tiktok', they can reduce the payment to centralized CDN providers and benefit from distributed storage and transmission. + +3.For Filecoin&IPFS ecosystem, meson will help to increase the bandwidth of file transmission of the whole network. This will bring more commercial applications into Filecoin&IPFS ecosystem. + +### What are the risks if you don't get it right? +Filecoin&IPFS has relatively low risk as we have already built the test network. It validates our idea and works pretty well. Filecoin&IPFS has low risk as the budget is paid on milestones and each milestone has defined deliverables. + +### What are the risks that will make executing on this project difficult? +At present, we have not seen any risks that will make executing on this project difficult. + + +## Development Roadmap + +### Milestone 1 +1.1 Design and release IPFS/Meson specifications documents. +1.2 Design and extend the current Meson terminal application to support IPFS. +1.3 Design and release the frontend portal to all clients. +1.4 Develop and release a restful API to use IPFS/Meson. +1.5 Community promotions to all programmers. + +### Milestone 2 +2.1 Develop and release web-json SDK to use IPFS/Meson +2.2 Develop and release video SDK to use IPFS/Meson. +2.3 Develop and extend frontend portal for Filecoin&IPFS miners. +2.4 Community promotions to all streaming and gaming applications. + +## Total Budget Requested + +* Milestone 1: $10,000 +* Milestone 2: $10,000 + +Total: $20,000 + +## Maintenance and Upgrade Plans +IPFS/Meson will be updated, maintained, and supported as needed indefinitely. + + +# Team + +## Team Members + +- Haihong Shi +- Longyue Li +- Frank Xiang Wang +- Zhenbo Zhang + +## Team Member LinkedIn Profiles + +- https://www.linkedin.com/in/haihong-shi-21b477a3/ +- https://www.linkedin.com/in/longyue-li-147829124/ +- https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-xiang-wang-00a73180/ +- https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhenbo-zhang-571b1b6a/ +- +## Team Website + +https://meson.network + +## Relevant Experience + +We have much experience in both the blockchain industry and traditional CDN business. + +## Team code repositories + +https://github.com/daqnext + +# Additional Information + +We are very confident that we can bring more real commercial value into Filecoin&IPFS ecosystem.