## Member Details - Member e-mail: [email protected] - Polkadot address: 16SDAKg9N6kKAbhgDyxBXdHEwpwHUHs2CNEiLNGeZV55qHna - Current rank: "VI Dan: Grand Architect" (to be promoted to "VII Dan: Free Master", as per the [Fellowship manifesto](https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/manifesto/blob/main/manifesto.pdf): requirements and obligations in the document) - Date of initial induction: November 2022 - Area(s) of Expertise/Interest: Technical design, Protocol evolution, Socio-political direction ## Reporting period Start date: 2023/05/16 End date: 2024/05/28 ## Areas of contribution **Polkadot SDK:** - Specification & implementation of Agile Coretime (brokerage system). Specification of Agile Coretime (interface). [RFC 1](https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/RFCs/blob/main/text/0001-agile-coretime.md) & [PR 14568](https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/pull/14568), [RFC 5](https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/RFCs/blob/main/text/0005-coretime-interface.md). **Improvements to XCM:** - Tools for uniquely referencing messages, [PR 7234](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/pull/7234) - Bound number of assets which can be withdrawn to pay for execution, [PR 7641](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/pull/7641). **Improvements to FRAME:** - FRAME: Revamp Preimage pallet to use Consideration, [PR 1363](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/1363) - FRAME: Create `TransactionExtension` as a replacement for `SignedExtension`, [PR 2280](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/2280). **Roadmap/Vision:** - Specification for JAM Protocol, [Graypaper](https://graypaper.com/) and [ongoing refinements](https://github.com/gavofyork/graypaper). **In-depth conversations on the philosophy behind Polkadot:** - Within the ecosystem: Polkadot Decoded 2023, sub0 Asia 2024 ([Keynote: Gavin Wood sees Polkadot as a global Supercomputer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIB1WeVuJD0), [Keynote: JAM A-Z](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdvqkKdFTlw)). 2) with the general public: Space Monkeys, [Gavin Wood - Is Polkadot OpenGov’s Democratic? Games & Consensus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvbsSq1a\_8g), [Behind the Code: The Graypaper interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3kRAVBTkfs). **Presentations on the Polkadot network and protocol:** - With peers from other ecosystems and/or industries: [Decentralized Lugano](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw3mQNJ5UJQ),\[ sub0 Asia 2024](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_gpFm0IZ34M), [Token2049 Dubai 2024](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTMiE0UcZUo). - With the wider academic community and/or industry: [Protocol Berg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7b8Upipmeg), [The Journey Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SAxnF2sys8). **Comment(s):** - Gav was originally meant to be seeded into the Fellowship at Rank 7. However, this could not happen as the manifesto specifies that induction at Rank 7 can only be done via the community vote: more specifically on Fellowship Admin track. For any members to be promoted to rank VII a vote from the community needs to happen. - Gav's contributions to the ecosystem are invaluable and his work has shown a clear vision with regards to where Polkadot should be in the future, what the challenges and the opportunities are in the industry and how a truly unstoppable, scalable and interoperable network should look like. Make sure to review the above and cast your vote!