20191108 - LikeCoin chain 1st validators meeting notes

Date: 20191108 | Time: 12PM HKT

Participants: Aludirk, Chung, Edmond, Guo. Haggen So, Samuel, Edwin, Rick Mak, Phoebe, Kin, Chung, Koala, Kwun Yueng, Terence, Jiahe

Sit in: Daisy, Fide

Introduction:

Rick - Oursky Tech Lead, technology rep. of StandNews 

Samuel & Edwin - Enyk, technology rep. of CMEF

Daisy - LikeCoin Meetup HK volunteer 

Terence - Forbole co-founder, validator 

Kwun Yeung - Forbole co-founder, validator

Alu - LikeCoin, System Architect

Chung - LikeCoin, blockchain developer

Guo - Matters Lab Tech Lead, validator

Haggen - COTA, technology rep. of Taiwan Factchecking Center

Elton - GLOs, validator

Kelvin Lo - U domain, technology rep. of GLOs

Edmond - LikeCoin, operations

Phoebe - LikeCoin, business development

Koala - COTA, technology rep. of Taiwan FactCheck Center (TFC)

Unable to join:

Taiwan FactCheck Center (TFC)

Standnews

National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT)

Validators pair up:

1. GLOs - Udomain
2. TFC Taiwan - COTA
3. StandNews - Oursky
4. CMEF - Enyk
5. Matters Lab
6. Forbole
7. NTUT

Testnet Taipei:

• Kelvin just initiated the first proposal, 2 weeks for voting. Validator please participate.
• Please read Setup guide for LikeCoin chain SheungWan

• Changes of SheungWan from Taipei:

1. Inflation rate adjusted to 1% (~10,000,000 LikeCoin for first year)
2. Governance adjusted, only validator can submit and vote for proposals

Genesis Block time: 2019.11.15 (FRI) 1200 HKT. 

• Validators please share gentxs related files on Slack channel on or before 2019.11.14 (THU) HKT 1200.
• All validators are well noted except Dr. JC Ko. @Kin will follow up with him.
• @Chung will provide a checklist for validators to check setup. (check node, check genesis file and software versions.)
• Documents will be shared in Slack #validator channel & Github.

Note:

Validators need to get their node ready before the proposed genesis time. 

The genesis block will be produced according to the Genesis file.

Operators need to be online to ensure there are enough voting power. 

Testnet and main-net software versions:

• Current software is still using the old version. 
• LikeCoin chain will have an upgrade early next year, software upgrade procedures will be conduced at that time.
• API Interface remained unchanged. 

Big Dipper:

• @Kwun from Forboles. LikeCoin chain Big Dipper can be ready before the main net launch.
• Big Dipper is used for Cosmos SDK generated chain. Big Dipper is a block explorer, open source web application. 

AOB:

• Work communication will be on Slack and email. 
• Validators please send logos to @JoshuaKiu. Best to be creative files.
• Validators need to verify the official name that we can share with the public.