Argument-0004: Retention at Rank 3

Report Date	2025/05/22
Submitted by	Joe

Member details

• Matrix username: @joe:parity.io
• Polkadot address: 15DCWHQknBjc5YPFoVj8Pn2KoqrqYywJJ95BYNYJ4Fj3NLqz
• Current rank: 3
• Date of initial induction: Seeding
• Date of last report: 04 Dec 2024
• Area(s) of Expertise/Interest: Polkadot Runtime

Reporting period

• Start date: 2024/12/01
• End date: 2024/05/31

Argument

During this reporting period I have worked primarily on the on-chain protocol aspects of "Plaza" -- namely the Asset Hub Migration and introduction of smart contracts via the Revive pallet.

Both of these projects are on track with the timelines that we initially communicated late last year. The completion of these projects should reduce the barrier to entry for on-chain and off-chain developers and allow them to build better products and UX on the Polkadot stack.

The Revive pallet was introduced on Westend and several hackathons have used this platform in the last six months. We have taken feedback from them to improve docs and integration compatibility.

The Asset Hub Migration ran its first large scale test in May by performing a test migration on Westend. Although there were a few issues, we have the tools to be able to identify them in a test environment prior to running the Kusama and Polkadot migrations.

I have been active in communicating the significance of these upgrades to Polkadot with regular participation in OpenDev calls and meetings with stakeholders (e.g. wallets, exchanges) to make the upgrades successful.

Voting record

Ranks	Activity thresholds	Agreement thresholds	Member's voting activities	Comments
I	90%	N/A
II	80%	N/A
III	70%	100%	53.9%
IV	60%	90%
V	50%	80%
VI	40%	70%

Misc

• Question(s):

• Concern(s):

• Comment(s):