emielsebastiaan:
To answer your direct question: we benchmark and price infrastructure because provisioning it entails real-world expenses. When considering Kusama’s future infrastructure needs, we need to assess whether each scenario is affordable, taking available resources and the size of the Kusama economy into account. This applies whichever purpose or infrastructure model the community ultimately chooses.
Yes, absolutely, I agree and this analysis is very valuable, I just believe we need to use it once we clarify the purpose and strategy and not before, otherwise, it’s like we’re buying furniture before we’ve chosen or built the house or even knowing who or how many will live in it.
emielsebastiaan:
We agree that resource requirements on JAM Prime should be informed by a clear mission and an accompanying strategy that can be translated into funded, executable work. As you highlight, positions 4 and 5 explicitly call for sufficient strategic clarity before a final commitment, alongside a separate budget for delivering that strategy. Both the infrastructure and the activities it supports must fit within Kusama’s means.
emielsebastiaan:
We encourage the community to use the discussion period to advance the strategy and refine those parameters, so that the eventual proposal or perhaps competing proposals connect a clear purpose to a grounded, affordable, and funded plan.
I agree and am happy to contribute as another member of the community. I have posted my comments so far in the new forum post from @Luuu as it seems it could be where we hold a parallel discussion:
Gm Kusama community, some of you already know me from my previous work in the ecosystem. I recently took on a new role as Kusama Governance Coordinator, with a focus on the Kusama Vision Programme. Part of my work is to help make sure the programme benefits Kusama and follows the direction the community chooses. This is also why I believe we need a wider discussion about Kusama’s future now.
By approving referendum #498 we agreed that Kusama would become an experiment-focused peer of Polkadot, …