MRC PR

https://github.com/gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-Research/pull/2425

Introduction

Hello! I bring to you good news, courtesy of Jim Owens and the rest of the core developers and testers.

MRC has been a talking point of the community for over four years. Welp. Here it comes!

Much of the technical work has been completed and undergoing testing. It is loosely expected to be part of the next major update named Kermit’s Mom.

There is one remaining logistics question that needs to be answered, and will be answered by this poll.

For some background on the rationale behind MRC, please read my introduction post on the subject (from what seems like a lifetime ago):

An Introduction to Manual Rewards Claim

Otherwise, we present here the basics of MRC and a poll to determine the percentage of the MRC-fee that is sent directly to the community wallet.

Basics of MRC

MRC stands for Manual Rewards Claim. It means that a cruncher can click the MRC button and receive their research rewards without the cruncher themself having to stake a block. It is great for users without enough GRC to regularly stake a block.

Operation

There will be a 14 day minimum between receiving a research reward, whether from a staked block or a previous MRC, and clicking the MRC button.
There will be a fee for using the MRC feature.
That fee will be a percentage of your owed rewards.
If you claim your rewards at 14 days, that fee is 40% of your rewards.
After 14 days, the fee reduces based on the formula: (40% * 14 / t) where t is equal to the number of days since your last received reward.

Some examples

At 14 days, the fee is 40%
At 28 days the fee is .4*14/28 = 20%
At 56 days the fee is .4*14/56 = 10%
At 180 days the fee is .4*14/180= ~3%

The Poll

The poll is connected to the treasury system.

MRC creates a new fee in the Gridcoin ecosystem. This fee can be used in many ways. For this initial implementation, we propose dividing the MRC-fee into two chunks:

Chunk 1: A reward for the staker that secures the block and sends the MRC to the person that clicked the button.

Chunk 2: The community wallet.

This poll seeks to determine the percentage of the fee that will go to the community wallet.

NOTE: You are voting on the percentage of the MRC-fee that will go to the community wallet. You are NOT voting on what the MRC-fee should be. The MRC fee is determined by the 14 day window and formula described in the “Basics of MRC” section.

An Example Because This is a Bit Confusing and We Want to be As Clear As Possible

Let’s say this poll determines that the percentage of the MRC-fee that goes to the community wallet is 80%.
Let’s say I am a cruncher and am owed 1000 GRC.
Let’s say I last received a research reward 56 days ago.
Let’s say I now click the MRC button.

This means that I must pay a 10% MRC-fee from the 1000 MRC I am owed.
This means I must pay 100 GRC as the MRC-fee.
The 80% result from this hypothetical poll would mean 80 GRC will go to the community wallet and 20 GRC will go to the staker that sends me my owed rewards.
In the end, I will receive 900 GRC, the community wallet will receive 80 GRC and the staker that produced the block with my rewards in it will receive 20 GRC.

Poll Information

Poll Type: Development

Poll duration: 42 days
Start Date: 2/24/22
End Date: 4/7/22

AVW Requirement: %50

Question: What percentage of the MRC-fee should be sent directly to the community wallet?

Options:

50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Abstain