Summary:
I Phillip request the THX Network community to allocate a $THX budget of $2000 THX to enable a dedicated creator (myself) to purchase much needed hardware for gaming review and other related content for the THX Network community. This would provide me with peace of mind and help support the continued growth of our weekly videos we create and post on platforms like X as highlighted here. x.com
Motivation:
Web3 games that leverage blockchain technology, offer opportunities for ownership, interoperability, and community engagement. More importantly, the transparency and immutability provided by blockchain technology designed to enhance trust between developers, players, and investors, lie significant challenges, particularly concerning security and privacy. Web3 games, reliant on decentralized networks and smart contracts, are susceptible to vulnerabilities such as coding bugs, phishing attacks, and malicious smart contracts and bad actors.
My particular concern are the potential risks of viruses and malware embedded within the possibility of downloading a game in it’s early access to create review content for or having my dedicated machine compromised to such attack vectors. These threats are quite real and prevalent in crypto and can create risk to personal information and financial assets even with the best measures in place to prevent this.
Personally, I love creating reviews, if the community allowed the resources towards a dedicated machine I’d be able be more committed and having a machine solely only for gaming, I can mitigate risks and ensure a safer environment for myself and review newer titles for our community to help bolster sales efforts and sleep better.
Currently THX BV have plans to combine our lotteries and gaming reviews into the following flow.
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Prasanth prospects potential lottery communities and takes lottery requirements (purchasable + transferable in game assets) into account
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Phillip (bounty) records video reviews
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Mieszko outreach with review videos
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We "propose/sell" to lottery partners using the reviews
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Generate rewards based on the proposal for the community
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Juan (bounty) executes lottery campaigns
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The Community earns rewards
Proposal Details:
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Fundraising Goal: Secure $2,000 in funds through the community incentives allocated, to the community and purchase an intel machine with the following specifications (example below)
Processor: Intel Core i7 14700F | 5.40GHz | 20 Core 28 Thread Processor
Processor Cooling: 120mm All-In-One Liquid CPU Cooler
Case: Leaper Edge Tank RGB ATX Case
Motherboard: Intel B760 [M-ATX] DDR5 WiFi Motherboard
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16GB Graphics Card
Memory: 16GB [5200MHz] DDR5 RAM
Operating System SSD: 1TB Gen 4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive
Power Supply: 750W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply
Running Windows 10
With a 1 Year Return Warranty (Terms & Conditions) -
Execution Plan:
The computer will be purchased through a reliable builder such as Techfast or Scorptec here in Australia and the transaction information and build will be shared/highlighted in the community.
Risks and Mitigation:
Engaging in a buying a PC introduces risks such as short term potential market impact. However, these risks are mitigated in the longer term by being able to for fill my duty better as a creator and create awesome videos.
If in a later date content creation ceases ie; the Bounty programs end then the community may propose to choose what they’d like to do with the computer provided it is a reasonable proposal.
Costs:
The build costs $3,199.00 AUD which equates to $2139.52 USD at this time of writing but I will be paying the difference of 139.52
Next Steps:
This proposal will be open for community discussion and feedback for a minimum of one week. It then is subject to validation by the Governance Council. Following this period, we will proceed to a formal vote among THX community members on snapshot.org . This process is described in the Proposal Workflow.
Upon approval, the core team will coordinate with Phillip and the computer will be acquired.
The responsibility for approving this proposal falls on the THX community and will be voted upon by token holders and I will be abstaining from voting. Upon approval the executing is up to the multisig holders. All on-chain transactions are routine operations performed from the Gnosis safe.
I look forward to your feedback and support for this proposal.
Phillip Reidy