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This template is for a proposal/brief/pitch for a significant project to be undertaken by a Web3 Dev project team.
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for our unified stack of protocols, what is included in scope of the project, where to get started if a project team were to take this on,
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and any other information relevant for prioritizing this project against others.
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It does not need to describe the work in much detail. Most technical design and planning would take place after a proposal is adopted.
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Good project scope aims for ~3-5 engineers for 1-3 months (though feel free to suggest larger-scoped projects anyway).
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Projects do not include regular day-to-day maintenance and improvement work, e.g. on testing, tooling, validation, code clarity, refactors for future capability, etc.
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