# Session 4: Review & Sidejourney Unifires

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**Participants:** Watson & Frank
**Time:** Sunday 6 am (cet) - 9 am (cet)
**Place:** Google Meet
**Tools:** HackMD
**Tasks:**
1. Outline of current Doings
2. Decalare goal of Report
3. Sidejourney: Exchanged 3D Topic
4. Questionairre Watson of Unifires
5. Reshuffeld Previous sections together
6. Create Questionairre for lead people
7. Sleepy
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## Summary

Franks goal for Session 4 is to give our current doings a shape which leads to a concrete outcome. We looked thruh our previous documents.

On the Journey, Watson appeared. So we came up of creating a quick Draft of a Q&A to give the Idea of Unifires a small source Information.

We splitted our Doings in 2 parts for Session 4.
- Reshuffeld current doings.
- Crafting a Q&A Source.

## Reshuffle Session 1-3

1. Throw everything in one Document.
2. Unify Headers

### Unify Headers

#### 1. Landing Page

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<h1>Interoperability </h1>
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#### 2. Table of Contents

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#### 3. Every Session starts with the following box

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**Participants:** Participant A, Participan B,
**Time:** TimeX - TimeY - Total Hours
**Place:** PlaceOfMeetX
**Tools:** ToolX
**Tasks:**
1. TaskA
2. TaskB
3. TaskC
4. ...
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#### 4. Every Session has a Summary.

## Summary - <SessionTopic>

We <Verb> about X.

f.e.
We spoke about the last doings.
We wrote Text about XYZ.
We disected XYZ.
We chatted about XYZ.
We wrote a Summary.

Feel free to sumarize in whatever way possible. Its is just a suggestion.

#### 5. Every Sessio should have Understandable Structure

f.e.

## My Great Topic A
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## My Great Topic B
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## Comparision of Topic A and Topic B
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## Crafting a Q&A Source

We crafted a common FAQ for the Unifires Group.
Watson had a fresh mind and so he had the best Commonly asked question.
So we crafted a quick Questionair.

Question have to be filled out by:

| Name | Ecosystem | Notes |
|:------ |:------------------ |:------------------------------------------- |
| Tomi | Cardano & Polkadot | Co Initialiser of Unifires & Double Ambassador |
| Felix | Cardano & SNET | Co Initialiser of Unifires? Governance |
| Peter | Cardano | Sovereign worker, IT Journeyman Wizard |
| Mark | Cardano | Cardano Developer |
| Frank | Polkadot | Co Initialiser of Unifires, Polkadot Developer |
| Linda | Polkadot | Kodadot |
| Viktor | Polkadot | Polka Hungary |

### 1. What is the purpose of Unifires?

- Tomi: Unify eccosystems.
- Felix: Unify eccosystems
- Peter: Unify Ecosystems. Unblock builders, Break silos.
- Mark:
- Frank: Unify eccosystems.
- Linda:
- Victor:

### 2. What do you want people to know about uniFires?

- Tomi: We engage the technologically advanced yet sometimes misunderstood Web3 communities to compare notes, to share best practices and to co-create solutions to common issues.
- Felix: That this is a place to Unify eccosystems
- Peter: I want people to know that this is THEIR movement too. We did not start uniFires to stroke our egos or chase a hype cycle. We chose this branding to fill a gap we saw growing. Unblock builders, Break silos.
- Mark:
- Frank: I don't get the quesion. I like the multichain Idea. We will have diffrent chains for diffrent reason to redefine "ownership". Ownership is the underlining Theme on every chain.
- Linda:
- Victor:

### 3. What resources does (or do you want) Unifire provide to the community

- Tomi: Connections and knowledge to make your cross-chain dreams attainable.
- Felix: Being a virtual mycelium network, transporting inforamtion & resources across ecosystems
- Peter: Warmth. Warm handoffs with REAL builders/creators. uniFire's thru a Project Catalyst grant is resourced. Choosing how to allocate uniFire's Treasuries will be the hardest & most important thing we do.
- Mark:
- Frank: An competent & agnostic view on the Technology Blockchain.
- Linda:
- Victor:

### 4. What are the requirements for developers to join and participate in uniFires (and their respective blockchains)

- Tomi: Developers should be able to explain to others how things are done in their chain and they should be curious to know how things are done elsewhere.
- Felix: Should already have some solid blockchain experience, uniFires is not a space for total newcomers in the Blockchain space
- Peter: Ability to communicate clearly and listen when others are speaking. Some of the most experienced call themselves call themselves "experts" and stop listening.
- Mark:
- Frank: Currently every Developer can join but from a Technology perspective, I think a good undertanding of the Topic is from Benefits. In my area it gets quite nerdy quite fast.
- Linda:
- Victor:

### 5. What level of experience do you want people to have before joining uniFires?

- Tomi: People should be active participants in their own communities. uniFires is not meant for complete Web3 noobs. However, we are not focused on developers only. All movers and shakers are welcome.
- Felix: Ideally, we are looking for experts and seasoned veterans from ecosystems. Not a space for total newcomers.
- Peter: Is "I will not be a lurker" an experience level? I think there is a lot of work to do and anyone who can contribute in a professional capacity is appreciated. The barrier to entry should be an ability to communicate clearly and consistently.
- Mark:
- Frank: 2 years of Software Development sounds like a solid to me currently. I think The question sets the underlying premise that you have to be a Developer to join and this premise is not true. But from a Tech Side, thats my answer.
- Linda:
- Victor:

### 6. How do you want people to contribute to uniFires (or its community of developers)?

- Tomi: Until July 2024: Participate in one of the working groups (Web3 adoption, Open governance, Cross-chain interoperability). After July 2024: To be decided.
- Felix: However they want and see fit :)
- Peter: Passion & Love for the Game ~ Personal ownership of intention & action.
- Mark:
- Frank: Join the Discord. Lets see. But in my eyes its more for Builders not just for Developer. Blockchain is tech heavy but nothing gets used if only Techies do their Techy things. ^^
- Linda:
- Victor:

### 7. How frequent do you want people to be notified of the progress/events/meetups at uniFire?

- Tomi: Each working group is responsible for communicating their upcoming events, progress and results. Once a month we have a common knowledge capture session.
- Felix: Whenever relevant
- Peter: A weekly/biweekly pulse would be nice, this costs.
- Mark:
- Frank: Uff, Currenlty I think a good source is the YT Channel and watch the monthly report.
- Linda:
- Victor:

### 8. Do you want uniFires to host online or in person meetups (if so, where would you want them to begin)?

- Tomi: We are a global initiative operating mostly online.
- Felix: both. Online already active, in person in planning
- Peter: Both. Cloud first, then ground it.
- Mark:
- Frank: I think if physical meetups then not under the umbrella unifires more under the umbrella crypto in general.
- Linda:
- Victor:

### 9. What are the long term plans for self sustaining uniFires?

- Tomi: We utilize treasury funding to get started but might offer at-cost services later on.
- Felix: Treasury funding
- Peter: A couple grants, then a consultancy that can be hired would be optimal. Sustainability to me means cash flow. We need to be earning money outside of grant hunting.
- Mark:
- Frank: In my opinion, selling things is the most sustainable option. Our current source is unique insights, skills and knowledge. This can be shape in diffrent kind of products. But for the first go, treasuy sounds solid.
- Linda:
- Victor:

### 10. What existing infrastruture and resources are availabe for developers at uniFires?

- Tomi: We are just getting started. As part of the first milestones, we will explore knowledge management options available and create a plan how to move forward.
- Felix: Non yet, we just got started :)
- Peter: This is the beginning, right now -> network. A growing network ;)
- Mark:
- Frank: There are plenty of resource for diffrent eccosystem but a good unified source is missing in my eyes. In the frontend world we have this here. [Component Party](https://component-party.dev/).
- Linda:
- Victor:

### 11. What technical requisites are needed to understand the uniFires meetings/events?

- Tomi: Solid understanding of Web3 is required. Curiosity to learn from others is a must.
- Felix: Similar to question #4, Should already have some solid blockchain experience, uniFires is not a space for total newcomers in the Blockchain space
- Peter: Read this Introduction to [Read Write Own](https://drive.google.com/file/d/19L_xpUMQWfhcfIOl9Ie8dLpaPX4gdqW4/view?usp=sharing) by Chris Dixon
- Mark:
- Frank: Good question. Having a grasp of crypto helps. I guess.
- Linda:
- Victor:
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### 12. Is there a focus at uniFires to impact everyday people to use blockchains?

- Tomi: Participants may build solutions but we won't directly build those. Web3 adoption working group is geared to share best practices regarding this.
- Felix:
- Peter: Abstractly, yes. In that, unblocking builders & breaking their silos will make the UX & UI better for everyday people.
- Mark:
- Frank: Democratize Financial instiution is one of the core principle of crypto in general. Not certain where does this question is aiming towards.
- Linda:
- Victor:

### 13. What is the mission statement for Unifires?

- Tomi: Still worked on. Current version: "We connect communities across different chains to grow together."
- Felix: We connect communities across different chains to grow together
- Peter: We connect communities across different chains to grow together
- Mark:
- Frank: Vision is unify eccosystem. Mission is create Place for chain agnostic people I guess. Vision is quite set, Mission is work in progress.
- Linda:
- Victor:

### 14. Is there going to be a centralized account that handles media? (Ignore, this has been answered)

- Tomi: ---
- Felix: Yup, right now under the uniFires Account and account access to unifires crew members
- Peter: Announcement channels are the most powerful resources in the "uniFire Collective's" backpack (outside $ada). These need love, care & consistency to wield. Core crew members can use these tools as needed.
- Mark: ---
- Frank: Yes, ask felix, he is the guy. : )
- Linda: ---
- Victor: ---

### 15. Is there going to be a media group in Unifires? (a team of people that will create social media content and journalism)

- Tomi: We have the beginnings of that: Pete & Dumpling.
- Felix: Would be cool to have ye :)
- Peter: 100%, all members of a "uniFire's media group" need an intrinsic dedication to collaboration. Wielding the collective ego can become a territorial game, we need Team Players.
- Mark:
- Frank: No clue what you mean. I guess no.
- Linda:
- Victor:

### 16. Will uniFires be open sourced? (All work ranging from technical development to educational articles to blog posts)

- Tomi: Anything we release is up for grabs, definitely. But uniFires itself is not supposed to do any technical development (the participants can).
- Felix: Im a Open Source fanatic, so ideally, when we code something we'd open source it yep :)
- Peter: I would say so, anything I write is available for a ~NICE copy pasta :)
- Mark:
- Frank: I like open source, its publicy funded anyways so I assume everything will be open source. Should be discussed, I assume.
- Linda:
- Victor:

### 17. Will uniFires be used to onboard everyday consumers/users into crypto/blockchains?

- Tomi: No. However, some participants, especially in the Web3 adoption working group, could do so via their own initiatives.
- Felix: Nope, similar to Question #4 & #11 Folks who join uniFires Should already have some solid blockchain experience, uniFires is not a space for total newcomers in the Blockchain space.
- Peter: This is not our Primary objective. We could go after funding to onboarding newbies, setting them up with wallets and sending them a first NFT or DID.
- Mark:
- Frank: What is this? : D
- Linda:
- Victor:

### 18. Will uniFires be used for governance and consensus between blockchains?

- Tomi: Cross-chain open governace sounds like something we would support, yes. However, it's up to the participants to come up with the required solutions.
- Felix: Ideally yes, this is something the Governance Workgroup will push
- Peter: It might be presumptuous to say this is inevitable, but being that this is decentralized governance and all of us are quite experienced.. super likely this will be socially true, so yes.
- Mark:
- Frank: If we nail down a specific outcome, then this outcome should be a great source for multi chain governance.
- Linda:
- Victor:

### 19. Where will uniFires grow, go and become?

- Tomi: Right now the core is to bring people together to learn from and support one another to tackle common challenges. We need to protect that core. I would like that core to be strengthened and scaled up, before going anywhere else. However, if the stars align, we might one day have our own treasury and offer funding to test cross-chain solutions.
- Felix: i see unifires as a network of collaborating people and projects. The network is ideally placed between ecosystems, thats where we belong and ideally where we grow, being a bridge environment for community members who join and want to learn about other ecosystems.
- Peter: Hard to say, I want to see humans building strong, respectful relationships with one another - a uniFire Principle. Without these, a brand should slowly (or quickly) fade out of existence. We build social bridges, if valuable, communities will maintain & reinforce them. I love Frank's answer.
- Mark:
- Frank: Keep going, make things move. I love the people the rest i figure out on the road.
- Linda:
- Victor:

### 20. What is your long term vision working in uniFires?

- Tomi: In anything I do, I aim to make myself irrelevant. The same applies to uniFires: I want it to thrive without my involvement. However, this is something I could imagine doing professionally one day. Let's see.
- Felix: unify ecosystems
- Peter: When I was in high school I cleared a lot of land (forest to fields) and planted food with my friends and some faculty. I see this effort similarly, I'll campaign and start a garden, grow some initial crops, give others space to plant their seeds, then gift the garden to the local keepers.
- Mark:
- Frank: unify ecosystems.
- Linda:
- Victor:

--> Check the original [proposal](https://projectcatalyst.io/funds/11/cardano-open-ecosystem/polkadot-cardano-unifires) and [presentation](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_BBGldg7otLRmlFkXL0UM50d8MLXhqVHyrKvKRsmgmY/edit?usp=sharing) to learn more.

## Notes

- Watson found Unifires interesting.
- Watson wants to write about it.
- Watson is new.
- Best way to understand it clearly is to ask.
- Watson creates an Article about Unifires and their doings for normal people.

**Complete Sentence**
This Markdown is to create a consensus of the purpose, adoption and focus of this group.

The rough purpose is:
This will create a general weekly newsletter/summary of each article, and then articulated towards the specific ideal audience.

**Business development questions**
For each founding blockchain ecosystem, please respond with your personal/blockchain perspective (UNBIASED TO OTHER RESPONSES)

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**UNIFIRES**

**Introduction**
Unifires is an alliance of developers building on chain, uniting dApplications cross function between chains

**Problem**
* There is no community or organization that unifies development work together
* There is no communal efforts in building dApps
* There is no global structures for developers
* There is minimal/nonexistinant sense of community or alliance beyond blockchains
* Crypto isn't as inclusive for people as desired

**Idea**
* Unifires develops an organization, alliance, and community to tackle unnecessary development for dApps
* Unifires connects together developed and functional systems cross chain to decline wasteful development
* Unifires creates a community for Web3 that goes beyond any blockchain
* Unifires creates a social movement that helps developers collaborate beyond borders
* Unifires provides technical overviews of blockchains by their similarities, differences, and ways of bridhing technology
* Unifires creates governance between blockchains

### Solution
* Unifire - to organize and develop crosschain governance through communities and social efforts.
* Organize systems and existing viable applications to reduce reiteration between developers