Weekly Governance Updates (26 Jan, 2024)

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This weekly report provides a high-level overview of what's happening with Filecoin governance.

Anyone is welcome to participate in governance. To learn more about any of the below materials, simply follow the links and feel free to weigh in.

If you have questions or ideas related to FIPs or Filecoin governance, please start a new discussion in the FIPs Forum or post directly in #fil-fips.

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Accepted FIPs - FIPs awaiting network implementation

• FIP0063 - Switching to new Drand mainnet network (FIP Draft)(Discussion)
• FIP0065 - Ignore built-in market locked balance in circulating supply calculation (FIP)(Discussion)
• FIP0067 - PoRep Security Policy & Replacement Sealing Enforcement (FIP Draft)(Discussion)
• FIP0074 - Remove cron-based automatic deal settlement (FIP)(Discussion)
• FIP0076 - Direct Data Onboarding (FIP)(Discussion)
• FIP0079 - Add BLS Aggregate Signatures to FVM (FIP)(Discussion)
• FIP0082 - Add support for aggregated replica update proofs (FIP)(Discussion)

Open Pull Requests - upcoming FIP drafts awaiting technical review; now accepting community feedback

• Update FIP0001 (PR)(Discussion)
• On-chain Retrieval Expectations (PR)(Discussion)
• FIP-XXXX: Add support for upgradable actors (PR)(Discussion)
• Aggregation FRC (PR)
• FIP-XXXX: Fast Finality in Filecoin (PR)(Discussion)
• FIP-XXXX: Non Interactive PoRep (PR)(Discussion)

Last Call - Final opportunity for community feedback!

• FIP0083 - Add Built-in Actor Events (FIP Draft)(Discussion)
• FIP0084 - Remove Storage Miner Actor Method ProveCommitSectors (FIP Draft)(Discussion)

Current FIP Drafts - Now accepting community feedback; merged into repo

• FIP0037 - Gas model adjustment for user programmability (FIP Draft)(Discussion)
• FIP0039 - Filecoin Message Replay Protection (FIP Draft)(Discussion)
• FIP0077 - Add Cost Opportunity For New Miner Creation (FIP Draft)(Discussion)
• FIP0078 - Remove Restrictions on the Minting of Datacap (FIP Draft)(Discussion)
• FIP0080 - Phasing Out Fil+ and Restoring Deal Quality Multiplier to 1x (FIP Draft)(Discussion)
• FIP0081 - Introduce lower bound for sector initial pledge (FIP Draft)(Discussion)
• FIP0085 - Convert f090 Mining Reserve actor to a keyless account actor (FIP Draft)(Discussion)

🔥 HOT 🔥 Discussion Topics

• Filecoin Foundation has recently released the FIP draft for a proposed update to FIP0001. This new proposal contains significant improvements to the existing governance models of Filecoin. Read the full draft here
• Read this discussion to refactor baseline minting to "use it or lose it". Read more here

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Other Governance Updates

• We have changed the calendar system for our monthly Community Governance Calls. Embed this link to your calendar and don't miss out on our monthly calls. Remember that our next call is on Monday, Jan 29 2024.
• Plans have kickstarted for nv22 Dragon Network Upgrade. Read more here. Filecoin implementers have met and prioritized the FIPs below for inclusion in this upgrade:

nv22 Network Upgrade - FIPs considered in-scope for this upgrade

FIP Number	Title	Status	Link
FIP0063	Switching to a new Drand Mainnet Network	ACCEPTED	FIP0063
FIP0074	Remove cron-based automatic deal settlement	ACCEPTED	FIP0074
FIP0076	Direct Data Onboarding	ACCEPTED	FIP0076
FIP0083	Ecosystem Tooling: Add Builtin Actor Events in verifreg, Miner & Market Actors	LAST CALL	FIP0083

nv22 Upgrade Timeline
All FIPs to enter Last Call by 15 Jan 2024
Code Freeze: 30 Jan 2024
Calibnet upgrade: 20 February 2024
Mainnet upgrade: 18 March 2024