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Co-Founder Dashboard

What's happening, what needs you, and where things stand.

Last updated: 2026-04-07

Action Items

  1. [NEEDED] Confirm 480-hour mudCUBE commitment for NLnet €50K proposal
  2. [NEEDED] Review and approve threshold signing mesh bootstrap plan
  3. [WHEN READY] Set up development environment for mudCUBE Rust sidecar
  4. [ONGOING] Review architecture decisions that affect substrate layer

Active Workstreams

Workstream Lead Status Last Activity Needs Input?
mudCUBE (mesh substrate) Scott DESIGNED TBD YES — NLnet €50K commitment
signCUBE (threshold ID) Scott DESIGNED TBD YES — DKG approach review
busCUBE (coordination) Barton RUNNING TBD No
cube-dns-sd (CLI tool) Barton NLnet review TBD No
.cube TLD application Barton EVALUATING TBD Board vote needed
Research fleet Barton ACTIVE TBD No
Website Barton LIVE TBD Content review welcome

Status vocabulary: CONCEPT | DESIGNED | BUILDING | RUNNING | LIVE | BLOCKED | EVALUATING

Your Primary Build: mudCUBE

DESIGNED — awaiting build phase
NLnet Allocation
€24,000 / 480 hours budgeted
Key Dependencies
Rosenpass (PQ key exchange), frost-ed25519 (threshold DKG)
Technical Challenges
DKG-over-rotating-mesh, STRO rotation without interruption

What's Needed From You

  1. Confirm 480-hour commitment for NLnet €50K proposal
  2. Review DKG ceremony design (which round protocol? FROST DKG vs. Pedersen?)
  3. Estimate timeline: when can build phase start?

Recent Decisions

2026-04-07 — Finance governance audit completed

Financial model, grant pipeline, and PBC compliance framework reviewed and documented.

Made by: operator  |  Affects: board, benefit-director

2026-04-02 — NLnet €30K proposal submitted

cube-dns-sd CLI toolkit submitted to NLnet NGI Zero Core. Decision expected Jun–Jul 2026.

Made by: operator  |  Affects: cube-dns-sd

2026-03-19 — Cube Commons, Inc. filed

Massachusetts Domestic Benefit Corporation filed. EIN 41-4997714.

Made by: operator  |  Affects: all workstreams

Fleet Status Summary

Active agents
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Bus messages (7 days)
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Research outputs (30 days)
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Fleet model
Opus (research) / Sonnet (mechanical) / Haiku (search)
Token burn note
Fleet operates on Claude MAX subscription. Cost tracking architecture designed, not yet deployed.

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