Peak Shift — Processes in Code

Peak Shift Ltd. is a digital agency — this is an experiment where we will define our business processes then try to enforce them using the Ethereum blockchain.

While we have always strived to operate in a transparent, and fair manner as our traditional company — being centralised will always foster a feeling of mistrust, and suspicion by participants.

Core components

Collaboration
Trust
Quality

Mission / Ideals

Replication is waste, collaborate or bring something new into the world.
Technology can be used for good, but it can be a weapon.
Be excelent.

Work Collaboration

Stop wastage and competition towards the bottom.
Invite someone else to work on a task.
Groups, as a feature is necessary for collaborations.
Economics of collaborations.

Proof of Work

Verifiable proofs that work has been taken place in the event of a dispute.

Structure [DRAFT]

Participants

Project Owner
Worker
Reviewer

Work

Write Scenarios
Review Scenarios
Write Tests
Review Tests
Review Pull Request
Write Improvement Proposal

Actions

Request Work
Dispute Invoice
Withdraw Salary
Estimate Scenario
Decline Pull Request
Approve Pull Request

Governance

Approve Estimate
Vote for Proposal

Token Curated List

Pull Requests
- Worker candidate
- Reviewers token holders
- Organisation consumer
Estimates
- Worker candidate
- Reviewers token holders
- Project Owner comsumer
Proposals
- Worker candidate
- Reviewers token holders
- Everyone comsumer

Implementation

Install

Ensure you have the following tools installed:

solc, solidity compiler
solium, solidity linter

Writing Contracts

solium --watch -d .
Edit contract file, solium will watch for changes up save and alert you of problems right in terminal.

Documenting Processes

Using the gherkin format, Process should be defined as a series of scenarios.

Gherkin is integral to give us a structure where both technical and non-technical participants can understand — it should be used to document all standards and processes.

Gherkin is also used for feature definition for Client projects, see Projects.

peakshift/peakshift-contracts