IPVM Grant Scope

[bdehaynin]

Description:

This roadmap covers the deliverables related to the grant for IPVM.
It is a smaller part of the global roadmap for IPVM.

High level outputs:

• Linked invocation standard
• Deterministic Wasm compute runtime
• Computation receipts
• Service discovery & matchmaking
• Distributed scheduler

What comes next (post-2023):

• Payments & validation
  • Cost Mechanics & Payment Channels - “Fuel” tracking the cost of Wasm-based computation. A payment channel model to set up, execute, and pay for computation with quick finality, backed on Filecoin.
• Enable IPVM to call into FVM smart contracts
• Enable FVM to initialise IPVM workflows

6-months proposal:

• Rust implementation of a Wasm compute provider node (codename “Homestar”)
• Template for Rust → Wasm functions, plus one or more other language targets (eg JavaScript, Python)
• Integration into one or more host systems — e.g. IPFS, Filecoin, and/or Saturn nodes having the ability to also provide computation resources
• Our initial target integration will be the Kubo codebase, so that “kubo run” will be able to run Wasm functions and read/write content-addressed arguments
• Process for uploading and discovery of IPVM-compatible Wasm functions to IPFS
• Sample code for front end app integration of IPVM functions

ETA: 2023-09-30

Children:

• IPVM Grant Scope Milestone 1 - Q2 2023 #33
• IPVM Grant Scope Milestone 2 - Q3 2023 #34
• IPVM Grant Scope Milestone 3 - Q4 2023 #35

Resources:

• IPVM Spec
• Homestar repository

Note: This milestone is subject to change as priorities and circumstances evolve.