Hey @overanalyser we briefly touched on this the last time we talked about the Robot Index methodology (originally proposed as PMI), and I maintain that Index.Labs is a great idea which shouldn’t be held off by our engineering constraints.
Similar to the point raised by @DefiJesus & @Thomas_Hepner in this discussion as well as in this one, 2 months after the initial PMI proposal has gone in I am quite concerned about 2 things :
- Not being able to push through the Robot Index concept at least up to DG1 vote and work team analysis. As an aspiring community methodologist, this would be all the more disappointing considering the significant amount of time & effort invested already or still being invested in this complex methodology (at the expense of other fields of contribution within the Coop).
- Not being able to innovate and iterate fast enough on “real” product launches (not just prototypes) and carry a growing inertia while the market keeps developing at a quick pace, which might inevitably result in Index Coop not anticipating / missing fondamental trends.
There are solutions popping on a regular basis out there for community governed asset management which also reduce the engineering or regulatory overhead - I’m thinking for example about Enzyme Finance , Babylon Finance or Syndicate DAO with which the Coop could explore potential partnerships.
These are options that I am also exploring for the bloom .fi DAO and give reasonable space to move into, I’m happy to work on connecting the dots with these communities if a consensus is met around this.