
Filecoin PGF
Submitted June 11, 2026
Lotus Miner & Boost Maintenance
ProPGF Batch 3 application. Requested: 50,000. We'll be responsible for the bugfix and protocol network upgrading of lotus and boost components.…
Mirrored from filpgf.io — ProPGF Batch 3 (Karma program 1479, application 6a17056b776615f5fa82a22f, status: pending). Contact details redacted; canonical application lives on filpgf.io.
1.1 Project Name
Lotus Miner & Boost Maintenance
1.4 Team Lead/Point of Contact
Stephen Yu, VP, Slack
1.5 Category
[
"Core Infrastructure"
]
1.6 Open Source Status
Fully Open Source
2.1 Project Summary
We'll be responsible for the bugfix and protocol network upgrading of lotus and boost components.
2.2 Who does this work support?
[
"Network Governance",
"Network Infrastructure",
"Application Users",
"Application Builders",
"Storage Providers",
"Onramps",
"Pods"
]
2.3 Total Funding Requested (USD)
50,000
2.4 Milestones & Budget
[
{
"title": "Milestone 1",
"description": "Lotus Miner Maintenance and Network Upgrade Support",
"dueDate": "2027-03-30",
"fundingRequested": "12,500",
"completionCriteria": "Bugfix and new network version package released"
},
{
"title": "Milestone 2",
"description": "Lotus Miner Maintenance and Network Upgrade Support",
"dueDate": "2027-06-30",
"fundingRequested": "12,500",
"completionCriteria": "Bugfix and new network version package released"
},
{
"title": "Milestone 3",
"description": "Lotus Miner Maintenance and Network Upgrade Support",
"dueDate": "2027-09-30",
"fundingRequested": "12,500",
"completionCriteria": "Bugfix and new network version package released"
},
{
"title": "Milestone 4",
"description": "Lotus Miner Maintenance and Network Upgrade Support",
"dueDate": "2027-12-30",
"fundingRequested": "12,500",
"completionCriteria": "Bugfix and new network version package released"
}
]
3.3 References
Jennifer, Phi-rjan, Magik6k
4.1 Monthly Operating Burn
[
"$100-$1m (medium team or VC backed)"
]
4.2 What % of total team monthly burn depends on this grant?
5%
4.3 If this grant is not awarded, what happens?
As key contributor of Lotus, Boost, PDP Explorer and drand, etc. projects, it is important for us to provide efficiency maintaince service with this cost for team resource allocation, we still put resources on protocol level contribution even without grant support for a long time.
4.4 Core Team
Marco Zhou, VP & Architect, full stack with more than 20 years software development experience.
David Hu, Tech lead for production, full stack with more than 15 years software development experience.
Snail Liu, Tech lead for core infrastructure, full stack with more than 15 years software development experience.
Alex Lee, Tech lead for core infrastructure, full stack with more than 15 years software development experience.
4.5 Has your team received a ProPGF grant or funding from PLFIF before?
[
"Yes"
]
5.1 Key risks & dependencies
Protocol changes of network from specification perspective, and operation cost risk of team.
Objective 1
Direct
Objective 2
Direct
Objective 3
Direct