Tari Project Proposals
Tari is a community-driven project. This repository contains technical RFCs as well as Tari Improvement Proposals, which are more general and may involve community standards and governance practices.
RFCs
The documents presented in this collection have typically gone through several iterations before reaching this point:
- Ideas and questions are posted in #tari-dev on #FreeNode IRC. This is typically short-form content with rapid feedback. Often, these conversations will lead to someone posting an issue or RFC pull request.
- RFCs are "Requests for Comment", so although the proposals in these documents are usually well-thought out, they are not cast in stone. RFCs can, and should, undergo further evaluation and discussion by the community. RFC comments are best made using Github issues.
- New RFCs should be posted to the community forums for visibility and community review, and should follow the format given in the RFC template.
Lifecycle
RFCs go through the following lifecycle, which roughly corresponds to the COSS:
| Status | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Draft |  | Changes, additions and revisions can be expected. |
| Stable |  | Typographical and cosmetic changes aside, no further changes should be made. Changes to the Tari code base w.r.t. a stable RFC will lead to the RFC becoming out of date, deprecated, or retired. |
| Out of date |  | This RFC has become stale due to changes in the code base. Contributions will be accepted to make it stable again if the changes are relatively minor, otherwise it should eventually become deprecated or retired. |
| Deprecated |  | This RFC has been replaced by a newer RFC document, but is still is use in some places and/or versions of Tari. |
| Retired |  | The RFC is no longer in use on the Tari network. |
Tari Improvement Proposals (TIP)
Tari Improvement Proposals are proposals for improving the Tari project generally. They are distinct from RFCs in that they are product, practice, and community improvement proposals rather than protocol or algorithm proposals.
The format and standards of Tari Improvement Proposals will be covered in TIP-1.