Thanks for the proposal, @Pasha and WOOF! team.
It is great to see such active discussions and diverse perspectives shared on this proposal. We believe that the Compound Sandbox is a meaningful initiative in terms of promoting governance efficiency.
Traditionally, introducing a new market has required proposers to undergo extensive discussions, followed by a vote and subsequent execution. However, with the introduction of the Sandbox, any aspiring creator with capability and initial liquidity can create and test markets for their safety and effectiveness. This decentralizes the experimentation process for new markets and reduces the overall burden on the protocol.
Additionally, the Sandbox implements a process where only successful markets are promoted onto the Compound’s main UI. This approach has the potential to simplify the traditional steps of “proposal → discussion → voting → execution,” thereby significantly accelerating the protocol’s overall development speed.
As seen in the recent “Alternate Governance Track for Market Updates” vote, governance efficiency has become a crucial theme in current governance operations. The introduction of the Sandbox feature aligns with this trend and is expected to further enhance the competitiveness of the Compound ecosystem.
That said, the proposed $600,000 cost lacks sufficient information to determine its reasonableness. Providing a detailed breakdown of this budget would improve transparency and allow for better evaluation.
We think one of the most crtical components in this proposal is PID controller as users would care how “experimental” markets can be trusted without mamangement from its curator. We would like to know what its implementation is going to look like.
Also, we would like to see how the Sandbox feature is available to end-users as we are curious about how they easily find out the feature and use them in addition to the main markets; if you have any design materials that shows its UI/UX, it would be great to share them with the community members.
We look forward to the success of this proposal and the continued growth of the Compound ecosystem. Thank you!