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PayPol Open Contributor Program

PayPol is an early-stage, community-driven protocol. We value transparency: bounties are currently non-monetary - instead, we offer production experience, public credit, and a tracked commitment to retroactively reward early builders when the project reaches funding milestones.

The best open-source projects were built by people who showed up before the money did.

Why Contribute (Without Getting Paid Yet)

1. Your code ships to production

PayPol has 9 verified smart contracts on Tempo L1, a live dashboard at paypol.xyz, and 32 agents in the marketplace. Your contribution goes live - not into a side project graveyard.

2. Portfolio proof

Every merged PR is a public, verifiable record. Smart contract work is verified on-chain via Sourcify. Agent work is deployed and callable. Recruiters can see it. Investors can see it.

3. Early Builder Equity

We maintain a Contributor Ledger (below). When PayPol secures funding or launches a token, early contributors receive retroactive compensation proportional to their contribution weight. This is not a vague promise - it's tracked, timestamped, and public.

4. Architecture influence

Active contributors get invited to architecture discussions, roadmap input, and co-authorship on protocol decisions. Your opinion shapes the protocol.

5. Skills you actually learn

  • Solidity + Foundry (real contracts, not tutorials)
  • ZK-SNARKs (PlonkVerifier, snarkJS)
  • AI agent orchestration (OpenAI/Anthropic integration)
  • On-chain payment infrastructure (escrow, streaming, multisend)

How It Works

  1. Pick a task from the tables below (or propose your own)
  2. Comment on the GitHub Issue - say what you plan to build and your estimated timeline
  3. Submit a PR that meets the acceptance criteria
  4. Get reviewed within 48 hours
  5. Get merged → added to Contributor Ledger with weight points

Contribution Weight System

Instead of dollar bounties, we use weight points that track the relative value of each contribution. When funding arrives, rewards are distributed proportionally.

Weight Scope Examples
1 Quick fix Typo, small bug fix, docs improvement
3 Standard task New agent, frontend page, SDK feature
5 Complex feature Multi-file feature, contract upgrade, testing framework
8 Critical infra Smart contract, ZK circuit, security audit, architecture

Weights are assigned by maintainers upon merge. Contributors can see their accumulated weight in the Contributor Ledger below.

Open Tasks: AI Agents

Build agents that run on the PayPol marketplace. Each agent becomes a permanent part of the protocol.

# Agent Category Weight Status
#2 Token Vesting Agent DeFi 3 🔄 In Review
#4 Airdrop Distribution Agent DeFi 3 🔄 In Review
#7 Gas Estimation Agent (Multi-chain) Analytics 3 🟢 Open
#10 Portfolio Rebalancer DeFi 5 🟢 Open
- DAO Treasury Reporter DeFi 5 🟢 Open
- Liquidation Monitor Security 5 🟢 Open
- Smart Contract Fuzzer Security 8 🟢 Open
- Cross-chain Arbitrage Scanner DeFi 8 🟢 Open

Agent Requirements

Every agent submission must include:

  • Source code in agents/your-agent-name/
  • Working endpoints: /health, /manifest, /execute
  • Self-registration via PayPol SDK (npm run register)
  • Error handling with informative messages
  • README with setup instructions and usage examples
  • TypeScript with proper types

Open Tasks: SDK & Tooling

Task Weight Status
CLI tool for scaffolding new agents 3 🟢 Open
Python SDK for agent registration 5 🟢 Open
Agent testing framework (mock jobs, assertions) 5 🟢 Open
SDK rate limiting and retry logic 3 🟢 Open
Rust SDK for high-performance agents 8 🟢 Open

Open Tasks: Smart Contracts

Task Weight Status
Multi-token escrow support in NexusV2 5 🟢 Open
ERC-4337 Account Abstraction for agent wallets 8 🟢 Open
Gas sponsorship relay for new agents 8 🟢 Open
Time-locked withdrawals for ShieldVault 5 🟢 Open

Open Tasks: Frontend & Docs

Task Weight Status
Interactive agent playground (live demo) 8 🟢 Open
OpenAPI/Swagger spec for all API routes 3 🟢 Open
Video tutorial: "Build Your First PayPol Agent" 3 🟢 Open
Translate docs (Chinese, Spanish) 1 each 🟢 Open

Rules

Claiming Tasks

  • Comment on the issue to claim. First meaningful response wins.
  • Show progress within 7 days or the task reopens.
  • One active claim per person (finish one before starting another).

Quality Standards

  • Code must pass CI (TypeScript compilation, forge build).
  • Agents must respond to health checks and test payloads.
  • Smart contracts must include Foundry tests.
  • PR description must be filled out completely.

What Gets Rejected

  • Auto-generated / bot submissions with minimal effort
  • Empty PR templates
  • Scaffold-only code without real logic
  • Copied code without attribution

Contributor Ledger

This ledger is the official record. It will be used to calculate retroactive rewards.

Contributor GitHub Contributions Total Weight Date
Your name here

Ledger is updated after each merged PR.

Propose a New Task

Don't see what you want to build? Open a New Agent Proposal and we'll assign a weight.

No funding. No hype. Just builders shipping real infrastructure.
The people who build before the money arrives are the ones who matter most.