explorer/Research.md

Here we track general research across all [Platform](https://github.com/web3privacy/Platform/tree/main/Web3privacynowplatform) related activities.

**Current stage**: MVP prototyping
- Define minimum dataset + scoring to be deployed
- Deliver sync between Platform & GitHub data inputs (to be updated over time)

## Prototype

| Activity | Description | Date | Link | 
| ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- |
| DeFi category | Latest clickable prototype in sync with scoring MVP, basic data profile & DeFi category | Dec, 2023 | [link](https://web3-privacy-git-dw-tweaks-develit-io.vercel.app/category/defi) |
| ETHRome prototype | Live demo built during ETHRome hackathon | Oct, 2023 | [link](https://web3privacy-app.vercel.app/) |

## Research areas

<img src="https://github.com/web3privacy/Platform/blob/main/Web3privacynowplatform/Staticobjects/Research%20areas%20for%20Explorer.png" width="900"/>

## UI

<img src="https://github.com/web3privacy/Platform/blob/main/Web3privacynowplatform/Staticobjects/Matching%20machine%20data%2C%20UI%20%26%20scoring.png" width="1200"/>

**Research purposes**
- _Non-techies readiness_: find, specify & map key parameters non-technical person could consider during privacy assessment
- _Machine-readable data_: find data that can be scrapped in the future & minimise human error
- _Communal effort_: get active community feedback on scoring - make it communal & less subjective

| Version | Description | Date | Link | 
| ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- |
| 1.2 | info | Nov, 2023 | [link](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy/blob/main/Web3privacynowplatform/UI/Readme.md#v12-post-ethrome-update-basic-scoring-x-brief-sync) |
| 1.1 (mobile) | info | Nov, 2023 | [link](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy/blob/main/Web3privacynowplatform/UI/Readme.md#v11-post-ethrome-update-mobile-version) |
| 1.1 (desktop) | info | Nov, 2023 | [link](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy/blob/main/Web3privacynowplatform/UI/Readme.md#v11-post-ethrome-update) |
| 1.0 (desktop) | Initial prototype built during ETHRome hackathon based on [data manifesto](https://github.com/web3privacy/data/tree/main#readme) | Oct, 2023 | [link](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy/blob/main/Web3privacynowplatform/UI/Readme.md#v10-eth-rome-prototype) |

<img src="https://github.com/web3privacy/Platform/blob/main/Web3privacynowplatform/Staticobjects/UI/UI%20iterations.png" width="1200"/>

## Dataset

<img src="https://github.com/web3privacy/Platform/blob/main/Web3privacynowplatform/Staticobjects/Data%20sources%20for%20Explorer.png" width="1200"/>

**Research purposes**
- _Machine-readable data_: find data that can be scrapped in the future & minimise human error
- _Human labour_: map down data that should be aggregated manually (with potential for automation)
- _Data formats_: map down the way projects share data publicly, highlight differences that should be unified from "docs.project name" link to GitHub link in the same place (bottom of the landing)

| Activity | Description | Date | Link | 
| ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- |
| DeFi category extended dataset  | data actualisation, Dec 2023 | Dec, 2023 | [link](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ETkfki8JDhIKIsxNbNifoHSem52OI-0CpCKd1ln1PkA/edit?usp=sharing) |
| Data brief: filled by projects | Pull requests by Railgun_, Waku, Lit, Brume, Webb | Oct, 2023 | [Railgun_](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy/pull/31),[Waku](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy/pull/35), [Lit](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy/pull/34),[Brume](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy/pull/38),[Webb](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy/pull/37) |
| Data brief: MVP + Optional data | info | Oct, 2023 | [link](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy/blob/main/Web3privacynowplatform/Brief.md#optional-info) |
| Data brief x Scoring model | info | Oct, 2023 | [link](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy/blob/main/Web3privacynowplatform/scoringmodel/Data%20brief%20%26%20scoring%20model%20comparison.md) |
| Data brief | info | Oct, 2023 | [link](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy/blob/main/Web3privacynowplatform/Brief.md#basic-info) |
| Typeform questionaire | info | Sep, 2023 | [link](https://gy0n92ttldn.typeform.com/to/clX8HhGi) |
| ETHRome data set concept | Machine-readable data manifest | Oct, 2023 | [link](https://data.web3privacy.info) |
| Source database | Initial database tracking privacy market players | Nov, 2022-Dec, 2023 | [link](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy) |

## Scoring model

<img src="https://github.com/web3privacy/Platform/blob/main/Web3privacynowplatform/Staticobjects/Matching%20scoring%20for%20non-techies%2C%20techies%20%26%20machines.png" width="1200"/>

**Research purposes**
- _Non-techies readiness_: find, specify & map key parameters non-technical person could consider during privacy assessment
- _Machine-readable data_: find data that can be scrapped in the future & minimise human error
- _Communal effort_: get active community feedback on scoring - make it communal & less subjective

| Activity | Description | Date | Link | 
| ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- |
| New scheme proposal by Ressac-No1 | info | Nov, 2023 | [link](https://github.com/web3privacy/Platform/blob/main/Web3privacynowplatform/scoringmodel/New%20scheme%20of%20scoring%20model.md) |
| Scoring model for techies concept  | info | Nov, 2023 | [link](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy/blob/main/Web3privacynowplatform/scoringmodel/Scoringmodel_techies.md) |
| Playbook for non-techies 1.3  | info | Oct, 2023 | [link](https://mirror.xyz/0x0f1F3DAf416B74DB3DE55Eb4D7513a80F4841073/90XEXa7AG_qc-VgYKs40i88xB1HF97gr1zqb-qvnif0) |
| DeFi category scoring x model 1.2  | info | Oct, 2023 | [link](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy/blob/main/Web3privacynowplatform/scoringmodel/DeFi%20category%20prototype.md) |
| Community feedback model 1.1  | info | Aug, 2023 | [link](https://mirror.xyz/0x0f1F3DAf416B74DB3DE55Eb4D7513a80F4841073/E9QPx9iKgPXPqEsAN-YklipSRJy9VTBMOLwwEcqqVpU) |
| Scoring model MVP  | info | Jun, 2023 | [link](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy/blob/main/Web3privacynowplatform/scoringmodel/Web3Privacy%20Now%20scoring%20platform_test%20framework.pdf) |
| Privacy market survey  | info | Mar, 2023 | [link](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy/tree/main/Web3privacynowplatform/scoringmodel/Survey) |
| Original idea  | info | Jan, 2023 | [link](https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy/tree/main/Web3privacynowplatform) |