Title: Open-source transaction simulator
Delegate Mission Request Summary:
This mission is intended to provide a key, critical piece of tooling - simulating transactions before they go onchain. Tenderly provides a great service in this respect, but it would be great to see an open-source version of this that can be freely used and built on. This is a simple but essential component of the developer toolkit, and funding its building knocks out one of the higher-friction, higher-cost elements of developing for new and even veteran developers.
S6 Intent
Intent 3: Grow application devs on the Superchain
Proposing Delegate
jackanorak
Grant Amount
50k OP allocated but expect competitive bids
Should this Mission be fulfilled by one or multiple applicants:
Multiple
How will this Delegate Mission Request help accomplish the above Intent?
The thesis here is to lower frictions to launching new projects among developers new to the onchain experience. Debugging isn’t a flashy component of the work—but it is an essential one. And it seems like a clearly valuable, fundamental thing to have for the EVM some ways for developers to simulate transactions without the overhead of using testnets or paid providers.
Easier time developing → more developers. It’s that simple.
What is required to execute this Mission Request?
Open-source tool that allows developers to simulate the results of transactions without having to post them on mainnet. This core functionality may be delivered in any number of ways, so what is desired here is a potential scope of work to be provided by applicants.
How should governance participants measure impact upon completion of this Mission?
Milestones:
- Project scope and resource allocation, timelines set
- Completion of user interviews
- MVP
- Final build
Metrics:
- Github stars and forks
- Contributions
Impact:
- Superchain protocol testimonials
- Grantees and RPGF recipients indicating use of this tool
Has anyone other than the proposer contributed to this Mission Request?
No
Which metric will the success of this Mission Request be evaluated against?
The North star metric against which this Mission Request should be evaluated is # of testnet transactions emitting event logs. This metric indicates the tool’s active usage and reliability in a testing environment and reflects developer engagement. This metric was suggested by the Foundation and approved by the Grants Council.