Contribution activity and bus factor of mimblewimble/grin

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Barely warm 〽️

Contribution activity is decreasing

Why mimblewimble/grin is barely warm?

The result is based on ratio of number of commits and code additions from initial and final time ranges.

Initial time range – from 14 Aug, 2023 to 14 Nov, 2023

Final time range – from 15 May, 2024 to 14 Aug, 2024

From 0 to 0 commits per week

NaN%

From 20 to 6 additions per week

-70%

From 21 to 6 deletions per week

-71%

Data calculated on 14 Aug, 2024

Bus factor of mimblewimble/grin

What is Bus factor?

It is basically a number of most active contributors responsible for 80% of contributions.

Bus factor tries to assess "What happens if a key member of the team is hit by a bus?". The more there are key members, the lower the risk.

The mimblewimble/grin repository has a bus factor of 6.

Medium risk, some knowledge concentrated in a few people

Bus factor was measured on 14 Aug 2024

Repository summary

The mimblewimble/grin GitHub repository is an open-source software project related to Grin, a minimal implementation of the MimbleWimble cryptocurrency protocol. It is developed under the auspices of the Mimblewimble organization which aims to create more private and scalable blockchain-based systems.

Grin aims to be lightweight and easy to use with minimal computational requirements, aiming for widespread usability. It uses the MimbleWimble protocol, a blockchain design introduced by an individual (or group) under the pseudonym "Tom Elvis Jedusor". The design allows for enhanced privacy and good scalability. Named after a spell from Harry Potter, Mimblewimble is a design that combines two key concepts:

Confidential Transactions, which allows the sender and receiver to encrypt the amount of the transaction, letting only the participants in the transaction see the transferred amount.
Cut-Through, a feature that aids scalability by reducing the size of the blockchain, allowing for greater efficiency in storage and synchronization.

The repository, in general, includes the Grin source code, README files, contributing guidelines, and other necessary files for open-source projects. It has been warmly received by the Open Source community and continues to be maintained by active contributors.

Please note this information may change over time as the project is in active development. Always refer to the latest official documentation on the mimblewimble/grin GitHub repository.