aexpansion

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ATTENTION!

If you would like to submit an AEX and it has already been written as a draft (see the template for an example), please submit it as a Pull Request.

If you are considering a proposal but would like to get some feedback on the idea before submitting a draft, then continue opening an issue as a thread for discussion. Note that the more clearly and completely you state your idea the higher the quality of the feedback you are likely to receive.

Keep in mind the following guidelines from AEX-1:

Each AEX must have a champion - someone who writes the AEX using the style and format described below, shepherds the discussions in the appropriate forums, and attempts to build community consensus around the idea. The AEX champion (a.k.a. Author) should first attempt to ascertain whether the idea is AEX- able. Posting to the the Protocol Discussion forum or opening an issue is the best way to go about this.

Before you begin, vet your idea, this will save you time. Ask the Aeternity community first if an idea is original to avoid wasting time on something that will be be rejected based on prior research (searching the Internet does not always do the trick). It also helps to make sure the idea is applicable to the entire community and not just the author. Just because an idea sounds good to the author does not mean it will work for most people in most areas where Aeternity is used. Examples of appropriate public forums to gauge interest around your AEX include the Aeternity forums and the issues section of this repository. In particular, the issues section of this repository is an excellent place to discuss your proposal with the community and start creating more formalised language around your AEX.

Once the champion has asked the Aeternity community as to whether an idea has any chance of acceptance, a draft AEX should be presented as a pull request. This gives the author a chance to flesh out the draft AEX to make properly formatted, of high quality, and to address initial concerns about the proposal.