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Monthly Reports and Sustainability Notes (rolling page) — v0.1

Purpose

This page is the rolling monthly record for operating the Zcash PeerTube instance: what we shipped, what broke (if anything), what it cost, what took time, and what we’re doing next.

Project hub (plan + tracker): https://zkav.club/publishing-infrastructure/zcash/

How we publish: https://zkav.club/publishing-infrastructure/zcash/publishing

Moderation policy: https://zkav.club/publishing-infrastructure/zcash/moderation

How this page works

• This is one rolling page (not one page per month).
• Each month has its own section (e.g., ## 2026-01).
• Update the current month as work happens. At month end, add a short summary and start the next month.
• Update this page at least once per month (and optionally weekly while pre-launch work is active).

Pre-launch reporting (before the instance is live)

Until the instance is deployed, monthly reports still exist—but they report project progress, not runtime operations.

Rule of thumb:

• If it moved the project toward “instance live,” it belongs in the report (decisions, procurement, setup progress, tests, blockers).
• Runtime metrics that don’t exist yet should be marked N/A (pre-launch).

Source of truth for status is the Phase 5 tracker on the hub page; the monthly report captures what changed this month and why.

Table of contents

• 2026-01
• 2026-02
• 2026-03

Note: We keep one “next month” section pre-created to reduce friction. Older months remain as the record.

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Reporting units

All costs are reported in USD.

2026-01

Project status (pre-launch)

• Phase 5 tracker link: https://zkav.club/publishing-infrastructure/zcash/#mvp-tracking-milestone-3
• Summary: Published Milestone 1 plan as the canonical project hub page.

Highlights

• Published the PeerTube for Zcash Decision + Implementation Plan (Milestone 1).
• Established MVP posture: invite-only accounts, trusted uploader model, approval-first publishing.

Milestone progress (pre-launch)

• Decisions made:

  • Confirmed PeerTube as the deployment target for Zcash ecosystem video.
  • Defined curated federation posture and moderation baseline.
  • Defined initial channel ownership model (MVP: Zcash ecosystem groups; expansion planned later).
• Infra/provisioning progress: Not started (pre-launch).
• Workflow/policy progress: Plan published (Milestone 1).
• Testing completed: N/A (pre-launch).

• Blockers / risks:

  • Content + usage assumptions not yet published; sizing will be revisited once assumptions exist.

New uploads (count + links)

• N/A (pre-launch)

Ops notes

• Availability/uptime incidents: N/A (pre-launch)
• Backups status (last successful restore test date): N/A (pre-launch)
• Updates applied (PeerTube version, OS updates): N/A (pre-launch)

Moderation notes

• Reports received: N/A (pre-launch)
• Actions taken: N/A (pre-launch)
• Federation changes (date + action + reason): N/A (pre-launch)

Costs

• Hosting: $0 (pre-launch)
• Storage: $0 (pre-launch)
• Bandwidth: $0 (pre-launch)
• Other: $0 (pre-launch)

Admin time

• Hours (estimate): ~8 hours (full day: PeerTube research + instance/federation/moderation design + drafting/publishing Milestone 1)
• Main time sinks: PeerTube research (instances/federation/config), drafting the plan, and publishing the hub page

Storage growth

• GB/month: N/A (pre-launch)

Risks / watch items

• Ensure pre-launch assumptions and provisioning decisions land early in February.

Next month focus

• Publish content + usage assumptions.
• Start provisioning (domain/DNS, VPS, TLS, SMTP) and begin install.
• Begin pilot workflow with 5–10 test uploads (unlisted) once the instance is live.

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2026-02

Project status (pre-launch)

• Phase 5 tracker link: https://zkav.club/publishing-infrastructure/zcash/#mvp-tracking-milestone-3
• Summary: Turned the hub page into a living project tracker and published companion documentation (moderation, publishing, rolling reports) to support MVP operations.

Highlights

• Published companion docs:

  • Moderation policy: https://zkav.club/publishing-infrastructure/zcash/moderation
  • How we publish: https://zkav.club/publishing-infrastructure/zcash/publishing
  • Monthly reports (this page): https://zkav.club/publishing-infrastructure/zcash/reports
• Refactored the hub page for readability (quick view + jump links) and upgraded Phase 5 into an operational tracker (cadence and refreshed targets).
• Clarified privacy posture throughout (why PeerTube, no third-party embeds on instance pages, and privacy notes in moderation/report handling).

Milestone progress (pre-launch)

• Decisions made:

  • Default publishing visibility: unlisted until approved, then public.
  • Reports are maintained as one rolling page (not one page per month).
  • Embed policy (MVP): no third-party video embeds on instance pages by default; PeerTube-hosted videos may be embedded elsewhere.
• Infra/provisioning progress: Not started (pre-launch).

• Workflow/policy progress:

  • Moderation policy published and corrected after a minor formatting issue on the live page.
  • Publishing workflow rewritten in plain language; added metadata examples, approval checklist, and corrections tiers.
• Testing completed: N/A (pre-launch).

• Blockers / risks:

  • Content + usage assumptions still pending (target publish date on hub: 2026-02-28).

New uploads (count + links)

• N/A (pre-launch)

Ops notes

• Availability/uptime incidents: N/A (pre-launch)
• Backups status (last successful restore test date): N/A (pre-launch)
• Updates applied (PeerTube version, OS updates): N/A (pre-launch)

Moderation notes

• Reports received: N/A (pre-launch)
• Actions taken: N/A (pre-launch)
• Federation changes (date + action + reason): N/A (pre-launch)

Costs

• Hosting: $0 (pre-launch)
• Storage: $0 (pre-launch)
• Bandwidth: $0 (pre-launch)
• Other: $0 (pre-launch)

Admin time

• Hours (estimate): ~8 hours (one full day: hub page revisions + companion docs + tracker/report structure)
• Main time sinks: hub page revisions, companion doc drafting, coordination meetings, and tracker/report structure

Storage growth

• GB/month: N/A (pre-launch)

Risks / watch items

• If assumptions slip past 2026-02-28, provisioning and sizing decisions may slip.

Next month focus

• Publish content + usage assumptions.
• Start provisioning (domain/DNS, VPS, TLS, SMTP) and begin install.
• Begin pilot workflow with 5–10 test uploads (unlisted) once the instance is live.

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2026-03

Project status (pre-launch)

• Phase 5 tracker link: https://zkav.club/publishing-infrastructure/zcash/#mvp-tracking-milestone-3
• Summary:

Highlights

Milestone progress (pre-launch)

• Decisions made:
• Infra/provisioning progress:
• Workflow/policy progress:
• Testing completed:
• Blockers / risks:

New uploads (count + links)

• N/A (pre-launch)

Ops notes

• Availability/uptime incidents: N/A (pre-launch)
• Backups status (last successful restore test date): N/A (pre-launch)
• Updates applied (PeerTube version, OS updates): N/A (pre-launch)

Moderation notes

• Reports received: N/A (pre-launch)
• Actions taken: N/A (pre-launch)
• Federation changes (date + action + reason): N/A (pre-launch)

Costs

• Hosting:
• Storage:
• Bandwidth:
• Other:

Admin time

• Hours (estimate):
• Main time sinks:

Storage growth

• GB/month: N/A (pre-launch)

Risks / watch items

Next month focus

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