# Proposal: Network Engineering SPE

**URL:** <https://forum.livepeer.org/t/proposal-network-engineering-spe/3240>\
**Category:** Treasury\
**Created:** [April 20, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/proposal-network-engineering-spe/3240 "2026-04-20T18:55:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 10

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Mehrdad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.livepeer.org/mehrdad/32/1800_2.png) [@Mehrdad](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/Mehrdad)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/proposal-network-engineering-spe/3240/10 "2026-07-27T19:30:08Z")

</div>

Network Engineering SPE — Update #3 (July 2026)

**Period:** 27 June 2026 – 27 July 2026  
**Status:** On track  
**Summary:** RFP #1 closed out complete with a public retrospective, five retroactive grants were decided across five different builders, and Direct Grant #1 had Milestones 1 & 2 signed off.

## Completed Deliverables

- **RFP #1 — Delegator UX Analysis (RaidGuild) — completed and closed**

- **Retroactive Grants — five decisions, five different builders**

- **Retroactive Grants — sixth application received and pre-screened**

- **Direct Grant #1 — Livepeer Payment Clearinghouse (John Mull / Elite Code Solutions) — Milestones 1 & 2 signed off**

## Watercooler Presentations

- 30 June — Elliot (RaidGuild): Delegator UX RFP walkthrough — teardown, 27 gaps, persistent delegation widget proposal.
- 30 June — John (Elite Code Solutions): Clearinghouse — Docker runtime stack merged, live Auth0 device-login demo, price oracle, OpenAPI spec.
- 7 July — Elliot (RaidGuild): final Delegator UX output, backlog milestone opened in the Explorer repo, Vercel instrumentation plan.
- 14 July — John (Elite Code Solutions): Payment House — subscription credits, MoonPay and Stripe, API keys, and an honest read on schedule.

**ETA for Next Update:** end of August 2026

---

_[View the full topic](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/proposal-network-engineering-spe/3240)._