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+id: gep_1
+title: The 1st Grid Enhancement Proposal
+image_caption: GEP 1
+description: Seeking the community's feedback on approach to a bug in the minting code and related topics.
+date: 2022-03-15
+taxonomies:
+    people: [sam_taggart]
+    tags: [community,update,threefold_grid,farming]
+    news-category: [foundation]
+extra:
+    imgPath: gep_1.png
+---
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+🗳 **Action Requested: Grid Enhancement Proposal**
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+Hi friends, particularly those in the farming community –
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+As you many of you know by now, we came across a bug in the minting code which had a negative effect on some nodes on the TF Grid during last month's minting.
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+First of all, we want to thank the ThreeFold community for the way they reached out to us in regards to this. 🙏
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+These events sparked a discussion on the current uptime requirements and as a result of that, **we created [a forum post](https://forum.threefold.io/t/upgrade-proposal-for-minting-code-v3-2/2447) with a poll where the community can vote** on the changes as suggested.
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+Please note that the poll will be closed on Friday March 18th at 8AM CET. If a minimum of 60% positive votes are achieved, we will implement these changes as soon as we can.
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+All the best,
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+ThreeFold Team