Deterministic Builds and Security Tooling Bootstrapped and deterministic builds a la StageX - #2 by aaal
After reviewing this proposal in detail, I’m a clear yes on funding this work. This is exactly the kind of foundational, low-visibility infrastructure the treasury should support without hesitation.
Impact
Reproducible builds remove an entire class of supply-chain risk and make independent verification possible for every downstream team. This strengthens trust in the software pipeline more than most user-facing features.
Clarity
The scope, deliverables, and acceptance criteria are well-defined. The work is incremental, testable, and easy to verify.
Alignment
This directly improves the security posture of the ecosystem without adding long-term operational overhead or introducing new dependencies. Strong alignment with the core mission.
Deliverability
The skillset matches the requirements. The proposal is realistic and sized appropriately for the output.
Recommendation
Support the full amount, structured through straightforward milestones. A simple table mapping each step to a reproducibility check (e.g., Gitian replacement >> integration >> documentation >> handover) to make verification low-friction.
This is high-leverage hygiene work. I would vote yes as written, with the light milestone gating above.