# Help us write Grin's Mission statement!

**URL:** https://forum.grin.mw/t/help-us-write-grins-mission-statement/1114
**Category:** Governance
**Created:** [November 1, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/help-us-write-grins-mission-statement/1114 "2018-11-01T15:34:37Z")
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#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/help-us-write-grins-mission-statement/1114/23 "2018-11-28T20:01:45Z")

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> [@lehnberg](#):
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> **Our strategy:** _How_ do we best go about achieving our mission?

Here’s my attempt at a short version:

- privacy and security for users at every layer of the protocol
- open community that welcomes divergent views, talents, and solutions
- open source code and research for anyone to audit, explore, and improve

But frankly, [the points outlined in the docs intro](https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin/blob/master/doc/intro.md#introduction-to-mimblewimble-and-grin) seemed pretty solid too:

- Privacy by default. This enables complete fungibility without precluding the ability to selectively disclose information as needed.
- Scales mostly with the number of users and minimally with the number of transactions (\<100 byte `kernel), resulting in a large space saving compared to other blockchains.
- Strong and proven cryptography. MimbleWimble only relies on Elliptic Curve Cryptography which has been tried and tested for decades.
- Design simplicity that makes it easy to audit and maintain over time.
- Community driven, using an asic-resistant mining algorithm (Cuckoo Cycle) encouraging mining decentralization.

Sorry for all the edits, but as I’m going through the forum discussions I keep learning more and more. Don’t want to spam the channel so I’m just updating this post. Anyways, in the foundation / no foundation discussion @igno.peverell added these points which I think are really relevant to emphasize and cultivate as the project and community grows 🙂

> [@Governance consensus, baby step 1 (20180807 meeting)](https://forum.grin.mw/t/governance-consensus-baby-step-1-20180807-meeting/615/1):
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> Except for what will come out of the policy effort, none of this really expresses Grin’s community values and ethos. It’s a shame, but it’s the realities of annoying but necessary governance processes. So to make sure what matters the most doesn’t get lost to an external eye:
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> - The Grin team is more than ever committed to the development of Grin: a privacy-focused, scalable, minimal blockchain.
> - Grin is a community-driven open source project. Everyone including you can participate.
> - This group is open, respectful, friendly and welcoming. We will do everything we can to keep it this way.
> - We all want to deliver the best cryptocurrency we can to help and serve users of all kinds, across the world.

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