Askv2 Protocol Improvements

[brendalee]

Starting this discussion to get additional feedback from the community on proposed updates to the ask protocol. Currently, the ask protocol does not give the client / SP enough information on the likelihood of a storage deal being accepted. Note that there have already been a handful of discussions around Askv2 changes with the community (notably in Filecoin Slack #arg channel and other ad-hoc discussions with storage providers).

The goal of Askv2 is to help with awareness between client and storage provider before a deal proposal. Before a client attempts to make a deal, they can send details of their proposed deal, and the storage provider can respond to the proposal (with accept or reject and other details such as price). Note that the ask protocol is not designed to handle back and forth deal negotiations.

Edited by @jennijuju

Converted the discussion to an issue according the FIP process in place atm(Dec 13, 2021) : #225