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Bio

Building Solutions and Partnerships

We don't just build software; we build connections and foster collaboration. As active community members, we're deeply involved in shaping the future of the blockchain through our technology, our alliances and our community contributions to Cardano and Project Catalyst. We are committed to our open source principles and our belief in the transformative power of blockchain technology.

Community Reviews across funding rounds

495
Total reviews
Feasibility
4.19 Star
Value for money
3.8 Star
Impact / Alignment
4.59 Star
Impact Alignment
4.24 Star
Value for Money
3.79 Star
Auditability
4 Star

Proposals Across Funding Rounds

2
Completed
5
Approved
11
Proposed
₳1.6M
$35K
Requested
₳661.8K
$35K
Awarded
₳335.3K
$35K
Received

Top of mind of Blink Labs in Catalyst

most frequent words in proposal details

Challenges

The Team (3)

Members in Catalyst that have co-proposed with Blink Labs. Individuals may not be employed at Blink Labs. This is is is not representative of Blink Labs's full team.

  • Aurora Gaffney

    Lead Developer & Co-Founder, Blink Labs

  • Chris Gianelloni

    Missing Bio

Blink Labs Proposals (11)

Cardano Submit API in Golang

$5,000 Received
$5,000 Requested

Solution: Develop a Golang Cardano transaction submit API service alternative implementation, written using patterns and terms common to Golang as a fully functional example for the Golang developer community

Challenge: Fund 9
completed Awarded 0.031% of the fund.
0 (1)

Ouroboros network (NtC) in Golang

$30,000 Received
$30,000 Requested

Solution: Create/develop an open source Golang library for speaking the Ouroboros protocol with a Cardano node.

Challenge: Fund 9
completed Awarded 0.188% of the fund.
0 (1)

Cardano Node API: a multiple protocol query interface Quick Pitch

₳185,000 Requested

Solution: Develop a Cardano Node API application in Golang to provide data from a Cardano Node over multiple protocols to expose this data easily for consumption by dApp developers.

Challenge: Fund 10
not approved Requested 0.37% of the fund.
0 (1)

gOuroboros: Cardano Ouroboros protocol server support in Golang Quick Pitch

₳185,000 Requested

Solution: We will continue developing the gOuroboros open source Golang library for speaking the Ouroboros protocol with a Cardano node and reading the ledger data structures, including server side messages

Challenge: Fund 10
not approved Requested 0.37% of the fund.
0 (1)

Cardano Node API: a Cardano Node companion written in Go

₳140,600 Received
₳185,000 Requested

Solution: Develop a Cardano Node API application in Golang to provide data from a Cardano Node over multiple protocols to expose this data easily for consumption by dApp developers.

Challenge: Fund 11
funded Awarded 0.37% of the fund.
0 (1)

gOuroboros: Cardano Ouroboros protocol server support in Golang

₳148,000 Received
₳185,000 Requested

Solution: We will continue developing the gOuroboros open source Golang library for speaking the Ouroboros protocol with a Cardano node and reading the ledger data structures, including server side messages

Challenge: Fund 11
funded Awarded 0.37% of the fund.
0 (1)

Do you want a Go Cardano node? Because this is how you get a Go Cardano node! Quick Pitch

₳46,688 Received
₳291,800 Requested

Solution: We will develop an open source Cardano node capable of serving blockchain data, building on our prior funded project Catalyst work and other work independently developed by Blink Labs.

Challenge: Fund 12
funded Awarded 0.584% of the fund.
0 (0)

VPN as a Service with Decentralized Payments by Blink Labs

₳130,500 Requested

Solution: We will build an on-demand VPN service. Pay only for the time you need, using Cardano smart contracts. No subscriptions, just flexible, secure VPN access with transparent, decentralized payments.

Challenge: Fund 13
vote pending Requested 0.261% of the fund.
0 (0)

Decentralized Domain Name System (DNS) Marketplace powered by Cardano and Handshake blockchains

₳200,000 Requested

Solution: Create an open source decentralized domain name system (DNS) marketplace powered by Cardano smart contracts and Handshake top-level domains.

Challenge: Fund 13
vote pending Requested 0.4% of the fund.
0 (0)

Handshake decentralized DNS blockchain integration with cDNSd by Blink Labs

₳130,500 Requested

Solution: Create the ability to prove DNS data from the Handshake blockchain in a fully trustless manner and integrate this capability into the open source Blink Labs cDNSd server software.

Challenge: Fund 13
vote pending Requested 0.261% of the fund.
0 (0)

Cloud Native Blockchain Archive Node by Blink Labs

₳118,660 Requested

Solution: Create a Cardano blockchain node which communicates with the Cardano network to archive and index block data for future retrieval using cloud native object storage.

Challenge: Fund 13
vote pending Requested 0.237% of the fund.
0 (0)