Please describe your proposed solution.
There is no way to attract developers from outside our current community to participate in Catalyst without first educating this audience, in order to show the benefits - both financial and motivational - of being part of the Cardano ecosystem.
We believe that exposing the idea of being a developer in a decentralized environment which is building not only the future of the internet but also a new vision of social organization can be a powerful motivator.
With that in mind, we will create tailored content to communicate with developers in Latin America. The interaction with this content will help us to identify the key motivation points for these developers.
This approach will take place as a seminar in which we will address the following topics:
- Blockchain Ecosystem and Technology
- Cardano Ecosystem
- Blockchain as a tool for social change
We believe that the last module will be responsible for connecting the developers with the sense of a higher purpose during the development of their code. In this module we will also show how important our ecosystem is to the idea of a better society. We will highlight the lack of trust in institutions as one of the biggest causes of the social problems faced today.
After the presentation, we will apply a survey whose data obtained will optimize the preparation of future events, in addition to inviting participants to the first engagement group of the seminar.
Upon arriving in the group, the devs will find guidance to self-organize and begin to experience their first glimpse of the community mindset.
For a few days we will monitor the group and offer an alignment meeting to unlock the next steps.
The goal is for the group to start their own self-managed community hackathon.
Through financial incentive, we will use ADA to set tasks with different score levels and make payments with community tools once they are completed.
When the group succeeds in completing the self-organized Hackathon, we will be ready to introduce the team to the last part of immersion in the Cardano ecosystem: Joint development of a proposal for Catalyst.
Please describe how your proposed solution will address the Challenge that you have submitted it in.
This proposal addresses the following Guiding Questions:
- How do we attract developers from outside of our current community to participate in Catalyst?
- What would make it a developer motivated to grind through the docs and code no matter how hard it is to create an app?
Our proposal also addresses the following points from the Potential Directions suggested by the challenge:
- Our introductory content will be a fundamental knowledge base for the first understanding of the ecosystem.
- Our self-organized hackathon development support and mentoring group will work as a support structure for these new developers.
- Finally, the incentive structure based on the remuneration of tasks through ADA will encourage the development of the hackathon.
Finally, we are aligned with the metrics of this challenge, since our proposal addresses the information gaps during the exploration stage of these devs, in addition to creating an environment where the sense of community encourages them to interact.
What are the main risks that could prevent you from delivering the project successfully and please explain how you will mitigate each risk?
Risk
Our proposal is not engaging.
Solution
This risk is very low, but it exists. We understand that blockchain is a very attractive technology for developers, but in my experience the average developers have a hard time trying to grasp what is happening in our ecosystem. Therefore, education is key. So if we face low engagement we’ll have to change the content. In this case, we’ll apply a survey that’ll extract insights for a realignment.
Risk
The mentors got stuck on some technical questions to support the teams during the hackaton.
Solution
We’ll set a side extra budget to hire advisors in a specific field to help the teams.
Risk
Some groups dropped out during the self-organized hackathon phase, due to the fact that this was being attempted for the first time.
Solution
This part is a bit critical; the initial idea of the self-organized hackathons is to help us and the team to identify their strengths before they submit a proposal in the Catalyst. If some groups give up, we’ll compare them with other groups to understand if it was a mistake on our side or just accept the low engagement of the participants and move on to capture a new group.