Please describe your proposed solution
Cardano Beam is a DePIN-based event and ticket management system running on the Cardano blockchain. It has been rigorously tested over the past few years, offering significant improvements over traditional event and ticket management platforms by decentralizing control and incorporating blockchain-based incentives and verification mechanisms.
1 - Decentralized Event Creation and Management
Event Organizers - Anyone can create an event (e.g., concerts, sports, conferences) through the platform without needing to go through a centralized entity like Ticketmaster. Organizers set up their events, including ticket pricing, locations and payout conditions
The platform then automates the execution of event logistics—ticket distribution, payments and rewards are handled by transparent and tamper-proof smart contracts. This eliminates intermediaries, reduces costs, and increases trust.
2 - DePIN events
Instead of relying solely on venue companies or traditional contractors, the platform allows participants or local communities to contribute physical infrastructure for the events by placing rewards for the participants along the route
A smart contract locks Assets on the Cardano blockchain; to unlock them, someone must pass at that GPS location. Once the user passes at the location where the Asset was locked, the smart contract unlocks the asset and gets transferred to the user’s wallet.
This platform facilitates value transfer without payment terminals, without prior agreements, so long as the person receiving the payment is physically present at the specified location and conforms to the other conditions of whoever placed the Asset there.
Event organisers publish their events and sell tickets to them. All in one place, simplifying the user experience. Users can see the events around them in our Cardano Beam Mobile App and purchase tickets with ADA or Credit cards.
At the Event, the user shows the ticket as a QR code, and the event organiser scans it to let them in. The event organized can also leave POAP certificates in a GPS-enabled Smart Contract, which the user collects when at the event.
Each event organizer curates their event to their liking. Some create treasure hunts, and others create sports events. Some have multiple checkpoints from where ticket holders can redeem prizes; others check the ticket at one location to grant you access.
Events are listed on our Events page https://cardanobeam.app/events and in the Mobile app.
3 - Community Tested
Hundreds of users have already used the Cardano Beam platform, many of them from outside of the Cardano ecosystem, where their introduction to Cardano was through our app. The improvements will make the onboarding smoother and improve the user experience.
View of the world map with Assets placed globally using Cardano Beam at over 300 locations
We have also built an Events Marketplace that brings event organizers and Cardano Beam users together. We plan to offer this marketplace to businesses to host their events and advertisement campaigns
Cardano Beam was used to run a cycling event in Portugal
Funds Use
We will use the funds from Fund 13 to make five key improvements to the app:
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Rebuild the UX/UI to make the experience intuitive for the average user, especially those not familiar with crypto. This will drive adoption and bring unique users to the Cardano ecosystem.
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Business development. The team needs to be expanded to deal with the flow of enquiries and create actionable proposals for business owners.
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Enhance ticket validation for the same ticket to be used only once. The existing ticket approach is to confirm the ownership of a ticket without consuming it. We will extend this with an option to consume the ticket to accommodate high-value use cases where the same ticket should not be used more than once.
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Snap & Mint functionality where a user takes a photo at their location, the app turns the photo into an NFT and locks the NFT in a smart contract at that location for others to pick up.