Information about Cardano, Catalyst, programming languages, integrations is scattered all over the internet. There is not yet a centralized physical point for simple and effective access for new onboarding.
There is a technical and community hub in Vietnam. This model will work and take care of interested people on online channels only while many people will feel closer and more confident when they are able to attend the discussion offline. In this open discussion, they can ask anything related to Cardano, they can connect with the right members and partners.
There have been many crypto-related scams that have lost the trust of participants, we need to have periodic activities with specific content to increase trust, create solid connections in the community.
Our goal is to create Cafee-Cardano community hubs in big cities like Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Da Nang, The project implementation team will select existing coffee shops in the appropriate area, sign long-term contracts with them to organize periodic workshops.
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We will hold meetups and seminars for people who want to learn about blockchain and the Cardano platform, starting from a fundamental level like what is Blockchain, how to create and use wallets (yoroi, Daedalus..) staking with Cardano, how to be SPO, Proposer, CA/vCA then followed by advanced courses such as writing smart contracts Marlove, Plutus, creating tokens, creating NFT, DAOS or integrating with their current website and enterprise infrastructure.
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We will also invite key opinion leaders to discuss Cardano’s adoption
By choosing suitable shops in densely populated areas, we will have advantages:
- The image of Cardano, Catalyst will be promoted to more people.
- Because the location is well-suitable, many Cardano enthusiasts will be able to attend. We will share information with more audiences.
- Reasonable cost to run event.
- The shop attracts more customers
Workshop attendees will be greeted with a surprise discount when ordering coffee, encouraged to share their ideas and prioritized support during and after the event.
The workshops will be live-streamed so that both online and offline audiences could attend. By conducting in this way, we are able to address people's questions directly and provide them with more interesting experiences in learning.
This is also the missing piece of the project we submitted and funded in F7 (https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/382651 ). With the addition of this project, we will diversify the way we provide information to the community by both online and offline. the result will increase awareness of Cardano for attendees in every meetup, encourage them to get involved in various of catalyst roles ( proposers, CA, vCA, referer and event voters) so that adoption on Cardano will be higher.
Pandemic: Vietnam has an open-door policy for activities with large gatherings.
Legality: Meetups will be shared with a disclaimer. Content will be registered in advance with the authorities.