Please provide a detailed plan, including timeline and key milestones for delivering your proposal.
Milestones:
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Milestone 0: Project set up
Complete.
Estimated Completion date: N/A
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Milestone 1: Governor initialization
When this milestone is completed, we will have written the requisite smart contracts be able to create an Agora 'Governor' component.
Estimated Development time to complete: 1 week
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Milestone 2: DAO creation
When this milestone is completed, we will have written the requisite smart contracts be able to create a DAO with basic customizable governance rules.
Estimated Development time to complete: 2 weeks
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Milestone 3: Stake Creation
Once this milestone is completed, one will be able 'lock' some amount of GT behind a 'Stake'.
Estimated Development time to complete: 1 week
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Milestone 4: Proposal creation
Once this milestone is completed, one will be able to submit simple proposals (i.e. those with no effects) to the Governor component.
Estimated Development time to complete: 2 weeks
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Milestone 5: Proposal Advancement
Once this milestone is created, one will be able to progress a proposal from the draft phase, to the voting phase.
Estimated Development time to complete: 1 week
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Milestone 6: Voting
Once this milestone is completed, one will be able to use a smart contract to register their vote on a proposal.
Estimated Development time to complete: 1 week
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Milestone 7: Stake rewards and distribution
Once this milestone is completed, one will be able to use a smart contract to stake/unstake and obtain rewards derived from the rules of the protocol the user is staked in.
Estimated Development time to complete: 1 week
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Milestone 9: Front-end
This milestone will be completed, when there is a simple React/TypeScript webpage, from which we can "call" our various smart contracts.
Estimated Development time to complete: 1 week
Please provide a detailed budget breakdown.
Development: 1240 Hours
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90 Governor initialization
200 DAO creation
150 Stake creation
100 Proposal Creation
150 Proposal Advancement
200 Voting
200 Stake rewards and distribution
150 Front end
1250 hours total
$99,200.00
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TOTAL Budget: $99,200
Please provide details of the people who will work on the project.
Ben Hart: Ben Hart has been working across the software industry for 10 years as a manager and developer, and is the Director of Cardano Operations at MLabs. His past work has included bringing many software projects to market. He has worked across multiple blockchains, as well as in traditional finance applications. Ben does not have a linkedIn but here is a interview he had:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/MuQV4_HQNx4Jack Hodgkinson: Jack is a software engineer with previous experience in the credit sector. He is delighted to be able to work with Haskell professionally and is excited to help contribute to the future of decentralized organizations through Clarity by extending his work on Agora which he has been a core developer of. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackhodgkinson/)
Ben Cross: Ben is a software engineer and haskell enthusiast. He has a particular interest in languages and enjoys learning both spoken and programming languages. Ben has worked on a number of widely varied projects with the common goal of innovation.
Mark Florrison: Mark is an entrepreneur and computer scientist. Mark dropped out of his PhD at Cambridge to form a series of startups until eventually founding MLabs, a Cardano and blockchain consulting company, which now has over 135 employees in over 30 countries. Mark has a background in compilers and is a Haskell enthusiast. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-florisson-742a0175/)
Logan Panchot: Logan is a recent graduate at Stanford University and has been part of the Catalyst community since fund4. Logan is a deep believer in the potential of decentralized organizations to create a better world. At Clarity, Logan is responsible for business operations, community growth, and client adoption. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/logan-panchot/)
Justin Schreiner: Justin has a background in Computer Science and is a Plutus Pioneer. At Clarity, Justin is responsible for business operations, talking with users, and implementing improvements to the platform. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinschreiner/)
Shannon Wu: Shannon is an investor and entrepreneur in the blockchain space. I love working with and investing in transformative technologies in Defi, Big Data, Blockchain, Automation and AI. She was an early team member of MakerDAO and part of the founding team for Bloom Protocol. For Clarity, Shannon advises on go to market strategy, fundraising, and strategic decision making. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannonwu/)
If you are funded, will you return to Catalyst in a later round for further funding? Please explain why / why not.
Yes, we will return to catalyst in a later round as this proposal is funding the development of the core infrastructure, but submit other proposals in the future to add features to the core infrastructure.