Please describe your proposed solution.
Cardano is 'building a country.' That's a bold statement, but the community - and the great minds behind it - knows that's the truth.
The tech side of things is just fine. Let's talk about mindset.
The Cardano community is made of brilliant and brave people who believe that social arrangements should be far more just and should protect individual freedom. But the Cardano community doesn't represent a large portion of Mankind (yet). For this revolution to take place, we need to be massive. Otherwise, we'll still be siloed, imprisoning our ideas in isolated bubbles.
Enters the project CORA
CORA stands for Cardano Onboarding Route Alliance. Before we talk about the ebook in question, we must take a look at the bigger picture.
CORA took place in Brazil in 2022, idealized by Thiago Nunes and Cristian Amaral and funded by the Ambassadors Guild.
The CORA Project was born to test the following hypothesis: Community members with a good understanding of blockchain fundamentals and the will to action toward social causes would be more likely to engage with the Cardano ecosystem.
Based on the education of new members, the project wanted to build bridges between the potential of the Cardano blockchain and the willingness of people (with their diverse talents) to create a new social reality.
The project's primary goal was to find the best way to demonstrate how blockchain can enable social transformation. To achieve this, CORA aimed to work simultaneously on two fronts:
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Show people how blockchain works in a very easy-to-understand way;
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Develop a new mindset from which people can see clearly how this technology will restore trust in relationships (both social and commercial).
In summary, the project wanted to find the fastest way to develop the mindset of this new way of reading the world.
The ebook
Until now, we've written an ebook with 74 pages (so far) that aims to start creating the mindset needed to engage with the Cardano blockchain - and, most essentially, to form active agents in reshaping relations between social actors.
This ebook is crucial reference material for CORA. Here lies the train of thought for our goals, set in a timeline of historical events and invitations for reasoning.
Due to the lack of funding, the project is temporarily on hold.
How does your proposed solution address the challenge and what benefits will this bring to the Cardano ecosystem?
This project addresses two aspects presented in the challenge:
- it will bring people to the community;
- by doing that, it will enable the ecosystem to get stronger.
But, not only in terms of numbers, this project will help shape mindsets and deeds aligned with this new vision of a better reality.
As the ebook contemplates the importance of the right incentives to evolve as a society, it will grow a new breed of decision-makers and social actors. Without these valuable human resources, technology itself won't cut. We need the right minds operating the tech. And this ebook will put things in perspective.
> The fulfillment of the ebook will give the Cardano community a reference material that could be used as a template for developing the mindset required to see the evolution of societies through blockchain technology.
Six months appears to be a proper window for the project to get funded and to continue the ebook started in 2022. But six months aren't enough to achieve our primary goal: to build a new mindset among a community willing to change critical aspects of our social infrastructure for the better. For this project to get resilient enough to achieve this ultimate goal, it will need long-term funding.
Getting funded by Catalyst Open will let us finish the remaining chapters of the ebook, creating solid reference material for anyone interested in the Cardano ecosystem mindset. The funding will cover research, writing, and the realization of calls to fine-tune the project. (More information in the detailed breakdown of the project’s milestones)
So, as stated on the Catalyst Open webpage, CORA "simply needs a home to ensure continuity."
How do you intend to measure the success of your project?
The main benefits of this project for the ecosystem will be:
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To provide reference material to help shape the mindset of Cardano community members aligned with the ecosystem.
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To establish a source for identifying historical misdeeds from governments and institutions in conducting societies around the globe.
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To deliver a template for invitations to reasoning about opportunities for change from blockchain technology.
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To help establish the Cardano ecosystem as the definitive environment for innovation (both social and economic).
The main metrics of success will be:
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The delivery of missing chapters of the ebook within its established deadlines, monthly and quarterly.
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The delivery of the final version of the ebook at the end of the six-month funding.
Please describe your plans to share the outputs and results of your project?
This is an open-source project. The ebook will be available for all Cardano community. I'll contact specific communities to show the content and invite them to collaborate by adding ideas or personalizing it according to their environments and demands. I'll make myself available to discuss the outcomes and help other members to engage in the challenge of shaping mindsets across the ecosystem.