Please describe your proposed solution.
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Our proposed solution is to Create a platform for major Japanese IP holders to participate in Cardano by making the IP authentication platform on Ethereum.
The problem:
Currently, the NFT market is rife with the unauthorized use of IPs, making Japanese IP owners hesitant to create their own NFT art. Additionally, it is difficult for users to distinguish between legitimate and pirated NFT content. This is because there are currently no effective methods to combat pirated content, even if it is discovered by the IP owner.
The lack of major project participation also contributes to Cardano's lack of NFT visibility, which in turn prevents more developers from getting involved in Cardano.
Our Approach:
To build " jpnft", an authentication platform for IPs currently being serviced on Ethereum and used by many major Japanese IP holders, compatible with Cardano, and to encourage major IP holders to participate in projects in the NFT space of Cardano, thereby revitalizing the Cardano NFT space and motivating developer participation in development on Cardano.
Display of JPNFT certification mark on JPG Store
JPG Store displays the JPNFT certification mark for IPs that have been certified by JPNFT.
This makes it easy to see the certification of IPs that are officially certified in Cardano's largest NFT marketplace.
Officially licensed NFT collections from major Japanese IP owners can provide a gateway for these intellectual property (IP) owners to enter Cardano chain. Specifically, these IP owners can enter Web3 through a Cardano-based NFT marketplace, with jpg.store being at the forefront.
Engagement:
This project aims to migrate the system already developed by jpnft to Cardano in order to enable major Japanese publishers, game companies, and other IP holders, who are IP Forward's main customers, to use the Cardano blockchain.
○What is jpnft
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jpnft's onsite IP owner account registration and IP authentication/registration service that matches IP owners/licenses with NFT creators and can onboard major Japanese IPs to NFT marketplaces like jpg.store.
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jpnft was developed under the auspices of the J-LOD (Subsidy for the Promotion of Contents Overseas Development and Infrastructure Enhancement Project) funded by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and is operated by jpnft Inc which was built by two companies"IP Forward” and "Recika" as part of the "Research Project for the Promotion of Authorized Version Content Distribution in the NFT Marketplace," a project commissioned by METI.
○About IP Forward (<https://www.ip-fw.com/>):
- IP FORWARD (IPF) Group is a comprehensive consulting group consisting of specialized consulting firms, law firms, and patent attorneys with offices in Japan, China, and Vietnam.
- They have been providing a wide range of services for 10 years, including registration, protection, and exploitation of intellectual property rights worldwide, as well as business consulting in China and Southeast Asia, and have supported many Japanese companies in various industries.
- So they have strong connections with big Japanese enterprise companies, including major publishers/anime companies and music labels.
○About Recika (<https://recika.jp/>):
Recika is a web3 company in Japan and provide blockchain development consulting for business use such as live-streaming/content sales service"Livesola" and Whisky cask ownership management/transaction service "UniCask".
Uniqueness:
Marketplaces that agree to bear the jpnft certification mark may work with jpnft to sale their marketplace onboarding to IP holders which has relationship with them.
We will encourage major companies to adopt Cardano's technology by conducting educational sessions on Cardano's NFT advantages and how to gain access to the technology at individual sales and joint exhibiting events.
This gives the major IP holders in Japan and the developers around them a direct opportunity to learn about Cardano and also to become interested in the Cardano technology.
Importance to Cardano:
Obtaining Cardano adoption by a major IP holder will help to make Cardano known to the various people who know about that IP and gain credibility for Cardano.
This would be a major step towards increasing the number of Cardano adoptions.
How does your proposed solution address the challenge and what benefits will this bring to the Cardano ecosystem?
Our solution is to integrate jpnft, which is used by many major Japanese IP holders, into Cardano to facilitate the onboarding of major IP holders into the Cardano NFT space.
This will fulfill several of the aims of the challenge.
Alignment with Challenge Aims:
・Increasing Cardano Devs:
As is clear from the example of Ethereum, with the development of NFT, many web3 developers were born, and has successfully secured the number of developers to the extent that each project has an individual developer affiliated with it.
In particular, when a large IP-related project enters the market, it is often assumed that the project will eventually develop Dapps, including blockchain games, etc., and that the developer will have the opportunity to work as an individual and belong to a large company. If major IP comes to our ecosystem will lead to a strong desire to gain knowledge of the Cardano blockchain issuing NFTs.
・ Knowledge base & Documentation:
In our sales activities with jpnft, we communicate Cardano's technical, community and other benefits to major IP holders and related developers at various events and business meetings.
As part of this process, we will prepare materials that communicate technical specifications and Cardano's benefits.
・Support structures：
We will create a support structure with both JPG Store and jpnft so that Japanese IP holders whose native language is not English can easily participate in the CNFT ecosystem.
・Collaborative Structures:
jpnft, which has already launched its services on Ethereum, has strong connections with NFT/BCG projects that are also building on Ethereum.
By making these projects cross-chain project onto Cardano, we will promote more widespread use of Cardano.
Impact on Cardano Ecosystem:
・Ecosystem Growth:
The project could bring more users to the Cardano ecosystem, as businesses and consumers recognize the advantages of NFT-based coupons/gift cards. This could translate into an increase in the number of transactions being processed on the Cardano network, contributing to the overall growth and development of the ecosystem.
・Strengthening the Ecosystem:
By providing an innovative and practical use-case for NFTs and blockchain, the project could help strengthen the Cardano ecosystem. It will also increase the versatility of the Cardano blockchain, demonstrating its ability to support a range of applications beyond just financial transactions.
・Solving a Key Problem:
The project will address the common issues associated with traditional gift card programs such as fraud and high cost. By leveraging the security and transparency of blockchain, the project could provide a more secure, cheaper, and efficient solution.
Project Metrics:
• Number of developers actively building on top of Cardano
The entry of a large IP increases Cardano's visibility to the public and IP-related development increases the number of active developers in Cardano.
• A strong community of developers and proposers with thriving project collaboration.
Beyond this proposal, we will work with existing Catalyst projects and others to provide a more efficient and attractive development environment for large IP holders as they develop Cardano.
As an example, we use the Socious platform funded by Catalyst Funt9 (<https://socious.io/>) to hire freelance Cardano developers.
In this way, we will also seek to collaborate on projects and large IPs that come out of the various Catalysts.
Overall, the proposed solution has the potential to bring significant value to the Cardano ecosystem. Regarding the migration of jpnft to Cardano, although some of the elements are not open source because of security issues, we believe that, as a whole, it will fulfill the goals of this Challenge.
How do you intend to measure the success of your project?
We have identified the quantitative KPI to measure the proposal’s success:
○Number of IPs registered on the Cardano chain
It means that IP holders realize CNFT and CNFT Marketplace and think that it is important to authenticate their IP on Cardano.
jpnft has registered 17 IPs registered on Ethereum already, so it is not difficult to achieve, we think.
○The number of listings from authenticated NFT collections
It means that IP holders mint NFT collections and build projects on Cardano Blockchain.
It is huge for our ecosystem and through it we can promote Cardano ecosystem for people around the world.
○The number of the session for explaining about the benefits of Cardano NFTs to Big IP holders
JPG Store will have a monthly session for spreading CNFTs in Japan with Web3 /Developers community. Also collaborate with jpnft, we make sessions/consultations to onboard their team to our space for individual Big IP holders related to jpnft.
Please describe your plans to share the outputs and results of your project?
○Mechanisms for IP certification Demo Video / on jpnft HP
The IP certification process will be shared on YouTube (In Japanese and English) for everyone in the community to see.
This will help announce the project's completion to announce the completion of the project, inform IP holders of its contents, and provide materials for onboarding.
○JPG Store's jpnft certification mark for certified IPs
The JPG Store actually grants the jpnft certification mark to projects with certified IP.
It will also be possible to search for projects with the jpnft certification mark.
→This allows everyone to know how many projects have a jpnft mechanism
○Introduction of Cardano's Developer / Plutus Pioneer Program etc., to projects with jpnft marks launched in Cardano
List projects needing Cardano developers/developers interested in learning about Cardano development techniques and share them with the Cardano developer community, the Plutus Pioneer program, etc.
By summarizing the use cases such as BCG and other Dapps building that will be brought by the major jpnft-owned IP holders that this initiative will create, we will use this information for future development, securing developers, and sales.