Please describe your proposed solution.

Native mobile integration for RFID use with NFT tickets, Wallets and Dapps

This will enable a simple transmission of token credentials and payments to speed up the verification process and will enable easy integrations into different businesses and payment mechanisms

• Develop wallet connector integration for mobile wallets
• Secure api integration for different business models
• Complete deployable white label solution package for business integration
• RFID technology integrated into app

How does your proposed solution address the challenge and what benefits will this bring to the Cardano ecosystem?

Our solution will enable wallets to integrate mobile RFID solutions so blockchain wallets can be used like apple wallet or google pay for POS systems and other sales mechanisms. This will also include our access pass RFID solution.

The value this will bring to the Cardano ecosystem revolves around ease of use for real-world application and integration into existing infrastructure.

The solution will allow us as a business to target our solution towards business access passes, travel passes and more, as well as simplifying the ticket verification process for events such as music and sports. This solution will help us solidify Cardano as the go to blockchain for web3 integration at events and businesses for access passes, onboarding potentially millions of new users for these specific purposes, even without the need for them to know they are using blockchain technology.

The benefits of our open source development will enable wallets to easily integrate this technology and create a better UX for their products, making it much simpler for real-world adoption of Cardano as the blockchain standard.

How do you intend to measure the success of your project?

For our personal project it will be the release of the RFID feature in the app

For the open source community it will be the release of the open source tooling required for all wallets to integrate this into their own mobile wallets for the Cardano Community to use.

Specific KPIs we will track:

• Number of companies using this function
• Number of end users using this function
• Number of industries using this function
• Number of forks of our open-source repo for tooling
• Number of wallets and other mobile applications using RFID for payments / services

Please describe your plans to share the outputs and results of your project?

We will share the development process of our RFID solution, as well as tests, openly with the community.

As this is an open source proposal, the entire process will be open to the public for anyone to follow along with our progress.

For the open source community it will be the release of the open source tooling required for all wallets to integrate this into their own mobile wallets for the Cardano Community to use.

Our team will conduct monthly project update calls which we will publish as YouTube videos as well as monthly dev reports on Medium and our website.

This will include information of real-world tests conducted / project planning for the next milestones and more insight into the development journey for community members to track easily and even get involved in tests themselves

What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability?

Our team has already built the alpha version of the NftPass app, from blockchain integration to ui development, we have experience in mobile development, blockchain tools and backend development.

Rhys is also a smart contract developer with experience in Plutus / Plutarch, Lucid, CTL and the deployment of contracts in dapps and tools. He has been a contributer to many cardano projects including ADAO, Minswap, FreeLoaderz, CNCAla, and many more. He has been an SPO for going on 3 years and is a full stack developer, as well as a successful fitness business owner and personal trainer

Quintin has worked for more than 6 years as a Nurse, having received his BScN. This requires good leadership skills as well as time management and people skills in order to make sure his unit and all the patients receive quality care.

Co-Founder of SoundRig which is one of Cardano's premiere music platforms having successfully implemented the only NFT Media player on chain with encryption/decryption capabilities.

Project lead for two on-chain charity events: Cardano for Ukraine & Music for Mental Health. Which were virtual concerts with performances by many musicians from the Cardano community that successfully raised funds for Ukrainian refugees in Poland as well as research into mental health treatments.

Theo studied International Hospitality Management & International Business Management. Successful entrepreneur having founded and is the Managing Director of 2 Internationally multi-awarded hospitality companies with presence in Greece and Zambia. As well as having owned and ran multiple high-end bars an clubs.

Passion for Graphic design and animations for more than 5 years having worked with Cnftaudio, The Listening Room and SoundRig.

Electronic Music Production and DJing for more than 15 years . Cardano musicians community manager, with strong connections the Listening Room and SoundRig having released Songs with both groups.

Founder of PoEM (Proof of Entertain Magazine), the only interactive magazine NFT on Cardano!

Quasar has been an avid community member for as long as Catalyst has existed, he is present at every townhall, catalyst meeting and community space offering suggestions, team development, assistance with projects and more, including completing his own proposals and helping others with theirs.

Paul is a full stack developer and has been working in the space for many years. He has been involved with a lot of projects and has been the go-to developer for Quintin and Theo.

With a strong team of experienced and successful individuals, our combined experience and skills will help us with everything from development to testing and expanding the business outside of crypto

What are the main goals for the project and how will you validate if your approach is feasible?

The main goal is to release a fully open source RFID tool kit for mobile Cardano wallets to enable easy payments and transmission of data such as wallet addresses or asset information.

We will be validating the approach we take by frequently testing during development with an RFID testing kit as well as small scale tests with local businesses and Cardano events.

Please provide a detailed breakdown of your project’s milestones and each of the main tasks or activities to reach the milestone plus the expected timeline for the delivery.

Milestones:

M1 - 1 Month:

• Purchase RFID testing kit,
• design UI for mobile application
• map out front/back end structure

M2 - 1 Month:

• Build Testing Environment for the RFID kit and our dev app for testing and security checks
• Begin testing verification mechanisms and develop standards for open-source toolkit

M3 - 1 Month:

• Build backend services to manage and process data
• Finalise RFID standards for open-source tooling

M4 - 1 Month

• Integrate into the front end of the application
• Create marketing materials & explainer videos

M5 - 1 Month

• Create toolkit for the packaged solution to open-source

Please describe the deliverables, outputs and intended outcomes of each milestone.

Main Project Deliverables:

• development of RFID data transmission for payments/tickets in app
• open sourcing tools for wallets to enable RFID features into their mobile apps

Milestone Deliverables:

• M1
• RFID Kit
• UI Designs
• Design Spec
• M2
• Testing Environment
• RFID Params
• Dev Space for quick and easy adjustments/testing
• M3
• Backend data management & processing system
• Open-source works
• M4
• Front End Integration
• Marketing materials and explainer videos
• M5
• Open-source repo with documentation on integration

Please provide a detailed budget breakdown of the proposed work and resources.

Hardware/Testing:

• RFID testing kit ($3000)
• Testing (40hrs, $3200)

Front End: 20hrs, $1200

• Apple / Android RFID integration
• sorting / broadcasting specific data through the UI
• sending data to the backend for record of action(s)

Back End: 30hrs, $2400

• Grabbing specific data based on the verification signal request
• updating mechanism for feedback on verification
• recording IO for project / business
• updating & managing values for record of business
• updating token metadata for proof of verification

Design: 15hrs, $900

• UI design (4hrs)
• in-app animations (4hrs)
• Explainer content (7hrs)

Open-source Toolkit: 60hrs, $4800

• package tooling for open-source repo
• create documentation for implementation

Contingency - 10% ($1550)

Total: $17,050

Who is in the project team and what are their roles?

Rhys: Developer

Paul: Developer

Quintin: Sales & Project Management

Theo: Design, Animations & Marketing

Quasar: Marketing & Sales

How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?

Developing this tool will enable all of the cardano community to use RFID tech instead of having to scan QRs back and forth. It will make sending, signing, validating and more, a much simpler process for users of the cardano community, and will make payment processing and wallet transactions capable of being used in the real world.

Developing this RFID technology and open sourcing it to the community will provide Cardano with an opportunity that no one else has or is working on. This will open the doors for mass adoption by businesses to provide secure access to their employees or customers. Our documentation and code will allow other wallets on Cardano to integrate this feature and help push it more mainstream.

For projects like NFTPass it will help them provide a more seamless user experience for transactions, and offer access pass type tools to businesses and company premises such as banks, hotels, gyms, transport and more

By offering many real-world examples of use case through our testing we will be able to provide businesses ample material to adequately consider using this as a new, safer and more simple solution to access passes for their workers/customers.