Cross-Chain Collaboration
Background
Why is this Challenge needed?
- Tribalism & maximalism are harmful.
- We are in the multi-chain future.
- Interoperability is the key.
- We need initiatives to increase communication, coordination and collaboration between chains.
- We have common challenges. Let’s solve those together.
Common challenges for all blockchain communities You could buddy up with someone from outside Cardano ecosystem and address one or more of these common challenges:
- Awareness & Understanding
- Organisation & Governance
- Culture, Diversity & Inclusion
- Innovation & Decision-making
- Collaboration Tools & Platforms
- Incentivized Participation
- Cost & Efficiency
- Regulation & Compliance
- Security & Privacy
Examples of proposals you can submit to this challenge
This is an open-ended challenge that welcomes any proposal geared for cross-chain collaboration, co-innovation and interoperability. These can be any community-led projects, initiatives, solutions, tools or services. These could be, for instance:
- New technical implementations connecting Cardano to other blockchains and vice versa (SDKs, APIs, bridges etc)
- Governance ideas from other chains implemented as part of the Voltaire road map
- Already successful projects expanding from other chains to Cardano
- Expansion of Cardano-based projects into other chains
- Oracles and other tools to interpret and interact with cross-chain data
- Catalyst-created solutions adopted by other chains and communities
- Common research, education, outreach and innovation projects with other chains and communities (e.g. podcasts, hackathons, webinars, communication hubs, educational resources)
Who to collaborate with?
Any chains and their communities are welcome but here are some ideas:
- Algorand https://www.algorand.com/
- Avalanche https://www.avax.network/
- Arweave https://www.arweave.org/
- Casper https://casper.network/en/network
- Celo https://celo.org/
- Cosmos https://cosmos.network/
- Dfinity https://dfinity.org/
- Elrond https://elrond.com/
- Ergo https://ergoplatform.org/
- Fantom https://fantom.foundation/
- Harmony https://www.harmony.one/
- Holochain https://www.holochain.org/
- ICON https://iconrepublic.org/
- IOTA https://www.iota.org/
- IoTeX https://iotex.io/
- NEAR https://near.org/
- Nervos https://www.nervos.org/
- Polkadot https://polkadot.network/
- Polygon https://polygon.technology/
- SingularityNET https://singularitynet.io/
- Zilliqa https://www.zilliqa.com/
The Challenge Team welcomes fresh eyes both from inside and outside Catalyst. If you wish to join, comment below or contact one of the originators:
Filip Blagojević
- Email: [email protected]
- Discord: #Filip2852
- Telegram: @filip_blagojevic
Tomi Astikainen
- Email: [email protected]
- Discord: #TomiAstikainen6249
- Telegram: @T0MPPELI
Felix Weber
- Email: [email protected]
- Discord: #Felix [SWARM]#9839
- Telegram: @FelixfromSwarm
The end goal
Let’s create an enriching, open and safe environment, where people from different communities can find common ground and share knowledge, resources, skills, ideas and visions with one another.
Alignment with strategic goals for Fund9
- Prepare a group of people willing and able to make contributions to the ecosystem.
- Opening the doors to other communities can increase the number of Catalyst members and broaden their perspectives and knowhow.
- Turn Cardano into an open source project.
- Learning from other open source communities can help Cardano become an open source project, too.
- Accelerate the growth and evolution of developer & app ecosystem.
- The biggest contribution of this Challenge is exactly in the developer and app ecosystem, increasing the number of interoperable dApps and bringing in curious developers from outside of the Cardano community.
Accompanying slides
To present the Challenge outside of Catalyst, you can use these helpful slides:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bhQAEwUay1743G7ZEur6DRuuWKOjep6-HeDro8GGH2A/edit?usp=sharing
Why is it important?
We can be a catalyst for multi-chain awareness and interoperability of blockchains which guarantees shared success in the cryptoeconomy.
How does success looks like?
Collaborative value creation between Project Catalyst and other communities, through both technical and non-technical initiatives alike.
Key Metrics to measure
To evaluate the success of the challenge, we can track:
- On-chain activity growth due to new cross-chain implementations
- Number of proposals including participants from other blockchain communities
- Number of technical implementations connecting Cardano to other blockchains
- Ideas from other chains implemented by Catalyst
- Projects and dApps from other chains implemented on Cardano
- Catalyst-created solutions adopted by other chains/communities
- Number of events / workshops / sessions arranged with other communities
- Number of permanent initiatives with cross-chain teams (members from different blockchain communities together)
Stand out with complete, well-rounded and focused proposals
In your proposal, make sure you consider the aspects of impact, feasibility and clarity/auditability.
IMPACT: How well does the proposal contribute to increasing collaboration, coordination and communication between various blockchain ecosystems?
- The proposal identifies a problem within the challenge which needs to be solved.
- The proposal clearly articulates how it will add value to the Cardano ecosystem.
- The key metrics and goals of the proposal align with the outlined challenge settings.
- The proposal is able to scale to address future challenges.
FEASIBILITY: How likely is it that the team is able to successfully implement the proposal?
- Evidence of relevant skills and experience.
- The type and number of team members required.
- Clear budget, enough to achieve the set goals.
- Verifiable plan for other funding (if needed).
- Realistic timetable to complete the work.
- Solid plan of action describing needed resources.
- Explanation of technical aspects (if needed).
- Challenges and risks considered.
AUDITABILITY: Is the information enough to audit progress and success of the proposal? What can the community expect?
- A roadmap with milestones and a time horizon for achievement.
- Metrics/KPIs that define the success of the proposal.
- Clear understandable description of the targeted problem.
- Clear understandable solution that addresses the problem.
Climathon: Blockchain4Climate
Solution: Proposing a blockchain challenge on the theme of transparency at Climathon Geneva: annual open-innovation event to co-create for and commit to climate action, hosted at Impact Hubs globally.
Catalyst Ticker on Twitter
Solution: A Twitter-Account that posts the timeline, timeline-reminders, updates on the timeline, and gives Catalyst resources where needed. And it's already alive and growing! Both as an account AND an idea.
Catalyst Swarm & SingularityNET
Solution: Extend the Catalyst Swarm community-building support, services & engagement to the SingularityNet Community.
Catalyst+DAOstack Open Space
Solution: We have partnered with DAOstack team to produce a joint event to expose the Israeli audience to both projects, and to create a platform for acquaintance and cross-chain collaboration
Cardano SSI Contributors - Season 2
Solution: RootsID regularly engages ToIP/DIF/HL working groups, establishing a consistent Cardano/Prism/Catalyst voice at the table of SSI leadership. We are spreading the news about Cardano's identity efforts
Cardano-Polkadot Oracle Bridge
Solution: We will create the Cardano-Polkadot Interoperability Protocol (CPIP) providing a universal standard for developers to build secure services & dApps that can transfer data, tokens and initiate actions.
Cardano Pilgrimage
Solution: The Cardano Ministry will hold spaces, and enter spaces held by others, to disseminate accurate information about Cardano and it's thriving ecosystem in typical philosophical, academic style.
Cardano for Impact Investors
Solution: We represent a pioneer Blockchain Impact Investment fund, targeting SDG relevant projects and utility tokens. We are building cross chain investment methodology and propose to include Cardano.
Cardano Events Barcelona
Solution: We will organise 3 Cardano Events for blockchain community in Barcelona. We will collaborate with other local blockchain ecosystems, to deliver a cross-chain event that educates and entertains.
Cardano/Ethereum NFT Ecosystems Map
Solution: An open source, interactive, planetair-based map of key projects in the Ethereum and Cardano NFT Ecosystems, and corresponding research report on related and unique projects in both ecosystems.
Bringing Business to Cardano
Solution: Close the gap between Real World businesses looking for funding and crypto investors with a Cardano based Crowdfunding platform
Bridgeless atomic cross chain swaps
Solution: We aim to create a scalable protocol that can be used to trade assets between Cardano and other blockchains, not based on a bridge. This can be realized in multiple variants of so-called atomic swaps.
BitFins Cross-Chain NFT Aquariums
Solution: We are designing digital aquariums that collectors can customize with their own NFTs (of any project) including from other chains. We already have support for Cardano and Ethereum NFT wallets.
Automatic cross-chain token bridge
Solution: Currently, moving tokens between Ethereum and Cardano involves two steps. Further development leading to automation of the process would enhance the user journey and open the bridge to more tokens.
ATALA Prism zKP + Hyperledger Aries
Solution: Build zero-Knowledge Proof and Predicate integration layer for ATALA Prism on RootsID CLI-WAL wallet and make them interoperable with Hyperledger Aries and W3C OBv3.
anetaBTC on Cardano and Ergo
Solution: anetaBTC is a decentralized, fully on-chain, wrapped BTC product that allows users to seamlessly unlock their BTC value on Cardano and Ergo.
A Multi-chain Explorer ft. Cardano
Solution: There will be more footfall on the Cardano chain to understand how it works by placing Cardano prominently on our multi chain Explorer along with Ethereum , BSC, Solana, Polygon , Fantom, etc.
AMA with Cross-Chain Communities
Solution: * To build relationship, raise awareness & understanding between chains' communities in Indonesia
- To learn from each other chain and inspire one another, so that we can pick good ideas to implement