Claim Your Account

Lets get you verified!

Verification Code
CODE$:

Great! You may close this page
after you've sent us the code on ideascale.

You will receive a confirmation once your account is validated

To verify your ownership of this profile,
please send a personal message to Lido Nation
on ideascale and include the code above.

Login to follow David Watts

David Watts gravatar David Watts Claim Account
Follow

Bio

Missing Bio. Claim profile to add a bio.

David Watts own proposals

Community Reviews across funding rounds

102
Total reviews
Addresses Challenge
3.97 Star
Feasibility
3.59 Star
Auditability
3.35 Star

Proposals Across Funding Rounds

0
Completed
0
Approved
8
Proposed
₳0
$405.6K
Requested
₳0
$0
Awarded
₳0
$0
Received

David Watts Proposals (21)

Legal resources for developers

$98,000 Requested

<p>As the community of Cardano developers grows, there is a pressing need for legal expertise. How can the need be met in an efficient manner?</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Developer ecosystem
over budget Requested 9.751% of the fund.
4.27 (15)

Arbitration for Smart Contracts

$55,000 Requested

<p>There is currently no standard to include binding arbitration clauses in dapps for smart contracts.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: DApps & Integrations
over budget Requested 22% of the fund.
4.4 (15)

Decentralized Catalyst Incubator

$44,800 Requested

<p>What are the best practices for adapting the incubator model to support new Catalyst startup?</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Catalyst value onboarding
not approved Requested 59.733% of the fund.
2.92 (12)

DApp Binding Arbitration Africa

$35,000 Requested

<p>African countries have adopted new laws for arbitration of disputes. It is unclear how this will play out in disputes over smart contracts.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Grow Africa, Grow Cardano
not approved Requested 14% of the fund.
2.83 (6)

Tools for auto and home loans

$59,000 Requested

<p>Given the high variety in loan provisions throughout US states, how can we create standardized templates to work across jurisdictions?</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
over budget Requested 23.6% of the fund.
3.75 (12)

NFTs for Architecture & STEM

$37,800 Requested

<p>There is a growing market for NFTs as IP in Architecture and STEM. What is the best strategy for bringing this market to the Cardano system?</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: NFT Business models
not approved Requested 18.9% of the fund.
3.17 (12)

Paths to adopt DID in small cities

$39,300 Requested

Solution: Build a model roadmap for the voluntary adoption of DID in small cities. Using Flagstaff as a test, we will grow community partnerships.

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Atala PRISM DID Mass-Scale Adoption
over budget Requested 15.72% of the fund.
3.58 (12)

DIDs for Animal Records

$36,700 Requested

Solution: Develop and test a schematic model of an AP DID system for owners of animals that includes health, breeding, and nutrition records.

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Atala PRISM DID Mass-Scale Adoption
over budget Requested 14.68% of the fund.
3.5 (18)

Model Contracts for DeFi Loans

$25,400 Requested

Solution: Construct model smart contracts comprising natural language provisions with matching code that works across jurisdictions.

Fund: Fund 7 Challenge: F7: Boosting Cardano's DeFi
not approved Requested 5.08% of the fund.
2.13 (15)

Redeploy Catalyst

$30,000 Requested

Solution: Catalyst has been very successful in growing the developer community. Redeploy the Catalyst code and community building model.

Fund: Fund 7 Challenge: F7: Community Events
not approved Requested 15% of the fund.
1.25 (51)

Network of policy advocates

$9,700 Requested

Solution: Develop online educational resources to empower a network of engaged lawyers and law students to promote wise blockchain policy.

Fund: Fund 7 Challenge: F7: Lobbying for favorable legislation
over budget Requested 12.933% of the fund.
4 (15)

Cardano Climate DAO

$31,500 Requested

Solution: The Klima DAO made history by buying $100 million worth of carbon credits. We going to do better by launching a Cardano Climate DAO.

Fund: Fund 7 Challenge: F7: DAOs ❤ Cardano
not approved Requested 6.3% of the fund.
3.08 (12)

Hypotheses for AI/Singularity Net

$26,800 Requested

Solution: Draw on graphical logics that are topological in nature as a basis for self-organizing computational networks.

Fund: Fund 7 Challenge: F7: A.I. & SingularityNet a $5T market
over budget Requested 5.36% of the fund.
3.6 (15)

Education Records

$30,000 Requested

Solution: Use Atala Prism to enable record holders to integrade HS and university credentials with experience and education gained later via MOOCs.

Fund: Fund 7 Challenge: F7: Nation Building Dapps
not approved Requested 5% of the fund.
1.57 (30)

Smart Contracts and the Law

$32,000 Requested

Solution: Develop binding arbitration solutions to resolve disputes.

Fund: Fund 7 Challenge: F7: Nation Building Dapps
over budget Requested 5.333% of the fund.
2.87 (15)

DIDs for Health Records

$21,400 Requested

Solution: Start with owners of pets for vet records. Then, transition from pet health records to human health records.

Fund: Fund 7 Challenge: F7: Accelerate Decentralized Identity
over budget Requested 5.035% of the fund.
3.25 (12)

Resources for Refugees: Ukraine

$15,000 Requested

Solution: This is a research and community building project. We aim to write a white paper and create a nonprofit DAO in Wyoming.

Fund: Fund 8 Challenge: F8: Accelerate Decentralized Identity
not approved Requested 3% of the fund.
3.6 (15)

Disability, Accessibility & Equity

$28,000 Requested

Solution: We aim to use Atala Prism to promote access and ensure equity for individuals with disabilities who use service animals.

Fund: Fund 8 Challenge: Self-Sovereign Identity
not approved Requested 7% of the fund.
3.33 (9)

Monthly Reports