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Catalyst veteran and educator passionate about empowering people to solve problems and to engage with the Catalyst process.

James Dunseith own proposals

Community Reviews across funding rounds

241
Total reviews
Impact Alignment
4.2 Star
Feasibility
4.18 Star
Value for money
3.85 Star
Impact / Alignment
5 Star
Auditability
3.83 Star
Addresses Challenge
4 Star

Proposals Across Funding Rounds

3
Completed
3
Approved
8
Proposed
₳194K
$358.2K
Requested
₳194K
$38.4K
Awarded
₳194K
$38.4K
Received

James Dunseith Proposals (36)

GMBL-turn devs into blockchain devs

$54,000 Received
$54,000 Requested

<p>There are not enough Cardano blockchain developers to deliver on the tidal wave of work coming our way.</p>

Challenge: Fund 6
completed Awarded 1.35% of the fund.

BR/US University Hubs!

$8,000 Requested

Solution: Create 'University Community Hubs' in Brazil/US that deepen relationships between colleges and cities as innovation hubs.

Challenge: Fund 6
over budget Requested 0.2% of the fund.
0 (1)

Challenge: Making Web3 Visible

$100,000 Budget

<p>How can we help end-users to truly understand the impact of the &quot;Web3 Revolution&quot;?</p>

Proposed in Fund:
Budget 2.5% of the fund.
0 (1)

Barriers to Entry = Proposals

$10,000 Received
$10,000 Requested

Solution: Weekly workshops for "Catalyst Skeptics" in which newcomers identify barriers to entry that can be reframed as the seeds of new Proposals.

Challenge: Fund 5
completed Awarded 0.5% of the fund.

WADA +GL +Metadata = Donor Rewards+

$6,000 Requested

Solution: Use the Friends of WADA First 50 Donor Reward Program for metadata curriculum dev't & to design a fund-tracing and accountability framework

Challenge: Fund 5
over budget Requested 0.3% of the fund.

GMBL Turning Dev > Blockchain Devs

$64,000 Requested

Solution: Support experienced developers to become experts in Cardano blockchain development.

Challenge: Fund 7
over budget Requested 0.8% of the fund.
0 (1)

Mobile In-App Wallet (RN) 🔥

$10,000 Requested

Solution: Create a React Native library for storing hashed mnemonics and private keys inside mobile's secure context, by leveraging other tools.

Challenge: Fund 8
over budget Requested 0.063% of the fund.
0 (1)

Escrow Smart Contract for dApps 🔥

$3,000 Received
$3,000 Requested

Solution: Create a sophisticated Escrow Smart Contract which can be used by a variety of applications in different use-cases, with good documentation.

Challenge: Fund 8
completed Awarded 0.019% of the fund.
0 (1)

Decentralized Music Platform

$100,000 Received
$100,000 Requested

Solution: A financial platform for the business of music. Tools to help music easily enter Web3; starting with automated royalty payments for artists.

Challenge: Fund 8
completed Awarded 0.625% of the fund.

Cardano Starter Kits + APIs

$28,355 Received
$28,355 Requested

Solution: Free, open source APIs & Project-Based Learning resources that empower people from different backgrounds to drive adoption of Cardano.

Challenge: Fund 2
completed Awarded 11.342% of the fund.

Ledger Developer Onboarding Course

$43,000 Requested

Solution: Create a Project-based Learning (PBL) course to take developers through a hands-on project to learn how to create Ledger Live integrations and enable Ledger devices on their products.

Challenge: Fund 9
not approved impact proposal Requested 0.269% of the fund.
0 (1)

Dandelion: Decentralized Web3 APIs

$90,000 Requested

Solution: Deploy a Dandelion Federated Network atop a decentralized computing grid, while developing the foundations for other independent node ops to join the mission of decentralizing the Cardano API layer.

Challenge: Fund 9
not approved Requested 0.563% of the fund.
0 (1)

littlefish - Shaping Action

$98,667 Requested

Solution: A complete platform that enables decentralized communities, starting with specifying, testing, and implementing the basic building block of decentralized work: the Action NFT.

Challenge: Fund 9
not approved impact proposal Requested 0.617% of the fund.
0 (1)

CBIA - Augmenting Cardano Developer Portal with ecosystem compatibility & dependency visualizations for dev tools

₳47,750 Requested

Solution: Create a system for easy gathering of dependency/compatibility data across Cardano tools and expose it through insightful visualizations that enable one to browse and foresee downstream impacts.

Challenge: Fund 10
not approved Requested 0.096% of the fund.
0 (1)

Gimbalabs - Flagship Course for Aiken

₳108,000 Received
₳200,000 Requested

Solution: Prepare one of the flagship courses in Gimbalabs - Project Based Learning for Aiken (AikenPBL).

Challenge: Fund 12
funded Awarded 0.4% of the fund.
0 (1)

Sustain and Maintain Gimbalabs

₳66,000 Received
₳100,000 Requested

Solution: Gimbalabs wants to ensure that the Cardano developer community has continued access to open spaces where they can learn, collaborate, and build together.

Challenge: Fund 12
funded Awarded 0.2% of the fund.
0 (1)

Andamio+Identus+Mātou: Identity for Education & Economic Impact

₳490,000 Requested

Solution: A decentralised system where learners earn tokenised credentials through DIDs &amp; VCs, allowing skills accumulation, credential sharing &amp; recognition enabling seamless transition from education to work.

Challenge: Fund 13
vote pending Requested 0.98% of the fund.
0 (0)

Decentralized Domain Name System (DNS) Marketplace powered by Cardano and Handshake blockchains

₳200,000 Requested

Solution: Create an open source decentralized domain name system (DNS) marketplace powered by Cardano smart contracts and Handshake top-level domains.

Challenge: Fund 13
vote pending Requested 0.4% of the fund.
0 (0)

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