(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyf3zGnYK9jcF_mlRc_ztEA)
"Cardano With Paul" (53k subscribers) <https://www.youtube.com/c/CardanoWithPaul>
Project Catalyst History
I am proud to have been selected as part of the Founder 50 members in Fund 1 and my team and I have delivered the Fund 3 project <https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Visual-Studio-Smart-Contract-Plugin/333827-48088> and are currently working on the Fund 4 project <https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Visual-Studio-Code-Market-Plugin/341436-48088>
Roadmap
Please see our website for the latest roadmap
<https://www.dragondefender.com/roadmap.php>
Costs
Costs will follow.
We have self-funded this project for almost a year and although we will continue to fund dragondefender.com to have real impact the infrastructure needs investment. We can only scale about 30 YouTubers with the current model.
The current design allows for an unlimited amount of nodes so scalability has been built in however we need to incentivize people to run a node. We therefore want to build a Host-To-Earn model where we can reward node hosts to help the system grow.
Another major milestone is to move away from the central cloud hosting to be completely decentralized. We know how to do this but need funds to build and test.
It is natural to offer multiple services to our customers and we have started to build and would like to continue building a similar tool for Twitter.
What is success?
Success will be for the system to be able to expand and help 100's of YouTube channels and other social media platforms to fight the Spammers and Imposters.
The ultimate goal is to keep the service free to all Cardano Community members that promote the blockchain on the many different social media platforms.
IP
Unfortunately the IP cannot be shared, if the spammer and imposters knew our secrets the service would not work. We are keen to make some elements open source and work with others to help build the tools, and we are exploring ways this can be achieved.
What will the funds be used for?
Some of the funds will be used to scale the project and pay for additional hardware resources and the remaining will go towards adding an additional member to our team that will help to develop the software further. The funds will only last 3 months at which point we will continue to fund the "Free to Cardano Influencers" project ourselves, but the funding will be vital in allowing the project to get off the ground successfully.