[IMPACT]
In 2021, we enter the blockchain world and start developing simple DApps on Ethereum, Solana and Zillia. Although our team is aligned with the vision of Cardano, we did not choose to build on Cardano when we first started. The technical obstacles when entering the Cardano world is big when comparing with other ecosystems.
The world is changing rapidly and dramatically in 2022. Witnessing all desperate and heart-breaking stories, we really want to build something meaningful on the particular chain that we love most. Socially and economically, we absolutely believe that decentralization and security is of paramount importance for our mankind. Nothing is more crucial than our sovereignty and privacy. From a sea of blockchain technologies, we would like to have Cardano as our destination, learn, adapt, and grow together, in the hope of building a planet that our future generations are willing to live on.
Cardano is an amazing network and community. We would like to see more developers joining us. Currently, a lot of developers may have problems by running the nodes and setting up infrastructures by themselves.
To increase the interest from developers, we would like to lower the entry “barrier” as much as possible. We would like to develop tools which enable developers to enjoy fast API integration with the least learning effort. Time could be well allocated between debugging and dapps creation. This could save the cost of maintaining self-hosted nodes, which is the common pain from the developer perspective.
In the current situation, DApp developers are required to have sufficient knowledge of the Cardano ecosystem, such as architecture, algorithms, protocol, programming languages, transaction knowledge, etc. We hope to introduce a seamless and ease of use tool set that facilitates the progress of developing a dapp, including Defi, in Cardano. This includes easy to use APIs and ready nodes for development. Ultimately, the entry barrier for application developers can be greatly reduced and they can kick start and test their codes in the Cardano ecosystem within 1-2 hours of work.
Developers using our platform will be able to:
- Use easy to use APIs
- Enjoy ready to use testate nodes
- Tutorials for traditional Web2 developers to seamlessly migrate to Web3 development
- Devs can kick start and test their codes in the Cardano ecosystem within 1-2 hours of work
We adopt the “get a taste first” approach to lower the entry barrier for application developers and encourage them to use Cardano. And hopefully aiming and leading to a great boost for the Cardano developer community growth.
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The Challenge KPIs that we can help addressing are:
- Filling in gaps defined in the exploration stage.
- Number of developers actively building on top of Cardano
- Number of repos on Github using the tooling. (Month over month increase)
We adopt the “get a taste first” approach to lower the entry barrier for application developers and encourage them to use Cardano. Aiming for a great boost for the Cardano developer community growth.
Unstable on the APIs on production environment
- We aim to provide zero effort switching between testnet and production environment by providing a list of choice of good and stable nodes
Entry barrier for learning Cardano
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We will provide documentations and video tutorials to have application developers step-by-step learning Cardano
[FEASIBILITY]
3 Month
Develop the tool set for especially application developers that can learn and test their code on testnet. This includes:
- Testing node with API that serve for the entry point for developers
- Template projects that have initial configurations so that dapp developers (especially migrated from Web2) do not need to have prerequisite knowledge on blockchain nor Cardano
- Wallet tutorial kits including basic knowledge on a wallet, ada faucet with explanation of what’s going on, relationship between different accounts in a smart contract
- Go-to-Live tutorials
6 Month
Continuous improvement on the template projects
- Provide 3-5 templating projects that serve for entirely different purposes of dapp development. This is an analogy to Web 2 application development, where application developers will choose a “web framework” that solves the major problem that they face, before kicking start a project. Such as choosing Laravel Passport package for authentication, ExpressJS in nodeJS ecosystem for handling API requests, firebase analysis for flutter app analytics, etc.
- Build a set of documents that target application developers who are still exploring the blockchain industry.
Integration with different Cardano nodes in the ecosystem:
- Provide a listing / marketplace of existing Cardano nodes so that application developers can save the time of investigating and testing on different Cardano node providers.
- Promote decentralization of Cardano ecosystem by facilitating the community to build and form their own node.
Our proposed team formation:
- 1 Web3 Architects for system architecture
- 2 Web3 Developers for Haskell development
- 2 Web2 front end developers for building the web tool platform for developers
- 2 Web2 backend developers for building underlying architecture for API endpoints and corresponding nodes
- 1 engineer for writing convenient documentations and tutorials on entrance guidelines for developers
For the platform and web2 hosting, we will be using AWS as our cloud service provider.
Considering the balance between cost and efficiency, our founders will be the product lead and project lead at the same time.
We will also seek advice from external product and project experts, but in order to save cost we will adopt this in a voluntary basis.
This is preliminary. We will gradually adjust the number of manpower and manhours to efficiently control the pace and the accuracy of the deliveries. We are also welcome for open source when the foundation of the project is ready.
Budget Breakdown:
Period: 6months
Salary is based on market-rate.
3 * Founder: $2,100/mo * 6 months = $9,000
4 * Web2 Developers: $5,600.00/mo * 6 months = $33,600
3 * Web3 Developers: $5,250.00/mo * 6 months = $31,500
1 * Engineer: $1,000.00/mo * 6 months = $6,000
Cardano Gas-fees Budget: $2,500.00
Cloud Hosting: $3,000.00
Total Budget: $85,600.00
Meanwhile, we are still balancing and optimising the cost. Feel free to give any advice! We are still exploring on cost and seeking volunteers (friends) to join the team.
Wistkey International Group (www.wistkey.com) is a hybrid software development and innovative consultant firm founded in Hong Kong. We specialize in providing mobile, cloud, and blockchain solutions using state-of-the-art technology.
Information technology is changing with each passing day, and Blockchain has become the main development trend in the current technology world. As a company developing information technology, Wistkey has also launched a product and service to develop Blockchain. We provide Blockchain Solutions which are DApp Development and NFT Project Consultation created on Ethereum, Solana, Terra, Cardano, and Zilliqa.
We are an international group of innovative individuals from Hong Kong, ShenZhen, United Kingdom, Philippines, Indonesia, and the metaverse (wistkey.ETH). At Wistkey, we have a wide range of interdependent departments closely working together which allows our teammates to participate in various projects, learn from each other, and grow together with the company.
Our clients range from startups like Widi (www.thewidi.com) to renowned NGOs like Unicef, and big corporations like SKY Group in the UK.
Under Wistkey International Group, we are also hard at work on growing and improving MamaHelper (www.mamahelpers.io), the world’s largest overseas foreign worker network.
The job platform allows domestic workers to find opportunities for work while also creating a safe and supportive community with the help of our 200,000+ members.
Apart from a job platform, MamaHelper also hosts international events for the growth and development of our community such as OFWs Got Talent, OFW MasterChef, and the OFW Academy.
[AUDITABILITY]
Weekly Commit at least once after kick starting.
Bi-Weekly Release at least once after Week 3.
3 Month
- Finish the 3 Month Roadmap
- 30 developers using
- 10 projects using the service
6 Month
- Finish the 6 Month Roadmap
- 150 developers using
- 30 projects using the service
One new-comer developer can get a taste of writing a runnable smart contract in Cardano within 1 hour, ultimately 15mins.
3 Month
- Finish the 3 Month Roadmap
- 30 developers using
- 10 projects using the service
6 Month
- Finish the 6 Month Roadmap
- 150 developers using
- 30 projects using the service
N/A. This is an entirely new one.
SDG Rating
SDG goals:
Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries
Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
SDG subgoals:
1.2 By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
1.4 By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance
1.a Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions
10.1 By 2030, progressively achieve and sustain income growth of the bottom 40 per cent of the population at a rate higher than the national average
10.2 By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status
10.c By 2030, reduce to less than 3 per cent the transaction costs of migrant remittances and eliminate remittance corridors with costs higher than 5 per cent
17.8 Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology
4.4 By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
4.7 By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development
4.b By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training and information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries
5.5 Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
5.b Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
8.1 Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7 per cent gross domestic product growth per annum in the least developed countries
8.2 Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors
8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training
8.b By 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization
Key Performance Indicator (KPI):
1.2.1 Proportion of population living below the national poverty line, by sex and age
1.2.2 Proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
1.4.1 Proportion of population living in households with access to basic services
10.c.1 Remittance costs as a proportion of the amount remitted
10.1.1 Growth rates of household expenditure or income per capita among the bottom 40 per cent of the population and the total population
4.4.1 Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill
5.5.2 Proportion of women in managerial positions
8.2.1 Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person
8.1.1 Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita
8.6.1 Proportion of youth (aged 15–24 years) not in education, employment or training
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