Why is it important?
There are ~2 billion Senior Citizens globally that are 55 and older. This demographic will double in 10 years. Why not lead this market?
What does success look like?
Success looks like DApps and services developed on Cardano to accommodate the special needs while focused on Risk Management for Seniors.
Key Metrics to measure
Number of specific Senior Targeted DApps developed.
Number of Financial Services brought on to the Cardano Block.
Increase in the number of Seniors onboarded into Catalyst.
Increase in Senior identified wallets (if measurable).
Increase in global Cardano Senior Hubs, both physical and virtual.
Challenge brief
Adhering to the main strategic goals of past Catalyst Funds, this Challenge has its Stratigic Goals to be:
- Attract a group of people, in this case Seniors that are willing and able to make contributions to the ecosystem.
- Helping to turn Cardano into an open source project AND, to attract more developers to build projects to target Seniors globally.
- To build real-world solutions for the current 2 billion niche Senior market, based on the Cardano blockchain.
- To improve tooling to support Seniors processes in Catalyst.
The proposals that meet these strategic goals may include many specific and miscellaneous concepts, targeted to attract global Seniors to the Cardano ecosystem, including their participation in Catalyst, with a focus on Risk Management strategies.
Such projects might include: Wallets that are adaptive; Banking; Insurance; Shopping DApps; Medical DApps; Community learning or social hubs: Transportation, Travel and Vacation DApps: Legal, wills, & financial planning; Funeral & Internment planning DApps; Food shopping and delivery service DApps; Home Services DApps AND many other Senior Specific projects.
The limit for any Proposal in this Challenge will be capped at a maximum of $25,000 ADA
