Detailed Plan
<u>Main Deliverables</u>
Peer-to-peer collaboration portal within the WADA membership platform solely for the benefit of African SPOs and disaster-recovery support.
Main output would be a document containing:
- Guidelines for emergency preparations and disaster recovery
- Risk analysis and screening of both general and specific regional challenges
- Benchmarks to measure the stability, resilience and decentralized nature of African stakepools
- Rewards scheme for participating in network stress-testing and contributing to documentation
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<u>How does the proposal fit into this challenge?</u>
By creating an environment where African SPOs can connect, learn from each other and share best practices, we can incentivize further SPO participation in disaster recovery and stress-testing, as well as identify the unique challenges faced by them.
<u>How will this campaign add value to our ecosystem?</u>
A more robust stakepool network, that can respond faster to unexpected downtimes adds to the security, reliability and value of the wider ecosystem overall.
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<u>Roadmap:</u>
After successful funding:
- Identify at least 5 African SPOs to take part in this program and onboard them onto the WADA membership platform
- 30 days - Create the documentation outline, checklists and rewards scheme for the SPOs
- 90 days - Observe the SPOs and track uptimes and other health metrics, conduct the risk analysis and finalize documentation
- Deliver the documentation for public access and feedback from other SPO networks and community members
- Expected public launch date: Dec 15th
Post-program:
- Program survey and report creation based on each SPOs stakepool health throughout the 3 months
- Extend project to include dashboards, webapps and real-time data built into the SPO collaboration portal, hosted by WADA
<u>Core Team & Roles:</u>
Josh F - Project Lead, Finance Lead @ WADA
Genty - DRC Stakepools, Business Initiatives Lead @ WADA
Mercy - Partnerships, Coordination lead @ WADA
+WADA Team
Main Stakeholder: WADA (https://wadalliance.org)
Other Stakeholders:
- Stakepool XYZ
- African SPO Alliance
- WADA Stakepool
- Up-To-Date Developers (DRC)
<u>Budget:</u>
Team fees $8000
SPO incentives $7000
Platform development costs $4000
Technical consultations $3000
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<u>What success looks like:</u>
3 months: SPOs all completed their reporting and contributed significantly to the documentation, which is well received by the community.
6 months: Feedback gathered on both the program and the current state of SPOs in Africa, what their risk profiles are and how to address their main challenges.
12 months: Second iteration of project launched, with a focus on software tools, dashboards and data management to support a larger number of SPOs.
<u>Challenge Metrics Addressed:</u>
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Risks scores for stakepools, before and after the program
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No. SPOs onboarded onto the collaboration platform
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No. of SPOs contributing to the documentation
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No. of SPO delivering weekly reports on stakepool health
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% SPOs who complete the 3-month program
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Approval rating of the program from SPOs
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Fair compensation rating
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Risk score improvements
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Rewards and Incentives metrics, based on participation
<u>Affiliated Proposals:</u>
Infrastructure Development for Africa:
<https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Infrastructure-Devt-=-Access-Africa/367618-48088>
SPO staked portfolio DApp + Wallet
https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/SPO-staked-portfolio-DApp-+-Wallet/369313-48088
Scale-UP Cardano's Community Hubs:
<https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Scale-UP-Cardano-s-Community-Hubs/369413-48088>
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