[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.
Stoa is a groundbreaking new way for projects and community members to connect.
Atrium has nearly completed development of Stoa, a smart contract that allows users to create and customize a profile NFT. Developed by Kompact, Stoa will store users’ name, bio, status, XP, customization options, connections, and more in the smart contract’s datums.
Stoa NFTs follow the CIP-68 metadata standard. They can be updated using our user-friendly interface, giving users and projects the ability to customise the appearance of their publicly facing profile, whilst recording activity and ‘level up’ with engagement, earning rewards along the way.
The opportunities for Stoa to evolve are endless due the way the datums interact with smart contracts, opening the door to a wide range of on-chain activity linked to the profiles.
Minting
Minting an NFT profile, starts with choosing whether to approach the platform as an individual user, or as a larger organisation. Choosing an account name, display name, and including a brief about section.
User Profiles
For an individual profile, the user can add links to other social media accounts, and select profile tile visibility, in case you want to hide information from the profile. Options to change avatar, profile images and other theme customisations can be selected. The list of options will grow as profiles ‘level up’. More on that later.
Once the profile is created, users will be able to display their NFTs, tokens, staking stats and connections they make on the platform. They will also have a feed which is composed of objectives created by the projects they own and the projects/users they choose to follow.
Project Profiles.
For larger organisations, enhanced customisation options are available to allow brands to shine. Token projects can showcase key token data and price action. NFT projects can show off collections, whilst displaying the NFTs you yourself own. Stake pools can display their metrics, whilst allowing users to stake directly through the profile. Non-token organisations can display corporate info, news feeds and project information. In the future, projects with applications such as DEX’s can build swap functionality into their profile.
Level up.
Stoa NFT profiles can earn experience points through a variety of ways, daily logins, claiming tokens, posting messages, staking, swapping just to name a few. As profiles level up in experiences, new unlockables such as profile customisation items, avatars, special edition NFTs become available. Partner organisations are welcome to contribute to this.
The proposal put forward here focuses on funding the front-end platform that displays Project information from the NFT, and grants access to the profile. We have other proposals to help us fund other sections of development, as this is a continuous project that we aim to expand over time with new and exciting features on our roadmap.
[IMPACT] How does your proposed solution address the challenge and what benefits will this bring to the Cardano ecosystem?
Project profiles will eventually allow developers to integrate their working on-chain products directly into their NFT. Smart contract developers that release open-source code without a working product can display all of their contracts on one page. We’re building a way for developers to connect to users.
[IMPACT] How do you intend to measure the success of your project?
User feedback will be our measure of success. Continuous onboarding of Cardano projects and users will be another metric.
[IMPACT] Please describe your plans to share the outputs and results of your project?
The outputs of this proposal will be a platform that lives on Âtrium offering the ability for users to mint a profile & project NFT, add information such as display names, status, links, connections and imagery.
[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability?
Our core team consists of multiple decades of front-end, back-end and full-stack experience, security experts and award winning designers with experience working for some of the largest most recognised brands in the world. Our founder Peyton, is the operator behind Bloom, one of the largest stake pools in the ecosystem responsible for minting the 8th block on the Cardano blockchain. All team members are Cardano community natives, with a love for the community and a united vision in building products that serve the ecosystem.
[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What are the main goals for the project and how will you validate if your approach is feasible?
The main goal for this project is to create a Cardano Native platform for projects and users to connect with each other.
We’ve validated this approach is feasible by gathering user feedback, developing the smart contracts, and our existing experience in web design, the Cardano blockchain, and the programming languages we’re using to build this platform.
[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed breakdown of your project’s milestones and each of the main tasks or activities to reach the milestone plus the expected timeline for the delivery.
Milestone 1 (month 1):
Stoa Smart Contract
Project & User Profile User & Project Interaction Design
Milestone 2 (month 3):
Project & User Profile front-end Design
Milestone 3 (month 4):
Stoa Minting front-end/back-end design & integration with the smart contract.
Milestone 4 (month 6):
Âtrium Account minting and updates Testnet release
Milestone 5 (month 8):
Project & User Profile Testnet Release
[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] Please describe the deliverables, outputs and intended outcomes of each milestone.
Milestone 1:
Stoa Smart Contract
- This smart contract mints User & Project Account NFTs with matching datum NFTs for user data. For this deliverable, we will deliver a working smart contract that can mint these NFTs.
Project & User Profile User Experience Design
- This deliverable will be a detailed design User & Project Account NFT features, and the way they can interact with each other.
Milestone 2 (month 3):
Project & User Profile front-end Design
- Project NFTs & User Account NFTs designs will be delivered. This design will show the different types of project accounts you can create(SPO, Company, Token, and protocol) and a few different profile design options.
Milestone 3 (month 4):
Stoa Minting front-end/back-end design & integration with the smart contract.
- The Stoa minting contract will be integrated with our front-end minting screen. This front-end minting screen will take user input, and our backend will send that data into the smart contract to mint the account NFTs.
Milestone 4 (month 6):
Âtrium Account minting and updates testnet release
- We’ll release our front-end for minting on Cardano’s preview network to allow our users to give us feedback on our UI/UX and find bugs.
Milestone 5 (month 8):
Project & User Profile Testnet Release
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For the 5th milestone we’ll deliver working Project and User Profile pages on Cardano’s preview network. Users will be able to come in and user our front-end to mint their Project or User pages. These pages will list their associated data they entered into the front-end minting screen.
[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown of the proposed work and resources.
UI and UX design: 15k
Front end: 35k
Backend: 25k
Connection to the smart contract: 2k
Testing: 8k
[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] Who is in the project team and what are their roles?
Peyton: Âtrium Lab - Co-founder
Ben: Âtrium Lab - Co-founder and Creative Director
Brian: Âtrium Lab - Lead Developer
Nick: Âtrium Lab - Backend Developer
Angelo: Âtrium Lab - Full Stack Developer
Kyle: Âtrium Lab - Head of Security
Tylyn: Âtrium Lab - Social Manager
[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?
We’ve already started developing Project & User pages. We have almost finished the underlying contract for Project & User pages after 5 months of development. Catalyst often funds ideas and takes risks on projects that haven’t delivered real products to Cardano. Our team members have consistently delivered products to Cardano for years, and Catalyst takes less risk on this proposal due to existing development & reputable team.