Blockchain Explorer iFrame service

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Quirin Schlegel

[GENERAL] Email address of main applicant

mail@quirin.schlegel.com

Additional applicants

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[GENERAL] Please specify how many months you expect your project to last (from 2-12 months)

5

[GENERAL] Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated into English from another language.

No

[GENERAL] Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?

No

[GENERAL] If YES, please describe what the dependency is and why you believe it is essential for your project’s delivery. If NO, please write “No dependencies.” .

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[GENERAL] Will your project’s output/s be fully open source?

Yes

[GENERAL] If NO, please describe which outputs are not going to be open source. If YES, please write “Project will be fully open source.”

Project will be fully open source.

[METADATA] Category of Proposal

Data, Explorers, Trackers

[METADATA] SDG rating

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[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

Problem

There is a lack of transparency when it comes to the visualization of Blockchain Data.

This causes uncertainty for the users of Blockchain products, who are removed from the actual transactional data. Because reading actual Transactions can be quite a daunting Task.

Approach

My Approach to this problem is using Data visualizations to make complex information more accessible, while retaining technical depth.

Engagement

My proposal will engage dApp developers, by providing them with an easy way to embed high quality visualizations of onChain data.

Impact

Data visualizations can help to understand information faster and deeper. Thus greatly improveing the usability of dApps and Cardano in general.

[IMPACT] How does your proposed solution address the challenge and what benefits will this bring to the Cardano ecosystem?

First of all I already built an OSS blockchain explorer, which see's some adoption.

https://www.script-explorer.com

With this proposal I will extend that explorer to improve the various view elements. Also I will make the most relevant view elements accessible independently, so they can be used in iFrames. This creates easy to use and customizeable views on the blockchain.

An other benefit is that I use Blockfrost as a data provider so dApp developers do not have use my services, but can self host without requiring complex deployment setups.

[IMPACT] How do you intend to measure the success of your project?

Frist of all adoption in the form of Github Stars and Forks.

Secondly usage in the form of requests on the hosted service.

Also user feed back, be it positive or negative.

[IMPACT] Please describe your plans to share the outputs and results of your project?

The Outputs will be accessible on GitHub and hosted free to use.

If there is sufficient interest I will additionally offer a premium hosted version with server side rendering and static pre-rendering. Of course this version would also be OSS.

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability?

1. Funded and delivered project in fund 3
2. https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/56644
3. https://github.com/QSchlegel/Decentralized-Accounting
4. OSS blockchain explorer
5. https://github.com/QSchlegel/script-explorer
6. https://www.script-explorer.com/

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What are the main goals for the project and how will you validate if your approach is feasible?

1. Implementation of the /frames Endpoint in OSS Blockchain Explorer https://www.script-explorer.com/
2. Refinement of all underlying view elements
3. Addition of new view elements
4. Documentation of how to apply the embeddings

Feasibility:

Last year I have already built the core of an open source blockchain explorer, which is beginning to see more and more traffic. Thus I already have a deep understanding of the structure of the Cardano Blockchain. In this project I will build on this core to offer a novel and free service to the developer ecosystem. Thus the project risk is relatively low, because the core technology is already established.

[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.

1. Implementation of iFrame endpoint
2. base
3. transactions
4. base
5. sankey
6. addresses
7. one
8. multiple
9. assets
10. one
11. multiple
12. network views
13. Implementation of more view elements
14. accounts
15. pools
16. Refinement of existing view elements
17. transactions
18. addresses
19. assets
20. Documentation

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] Please describe the deliverables, outputs and intended outcomes of each milestone.

I will add an API endpoint to the Script-Explorer, which will enable free iFrame embeddings of blockchain data view elements. The views will be powered by a nuxt3 based single page application.

In consequence dapps can directly embed a view on the blockchain, thus users do not have to leave the dapp to see the changes.

The progress will be measured by the amount of usage of the API endpoint as well as GitHub Stars.

[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown of the proposed work and resources.

1. Implementation of iFrame endpoint
2. 2 Months
3. Refinement of existing view elements
4. 1 Month
5. Addition of new view elements
6. 1 Month
7. Documentation of iFrame endpoint
8. 1 Month

My hourly rate will be 50 € and I will work for 7 hours a week on this project. Thus this project will cost 7000 € in total. At an Ada price of 0.25 € this will be 28.000 ₳. Also I round up to 30.000 ₳ to cover the cost of maintaining the server infrastructure.

[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?

The my hourly rate is slightly lower than the average rate of my country (Germany), because this funding will not be my primary source of income.

This project has substantial value for the Cardano ecosystem, because it addresses a lack of data visualization in dapps and it lowers the barrier to entry for developers in general.

Because dapps do not have to implement data views themselves, instead they can embed the script-explorer data views as an iFrame.

[IMPORTANT NOTE] The Applicant agreed to Fund10 rules and also that data in the Submission Form and other data provided by the project team during the course of the project will be publicly available.

I Accept