Stakepool Uptime Monitoring and Health-Check Portal

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Holger Hartstock

[GENERAL] Email address of main applicant

catalyst@cardano24.com

Additional applicants

No additional applicants

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

2

[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.” .

No dependencies

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

No

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

Only what is visible in the Browser-Code will be open source.

[METADATA] Category of proposal

SPOs

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

I will provide a Monitoring and Cardano-HealthCheck Portal where all SPOs can Monitor their Cardano Node VPS/Servers etc. in a very easy and uncomplicated way. They get very detailed close to real-time statistics about all their nodes/servers/vps about the uptime as well as an extended health-check for the block-producing/minting-node (BP). In case that some relay goes offline or the BP node is not "on-tip" and correctly synced they get a warning notification and can choose from a variety of notification options like: Discord, Telegram, eMail, Webhook etc.

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

Currently, there is a barrier for a lot of SPOs to have a good Monitoring-System in place. It introduces extra costs for Monitoring Servers and a complex Grafana configuration and alert system can be very complicated for people who are not used to it.

By providing a free out-of-the-box solution for all SPOs Monitoring will become super easy and without extra costs for Monitoring Servers. We will have a lot of more correctly monitored Stakepools in our Ecosystem and therefore a more healthy network, which has an impact on the overall Cardano network performance and security.

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

We will have real numbers. We see how many Pools use correct and good monitoring. We also will be able to see how fast stakepool issues get fixed. Better monitoring means better awareness for SPOs and therefore faster problem-solving.

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

There will be a public/open Beta, closely after the project got funded and SPO can start using it and see the project evolving over time.

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

I am a professional and well-known in the Cardano Community for delivering many projects and help without any funding. You can check out https://Cardano24.Social as an example.

Here you can find also some reputational feedback:

https://twitter.com/HolgerCardano24/status/1558221914035916803

A few things I am already known for in the Cardano EcoSystem:

  ✦ running a Pool from day 1

  ✦ running 50+ Relays worldwide (public&private)

  ✦ voted as Foundation Board Member of SPOCRA by hundreds of SPOs

  ✦ helped over 500+ Pools to see the day-light

  ✦ fixing bugs of pools, with even 60+M stake, to run correctly

  ✦ helping African pools by providing them with infrastructure (for free)

  ✦ Creator of https://cardano24.social/ (for free to support our Community, without any funding)

  ✦ Supporting/Dev-Testing other Community projects to improve them

  ✦ Former CTO/Tech Lead of LIQWID (bringing native Defi to our Cardano EcoSystem)

  ✦ Infrastructure Lead of DripDropz

  ✦ part of the Cardano Alonzo Blue Testnet, helping and testing, to bring us closer to Smart Contracts

  ✦ Offical Moderator in IOG's Technical Community Discord-Server

  ✦ Main Droperator of DripDropz

  ✦ Host of "We are Cardano"

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

Long story short: I am a professional and know what I am doing. The Cardano-Community knows me for delivering professional solutions.

[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. Coding the Project (14 days)
2. Open Beta after 14 days - Optimizing the Code (continuously...)
3. Setting up the Monitoring Servers: (2 days)

• at least on 3 continents
• at least 5 + N servers per continent
• high availability for all monitoring servers

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

1. The Portal will be ready within 14 days and ready to use for all SPOs in Open Beta.
2. The Portal, the Code, and Monitoring Servers will get optimized continuously.

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

1. Coding the Project and Optimizing the Code = 82000 ADA
2. Server costs, setup, and optimization plus running them = 167000 ADA

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

1. Coding / Time = Money. I will put a lot of time and effort into the project. And therefore my invested time and skill should be compensated - the reason for funding.
2. Servers / 15+ Servers on 3 continents all running in high availability for a very long time cost a lot of money - the reason for funding.

[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