Blockchain Student community

[GENERAL] Name and Surname of Main Applicant

Benjamin Ben Zvi

[GENERAL] Email address of Main Applicant

benzvibenjamin@gmail.com

Additional Applicants

Liam Bodin

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

6

[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 outputs 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

Education

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

Students that already have a step into Blockchain are still learning everyday about different tools and different projects that the Blockchains are giving them. This is an issue in the way that they might miss some other projects that could be much more interesting for them and where they could make even more impact or where they could do something that in really interesting for them.

Our idea was then to try to create a real students Blockchain community in order to discuss these different aspects of the different Blockchains. 

In order to do that, we want to do calls every two weeks with the students where the students will be able to present some of their projects or give info, as well as to listen and learn from the other ones.

Our plan to gather all the students together is to get in some Blockchain groups, on Telegram or Discord, not necessarily related to students, and we will make a post with the information needed to get in our own Telegram group where all the info about our calls will be shared. 

We already have a few examples of groups : 

• GG crypto
• CryptoFR 
• Other

The calls are not only dedicated to students but the group is mostly for the students to feel integrated in the Blockchain community.

At the beginning of each call, there will be a little speech about Cardano and Catalyst, so we can bring some awareness and try onboarding some students.

Liam and I will be the moderators of the group and will check that there are no profanities or scams shared in the group.

Lastly, there will be the possibility to invite people that are not necessarily students to come and speak, which might help too if we do not have any student speaker at the moment.

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

The proposals on this challenge need to be made by students and/or for the students.

Benjamin is a 19 y/o business international student in a Business school in France and already have some experience with catalyst as a CA and funded proposer from Fund 9. 

Liam is a student in Switzerland that got onboarded for fund 10 and is actively involved in innovation and events for students in his university, and tries to connect students with the news that comes to our world.

Moreover, for this project we are aiming to help onboarding students in the Catalyst project since we believe that students are a really important aspect of the ecosystem and educating them is a great way to ensure a good future.

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

The success of the project will be measured by these aspects : 

• Number of students joining the Telegram group
• Number of participants in each call
• Number of Telegram / Discord groups reached
• Number of projects / Tools presented in the calls or in the Telegram group

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

We will record each one of the calls that we make and share them on the monthly reports, they will also probably be posted on a public YouTube channel created for the occasion so the students that missed it will be able to watch it.

Moreover, we will share the stats of the Telegram group we make : 

• Number of people that have joined
• Participants sharing some info, advice…

Lastly, we will share on the closing report and the closing video the summary of everything we have done in order for the community to have a global approach on our project and of the impact that it had.

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

There are several people that have communities in different domains. Having feedback from them to help improve ourselves to ensure a good running of this experience will not be too difficult. 

Benjamin and Liâm have both a great understanding of the blockchain world, and are both passionate about this. Then, managing a community that shares the same hobbies and interests will not be a daunting task. 

To finish, they both have experience in student association management, meaning that they already know how students work and how to manage them to avoid problems and to captivate them. 

For the accountability, it’ll not be a big deal as the data we are aiming to use for the metrics are easily findable, and shareable. 

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

The main goals of our projects are : 

• A minimum of 100 students joining the Telegram group
• We will try to reach at least 20 participants in each one of our calls
• Reach 20-30 telegram / Discord groups, we will continue Finding some until we get to our previous goals
• At least 10 projects / tools presented in the overall time

[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.

• Month 1 : Making research and start reaching some Telegram and Discord groups to start incentivizing the students to come in our student group. Also start chatting in the group for the students to understand its purpose and to show that we are active.
• Month 2 to end of the project : 
• Continue making research on Telegram and Discord groups
• Start making the calls every 2 weeks
• Prepare all the content that we will provide in each call, which includes organizing who will be the speakers, prepare some content about Catalyst, moderate the calls
• Moderate the Telegram group and solve the problems that might occur
• Contact people that could come and speak about different Blockchain projects, it can be someone from the Cardano Foundation, Catalyst, or even another Blockchain

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

All the calls that we have will be recorded and shared in a YouTube channel created for the project

We will also write all the projects that have been presented and will share them on a doc with a small description to the community, it will be available on the closing report.

Concerning the number of people that come to our group and in our calls, we will create an Excel sheet that summarizes all the information needed and how we tried to improve our methods according to the data. This sheet will also be shared in the closing report.

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

• Research for students : 5 hours x 2 team members x 120ADA = 1200 ADA
• Dedication to the Group : 2h x 2 members x 24 weeks x 120 ADA = 11520 ADA
• Organizing the calls (speakers, presentations about Cardano and Catalyst) : 3h x 2 members x 10 calls x 120 ADA = 7200 ADA
• Being in the calls, moderating : 1h x 2 members x 10 calls x 120 ADA = 2400 ADA

TOTAL : 22320 ADA

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

Most of the funding here will be used for our time and dedication to the project, as students we will need to work extra time after class in order to finish this project.

This project is in our opinion very impactful for the ecosystem since students are part of the future, and if they are not incentivized about Blockchain projects and about ways to make the world better, it might make the evolution that we could have slower.

We really believe that students are full of ideas and that they are just missing ways to realize them, this project would be a great solution to mitigate that.

[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