[BBO] Virtual Assistant GovernCardanoBot = AI + Telegram - A tool to help you better understand Cardano Governance

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Duc Chau Do

[GENERAL] Are you delivering this project as an individual or as an entity (whether formally incorporated or not)

Entity (Not Incorporated)

[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

Yes

[GENERAL] Summarize your solution to the problem (200-character limit including spaces)

We will create an AI-powered Cardano constitutional virtual assistant on the Telegram platform to answer any questions related to the Cardano Constitution and CIP - 1694 in multilingual format.

[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?

Yes

[GENERAL] Please provide here more information on the open source status of your project outputs

The project source code will be fully open, facilitating collaboration and sustainable development within the Cardano ecosystem.

[METADATA] Horizons

AI

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution

Problem Awareness: For the rapid implementation of the Voltaire era, we need educational tools and resources for CIP - 1694 and the Cardano constitution with the challenges posed:

• Multilingual.
• Accessibility.
• Online full time.
• Ability to update content.
• Ability to convey knowledge.

Our Solution: Addressing each of the above challenges is a hassle and costly in terms of time and money, but AI technology has helped us solve this easily. We will create an AI-powered CC (Cardano constitutional) virtual assistant on the Telegram platform to answer any questions related to the Cardano Constitution and CIP - 1694.

• Multilingual: Using AI chat bots makes it easy to switch between popular languages in the Cardano community (English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish...) to meet the needs of global users.
• Accessibility: We will create a virtual assistant on Telegram - a popular platform for blockchain users to make it easy for you to access and share it.
• Online full time: The virtual assistant CC will be constantly active on Telegram to chat with you instantly. This helps support all time zones of people around the world.
• Content update ability: We will train AI to learn and continuously update knowledge related to CIP - 1694 and the Cardano constitution.
• Knowledge transferability: Training AI to learn specified content ensures the accuracy of knowledge rather than being taught by others.

Attract: The Cardano community is a core user group, including ADA holders, developers, investors, and those interested in participating in the governance of the system. They will be very interested in a tool that helps them better understand the constitution, the decision-making process, and how to participate in building the community.

Uniqueness: The virtual assistant CC will be an expert on the Cardano constitution used on the most popular platform of the Blockchain community and applied AI technology to save costs and improve the efficiency of education.

[IMPACT] Please define the positive impact your project will have on the wider Cardano community

Value to the Cardano Community:

• Increased Community Understanding and Engagement: The chatbot will be a trusted information gateway, helping everyone, from beginners to experienced users, easily access knowledge about Cardano governance, thereby better understanding the decision-making process, proposals, and ways to participate in the governance of the system.
• Increased Trust: An informed and engaged community will create trust in the system, attracting more participants.

To evaluate the effectiveness of bots in increasing community communication and project engagement, we will measure:

• Integration Group: Number of times the bot was added to a new server. In the initial phase we aim to share Chatbot to 10 Cardano community groups and the long term goal is to have 50 groups using chatbot.
• Active Users: Monthly active users who interacted with the bot. We set a short-term goal of having 500 Chatbot users in 3 months and expanding to 4000 more after one year of operation.
• Interactions: Number of interactions with the chat bot. We set a short-term goal of having 3000 Chatbot interactions in 3 months and increasing to 30.000 interactions after a year of operation.

Output: An AI-powered virtual assistant on Telegram that you can easily access and integrate into your groups.

Sharing Results:

• Proposals: All results of the proposal implementation will be submitted to Project Catalyst's Milestone Module.
• Products: We will introduce them to the Cardano community groups, Intersect
• Open Access Tools: The platform will be accessible to all users in the Cardano community.

[CAPABILITY & FEASIBILITY] What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability? How do you intend to validate if your approach is feasible?

Bamboo team has the right members to meet the requirements of this proposal:

Bamboo's expertise:

• Establishing and managing a community dedicated to researching the Cardano ecosystem.
• Stake pool operator - BBO.
• Creating an asset management application on Cardano - Bamboo App.
• Members are ambassadors for projects on Cardano such as Emurgo, World Mobile Token, CSwapDex.

Experience with Catalyst:

• Our members have experience participating in most of the Catalyst roles for many years and have completed a proposal at fund 11 to create an onchain data reader application to help users manage assets on Cardano https://projectcatalyst.io/funds/11/cardano-use-cases-concept/bamboo-smart-support-app-for-cardano-ecosystem-users 

For this proposal we have many years of experience creating Chat bots on Telegram and mobile applications to read data on Cardano to support our community to monitor ecosystem

• Balance fluctuation bot: https://t.me/biendongtaikhoan_bot 
• Market price tracking bot: https://t.me/treviet_bot 
• Cash flow tracking bot: https://t.me/cardano_alerts 
• Bamboo App: https://bambooapp.xyz/ 
• We are pioneers in providing content about Cardano governance to the community in Vietnam. Among them, we are a member of the organizing committee of the Cardano Constitution workshop in Vietnam - 1/50 events globally.

[PROJECT MILESTONES] What are the key milestones you need to achieve in order to complete your project successfully?

Research and Analysis (1 month)

Milestone outputs

• A comprehensive database of information about Cardano governance, including basic concepts, processes, reference documents, etc.
• Detailed Work Analysis

Acceptance criteria

• The database covers at least 80% of the important aspects of Cardano governance.
• Clear data structure, easy to update and expand.
• Workload analysis table, selected tools and libraries

Evidence of milestone completion

• Detailed work analysis document and database

Develop a language model for the chatbot (2 months)

Milestone outputs

• A language model that can understand and answer questions related to Cardano governance in a natural and accurate manner.

Acceptance criteria

• The model can answer at least 80% of the test questions correctly.
• The model is able to understand complex questions and provide complete answers.

Evidence of milestone completion

• The source code of the model.
• A report evaluating the model's performance.

Integrate language model into Telegram chatbot (1 month)

Milestone outputs

• The chatbot can interact with users on Telegram smoothly.
• The chatbot can understand and respond to user questions about Cardano governance.

Acceptance criteria

• The chatbot can receive and process messages from users.
• The chatbot can send automated replies to users accurately and promptly.

Evidence of milestone completion

• The chatbot's source code.
• Video or screenshot illustrating the interaction with the chatbot.

Deployment of chatbot (1 month)

Milestone outputs

• Chatbot operates stably in real environment.
• Marketing efforts to many communities.

Acceptance criteria

• Chatbot does not encounter serious errors when operating.
• Chatbot response time is fast.
• Introduce the application to Cardano communities.
• Complete project end report document.
• Complete project end report video.

Evidence of milestone completion

• Chatbot testing report.
• Proof of marketing implementation.
• Project end report document file.
• Project end report video link.

[RESOURCES] Who is in the project team and what are their roles?

Do Duc Chau - Team Leader Link

Description:

• A Blockchain technology enthusiast, with deep understanding of programming, data analysis. He is operating many nodes such as: BBO pool, running Mithril technology, Sanchonet, ENO of World Mobile Token, Orcfax Validator Licenses, ….
• Has 5 years of experience in data analysis and chat bot development on Telegram
• Founder of Cardano ECO Talk community | Tre Viet is a large community about Cardano ecosystem in Vietnam.
• Ambassador for Emurgo organization on education.

Chu Cao Bang: Technical Link

Description: 

• He has 4 years of experience in data management at a financial company combined with 4 years in the hardware field and 3 years managing the Cardano stake pool. 
• He is capable of working independently and quickly adapts to new working environments and is always eager to learn new technologies. His skills are good in data management, information security, system administration and website development.

Nguyen Hoang Bao Phuc: AI Engineer

Description:

• He has experience working on AI projects, from data collection and processing to building and evaluating machine learning models. He has knowledge of deep learning algorithms and the ability to use tools to solve complex problems.

Le Quoc Trung - Researcher and product introduction Link

Description:

• An entrepreneur with 3 years of experience in the blockchain field, possessing good research and analysis skills along with extensive knowledge of blockchain.
• Administrator of Cardano ECO Talk Communities | Tre Viet.
• CswapDEX project ambassador - the 2nd largest NFT exchange on Cardano.

[BUDGET & COSTS] Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources

The majority of the budget is used to pay for full-time staff in Vietnam at a salary of $12.50/hour, equivalent to 35ADA/hour. We consider it appropriate compared to the average developer salary of $60 - $120/hour.

Milestone 1: 1 month

2 people x 100 hours x 35 ADA/hour = 7,000 ADA

Milestone 2: 2 months

3 people x 300 hours x 35 ADA/hour = 31,500 ADA

Milestone 3: 1 month

3 people x 150 hours x 35 ADA/hour = 15,750 ADA

Final milestone: 1 month

2 people x 100 x 35 ADA/hour = 7,000 ADA

Other costs: 5,000 ADA

Including:

• Proposal management and implementation 50 hours
• Costs before the proposal start time
• API fee, data storage for 2 years
• ADA price risk reserve
• Additional costs

Total budget: 66,250 ADA

(Exchange rate calculated at the time of proposal submission $0.35/ADA)

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

Proof of salary: Most of the costs are paid to the app developers (tax included). This salary is in line with the salary of experienced programmers in Vietnam. You can refer to the average salary table here. With this proposal, we have optimized costs by choosing to pay full-time human resources costs in Vietnam at $12,5/hour equivalent to 35 ADA/hour (exchange rate 1 ADA = $0.35). This salary is relatively low compared to blockchain developers in the world.

Cost efficiency and budget management: With experience in capital management and a team of experienced personnel from previous projects, we ensure the effective and responsible use of resources.

Sponsoring us will help save costs:

• Search and recruit personnel with programming experience in blockchain
• It doesn't take much time to learn and research
• Office rental costs and equipment purchases

Value for Cardano: By creating a virtual assistant CC on the popular platform of the blockchain community, it will facilitate better Cardano community interaction, thereby promoting more effective education about Cardano's constitution and governance. This will contribute to accelerating the implementation of the decentralized era of Cardano and increasing the development speed of the Cardano blockchain.

Risk Mitigation: As Cardano investors, we believe in the real value of ADA so we are willing to take the monetary risk of being paid in ADA.