Ikigai | Charity SDK

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Sam Delaney

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

Entity (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

No

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

We’ll create Cardano onboarding guides specifically for charities, an onchain registry for charities, an SDK for interacting with the registry, & create a public registration form for ease of use.

[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 registry SDK will be fully open sourced so that other projects can also easily integrate onto their site, as will the user-facing frontend. Everything in the project will be open sourced with the Apache 2.0 license.

[METADATA] Horizons

Standards

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution

There are 5 key components to this project:

1. Bespoke onboarding guides intended to walk charity representatives through the process of setting themselves up to receive donations through Cardano.
2. A public pre-registration git repository for charities that are early to the process. Once the work for the onchain registry is finished, the pre-registration repository will be archived and the charities registered will be registered onchain by the team.
3. A set of onchain contracts that allows the creation of unique registrations at a unique, discoverable onchain registry.
4. An offchain library that allows developers to easily read from and write to the registry in their own products for the purposes of sending donations to charities or allowing charities to register through their site.
5. The creation of an open source registration portal as the first location for charities to easily register directly onchain with no technical knowledge required.

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

By providing an easy, obvious and useful location for charities to onboard, we can provide vital funding to charities, provide utility to Cardano users, and onboard new users who care about charitable giving.

[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?

At Grabbit we have been hoping for an opportunity to use our position to benefit a variety of charities for some time, and have built up a network of friendships & partnerships with connections to ~20,000 charitable organizations.

Together we expect to be able to onboard hundreds of charities to Cardano and clear the path for thousands more.

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

Pre-registration Repository & Schema

Set up a public repository for charities to pre-register to, allowing for early outreach to charities that may be interested in being involved.

Define the data schema to be used for registrations.

Charity-Specific Onboarding Guides

A collection of documentation hosted publicly that explains everything a non-technical charity representative may need to understand about Cardano to be able to receive donations at a wallet address.

Onchain Contracts

A series of open-source onchain contracts used to establish a discoverable onchain registry.

Offchain Library

An open-source offchain library available on the NPM registry for developers to easily integrate into their projects.

Registration Portal

An open-source public facing registration form that allows non-technical users to easily register as a charity on Cardano.

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

Sam Delaney - Project Lead, Smart Contract & Frontend Developer

Cliff Garvis - Backend Developer

David Yagi - Editor

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

According to Crunchbase & LinkedIn, the average global salary for a smart contract developer is $146,259 per year. The following calculations are based on that estimate.

Milestone 1: Pre-registration Repo & Schema

• 1/2 dev, 2 weeks = $3,047.06 / ₳8,705.89

Milestone 2: Onboarding Guides

• 1/2 dev, 2 weeks = $3,047.06 / ₳8,705.89

Milestone 4: Onchain Contracts

• 1 dev, 1 month = $12,188.24 / ₳34,823.54

Milestone 4: Offchain Library

• 1/2 dev, 1 month = $6,094.12 / ₳17,411.77

Milestone 5: Registration Portal

• 1/2 dev, 1 month = $6,094.12 / ₳17,411.77

TOTAL AMOUNT

• $30,470.60 / ₳87,058.86

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

For less than a 3rd of the salary of a single smart contract developer, we are positioned to establish a key utility for Cardano while doing significant real-life good towards causes of all kinds. We expect to onboard many new users to Cardano and continue to provide additional evidence of Cardano’s cause-driven community.