Sustain & Maintain MeshJS

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Jingles

[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)

This proposal enables implementations not limited to Voltaire features, Hydra & Aiken integration, and data providers integrations. Including bounties for issues, features, and learning materials.

[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

All MeshJS code is fully open source, accessible via the MeshJS Github repositories. It has been onboarding new developers into Cardano, the guides and documentation has been useful for learning and teaching. MeshJS codes and learning materials are used and shared across multiple other projects including and not limited to Demeter, Aiken, Koios, and Gimbalabs.

https://github.com/MeshJS/mesh

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution.

Implementation and integration of Voltaire features, Hydra, Aiken, Koios, Maestro and more. This can include bounties for qualified issues & features, and building learning materials.

MeshJS is a key contributor to Cardano open source, supporting and empowering Cardano developers to build tools and solutions to further enhance and develop the Cardano Ecosystem. 

At this point of time, MeshJS is mostly runned on a fully volunteer basis. We had a funded Proposal in Project Catalyst Fund 10 to enable the development of new features and to incentivise contributions from the MeshJS Builders Community. However we are lacking some basic financial resources to provide some stable financial security to our core crew and contributors.

This proposal hopes to enable some basic funding support to help us keep building and doing what we do. Building and maintaining an open-source library and providing numerous tools to easily build powerful dApps on the Cardano blockchain. 

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

MeshJS code is widely used within the Cardano Ecosystem, providing numerous tools and support for Cardano developers to easily build and enhance the Cardano ecosystem. Some noticeably positive impacts including but not limit to:

1. Speed up development on any core Cardano updates, including hard fork (Voltaire governance action), CIP updates, Hydra transaction building.
2. Speed up ecosystem integration in different aspects, including on-chain code building libraries (e.g. Aiken), node service (e.g. Maestro, Blockfrost, Koios).
3. Reduce dApps downtime when dependencies introduce breaking changes, such as node service endpoint changes.

These improvements would benefit hundreds of dApps building on MeshJS, which has material impacts on the Cardano ecosystem as a whole.

[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?

Trust and accountability:

MeshJS is one of the open source libraries with highest quality in the Cardano ecosystem. Our previous work is the best and most sincere argument to showcase that we have been constantly delivering our promises since inception.

Feasibility:

MeshJS team has inside out knowledge on Cardano and software development in all domains of Cardano DApp development. We understand what users and developers need and have a strong track record which undermines our competency in the field

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

As this proposal is mainly for feature updates and maintenance, , we will have key objectives which are and stay the same through each milestone. Reports on specific features and maintenance tasks would be provided upon each milestone.

Milestone 1 

Proposal Onboarding - March 2024

Maintaining MeshJS Code library and features

Working on Updates and the development of new features to enrich already existing libraries

Maintaining and moderating the MeshJS Github Repositories, managing pull request

Maintaining and moderating our Discord Server, providing support and guidance for the MeshJS Builder Community

Monthly report in form of a recorded Team Meeting

Milestone 2 

Maintaining MeshJS Code library and features - April 2024

Working on Updates and the development of new features to enrich already existing libraries

Maintaining and moderating the MeshJS Github Repositories, managing pull request

Maintaining and moderating our Discord Server, providing support and guidance for the MeshJS Builder Community

Monthly report in form of a recorded Team Meeting

Milestone 3 

Maintaining MeshJS Code library and features - May 2024

Working on Updates and the development of new features to enrich already existing libraries

Maintaining and moderating the MeshJS Github Repositories, managing pull request

Maintaining and moderating our Discord Server, providing support and guidance for the MeshJS Builder Community

Monthly report in form of a recorded Team Meeting

Milestone 4 

Maintaining MeshJS Code library and features - June 2024

Working on Updates and the development of new features to enrich already existing libraries

Maintaining and moderating the MeshJS Github Repositories, managing pull request

Maintaining and moderating our Discord Server, providing support and guidance for the MeshJS Builder Community

Monthly report in form of a recorded Team Meeting

Final Milestone - July 2024

Maintaining MeshJS Code library and features

Working on Updates and the development of new features to enrich already existing libraries

Maintaining and moderating the MeshJS Github Repositories, managing pull request

Maintaining and moderating our Discord Server, providing support and guidance for the MeshJS Builder Community

Final report in form of a recorded Team Meeting

Final report in form of a close out report in written form

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

Name: Hong Jing (Jingles)

Role: Technical Lead

Link: https://jingles.dev/ 

Description: Jingles is a machine learning engineer by day, and full-stack developer by night. Currently pursuing PhD in machine learning applied neuroscience while in the meantime building MeshJS, an open-source project for Cardano blockchain applications.

https://jingles.dev/ 

Name: Felix Weber

Role: Project Management

Felix Weber Cardano Ambassador and Bridge Builder with a strong track record of doing the right kind of stuff in Web3 Ecosystems

https://www.linkedin.com/in/felix-swarm-339590209/

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

Milestone 1 - March 2024

Proposal Onboarding

Maintaining MeshJS Code library and features

Working on Updates and the development of new features to enrich already existing libraries

Maintaining and moderating the MeshJS Github Repositories, managing pull request

Maintaining and moderating our Discord Server, providing support and guidance for the MeshJS Builder Community

Monthly report in form of a recorded Team Meeting

Total: 30.000 Ada

Milestone 2 - April 2024

Maintaining MeshJS Code library and features

Working on Updates and the development of new features to enrich already existing libraries

Maintaining and moderating the MeshJS Github Repositories, managing pull request

Maintaining and moderating our Discord Server, providing support and guidance for the MeshJS Builder Community

Monthly report in form of a recorded Team Meeting

Total: 30.000 Ada

Milestone 3 - May 2024

Maintaining MeshJS Code library and features

Working on Updates and the development of new features to enrich already existing libraries

Maintaining and moderating the MeshJS Github Repositories, managing pull request

Maintaining and moderating our Discord Server, providing support and guidance for the MeshJS Builder Community

Monthly report in form of a recorded Team Meeting

Total: 30.000 Ada

Milestone 4 - June 2024

Maintaining MeshJS Code library and features

Working on Updates and the development of new features to enrich already existing libraries

Maintaining and moderating the MeshJS Github Repositories, managing pull request

Maintaining and moderating our Discord Server, providing support and guidance for the MeshJS Builder Community

Monthly report in form of a recorded Team Meeting

Total: 30.000 Ada

Final Milestone - July 2024

Maintaining MeshJS Code library and features

Working on Updates and the development of new features to enrich already existing libraries

Maintaining and moderating the MeshJS Github Repositories, managing pull request

Maintaining and moderating our Discord Server, providing support and guidance for the MeshJS Builder Community

Final report in form of a recorded Team Meeting

Final report in form of a close out report in written form

Total: 30.000 Ada

Total = 150.00 ADA

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

As mentioned above, in [CAPABILITY & FEASIBILITY] MeshJS MeshJS is one of the open source libraries with highest quality in the Cardano ecosystem. Our previous work is the best and most sincere argument to showcase that we have been constantly delivering our promises since inception. Our tools support a wide range of active Cardano Builders and Projects who benefit strongly from free access to our open source solution. We do not see our code being taken closed-source for financial benefit, and the value for money here is that the Cardano Treasury is effectively used to help us in continuously pushing on new open source solutions for the entire Cardano Developer Community.

Or, Lucas gives a good point on that too

https://twitter.com/rvcas/status/1730256126216753625

"I don't got beef with anyone or any specific proposals BUT I'd like to say the whole vibe around catalyst has been really cringe. Many proposals sound reasonable, useful, and chill. But idk the vibe ain't right and there clearly seems to be a kind of abuse. Companies asking for funds to pay for what should be business expenses should not be included. Companies asking for funds to build open source tools and standards is awesome. I think considering that we, the community, are not entitled to some kind of return on "investment" then really this VC notion is nonsensical. At this point we should really only allow builders of open tools, standards, and protocols in. This way at the very least everyone gets a return on the "investment". I ain't seen a dime from catalyst BUT I have used open software produced with effort paid by it's funds."

[IMPORTANT NOTE] The Applicant agrees to Fund 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