Stakepool Uptime Monitoring and Health-Check Portal

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

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

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

[GENERAL] Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated into English from another language.

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

I will provide an easy-to-use Monitoring Portal where all SPOs can monitor their Stakepool with an easy-to-use web interface and very detailed statistics as well as a notifications system.

[GENERAL] Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?

[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?

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

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

[SOLUTION] 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 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.

Feel free to check the Prototype at: https://Uptime.Live

There you can get a raw impression of how it will look like and try a few functions.

The goal of this proposal is to fund the ongoing, future development, and running costs which include (but are not limited to) integration of monitoring for Cardano Stakepools, as well as building all functions you can currently see in the Prototype-GUI but are not available yet, as well as extending the infrastructure, keep it running for years to come, fix bugs on the platform, extend and optimize the features for the Cardano Ecosystem.

On top of that, the Uptime-Data of all Cardano Stakepools will be used by other Websites to provide a very detailed overview, for delegators/investors in the Cardano Ecosystem, of how well the infrastructure of all Stakepools is in real-time. That is important because the uptime of a Stakepools infrastructure is directly connected to the amount of Rewards, Cardano Network-Health, and much more. Delegators/Investors will be able to make better decisions on which Stakepool to choose - based on real-time facts!

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

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.

[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?

I am a professional and well-known in the Cardano Community for delivering many projects and help without any funding. You can check out 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"

  ✦ And many more things... (checkout & follow me on Twitter)

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

Setting up the Monitoring Servers: (5 days)

Coding the Project (30-60 days)

Open Beta available to all Cardano SPOs for 30 days - Optimizing the Code, fixing "hot bugs" (continuously...also after the Open Beta)

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

Only me, Holger. Doing all the work. That's what I am known for in the Community: delivering solutions.

[BUDGET & COSTS] Please provide a cost 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

[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 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.