DeFi School 2.0: Intensive course (F12)

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

DeFi's content is predominantly in English, which creates an impediment and an insecurity for those who do not speak that language to expose themselves to this market.

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

Entity (Not Incorporated)

[GENERAL] Requested funds in ada

39000

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

12

[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)

The proposed course will cover everything from blockchain basics, going through the fundamentals of decentralized finance to the practical use of the main DeFi protocols in the Cardano ecosystem.

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

Yes

[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.”

DeFi Protocols building on Cardano, they need to launch the product for us to move forward with the proposal.

[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 material produced (documentation and GitHub source codes) is open source under the MIT license.

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution

Problem Description

In developing countries, as those in Latin America and Africa, fiat currencies are weak and represent a loss of the population's purchasing power, as the monetary policy of Local Governments isn't able to contain inflation.

In this scenario, Latin Americans want not only to invest in cryptocurrencies, but also to use them on a daily basis and explore all forms of profitability, such as obtaining loans and earning interest on their savings, that is, through decentralized finance.

However, DeFi's content is predominantly in English, which creates an impediment and an insecurity for those who do not speak that language to expose themselves to this market.

A survey carried out by the British Council in 2013, in partnership with the Data Popular Research Institute, found that only 5% of the Brazilian population speaks English - and only 1% of these people are fluent.

Solution Description

The proposed course will cover everything from blockchain basics, going through the fundamentals of decentralized finance to the practical use of the main DeFi protocols in the Cardano ecosystem.

It will be produced in Portuguese, which is the official language of Brazil, a country that has about 50% of the South American population. However, support will be offered to Spanish-speaking brothers for translation.

In addition to the classes on Youtube, the content will be made available in text in gitbook format on the project's website.

Discord will be used as the main interaction tool, where meetings will also take place to consolidate content and clarify doubts after each class.

- Contents to be covered (initial plan):

I. Module 1 - Course Introduction (10h)

1. About the Course (3h)

1.1 Presentation

1.2 Tutors and Moderators

1.3 Syllabus

1.4 Tools Used (Site, Youtube, Discord, Eternl)

----- 1.4.1 Learning to use Discord

----- 1.4.2 Learning to use Eternl Extension (Installation, Wallet Creation, Basic Usage)

2. Blockchain - Basic Concepts (3h)

2.1 What is blockchain?

2.2 What is Web 3.0?

2.3 Consensus Protocols: Proof of Work vs. Proof of Stake

2.4 Basic Encryption Concepts: Private Key, Public Key and Wallet Recovery Words

2.5 Currency x Tokens

2.6 What is Cardano?

2.7 Ouroboros Protocol and Native Stake

2.8 Era Goguen + Era Basho

2.9 Blockchain: Costs and fees

3. DeFI (Decentralized Finance) - Basic Concepts (4h)

3.1 What is DeFi?

3.2 Ways to Invest in this Market

----- 3.2.1 Buy tokens (CEX, IDO, ISO or ISPO, Swap)

----- 3.2.2 Provide Liquidity

3.3 DeFi Protocols (Definition and Examples)

----- 3.3.1 StableCoin

----- 3.3.2 DEX

----- 3.3.3 Lending & Barrowing

----- 3.3.4 Yield Aggregator

----- 3.3.5 Launchpad

----- 3.3.6 NFT/Gaming

----- 3.3.7 Oracle

----- 3.3.8 Wallet

II. Module 2 - Using DeFi in Practice - Cardano Blockchain (8h)

1. Minswap / Spectrum Finance

- Swap

- Provide liquidity (for example: ADA/MIN, ADA/DJED, DJED/IUSD)

2. Axo Trade / Genius Yield

- Swap with Price Order

• Provide Liquidity (for example: ADA/AXO, ADA/GENS, ADA/DJED, ADA/USDC)

3 DexHunter / Ada Markets

- Swap with the "best price"

- Provide liquidity

4 DJED

- "Mint" DJED and SHEN (Providing Liquidity and Collateralization)

- Liquidation

5 Liqwid Finance / Lenfi

- Loans and Collateralization

6 Indigo Protocol / Butane

- "Mint" Synthetic Assets, Stability Pools and Stake

7 NFTs Stake

* The choice of these protocols reflects the community's level of expectation and the choice of an asset for each category. But, this list can change.

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

Give access to the financial revolution of decentralized finance to thousands of Brazilians, Portuguese and Portuguese speakers around the world, as well as promoting the mass adoption of Cardano.

[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?

By carrying out the Defi School proposal on fund 7, producing more hours of video than expected, as well as producing more than 66 hours of clarifying doubts on Twitter Space, and by following cardano's day-to-day activities and being the biggest producers of Portuguese-language content on YouTube, we feel capable and with the target audience ready to carry out the intensive course that has always been our objective, however, due to the delays of Hard Fork Vasil, and delays in launching the protocols, it was not possible to do so in this Format.

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

Production of the Theoretical Part of Module 1 in text on gitbook.

Production of the Theoretical Part of Module 2 in text on gitbook.

Production of Module 1 Vídeos.

Production of Module 2 Vídeos.

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

Technical Expertise

Maria Carmo 369 - Educator, Stake Pool Operator, Co-founder of Lovelace Academy, Cardano Evangelist, Community Manager, Content Creator;

Bosco Cardosco - over 5 years on blockchain; high skills on public management, community manager, content creator, translator ENG/PT;

Ático Mismana - Software Development Technician (SENAI CIMATEC / Brazil) and Interdisciplinary Bachelor of Science and Technology (UFBA / Brazil), has been a software developer since 2009, having worked with the programming languages: Delphi, Java, Python, JavaScript, C # .NET and C ++, he is currently a programmer in innovation projects in the robotics area and is an operator of the Cardanistas stake pool.

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

Cost

Total: $17000.00 (2,773.05 + 3,600 + 7,875 + 2,751.95)

Detailing:

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1. Management

.io Domain Registration = $28.95

Video Editing Software: $240

Marketing and Promotion: $417,35/month * 6 month = $2504,10

Sub-Total: $2773.05

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2. Operating Cost of Production

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2.1 Hours dedicated to technical training, bibliographic research, meetings, brainstorming and meetings with the public:

Sub-Total: $3600

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2.2 Hour of work:

- We estimate that for each hour of content, 7 hours of production will be needed:

1h of content preparation;

1h for writing tutorial in text on gitbook;

2h for recording;

2h for editing;

1h for review and publication;

- We propose the value of the working hour: $45

Sub-Total: $7875 [ $45 * (25h * 7h) ]

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2.3 Additional Production Costs (infrastructure for recording):

Sub-Total: $2751.95

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

Education is liberating, this used resource will be transformed into TVL owned by students trained for the decentralized finance revolution.