Dedium open source Node-Client integration of Midnight

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Jacob, Moeen, Marya

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

Entity (Incorporated)

[GENERAL] Requested funds in ada

35000

[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)

Use Midnight and create 2 smart contracts, one for the rating and the other for communication between nodes and clients.

[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.”

Midnight development and team, we are already in touch with them and they said they are happy to help us with the creation of smart contracts and integration of Midnight in our project.

[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 node-client and the scoring smart contracts will be available on Github

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution

CreaUse Midnight and create 2 smart contracts, one for the rating and the other for communication between nodes and clients.

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

Will introduce a way for projects to have an anonymous rating system and encrypted communications.

[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?

We are 2 dev and currently hiring one more but we also in touch with the Midnight team and they confirmed that they will be helping us. We will be validating each step directly with them.

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

• Creation of the Scoring smart contract

• Creation and integration of the Node-client data communication smart contract: To share broken down keys with assets access and share them between the task nodes and the client with complete privacy

Smart contract auditing by Midnight

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

Moeen: Dev

Jacob : Dev

Marya: Works on the marketing

More joining before the end of this catalyst round

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

Salaries

Virtual servers

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

We would be one of the first project to build an encryption tool for communication between parties on a Cardano partner chain.