Clorofila: ReFi Scientific Articles Hub

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Lucas Emmanuel Cariddi

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

Entity (Not Incorporated)

[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)

Our platform provides open access to high-quality, peer-reviewed articles on ReFi and DeSci.

[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?

No

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

The scientific articles that are published on the platform will be freely accessible and people will be able to see them for free. However, we want to protect the intellectual property of scientists. That is why it will be partially open source.

[METADATA] SDG rating

• SDG 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure: The platform can facilitate collaboration between researchers, developers and companies to create new technologies and ReFi solutions that drive innovation and sustainable growth.
• SDG 13. Climate action: The platform can be essential to disseminate research that drives the transition to renewable energy, improves energy efficiency and promotes sustainable agricultural and forestry practices.
• SDG 14. Life below water: The platform can facilitate the exchange of knowledge on the conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources.
• SDG 15. Life of terrestrial ecosystems: The platform can contribute to the research and development of strategies to protect biodiversity, restore degraded ecosystems and combat desertification.

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution

How do you perceive the problem you are solving?

The problem governs the barrier to access to making scientific publications in public media such as scientific journals, university journals or traditional media such as digital magazines. Which ends up leading to fewer publications of scientific papers and, therefore, less progress for humanity. Since at Chlorophyll, we believe that the greater the development in research, the greater the advancement of humanity.

What are your reasons for approaching it the way you have?

The traceability and visualization that the use of the blockchain gives us is unmatched. By creating ReFi Scientific Articles Hub so that scientists can visualize their projects, we will help them obtain funding through donations to their own Cardano wallet so they can continue their research. Without charging any type of fee for donations.

Who will your project involve?

The project involves Clorofila, the largest community of environmental professionals in Argentina. Which has more than 3000 active members. The vast majority of them have doctorates, master's degrees and engineering degrees in environmental sciences.

We know that with the Clorofila community we will be able to create the first ReFi Scientific Articles Hub on blockchain in the world.

How will you demonstrate or prove your impact?

Blockchain technology allows us to track the transactions and publications that will be made in the ReFi Scientific Articles Hub. With that in mind, let's create the following indicators:

• Total publications: Number of scientific publications in ReFi Scientific Articles Hub.
• Total visits: Number of organic visits made to the ReFi Scientific Articles Hub.
• Total donations: Amount of donations to Cardano wallets to scientists directly.

Explain what is special about your solution, who will benefit, and why this is important for Cardano.

The solution we propose from Clorofila is the first ReFi Scientific Articles Hub in the world. This innovative solution by integrating blockchain into scientific articles would allow scientists to publish their papers and research on a global platform at no cost. When other platforms charge them hundreds and even thousands of dollars to do it. Likewise, it would also allow scientists to quickly access the publication of their papers and research to protect their intellectual property. While at the same time each scientist will be able to receive donations to their own Cardano wallet. Which will help finance your research.

The biggest beneficiaries would be scientists around the world.

Cardano is by far the most sustainable blockchain in the world. The philosophy of sustainability by which the Cardano community is governed makes it our first option when choosing the blockchain in which to create the ReFi Scientific Articles Hub.

We believe that Desci is one of the priorities within Cardano. Promoting these types of projects is the most important thing the Cardano community can do to impact the world. In turn, this would generate more wallet openings, more blockchain transactions, and more recognition of Cardano in the world.

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

How will the success of your project bring value to the Cardano community?

The success of Clorofila ReFi Scientific Articles Hub will help continue positioning Cardano as the blockchain par excellence that promotes and encourages a more sustainable world as well as DeSci.

At the same time, Cardano's positioning in Argentina and Latin America will increase significantly thanks to the community that Clorofila has.

This will generate greater opening of wallets, more transactions on the Cardano blockchain and greater use of ADA.

How will you measure this impact?

The impact will be measured based on the following three indicators:

Total publications: Number of scientific publications in ReFi Scientific Articles Hub.

Total visits: Number of organic visits made to the ReFi Scientific Articles Hub.

Total donations: Amount of donations to Cardano wallets to scientists directly.

How will you share the results and opportunities that arise from your project?

The results and opportunities that arise will be shared from a quarterly report in ReFi Scientific Articles Hub. Likewise, on the Clorofila social networks and the Cardano communities with which we have already established alliances.

[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?

The person who is running the Clorofila company is Lucas Emmanuel Cariddi, an entrepreneur and Graduate in Environmental Management with more than five years of experience in the crypto ecosystem. In the team section, you will be able to see his work history which includes various companies in the crypto ecosystem, private sector companies and NGOs linked to the environment with which Lucas Emmanuel Cariddi worked in the past.

His profile is completely transparent on all social networks and he is an active member of the Cardano community in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The approach to the problem was validated with members of the Clorofila community (3000 people), as well as with researchers from the UADE (Universidad Argentina de la Empresa) and the UBA (University of Buenos Aires).

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

Milestone 1:

Development of the front and back of the platform, this must be developed together with a UX and UI team so that the ReFi Scientific Articles Hub is simple enough to understand for web2 users. The simpler it is, the more users we will attract.

A: Creation of the ReFi Scientific Articles Hub.

B: Make it simple enough for web2 users to create users, publish scientific articles and interact on the Cardano blockchain.

C: Publication of 100 users within the ReFi Scientific Articles Hub.

The ReFi Scientific Paper Center may be wonderful, but without users to use it it is useless. That is why milestone 2 will consist of an aggressive marketing campaign on social networks, mainly LinkedIn, to gain users within the platform.

A: Generation of 1000 new accounts within the ReFi Scientific Articles Hub.

B: Generation of interactions, consultations and technical meetings. Today there are around 40,000 impressions on Clorofila LinkedIn alone, more than 200 monthly queries to Clorofila about blockchain and 40 monthly meetings to resolve direct queries with Lucas Emmanuel Cariddi, who is currently leading Clorofila.

C: The results of the marketing campaign will be the results obtained, we hope that 1000 new accounts will be generated within the ReFi Scientific Articles Hub.

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

Lucas Emmanuel Cariddi: He is the person who is currently leading Clorofila and the one who will lead the ReFi Scientific Articles Hub. Lucas will be in charge of managing the project and the marketing campaign to gain new users. Since he has years of experience in marketing campaigns for web3 companies.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-emmanuel-cariddi/

Roles to cover:

Front Dev, Back Dev, UX and UI: These roles are fundamental for the development of the ReFi Scientific Articles Hub and, therefore, the success of the project. Roles will be filled once funding is allocated.

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

Project budgets and costs:

Salaries: Development team (including front, back, UX, UI and project manager): ₳70,000

Advertising, marketing, promotion and community engagement: ₳4,500

Hosting and domain: ₳500

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

The cost of the project is ₳75,000, which represents only 1% of the total budget allocated to Cardano Use Cases: Concept. Which is negligible considering this will be the first ReFi Scientific Articles Hub on any blockchain and the first on Cardano. Scientific progress is priceless.

• Our main cost is designated to the team for the development of the ReFi Scientific Articles Hub, the salary vouchers were obtained based on a survey of salaries of people who work at Web3 in Latin America.
• Advertising expenses were provided from LinkedIn Ads.
• We obtained the hosting and domain costs from Hostinger.