Creating a Decentralized Football Ecosystem by building a dApp on Cardano that integrates with our smart soccer ball - Prototype

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Nguyen Van Toan

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

Entity (Not Incorporated)

[GENERAL] Co-proposers and additional applicants

+ Bui Hung Viet

buihungviet@gmail.com

+ Nguyen Bui Binh Nguyen

nguyenbuibinhnguyen@gmail.com

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

9

[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)

Build a dApp integrated with our Titã smart soccer ball for global football players and fans to train; create and participate in physical challenges; trade; and bet regardless of all barriers

[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.”

Yes, we have developed Titã smart soccer ball:

• It is integrated with sensors to record and transmit data to the phone about the force of the shot, the number of revolutions, and its trajectory when being played.

https://youtu.be/IyMosE27k3Y

• We have copyrighted its physical design and PCB design
• It is ready for mass production

So, we declare that this Titã smart soccer ball will not cause any delay to this project

[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

All elements of the project that allow players to interact with each other will be open source.

The influencing factors for the long-term view of our project are as follows: The consensus mechanism, fees, and operation of the fund will not be open source as the revenue from them will be used to maintain and expand the platform to achieve our vision. https://bitsphera.gitbook.io/untitled-1/vision

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution

Our research:

Football is the most popular sport in the world, with 250 million players and 4 billion fans, creating an economic industry worth hundreds of billions. With major tournaments take place every year, the sport is spreading to other countries and regions where it was not popular before, and it is also increasingly played by women - who often seem to dislike it. However, there has yet to be infrastructure that provides the following capabilities:

1. Using their real skills to play physical football with others worldwide.
2. Improving their soccer skills instantly and intuitively.
3. Creating and joining global challenges.
4. Having the freedom to trade and bet.

Our solution:

bitSphera dApp receives and analyzes data from the Titã smart ball to showcase players’ skills, create 3D videos of ball-playing situations, and calculate tokens that players receive. Users can then utilize these resources to interact with others through the following utilities:

1. Built-in training: Players improve their ball control and shooting skills with a virtual coach who will guide them instantly and intuitively to adjust technical factors such as touch point and shot power...
2. Move and Earn: Each time a player interacts with the Titã smart ball, they will earn the utility token (HPC token). If players practice regularly every day, they are also rewarded with the governance token that allows access to game creation (KAT token).
3. Play to Earn: Players can use the tokens they earned to easily create and participate in many different physical challenges in the following six-game genres: Battles, challenges (Skill-Pool Games), Superstar challenges, Club competitions, Team tournaments, Online Live events
4. NFTs: Users can create avatars, sportswear items, stadiums, clubs…
5. Marketplace: Users can trade NFTs, create and sell technical exercises
6. Peer-to-peer betting: Its betting mechanism allows users to bet against each other legally.

How do you perceive the problem you are solving?

Even though they want to play football globally, players cannot do so because of differences and shortages such as geographical distance, lack of participants at the same time, discrepancies in skill levels, and not having common financial means... Football fans also encounter these problems when they want to interact with each other.

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

We offer this solution because it solves these problems thoroughly and comprehensively. By combining the advantages of IoT and blockchain, our solution does that and more; it brings limitless possibilities to users through the following advantages:

• It eliminates geographical distance
• It removes the financial barrier by giving the move-to-earn mechanism to players
• It motivates users to practice regularly to improve their skills
• It gives the right to create games to anyone
• It gives users the power to create and trade NFTs
• It has a mechanism to satisfy users' betting instincts

Who will your project engage?

Our project will attract football players and fans who want to participate in a football economy without borders

How will you demonstrate or prove your impact?

We will measure it through the following indicators:

• interaction on our website, social networks, and forums.
• demand for our tokens when we IDO it.
• number of smart balls we sell and are connected to the system.
• number of transactions measured on our system

By uniquely combining IoT and Blockchain, our project brings unprecedented benefits of our Decentralized Football Ecosystem to users. In response, it also attracts a significant number of users from the real world to Cardano.

This proposal is to build an interactive prototype of the bitSphera dApp on Cardano to collect feedback from users and the blockchain community, to perfect its design and functionality.

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

In what way will the success of your project bring value to the Cardano Community?

• Increasing ADA adoption: BitSphera, built on the Cardano blockchain, will significantly promote the adoption of ADA through various player interactions such as challenges, trading, betting, and more.
• Demonstrating Cardano's capabilities: As an IoT, the growth and success of BitSphera will demonstrate Cardano's ability to decentralize human activities. This will serve as a way to showcase the technological power of Cardano, which may encourage other developers to explore and build on Cardano.
• Community interaction: BitSphera, an interactive platform for football players, the most popular sport in the world, can contribute to building a huge vibrant community within Cardano.
• Pioneer role: We predict there will be many legal issues that we will have to overcome, and that experience will also become an asset to the Cardano community.

How will you measure this impact?

• The volume of ADA transactions
• Number of followers and contributors on our social networks.
• Share documents and code

How will you share the outputs and opportunities that result from your project?

• Our website. https://bitsphera.com/
• Our Whitepapers. https://bitsphera.gitbook.io/untitled-1/

[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?

Please describe your existing capabilities that demonstrate how and why you believe you’re best suited to deliver this project.

• We hold the copyright technology of the Titã smart soccer ball, the ideal tool for this project. Nguyen Van Toan - CEO of this project is also the Founder of that smart soccer ball. With over 30 years of experience in the design industry and a penchant for innovation, he has played a key role in creating our smart ball technology and shaping ecosystem design. With his creative instincts and extensive knowledge base, he is the one who will play the main role in this prototyping phase.
• Our CTO Bui Hung Viet has 22 years in the IT industry and has ascended from a programmer to become a project manager for the country's largest corporation. His journey equips him with a comprehensive understanding of technical intricacies, vital for steering the project's technical aspects. With a wealth of experience, Viet ensures that our technical endeavors align seamlessly with our overarching goals.
• We located the R&D department in Vietnam where high-quality and cheap human resources are available. This also facilitates resources for the project

Please include the steps or processes that demonstrate that you can be trusted to manage funds properly.

We will be transparent about the disbursement of this funding by each milestone on our website, white paper, and on our community pages.

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

Collect requirements and form ideas, Feedback Collection, and Analysis:: (2 Months - 345 hours):

This milestone concentrates on developing initial wireframes for the prototype. It includes extensive user experience research and surveys to gather input on design preferences and usability. Following the design phase, we will gather feedback from the community, which will be crucial in analyzing strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement.

Evidence: A clear list of features and functionalities the BitSphera dApp needs to support.

Prototype Development (3 Months - 518 hours):

In this milestone, we'll translate refined wireframes into fully functional prototypes. This involves intensive front-end development work to ensure compatibility across various devices.

Evidence: the first interactive version of BitSphera dApp prototype

Comprehensive Testing and Iterative Improvements (3 Months - 518 hours):

This milestone combines alpha and beta testing. Initially, alpha testing with a controlled user group will gather initial feedback for quick iteration on design and functionality. Following alpha testing, beta testing will expand to include a broader user group, for more diverse feedback and further refinement of the prototype.

Evidence: corresponding modified interactive versions of BitSphera dApp prototype

The final version of bitSphera dApp Prototype (1 Month - 172 hours)

Evidence: The final version of BitSphera dApp prototype

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

Nguyen Van Toan - UI/UX leader

BA of Hanoi Industrial Design

• 26 years in design industry
• Founder of Titã smart football

https://www.linkedin.com/in/toan-nguyen-51891a71/

Bui Hung Viet - Development leader

MA of University of Amsterdam

• 22 years in computer science
• 9 years of experience as a technical director at corporations such as VTC, Viettel…

https://www.linkedin.com/in/buihungviet/

Nguyen Bui Binh Nguyen - Project manager

Cegep de Drummondville

• Executive supervisor at AVS
• Founder of L'Éphémère

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bui-binh-nguyen-nguyen-48b3871a0/

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

Collect requirements and form ideas, Feedback Collection, and Analysis:

• Cost: 20,010 ADA
• This budget covers all activities related to initial design, user research, surveys, feedback collection, and analysis.

Prototype Development:

• Cost: 30,000 ADA
• This portion of the budget is allocated for the development of the dApp prototype

Testing and Iterative Improvements:

• Cost: 30,000 ADA
• This cost covers both the alpha and beta testing phases, including resources for collecting and implementing user feedback.

The final version of bitSphera dApp Prototype :

• Cost: 10,000 ADA
• This includes costs for final development tweaks, preparing comprehensive documentation.

Contingency Expenses:

• Cost: 10,000 ADA
• Reserved for unforeseen expenses and additional resources that may be required

Total: 100000 ADA

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

The cost of the project is based on:

• Total working hours: 1553 hours
• Regional senior specialist price (Southeast Asia): 30$/h
• Total: 46590 US$