Cardano X Polkadot - SubCatalyst

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Felix Weber

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

Individual

[GENERAL] Requested funds in ada

200000

[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)

We identify, engage, facilitate and fund Cardano <-> Polkadot integrations by operating as a Cardano X Polkadot subCatalyst

[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?

Yes

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

Yes, all deployed tools will be fully open source and accessible via public github repositories.

[METADATA] Horizons

Cross-chain

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution

The good thing, we see a growing interest across the Cardano & Polkadot ecosystems, the not so good thing tho,, there are little initiatives available to effectively focus, facilitate and easily fund integrations of already existing tooling from one ecosystem to the other one. We want to change that by a simple process.

1) We get the proposal funded, which enables us to manage funds

2) We gather ideas, insights and feedback from Cardano & Polkadot builders on integrations they would like to have

3) We categorise and prioritise gathered ideas 

4) We translate categories & prioritised ideas into a tool - integration roadmap

5) We pick up tools from the roadmap, and we identify and engage skilled cardano & polkadot builders to develop the tool (in this proposal, we can offer 45K Ada per tool)

6) and thats it.

Ideally, an easy yet effective process which allows us to manage our own small catalyst, with a dedicates focus on Cardano & Polkadot integration a sort of Catalyst subFund.. Surprisingly close to what Polkadot Bounties are doing.. Maybe just a coincidence.. Ye. ;)

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

Enhanced Interoperability: By facilitating integrations between Cardano and Polkadot, the project promotes interoperability, allowing users and developers to leverage the strengths of both ecosystems

Increased Developer Engagement: Through direct involvement of Cardano and Polkadot builders, the project fosters collaboration and community engagement. Also helps to bring experienced and skilled developers into the Cardano ecosystem.

Tool Availability for Future Projects: The tools created through these integrations will be open source, making them available for future developers and projects. This enhances the overall tooling ecosystem, reducing barriers for developers who want to build on Cardano, thus accelerating growth and innovation

Celebrating an ecosystem handshake: Ideally, we can celebrate a ecosystem handshake across Cardano & Polkadot by proving that we can work effectively across the chains and on small things first.

[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?

As a core contributor at uniFires, a collective of Cardano & Polkadot Ambassadors who work together since late 2023, i may be a good fitting candidate to get this proposal done. I am well aware and quite engaged at both ecosystems Cardano as Polkadot and will engage the right people around the uniFires community to make sure the proposals success has everyone and everything needed.

As of accountability, i have been part of Cardano Catalyst proposals since earliest days, and i always delivered on the proposals i have been part of.

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

Milestone 1

• Milestone duration: 1 month
• Proposal progress in %: 25%
• Milestone Budget: 50,000 Ada

• Milestone outcomes
• Gather feedback and insights from Cardano & Polkadot builders for needed/wanted integrations through offline/online sessions and async tools like forms/surveys
• Cluster and categorise input into clear items/projects
• Acceptance criteria
• Successfully gathered insights and feedback on tooling needs/wants from Cardano & Polkadot builders
• Completed a list of items/projects which serves as a roadmap
• Evidence of Milestone completion
• Public url to a report, summarising the gathered insights and feedback from Cardano & Polkadot builders
• Public url to identified, categorised and prioritised tools 

Milestone 2

• Milestone duration: 1 month
• Proposal progress in %: 50%
• Milestone Budget: 50,000 Ada

• Milestone outcomes
• identify and engage Cardano & Polkadot builders to build 4 prioritised tools
• Assign Cardano & Polkadot builders to the 4 prioritised tools
• Acceptance criteria
• formalised collaboration with different Cardano & Polkadot builders to develop 4 prioritised tools
• Evidence of Milestone completion
• Public url to roadmap enactment, listing all 4 picked integration with the assigned builders 

Milestone 3

• Milestone duration: 2 months
• Proposal progress in %: 75%
• Milestone Budget: 50,000 Ada

• Milestone outcomes
• Develop 4 prioritised tools in collaboration with Cardano & Polkadot builders
• Acceptance criteria
• Successfully deployed tools
• Evidence of Milestone completion
• link to open source repository on a github for the 4 tools
• short recorded demo of each of the tools

Milestone 4

• Milestone duration:
• Proposal progress in %: 100%
• Milestone Budget: 50,000 Ada
• Milestone outcomes
• Reflection & Retrospective, an online document summarising the proposal effectiveness and performance. Prepare content for close out report & video
• Create proposal close out report
• Create proposal close out video
• Acceptance criteria
• Completed Reflection & Retrospective report, a published summary summarising the proposal effectiveness and performance
• Completed close our report
• Completed close out video
• Evidence of Milestone completion
• Public url to Reflection & Retrospective report,
• Public url to completed close our report
• Public url to completed close out video

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

Hey its me Felix 🙂

While there may be multiple collaborators who will engage if the proposal gets funded, i will take full responsibility of the proposal execution.

To myself, i rally people around projects & ideas is sort of my little speciality and i improve on that over time since starting full time Cardano in early 2021. So, i'll be responsible for this whole thing, ha, can clap myself on the shoulder if everything goes well, and everyone knows exactly who to blame when things don't play out XD

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

The budgets will be mainly allocated to the 4 integrations, each one budgeted with max 45K Ada with a total of 20K Ada for managing everything else.

Integration #1 - 45,000 Ada

Integration #2 - 45,000 Ada

Integration #3 - 45,000 Ada

Integration #4 - 45,000 Ada

Everything else: 20,000 Ada

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

Targeted Integrations: The budget of 200,000 ADA is dedicated to four specific integration projects between the Cardano and Polkadot ecosystems. These projects aim to enhance the interoperability and tooling between the two blockchains, fostering collaboration and providing mutual benefits to both ecosystems.

Community Engagement: The project actively involves the Cardano and Polkadot communities by gathering insights, feedback, and suggestions from developers and users. This ensures that the integrations being built align with the actual needs of the community, maximizing the impact of the funds.

Open-Source Development: The project's output will be fully open source, which means that the tools and integrations created will be accessible for the entire community to use, modify, and build upon, promoting further innovation and reducing development costs for future projects.