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Cardano has new projects releasing or updates to existing ones all the time. This requires continuous effort to educate and incentivize our community to properly research them and share results.
We hold monthly DYOR competitions using our in house tool, https://dyortool.io/ , to promote the Cardano ecosystem, encourage deep research, improve research skills, and uncover bad actors
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Please provide your proposal title
SCATDAO Monthly DYOR Competitions and Scam Monitoring
Enter the amount of funding you are requesting in ADA
26571
Please specify how many months you expect your project to last
6
Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated
No
Original Language
en
What is the problem you want to solve?
Cardano has new projects releasing or updates to existing ones all the time. This requires continuous effort to educate and incentivize our community to properly research them and share results.
Supporting links
Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?
Yes
Describe any dependencies or write 'No dependencies'
In the past we used Summon for our voting. As they have recently closed down we will need to utilize a new service such as Clarity. This is just for the community to vote on which DYOR Reports they want to see win
Will your project's outputs be fully open source?
Yes
License and Additional Information
Everything that we have ever built or written is fully open source and available freely to all. The software is Free and open-source software (FOSS), meaning nobody needs permission to copy it and use it in whatever manner they see fit.
Please choose the most relevant theme and tag related to the outcomes of your proposal
Training
Who you’re targeting, how you’ll reach them, and why this matters for Cardano.
We are targeting anyone who is interested in improving thier research skills or reading and utilizing the research performed by others.
We will be reaching them primarilly through out twitter account @SCATDAO, whch has 5,800 real followers.
This matter for Cardano because by encouraging and facilitating research we create a community that is more equipped to find projects worthy of supporting or red flags that they should avoid. his makes our community better at avoiding potential scams which do damage to our ecosystem and concentrate liquidity on strong projects which deserve it.
Provide a list of key activities of your project?
We run one competition each month.
Week 1 and 2 - We announce the contest on Twitter and Discord and include a Medium article that has all the rules of the contest.
Anyone can submit a report during this time using DYORTOOL.io
Week 3 - We announce that the submissions are over and now is the time to discuss the proposals that were submitted and vote.
**Week 4 **- We share a Medium article that contains all of the reports and the winners, and we announce it on our Discord and Twitter accounts. We also begin the process to pay all the participants the ADA they have earned.
What are your success metrics?
Number of DYOR Contests Held: This proposal is for 6 DYOR Contests, 1 each month. Therefore our goal here will be 1 per month, for a total of 6 upon completion.
Number of DYOR Reports Submitted: Our goal here would be to have a minimum of 10 submitted per contest, and 20 per contest being ideal. That means that we would have 120 unique research reports on Cardano ecosystem projects at the end of the proposals completion.
Number of Wallets Voting: Our goal here would be to have a minimum of 20 wallets voting each competition, and 100 wallets being ideal.
Please describe your proposed solution and how it addresses the problem
We are Smart Contract Audit Token SCATDAO. For over three years we have been working with the Cardano ecosystem to educate, inform, watch our for bad actors, build open source tools, and encourage people to DYOR. Our most popular product, the DYOR Tool (https://dyortool.io/)) previuosly got over 6,000 unique visits per month and it has been used to create DYOR Reports for over 220 Cardano Dapps and NFT projects. We have written over 70 articles and made over 50 videos to educate and inform the Cardano Community. We have also built an open source Audit and Social Media platform for people to share information and learn more about the Cardano ecosystem (https://auditocean.com/)..)
For over 2 years we have been holding DYOR Competitions to incentivize people to learn more about researching projects and spotting red flags or positive aspects, to increase dialogue and discussion around research that is being performed by the community, and to build a comprehensive library of research reports on our Cardano ecosystem that anyone can use or reference.
How the Competitions Work
We run one competition each month. There are 2 weeks for anyone to submit a research report using our in house tool, https://dyortool.io/. (Note: if for some reason the tool goes down, we continue doing the contests using an excel template). Immediately following, there is 1 week for the community to discuss the reports, ask questions or comment on things they liked or found to be inaccurate, and vote on which report they think should win, and then a 1 week break until the next competition begins.
Week 1 & 2 - We announce the contest on Twitter and Discord and include a Medium article that has all the rules of the contest. In general they are very similar each time but can have a few small changes such as a specialized theme (Cardano DEXs for example)or changes to the prizes (Top 8 best will get something vs just top 3 for example). Here is the Medium article we had from a previous competition for example.
https://medium.com/@scatdao/do-your-own-research-contest-cardano-ecosystem-a3ffbabe2908
We include regular announcements during this time to encourage as much participation as possible and try to help onboard new people who have never created a report yet but might be interested.
Week 3 - We announce that the submissions are over and now is the time to discuss the proposals that were submitted. People can share things they thought were interested or that they liked from the reports and well as point out anything they found confusing, were unsure of, or thought might not be accurate. A poll is also set up with all of the reports that were submitted during weeks 1 & 2 (Note: In the past we used summon to run our polls and voting. As they have recently closed we will need to utilize a new optoin such as Clarity or etc). Community members can vote all week for which report they thought was best. Best is subjective, but we recommend that people choose which reports they thought were most accurate, contained the best insights, and that they learned the most from as opposed to picking which report was done on their favorite project but might not be the best quality.
Week 4 - In week 4 the results are released, we share a Medium article that contains all of the reports and the winners, and we announce it on our Discord and Twitter accounts. We also begin the process to pay all the participants the ADA and AUDIT tokens they have earned.
DYOR Report Examples
Here are some DYOR Reports that were submitted in the past competitions to give you an idea of what is being produced.
Orcfax
https://audits.dyortool.io/report/f9dee1eda4197db6369827
Book.io
https://audits.dyortool.io/report/38e8ce6408283b9a293169
Cerra
https://audits.dyortool.io/report/6b09cff835b85f6a52d282
DYOR Library
As a result of these competitions, we have a library that contains 150+ high quality research reports on Cardano projects. We would like to expand this to cover every token and NFT in the Cardano ecosystem and continuously update any reports that are older than 6 months so that the library remains current. We believe this is possible through these research contests. All reports are open source and free for anyone to use however they like.
You can view the library here: https://dyortool.io/
Please define the positive impact your project will have on the wider Cardano community
We may not be the biggest or most well known project in Cardano, but we have been here since 2021 and have built a very strong and passionate community. We have helped many Cardano Community members improve their research skills or spark an interest in researching projects and receive a lot of positive feedback from people who participate in this and have improved their research as a result. We are very proud of this and would like to continue and grow it to reach even more people.
This project will have a positive impact on the Cardano Community in 3 main ways.
By encouraging and facilitating research of our dapps, tokens, and NFTs, we create a better informed community that is more equipped to find strong project worthy of supporting, or red flags that they should probably avoid. This makes our community better at avoiding potential scams which do damage to our ecosystem and concentrate liquidity on strong projects which deserve it. It increases our reputation within the Crypto Community and it attracts other good actors because they know that they are being recognized and rewarding for doing the right things.
By having regular research competitions on projects in the Cardano Ecosystem, it helps us promote and create awareness of these projects. Our tool generates a nice mini report that is able to be shared easily on social media (see example below). We regularly promote the competitions and share the reports that are being submitted. It is a type of marketing that focuses on fundamental research instead of price hype that is ultimately good for Cardano as a whole.
Through these contests, we are able to build a comprehensive library of research reports on the Cardano ecosystem that is continuously being updated. These reports are all open and free for all to use anyway they like. People can incorporate them into their websites or tools with our free API, read them, share them, etc. This is a great source of knowledge for anyone interested in researching our ecosystem and helps onboard new people who do not know where they should start.
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 believe the best way to predict the future is by looking at the past. Projects and teams that have consistently delivered the things they have promised are likely to continue doing so while teams that have collected hundreds of thousands of dollars while delivering nothing will likely continue to do so as well. So I would start answering this question by looking at our track record in previous Catalyst rounds.
Our team has been funded for 4 separate proposals in three different rounds (5, 6, 8, & 11). And I am proud to say that all 4 of those projects were completed and delivered.
NOTE: If you look us up using the LIDO Nation tool, you will see a few other projects that we are associated with. These are things like the Audit Circle or of Token Vesting Dapp. This is something that one of our team members helped out with and so is included on the proposal but that we do not collect funds from.
F11 Close out video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6bpg2n-hC8
F8 Close out video:
F5 Close out Video:
F6 Close out Video:
We have also posted our projects financials at the end to share our receipts and a breakdown of how the money was actually spent vs how it was budgeted. We feel this is very important and plan to continue doing it with this proposal. Below is the link to view our past proposals.
https://catalystaudit.com/smart-contract-audit-token-f5-expenses/
How do we intend to validate if our approach is feasible?
As mentioned, we have been doing this for over 2 years now. We have already held multiple DYOR successful Competitions. We have over 100 projects covered with our DYOR Tool. All of these things we have been successfully doing for over 2 years validate that our approach is feasible and is a good investment for the Cardano community.
Milestone Title
Month 1: Deliver 1 DYOR Competition
Milestone Outputs
The output for this first milestone is the completion of 1 DYOR Contest and will be completed after the first month. The corresponeding acceptance criteria and evidence are broken out below.
A: 1 DYOR Competition
Acceptance Criteria
A: There will be 1 DYOR Contest per month which will have the following criteria:
i. Each DYOR Contest will have 1K ADA in prizes.
ii. There will be 2 weeks for submissions, 1 week to discuss and vote, then a 1 week break.
iii. All prizes must be distributed each month.
iv. Voting must be held.
Evidence of Completion
A: DYOR Contests will be announced on our Discord and Twitter accounts. A link to the announcement in Twitter and a screen shot of the discord announcement will be provided. A brief summary of the contest including which projects were submitted and which one will be written after the contest and shared on our Twitter or Medium, and a link to that will be provided as well. The URL to the DYOR Reports that were entered into the contest will also be provided.
Delivery Month
1
Cost
5314
Progress
20 %
Milestone Title
Month 3: Deliver 2 DYOR Contests
Milestone Outputs
The second milestone is double outputs as the first milestone, as this covers a two month period instead of a single month. The corresponeding acceptance criteria and evidence are broken out below.
A: 2 DYOR Competitions
Acceptance Criteria
A: There will be 1 DYOR Contest per month which will have the following criteria:
i. Each DYOR Contest will have 1K ADA in prizes.
ii. There will be 2 weeks for submissions, 1 week to discuss and vote, then a 1 week break.
iii. All prizes must be distributed each month.
iv. Voting must be held.
Evidence of Completion
A: DYOR Contests will be announced on our Discord and Twitter accounts. A link to the announcement in Twitter and a screen shot of the discord announcement will be provided. A brief summary of the contest including which projects were submitted and which one will be written after the contest and shared on our Twitter or Medium, and a link to that will be provided as well. The URL to the DYOR Reports that were entered into the contest will also be provided.
Delivery Month
3
Cost
13286
Progress
50 %
Milestone Title
Month 6: Deliver 3 DYOR Contests, Final project completion report and video
Milestone Outputs
The final milestone will be to deliver the final 3 DYOR Contests, and submit the final project completion report and video which officially closes out the proposal.
A: 3 DYOR Competitions
B: A final project completion report and video which meets all the Catalyst requirements for time, length, and content.
Acceptance Criteria
A: There will be 1 DYOR Contest per month which will have the following criteria:
i. Each DYOR Contest will have 1K ADA in prizes.
ii. There will be 2 weeks for submissions, 1 week to discuss and vote, then a 1 week break.
iii. All prizes must be distributed each month.
iv. Voting must be held.
B: The project completion report and video must meet all Catalyst requirements for time, length, and content.
Evidence of Completion
A: DYOR Contests will be announced on our Discord and Twitter accounts. A link to the announcement in Twitter and a screen shot of the discord announcement will be provided. A brief summary of the contest including which projects were submitted and which one will be written after the contest and shared on our Twitter or Medium, and a link to that will be provided as well. The URL to the DYOR Reports that were entered into the contest will also be provided.
B: A link to the closeout report which is hosted on google docs will be provided along with the URL to the video which will be hosted on YouTube.
Delivery Month
6
Cost
7971
Progress
100 %
Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources
Item 1: DYOR Contests
We will be running 1 contest per month. To administer the contests we must advertise them, create materials for them, answer any questions people might have, review all the entries to ensure they followed the rules, share the wining reports along with threads or write ups on them, and distribute the prizes. We have a team of 3 people who work on this and our goal is to focus on these contests to achieve as much participation as we ever have.
Budget: $1,000 per Month, $6,000 total, 8,571 ADA
Item 2: DYOR Contest Prizes
We will be running 1 DYOR contest per month with a total prize pool of 1,000 ADA per contest.
Budget: $700 dollars per month, $4,200 dollars total, 1,000 ADA per month, 6,000 ADA total.
Item 3: Operating Expenses
This is to pay for our general operating expenses. The cost to run our servers, domain registrations, google teams, site maintenance etc. We have budgeted this cost to continue running them for 6 months.
Budget: $400 per month, $2,400 total, 3,429 ADA
Item 4: Project Management
This would include processing monthly expenses for costs that we incur (servers, domain fees, etc) as well as doing the monthly bookkeeping for these. It would also include the time spent attending Catalyst meetings, preparing our monthly Catalyst reporting, preparing close out reports and videos, and everything else related to that. As well as monitoring this project, the people participating in it, and ensuring everything stays on schedule and on budget.
Budget: $1000 per month $6,000 total, 8,571 ADA
Price of ADA = .70
Total ADA = 26,571
Total USD= $18,600
Note: We used a Price of ADA of $0.70 in the calculation of this budget, which is what the current price is at the time of writing. We understand that the price of ADA fluctuates and this can change over a 6 months period. Our team has all agreed that regardless of the price of ADA, we will be able to successfully execute this proposal with the budget provided. So there is no concern about not being able to continue and deliver this regardless of how ADA fluctuates.
How does the cost of the project represent value for the Cardano ecosystem?
We believe this proposal represents a good value for money for the Cardano ecosystem. We have a dedicated team of 4 people that have always delivered on our promises over the years. 3 of us live in the USA and 1 lives in Western Europe which are all very high cost of living areas. With less than $19,000 dollars we are able to run these contests for 6 months which engage the Cardano community, promote our projects, and distribute ADA rewards to people who do great research. Please consider dropping by our discord to (https://discord.gg/CVZjVAQ6rz)) ask any questions you have and get community feedback on what they think of the contests, or review our report library and see the types of reports people are making for them https://dyortool.io/ (note: start with the most recent reports for the contest submissions). I think you will see the value in what we are doing here.
In addition to thebove, We believe that incentivizing people to research projects on Cardano each month and share the results provieds a clear value to Cardano. It informs people of projects strengths as well as weaknesses or potnetial red flags or scams that people come accoss. This type of information is invaluable, especially if the market is improving. During upturns the number of shady projects and scams releasing increases quite a bit (they are less active when prices are lower). So incentivizing research into them each month and sharing the findings with the broader community represents real and tangible value.
Terms and Conditions:
Yes
Eric Helms - Eric is a Certified Public Accountant who has spent the last 10 years working in Corporate Audit from both the public and private side. He is passionate about blockchain and its ability to make society and business fairer and more transparent for everyone. He is currently a Veteran Community Advisor for Project Catalyst and is proud to be a member of the Cardano ecosystem. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-helms-cpa-97866a3b/)..) Eric wrote all of the content for the first version of the DYOR Tool. Eric has written a large majority of our articles on Medium (https://medium.com/@scatdao)) and is a member of the core team. He will continue working on creating content for the DAO to share through our social media channels. Eric will also be working on general management of the DAO, performing our monthly accounting and reporting, and will also be responsible for managing the monthly Catalyst reporting.
Jimmy - Jimmy is a Certified Public Accountant who has 10+ years of experience in corporate finance and accounting, 3 of which were spent auditing public and private companies. He also built and operated a small business for the past 8 years. He is looking to leverage his experiences to help build a strong and effective DAO for the Smart Contract Audit Token project. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-huang-83a3689/)..)
Shelby - Shelby works for a power grid protection company as a maintenance technician working on everything from electrical or mechanical problems to maintaining a water treatment system. He found his way into crypto in 2021 knowing nothing about it and not knowing anyone in it. He was surprised about all the uplifting communities and openness from others to help him learn and grow.
Dubble-u - dubble-u43 is a passionate Cardano community member who is active is several projects and is particularly talented with on-chain analysis.