CardanoBeam - Rebooting DePIN Event Management

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CardanoBeam - Rebooting DePIN Event Management

[Proposal Summary] Budget Information

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96250

[Proposal Summary] Time

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12

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[Proposal Summary] Problem Statement

What is the problem you want to solve?

Cardano Beam is a DePIN-based event and ticket management system built for the Cardano blockchain. As a project launched in 2022 it is based on outdated Cardano tech and needs to be updated

[Proposal Summary] Project Dependencies

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No

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[Proposal Summary] Project Open Source

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No

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[Campaign Category] Category Questions

Describe what makes your idea innovative compared to what has been previously funded (whether by you or others).

Our proposal aims to “Reboot” the CardanoBeam app, transforming it into a cutting-edge DePIN-based event and ticket management system on the Cardano blockchain.

Unlike the original 2022 version, which utilized outdated Cardano technology, our approach leverages the latest advancements such as Aiken for smart contract development, Reference Inputs, and Inline Datums.

We will showcase the revamped CardanoBeam at major sporting events in Spring 2026, demonstrating Cardano's capabilities in real-world applications.

Describe what your prototype or MVP will demonstrate, and where it can be accessed.

The MVP will demonstrate a fully functional, on-chain event and ticketing system rebuilt in Aiken, leveraging Reference Inputs and Inline Datums to reduce transaction costs. Users can create events, issue NFT tickets, and verify attendance in real-time.

The MVP will be deployed on the Cardano Mainnet and accessible via web and mobile apps. The community can help by testing ticket purchases, attending test events, reporting bugs, and providing feedback to improve usability and smart contract functionality.

Describe realistic measures of success, ideally with on-chain metrics.

Success will be measured by on-chain usage and engagement at events. Key metrics include the number of events created, NFT tickets minted, and transactions executed on-chain.

We target 100 users interacting with 1,000 ticket-related transactions on Cardano Mainnet at each of the events. Success will also consider community feedback and bug reports.

These metrics align with similar DePIN and NFT ticketing projects on Cardano, ensuring realistic, data-driven projections without overstating adoption

[Your Project and Solution] Solution

Please describe your proposed solution and how it addresses the problem

Cardano Beam is a DePIN event and ticket management system built on the Cardano blockchain. Launched in 2022, it has already been tested in real-world events but now runs on outdated tech. To stay relevant and scale, the platform needs modernization.

Cardano Beam stands apart from traditional ticketing systems by:

• Decentralizing control of events.
• Using blockchain for transparent ticketing, payments, and rewards.
• Enabling GPS-based value transfers and on-site incentives.

This proposal seeks to Reboot the platform with upgrades and then launch a roadshow at major sporting events to showcase its advantages.

Planned Improvements:

• Rewrite smart contracts in Aiken.
• Redesign UI and enhance UX.
• Implement an external blockchain indexer & modern transaction builder (e.g., MeshJS).
• Relaunch on Mainnet and demonstrate at live sporting events.

How It Works

For Event Organizers

Anyone can set up an event (concert, sports, conference, etc.) without relying on centralized platforms like Ticketmaster. Organizers define ticket prices, event locations, and payout conditions. Smart contracts handle ticket sales, distribution, payments, and rewards - removing intermediaries, lowering costs, and increasing trust.

For Participants

Users browse events via the Cardano Beam Mobile App or website (Events Page). Tickets can be purchased with ADA or credit card. At the event, tickets are displayed as a QR code, which organizers scan for entry. Organizers can also drop POAP certificates or rewards at GPS locations for attendees to collect.

CardanoBeam’s Unique Features

Organizers or communities can place rewards along a route. A smart contract locks assets until a participant physically passes that location, then transfers them instantly to their wallet.

Organizers can create treasure hunts, multi-checkpoint sports events, or simple single-location entry passes.

A dedicated marketplace connects organizers with Cardano Beam users and will expand to support business events and ad campaigns.

Traction So Far

• Hundreds of users have already joined, including many new to Cardano.
• 300+ global GPS locations with assets placed and redeemed.
• Successfully used for live events such as a cycling tour in Portugal.
• Early marketplace built to match organizers and users.

Why this proposal?

Cardano Beam has already proven itself with working events and users, but modernization is essential to:

• Improve onboarding and UX for new users.
• Showcase blockchain-powered ticketing at scale.
• Expand adoption beyond Cardano’s existing community.

By upgrading the tech stack and relaunching, Cardano Beam can position itself as the go-to decentralized event and ticketing platform - bridging digital and physical worlds while growing the Cardano ecosystem.

[Your Project and Solution] Impact

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

Cardano Beam is a DePIN-based event and ticket management platform built on Cardano. It introduces a groundbreaking way to organize, manage, and participate in events through decentralized infrastructure.

By reducing costs, improving transparency, and democratizing access, Cardano Beam empowers communities worldwide to take part in event management. This positions the platform in a high-growth market, supported by blockchain and DePIN technology.

Why It Matters for Cardano

Cardano Beam benefits the Cardano ecosystem by providing:

• First-mover advantage in the DePIN space.
• Proven use cases from two years of successful events.
• A scalable model that reduces operational friction.
• Long-term growth potential as event and ticketing industries shift toward decentralization.

Key Innovations

• GPS-enabled smart contracts: A unique DePIN solution on Cardano and beyond, enabling location-based verification and rewards.
• Efficient crowd management: Leveraging Cardano’s eUTXO model to ensure one person per UTXO, simplifying queues and access control.
• Fiat on-ramp integration: Making the platform accessible to non-crypto users and the general public.

Impact on the Ecosystem

Cardano Beam expands the number of real-world products and integrations on Cardano, bringing in a large new user base. Beyond events, its model can be applied to any system that rewards “being in the right place at the right time,” paving the way for broader DePIN adoption.

This is not only a disruption of the event industry - it’s a step toward unlocking the full potential of decentralized physical infrastructure networks on Cardano.

A list of events that used Cardano Beam since its roll-out in 2022 to 2024

• Lisbon to Algarve Bike Ride (Oct 2022): Six participants cycled 220 km, collecting community-dropped prizes along the way. Viewers tracked their progress live and dropped additional rewards for riders to pick up.
• Web3 Easter Egg Hunt (Apr 2023): Organized by the Web3 User Group, participants purchased an Easter ticket to unlock real-world hidden prizes https://twitter.com/Web3UserGroup/status/1642945517385646086
• NY NFT Conference (Apr 2023): Tickets were sold through Cardano Beam. Attendees collected prizes both at the venue and across New York City https://twitter.com/dynamic_io/status/1645111383686512642
• GPS Adventure Pass: Organized by the Web3 User Group, this series of IRL adventures used Cardano Beam for ticketing and location-based engagement. https://www.jpg.store/collection/web3gpsadventure?tab=items
• NFT Adventure Pass: Created by Xplore NFT, this initiative promotes outdoor tourism through curated hiking routes. Participants earn unique NFTs placed at the peaks of the five tallest mountains. https://www.xplore-nft.com https://twitter.com/xplore_nft/status/1647010552722358273
• Finding Octo: An educational program that combines online tasks with outdoor activities, designed to make learning more engaging for young participants https://www.slfdrvn.io/findingocto
• San Diego Carnival: Organizers used Cardano Beam to sell tickets and distribute POAPs (Proof of Attendance Protocol tokens) to attendees.
• Cycling Tour in Northern Portugal: The app mapped the route and tracked participants in real time during a mountain cycling event.

[Your Project and Solution] Capabilities & 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 Cardano Beam platform has been operational since the end of 2022 and has been trusted by over 200 users and 10+ event organizers to run their events.

The go-live of the platform was called out in the October 2022 edition of Cardano 360: https://youtu.be/hZRwLWKNNfQ

IOG featured it in its series on Marlowe smart contract language showing how it could be used for innovative use cases: https://youtu.be/9bLINVNJPg4

Media Coverage in Local Newspaper: We received media coverage for the platform in the local newspaper feedback about the capabilities of our technology and how it helps to solve real-world problems. Decision-makers from most walks of life understand its use cases. The platform was featured in the Portuguese business journal as the up-and-coming start-up solving real-world problems https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/negocios-em-rede/detalhe/queremos-atrair-fixar-e-desenvolver-talento-em-cascais

The team has rolled out unique features that advanced the platform and the Cardano ecosystem

A new ticketing solution was built where ownership of an NFT is verified in 5 steps by independently verifying the ownership of the NFT on chain and time bound with a short time interval by generating and scanning a QR code in the Cardano Beam app.

An events marketplace that lets event organizers create an event and advertise it on the Cardano Beam website. Participants can buy a ticket to the event, which is delivered as an NFT to their Cardano Beam mobile app, which they use to gain physical access to the event and collect rewards at the location.

Fiat on-ramp was built that allows non-crypto native users to participate in events by buying tickets with a credit card. This uses a cross-chain bridge (which the team also built) where payments made with a credit card are converted on-chain on the Polygon network, and the ticket is delivered on the Cardano network. Very few other projects on Cardano accept fiat payments which is necessary to drive adoption across non-crypto users.

The fiat onramp was later open sourced on our github repo for other to reuse and onboard non crypto users https://github.com/dynamicstrategies/cardano-card-gateway

Team members have participated in a number of sporting events under the CardanoBeam brand

[Milestones] Project Milestones

Milestone Title

Write Smart Contracts in Aiken

Milestone Outputs

• Rewrite GPS-based smart contracts in Aiken making use of Inline Datums and Reference Inputs as required.
• Replace the existing Haskell-based smart contract generator (currently running as a server-side API) with an Aiken-based parametrized smart contract.
• Use MeshJS to generate contracts directly in the browser, improving speed, lowering execution costs, and reducing code complexity and error risk.
• All Cardano Beam smart contracts will be written in Aiken and deployed to mainnet.

Acceptance Criteria

• GPS smart contracts are fully rewritten in Aiken.
• New GPS locations for asset placement are generated in-browser using a parametrized Aiken script + MeshJS (not via the old API).
• Mobile apps (Android & iOS) successfully interact with the new contracts to redeem assets at GPS locations.

Evidence of Completion

A video walkthrough demonstrating:

• Creating a new smart contract from a parametrized Aiken contract.
• Locking assets into that smart contract.
• Redeeming assets at a GPS location using the Cardano Beam mobile app (Android/iOS).

Delivery Month

3

Cost

18000

Progress

20 %

Milestone Title

Redesigned UI and improved UX

Milestone Outputs

• A full redesign of the web app and mobile apps with a modern, professional look.
• A more intuitive and user-friendly experience, making it easier for both crypto-native and non-crypto users to onboard and interact with the platform.
• Release of the redesigned apps on mainnet.

Acceptance Criteria

• Web and mobile apps are redesigned by a professional design agency in collaboration with designer Elcio Chiquinato.
• Functionality remains consistent, but the look and feel meets modern UX/UI standards expected from professional applications.

Evidence of Completion

A video walk through of the redesigned Web app and the mobile app with a description of what was improved. The design will be done by a professional design agency in collaboration with our designer Elcio Chiquinato and it will be coded by our internal team

Delivery Month

6

Cost

25250

Progress

50 %

Milestone Title

Blockchain Indexer & Transaction Builder

Milestone Outputs

Transaction Builder Upgrade

• In 2022, when Cardano Beam was first built, few developer tools were available. The team had to build custom libraries (later open-sourced).
• With modern tools like MeshJS, we can now abstract away low-level scripting previously required with cardano-serialization-lib.
• We will replace the bespoke transaction signer with MeshJS to simplify development and reduce errors.

Blockchain Indexer Upgrade

• Originally, Cardano Beam used a self-hosted indexer with DB-Sync and GraphQL, which created high maintenance and cost overheads.
• Today, reliable third-party providers exist (Blockfrost, Koios, Maestro) that can be used instead.
• We will refactor the codebase to rely on external indexers rather than running costly in-house infrastructure.

Acceptance Criteria

The code is rewritten to query the blockchain using one of the 3 blockchain indexers (Blockfrost, Koios and Maestro). We check the possibility to have a single backend endpoint for the front-ends to interact with and the back end will then interact with one of the 3 providers on a rotating basis - thereby improving reliability and should one of the services be unavailable the others would take over.

Evidence of Completion

Accounts created with Blockfrost, Koios, and Maestro.

A video walkthrough of the web app and mobile apps demonstrating:

• Queries made through at least one external indexer.
• Successful transaction building and submission via MeshJS.

Delivery Month

9

Cost

18000

Progress

70 %

Milestone Title

Relaunch on Mainnet and showcase at sport Events

Milestone Outputs

Relaunch of the CardanoBeam app on the mainnet with a refreshed look, improved user experience and a faster and cheaper backend that makes the app smoother and more reliable to operate

Event Marketing Campaign

Showcase the app at three major cycling events in 2026:

• Figueira da Foz Granfondo, Portugal – Feb 2026
• Algarve Granfondo, Portugal – Feb 2026
• Dolomites Granfondo, Switzerland – Jun 2026

Engage with event organizers.

Register riders under the Cardano Beam team.

Distribute branded Cardano Beam merchandise at events.

Acceptance Criteria

The app is live on Cardano Mainnet with:

• Redesigned UI and improved UX.
• Smart contracts fully rewritten in Aiken.
• Transactions generated with MeshJS.
• Blockchain queries and submissions handled by at least one of the external indexers (Blockfrost, Koios, Maestro).

The app is actively marketed at three sporting events in 2026.

Evidence of Completion

The web app is available at the https://cardanobeam.app and mobile apps available on both Android and iOS.

Media material from the 3 sporting events posted on the app’s x account https://x.com/cardanobeam

Delivery Month

12

Cost

35000

Progress

100 %

[Final Pitch] Budget & Costs

Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources

The budget is estimated based on 40 hours per week and 4 weeks per month.

Milestone 1: Write Smart Contracts in Aiken

• One Senior Developer 40h per week for 4 weeks @ $60/h
• One Junior Developer 40h per week for 4 weeks @ $30/h

Total 14,400 USD

Milestone 2: Redesigned UI and improved UX

• One Senior Developer 40h per week for 4 weeks @ $60/h
• One Junior Developer 10h per week for 4 weeks @ $30/h
• One Designer 10h per week for 4 weeks @ $40/h

We will commission an external Web2 design agency to design the Web and the mobile apps to align with the update trends. For this we budget 3,000 USD which includes in detail design of all Web and mobile components in Figma or similar app. The design will then be implemented by our developers in collaboration with our Designer

Total 20,200 USD

Milestone 3: Blockchain Indexer & Transaction Builder

• One Senior Developer 40h per week for 4 weeks @ $60/h
• One Junior Developer 40h per week for 4 weeks @ $30/h

Total 14,400 USD

Milestone 4: Relaunch on Mainnet and presence at sport Events

• One Senior Developer 40h per week for 4 weeks @ $60/h
• One Business Developer 40h per week for 4 weeks @ $30/h

Budget for attending each of the 3 sport events is estimated at 4,000 USD per event, split as:

• Travel, Accommodation & Registration 1,200 USD
• Cardano Beam merch 500 USD
• Banners & Placement 1,600 USD
• Marketing on Local venues and Social media 700 USD

Total 28,000 USD

Total for project 77,000 USD

A conservative ADAUSD exchange rate of 0.8 is assumed for the budgeting. At this level we are happy to hold ADA if the price drops significantly below that

Total for project in ada 96,250

[Final Pitch] Value for Money

How does the cost of the project represent value for the Cardano ecosystem?

Cardano Beam is a unique DePIN platform. It is the first platform that allows Cardano assets to be placed at GPS locations for people to discover and collect. This creates a new way to transfer value in the real world—something no other blockchain currently offers.

In addition, Cardano Beam is a ticketing solution on Cardano that enables event organizers to:

• Sell tickets directly to users via credit card.
• Verify attendance through on-chain tracking.
• Reward participants for showing up.

No comparable solution exists on other blockchains, making Cardano Beam a Web3-first innovation.

Today, the platform already has:

• 200+ users
• 300+ GPS-enabled smart contract locations
• 500+ transactions

Market Opportunity

• The global event management industry is projected to reach $2.19 trillion by 2028.
• Ticketing alone represents a multi-billion-dollar market.
• Centralized incumbents like Ticketmaster face criticism for high fees, lack of transparency, and poor customer experience.
• Cardano Beam offers a decentralized, transparent, and cost-efficient alternative.

As a pioneering DePIN application, Cardano Beam is well-positioned to capture early-mover advantage in a fast-growing sector.

Real-World Validation

The platform has been tested in live events over the past two years, demonstrating:

• Cost savings for organizers.
• Reduced fraud through on-chain verification.
• Improved user experience with rewards and engagement features.

These deployments have also provided valuable data and insights into event operations and user behavior, enabling continuous optimization and scalable growth.

Alignment with Future Tech Trends

DePIN is emerging as a transformative technology that:

• Decentralizes control of physical infrastructure.
• Enhances user ownership and participation.
• Promotes open, transparent economies.

Cardano Beam bridges the digital and physical worlds, paving the way for the next generation of decentralized applications in event management and beyond.

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