CardanoSwipe(TikTok-Style Dapp): Swipe, Share, Earn, Vote

[Proposal setup] Proposal title

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CardanoSwipe(TikTok-Style Dapp): Swipe, Share, Earn, Vote

[Proposal Summary] Budget Information

Enter the amount of funding you are requesting in ADA

90000

[Proposal Summary] Time

Please specify how many months you expect your project to last

4

[Proposal Summary] Translation Information

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No

Original Language

en

[Proposal Summary] Problem Statement

What is the problem you want to solve?

Cardano lacks an engaging platform for discovery & ecosystem content. Long-form formats and low interactivity lead to low voter turnout in governance and Catalyst, and poor community engagement.

[Proposal Summary] Supporting Documentation

Supporting links

• https://x.com/trivolvetech/status/1947350293504790821
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• https://trivolvetech.com/

[Proposal Summary] Project Dependencies

Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?

No

Describe any dependencies or write 'No dependencies'

No dependencies

[Proposal Summary] Project Open Source

Will your project's outputs be fully open source?

Yes

License and Additional Information

MIT License

[Theme Selection] Theme

Please choose the most relevant theme and tag related to the outcomes of your proposal.

Governance

[Campaign Category] Category Questions

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

CardanoSwipe is the first mobile-first, TikTok-style dApp for governance and ecosystem discovery. Unlike text-heavy portals, it delivers 99-second videos with AI summaries, swipe-to-engage voting, gamification, and multilingual support, making participation intuitive, fast, and global. It transforms passive browsing into active, measurable engagement, bridging a key gap in Cardano’s user experience.

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

The MVP will showcase 99-second videos, AI-generated summaries, swipe navigation, and in-app voting via testnet integration. Users can watch, swipe, save, and vote instantly on proposals. It will be deployed as a public, mobile-friendly web app with open access for the Cardano community, enabling real-time testing, feedback collection, and governance participation.

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

Users: 500+ unique wallets connected

Engagement: 10k+ proposal views, 5k+ swipes and in-app votes recorded on-chain.

Retention: 20% weekly active user rate.

Governance Impact: increase in voter turnout for featured proposals vs. non-featured.

All metrics tracked via on-chain voting data, app analytics, and dashboards.

[Your Project and Solution] Solution

Please describe your proposed solution and how it addresses the problem

CardanoSwipe is a mobile-first, short-form video platform designed to transform how the Cardano community engages with ecosystem content, proposals, and governance. Inspired by swipe-based interfaces like TikTok, CardanoSwipe makes discovering, understanding, and interacting with on-chain initiatives simple, intuitive, and enjoyable.

The Problem Revisited

Cardano’s current platforms rely heavily on long-form, text-heavy proposals and forum discussions. This format limits discoverability, creates accessibility barriers for non-technical users, and results in low engagement especially among mobile-first or time-constrained audiences. As a result:

• Voter participation remains low.
• Great ideas struggle to gain visibility. - Ecosystem awareness and community interaction are fragmented.

The CardanoSwipe Solution

CardanoSwipe addresses these issues by combining short-form video content, AI-powered summaries, and swipe-to-engage functionality to create a radically simplified experience for proposal exploration and community participation.

Key Features & Problem Solving

1. 99-Second Video Pitches
Problem: Long, complex proposals deter engagement.

Solution: Creators upload concise 99-second pitches, making ideas quick to grasp, mobile-friendly, and highly shareable, boosting visibility and audience connection.

2. AI-Generated Summary Cards
Problem: Users struggle to quickly digest proposals.

Solution: AI summary cards highlight key points, funding requests, and purposes, allowing instant comprehension without reading long text.

3. Swipe-to-Engage Interface
Problem: Voting tools are clunky and unintuitive.
Solution: Swipe right to support/save, left to skip, or tap for details—familiar, fast, and frictionless participation.

4. One-Click Voting Integration
Problem: Voting often requires multiple steps on separate platforms.
Solution: Vote directly in-app, making participation instant.
5. Multilingual Accessibility
Problem: Non-English speakers are often excluded.

Solution: Multi-language support ensures global inclusion and diverse community representation.

Broad Applications Beyond Governance
While perfect for governance engagement, CardanoSwipe’s modular design can also serve:

• Proposal promotion (Catalyst, DAOs, etc.)
• Ecosystem education (staking, wallets, on-chain tools)
• dApp showcases (demos, releases, features)
• Event and launch announcements
• Real-time project updates - KYC-free onboarding and discovery for newcomers

Why This Matters for Cardano

• Boosts governance participation by making proposal exploration fun and easy.
• Drives content engagement through short-form, high-visibility formats.
• Lowers entry barriers by simplifying onboarding and education.
• Promotes inclusivity with multilingual support for global reach. - Encourages innovation by empowering creative, visual pitching.

Example User Flow

1. Open app and choose a category: Governance, DeFi, NFTs, Education, etc.
2. Swipe through videos, each with an AI summary.
3. Swipe right to support/save, left to skip.
4. Tap “Read More” for details or “Vote Now” to cast a vote instantly.
5. Earn engagement XP for watching, voting, and referrals.

[Your Project and Solution] Impact

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

CardanoSwipe will enhance how users discover, understand, and engage with Cardano ecosystem content. Through a mobile-first experience with short-form video, swipe navigation, and AI summaries, it delivers broad benefits across the community.

1. Increased Voter Participation in Governance

Impact: Converts proposals into 99-second videos with AI summaries, offering swipe-based, mobile-friendly voting. Increases visibility and makes participation intuitive.

Expected Results: Higher turnout in Catalyst/DAO votes, more proposals reaching quorum, better representation of community sentiment.

2. Improved Proposal Visibility & Discoverability

Impact: Short video pitches make ideas more persuasive and shareable, with swipe navigation enabling organic discovery. Bookmark/share features expand reach.

Expected Results: Increased proposal views, fairer attention distribution, higher success rates for innovative proposals.

3. Community Education & Onboarding

Impact: Educational videos on staking, dApps, governance, wallets, and tokens delivered in a fast, interactive, multilingual format. Acts as a first onboarding point.

Expected Results: Faster onboarding, broader adoption in non-English regions, growth of informed community members.

4. Easy Content Creation

Impact: Any member can create and upload 99-second videos. Gamification rewards quality contributions.

Expected Results: Growth of grassroots content, empowerment of everyday builders, diversity of perspectives and ideas.

5. Scalable Model for Governance, DAOs & Ecosystem Tools

Impact: Adaptable as a governance frontend for DAOs, enabling quick proposal viewing and voting.

Expected Results: Higher participation in DAO votes, stronger accountability, reusable modular frontend for other governance needs.

6. Global Accessibility & amp, Inclusion

Impact: Multi-language support and simplified video + AI summaries make proposals accessible globally.

Expected Results: Expanded reach beyond English speakers, equitable participation in governance, strengthened global growth.

7. Sustainable Content Ecosystem

Impact: Becomes a daily-use hub for project updates, proposals, and insights. Opens new channels for marketing, education, and collaboration.

Expected Results: Better project visibility, consistent daily engagement, valuable content layer across governance, DeFi, NFTs, and education.

Measuring Impact

• Metrics: Daily active users, proposal views, swipes, votes, retention.
• Governance Tracking: Turnout changes, proposal reach, sentiment shifts.
• Community Feedback: Surveys, AMAs, public dashboards.
• Open Contribution: Open-source for development, localization, feature forks.
• Partnerships: Integration with Catalyst, Intersect, and Cardano DAOs.

[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?

Team and Expertise

Our team consists of seasoned blockchain and financial services professionals with a proven track record of delivering top-tier Cardano solutions. With over 30 years of combined experience, we ensure transparency, accountability, and high-quality execution that the Cardano community expects.

Development Team

Our skilled development team focuses on building enterprise-grade blockchain solutions for Cardano. They have successfully led multiple Cardano-based projects and specialize in developing scalable, secure dApps tailored to the ecosystem.

Core Competencies

Enterprise Blockchain Solutions: Expertise in creating decentralized, secure infrastructure for governments and corporations.

• Real-World Asset Tokenization: Specializing in converting physical assets like commodities and real estate into blockchain tokens, enhancing market liquidity.
• Zero Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs): Developing privacy-focused solutions for secure data handling in government and enterprise use cases.
• AI and Blockchain Integration: Leading AI innovations that boost enterprise operations when integrated with blockchain technologies.

Key Projects

• Government Forensics: Partnered with the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to build a ZKP-powered forensic system on Cardano, ensuring secure and tamper-proof data management.
• Granite Market Tokenization: Transforming India's $2.89 billion granite market by creating the GRNT-1 token on Cardano using Finest, boosting transparency and liquidity in natural resource investments.
• Cardano-Midnight ZKBridge: This bridge enables Cardano’s assets to leverage Midnight advanced features for secure transactions for privacy focused usecases. This also allows two-way portability of assets.

[Milestones] Project Milestones

Milestone Title

Market Research & Idea Validation

Milestone Outputs

• Market analysis report covering Web2 and Web3 platforms using video-based engagement and swipe interfaces.
• Competitive landscape overview with SWOT analysis of similar solutions.
• User persona development and survey results from Cardano community members.

Acceptance Criteria

• Completion of a research document validating the need for a swipe-based, video-first platform within Cardano.
• Identification of gaps, opportunities, and target user segments.
• Community feedback confirming interest and relevance of the platform.

Evidence of Completion

• Final report uploaded to public project repository.
• User feedback summary from surveys or interviews.
• Public milestone announcement on GitHub and Cardano Forum.

Delivery Month

1

Cost

25000

Progress

20 %

Milestone Title

UI/UX Design & Technical Specifications

Milestone Outputs

• Technical specification document covering all features: AI summaries, video playback, multilingual UI, and wallet integration.
• UI/UX mockups of core screens (video feed, voting, user profile, etc.)
• UX flowcharts detailing typical user journeys.

Acceptance Criteria

• Approval of a complete technical blueprint with clear architecture and implementation guidelines.
• Functional UI prototype created and reviewed internally.
• User flow documentation aligns with project goals.

Evidence of Completion

• Figma link to interactive mockups.
• Technical spec document in the project repo.
• UX flow diagrams included in milestone folder.
• Public post showing design previews and inviting feedback.

Delivery Month

2

Cost

25000

Progress

50 %

Milestone Title

Prototype Development & Backend Setup

Milestone Outputs

• Functional prototype of CardanoSwipe with core features: video pitch uploads, swipe UI, voting module (testnet), and AI summarization.
• Backend infrastructure to support user auth, video storage, and real-time voting.

Acceptance Criteria

• Successful internal demo of the prototype covering main interactions.
• Backend runs reliably with no critical bugs during testing.
• Core components like video processing, swiping, and testnet voting functional.

Evidence of Completion

• Prototype demo video recording.
• Backend documentation, including architecture diagrams and deployment notes.
• Publicly available codebase (GitHub) with working prototype.

Delivery Month

3

Cost

25000

Progress

80 %

Milestone Title

MVP Launch & Final Reporting

Milestone Outputs

• Final project completion and closure report including KPIs (user signups, engagement, votes cast).
• Public MVP deployment with live app access and walkthrough video.
• Deployment roadmap and post-launch support checklist.

Acceptance Criteria

• MVP deployed and accessible to the public.
• Core features functional: video browsing, AI summaries, voting, and multilingual UI.
• Final report reviewed and accepted by the team and shared with the community.

Evidence of Completion

• Public MVP URL.
• Final report and lessons learned posted to GitHub.
• Launch announcement and summary shared across Cardano community channels.

Delivery Month

4

Cost

15000

Progress

100 %

[Final Pitch] Budget & Costs

Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources

Milestone 1: Market Research & Idea Validation

Total Cost: 25,000 ADA

• Project Manager: 5,000 ADA
• Market Researcher: 10,000 ADA
• Data Analyst: 10,000 ADA

Milestone 2: UI/UX Design & Technical Specifications

Total Cost: 25,000 ADA

• Project Manager: 5,000 ADA
• UI/UX Designer: 10,000 ADA
• Cardano Solution Architect: 6,000 ADA
• Front-End Developer: 4,000 ADA

Milestone 3: Prototype Development & Backend Setup

Total Cost: 25,000 ADA

• Project Manager: 5,000 ADA
• Fullstack Developer: 10,000 ADA
• AI Engineer (for summaries & recommendation): 5,000 ADA
• Backend Developer (video infra, voting): 5,000 ADA

Milestone 4: MVP Launch & Final Reporting

• Total Cost: 15,000 ADA
• Project Manager: 7,000 ADA
• Cardano Solution Architect: 8,000 ADA

[Final Pitch] Value for Money

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

CardanoSwipe delivers exceptional value to the Cardano ecosystem by revolutionizing how users discover, engage with, and act on ecosystem proposals and content. By transforming complex, text-heavy governance and project updates into short, swipeable videos with AI-generated summaries, we dramatically lower the barriers to entry and make community participation simple, accessible, and enjoyable.

We utilize a lean development methodology, prioritizing features and enhancements based on direct feedback from partners, the community, and users. This ensures that our resources are used efficiently and effectively, focusing on what truly adds value. Our team is strategically distributed across different regions, allowing us to optimize development costs while maintaining high standards of quality and efficiency.

This frictionless format increases voter turnout, boosts visibility for proposals and ecosystem initiatives, and encourages broader participation from new and existing users alike. The result is faster feedback loops, stronger governance engagement, and greater exposure for builders, all of which accelerate innovation across the ecosystem.

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