[Proposal setup] Proposal title
Please provide your proposal title
SIDAN - Delegator Feedback System for DRep Voting
[Proposal Summary] Budget Information
Enter the amount of funding you are requesting in ADA
100000
[Proposal Summary] Time
Please specify how many months you expect your project to last
5
[Proposal Summary] Translation Information
Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated
No
Original Language
en
[Proposal Summary] Problem Statement
What is the problem you want to solve?
DRep-delegator communication is one of the problems in Cardano Governance. Delegators lack channels to effectively provide feedback to their delegated DReps.
[Proposal Summary] Supporting Documentation
Supporting links
[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
Apache-2.0 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).
- Discord-native input linked to a DRep’s on-chain vote; verified delegators, no new app.
- Dual legitimacy: headcount and stake-weighted tallies, with a clear published rationale.
- Auto-post decisions and anchor a content-hash on-chain; open API and self-hostable.
Describe what your prototype or MVP will demonstrate, and where it can be accessed.
- End-to-end demo: verify in Discord → vote/comment → live web tallies → DRep finalizes.
- Result auto-posted with rationale; content-hash ready for on-chain inclusion.
- Deployed on mainnet with SIDAN Lab DRep voting process on Discord
Describe realistic measures of success, ideally with on-chain metrics.
- 100% on-chain proposals being fetched and discussion forum auto-published on discord
- 100% votes of SIDAN Lab DRep with onchain metadata on key community statistics (e.g. number of yes vs no vs abstain votes)
- Participation of delegators of SIDAN Lab DRep in discord
[Your Project and Solution] Solution
Please describe your proposed solution and how it addresses the problem
DRep decision workspace (web) — pilot with demo data
- Clean pages to browse proposals, see options, and record a decision with a short rationale.
- Click-through demo so people can understand the flow before real data is connected.
- Basic roles (DRep/team) and a simple activity log of what was published.
Bring in real voices from Discord
- Delegators share their opinion by typing simple commands or reacting in Discord—no new app needed.
- Votes and comments show up on the web platform in near real-time with easy-to-read tallies.
- When a decision is made, the platform posts the result and rationale back to Discord automatically.
Helpful views, transparency, and notifications
- Live stats: turnout, option breakdown, and a quick sentiment snapshot.
- Context at a glance: what the proposal is, key pros/cons, and links for deeper reading.
- Opt-in updates: get notified in Discord when results are published.
[Your Project and Solution] Impact
Please define the positive impact your project will have on the wider Cardano community
- Higher participation & representation: Discord-native voting/comments with delegator verification lowers friction, brings more voices into DRep decisions, and supports multilingual, community-run servers.
- Transparency & accountability: Decisions include a public rationale and a content-hash anchor for on-chain votes, with exportable tallies (headcount + stake-weight) and an immutable audit trail.
- Open, reusable governance rails: Apache-2.0 code, open APIs/webhooks, and self-host options let wallets, SPOs, and communities integrate quickly—reducing duplicate tooling and enabling research/analytics.
[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?
Capability & accountability:
- Proven Catalyst delivery: Completed F11 & F12 Rust SDK proposals with public repos, tagged releases, and closeout reports; ongoing F13 work. Our team ships cross-stack (Rust/TS/Python) tools used by wallets, SPOs, and builders.
- Governance-native team: Active DRep with a published review workflow; we understand CIP-1694/Conway processes and DRep pain points.
- Open & auditable: Apache-2.0 code, public roadmap/issues, CI/tests, weekly progress notes, and transparent milestone/budget tracking.
- Community insight: Joined multiple regional governance discussions; validated need for better DRep↔delegator communications.
- Transparent reporting: Operates public dashboards (dashboard.sidan.io).
- Recognized by ecosystem: Cardano Foundation “Developer & Builder Delegations” (May 21, 2025) lists Sidan Lab among the seven DReps receiving 20M ADA delegations.
Feasibility & validation plan:
- Early pilot testing has been deployed in SIDAN Lab discord with basic delegators data collection
- Staged build: Web MVP with mock data → 2) SIDAN Lab DRep pilots & integration with real delegators opinions→ 4) Self-host guides for wider communication adoption.
- For every feature we build, SIDAN Lab would actively interact with the delegator community to validate the usefulness of proposed feature
- Pilot KPIs: SIDAN Lab DRep posts an on-chain vote referencing our published rationale.
[Milestones] Project Milestones
Milestone Title
Preparation and Organization Setup
Milestone Outputs
- Team setup: developers/advisors confirmed with roles, responsibilities, and meeting/on-call cadence.
- Communications: public announcement, community channel (Discord/Telegram), X/Twitter post, contributor guidelines.
- Project planning: GitHub Projects roadmap with milestones, labeled issue/PR templates, initial delivery plan.
Acceptance Criteria
- Repo: public repo live with LICENSE committed and visible.
- Communications: announcement post published (link in repo), community channel invite in README.
- Project planning: GitHub Projects board active with milestones and actionable issues linked to this milestone.
Evidence of Completion
- Legal entity established and operational
- Link to repo tree on main showing LICENSE
- Link to public announcement post on X/Twitter/Discord.
- Link to GitHub Projects board with visible milestones and issues for this milestone.
Delivery Month
1
Cost
20000
Progress
20 %
Milestone Title
DRep management web platform
Milestone Outputs
- Collect the feature requirement of the DRep management web platform
- Design the DRep management web platform
- Development of the web platform, showing active governance action and build with voting feature
- Mock data visualization of community sentiment, to be collected through discord bot
Acceptance Criteria
- A curated list of features to be built in the DRep management web platform
- Design of the UIUX of the DRep web platform
- A workable web platform for DRep voting on active governance proposals
- Successful visualization of mock community sentiment data
Evidence of Completion
- Public link to the developed code on SIDAN Lab Github
- Public link to post on Twitter/X to inform the Public
- Link to SIDAN Lab discord on announcement
Delivery Month
1
Cost
20000
Progress
40 %
Milestone Title
Web platform data integration
Milestone Outputs
- Delegators can vote and express opinion on discord
- The delegators voting statistics will be recorded
- The delegator voting statistics are channel to web platform for voting consideration, and notify community on voting result
Acceptance Criteria
- Develop and integrate discord bot to allow delegator voting
- Integrate actual delegator voting statistics are channel to web platform for voting consideration
- Integrate web platform to publish voting decision with rationale to discord automatically
Evidence of Completion
- Public link to the developed code on SIDAN Lab Github
- Public link to post on Twitter/X to inform the Public
- Link to SIDAN Lab discord on announcement
Delivery Month
1
Cost
20000
Progress
60 %
Milestone Title
Relevant Voting Information Integration
Milestone Outputs
- Collect feedback from community DReps on how to effectively displaying information assisting voting
- Enhance the web platform with basic information for easier consumption of relevant info for voting
Acceptance Criteria
- A curated list of information to be displayed in the DRep management web platform
- Develop the visualization of the information collected from DReps suggestion, showing current voting statistics
- Develop any other features apart from information display as suggested by community
Evidence of Completion
- Public link to the developed code on SIDAN Lab Github
- Public link to post on Twitter/X to inform the Public
- Link to SIDAN Lab discord on announcement
Delivery Month
1
Cost
20000
Progress
80 %
Milestone Title
Documentation and Closeout Report
Milestone Outputs
- Wrap the proposal delivery, compile the full product description
- Summarize the findings obtained from interacting with DReps in the process
- Document the workflow or guidance on others whoever want to deploy the whole set of development to its respected community
Acceptance Criteria
- Provide documentation on the SIDAN - Delegator feedback system for DRep voting.
- Also setup contribution guidelines for further collaboration across the community
- Prepare the close-out report
- Prepare the close-out video
Evidence of Completion
- Documentation served at the public Github repository with link provided
- Publicly accessible closeout report
- Publicly accessible closeout video
Delivery Month
1
Cost
20000
Progress
100 %
[Final Pitch] Budget & Costs
Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources
Engineering (Web/Discord/API) — 75,000 ADA (~75%)
Build the governance tool end-to-end: Discord bot, DRep web app (proposal pages, headcount + stake-weighted tallies, rationale), real-time pipeline/APIs, wallet–delegation verification, and content-hash anchoring for on-chain votes.
Project Management & QA — 8,000 ADA (~8%)
Roadmap and issue triage, pilot coordination with DReps, release checklists, milestone acceptance, usability tests, accessibility checks, and verification of tally accuracy and hash generation.
Documentation & DevRel — 12,000 ADA (~12%)
Quickstarts for DReps/delegators/operators, self-host guides, sample configs, demo walkthroughs, and community support/adoption tracking.
Reporting & Closeout — 5,000 ADA (~5%)
Fund reporting and closeout video, KPI summary (on-chain references, turnout), public retrospective, and clear links from repo/site/Discord to all artifacts.
[Final Pitch] Value for Money
How does the cost of the project represent value for the Cardano ecosystem?
- Closes the biggest gap: Most tools focus on DRep operations, not two-way DRep↔delegator communication. We directly solve this, improving signal quality before on-chain votes.
- Public good for better treasury use: By raising participation and transparency, DReps make more informed decisions—supporting more efficient, effective use of the community-governed treasury (multi-billion-dollar scale over market cycles).
- One build, many users (public good): Apache-2.0 code + open APIs let any DRep, wallet, SPO, or community server adopt at zero license cost. This avoids dozens of bespoke tools—saving weeks of engineering per team and reducing fragmentation.
- Complementary & integrable: Open repositories make this an easy reference for other community governance tools to take reference on how to build interactive delegator tooling.
[Required Acknowledgements] Consent & Confirmation
Terms and Conditions:
Yes