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Cardano currently lacks a unified KPI dashboard that integrates protocol, financial, and ecosystem metrics WITH convenient access to DeFi price feeds.
Build a comprehensive dashboard that aggregates these metrics and doubles as an onramp into DeFi price feeds, making data both accessible and actionable.
This is the total amount allocated to Wolfram: EchoFeed Dashboard.
Please provide your proposal title
Wolfram: EchoFeed Dashboard
Enter the amount of funding you are requesting in ADA
95000
Please specify how many months you expect your project to last
8
Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated
No
Original Language
en
What is the problem you want to solve?
Cardano currently lacks a unified KPI dashboard that integrates protocol, financial, and ecosystem metrics WITH convenient access to DeFi price feeds.
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Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?
No
Describe any dependencies or write 'No dependencies'
No dependencies
Will your project's outputs be fully open source?
No
License and Additional Information
Not fully open source
Please choose the most relevant theme and tag related to the outcomes of your proposal.
Analytics
Describe what makes your idea innovative compared to what has been previously funded (whether by you or others).
This idea is innovative because it integrates fragmented data into one system, but also reframes dashboards from passive information displays into active API price feeds. The result will be a way to onboard users with insights and then enable those same users to explore the possibility of DeFi with an entire price feed infrastructure. This should be seen as a common reference frame that supports accountability, accelerates adoption, and empowers Cardano’s growth into the global era of crypto.
Describe what your prototype or MVP will demonstrate, and where it can be accessed.
The MVP will be a web-based dashboard showing three main categories including protocol metrics, financial metrics, and ecosystem/developer activity.
Example metrics:
Describe realistic measures of success, ideally with on-chain metrics.
Success will be measured by conversion of dashboard users into EchoFeed users. The dashboard acts as a funnel; first engaging people with unified insights, then guiding them into practical DeFi use on Cardano.
Please describe your proposed solution and how it addresses the problem
When we think about the era of crypto we're in, the next 3–5 years will mark the expansion to a truly global audience. The ecosystems that succeed will be those that can continue to communicate their mission, KPIs, deliverables, and the pathways for both developers and governance participants to engage meaningfully with eachother and the applications. Without a unified reference point, adoption risks becoming fragmented, confusing, and difficult to measure. Just as Wolfram Research has done for decades in physics and mathematics—and more recently in chemistry, biology, cosmology, and quantum physics—we now aim to bring the same computational clarity and accessibility to blockchains, governance, and economics.
Our proposal addresses this by building a canonical KPI dashboard that integrates on-chain metrics, financial indicators, and developer activity into a dashboard. Unlike prior analytics projects that capture only fragments of TVL, staking, or price; this dashboard will offer a more holistic view of Cardano’s progress at first and then dive down into priorities. It will serve as both an accountability tool and as an on-ramp for new developers and governance participants, providing both high-level insights and direct access to APIs and data streams for those ready to build.
Please define the positive impact your project will have on the wider Cardano community
The MVP will be a live dashboard, accessible through a public web interface, that delivers clear and reliable information about the Cardano blockchain. By connecting the dashboard directly to Wolfram’s EchoFeeds (price feeds), it provides the first concrete economic business case for DeFi via Wolfram infrastructure. This integration begins the flywheel of adoption; once users and developers see insights alongside accessible feeds, they have a direct pathway to build applications, with tools and analytics on top of the price feed infrastructure.
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 demonstrate feasibility and accountability through a combination of prior work, existing infrastructure, and a clear value proposition. Wolfram Blockchain Labs has already delivered several projects that required aggregating complex blockchain data into usable dashboards, giving us direct experience in both technical integration and user-facing presentation. A significant portion of the dashboard specification has already been designed and thought through, drawing from lessons in those earlier efforts.
Beyond design, we've conducted research and led community workshops AND produced multiple dashboards in the past. We feel confident we're capable of executing on similar initiatives with measurable outcomes. This track record ensures we can meet both the technical requirements and delivery timelines.
Finally, accountability is reinforced by the fact that our work is tied to a tangible, completed, value proposition in our price feed infrastructure. This price feed infrastructure is adjacent to our oracle infrastructure, which we are still actively unlocking and building upon. So the dashboard is not an isolated visualization, it demonstrates and tests a business case for Wolfram’s complete infrastructure services.
Milestone Title
Dashboard UI/UX Design & Modular Framework
Milestone Outputs
The style design will come from Figma prototypes for the main analytics pages and metrics such as blockchain protocol, financial pricing data, and developer ecosystem statistics. It will support incremental expansion.
Acceptance Criteria
The design is user-intuitive and allows for new metrics to be added in stages. The dashboard design must be intuitive and easy to navigate for first-time and experienced users alike, with clear layouts and logical flows. It should support incremental expansion by enabling new protocol, financial, and ecosystem metrics to be added seamlessly in later development stages without disrupting the existing user experience or requiring significant redesign.
Evidence of Completion
A complete set of high-fidelity Figma page designs is delivered, demonstrating intuitive navigation, logical page flow, and clear visual hierarchy. The designs must also illustrate how new protocol, financial, and ecosystem metrics can be integrated in future iterations without disrupting the user experience.
Delivery Month
1
Cost
4300
Progress
10 %
Milestone Title
Role-Based Access Control Integration
Milestone Outputs
A fully implemented permission and user roles system that defines access logistics, enabling modular upgrades of the dashboard. This structure ensures new KPIs and metrics can be added incrementally, incorporating community feedback while maintaining secure, role-based data access and system scalability.
Acceptance Criteria
The API must successfully authenticate users through the implemented permission logistics, allowing them to log in and access only the endpoints and datasets mapped to their assigned roles. Functionality should be demonstrated by showing that different user profiles receive scoped access aligned with their permissions, ensuring security, modularity, and consistency as new KPIs and metrics are added.
Evidence of Completion
A recorded demo video showcasing the admin role management system, including a login sequence where users are authenticated and their permissions are clearly defined and enforced based on assigned roles.
Delivery Month
3
Cost
30500
Progress
40 %
Milestone Title
Analytics API V2 & Wolfram Connection
Milestone Outputs
Outputs include a refactored database schema, an API integration between our proprietary price feeds and curated blockchain databases, and new endpoints with the required data for the accessible metrics. These new endpoints for new data is scoped specifically for user roles and is how we can update the dashboard in modular fashion.
Acceptance Criteria
The API must reliably provide access to all necessary data endpoints for generating visualization graphs of protocol, financial, and ecosystem metrics. A recorded video demo should confirm that the data can be retrieved, parsed, and displayed without errors, ensuring accuracy, stability, and readiness for integration into the dashboard’s frontend.
Evidence of Completion
API response examples with the metric data. Proven access to data required to create the visualization graphs for the metrics is available through the API via video demo.
Delivery Month
6
Cost
44800
Progress
80 %
Milestone Title
Frontend Deployment
Milestone Outputs
A fully deployed frontend, including a main landing page with secure login UI and a details page organized into protocol, financial, and ecosystem categories. The deployment must demonstrate functional integration with backend APIs, enabling end point connection and data display.
Acceptance Criteria
The site must be successfully deployed and fully accessible to the community. It will display protocol, financial, and ecosystem metrics accurately through the frontend interface, with user login functionality and stable integration to backend APIs.
Evidence of Completion
A comprehensive video walkthrough of the deployed site hosted on its public URL, demonstrating successful user login, navigation between protocol, financial, and ecosystem categories, and accurate display of metrics retrieved from backend APIs. The walkthrough must confirm that the frontend is fully functional, stable, and available for community access and feedback.
Delivery Month
8
Cost
15400
Progress
100 %
Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources
Each milestone was budgeted in a range of hours, from optimistic to pessimistic timing of completion:
Milestone 1 Dashboard Design is budgeted at 4,300 ADA. This covers defining the visual style, creating the main page layout, and designing detailed views.
Milestone 2 User Management is a larger component, at 30,500 ADA. It includes defining access control levels, building an authorization matrix, designing and implementing user profiles, mapping role-based permissions, and developing role assignment and management functions.
Milestone 3 API V2 and Wolfram Connection represent the largest share of the cost, at 44,800 ADA. This covers endpoint development, integrating with the proprietary and curated price feeds and blockchain data via Wolfram API, refactoring the database, developing new collections, and building advanced metrics.
Milestone 4 Dashboard Frontend Implementation is budgeted at 15,400 ADA. This includes setting up frontend infrastructure, adding protocol/financial/ecosystem sections, integrating API data, and deploying the site.
How does the cost of the project represent value for the Cardano ecosystem?
The cost represents good value for money because it directly addresses a well-defined ecosystem problem and delivers a practical solution. Existing dashboards provide fragmented views but there is no unified, agreed-upon KPI dashboard that the entire Cardano community can rely on. This gap limits accountability, makes it difficult to measure real progress, and leaves the ecosystem vulnerable to narratives that Cardano is underperforming.
The project budget is efficient because we are executing with experienced developers at competitive rates of $65 per hour or less, ensuring a professional-grade outcome at a fraction of typical enterprise costs. Not only is it filling a gap, but it includes the established infrastructure next to a new use case. By combining a clear ecosystem need with cost-effective development, this proposal offers strong value for money and a durable return on investment for Cardano governance and adoption.
Terms and Conditions:
Yes
Jon Woodard, CEO
Jon Woodard is the CEO at Wolfram Blockchain Labs, where Jon coordinates the decentralized projects that connect the Wolfram Technology ecosystem to different DLT ecosystems. Previously at Wolfram Research Jon worked on projects at the direction of Wolfram Research CEO Stephen Wolfram and prior to that was a member of the team who worked on the monetization strategies and execution for Wolfram|Alpha. Jon has a background in economics and computational neuroscience. He enjoys cycling in his spare time.
Steph Macurdy, Head of Research and Education
Steph Macurdy has a background in economics, with a focus on complex systems. He attended the Real World Risk Institute in 2019, lead by Nassim Taleb, and has been investing in the crypto asset space since 2015. He previously worked for Tesla as an energy advisor and Cambridge Associates as an investment analyst.
Gabriela Guerra Galan, Project Manager
Gabriela Guerra Galan: Gabriela has 15+ years of experience leading projects. She is a certified PMP and Product Owner with bachelor's degree in Mechatronical Engineering, complemented by a master's degree in Automotive Engineering. As the co-founder of Bloinx, a startup that secured funding from the UNICEF Innovation Fund, she has demonstrated a passion for driving innovation and social impact.
Daniel Suarez, Manager Blockchain Integrations
Daniel Suarez: Daniel is a Manager at Wolfram Research. He is in charge of the software architecture as manager of the blockchain project, and has been with the company for seven years. Daniel has a background in electronic engineering, focusing on Digital Signal Processing and Parallel Computing. Previously, he has experience as a radar software engineer at Jicamarca Radio Observatory. He enjoys playing drums.
Piero Sanchez, Lead Developer
Piero Sanchez: Piero is Lead Developer of Blockchain Integrations at Wolfram Blockchain Labs/Wolfram Research South America. Piero has been with the company for five years, and he is in charge of integrating and maintaining new blockchain technologies with the Wolfram Language, as well as helping other team members with technical tasks. He has a background in experimental physics and quantum optics and has worked in the blockchain group since it started. In his free time, he likes to play video games and board games.