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Like early days of Catalyst, Cardano governance is iterating rapidly, changing with every iteration, but still lacking an equivalent of catalystexplorer.com to help understand & make sense of it all.
Expand 1694.io, an open source & community built resource, to enable full governance plus the accessible you’ve come to know & love from www.catalystexplorer to help make sense of Cardano governance.
This is the total amount allocated to 1694.io - Open Source Governance Tooling & DRep Platform.
Please provide your proposal title
1694.io - Open Source Governance Tooling & DRep Platform
Enter the amount of funding you are requesting in ADA
252000
Please specify how many months you expect your project to last
9
Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated
No
Original Language
en
What is the problem you want to solve?
Like early days of Catalyst, Cardano governance is iterating rapidly, changing with every iteration, but still lacking an equivalent of catalystexplorer.com to help understand & make sense of it all.
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?
Yes
License and Additional Information
The code is open source. We will also provide a free open api for folks to easily build on top of Cardano governance data.
Please choose the most relevant theme and tag related to the outcomes of your proposal
Governance
Describe your established collaborations.
Lido Nation is a near 5 year old company that has cemented its place in the Cardano community for creating tools that help make everyone community members, regardless of their technical expertise, make sense of governance. We’re uniquely positioned and technically equipped to transform 1694.io into a public good that brings the same accessibility of www.catalystexplorer.com to the broader Cardano governance processes.
Describe funding commitments.
If funded we will deploy the Lido Nation team to build on the already successful 1694.io to enable full governance with catalyst style metrics and tools for deep research, accessibility and accountability of approved Cardano governance actions.
Describe your key performance metrics.
Our performance metrics will largely revolve around the tool uses and open source contributions.
Please describe your proposed solution and how it addresses the problem
1694.io claim to fame was initially to allow a zero click access to CIP 1694, the initial document that plotted Cardano Voltaire governance age. Before 1694.io the community had to have an understanding of git and github to simply read the CIP.
Shortly after the initial launch we quickly launched the DRep Campaign Platform, a space for DRep to connect with their delegators. This work also enables the community to see a pool.pm style timeline of Drep activity (votes, delegations, registrations, deregistraions). To facilitate the budget process we provided a directory of budget proposals with a direct link to proposing teams participation in Project Catalyst. The community has used this resource heavily to facilitate conversations on social media and other discussions.
1694.io have only been read only so far. This big idea of this proposal is to enable write functionalities, aka full governance. If funded we will provide the following features:
Pre-proposal polling:
Like gov.tools we will provide a way to create pools and discussion of Cardano governance actions. Once happy, authors will be able to submit they poll as an on-chain Cardano Governance actions.
Governance Action Submission:
The Cardano community will be able to submit governance actions with validation on-chain. This will enable non-technical users to participate in Cardno governance. This is simple to write but will be the bulk of our work.
Research Tool & Analytics.
Like we’ve done with www.catalystexplorer.com and https://gov.tools/outcomes we will provide deep research tools and analytics about Cardsano governance actions, the humans and company behind them, their impact, and completion metrics.
Please define the positive impact your project will have on the wider Cardano community
1694.io have already proven be impactful to Cardano governance accessible and discourse.
It is currently the only place you can go to see catalyst partipationf from individuals and companies submitting cardano budgets.
Being able to bring the same accessiblity and clarity to the rest of Cardano governance process will increase participation, voter awareness and facility even more conversaions beyond what we're currently doing.
The code is open source well maintained - this will server as an excellent onboarding tool for new developers coming into the space.
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 Lido Nation Crew who have delivered www.catalystexplorer.com, www.lidonation.com, the current, www.1694.io and gov.tools/outcomes will be team building out the software.
The DRepChain team combines governance, financial, community, and data expertise honed within Cardano’s ecosystem to deliver impactful governance tools and engagement initiatives like https://www.catalystexplorer.com/en/proposals/raising-awareness-facilitating-drep-onboarding-globally-f12/details .
Milestone Title
Milestone 1: Exotic Wallet Support & UI UX Work
Milestone Outputs
The big idea for this milestone is to align with the team on their marching orders and have the UI/UX human start working ahead of the dev team.
Acceptance Criteria
Evidence of Completion
Delivery Month
2
Cost
30600
Progress
20 %
Milestone Title
Milestone 2: Draft-Proposals with polling support:
Milestone Outputs
The big idea is to allow the community to create draft proposals that can optionally have one or more polls.
Acceptance Criteria
Evidence of Completion
Delivery Month
5
Cost
60000
Progress
30 %
Milestone Title
Milestone 3: Voting Support
Milestone Outputs
The big idea for this milestone is to let DReps vote using all of the new wallets added to the web app:
Acceptance Criteria
Evidence of Completion
Delivery Month
7
Cost
40600
Progress
50 %
Milestone Title
Milestone 4: Governance Actions Submission
Milestone Outputs
The big idea is to add full support for creating and submitting all governance action types on-chain.
Acceptance Criteria
Evidence of Completion
Delivery Month
10
Cost
90800
Progress
80 %
Milestone Title
Milestone 5: Governance Action Analytics & Live Voting Behavior Metrics
Milestone Outputs
Acceptance Criteria
Evidence of Completion
Delivery Month
11
Cost
30000
Progress
90 %
Milestone Title
Final Milestone: Closeout Report and Video
Milestone Outputs
Party time (or governance time)! We will produce a pdf closeout report and video with a full demo of all the new modules added to the web app. Video will be published to the lido nation youtube channel.
Acceptance Criteria
Evidence of Completion
Delivery Month
12
Cost
11000
Progress
100 %
Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources
How does the cost of the project represent value for the Cardano ecosystem?
1694.io has already provided immense value to Cardano governance processes and conversations. Funding this proposal will increase that value by order of magnitude with the addition of :
Introducing Live Voting Behavior Metrics and hosting real-time governance conversations ensures stakeholders can track DRep activity as it happens. This strengthens accountability and creates timely opportunities for delegators and the wider community to engage in meaningful discussions before decisions are finalized. With this approach, delegators can closely follow DRep voting behavior to ensure alignment and redelegate when necessary, while DReps are encouraged to act responsibly knowing their actions are being monitored in real time.
The last time something like this was proposed the ask was over 4x what we’re asking for. With having 13 completed catalyst proposals under our belt we’ve proven our ability to deliver high value community tooling at low budget.
Terms and Conditions:
Yes
Darlington Kofa will be the lead engineer? He is the head honcho at Cardano Over Coffee, an engineer by day and at all times a dancer, humanitarian, idealist and entrepreneur. Darlington has deep knowledge about blockchain technology and broad experience in the Cardano ecosystem.
Nana Safo – Project manager at DRepChain and member of the Intersect Civics Committee, with extensive experience managing Catalyst governance projects and advancing accountability frameworks across the ecosystem.
Christopher Aikins – Financial coordinator with a background in fund management and accountability systems, bringing expertise in transparent budget oversight and responsible resource allocation for community projects.
Richmond Oppong – Community coordinator who has led multiple Cardano governance workshops, served as a mentor for emerging DReps, and actively supported onboarding initiatives that connect new members to governance conversations.
Abigail Duodu – Data coordinator specializing in data collection, analysis, and validation processes, ensuring that governance reporting and DRep activity summaries are accurate, transparent, and verifiable.