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"Knock knock..." "Who's there?" "Good Cardano documentation" "...Who?!" Cardano needs well-organized, complete and accurate technical documentation supporting Midnight Block Producers.
The CoinCashew Guide will expand the scope of documentation to add and maintain support for Midnight Block Producers and dependency servers long term.
Please provide your proposal title
CoinCashew Guide - Supporting Midnight Block Producers
Enter the amount of funding you are requesting in ADA
60000
Please specify how many months you expect your project to last
6
Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated
No
Original Language
en
What is the problem you want to solve?
"Knock knock..." "Who's there?" "Good Cardano documentation" "...Who?!" Cardano needs well-organized, complete and accurate technical documentation supporting Midnight Block Producers.
Supporting links
Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?
Yes
Describe any dependencies or write 'No dependencies'
CoinCashew Guide content depends on Midnight development efforts as well as the Project Catalyst Fund15 Proposal titled CoinCashew Guide - Core Development and Web Hosting Updates
Will your project's outputs be fully open source?
Yes
Please provide details on the intellectual property (IP) status of your project outputs, including whether they will be released as open source or retained under another licence.
One of the first resources available online to support Cardano stake pool operations, since 2021 the How to Set Up a Cardano Stake Pool guide available on CoinCashew has been a community-led open source project.
Please choose the most relevant theme and tag related to the outcomes of your proposal
Education
Who you’re targeting, how you’ll reach them, and why this matters for Cardano?
Available since 2021 and one of the first resources available online to support Cardano stake pool operations, the How to Set Up a Cardano Stake Pool guide provides open source educational content that continues to play an essential role in welcoming newcomers to the Cardano ecosystem while also serving as a valuable resource for experienced Cardano community members.
The Guide offers complete, accurate and up-to-date information and step-by-step procedures on topics related to operating the Cardano Node and supporting sofware in practical, real-world stake pool configurations. The Guide also explains in detail how to upgrade Cardano Node software.
Midnight Block Producers are the new stake pools, so to speak. The current proposal aims to offer the best available documentation for new and existing stake pool operators setting up a Block Producer in anticipation of the Midnight Mainnet launch—one of the most significant major upcoming product launches in the Web3 space.
Provide a list of key activities of your project:
What are your success metrics?
The following metric is designed to measure the success of the current proposal:
Please describe your proposed solution and how it addresses the problem
Available as a community-led project since 2021 and one of the first resources available online to support Cardano stake pool operations, the How to Set Up a Cardano Stake Pool guide presented by CoinCashew at https://www.coincashew.com/coins/overview-ada/guide-how-to-build-a-haskell-stakepool-node is an Installation and Administration guide aimed for an audience of users requiring a level of technical expertise including using the Linux command line, compiling binaries, bash scripting and setting up secure networking capabilities.
The current proposal aims to:
Please define the positive impact your project will have on the wider Cardano community
The current proposal aims to continue ensuring maintenance and growth of the CoinCashew Guide to offer the best available documentation for stake pool operators setting up a Block Producer in anticipation of the Midnight Mainnet launch—one of the most significant major upcoming product launches in the Web3 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?
While continuing to provide open source documentation based on any and all community input in the form of content development and review as well as financial donations, since 2022 the CoinCashew Guide operates in collaboration with Change Pool (Ticker CHG, https://coincashew.io/)..) CHG Pool offers professional technical writing based on more than 15 years of IT industry experience to take responsibility for bridging any gaps in content, ensuring that the CoinCashew Guide remains up to date and accurate for newcomers to the Cardano ecosystem as well as experienced community members. In the past three years, CHG Pool has submitted more than 25 pull requests for the CoinCashew Guide at https://github.com/coincashew/coincashew
CHG Pool was created in 2021 using the CoinCashew Guide. Proceeds that CHG Pool receives for playing a role in securing the documentation of the Cardano network proportionally support CoinCashew and other socially responsible not-for-profit organizations.
Milestone Title
Procuring Hardware and Services
Milestone Outputs
Acceptance Criteria
Evidence of Completion
Delivery Month
1
Cost
10000
Progress
20 %
Milestone Title
Developing New Content
Milestone Outputs
Develop new content to support new and existing stake pool operators implement and use the following softwares in Mainnet or suitable Testnet environments:
Acceptance Criteria
In addition to existing content, the CoinCashew Guide must integrate and maintain new content supporting development efforts pertaining to stake pool operation including but not limited to:
Evidence of Completion
The CoinCashew Guide includes up-to-date content supporting implementation and administration of the following softwares in Mainnet as well as suitable Testnet environments:
Delivery Month
5
Cost
40000
Progress
80 %
Milestone Title
Reviewing and Publishing Content
Milestone Outputs
Acceptance Criteria
Evidence of Completion
CoinCashew Guide content, presentation and layout continue to reflect progress and improvement towards completion of work related to the current proposal as well as any ongoing community feedback
Delivery Month
6
Cost
10000
Progress
100 %
Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources
In summary, the proposal allocates funding for completed project milestones as follows:
How does the cost of the project represent value for the Cardano ecosystem?
As a critical component of managing and maintaining IT infrastructure, documentation helps with:
The current proposal aims to offer the best available documentation for new and existing stake pool operators setting up a Block Producer in anticipation of the Midnight Mainnet launch—one of the most significant major upcoming product launches in the Web3 space.
I confirm that the proposal is a non-technical initiative, with ≤20% of the budget for tech support.
Yes
I confirm that the proposal provides verifiable evidence (portfolio, links, reports) of the team's ability to deliver the project.
Yes
I confirm that the proposer and all team members are in good standing with prior Catalyst projects.
Yes
I confirm that the proposal includes clear objectives with both Output Metrics (what proposal did) and Adoption-Focused Metrics (what effect proposal had).
Yes
I confirm that the proposal clearly explains the user journey and provides a credible plan for how the project will equip and motivate users for future on-chain activity.
Yes
I confirm that the initiative clearly demonstrates how it will grow the Cardano ecosystem or onboard users.
Yes
I confirm that the project plan and timeline (≤ 12 months) are realistic and well-defined.
Yes
I confirm that the proposal commits to public outputs and justifies any exceptions.
Yes
I confirm that the budget adheres to all policies: it is for future work, follows the merchandise rule, and excludes establishing local treasuries, incentives/giveaways, re-grants.
Yes
I Agree
Yes
Since 2021, CoinCashew.com hosts your source of technical information for Cardano stake pool operation.
In addition to operating a growing Cardano stake pool successfully on Mainnet for the past four years; serving as the main contributor to the CoinCashew Guide for the past three years; completing the Cardano Haskell Developer Course delivered by EMURGO Academy in 2023; and, participating in Cardano Constitutional Workshops in 2024, CHG Pool (CoinCashew.io) offers more than 15 years of IT industry experience in technical writing and instructional design with expertise in business analysis.