WILD NFT

Impact on Challenge Metrics:

WILD NFTwill be available globally and accessible to 100's millions of individuals. It is an exciting and valuable platform enabling any person or organization anywhere in the world to participate in supporting their local ecosystems, as well as any other global ecosystem – large or small. This is the ultimate funding and investment exchange to attract participation, funding, and investment for environmental wellbeing and climate change mitigation.

Potential for billions of USD-equivalent investment into these sectors will bring the greatest concentration of participants and transactions to Cardano.

WILD NFT also contributes to Cardano becoming a key resource for climate change mitigation via this "natural environment investment platform" that facilitates expanding and sustaining natural environments directly improving wellbeing for humans and animals. (NOTE: Climate change mitigation isn't exclusively limited to reducing anthropogenic carbon emissions.)

Timeline:

We expect to complete the following goals within three months after project start. Our proven team, with decades of domain expertise plus demonstrated success in the Cardano NFT ecosystem, will deliver:

1. Product launch to include, (1) a multilingual WILD NFT minting web portal, (2) a multilingual decentralized WILD NFT marketplace web portal, and (3) support for native smart contracts on Cardano.

2. On-going platform updates and support to ensure all features are functional for global user participation.

3. Once we've reached all goals of the proposal, we'll continue to improve the web portals and scale up to maintain our leadership position and deliver results globally for increased animal and environmental wellbeing.

With the combined power of the Cardano ecosystem & our development team, we will operate the first and most trusted and respected NFT market that supports healthy, sustainable natural environments and animal wellbeing.

Initial WILD NFT Products:

[Examples below are a small set of general, initial WILD NFT implementations.]

Wild Animal Conservancy WILD NFT:

WILD NFTs, verified and attested by credible auditors, that provide trusted and reliable financial support for measurable wild animal conservation and wellbeing.

Natural Environment Conservancy WILD NFT:

WILD NFTs, verified and attested by credible auditors, that provide trusted and reliable financial support for measurable natural environment conservation and wellbeing.

WILD NFT for Pets (for those wild furry family members!!):

Case 1: Fund those shelter animals!! Help to ensure that any animal that finds itself in a homeless animal shelter finds a safe forever home. WILD NFTs can help put an end to euthanizing healthy animals – making Cardano a key resource for animal care and compassion.

Case 2: NFT which safely assures, with associated funding and legal contract, that a pet owned by a senior (50+ years old) pet guardian will be safely transferred to and cared for at a no-kill animal shelter in the event that the senior pet guardian can no longer care for the pet. (Initial focus is N. America, where DignifID has already developed this model and associated contracts.)

Many other types of WILD NFTs will be developed by an enthusiastic global community interacting with our multi-lingual web portals.

WILD NFT will also provide mechanisms for enabling market dynamics that enable WILD NFTs for environment and animal support to be acquired as investments that have sustainability returns AND financial upside potential. If a CryptoKitty is worth $100k's – what might a WILD NFT for a protected lion be worth? We're going to find out!!

The team:

Product Owner: Liwen Zhang, co-founder and President of the DignifID Animals Foundation (www.dignifID.org); 15-year professional career; post-graduate studies in Animals and Human Wellbeing

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liwen-zhang-6069ba57/

• Email: liwen.zhang@dignifid.org

Marketing Lead: Celia Yeung, co-founder of DignifID; 20+ years of professional PR and Marketing leadership success with for-profit and non-profit global organizations; Master Degree, Public Health

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/celiayeung/

• Email: celia.yeung@dignifid.org

Project Architect: Chris Raczkowski, co-founder of DignifID; prior Chairperson/ED of Sovrin Foundation; 20+ years of entrepreneurial success during a 30-year professional career; BS/MS Engineering, MBA

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-raczkowski-b2a92a/

• Email: chris.raczkowski@dignifid.org

Chief Scientist: Dr. Andrew Rowan, 30+ years of leadership in animal wellbeing services; prior Chief Scientist of the Humane Society US and CEO of Humane Society International; prior Director of Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy; PhD in Biochemistry University of Oxford.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-rowan-247047a/

• Email: arowan@wellbeingintl.org

Developer: Patrick Tobler, founder of the BABEL stake pool, founder of nft-maker.io, in the Cardano space since 2017.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-tobler-6593b912b/

• Email: patrick@tobler.de

Designer: Fahim Popalzai, founder of nft-maker.io, Lead Designer at a successful startup.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fahimpopalzai/

• Email: fahim@popalzai.de

Product Designer: Peter Jaschkowske, facilitator between Development & Design.

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/P_Jaschkowske

• Email: peterjaschkowske@gmail.com

Definition of Success:

3 months after project start:

 Public launch of WILD NFT minting tool and market exchange web portals

• A fully functioning web portal where approved WILD NFT issuers can create new WILD NFTs that deliver verified wellbeing and sustainability for animals and/or natural environments;

• Web portal WILD NFT creators will sell their WILD NFTs in a digital marketplace with multi-lingual interface via a completely decentralized model (including support for smart contracts);

• Users will visit the web portal to discover new and interesting WILD NFTs, register an account, follow their favorite WILD NFT providers, and buy WILD NFTs from them directly;

• A WILD NFTs can be resold, with a smart contract delivering re-sale proceeds to the original issuer, seller, and even other buyer/sellers that might have owned that particular WILD NFT.

After 6 months:

• Stable & growing userbase;

• Participating in, and benefiting from, the growing wave of support to mitigate climate change by investing in our environment

• Specialized regional and topic pages;

• Partnerships with companies & non-profit corporations;

• Cashflow positive.

After 12 months:

• Globally recognized as the first and largest NFT platform dedicated to animal and environmental wellbeing;

• Stable, continuous delivery of WILD NFTs as a financial instrument that deliver VERIFIABLE wellbeing of animals and natural environments;

• Visible metrics for how WILD NFTs are measurably contributing to a more healthy world.

Use of Funds (US$):

• Minting Platform and Market Exchange design with multi-language interface (DignifID to support 67% of costs) = $31,000

• Set up WILD NFT minting platform and market exchange = $11,000

• Server costs & other technical infrastructure = $5,000

• External marketing and comms services = $3,000

• Legal contracts and support = $8,000

-> Total = $58,000