ProofOfHumanity KYC on Atala Prism

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

Assigning a Proton Account to a Cardano Address 

Sync it to Roots ID

Run a process to verify this and mint a unique NFT Badge as a Cardano native asset 

The solution will use WAL-CLI to generate/issue/send/verify/manage/revoke Proof of Humanity KYC verifiable credentials. And the solution will be using the RootsWallet to send/receive/store/verify/manage/search/display Proof of Humanity KYC verifiable credentials from mobile devices.

The team will collaborate to make these functions as user-friendly and as consistent as possible across the two environments.

[IMPACT] Please describe how your proposed solution will address the Challenge that you have submitted it in.

Provide a tangible implementation of cross-chain collaboration.

Introduce a standard mechanism for KYC verification on Cardano by

cross-chain leveraging Proton’s KYC process with Atala Prism.

Proof of concept for other chains to cross-chain integrate with the Cardano ecosystem (e.g. EOSIO) 

[IMPACT] What are the main risks that could prevent you from delivering the project successfully and please explain how you will mitigate each risk?

Risk 1: Cross-chain implementation challenges -

Mitigation 1: Utilising Freeos’ existing knowledge and expertise and proof of concepts.

Risk 2: Possible technical incompatibilities with different KYC formats -

Mitigation 2: Lance Byrd specialises in decentralised solutions to these problems with Atala Prism.

Risk 3: KYC process is centralised -

Mitigation 3: wrap Proton’s KYC process in Atala Prism.

Risk 4: KYC has a tendency to become just another product - 

Mitigation 4: using Atala Prism helps preserve KYC credentials from becoming another product.

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed plan, including timeline and key milestones for delivering your proposal.

Timeline: 3 months

Plan: 2-week sprints to complete the Milestones budgeting the following hours:

Milestone1: Design and architecture for the product to ensure that we provide the optimal solution, that enables proof of humanity KYC on Cardano: 15 hours

Milestone 2: Transport an individual’s Proton KYC status to Atala prism, using Roots ID as the entry point: 80 hours

Milestone 3: Create an online server, and write a process to maintain the KYC data to be transported: 40 hours

Milestone 4: Create data tables on Proton to format, manage, store, and deliver the KYC verification status data: 30 hours

Milestone 5: Develop the front end user interface: 30 hours

Milestone 6: Create a template for minting unique NFT Badges as Cardano native assets: 30 hours

Milestone 7: Testing each process to ensure it operates consistently as designed: 100 hours

Milestone 8: Project management using Clickup www.clickup.com - leading the 2-weekly sprint meetings and daily standups. To ensure timely and quality delivery of all Milestones: 40 hours

Milestone 9: Product management: ensuring that the product we deliver solves the problem of the user enabling proof of humanity KYC solutions (and one-person one-vote) on Cardano: 25 hours

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown.

Detailed Budget breakdown:

US Team @ $100 USD / hour

NZ Team @ $90 USD / hour

15 hours @ $90 Milestone 1: Design and architecture for the product for optimal solution

80 hours @ $100 Milestone 2: Transport Proton KYC to Atala prism through Roots ID

40 hours @ $90 Milestone 3: Create online server and write a process to maintain our KYC data 

30 hours @ $90 Milestone 4:Create data tables on Proton 

30 hours @ $90 Milestone 5:Develop the front end user interface

30 hours @ $100 Milestone 6:Create the template for minting NFT Badge on Cardano 

100 hours @ $90 Milestone 7: Testing each process 

40 hours @ $90 Milestone 8: Project management to ensure timely and quality delivery

25 hours @ $90 Milestone 9: Product management to ensure we provide the optimal proof of humanity solution for the users

(For more detailed calculations see uploaded spreadsheet)

110 hours @ $100 / hour = $11,000 USD

280 hours @ $90 / hour = $25,200 USD

TOTAL: $36,200 USD

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide details of the people who will work on the project.

Lance Byrd https://www.linkedin.com/in/2byrds/

With deep experience of KYC, Lance is an expert Cardano/Catalyst/Atala Prism SSI (identity) mobile developer. As Co-Founder of Roots ID, Lance is building a Cardano-based open-source identity ecosystem, including a mobile identity wallet (Roots Wallet). He is advised by expert UX developers from IOG, identity experts like Darrell O’Donnel and Tony Rose, and is a regular at Trust Over IP, Decentralised Identity Foundation, and Hyper Ledger Foundations meetings. 

Ashton Engberg: Cardano community advocate, senior full-stack Web3 dev.

Practical blockchain maximalist. Web3 & Android developer. Ashton spent last year advocating for web3, developing and consulting across multiple chains.

Jerome Kelsey: Founder, designer, product owner, project manager of Freeos DAO. Deep knowledge of blockchain and cross-chain integration. Developed innovative NFTs. Has KYC experience, and understanding of a range of KYC/SSI solutions.

Tom McCann: Dev Lead for Freeos DAO. Deep knowledge of blockchain, NFT’s, KYC and Cross-chain solutions. Extensive knowledge in data management. Passionate about blockchain. 

Conor Seed: Frontend dev for Freeos DAO experience with NFTs and KYC. Following his passion for Web3 with a year-long deep dive into blockchain.

Jude Tan: Test Lead Freeos DAO: blockchain DeFi test lead with experience in KYC and complex programmable NFTs, and cross-chain solutions.

[FEASIBILITY] If you are funded, will you return to Catalyst in a later round for further funding? Please explain why / why not.

YES our ultimate aim is to move our Freeos DAO over to Cardano.

Further steps to bringing the complete Freeos DAO to Cardano

Integrate Nami wallet with Freeos front end

Build Freeos DAO on Cardano

[FEASIBILITY] Are you or any member of your team working on any other proposals in this Fund9?

[FEASIBILITY] Are you or your team working on any other proposals from previous Funds?

[AUDITABILITY] Please describe what you will measure to track your project's progress, and how will you measure these?

Using an agile development process with fortnightly sprints to track progress of Milestones

and daily standups to track progress of tasks. 

Tasks for each milestone are created by the project manager on Clickup www.clickup.com 

Progress for each task is staged, reviewed, tested, and completed.

When all tasks of a milestone are completed the milestone is complete.

Code will be regularly updated in the repository on github for all to see  https://github.com/FreeosDAO/

[AUDITABILITY] What does success for this project look like?

A Cardano presence on Proton.

A Freeos presence on Cardano.

A user-friendly accessible way for a Cardano holder to get Proton KYC verified and become part of the Freeos Community.

First step to bringing Freeos DAO to Cardano.

Identity Badges used in social media.

[AUDITABILITY] Please provide information on whether this proposal is a continuation of a previously funded project in Catalyst or an entirely new one.

Entirely New Proposal to Catalyst

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Rating

Public posting repository - github https://github.com/FreeosDAO/

Thorough documentation - with blog posts sharing the DX (development results) as we go. 

Community outreach - advocacy of connecting Cardano to Freeos - e.g. presentation at the Catalyst swarm.