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If so, please name the rounds or link the builder profile associated with previous rounds.", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Akashic contributes to the open-source ecosystem by integrating Celo\u2019s blockchain infrastructure and Kickstarter's crowdfunding protocol, enabling real-world use cases for public goods funding. Specifically:\n\n\nPartnership with Kickstarter\u2019s crowdfunding protocol: By introducing EVM-based public goods funding tools into Kickstarter\u2019s protocol, we create forkable modules for future developers, paving the way for hundreds of new crowdfunding platforms leveraging web3 public goods funding infrastructure under the hood.\n\n\nCollaboration with Refunite: Akashic leverages Refunite\u2019s network of over 1 million refugees, offering an informal KYC mechanism through community leaders, which other developers can utilize as a reputable attestation and integrate for decentralized identity.\n\n\nDigital Identity Innovation for Stateless Persons: Working with Holonym, Akashic aims to develop digital identity solutions that provide access to financial systems for refugees without traditional IDs, who are financially excluded from the current systems.\n\n\nSmart Contract Modules for Quadratic Funding: These modules, built with Solidity (and deployed on Celo), enable future public goods projects to scale, following a transparent governance model via Hypercerts.\n\n\nDecentralized Storage: Akashic partners with Numbers Protocol to create a censorship-resistant archive for refugees to record and share their stories, memories, and lives.\n\n\nOSS Collaborations with Celo, Filecoin, and IPFS: Akashic uses open protocols for decentralized storage and transactions, ensuring that all solutions are forkable and adaptable for the broader public goods ecosystem.\n", "hidden": true, "question": "How does your project contribute to the growth of the OSS ecosystem? Please provide specific examples of how your application enhances or expands the current ecosystem.", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Digital Identity for Stateless Persons: Integration with Holonym and attestation by reputable NGO\u2019s working with refugees allows our target population to securely verify identity and personhood without nation-state documentation.\n\n\nCrowdfunding on Celo Blockchain through Kickstarter\u2019s Protocol: Akashic bridges web2 and web3 by enabling developers to build crowdfunding platforms on Kickstarter's protocol integrating both fiat and cutting edge last-mile crypto payment solutions for the unbanked. This novel use case which cannot be understated empowers a population without prior access to financial services or income-generating opportunities.\n\n\nNFTs and Hypercerts for Governance and Donations: Every contribution is minted as an NFT (Hypercert), simultaneously representing a receipt, an impact certificate, and governance asset. Akashic plans to evolve into a DAO with a novel Hypercerts-based governance model, empowering creators, donors, and NGOs to shape the platform\u2019s future with a non-speculative governance asset.\n\n\nFinancial Inclusion via Celo & Opera MiniPay: Leveraging Celo and its global last-mile off-ramps, Akashic ensures that refugees can easily off-ramp crypto into mobile money.\n\nDecentralized Storage & Archiving via Filecoin & Numbers Protocol: Akashic serves as a digital archive to permanently store, preserve, and organize memories, stories, and cultural knowledge of refugees and vulnerable populations. By leveraging the power of decentralized storage solutions like IPFS and Filecoin, these narratives remain accessible, immutable, and resistant to censorship.\n", "hidden": true, "question": "What features or use cases does your dApp/App present? How is it differentiated?", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Platform Development and Celo Integration (By Dec 2024):\nComplete the integration of Akashic with Celo\u2019s blockchain and Kickstarter\u2019s crowdfunding protocol for seamless funding flows.\nSet up decentralized storage on IPFS/Filecoin using Numbers Protocol for uploaded content.\n\n\nAlpha Launch in Southeast Asia with Coalapay, Exile Hub, and various Burmese media outlets (January 2025):\nUse Refunite\u2019s 1 million-user network to test identity verification through community leaders and gather feedback on Akashic\u2019s usability.\n\n\nPilot Launch with Refunite Network (February 2025):\nUse Refunite\u2019s 1 million-user network to test identity verification through community leaders and gather feedback on Akashic\u2019s usability.\n\n\nOutreach and Expansion (February 2025):\nTarget refugee populations in Africa through partnerships with Celo and Opera MiniPay to facilitate financial access.\n\n\nVirtual Story Exhibition Launch and DAO Governance (March 2025):\nTransform curated collections into immersive exhibitions using Hypercerts and launch the governance DAO.\n\nThe powerful partnerships and strategic alignment with Kickstarter, Refunite, Filecoin, Opera\u2019s MiniPay, and Celo highlight the innovative aspects of Akashic that position it as a unique, decentralized public goods funding platform.", "hidden": true, "question": "What are your plans for further development, and how will the grant funds be used to achieve these goals?", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Akashic Smart Contracts: To be deployed on Celo (chain_id: 42220).\n\n\nGovernance Hypercerts Deployment: [Deployer address TBD on Celo].\n\n\nStorage Integration with IPFS/Filecoin: No deployer address required for storage APIs.\n\n\nFinancial Transactions via Opera MiniPay: Transactions routed through Celo blockchain infrastructure for smooth off-ramping to M-Pesa and other mobile money & cash solutions.\n", "hidden": true, "question": "For any project deploying smart contracts on blockchain networks, please list all your deployer addresses and their corresponding blockchain networks. Use this format for each entry: [deployer_address], [chain_id]\u2014for example, 0x123abc..., 42161 (This represents a deployer address on the Arbitrum network). 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