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This ensures that our users can enjoy fast, low-cost transactions, which are hallmarks of Arbitrum\u2019s Layer 2 solution.\n2. Transactions: All the transactions on our platform  for various services like  minting usernames, donating to their favourite posts, and NFTs minting are conducted on the arbitrum one network. This integration encourages the use of arbitrum network within our community and helps increase transaction volumes on the Arbitrum network.\n3.Donation :  Users can donate to their favourite content creators using the ARB native token in order to support them this integration will further enhance and encourage the use of ARB tokens. \n\n### Future Plans\n\n1. Strengthening Arbitrum\u2019s Foundational Infrastructure:\n   - Decentralized Storage Integration: We plan to further optimize our use of IPFS for decentralized storage, enhancing the overall reliability and scalability of content stored and accessed on Arbitrum.\n  - NFT Marketplace: We are also planning to launch an in app NFT Market place where users will be able to buy and sell their content that they minted as NFTs and it will all be launched and performed on the arbitrum network\n   - Enhanced Security Measures: Implementing advanced encryption protocols and security features to ensure user data protection, thereby reinforcing the robustness of the Arbitrum ecosystem.\n\n2. Improving Developer Efficiency :\n   - Developer Tools and SDKs: We aim to develop and provide comprehensive SDKs and tools for developers looking to build on Stogram using the Arbitrum network. These tools will streamline the development process and enable faster deployment of new features and applications.\n   - Collaboration and Open Source Contributions: By contributing to open-source projects and collaborating with other developers within the Arbitrum ecosystem, we will help enhance the overall developer environment and promote innovation.\n\n3. Accelerating Adoption of Novel Applications:\n   - NFT Marketplace Expansion: Expanding our NFT marketplace to include diverse digital assets, enabling creators to monetize their work and attract a wider audience to the Arbitrum network.\n   - DeFi Integrations: Exploring integrations with DeFi protocols on Arbitrum to offer new financial services and products to our users, thereby increasing the ecosystem\u2019s utility and appeal.\n   - Cross-Platform Interoperability: Working towards interoperability with other Web 3.0 platforms and blockchains to broaden the reach and functionality of applications built on Arbitrum.\n\n4. Increasing Daily Active Users (DAU):\n   - User Acquisition Campaigns: Launching targeted marketing campaigns to attract new users to Stogram and, by extension, the Arbitrum network. \n   - Engagement Features: Implementing features that enhance user engagement, such as gamification elements, to retain and increase the number of daily active users.\n\n5. Boosting Transaction Volume:\n   - Transactional Incentives: Providing incentives for transactions within the platform, such as tipping posts, buying, and selling NFTs, which will be conducted using ARB tokens. \n   - High-Frequency Activities: Encouraging high-frequency activities, such as regular content posting and interactions, to drive up transaction volume on Arbitrum.\n\n\nThrough these initiatives, Stogram not only leverages the strengths of the Arbitrum network but also actively contributes to its growth and development. By enhancing the foundational infrastructure, improving developer efficiency, and accelerating the adoption of innovative applications. Our efforts will directly contribute to increasing the Daily Active Users (DAU), and overall transaction volume on Arbitrum.", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe your previous work or plans related to the Arbitrum ecosystem. How does your project strengthen Arbitrum's foundational infrastructure, improve developer efficiency, or accelerate the adoption of novel applications?", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": true, "question": "If applicable, describe how your project leverages Stylus or Arbitrum Orbit Chains. What unique capabilities or use cases does this enable?", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our team is highly experienced in developing decentralized applications (dApps) across various blockchain platforms. Each of our developers has a minimum of three years of experience in Web3 development. Over the years, we have successfully created several fully functional applications, often participating in and winning numerous hackathons. \n\nFor the past four months, we have been focused on building our current project, Stogram, on the Arbitrum ecosystem. During this time, we have made significant progress, introducing key features such as in-app username minting and a donation system. Additionally, we have enhanced the platform's UI/UX to ensure a seamless user experience.\n\nHere are some of our past notable projects:\n\n1. Raise:\nRaise helps innovative projects and startups secure funds by providing public exposure and facilitating crowdfunding. We plan to partner with major companies to create a pool of funds and convert crowdfunding into quadratic funding, significantly increasing the funds raised. This enables projects to grow and prosper in the Web 3.0 ecosystem, overcoming the common issue of failure due to insufficient funding.\nLink: https://raise-web.vercel.app/ \n\n2. Meet 3 Club: Meet 3 Club is a video/voice chat platform that connects people randomly within the same DAO/community. It helps members of a DAO or a particular NFT project interact seamlessly through random video/voice chat options. We also provide an iframe that allows anyone to integrate our platform on their website.\n  Link: https://meet3club.vercel.app/\n\n3. Plants and Pillars: Plants and Pillars is a DAO that aims to encourage people to plant more trees and make Earth a better place to live. It includes a game named Zen Garden, where users can own virtual land and plant trees using tree NFTs. For each virtual tree planted, a real tree is planted in the physical world, creating a tangible impact on the environment.\n\nThese projects demonstrate our team's capability to build robust and impactful applications within the Web3 space. Our ongoing work on Stogram, leveraging the Arbitrum network, highlights our commitment to creating innovative solutions that enhance user experiences and contribute to the broader blockchain ecosystem.", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe your team's expertise in your chosen focus area within the Arbitrum ecosystem. Include relevant experience, publications, or past projects.", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "https://gap.karmahq.xyz/project/stogram/grants?tab=milestones-and-updates", "hidden": true, "question": "Please provide a link to Karma GAP, where you are tracking and reporting on milestones.", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We have deployed all our application's contracts on the Arbitrum one mainnet , here are their details  : \n\n1. Username minting : 0x997760cEd2645e9BcCD261D70A6BB0299Dab4D8f\n\n2. Donation contract : 0x74e4ad66e2c583b1FEd9269EC8Dbc4Bd49fa9e75", "hidden": true, "question": "List any contract addresses with the associated network(s), EOAs, or deployer addresses your project has deployed.", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We previously participated in Gitcoin Grants Round 20 in Hackathon Alumi round, where we successfully raised $1,530 in matching funds. We utilized these funds to further develop our application, introducing new features such as username minting and a donation system to enable creators to monetize their content.", "hidden": true, "question": "Have you received any previous grants or support for your work in the Arbitrum ecosystem? If so, please provide details and estimated funding amounts.", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Please confirm that you have read and agree to comply with the ethical standards outlined in the eligibility criteria, including Gitcoin's Quid Pro Quo policy (https://support.gitcoin.co/gitcoin-knowledge-base/gitcoin-grants/general-questions/what-is-our-quid-pro-quo-policy)", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": true, "question": "Do you have any potential conflicts of interest to disclose? If yes, please provide details.", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to share anything else about your project, team, or vision for the Arbitrum ecosystem that wasn't covered in the previous questions?", "questionId": 9}], "project": {"id": "0xafa569b3df50c6c51374bf2b214eb7c948cf3dce2a65c3f627bce0a2603cec72", "title": "Stogram", "logoImg": "bafkreidfqrob7q4v56ku7yn26rg2h5u2wcuypbd4oyh2wqdfiiidfntetm", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreiahdbumzgqdqhzzcwvgsbb73vinstgcevv6txu5ideqbvadtlurku", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://stogram.vercel.app", "bannerImg": "bafkreifm6cc7m27mjh4mj24fbigertcke3ho5edfxrgyyid3k4krxhexdq", "createdAt": 1691925494706, "userGithub": "ayush035", "credentials": {"github": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..bWiq6MeAM2f817YjLtiJmNr9eFWWh0R2U6bwikF8NF585AqeF9Y1bEIwmCCkXgSzDrcLB8K1f8gpKzNzdBhdAg", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2024-04-13T19:06:27.522Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2024-04-13T19:06:27.522Z", "expirationDate": "2024-07-12T19:06:27.522Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0xC72fa67241b2Ab95776DB23Cb27A845d4290d75B", "hash": "v0.0.0:EKklgXqevCV8FX/uWoZahgBlFYA7Hr1mquMR8O8zndI=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextGithubOrg#StogramHQ#75483021"}}, "twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..z4m8hMXCARyGNDMeiLkc16YIn0KevSdQ54oakereBAUz_N8tS3KP3sb-B5yN4KUdzoqTCWxuog5RvCAUr1_eBg", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2024-04-13T19:06:18.639Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2024-04-13T19:06:18.639Z", "expirationDate": "2024-07-12T19:06:18.639Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0xC72fa67241b2Ab95776DB23Cb27A845d4290d75B", "hash": "v0.0.0:bVJEXdE3A4CiE+eXjw5Qu1hpcluCXuljpAJnNiousvY=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#StogramHQ"}}}, "description": "# Stogram\n\nStogram is a decentralized social media platform. By utilizing Web 3 Storage solutions provided by IPFS (InterPlanetary File System), Stogram aims to provide users with a privacy-focused and advertisement-free experience.\n\nThe platform allows users to post various types of media such as pictures, videos, and gifs. Instead of relying on traditional storage methods, Stogram leverages IPFS to store the users' data. This decentralized approach ensures that Stogram does not need to store user data or utilize cookies, enhancing privacy and preventing potential privacy exploitation. Hence preventing your privacy and user experience from getting exploited.\n\n## Some of the key features of stogram are :\n\n1. **Decentralized Architecture** : Stogram harnesses the power of Web 3.0 by utilizing IPFS for storage. This decentralized approach ensures data integrity, availability, and privacy, eliminating the risks associated with central servers and preventing our users from data exploitation.\n\n2. **Enhanced User Experience** : Our platform is designed for intuitive navigation and interaction. We're investing in professional developers and UI/UX designers to provide an engaging and user-friendly environment. Providing  users with easy accessibility \n\n3. **Seamless Communication** : Stogram is more than just posts. With our upcoming messaging and calling feature, users can connect and converse effortlessly, fostering meaningful connections.\n\n4. **NFT Integration** : We're merging art and technology. Stogram users can now mint their posts as NFTs on the Filecoin network, thanks to our IPFS-backed NFT storage solution. This introduces new revenue streams for creators and collectors.\n\n5. **Supporting Creativity** : Our donation feature empowers users to support artists directly. By allowing users to donate to posts they love, we're cultivating a community that values creativity and rewards it.\n\n6. **Privacy Empowerment** : Stogram ensures that users have control over their data. Our decentralized approach and encryption protocols put privacy back in the hands of our users.\n\n7. **Community-Driven** : We're more than a platform; we're a community. Stogram encourages collaboration and engagement through features like shared wallets and customizable privacy settings.\n\n8. **Empowering Content Ownership**  : Users retain ownership of their content. Stogram's decentralized structure ensures that no single entity has control over user-generated posts.\n\n9. **Future-Ready** : As technology evolves, so does Stogram. We're committed to staying at the forefront of Web 3.0 advancements, ensuring our users always have access to the latest features and innovations.\n\n10. **Ethical Platform** : Stogram's advertisement-free environment ensures that users' experiences are not exploited for profit. Our commitment to ethical practices sets us apart from traditional social media.\n\n## Impact on society\n\nStogram's innovative approach to social media is poised to make a profound impact on society by addressing some of the key challenges prevalent in today's digital landscape.\n\n- ### Empowering User Privacy and Control:\nIn an era where user data is frequently exploited, Stogram champions data privacy by utilizing decentralized storage through IPFS. This empowers users to control their personal information, fostering a sense of ownership and restoring trust in online interactions.\n\n- ### Fostering Authentic Connections:\nStogram's messaging and calling feature promote genuine conversations, fostering meaningful relationships. By eliminating intrusive advertisements, the platform nurtures authentic interactions, driving a shift away from superficial engagement towards more valuable connections.\n\n- ### Supporting Creative Expression:\nThe integration of NFTs on Stogram offers artists a novel platform to monetize their creations. This empowers creators by enabling direct financial support from their audience, encouraging artistic endeavors and cultivating a thriving creative community.\n\n- ### Encouraging Ethical Content Sharing:\nStogram's commitment to an advertisement-free environment safeguards users from manipulative tactics often associated with profit-driven platforms. This encourages ethical content sharing, steering social media away from a \"clickbait\" culture.\n\n- ### Promoting Social Giving:\nThe donation feature enables users to financially support artists, encouraging social giving and valuing the efforts of creators. This promotes a culture of appreciation for artistic contributions and engenders a sense of collective responsibility.\n\n-  ### Enabling Global Collaboration:\nStogram's decentralized structure and NFT integration transcend geographical boundaries, enabling creators and users to collaborate across cultures. This cultivates cross-cultural understanding and collaboration, promoting a global community.\n\n-  ### Spurring Technological Innovation:\nBy embracing cutting-edge technologies like IPFS and NFTs, Stogram drives innovation within the social media landscape. This encourages further development and exploration of decentralized solutions for societal challenges.\n\nIn essence, Stogram's impact on society is profound. It aligns with the growing demand for user-centric, privacy-focused, and ethically responsible online platforms. Stogram's influence reaches beyond the virtual realm, championing positive change and fostering an ecosystem where technology serves society's best interests.\n\n## Roadmap\n\n**Quarter 1: Enhancing User Experience and Core Features**  (Achieved) \n\n1. User Interface Overhaul: Engage professional UI/UX designers to revamp Stogram's interface, ensuring a seamless, intuitive, and visually appealing experience for users and it to the whole next level.\n\n2. Decentralization Optimization: Continuously refine and optimize our decentralized architecture powered by IPFS. This ensures data reliability, privacy, and seamless content retrieval.\n\n3. Communication Integration: Roll out the messaging and calling feature, enabling users to connect, interact, and foster deeper relationships on the platform.\n\n4. Data Encryption Enhancement: Strengthen data encryption protocols, ensuring that user data remains secure, private, and under their control.\n\n**Quarter 2: NFT Integration and Monetization Expansion**\n\n1. NFT Minting Launch: Introduce the ability for users to mint their posts as NFTs on the Filecoin network. This innovative feature unlocks new possibilities for content monetization.\n\n2. IPFS-NFT Storage Synergy: Fine-tune the integration of IPFS-backed NFT storage, ensuring efficient and secure storage and retrieval of NFTs, supporting the growing demand for unique digital assets.\n\n3. Creator Education Hub: Launch an educational initiative to guide users through the process of minting and selling NFTs, empowering creators to navigate the world of digital art ownership.\n\n4. Community Rewards System: Implement a reward mechanism for active users who mint NFTs and engage in the Stogram community, fostering a vibrant and engaged ecosystem.\n\n**Quarter 3: Privacy Empowerment and Platform Expansion**\n\n1. Customizable Privacy Settings: Introduce advanced privacy settings that allow users to tailor their content visibility, ensuring they have control over who sees their posts.\n\n2. Global Outreach Campaign: Launch a comprehensive marketing drive to expand Stogram's user base globally, emphasizing our commitment to user privacy and decentralized engagement.\n\n3. Collaborative Projects: Enable users to collaborate on projects through shared wallets, allowing for co-ownership of NFTs and enhancing collective creativity.\n\n**Quarter 4**: Sustainability and Future Innovations\n\n1. Monetization Reinvestment: Allocate a portion of revenue generated from NFT sales and community donations towards platform development, ensuring the long-term sustainability of Stogram.\n\n2. Continued Technological Innovation: Stay at the forefront of Web 3.0 advancements, exploring blockchain integration and other emerging technologies to further enhance user experience and data security.\n\n3. Cross-Platform Integration: Begin exploratory work on enabling Stogram users to interact and share content seamlessly across other Web 3.0 platforms, expanding the decentralized social ecosystem.\n\nThese are some of the decided objectives that we plan to achieve and implement in our project.  In order to grow our project further and achieve our milestones we require support from all of you. \n\n\n## Updates\n\n1. In the past three months we've updated the UI/UX of the project offering a smooth and easy interface for the users to use and become handy for them.\n\n2. We've focused on better optimisations and to make the process of user onboarding seamless and smoother.\n\n3. Updated the tech on backend to comply with the latest updates released by IPFS for web3storage to keep the application seamless and avoid any obstacle that may interfere with user experience.\n\nAs promised we've worked hard and tried to complete the tasks and achievements we mentioned for Quarter 1. We aspire to make further developments on the project as we mentioned in our proposal and therefore we require support from all of you to raise some funds to continue with the process and further developments.\n\nThanking you.", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "StogramHQ", "projectTwitter": "StogramHQ"}, "recipient": "0x4976e41e2f43169B9a4330805aA1E004840Fd69a"}}