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He's a team member at Digital Gaia and the author of coda.io/@connor/index\n\nKen Yie is an embedded engineer and author of The Marketing Compass. Ken's work on Index Wallets is to convert technical concepts into accessible ideas.", "hidden": false, "question": "Individual or team summary", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Research", "hidden": false, "question": "Please choose a category that your project best fits in.", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Hire an economic modeling firm to run simulations of the Index Wallets mechanism. Initially, study the mechanism set under steady-state assumptions, showing that stable valuations can be maintained, then extend it to understand the dynamics of the mechanism as valuations (\"endorsements\") change and the means by which communities might change them.", "hidden": false, "question": "What specific problem(s) do you seek to solve with this grant, and how will you know whether you have accomplished your goal(s)?", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Funding for public goods and chokepoint resistant economics are vital for achieving a sustainable, decentralized future. This is a concrete, promising mechanism set that if successful will help us to approach those goals.", "hidden": false, "question": "Describe how your project contributes to token engineering and why is it a valuable public good.", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Idea", "hidden": false, "question": "Which level do you consider your project is currently on?", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Some progress has been independently made on modeling the mechanism set, but the process will go faster and will produce more rigorous results to partner with an independent firm.", "hidden": false, "question": "Please share any new updates or milestones from the prior months.", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "None", "hidden": false, "question": "Previous project funding sources (VC, grants, token sales, etc)", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "number", "answer": "4000", "hidden": false, "question": "Total prior funding for the project in USD.", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "hidden": true, "question": "We distribute funds with $TEC on Gnosis Chain, please confirm the address is available both on Optimism and Gnosis Chain.", "questionId": 9, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "LUrtbZbwCPSkJOjjiHW1pLg7WVAq0k+WpolkYYoz/rY=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "b193362d152e3dfd50d9ce77d364f4c54d4127f169413fb16c44cd2c5bd8227a9877d11a1ad3cad30a0275ba8d288b0495f65243fb08b1c08e61188d39cd170db07514b8f3b8dd6b57607c55d2f5a890c95b6a4bd477a8943d0c44591951cfb5c3e9cdfafee7b086b65ecd38c1e4364e0944afe8f2e5e88dd39ef3f71a8d726700000000000000206a72102ae768ba4778f67349e90807121240c33a5aaf9a52dfdf9d88284df9d759cfb22dac0ed4f334213fa5896648b2"}}, {"type": "address", "hidden": true, "question": "Email address", "questionId": 10, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "5sQ3cghWXvqqFnjq6JpN53MXYThuoAqA52+76rbpBmTL84v9wdv70HSb3ubp0Iz4eFf0s6ZpuKAgPLJa1GlOJA==", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "4d824a219cae6429c45508a312acfbd049472592199655dfd5fccf01e5fb82ef4081d5ce5e697c1b80f7893dc15dc01431d6b3b45d6e706b8bce6604e62e708348b57d28143feb1c5aef28d11134d9ac2a96dbf584270dae33659ce6da1714a1a58f20abb6ade926ca5e1495a89027b48428d6e02087cf5a03fe189a8c4efec4000000000000002052cbfd3c3d90177e0041b1b6ff97d516d2ecf06965cc1486f94da68b091c77228b1b0d0199773617db0901123e0a6da7"}}, {"type": "short-answer", "hidden": true, "question": "How did you hear about the TE Grants Program?", "questionId": 11, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "wSTsW6uc5UvyFlo0tSXYhJq8O4Es5U9JOflt4FZH2GY=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "67c13ac943ee7aee82794f32bbb76f1a19114d0b0e8afd8fac4fb9c7cab5d94b6f89f7d44a12bac31827d1fae7bde013ab342ccd35fcbeb80d88fd125fc53150412178310abbb03c855609b98e3fef0514b11fa85ce18e1cc58f4fa121f7a085b1d754c9bde5a8aaab9f9624c2c0f1cc1db07a00def4a7e1a4925227eceda3670000000000000020c964ba82fcf0a4bc7786890d963714f47588e1fc32b724f77faa37d95195fca270af542062fb767c0fc4e21cd94887ae"}}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "If you'd like to see an early experiment in mechanisms for collective choicemaking, check out https://negationgame.com\n\nBonus points if you can foresee out how it could one day interface with the mechanisms in Index Wallets", "hidden": false, "question": "Anything else you'd like to share about your project, previous work, or other project affiliations? 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