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(VC, grants by foundation, token sales, etc)", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "number", "answer": "5", "hidden": false, "question": "Total team size", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "number", "answer": "12", "hidden": false, "question": "How old (in Months) is the project?", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": true, "question": "If you participated in past grant rounds using a different project payout wallet address, please share it here:", "questionId": 7, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "Bxx/PlBTme+l74w1BuAp6oJoQx4Bbe8xBaxtG3/gcpXTQFiOIMFSg8OA2Md0MIEqlwrawsik7LStlQhxSfEEGJ8wojjiU/Md34zCFOyg+wE=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "4d4d24dd341709d11b41504d0250353110a22782a971b619a6768cdddc71bfd328e1516d787bb923219f1d99cb548a06f4d5888b2c39f4ccb8611c8f877642227f6f861666d19d187d72d2d97198a73577ca2f7c6a53bd2cd2506ec936306488a31db2f613f942308200a96a95a2dd3f73e9f4af3d3a929570dbe7a31e3754980000000000000020d0212cac568c04b0c3d13475097d5f205841c2202c782854320a5f37ebf3404cfad8773f235acd327ca37d2164c79a94"}}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "Yuki @yukiw_eth  Ed @jackalpha_xyz  d0wnlore @d0wnlore  wraith @outtawraith  Ed: Serving as the Partnership Lead for DAO tool products. Previously worked at Monitor Deloitte, engaging as a management consultant in $2 billion (CAD) bank and insurance merger and acquisition projects, as well as multiple programs.  d0wnlore: A technical writer and educator, co-founder of the BanklessDAO information security team, and experienced as a security consultant in the TradFi sector.  Yuki: Graduated from the University of Tokyo. After the sale of the creator-focused tool \"Pont,\" expanded the global NFT royalty platform \"beyondClub.\"  wraith: Graduated from UC Davis. Responsible for BanklessJAPAN's newsletter, Twitter, and design.  Kazzy: Graduated from Rikkyo University. After launching a new service once a month, won in a US accelerator. Operated as a global partner in Asia's first DAO hackathon.", "hidden": true, "question": "Profiles or socials of other main team members publicly associated with the project: ", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["yes"], "hidden": true, "question": "Have you read and confirmed your grant abides by the Program General Eligibility Policy? https://gitcoin.notion.site/GG18-Eligibility-cb4a5754c56043d4b3ed34eddbac261c?pvs=4", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our proposal aligns with the Gitcoin grant's eligibility criteria. We have provided a comprehensive overview of our project's mission, goals, achievements, and team composition. The proposal includes a detailed breakdown of how we plan to utilize the funding and addresses the challenges and opportunities we aim to address. Additionally, Bankless Japan's Twitter feed has been verified. We are committed to following Gitcoin's guidelines and encourage you to reach out if any clarification is needed.", "hidden": false, "question": "Please explain how your project meets the round-specific eligibility criteria. ", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "This is the first time for us to apply for the Gitcoin round.", "hidden": false, "question": "If you've participated in past grant rounds, please share any new updates or milestones from the prior months. ", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "To measure the impact of the Bankless Japan project, several key metrics and examples are utilized:\n\n**Metrics:**\n\n1. **Newsletter Views:** The number of monthly views on the newsletter provides insight into the project's reach and engagement with the audience. An increasing trend in views signifies growing interest.\n2. **Twitter Engagement:** The number of followers and interactions on Twitter indicates the project's influence and ability to disseminate information within the crypto community.\n3. **Interviews Conducted:** The count of interviews conducted showcases the project's involvement in the industry, ability to connect with prominent figures, and its role in spreading knowledge.\n4. **Media Partnerships:** The collaborations with events and conferences, such as DAO TOKYO and ETHGlobal Tokyo, demonstrate the project's recognition and contribution within the broader crypto ecosystem.\n5. **Community Growth:** The expansion of the community through in-person meetups and online events highlights the project's success in building a network and fostering engagement.\n6. **Content Diversity:** The creation of various content formats like articles, deep-dive videos, podcasts, and AMAs illustrates the project's commitment to catering to different learning preferences.\n7. **NFTs and IP Creation:** The development of NFTs and cultural merchandise showcases the project's creativity and potential revenue streams.\n8. **Consulting Engagements:** The number of GTM consulting engagements signifies the project's value to other organizations seeking to enter the crypto space.\n\n**Examples:**\n\n1. **Increased Crypto Awareness:** Bankless Japan's efforts lead to a noticeable increase in the awareness and understanding of crypto and web3 technologies among its target audience.\n2. **Educational Impact:** The project's educational content and workshops contribute to the successful onboarding of newcomers to the crypto ecosystem.\n3. **Empowerment of Creators:** Through partnerships and collaborations, Bankless Japan empowers Japanese creators by providing exposure and avenues for monetization through NFTs.\n4. **Adoption of DAOs:** The successful establishment of a self-sustainable community DAO demonstrates the project's contribution to advancing decentralized governance models.\n5. **Bridge to Global Audience:** Bankless Japan serves as a bridge, helping global crypto projects effectively penetrate the Japanese market by overcoming language and cultural barriers.\n6. **Encouraging Innovation:** The project's consulting services encourage innovation by assisting organizations to incorporate blockchain, web3, and DAO technologies into their processes.\n7. **Networking and Collaboration:** Bankless Japan's community-building efforts result in increased collaboration opportunities and serendipitous interactions among participants.", "hidden": true, "question": "How do you measure the impact of your project? Please provide examples and/or standard metrics. This might be used in future impact reports ", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We're now co-hosting DAO night in Tokyo. https://lu.ma/dao-night", "hidden": true, "question": "Anything else you'd like to share about your project, previous work, or other project affiliations? Anything you'd like to add that may help in determining project eligibility?", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": true, "question": "Anything else you'd like to share about your project, previous work, or other project affiliations? Anything you'd like to add that may help in determining project eligibility?", "questionId": 14}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["yes"], "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to future messages from Gitcoin for updates, information, and/or interviews? ", "questionId": 15}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["yes"], "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to us sharing your information with select third-parties for potential opportunities for them to invest in your project? ", "questionId": 16}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Asia", "hidden": false, "question": "Location/Region where the project is based ", "questionId": 17}], "project": {"id": "10:0x8e1bD5Da87C14dd8e08F7ecc2aBf9D1d558ea174:835", "title": "Bankless Japan Launch Proposal  in Gitcoin", "logoImg": "bafkreid5zg42helidhojhrnydcoalmyajeisqd2yovav4673jjdv6f2fhi", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreibwwospqji36hcthcwoknr2topv5pbgbhqfjdmmhh32hfr2jf3bp4", "protocol": "1"}, "website": "https://banklessjp.substack.com/", "bannerImg": "bafkreigzwwkseathgesqqtnbuikwx7haexw32723hldun6akvonkvseutq", "createdAt": 1691772405799, "credentials": {}, "description": "## \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5\u00a0TL;DR: We\u2019re heading East\n\n**Bankless Japan is a media node of the Bankless movement, aiming to onboard 1 billion people into crypto through media, culture and education.**\n\nBankless Japan started as a BanklessDAO translation node, now producing original content and developing partnerships. Thus far we have:\n\n- Launched a newsletter with +10,000 monthly views\n- Conducted over 30 interviews\n- Collaborated with 4 conferences in Japan as a media partner\n- Followed by +750 accounts on Twitter\n\nWe now want to accelerate the adoption of crypto, specifically DAOs, within Japan and abroad through the creation of Asia\u2019s first self-sustainable community DAO. This new vision cannot be accomplished through BanklessDAO grants alone, which is our current source of funding.\n\nUnder the Gitcoin Web3 Community and Education round, we hope to raise the funds needed to kickstart this ambitious vision and continue fulfilling the Bankless mission. This will be done through the creation of products and services for crypto onboarding and the eventual transition to a community DAO with more contributors.\n\n## \ud83e\udded Mission\n\n**Onboard Japan into crypto, web3 and DAOs and promote our ecosystem abroad.**\n\nThe Bankless movement aims to onboard 1 billion people into crypto, including Bankless Japan. But we aim to do this through a blend of content and partnerships that is informed by Japan\u2019s culture, creation of intellectual property and helping those intertwined with the Japanese ecosystem to adopt this new way of work.\n\n## \ud83d\udd25 Vision\n\n**Bankless Japan will become Asia\u2019s first self-sustainable community DAO, pioneering the future of organization, work and incentives.**\n\nAs we started Bankless Japan, we knew that simply translating articles and localizing the Bankless movement was not enough. Once we have transitioned to a community DAO, Bankless Japan aims to empower Japanese and global creators, enthusiasts and organizations to embrace the potential of DAOs and web3.\n\n## \ud83e\udd14 Ecosystem Challenges\n\n### Adoption slowed by language and cultural barriers\n\nCrypto-curious users in Japan are often distant from global crypto trends. This is due to issues like language barriers, major time zone differences and the use of cultural references and memes that resonate more strongly in the West than in the East.\n\n### Difficulty of penetrating local market for global players\n\nThe same language and cultural barriers that impede locals from entering crypto also prevent global players from effectively integrating their products in Japan. Without the support of local experts they may deploy their products in a way that does not lead to adequate adoption in Japan.\n\n### Talent flight due to regulations\n\nRecent events like FTX Japan\u2019s insulation from the parent company\u2019s implosion have shown that Japan\u2019s customer-first safety regulation can be effective. But Japan\u2019s initial heavy regulations after Mt. Gox has led to many companies deciding to incorporate overseas.\n\n### Low penetration of indie Japanese IP in global market\n\nThere is a wealth of intellectual properties generated in Japan, such as video games, music, manga, anime, and other cultural artifacts. But only a few Japanese creators and artists can effectively deliver their work and art to a global audience. \n\n## \ud83d\udea2\u00a0What We\u2019ve Shipped\n\n### Newsletter\n\nLaunched in July 2022, our newsletter delivers high-quality content every weekday in Japanese. We now have over 10,000 monthly views with a 50% email open rate. Our content includes deep dives into products and topics like liquid staking, zkEVM, Perpetual Protocol and more. We also highlight Japanese projects like akiyaDAO and IZUMO.\n\n### Event m**edia partnerships and interviews**\n\nWe have built a strong track record of media partnerships with events like DAO TOKYO, ETHGlobal Tokyo, IVS Crypto and WebX. Bankless Japan moderated a number of panels on NFTs and DAOs at these events, providing local context and to promote the Bankless mission. \n\nWe also conducted more than 30 interviews with prominent figures in the space during these events, including Rune Christensen (MakerDAO), Richard Ma (Quantstamp), Arisa Toyo (Cega), and many others, delivering their insights to the Japanese and global web3 community during 2023.\n\n### **Twitter and AMAs**\n\nTwitter is a major platform in the crypto space, especially in Japan. As one of the most effective and crucial media outlets, we've broadcasted AMAs through Twitter Spaces in Japanese to increase their popularity and drive their expansion into the Japanese ecosystem.\n\nOur Twitter presence has over 750 followers where we create threads on educational web3 topics and also highlight projects and events that Bankless Japan participates in.\n\n### Networking opportunities\n\nWe helped create Oneesama DAO, a mentorship program for women in web3 that not only live in Japan but also those globally.\n\n### Merchandise\n\nWe have sold a limited number of \u30d0\u30f3\u30af\u30ec\u30b9 t-shirts for DAO TOKYO, ETHGlobal Tokyo and WebX attendees that wanted to promote the Bankless mission.\n\n## \u2728\u00a0**What Funding Will Go Towards**\n\n### **Media and education expansion**\n\nWe'll establish a more effective media creation process that helps educate Japanese and global audiences on crypto and web3 more effectively. This includes expanding our reach to channels like Lens, YouTube and podcasts.\n\nThis new process will help us to not only better promote the products and services of our partners within Japan. But to also promote the Japanese ecosystem to a wider audience, using the global reach that the Bankless brand has.\n\nThis new media process includes the creation of more educational content, which we can deliver through more channels such as in-person workshops. We will also work with partners to deliver educational content that can be conveyed more effectively through a collaborative effort.\n\n### Culture and IP creation\n\nWe are already working on new merchandise similar to our \u30d0\u30f3\u30af\u30ec\u30b9 t-shirts, items that blend the Bankless branding with Japanese culture. We will also explore creating our own NFT collections, to be used as a fundraising mechanism or to promote local artists and establish their IPs on-chain.\n\n### **Community building**\n\nWe have begun working on collaborations with Japanese and global organizations that want to bring more awareness to crypto and web3 in Japan. Or simply to create a space where existing builders and enthusiasts can network with each other and create new opportunities.\n\nWe will be fulfilling these through in-person meetups in Japan and online events through our existing channels (Twitter), and new ones that we will establish (Discord, Lens and YouTube).\n\n### GTM consulting\n\nFor us to onboard 1 billion people into crypto, we need to discover and ship new use cases for those new users to adopt. There is a lot of interest from existing organizations and projects in Japan that want to adopt blockchain, web3 and DAO technologies. We want to help bridge that gap so their new use cases not only solve the challenges they face, but to help draw new audiences into crypto.\n\nThus we will create a new Go-To-Market (GTM) consulting service where we work with existing companies in Japan to help them integrate blockchain, web3 and DAO technologies into their processes. This service will also help global organizations in this space promote their products and services in Japan.\n\n### Connecting web3 talent with recruiters\n\nWe have existing relationships with recruiters in Japan that will soon be looking for web3 talent to join their clients. Other than recruiting contributors for our new DAO we will also help recruiters connect with potential employees through our own job board.\n\n## \ud83d\udcaa\u00a0**Potential Impact**\n\nOnboard and educate more people in Japan and elsewhere about crypto, web3 and DAOs\n\nUnlock the potential of Japanese creators and intellectual properties through crypto\n\nHelp inspire the creation of self-sustainable DAOs in Japan and beyond\n\nSpotlight and dive deeper into the Japanese market for global crypto audiences\n\nPopularize DAOs for Japanese corporations, government and existing organizations", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "BanklessJP"}, "recipient": "0x85Fc9D04df0c98A5cfCAeF0F881952584B72fB3A"}}