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(Months)", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Problem Statement:\nThe space industry faces several challenges, including high financial barriers to entry, limited access to resources, and a lack of transparency and collaboration. As a result, many innovative projects struggle to find the necessary support, hindering the industry's growth and progress. Furthermore, the current centralized governance models and traditional funding mechanisms often lead to misaligned incentives and hinder global inclusivity in the space ecosystem.\n\nSolution:\nSpacerox DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) focused on fostering a sustainable, innovative, and inclusive space economy. By leveraging the power of Web3 technologies and community-driven governance, Spacerox DAO aims to create an economic platform that aligns the interests of space entrepreneurs, investors, and the broader community. Our solution comprises three core components:\n\nInvestment Fund & Incubator: Spacerox DAO provides financial support to high-potential projects in the space industry through our investment fund and incubator. We focus on projects that embrace decentralized technologies, promote sustainable development, and align with our mission and values.\n\nPublic Goods & Open-Source Infrastructure: We actively support the development of public goods, open-source tools, and research that contribute to a decentralized space infrastructure. Our goal is to facilitate the creation of standardized frameworks, technologies, and research that promote a more equitable and sustainable space economy.\n\nEducation & Community Engagement: Spacerox DAO is dedicated to raising awareness about sustainable space economies and helping entrepreneurs build successful web3-based businesses within the industry. We provide educational content, host events, and foster a global community that drives innovation and collaboration in the space ecosystem.\n\nRoadmap & Timeline:\n\nQ2 2023:\n\nLaunch Spacerox DAO Investment Fund & Incubator\nEstablish partnerships with key stakeholders in the space industry\nBegin funding and incubating high-potential projects\n\nQ3 2023:\n\nDevelop a comprehensive library of educational content and resources\nHost a series of webinars and workshops on web3-based space economy\nSupport the development of public goods and open-source tools in the space ecosystem\n\nQ4 2023:\n\nEvaluate the impact of funded projects and refine funding strategies\nExpand the global reach of our educational initiatives\nFoster collaboration and knowledge sharing through community events and conferences\n\nQ1-Q2 2024:\n\nContinue investment in promising space projects\nStrengthen partnerships with industry leaders, research institutions, and governmental organizations\nFurther develop our community-driven governance model and onboard more members", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe your project in a few paragraphs (ideally including a problem statement, solution, roadmap, and timeline for implementation)", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Building and Testing Technological Infrastructure: Spacerox DAO is committed to developing an economic platform for the space industry based on the Web3 stack. By creating an end-to-end blockchain platform that enables community economics, we are fostering a system where the interests of space entrepreneurs, investors, and communities are aligned, leading to healthier, sustainable space organizations. Additionally, we support the development of public goods, open-source tools, and research that contribute to a decentralized space infrastructure.\n\nDeploying Existing DeSci Infrastructure in Scientific Research: Our investment fund and incubator directly support the responsible and sustainable development of the space industry by investing in high-potential projects that align with our mission and values. These projects are expected to adopt web3 infrastructure, which promotes interoperability and connectedness across the ecosystem. Furthermore, we facilitate the standardization of frameworks, technologies, and research to enable more equitable and sustainable space economies.\n\nEducating and Recruiting Members of the Scientific Community: Spacerox DAO allocates a portion of its funding to educational initiatives that raise awareness about sustainable space economies and helps entrepreneurs build successful web3-based businesses within the industry. Our educational content covers core topics such as economy governance, participant incentives, and space-token liquidity management. We also support community events, conferences, and workshops to foster community growth and education.\n\nAddressing Issues Covered by the DeSci Mission: Spacerox DAO directly addresses several issues within the DeSci mission. Our focus on open-source research, tools, and infrastructure counters archaic data sharing practices and promotes transparency. By providing an alternative funding mechanism through our investment fund and incubator, we tackle financial barriers to globally inclusive research. Our commitment to decentralization and community-driven governance addresses the misaligned incentives and poor practices in scientific publishing and peer review, while our education initiatives aim to improve science literacy and trust among the public.", "hidden": true, "question": "How does your project support the mission or goals of DeSci?", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Expand the scope of our investment fund and incubator, allowing us to support a larger number of high-potential projects that align with our mission and values.\n\nEnhance the development of public goods, open-source tools, and research, which will be essential to building a robust, decentralized space infrastructure.\n\nIncrease our educational initiatives to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable space economies and help entrepreneurs build successful web3-based businesses within the industry.\n\nImprove Spacerox DAO's governance model and progressively hand over governance to active community leaders and experts, ensuring the DAO's longevity and lasting impact.\n\nBolster our research and development initiatives to drive the adoption of novel crypto-native primitives and standards required for mainstream adoption of blockchain-enabled space operations and economies.\n\nSupport the development of the Venture Nexus and Venture Fund to create a thriving ecosystem of innovation and responsible development within the space industry.", "hidden": false, "question": "Describe how funds from the grants program will be used for your project.", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "address", "hidden": true, "question": "If you participated in past grant rounds (i.e. DeSci GR15) using a different project payout wallet address, please share it here.", "questionId": 11, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "m6qdz3gpO1TqvMrVmtSv2bbq5BhyybdIieP7JbyNxl4=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "44e049adb3a7b982a80e99137a9a5844b12fbad1241368d6ff128251bf9fc95a5604185eb159aaef33e3ef52577d070abf5d9cf694e1f940067dd23debe26cb754baa3129dc67ee64156295369dce4f483b6d03ddc2c96826d11f18bfc71fdb27926f0bcdf8945db795cb1fa3ec3d2c650cd71d3236938fb2f7b0d2e466e957e00000000000000207cd8b0179e407b4174348decbf94d4d0b652876aa61adaf6f778f4dd39ae7e2df7aa32fe9cb9b2d6b9987911910025b0"}}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": false, "question": "If this project participated in past grant rounds, please share any new updates or milestones since the last round.", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": false, "question": "Is there any other information you would like to share about your project, previous work, other project affiliations, or potential conflicts of interest? (or anything not covered elsewhere in this application that you feel is relevant to share)", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "hidden": true, "question": "Does 50% of your team reflect the diversity of the community your project serves with a particular emphasis on including women, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPoC), individuals with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community?", "questionId": 14, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "K7WE3Ssz/DYCh+o9cHQhoMMUnqgmOTvXFP8DZLFKqO0=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "099320ba6cc82e1efee528dd7d51264bc7cf2fddd5edc1a281ce899b8645852e64f6e88a6b5db5295bfd6ed5ba93c902c3b6cdec4feb0eb9d3098e231941099748bb825904434a610b9ddd98be53843725824988fcf58d2ad9de7ae52b7c499585fb770ac12127576bd5111bcd12c82c820a123a92510cd97f75768d614b4eb90000000000000020aba00b52f784c0beb4fe823bd4e6db7882ef66f52327c28f4491124776cfdb077f789e3d3eae065c13527e1cd09060a3"}}], "project": {"id": "1:0x03506eD3f57892C85DB20C36846e9c808aFe9ef4:820", "title": "Spacerox DAO: Building Space as a Common Good", "logoImg": "bafkreighbn2iruv4t5aqeumqtleskpllsew77qf5pu3yti2txoq4ujfbhe", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreicjat6lrqrqoc5wmlyvdjly3bzhvf572kmv7uo6mam6bnqmav57rm", "protocol": "1"}, "website": "https://spacerox.org", "bannerImg": "bafkreicbm2bkeg6i4xsdiuvcdsr42ugf656oj2otoyvbahtbifmvsjhmna", "createdAt": 1682110244238, "userGithub": "SpaceroxDAO", "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..YO9CKdr5X6_NER0W9RuaxhTfxTg0bkUoJk7zR_1Z38kLOZza9OJJ_f2CnBrINn0gAv-uxqshkyQqjIPorrkrDw", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-04-21T20:50:10.146Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-04-21T20:50:10.146Z", "expirationDate": "2023-07-20T20:50:10.146Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0x7c1AC0D9A62653228FF7754CD295A95Cd705Be16", "hash": "v0.0.0:MIlWJEDA1W8fjgSFhZnbXtcSFn4mzzlw2I16J6eUAUA=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#SpaceroxDAO"}}}, "description": "Our Approach: Impact venture DAO for web3 based space projects.\n\nOur Mission: Build space as a common good.\n\nOur Vision: Industry standard of trustless, sustainable, operations in space. \n\nSpacerox DAO is creating a funding & incubation platform that connects entrepreneurs, institutions, and investors to pitch space sector projects for funding and support. Projects must prioritize space as a common good and adopt a web3 infrastructure to be considered. Investors will then be able to take ownership of projects through NFTs and participate in development and governance. To promote sustainability, Spacerox DAO aims to align incentives with sustainable practices through smart contract-based reward sharing. Ensuring projects prioritize long-term value for investors and the common good of space.\n\nWe are seeking grant funding to accelerate the growth of Spacerox DAO and its ambitious mission to promote responsible and sustainable development within the space industry. With the support of grant funding, we aim to expand our capabilities and reach, ultimately driving significant impact on the industry and the world at large.\n\nOur specific objectives for the grant funding are as follows:\n\n1. Expand the scope of our investment fund and incubator, allowing us to support a larger number of high-potential projects that align with our mission and values.\n\n2. Enhance the development of public goods, open-source tools, and research, which will be essential to building a robust, decentralized space infrastructure.\n\n3. Increase our educational initiatives to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable space economies and help entrepreneurs build successful web3-based businesses within the industry.\n\n4. Improve Spacerox DAO's governance model and progressively hand over governance to active community leaders and experts, ensuring the DAO's longevity and lasting impact.\n\n5. Bolster our research and development initiatives to drive the adoption of novel crypto-native primitives and standards required for mainstream adoption of blockchain-enabled space operations and economies.\n\n6. Support the development of the Venture Nexus and Venture Fund to create a thriving ecosystem of innovation and responsible development within the space industry.\n\nSpacerox DAO is fully aligned with the mission of DeSci (Decentralized Science) to innovate scientific research by exploring novel mechanisms of funding, conducting, and disseminating scientific research in an open, inclusive, and accessible manner. We are dedicated to driving innovation in scientific research, leveraging novel funding mechanisms, and promoting open, inclusive, and accessible scientific knowledge through our decentralized organization. ", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "spaceroxdao"}, "recipient": "0x7c1AC0D9A62653228FF7754CD295A95Cd705Be16"}}