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Its user-friendly interface simplifies onboarding for new crypto enthusiasts, making the complex crypto landscape more accessible.\n\nYou can read more information here: \n whitepaper.cerus.finance", "hidden": false, "question": "Provide a brief description of your project", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["On-Chain Society", "Memecoins", "Real World Assets (RWA)"], "hidden": true, "question": "Which of the following Metis ecosystem themes does your project focus on? (Select all that apply)", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Cerus has onboarded Web 3 Matters as our marketing agency to help foster our grass roots and community focused marketing strategy. Cerus has always been for our community and the METIS ecosystem as whole and Web 3 Matters can help us spread our message far and wide. ", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe your project's approach to community engagement and self-marketing", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "CERUS & W3M have a comprehensive strategy to bring new users to METIS and to CERUS. Our innovative portfolio strategies and education focused initiatives dare aiming to simplify the complicated world of crypto.  \n\nSome of our strategies include:\n\nAirdrops\nPartnerships\nCrowd managed platform that requires users to vote\nDAO Governance for CERUS\n\nOur value comes from the excellent projects and strategies that CERUS platform will offer to its users, this means that it is in our best interest to offer the best and most exciting opportunities that we can find and bring them to the METIS ecosystem. ", "hidden": true, "question": "How do you plan to drive user adoption and a supportive environment within the Metis ecosystem?", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qfm17BDm4Mb9Ja8Z4rfx6vWF3tJ152Zh/view?usp=drive_link", "hidden": true, "question": "Provide a clear roadmap of your project, including key milestones and deliverables.  You may provide a link to an accompanying document or sheet if needed.", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "The CERUS team is full of METIS Veterans from the early days of the chain, we are all huge supporters who have been actively building and bringing people onto the chain since the early days. CERUS was previously a verifier node project that delivered steady rewards to our community for over 15 months and through the entire bear market until the verifier nodes were discontinued. \n\nAC - Business Development Lead\nAC has ties to almost every builder and dev on METIS, constantly thinking of new and exciting ideas for the chain. \n\nHammerloaf - A true crypto veteran with a background in dev ops, involved in several successful projects\n\nOsek - Another METIS OG that has been involved in several successful projects on various chains with a big following on X. \n\nTogether with our highly experienced dev team are working on executing our vision of CERUS.", "hidden": true, "question": "How does your team's expertise contribute to the successful execution of the project? Please provide relevant background information", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "6k - Higher new Solidity developer to speed along our progress\n\n4k - New UI and Webpage for our dApp", "hidden": true, "question": "Provide a breakdown of how you plan to utilize the funds in increments (e.g., first $2k, next $2k, etc.) to maximize your project's impact within the Metis ecosystem. Also, explain how you would adjust your plans if you still need to meet your full funding target and raise meaningful funds.", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "This is an ongoing project that has pivoted from our previous mission of distributing node rewards, we are now looking to offer a highly sophisticated upgrade to the balancer managed pools model that provides a simple but highly effective solution for defi users with the end goal of driving users and liquidity of various assets to METIS. As we are an omni-chain protocol we can pull assets from other chains onto METIS.\n\n\nCERUS is a CVP project with the current record holder of most METIS \"YAE\" votes for any protocol to date with a whopping 31k YAE votes. We have a strong cult community following. We have also hosted various metis community events such as \"Poker Night\" which is a big hit with us giving away lots of great prizes. ", "hidden": true, "question": "Is this a new or ongoing project? If ongoing, briefly describe your past contributions to the Metis ecosystem, including any CVP approval, supplemental support received, and specific results achieved.", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We have several exciting partnerships including... Hercules, BCD, G2M, Nuvo \n\nWe will be adding a lot of new partnerships once our products are fully online. We were also the first to use Nuvo and Koris (before their respective rebrands) as official partners. 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Through Cerus Synergy, we offer a distinctive solution to tackle these challenges. Let us handle the complexity for you and maximize your DeFi potential. \n\nOur gas-efficient smart contracts streamline portfolio positioning within Synergy Pools, maintaining the weighting determined by the METIS community and elevating safety with circuit breakers. Trust is paramount in the current crypto landscape; therefore, all assets within our pools undergo thorough auditing and rigorous criteria checks by the CERUS team.\n\nCentralization presents a dilemma, offering convenience alongside significant risks. CERUS aims to strike a balance by offering a user-friendly governance front-end for Synergy Pools coupled with a robust backend for pool management. Regardless of circumstances, your assets will remain accessible for withdrawal via the smart contract, ensuring security and peace of mind. In-depth tutorials will be provided to guide users through this process. Invest in multiple projects with a few clicks all seamlessly on our dApp.", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": " CERUS Team", "projectTwitter": "cerusvaults"}, "recipient": "0xa9849eC5db1DD4cd5eB25d2180a64f21A45e7bD8"}}