metadata: {"signature": "0x51688f65bfffe8f49f7f752b17e8f2d101d6ee2be45f7aa324626c7d36b7cbbb45e4287810b204c2fe5b8f3e4afe56635993bf57599c1c0b95b9c6f5fa0153381b", "application": {"round": "0xdd906d46876ec8a10e4cf80fb5c4992091e87e46", "answers": [{"type": "email", "hidden": true, "question": "Email Address", "questionId": 0, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "YFqV3lmbZWy+6UdZl4n0uZC9gxnH0KtvHKBgHV/FC4F3q5G0X5b+lA4I9hAB9HaM", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "089cb46b1de9f1a18ac8b7096a0357eeafe3ea8cde691f2be48d917fabe87a3fc7f3600b4e34fd60d72db913757cdc04d4e6e72cbdbaf7a5486680e54d29685dc42b179511bc6fdb6ae106e50c6206882cca6607044af645b6a59e8ecb3ed6a3286dc9cd9d47db56498a03526926433d2168a2de370e5b275d8ed276db2b33730000000000000020c0cbf5300cb6409ac728ff21cfab83b28436249f61b399d2dae69cde1d373ca3f1ad511876d616467216b64112b1cfa7"}}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Please confirm the Payment Wallet you have provided is on Polygon PoS and can accept MATIC", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "\nOur project is designed with a consumer-centric approach by prioritizing accessibility, engagement, and user empowerment within the Polygon staking ecosystem. By integrating with Farcaster Frames, we enhance the user experience in the following innovative ways:\n\n-   **Make Staking easy:** Users can stake POL directly through Farcaster Frames without the need for complex interactions with platforms. \n    \n-   **Staking explorer:** Farcaster Frames provide real-time updated information on staking activities, rewards, and performance. This transparency allows users to make informed decisions and stay engaged with their investments without having to visit a specialized website.\n    \n-   **Integrated Migration Tracker:** The frames include a live MATIC to POL migration tracker with a \"Migrate\" button, simplifying the token migration process and encouraging more user to do the migration.\n    \n-   **Gamification and Rewards:** By incorporating NFT minting and achievement badges within Farcaster Frames, we gamify the staking experience creating more engagement from the community.", "hidden": true, "question": "Explain your project's consumer-centric approach and how it innovatively uses Farcaster Frames to enhance user experience", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We introduce decentralized staking as something as easy doing a Cast.\n\n-   **Easy Staking:** Staking often involves navigating multiple platforms and understanding complex processes. By integrating staking functionalities directly into Farcaster Frames, we can simplify the user journey. Through NFT badges, we will also add some gamification to that experience, before introducing our Creatures.\n    \n-   **Token Migration:** The MATIC to POL migration is only tracked with a Dune dashboard right and people don't really know they should do it. We provide live statistics on the migration and incitate people to do it to receive a limited NFT.\n   ", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe how your project uses Farcaster Frames in a novel or unique way to solve a consumer problem or create new opportunities.", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our project operates entirely on/for the **Polygon PoS** network:\n\n-   **On-Chain Operations:** All staking activities, validator interactions, token migrations, and NFT minting processes are taken from and using the Polygon contracts.\n    \n-   **Self-Sustained Platform:** Our existing platform, [polstaking.io](https://polstaking.io), functions independently on Polygon PoS, providing a staking explorer and dashboard without reliance on external services.\n    \n-   **Smart Contracts:** The NFTs and gamification features are powered by smart contracts deployed on Polygon PoS. Users could interact with these contracts directly through their wallets within Farcaster Frames.\n    \n-   **Validator Node Ownership:** We operate our own validator node (#47) on the network, reinforcing our commitment to and integration with the Polygon ecosystem.", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe how your project functions independently on Polygon PoS", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Other", "hidden": true, "question": "Select from the provided categories or specify other if none of these are applicable", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our two developers are long time web3 developers.\n\nOne - Quentin de Beauchesne - is a fullstack developer, doing SmartContracts since 2015, and working currently on PolStaking interface with staking blockchain events. He also knows Bitcoin development.\n\nThe other - Quentin Chabert - is a backend and security developer, working with smart contracts since 2017. He built our contract with an EIP 2535 Diamond system. He also sometimes do some white hackers action.", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe your team's relevant expertise in developing in Web3 and (if applicable) with Farcaster Frames.", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our plan is to simplify access to Polygon Staking, and we have 2 milestone:\n\n1 -> a first Frame to be able to access the current Staking statistics and Matic Migration Statistics\n\n2 -> a complete Frame experience to access Staking and mint special NFTs.\n\nFor #1 we're not asking for any funding. For #2 we wish for a grant up to 5000 POL/MATIC to help support our work (we evaluate the total work to around 2 weeks for 1 developer)\n\nOur aim with this grant is to make Polygon Staking more accessible, not for financial reasons, so we let you decide what would be just.\n\nWe expect the grant to drive traffic to our frames and validator node, which would be enough motivation to launch theses frames. Without a grant, these would be too difficult for now to launch on Farcaster.", "hidden": true, "question": "Please provide key milestones with budget for integrating Farcaster Frames and developing your application. You can link to a spreadsheet outlining this information.", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We plan that NFT minting and Casts of theses mints will drive users to interact with PolStaking Frames and subsequently drive people to use Polygon more, and secure it more.", "hidden": true, "question": "What is your plan for driving user adoption of your application", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "What we plan:\n\n\n-   **Simplified Staking Process:**\n    \n    -   **Direct Staking via Farcaster Frames:** By allowing users to stake a few POL directly through Farcaster Frames, we lower the barrier to entry for staking activities.\n    -   **Expected Impact:** This ease of access should attract new users and encourage existing ones to participate more frequently, increasing the number of daily active addresses.\n\n-   **Incentivizing Participation with NFTs:**\n    \n    -   **Achievement-Based Rewards:** Users can mint exclusive NFTs based on their staking activities.\n    -   **Expected Impact:** These incentives are likely to motivate users to interact more with the network and even start staking POL.\n\n-   **Encouraging Token Migration:**\n    \n    -   **Rise Migration Awareness:** The \"Migrate\" button make people aware of the MATIC to POL migration process, and the NFT push them to do it.\n    -   **Expected Impact:** Users who have delayed migration are more likely to take action, increasing daily active addresses involved in migration transactions.\n\n-   **Community Engagement and Viral Growth:**\n    \n    -   **Social Sharing:** Users sharing their NFT achievements can attract new users to the platform.\n    -   **Expected Impact:** This organic growth can lead to a steady increase in new daily active addresses.\n\n**Note on the expected volume**:\n\nWe have no idea how much this would increase volume on the polygon blockchain, this is a new approach", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe how your project will increase DAA and transaction volume on Polygon PoS.  Provide estimates on the expected volumes over the next 60 days.", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We have an existing delegator base on our node, but a small following on Twitter for now", "hidden": true, "question": "If applicable, describe any existing user base, partnerships, or traction your project has achieved. Include metrics if available.", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Do you understand and agree to complete Gitcoin's KYC process before processing payments?  All grantees receiving more than $15K will be required to complete KYC/KYB.", "questionId": 11}], "project": {"id": "0x5d95a4fb4cc93ec45fd2bd022a98cad2317376f5a7dffa6ad7e6e60bad0cf6cc", "title": "PolStaking", "logoImg": "bafkreieznsqsbauxa7y2ome5ag6xi43wqq3uwx5eu2lxbzgexz2tbt3mem", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreiemfebmuzcsjdnwo24gnocozjlclngphkttit2p6u6hnm6pu3pcwe", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://polstaking.io", "bannerImg": "bafkreihmzarmps3dwt5g2cy2mhtc4ml72ot4srqtq7cizfo33wd7ag24te", "createdAt": 1727344939502, "userGithub": "ffmad", "credentials": {}, "description": "PolStaking is a comprehensive staking explorer and dashboard for the Polygon network, available at [polstaking.io](https://polstaking.io/). We propose to integrate our platform with Farcaster Frames, enabling users to access and interact with the staking ecosystem directly through Farcaster. Key features include:\n\n-   **Staking Explorer:** View global POL staking activities, rewards, and performance within Farcaster Frames.\n-   **Direct Staking Functionality:** Users can stake MATIC directly through Farcaster, simplifying the staking process.\n-   **MATIC to POL Migration Tracker:** Live updates on the token migration (currently at 73%) with a \"Migrate\" button for seamless conversion.\n-   **NFT Minting and Gamification:**\n\n    -   **Migration NFTs:** Limited to 1,000 units for users who migrate their MATIC to POL.\n    -   **Staking NFTs:** Achievement badges based on staking duration:\n\n        -   **Novice:** <1 month\n        -   **Apprentice:** <6 months\n        -   **Adept:** <1 year\n        -   **Expert:** <2 years\n        -   **Master:** >3 years\n\n    - **Benefits:** \n         - Owning an \"Adept\" NFT and above grants 0% fees on our validator node (#47). \n         - Future access to our Staking Creatures NFTs.\n\n**Our Vision**\n\nOur vision with PolStaking frames is to make real decentralized staking accessible to the largest audience, and make it fun with gamification.\n\nToday a lot of the Staking is still done though exchanges, and sometimes people think they are staking when they are just using a centralized financial tool provided by the exchange.\n\nStaking only needs a wallet connection, you should't need to provide any personal information to get started or to get advanced statistics on your staking. That's our philosophy.\n\n**Team Expertise:**\n\nOur team on Polstaking consists of four members with 4 to 10 years of experience in the cryptocurrency space. We do smart contracts development since 2015. We have been active as a Polygon validator since the Matic testnet in 2020 and have been utilizing the Polygon PoS blockchain since its mainnet launch in 2021.\n\n**Useful Links**\n\n- Website: https://polstaking.io *(a new version should be released in the next few days, including a [live Matic migration viewer]() )\n\n- X: https://x.com/PolStaking\n\n- Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/Polstaking", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "ownesthq", "projectTwitter": "polstaking"}, "recipient": "0xd93622443DA1F3e81CdE6E2C0e482b4d8084251a"}}