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These past rounds have enabled us to achieve the following for the web3 Warri community - five IRL Arbitrum univerisity events, a two day hackathon in partnership with the Graph protocol, a series of blockchain and Etherum focused workshops and meetups, an upcoming 5 day hacker house.", "hidden": false, "question": "If you've participated in past grant rounds, please share any new updates or milestones from the prior months (N/A if you are yet to participate).", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "short-answer", "hidden": true, "question": "Telegram Handle We Can Use To Contact You (you can answer N/A)", "questionId": 3, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "BhkUR5AyAr7q7D7YNcQZJ39g06hGFRc35BVgrtmZWqs=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "0c51f416cfad910c0aec7767f87943abbebed1876d8afcc6117124fa95e58e48590e7e9706bf39773a72204bd4e60816a0c10be2d5305539e44d82f87560d03ff0f990beeee1912fdddbec689989ebae903f90cf688cbe12618c7afeb459d0b961b4beb2a0d113d59cd4c871d3dcf70a840c26398e59b30ecb4df7b26b64c8460000000000000020fa72b0cc27ad9dee17801eaaacf45d73bd84409901469c467ece47c74e4ba46095ec2176c52eb29a27a401f09b0bf797"}}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We participated in GitGoin Grants 18.\n\nHere is the link to our participation https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/10/0x2871742b184633f8dc8546c6301cbc209945033e/0x2871742b184633f8dc8546c6301cbc209945033e-40\n\nOur campaign tweet for the round here - https://x.com/web3_warri/status/1696469609228988579", "hidden": false, "question": "Have you participated in any Octant epoch (Epoch 0 through Epoch 4) OR a previous Gitcoin Grants round? Please provide details and evidence of your participation.", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "https://gap.karmahq.xyz/project/web3-warri", "hidden": false, "question": "Do you have a Karma GAP set up? If yes, please provide proof. If not, can you set one up before applying?", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our community is committed to fostering the development, growth, and adoption of blockchain technology and the larger web3 ecosystem through collaborative community learning via meetups, workshops, hackathons, and conferences. \n\nOnboarding more technical people - developers and builders into the web3 space is a major problem that we are solving.\n\n1. One of the major problems we have in the web3/Ethereum ecosystem is a shortage of highly skilled and technical people - blockchain developers, smart contract developers, and builders. \n\n2. For some web2 developers, transitioning into the web3/Ethereum ecosystem also requires a shift in their mental model. That is a new approach towards leading how apps (smart contracts) are built on the blockchain.\n\n3. Then there, web3 is still an emerging technology, and we expect changes to still happen in the industry. And to help shape the future of web3, we need more technical people.\n\nWe believe that by addressing these problems through our community efforts, we will grow the Octant ecosystem and the larger web3 ecosystem.", "hidden": false, "question": "Please describe how your project contributes to the growth and development of the Octant ecosystem.", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Developer communities around the world have been largely instrumental in the success we have recorded in the broader tech industry. And so to achieve the goal of onboarding more developers with web2 background into web3, we are primarily focused on using community building to solve this problem.\n\nWe hold on to the strong believe that when developers come together to learn, collaborate, and build, amazing things can happen.\n\nThrough our collaborative community educational initiatives like meetups and workshops, our project aligns within the Octant ecosystem, ", "hidden": false, "question": "How does your project align with the round's focus on community and education within the Octant ecosystem?", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "On our roadmap for the second half of the year is the focus on onboarding at least 50 web2 developers into smart contracts developers (and auditors) through a series of workshops tagged \u201cSolidity and Smart Contracts development workshops,\u201d \u201cSmart Contracts Auditing,\u201d and a hackathon.", "hidden": false, "question": "Provide a clear roadmap of your project, detailing future milestones and deliverables. How does this demonstrate your commitment to long-term impact and growth within the Octant ecosystem?", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "The team has over the past year successfully executed at least 10 meetups, workshop, university campus blockchain events and hackathon.\n\nThe team has also grown the community to over 450 members as at the time of the application.\n\nThe team comprises three core members handling different roles:\n\n1. Charles Freeborn, Founder and community manager.\n\nCharles Freeborn is an independent technical writer and trainer, an open-source contributor to the Ethereum dot org website - helping with content and the docs, and a keynote speaker, based in Warri, Nigeria.\n\n2. Martha Omoerherhe,  Women Tech Makers Ambassador, and Diversity and Inclusion Manager\n\n3. Favour Okoh\nRole: Front-end Developer and Program Manager", "hidden": false, "question": "Describe your team's expertise and how it contributes to the successful execution of your project.", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our project helps to onboard and complement the initiatives of bringing in more developers into the web3 space.", "hidden": false, "question": "How does your project complement or enhance existing initiatives within the Octant ecosystem rather than competing directly against them?", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "For us, community begins with a sense of belonging to every member of the community. And this is why at the core of our mode of conduct, we state it clearly that we are a very welcoming community. Giving every member the opportunity to collaborate and contribute in a space where there is no discrimination.\n\nWe can only achieve all these through constructive funding environment", "hidden": false, "question": "Describe your approach to community engagement and how you plan to contribute to a collaborative and constructive funding environment.", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "By deploying the funds into organizing more technical deep dives workshops and hackathons leading to the raising of builders", "hidden": false, "question": "How do you plan to use the funding to maximize your project's ongoing impact within the Octant ecosystem if selected?", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Not Applicable", "hidden": false, "question": "What unique educational content or resources have you created for the Octant ecosystem? How has the community received these? Please share any relevant links", "questionId": 13}], "project": {"id": "0x55ded468c42ed5d8a390021560fd5f7494ed375783d080f3b4b99ccc35634278", "title": "web3 Warri Project at Octant Rounds", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreifovkf3yh525vro2rkb5f4dyd4qmapbj2mjhsxtp2akvfx3ri6gcq", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://www.meetup.com/web3-warri/", "createdAt": 1725537716937, "credentials": {}, "description": "The web3 Warri community - which began officially in February 2023 - is a community of (and for) blockchain developers, smart contract developers, builders, technical writers, open-source contributors, and tech enthusiasts interested in building the next generation of the internet through collaborative learning, meetups, workshops, hackathons, and conferences.\n\nOur community is committed to fostering the development, growth, and adoption of blockchain technology and the larger web3 ecosystem.\n\n## Vision\n\nWe are passionate, excited, and driven by the vision and the core philosophies of Web 3.0 - which include:\n\n1. Decentralization\n2. Immutability\n3. Permissionless\n4. Trustless\n5. Crytoeconomics/native payments via cryptocurrency.\n\nAnd, yes our arms are open to both seasoned developers and newbies, underrepresented people, and the encouragement of women's participation in blockchain technology.\n\n## Goals\nOur goal is to build the next generation of the Internet - web3 builders, by onboarding developers into blockchain and smart contract developers through workshops, meetups, hackathons, and conferences.\n\n## Code of Conduct\n1. We are open and free for all interested\n2. We do not discriminate against anyone on the basis of their beliefs, race, or sexual orientation\n3. We pride ourselves in diversity and inclusion.\n4. We expect you to be nice, and partake in our activities, for the advancement of technology in our local community and the world at large.\n", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "web3_warri"}, "recipient": "0x053849fECFFb84aDdee59653755B5cd0f1FB0354"}}