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(VC, grants by foundation, token sales, etc)", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "number", "answer": "60", "hidden": false, "question": "How old (in Months) is the project?", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "address", "answer": "0x41DdE2Dc7f718D5F764fc97e8d122864587642d4", "hidden": true, "question": "If you participated in past grant rounds using a different project payout wallet address, please share it here:", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "number", "answer": "3", "hidden": false, "question": "Total team size", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "- [Ron E](https://twitter.com/ronerlih): Tech Lead\n- [Danny G](https://twitter.com/DannyGattas): Organization + Operations Lead\n- [John X](https://twitter.com/johnx25bd): Architect + Project Lead", "hidden": true, "question": "Profiles or socials of other main team members publicly associated with the project: ", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "- Astral provides Web3 infrastructure solutions via tooling and location-based open-source solutions to enable climate-focused projects. Our work will allow climate-based Web3 solutions to link real-world location data to smart contracts to execute functions. For example, we developed a proof of concept that created infrastructure tooling to create non-fungible tokens representing regenerative spaces and providing a record of the ecological state. This proof of concept is an example of various real-world use cases, like carbon offset and credit marketplaces, that could benefit. By providing solutions that enable the development of spatial registries and location proofs/attestations, various climate-focused Web3 projects will be able to build location-based decentralized applications more easily. This includes ecological and carbon offset use cases.\n- In addition to our focus on providing Web3 climate-focused infrastructure, we\u2019ve also led significant coordination efforts. First, we\u2019re a founding member of the Climate Collective, which brings various Web3 climate projects together to foster collaboration. We also co-founded the Decentralized Geospatial Web Working Group, which includes leading geographic information system Web3 builders. This effort has allowed us to establish an industry of builders for GIS solutions and work collaboratively to establish standards.\n- Through our infrastructure development and community building, we\u2019ll provide open source solutions and standards that make building location-based dApps easy.", "hidden": false, "question": "Please explain how your project meets the Climate Solutions Round eligibility criteria. ", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "- Future Milestones (confirm):\n    - Deploy EAS Location Proofs - Q2\u201924\n    - Complete and pitch at Ethereum Attestation Service Demo Day - Q2\u201924\n    - Deploy ZK Location Proofs - Q3\u201924\n    - Present at ETHCC - Q3\u201924\n    - Integrate with data storage solution - Q3\u201924\n    - Develop front end - Q3\u201924\n- Since GC\u201919\n    - Deployed Spatial Registry Contract - April\u201924\n    - Gained pilot users\u2019 confirmation - Jan-April\u201924\n    - Hosted and Presented Decentralized Spatial Web Workshop for Web3 Projects - April\u201924\n    - Accepted to Ethereum Attestation Services Fellowship - March\u201924\n    - Attended & presented at ETHDenver - Feb\u201924\n    - Defined product and growth strategy - Feb\u201924\n    - Develop technical architecture- Jan\u201924", "hidden": false, "question": "If you've received funding in past grant rounds, please share any new updates or milestones from the prior months. You can also include the challenges you've faced. ", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["Yes"], "hidden": false, "question": "Have you used Hypercert, Deresy, Karma GAP or other impact tool for your project? ", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "https://hypercerts.org/app/view#claimId=0x822f17a9a5eecfd66dbaff7946a8071c265d1d07-18645772295432823105475611614223739146731520", "hidden": false, "question": "Please share links to any tools you are using to track impact (Hypercerts, Deresy, Karma GAP).", "questionId": 14}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "- \n    - Adoption:\n        - Github Commits\n        - Contributors\n        - Users\n        - X Followers\n        - Discord Members\n        - Customer / User Pipeline\n    - Impact:\n        - Increased Transparency for Carbon Credits & Ecological Projects\n        - Released Projects", "hidden": false, "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": 15}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "- Challenges we have faced in achieving our vision include:\n    - Scaling geospatial registry due to technical limitations; building this solution will likely entail multiple interactions to understand and identify technical challenges and considerations. Additionally funding allows us to compensate the work of our core team and potential contributors to allow them with the time to develop solutions.\n    - Coordination across various working groups: while we\u2019ve helped organize and herd cats, there is still the challenge in coordinating across stakeholder groups to establish geospatial standards for Web3. Providing funding allows our team to continue investing in these relationships and even fund projects that align with our objectives.\n    - We are navigating a bear market with various partners and builders in this space, losing funding and interest due to macroeconomic conditions. For example, we have been coordinating and working with partners on public good projects and have seen these efforts have to be placed on hold due to funding issues. Acquiring funding allows us to circumvent funding challenges and focus on building.\n- Lessons Learned\n    - Throughout our journey, we\u2019ve learned that it is critical to foster community and collaboration among Web3 GIS and climate projects. We\u2019ve realized that various projects are operating in silos and building custom, bespoke solutions. Commonly, these solutions overlap and lack interoperability. This further highlights the criticality of our work and the necessity to break down silos.\n    - Equally as important, we\u2019ve identified the criticality that we operate as a public good. We focus on driving impact instead of profit. While we see countless applications and use cases for Web3 GIS tools, we recognize a larger order impact by focusing on building standardized tools and solutions. This focus intentionally allows us to sit at the intersection of various applications and communities.\n    - Lastly, we\u2019ve learned that we can\u2019t go alone and it is critical to invest in individuals, researchers, and projects that progress and achieve our mission. We\u2019ve achieved this by funding projects like ZKMaps, promoting communities like Climate Collective, forming others like the Decentralized Geo-spatial working group, and enabling the success of others by providing mentorship and our solutions.", "hidden": false, "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": 16}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["Yes"], "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to future messages from the Climate Coordination Network (CCN) for updates, information, and/or interviews? ", "questionId": 17}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["Yes"], "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to us sharing your information with select third-parties for investment opportunities? ", "questionId": 18}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Other", "hidden": false, "question": "Which of these categories best represents your project? Choose from: ", "questionId": 19}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["Somewhere in the Metaverse"], "hidden": false, "question": "Location/Region where the project is located: Choose from: ", "questionId": 20}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Somewhere in the Metaverse", "hidden": false, "question": "Primary Location/Region where the project is making an impact: Choose from: ", "questionId": 21}, {"type": "short-answer", "hidden": false, "question": "What specific Country or Countries are you making an impact in?", "questionId": 22}, {"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": 23}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["Yes"], "hidden": false, "question": "Would you like to be included in an additional 125k sub-round funded by Shell? All grantees must agree to a KYC process to be eligible to receive these funds. ", "questionId": 24}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["Yes"], "hidden": false, "question": "Would you like to be included in an additional 50k sub-round funded by Celo? In order to qualify you must meet one of these eligibility criteria: Have an active deployment on the Celo blockchain or Have a clear public intention, commitment, or roadmap towards supporting Celo.  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We're doing this by researching and developing a set of open source standards and software tools that help Web3 developers work with geospatial data.\n\n---\n\n## Updates / Milestones:\n- Deploy EAS Location Proofs - Q2\u201924\n- Complete and pitch at Ethereum Attestation Service Demo Day - Q2\u201924\n- Deploy ZK Location Proofs - Q3\u201924\n- Present at ETHCC - Q3\u201924\n- Integrate with data storage solution - Q3\u201924\n- Develop front end - Q3\u201924\n\nSince GG19\n- Deployed Spatial Registry Contract - April\u201924\n- Gained pilot users\u2019 confirmation - Jan-April\u201924\n- Hosted and Presented Decentralized Spatial Web Workshop for Web3 Projects - April\u201924\n- Accepted to Ethereum Attestation Services Fellowship - March\u201924\n- Attended & presented at ETHDenver - Feb\u201924\n- Defined product and growth strategy - Feb\u201924\n- Develop technical architecture- Jan\u201924\n\n## Architecture\n\nThe Astral Protocol has three components:\n\n- **Spatial Registries** \u2014 smart contract-based registries of spatial features like points, lines, polygons and raster images;\n- **Verifiable location claims**, to serve as presence claims in the Astral ecosystem, and \n- **Web3-native geospatial data technologies** so the data backing these systems is user-controlled, cryptographically verifiable, uncensorable and permanent.\n\nSince the project was founded, we have focused on building open source standards and tools, and have been fully funded through public goods funding and grants. \n\n## Our Work\n\nWe've developed and led several projects, including:\n- **[Kolektivo GeoNFTs](https://medium.com/kolektivo-co/regeneration-needs-location-b538cae97ff7)**, which serve as an on-chain spatial data registry\n- **[Hyperaware](https://github.com/wearehyperaware/hyperaware-core)**, a spatial governance protocol for connected devices targeted at transport and mobility applications\n- **[Sprout](https://astral.global/sprout)**, a proof-of-concept sustainability-linked bond in Solidity that aligns loan terms to environmental metrics \u2014\u00a0one of the first ReFi smart contracts\n- **[Spatial.sol](https://github.com/AstralProtocol/spatial-sol)**,  a library of geometric and topological functions in Solidity\n- **[GeoLocker](https://devpost.com/software/geolocker)**, a prototype verifiable spatial data registry built on Ethereum and 3Box\n\nThese are linked components that will enable the ecosystem to build a Web3 map of the world, and location-based dapps that use that map. Our work is primarily focused on building core infrastructure and open source standards to enable and empower climate- and sustainability-related Web3 builders to work with spatial and location data.\n\nAstral tools and standards will be useful in a range of different use cases including: \n- Regenerative project development and dMRV\n- DAOs / digital governance: geofenced local and regional DAOs, local currencies, spatial demurrage\n- Mobility: defining policy areas like congestion zones, capturing the position of connected devices like IoT and smartphones\n- Natural capital currencies: defining ecological zones, storing physical measurements of ecosystem conditions\n- Metaverse / gaming: virtual land registries like Decentraland and Cryptovoxels, and AR games like Pokemon Go\n\n## Funding\n\nGrant contributions will fund the development team building these public goods. \n\nSpecifically, funds will support the development of:\n- a Solidity library of topological and geometric functions\n- Web3 GIS tools\n- verifiable location credentials standards and software tools\n- coordination across decentralized geospatial working groups \n\n## Team\n\n- [Ron E](https://twitter.com/ronerlih): Tech Lead\n- Danny G: Organization + Operations Lead\n- [John X](https://twitter.com/johnx25bd): Architect + Project Lead\n\n\n## Accomplishments (so far)\n\n- KERNEL Genesis Block final presentation\n- Kolektivo project partner, developing GeoNFTs\n- Filecoin Development Grant for storing satellite imagery on IPFS using decentralized identifiers\n- Presenting to the Open Geospatial Consortium\n- Winner, Arweave Prize, Future of Blockchain 2020\n- Speaker, European Space Agency's Living Planet Symposium 2022\n- Grant recipient, dClimate\n- Coordinated the forming of the GeoSpatial Decentralized Collaboration Group 2023\n- Presented Astral\u2019s work at Decentralized Geospatial Web Working Group\n- Member, Climate Collective\n- Co-lead, Regeneration Guild, KERNEL\n\nFunded:\n- zkMaps, finalist at ETHDenver 2022 building zero-knowledge location proofs\n\n## Challenges\n\n- Scaling of verifiable spatial data registries due to technical limitations.\n- Coordination across various working groups; while we\u2019ve helped organize and herd cats, there is still the challenge in coordinating across stakeholder groups to establish geospatial standards for Web3.\n- Navigating a bear market with various partners and builders in this space losing funding and interest due to macroeconomic conditions. 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