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(VC, grants by foundation, token sales, etc)", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "number", "answer": "3", "hidden": false, "question": "Total team size", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "number", "answer": "54", "hidden": false, "question": "How old (in Months) is the project?", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "address", "hidden": true, "question": "If you participated in past grant rounds using a different project payout wallet address, please share it here:", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "https://twitter.com/johnx25bd, https://twitter.com/ronerlih", "hidden": true, "question": "Profiles or socials for other main team members publicly associated with the project. These may be used to determine eligibility of the project.: ", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Have you read and confirmed that your grant abides by the Program General Eligibility Policy? https://gitcoin.notion.site/GG19-Eligibility-50843c8b3ab44ad297731a00efa6e389?pvs=4", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We are building core infrastructure intended to support an ecosystem of builders working on climate and sustainability solutions. Specifically, almost all ReFi projects need a spatial data registry to keep track of regenerative projects (carbon impact projects, renewable energy installations, etc). Astral is building the open source standard for those registries. Our verifiable location credentials are designed to support MRV data collection, giving verifiers confidence in data integrity and authenticity. ", "hidden": false, "question": "Please detail how your project meets the Climate Solutions Round eligibility criteria. https://climate-coordination-network.notion.site/Climate-Solutions-Round-Eligibility-bf14ea78d9d24a2f8952cb5270f11b00?pvs=4", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We're re-initiating Astral after a few months of dormancy. We've collected a new team and have spent the past two months aligning on mission and vision and familiarizing ourselves with prior work. This next phase \u2014\u00a0supported by Gitcoin Grants funding \u2014 will see us developing the standards and tools needed to bring Astral to life.", "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": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": false, "question": "Have you minted a Hypercert for your project? ", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "link", "answer": "https://hypercerts.org/app/view#claimId=0x822f17a9a5eecfd66dbaff7946a8071c265d1d07-18228926395954673487732977720119823087697920", "hidden": false, "question": "If Yes, please provide a link to your Hypercert (https://hypercerts.org/app/gallery-all) ", "questionId": 14}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Adoption by different projects, open source contributions, grant dollars distributed, greenhouse gas emissions avoided or removed by projects built on Astral's infrastructure", "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", "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": "multiple-choice", "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": "multiple-choice", "answer": "No", "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 based: Choose from: ", "questionId": 20}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["North America", "Central and South America", "Europe", "Asia", "Middle East and North Africa ", "Africa", "Oceania "], "hidden": false, "question": "Primary Location/Region where the project is making an impact: Choose from: ", "questionId": 21}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": false, "question": "Would you like to be included in an additional 150k sub-round funded by Shell? All grantees must agree to a KYC process to be eligible to receive these funds. ", "questionId": 22}], "project": {"id": "1:0x03506eD3f57892C85DB20C36846e9c808aFe9ef4:163", "title": "Astral", "logoImg": "bafkreifo4ja4zx7zmpbslprno7zrpfyev5ou35g24bmvd52c77ihmivjle", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreigoym55kn6uso2oipwv6s77j6ufgizppn3fyjlbmehzllhnc4cl6a", "protocol": "1"}, "website": "https://astral.global", "bannerImg": "bafybeie3fbdw7t5pbpkph4ymxrp2xmplgg3oqjolvjc7k7wvcydng25sky", "createdAt": 1673545266638, "userGithub": "johnx25bd", "credentials": {"github": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..rDs2Yivw4n1DpDkubc6WZON3JxVnU2B2DcLiXWnEhAIruaKCYmEdvJUC3BLz4Lgdd8XVP81ERZtstquIBEHkCQ", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-11-07T19:36:25.021Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-11-07T19:36:25.021Z", "expirationDate": "2024-02-05T19:36:25.021Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0x25bdFF8dB8d80971935A7f38A0CF31DeC62f7696", "hash": "v0.0.0:zbmxAHABx3lEWi5bDsCGXltgs90dd3ENxVLlzdQHNkM=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextGithubOrg#AstralProtocol#41551283"}}, "twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..Vz-RxWapfVRDTDjjtGPWAxQDvYZc5xJNEzwVZqoDBnM7-FQB5RGMPNuFC0VLF_xovnmX9fpnmQwVCmvsvp40Aw", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-11-07T19:35:22.619Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-11-07T19:35:22.619Z", "expirationDate": "2024-02-05T19:35:22.619Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0x25bdFF8dB8d80971935A7f38A0CF31DeC62f7696", "hash": "v0.0.0:CDg0RACRNgCnyXDI+InPe/uYELcDqRPXI0sGiDGDoFI=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#AstralProtocol"}}}, "description": "## Web3 Spatial \u2728\n\nAt Astral we see a world where humanity has the geospatial technologies and tools needed to monitor and govern life with dignity.\n\nOur mission is to make it possible to build location-based apps on the decentralized web. 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## Architecture\n\nThe Astral Protocol has three components:\n\n- **Verifiable spatial data registries** \u2014 smart contract-based registries of spatial features like points, lines, polygons and raster images;\n- **Verifiable location credentials**, 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 develop 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://hyperaware.io/)**, a spatial governance protocol for connected devices targeted at transport and mobility applications\n- **[Sprout](https://astral.global/sprout)**, an early ReFi proof-of-concept sustainability-linked bond in Solidity that aligns loan terms to environmental metrics\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. \n\n## Roadmap\n\n- Define updated mission, vision, technical, and operations plans - Q4\u201923\n- Begin development of updated verifiable spatial data registry - Q4\u201923\n- Establish spatial standards group with the [Decentralized Geospatial Web Working Group](https://twitter.com/easierdataorg) - Q1\u201924\n- Deliver updated PoC for verifiable spatial data registry - Q1\u201924\n- Participate in hackathon - Q1\u201924\n- Draft initial standards for Web3 Geospatial data - Q2\u201924\n- Publish Web3 geospatial standards - Q4\u201924\n\nFor more on the verifiable spatial data registries we're developing, read our litepaper: https://docs.astral.global/astral-litepaper.", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "AstralProtocol", "projectTwitter": "AstralProtocol"}, "recipient": "0x41DdE2Dc7f718D5F764fc97e8d122864587642d4"}}