Protico: Web3-Powered Community Success for Web2 brands

[howieyoung]

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• Level 1: Up to $10,000, 2 approvals
• Level 2: Up to $30,000, 3 approvals
• Level 3: Unlimited, 5 approvals (for >$100k: Web3 Foundation Council approval)

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[howieyoung]

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[Noc2]

Thanks for the application. Could you add more technical details to the specification of the milestone tables? For example, are you going to use ink! smart contracts? What exactly are you planning to implement for the Auto-Reward System? How do you prevent Sybil attacks, etc.?

[howieyoung]

Thanks for the application. Could you add more technical details to the specification of the milestone tables? For example, are you going to use ink! smart contracts? What exactly are you planning to implement for the Auto-Reward System? How do you prevent Sybil attacks, etc.?

Thank you for the questions @Noc2
Considering our team's capacity, we will initially build the smart contracts with Solidity since it is the programming language we are most familiar with. However, we are open to using ink! if we can secure a higher grant level of 3 and obtain more full-time equivalents (FTE).

The auto-reward system will be implemented through our Web3 Lobby, which focuses on user engagement with brands' websites and apps.

Here will the flow be like:

1. Brands integrate the Web3 Lobby into their products.
2. Users engage in the lobbies.
3. Brands use the auto-reward system to reward users based on their engagement in the lobbies.

Regarding the issue of sybil attacks, we will handle each case individually based on the brands' goals and the rewards they set. The rewards will not be in the form of real money, but rather things like memberships or coupons that brands aim to issue as much as possible. However, we will provide brands with options to define rules for how they want the auto-reward system to operate for them. Since these rules will vary widely for each case, we have not included them in the milestone tables. Hopefully, this explanation makes sense to you.

(btw, if we need to dive deeper into the technical part, hopefully we can discuss them in a private space, including this one. Thanks!)

[dsm-w3f]

@howieyoung thank you for the grant application. If you want to discuss this application in private, you can select the option "I prefer the discussion of this application to take place in a private Element/Matrix channel. My username is: @_______:matrix.org (change the homeserver if you use a different one)" in the PR, and provide a matrix handle, in this way, we can create a channel to discuss this properly. I noticed that you made this same application in private, we can discuss it by e-mail as well. Let us know what is your preference for communication about this grant proposal.

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The applicant has requested the discussion of the application to happen in a private chat room.

[dsm-w3f]

Changes requested by e-mail.

[keeganquigley]

pinging @howieyoung are you still planning to make the requested changes?