Fund 7 Town Hall #3
Host:
Date:
Daniel Ribar + Kriss Baird
2021-12-01
Welcome to the experiment! 🧪
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👉 Differ greatly between iterations
👉 Disorient, overload and inspire.
🎯 Our goal: Provide a safe and lively environment for you to explore the highest potential of human collaboration
Cohort Presentation
Daniel Short
F6: Scale-UP Cardano’s DeFi Ecosystem�
www.indigoprotocol.io
@Indigo_Protocol
Indigo Protocol: Synthetic Assets on Cardano
A robust Cardano DeFi ecosystem would require a scalable Plutus smart contract synthetics protocol to efficiently & securely mirror real-world assets on-chain.��Owning an iAsset does not represent any underlying ownership of the real world or digital asset itself, merely the synthetic asset.��
Meet Indigo Protocol
Indigo Labs Team
We saw an opportunity to be the first team to begin a development sprint in creating such a protocol and began development in May of 2021.
The protocol will combine proven DeFi functionalities like minting, staking and burning iAssets. These iAssets enable significant advantages over traditional assets:��-Fractional Shares
-No Limited Location��-Simple to access with little to no typical obstacles��Enabling price exposure to assets via Indigo’s noncustodial & decentralized architecture unlocks opportunities for wealth creation at the global scale for anyone with an internet connection, instead of only for a select few.
What Indigo Brings to The Table
Indigo Protocol: Synthetic Assets on Cardano
Tweag Audit of Indigo Protocol�
As with any legitimate protocol developing in good faith, we needed a trusted and capable external firm to audit our plutus smart contracts to expose any vulnerabilities in our code. This was a mission-critical step for our team in building a safe, secure, and robust dApp that we had full confidence in.
Fixed cost for this work which is composed of developer's salary, accounting/taxes and VAT: $65,000
How Project Catalyst Helped Us
Thanks to the catalyst voting process, the community supported our mission and has made us fortunate enough to receive funding on our project.
Our proposal was funded for 60k US dollars, though our actual audit costs exceeded 60k.
A synthetics protocol to efficiently & securely mirror real-world assets on-chain.�
Resolved Issues from Tweag Audit
#1 — Unauthorized Manipulation of StakingManager Severity: CRITICAL�#2 — Stability Pool reward cannot be withdrawn Severity: CRITICAL
#3 — Protocol parameters cannot be modified Severity: CRITICAL�#4 — StakingToken can be duplicated Severity: HIGH�#5 — Modifying proposalDeposit interacts with existing proposals Severity: HIGH�#6 — Two incompatible instances of $INDY token Severity: MEDIUM�#7 — Minting Policies are too loose Severity: MEDIUM�#8 — Dangerous reliance on findInputWithToken Severity: MEDIUM�#9 — Underspecified OpenPosition output Severity: LOW�#10 — Underspecified CloseCDP output Severity: LOW�#11 — $INDY Tokens can be deposited back into TeamVesting Severity: LOW�#12 — Documentation is partial Severity: LOW�#13 — Comments are lacking Severity: LOW
#14 — Long lines harm readability Severity: LOWEST��
Thank You for Listening.�To learn more about Indigo Protocol:�www.indigoprotocol.io�@Indigo_Protocol
Indigo Protocol has now completed it’s security audit with the help of Project Catalyst. We thank you and appreciate the opportunity to be a part of this amazing community.
Cohort Presentation
Stephen Whitenstall
Vanessa Cardui
Quality Assurance DAO
The Distributed Autonomous Organisation of Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance DAO
The Distributed Autonomous Organization of Quality Assurance
How a $5 Fund 5 proposal
Welcome to the experiment !
Quality Assurance DAO
The Distributed Autonomous Organization of Quality Assurance
Insight Sharing - April 2021
Quality Assurance DAO
The Distributed Autonomous Organization of Quality Assurance
Intention - April 2021
“I am treating the whole process like a development and a QA running in parallel. I am hoping to capture valuable data for assessors as well as proposers.”
Quality Assurance DAO
The Distributed Autonomous Organization of Quality Assurance
Open Source Survey - April 2021
Quality Assurance DAO
The Distributed Autonomous Organization of Quality Assurance
Open Source Survey – April 2021
“Why ?”
“Would like to see your project providing value first”
“Thanks for looking at this!”
“I don't completely understand "open source organizations" yet but love to hear more about that.”
“We are not open source”
“great questions”
“ … codebase will be made open source under Apache 2.0”
“Documentation will be contained in GitHub and published to a static site … “
“Yes”
“the software we will be running is …”
“I've written down an Open source plan for each of the components of the site … “
Quality Assurance DAO
The Distributed Autonomous Organization of Quality Assurance
Proposal Submission – May 2021
Quality Assurance DAO
The Distributed Autonomous Organization of Quality Assurance
In the meantime, QA-DAO …
Tracked and documented :
Catalyst Circle
Eastern Town Hall
Catalyst Swarm
Quality Assurance DAO
The Distributed Autonomous Organization of Quality Assurance
QA-DAO works with …
Catalyst Swarm
Bridge Builders
Catalyst Circle
Eastern Town Hall
Secret Decks
Allison Fromm
Andreas Sosilo
Angela Gatende
Auditability Challenge Team
Catalyst Circle Admin
Catalyst School
Dan Verowski
Dominik Tilman
Dor Garbash
Felix Weber
Filip
George Lovegrove
Harris Warren
Jakob
Jo Allum
JP
Kenric Nelson
Lauris Steglics
Linh
Matthias Sieber
Michael Yagi
Mie Tran
Nadim Karam
Nori Nishigaya
Peter Wolcott
Quasar
Raymond Mata
Robert O'Brien
Seomon
Tevo Saks
Heather
Victor Corcino
Yan Tirta
Yuta Yuta
Tyler Wales
Quality Assurance DAO
The Distributed Autonomous Organization of Quality Assurance
F5 QA-DAO got funded – July 2021
For the princely sum of $5 we discovered that there is a demand and need for Quality Assurance in Catalyst .
QA-DAO believes that quality assurance is a cornerstone of good governance; we aim to develop distributed, inclusive and open-source approaches which engage communities in building cultures of transparency.
Quality Assurance DAO
The Distributed Autonomous Organization of Quality Assurance
QA-DAO Fund 6 Proposals
Audit : Distributed Auditability
Tracking : Oversight of Catalyst Circle
Documentation : Swarm GitBook
Training : Open Source Training
Collaborations : Homeless Hub
F6: Improve and Grow Auditability
F6: Distributed decision making
F6: Catalyst value onboarding
F6: Scale-UP Cardano's Community Hubs
F6: DLT Entrepreneurship Toolbox
Quality Assurance DAO
The Distributed Autonomous Organization of Quality Assurance
QA-DAO Fund 7 Proposals
QA-DAO Transcription Service
https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/QA-DAO-Transcription-Service/383492-48088
Penny Lane Liverpool Philosophy Hub
https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Penny-Lane-Liverpool-Philosophy-Hub/383504-48088
F7: Scale-UP Cardano's Community Hubs
F7: Community Events
Quality Assurance DAO
The Distributed Autonomous Organization of Quality Assurance
QA-DAO Website and contact
Website : https://quality-assurance-dao.github.io/
Twitter : @qa_dao
On Discord : stephen.rowan, CallyFromAuron
On Telegram : @swhitenstall, @vancardui
Please comment on our Fund 7 proposals
Welcome Fund7 Proposers!
Active Proposals: ±1,166
Refinement stage was a success!
Fund5: ~1900 Comments made!��Fund6: ~2,100 Comments made!
�Fund7: ~2,500 Comments made!
369 (451) proposals without a comment - let’s give them something to think about!�
Feedback challenge
Fund7 innovation phase
*always make sure to check for any changes in timeline
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Insight sharing | Share perspective (NOT proposals yet) | Nov 11th | Nov 18th |
Proposal draft submission | Submit ideas Provide structured feedback | Nov 18th | Nov 25th @11AM UTC |
Proposal Refinement | Provide structured feedback | Nov 25th | Dec 2nd @11AM UTC |
Proposal Finalization | Idea -> proposal | Dec 2nd | Dec 9th @11AM UTC |
Proposal Review | Community advisors review proposals | Dec 9th | Dec 16th @11AM UTC |
Asses QA | Proposers flags, vCA reviews | Dec 16th �@11AM UTC | Jan 6th @11AM UTC |
Governance phase | Voting | Jan 13th | TBD |
Treasury ROI
Innovation
Governance
Execution
Finalization stage - Focus time
👉 deep listening to feedback 🧘♀️
👉 dive into details - fine tune 📝
👉 merge proposals for strength 🤝
👉 maybe rewrite everything - totally okay! 💪
👉 set reasonable budgets and be mindful of funds requested
The checklist
The checklist
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The whole point of this time is to evolve proposal to better address the challenge
Negativity undermines our long-term goals
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Ignore > negativity
There will be plenty of time to campaign after finalization
CATALYST CIRCLE - v2
Next Circle:
Dec 9, 2021 @ 17:00 UTC
Matthias Sieber
Cardano Foundation
Harris Warren
IOG
Tevo Saks
Toolmakers & Maintainers
Stephen Whitenstall
Funded Proposers
Allison Fromm
General ADA Holders
Raymond Mata
Stake Pool Operators
( SPO’s )
Kenric Nelson
Community Advisors
( CA’s/vCA’s )
Project
Catalyst
Project
Catalyst
CATALYST CIRCLE
Room is open to any ADA holders with questions, concerns, or ideas
More times and dates to be announced with a focus on other time zones
General ADA Holders are a huge community, with no central gathering spot
Topics focused on the engagement of ADA holders with Catalyst
Office Hours - General ADA Holders Rep
Project
Catalyst
CATALYST CIRCLE
A Quick Start - FAQ is now available for Funded Proposers at : https://quality-assurance-dao.gitbook.io/catalyst-coordinator/
Feedback on the funded proposer experience is invited at funded-proposers@catalystcircle.io and will be tracked here.
A draft Catalyst-Coordinator Hub proposal has been submitted in the Community Hubs Challenge to sustain this platform.
In response to requests an overview of Challenge Teams is being compiled at : https://quality-assurance-dao.gitbook.io/catalyst-fund-7-challenges/
and separate GitHub Repositories for each Challenge are being setup.
See this issue for details.
Coordinator Representative Updates
(Funded Proposers)
Project
Catalyst
CATALYST CIRCLE
Check out CC Meeting 10!
~ CCv2’s Second Congress ~
OBSERVE THE SENSOR ARRAY!
Project
Catalyst
CATALYST CIRCLE
The CC Admin Team now has a Treasurer Team!
Chris Keller
Miroslav Rajh
Andre Diamond
CC Admin Treasurers
Project
Catalyst
CATALYST CIRCLE
CC Meeting 11 - December 9, 2021 @ 17:00 UTC
View the status of individual problems Circle addresses on the Trello :
CCv1 minutes and documentation GitBook ( by QA DAO )
Circle has a funded F6 proposal - “Power Up The Catalyst Circle”
Catalyst Circle has his submitted Challenge successfully voted
Rapid Funding Mechanisms
Oversight of Catalyst Circle, by Stephen Whitenstall was
successfully voted and funded
CCv2 minutes and documentation GitBook ( by QA DAO )
News & Updates
IDEA FEST FUND 7
Meet the Future Builders of Cardano
DECEMBER 18 & 19 at 15.00 UTC
Two Days of presentations and Q&A
December 18
At 15.00 UTC
December 19
At 15.00 UTC
Place for you to present your Project to the Community
Place for you to meet the People behind the Projects you want to vote for
Place for you to meet get inspired to start your own Project
Online - Open Community Event on Zoom to celebrate the future builder of Cardano
Community advisor registration
🔓 Registration for CAs OPENs tomorrow via Ideascale mid day UTC
�🚨 Deadline by December 9
When registration opens, you will see a pop up in Ideascale that looks like this------>
📣 Join the CA Telegram Channel https://t.me/CatalystCommunityAdvisors
⚠️ Make sure you understand all criteria to be eligible and read CA Guide.
Catalyst School
Registration For Fund7 - ongoing
No QR code saved, no vote!�No PIN code saved, no vote!
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