Closed Flaxscrip closed 2 years ago
ErinOCon
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2 years ago HI @Flaxscrip, thank you for your proposal! Before proceeding with our review, can you provide a quick update on the metatron project? How is the progress of your work going? What impact has it made so far?
Flaxscrip
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2 years ago @ErinOCon - Thank you for your inquiry and interest. This new EDEN Project proposal is a direct result of the growth and of the increasing demand for IPFS + Metatron + Filecoin technologies by our user community.
This Supply Chain Diagram documents a subset of the organizations and data currently being loaded on IPFS clusters and versioned with Metatron proof-of-existence protocol.
Throughout 2021 and 2022, we have held regular weekly calls with a community of 15-20 active commercial entities; these are our first customers, who are driving the requirements and problem statements defining Metatron and EDEN.
EDEN is a supply chain traceability application layer on top of the Metatron data notarization and versioning protocol. We have not yet completed the Metatron project, but because of the very active business community, we are proposing an increase in scope to include more functional requirements, business development activities, and IOT integration support. EDEN will also add ChainLink to the technology stack.
Our pilot calls include supply chain consultants, farmers, chemical and genomic labs, distributors, lawyers, software manufacturers, quality assurance and certification organizations, scientific researchers, and more.
Each of the organizations participating in our pilot are part of the fast growing Ethical Data Alliance community.
We propose to transfer the remaining balance of unspent Metatron project funds to this new EDEN proposal. We prepared a Metatron Financial Summary Report showing completed bounties and spend-to-date. We reviewed these numbers as well as the deliverables and status of the Metatron project with @realChainLife; I will be happy to present and report these results to you and or any other interested parties.
We have live deliverables resulting from the Metatron bounties being used by our EDEN Pilot user community:
A cluster of IPFS servers running at : https://library.edenprotocol.io/ This server hosts our test data for our ongoing pilot efforts. Our objective is to assist each organization to setup their own clusters modeled after the EDEN library.
A versioning Metatron server running at: https://metatron.edenprotocol.io/ This server will host private versioning data for documents being loaded on the IPFS clusters.
We also realize that the EDEN Proposal is a significantly bigger program than our original Metatron project. We designed our EDEN Cost Model to facilitate discussions on how to finance this program.
We originally pitched an earlier version of the EDEN Proposal to Blake L. at Outlier Ventures. We were a finalist project with OV but didn't make the cut because of the risks and complexity associated with supply chains and complex data projects. Blake referred us back to the Filecoin Foundation mentioning interest by the Foundation to "pick up" the top finalist projects from OV. Of course we are open to possibly joint financing if that is a desired approach for the Foundation.
All project activities and discussions are managed openly in our Github repository and can be audited at any time by the Foundation. I will be happy to walk you through our project documentation and review work-to-date. All details are published here: https://nomicon.edenprotocol.io/Projects/Metatron_Protocol_Launch/
Thank you again for your past, current, and hopefully future financing of our activities.
Flaxscrip
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2 years ago Additional note: EDEN is a tool that can be used for any supply chain. I am also engaged with a crypto carbon credit project where we are planning to use Metatron/EDEN to secure carbon credit offsets, evidence of canopy growth, credit certifications, etc.
While the Ethical Data Alliance (EDA) is the current "driving" organization for these efforts, the products can already be applied to other use cases (ex: crypto carbon credits). I will be happy to discuss these other opportunities in a more private setting since they are not as public as the works of the EDA.
ErinOCon
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2 years ago Hi @Flaxscrip, thank you for the update! I'll circle back with an update once our initial review is complete.
ErinOCon
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2 years ago Hi @Flaxscrip, I hope you are doing well! We expect to have more information available next week. Thank you for your patience!
Flaxscrip
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2 years ago No worries at all. Thank you for your consideration. We are available for any questions and recommendations. Looking forward to our next chat.
Flaxscrip
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2 years ago @ErinOCon - checking-in to see if there's any questions I can help with. I'll be happy to walk you and your team through the proposal and answer any questions or recommendations you may have.
ErinOCon
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2 years ago Hi @Flaxscrip, thank you again for your patience! We will not be moving forward with a grant for this project at this time. We would be happy to consider a new proposal if additional use cases for metatron are developed in the future. Wishing you the best with your current project work!
Flaxscrip
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2 years ago @ErinOCon - Thank you for your consideration. Can I confirm with you that we can continue with the remainder of the Metatron project funding?
Re: Additional Use Cases - I am working on a Crypto Carbon Credit project for a reforestation and sequestration company. Metatron is a great tech for that use case as well. I will re-connect at a future time as new options mature.
Cheers -
C.
Open Grant Proposal
Name of Project:
EDEN: The Ethical Data Exchange NetworkProposal Category:
integration-adoptionProposer:
flaxscrip & team (listed below)(Optional) Technical Sponsor:
Blake Lewinsky, OutlierVentures.ioDo you agree to open source all work you do on behalf of this RFP and dual-license under MIT, APACHE2, or GPL licenses?:
yes: MITProject Description
EDEN is a blockchain-secured exchange protocol that enables tokenized data interchange between supply chain systems and participants creating a platform for decentralized supply chain management (D-SCM).
Our initial functionality is targeted at securing, cataloging, and exchanging data about a product as it evolves through its supply chain. We are working with the Ethical Data Alliance (EDA), a 501c3 educational non-profit composed of dozens of active commercial operations and ancillary businesses working with natural products who are helping us define meaningful requirements and roadmaps.
All Natural Product supply chains have three common features relevant to EDEN such as: 1) relying on a typically decentralized production class [farmers], 2) a final processed product ranging from raw biomaterial to a purified and/or reformulated extract, and 3) all material can be traced back to the original source.
The "I, Pencil" story by Leonard Read beautifully explains that supply chains are chaotic systems; no one is in control of a supply chain. Over the last few years, global supply chains have been irreparably disrupted. D-SCM is needed for the same reasons as decentralized money and finance. Ethical Data is a new area of global research and development which will provide much needed guidance against the abuses of Big Data. Ethical Big Data is possible, but it will need to reward and respect each individual data generator.
EDEN is a much needed data network where the quality and provenance of any agricultural product could be documented.
While our initial focus is with natural products, primarily cannabis and hemp, this pilot is a proof of concept to show that the EDEN can track any supply chain.
Agricultural products have complex supply chains with final products including medicinal compounds, food, industrial products, hempcrete, biofuels, and thousands of other products. EDEN benefits from this complexity and as a result, we will have a very robust protocol for web3 supply chain management. We are connecting, perhaps for the first time, an immense web of data about our products. Today, this data remains hidden in private databases. Tomorrow, everyone will want to publish how they added value to a product.
Value
BENEFITS OF DOING THIS RIGHT
We are building a decentralized public data commons that will level the playing field and create a path to equitable data sales and sharing as opposed to current predatory “Big Data” models. The EDEN is a place where businesses can compete and farmers can leverage their assets. This disruptive technology, once at maturity, will enable a future where supply chain data producers are recognized, respected, and rewarded for sharing information and collaborating with one another.
EDEN will facilitate the flow of information across the supply chain through blockchain and Web3 tech. Instead of changing an old and broken system, we are designing and building a robust supply chain solution based on blockchain and Web3 technologies that can be applied to all biological supply chains, including food, both locally and globally.
The EDEN will make transactions less costly and increase profitability by streamlining data exchange process, facilitate data valuation, and differentiate better-farmed products for consumers. This will even the playing field and allow more people to participate in a healthy and profitable industry. In the long term, research using data on the EDEN can be used to help develop industry-wide standards. The EDEN is not only going to benefit the cannabis industry, but hemp, mushrooms, and other biological entheogens as well. Once this pilot is successfully completed, our findings can be applied to multiple alternative agriculture industries as well as mainstream agriculture.
Real-world problems where EDEN can provide value:
Real-world commencial entities generating data for EDEN
The organizations listed below are all currently actively involved in EDEN Pilot activities. Each of these commercial operators generate data that will be captured on a multiplicity of IPFS clusters, ideally each organization will host their own EDEN node. This is just our initial list of participants; we expect numerous new participants as we publicize the results and benefits of inter-connecting supply chain data using the EDEN protocol.
Additional organizations will join our group as the Ethical Data Alliance continues to promote the value of EDEN. Current affiliates to the EDA are listed here: https://ethicaldata.net/about-us/governance/
RISKS OF NOT GETTING IT RIGHT
RISKS THAT WILL MAKE PROJECT EXECUTION DIFFICULT
Deliverables
The EDEN Release Schedule below details a series of monthly deliverables spread over a period of 20 months. These "milestone" deliverables mark the completion of significant work that will generate many more sub-deliverables not listed here.
We propose 2 categories of deliverables: 1) Business, and 2) Technology. The business deliverables will include project planning, requirements definition, quality assurance, business development, and customer support. Technology deliverables will provide OSS code, designs, systems integrations, toolchains, and operating environment to showcase and use the technology.
EDEN Release Schedule
We divide our 20-month roadmap in 4x releases as follow:
Each release provides value to our targeted user-base. With each release, we will integrate real-world operational data with EDEN. The diagram below illustrates a product's story and traceability by connecting together documents from multiple supply-chain participants.
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Development Roadmap
Planning the Ethical Data Exchange Network
This is a roadmap that contains a list of deliverables spread over a period of 20 months. Each month-long sprint will have a specific set of deliverables and will engage a team of up to 9-10 individuals forming the project's core team.
The Project in numbers
Each core team members will be expected to have 20+ hours of availability / week, with the majority of members operating at 35 hours / week.
This plan will also define a list of Expert Advisors. We will define a budget whereby advisors can be compensated for publishing professional opinions after each product release.
Each release provides an incremental set of features, culminating in the Beta-1 release, which will provide a production-ready minimal viable product (MVP); our MVP is called the Storyteller Interface (more on that below).
Ongoing throughout the roadmap below are early adopter promotion, real-world data integration services, presentation at conferences, and general EDEN protocol marketing and business development activities. Deliverables and work products from these activities will be documented as part of upcoming detailed project plans.
The roadmap lists specific major deliverables for each work-sprint as requested by the Filecoin Foundation for financing planning and funds release purposes.
Download the Roadmap in Libreoffice spreadsheet format.
The 4 Milestones of the EDEN Protocol
Data Protection: (Release Alpha-I)
This 5-month long Epic will provide an operational implementation of all protocols required for users to claim ownership of their data. This release implements proof-of-existence using the underlying Metatron functionality.
Data protection is an important first step towards the realization of EDEN. Supply chain data producers are typically reluctant to "share" product data because of the fear of losing control of the information. The EDEN Data Protection release enables a user to digitally claim authorship right over a specific document and its future revisions.
Data Package (Release Alpha-II)
Following the Alpha-I release, we now aim to make the protected data available to others. This 5-months long Epic will provide an operational implementation of all protocols required for users to package data in non-fungible tokens (NFT) recognizable on other networks and/or to catalog data in a ChainLink Oracle for consumption by 3rd party systems.
Note that the Data Package functionality could become much more complex in future releases. Our initial NFTs will provide basic "data envelope" functionality (ie: public meta-data with private content only visible to key-holder).
Authorship Transfer (Release Alpha-III)
This 5-months long Epic will provide an operational implementation of all protocols required for users to transfer data authorship rights to another user. Note that data authohttps://user-images.githubusercontent.com/106538940/188009560-43fa37e8-ce63-46df-9745-0924e371c0b7.pngrship rights is separate from rights to view the content of a secured data package (NFT) or rights to access the data oracle.
Authorship rights transfers control of future amendments or retraction of the data from the network.
In the current Metatron implementation, transfer of authorship rights is done on the Tesseract blockchain. This Epic will require integration with the Filecoin blockchain. This will continue to deepen our integration with the vast IPFS + ChainLink + Filecoin ecosystem.
Storyteller MVP (Release Beta-1)
This 5-months long Epic will provide our first minimal viable product (MVP) with the launch of our storyteller interface.
The storyteller functionality will require the creation of three new semantically purposeful Metatron data types:
Valuation of supply chain data will greatly increase as we associate data semantically with other claims, evidence, and stories. These data types will facilitate "linking together" our evidenced product stories for consumers, regulators, business partners, etc.
Total Budget Requested
EDEN Roadmap Cost Model
Resource cost breakdown
Maintenance and Upgrade Plans
The launch of EDEN will generate many new business opportunities in genomics research, ethical data mining, supply chain monitoring & alerting, ethical data promotion, etc. The scope of EDEN is purposefully restrained and limited to that of a 2nd (3rd?) layer protocol (EDEN = Metatron + IPFS + Filecoin + Chainlink). From EDEN, we expect to see many new projects become possible.
EDEN will bring in many new commercial organizations to the IPFS ecosystem. Today, we have IP lawyers, farms, genomic labs, chemical labs, software providers, industry consultants, quality assessors, researchers, medical doctors, and consumers all becoming exposed to IPFS through their involvement with the EDA or the EDEN project.
At the end of this 20 months program, we will have realized and demonstrated the EDEN value proposition for decentralized supply chain management using open source Web3 technologies and a large community of active commercial operators using the network to exchange valuable information about their products.
Team
EDEN Core Team
Below is a team composed of both industry/business and technology talent; we believe a team of no more than 10 individuals is ideal for the success of our project.
EDEN Advisor Team
Our advisors are selected to provide thought-leadership in their areas of expertise. A reasonable compensation per professional opinion published is sought for up to 10x publications. Each opinion should be of blog-length.
Team Member LinkedIn Profiles
Core Team
Advisor Team
Relevant Experience
Core Team
Christian Saucier
Christian Saucier is founder and principal consultant at cryptotech.guru. He brings over two decades of global consulting experience and a network of expert resources to help communities, organizations, and industries manage the disruptive potential of P2P technology. Christian’s solutions have been featured at global institutions including MIT, Columbia, Bloomberg, RT, Forbes, and numerous public media outlets.
Christian’s experience in ag-tech and IOT includes collaboration with scientists from UC Davis, UMass Amherst, and WSU; direct engagement with regulators, farmers, consumer brands, and distributors to create new revenue opportunities using data tokenization strategies.
Mitchell Colbert
Before becoming the executive director of the EDA, Mitchell ran his own lobbying firm, Full Spectrum Strategy, where he advocated in California, Colorado, and Canada for cannabis waste (specifically vape waste) to be easier to recycle. His efforts resulted in regulatory and statutory changes in Colorado which allow for legal cannabis consumer waste recycling for the first time since legalization. Now, as Head of Social and Environmenal Impact for Vessel, Mitchell continues to advocate for vape recycling around the US.
Mitchell cut his teeth in the cannabis industry working at Harborside for half a decade before becoming a senior consultant and communications lead for Pistil + Stigma. He is a longtime activist and has been a regional director for two campaigns to legalize cannabis in California, including 2010’s Proposition 19 which failed to pass but kickstarted the modern wave of cannabis legalization around the US. Mitchell is a prolific journalist with over a hundred articles in over a dozen outlets, and is a published cannabis researcher who has studied medical cannabis recommending doctors in California. As a drug policy researcher and a writer, Mitchell has extensively researched The Silk Road and is very familiar with Bitcoin and the myriad of other cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies out there.
Sarah Schuette, COO/CIO
Co-Founder of Dirty Business Soil Consulting & Analysis (Est. 2012), which provides soil analytical services and agronomic consulting support for pest and disease management, fertilizer applications, and other best agricultural practices. Over a decade working in cannabis agriculture both pre- and post-regulatory landscapes. Experience with IP development for domestic and international cannabis start-ups. Supporting compliant standardized operations through custom database design and implementation. Merging cannabis, science, and technology to run a modern business.
Joanna Berg, CEO/CFO
Co-Founder of Dirty Business Soil Consulting & Analysis (Est. 2012), which provides soil analytical services and agronomic consulting support for pest and disease management, fertilizer applications, and other best agricultural practices. Over a decade working in cannabis agriculture both pre- and post-regulatory landscapes. Experience with IP development for domestic and international cannabis start-ups. Supporting compliant standardized operations through custom database design and implementation. Merging cannabis, science, and technology to run a modern business.
David McFadzean
David is a principal architect at cryptotech.guru, bringing over three decades of software engineering experience across multiple industries including medical imaging, surgical robotics, artificial intelligence, blockchain and web3. He is the inventor of the Nomicon software development life cycle process and the Metatron version authorization system.
Advisor Team
Reggie Weedman
Reggie Weedman has explored the wide diversity of the Cannabis plant throughout latitudes and longitudes, elevations, soil types and seasons. Reggie likes to help people reach their goals by participating in the ever evolving and plastic nature of this plant through breeding. He supports the vision of the EDA and sees major utility in the EDEN empowering parties to make the most of their data streams.
Dale Hunt
Dr. Dale Hunt is a plant scientist, Cannabis lawyer, and registered U.S. patent attorney with over 20 years of experience protecting plant varieties in the United States and throughout the world. Dale is the founder of Plant & Planet Law Firm, an Intellectual Property Law practice, where he provides guidance and expertise on patents and IP matters, and aids clients in establishing IP protection for their legal marijuana cultivars, products and businesses. Before he began working in the legal Cannabis industry, Dale worked with other clients in Agriculture, Water Purification, Alternative Energies, Biotechnology, Medicine, Manufacturing Processes, and Natural Formulations, and he has helped many of his clients commercialize their IP, products and plant varieties in over 30 countries. Through Plant & Planet Law Firm he and his team continue to service these clients in addition to their Cannabis clients. Dale has degrees in botany (BS), plant genetics (MS) molecular & cellular biology (PhD), and law (JD).
Dale is also the founder and CEO of Breeder’s Best, a startup company created to help independent Cannabis breeders protect their work and bring it to patients and markets worldwide.
Jeffrey Hamilton
Focusing on the cannabis industry, Jeff Hamilton counsels companies of all sizes, from startups to publicly traded corporations, in a broad range of transactional matters. As a practitioner, Jeff is a generalist by design. His law practice includes mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt offerings, venture capital financings and day-to-day business management, such as fund and joint venture formation, commercial agreements, corporate governance and regulated industry reporting compliance. Jeff leads Farella Braun + Martel LLP’s Cannabis Practice, and was recognized in Chambers USA’s 2020 edition (Cannabis Law: Western United States). Jeff sits on the Executive Committee of the San Francisco Bar Association’s Cannabis Law Section, and the National Cannabis Industry Association’s Cultivation Committee.
Evianne
Eviane has been on a plant guided path for over 17 years. Herbalist, farmer and teacher she loves to share the wisdom of our plant allies. Her work is focused around environmental stewardship, biologically driven growing practices, and creating a nurturing and empowering work environment. She has extensive experience in the legal Cannabis industry and currently manages Ebb and Flow Farm and Cascade Hemp Collective Inc., and also consults in the field. Ebb and Flow Farm in beautiful southern Oregon has won numerous awards for their Cannabis including first place at the 2018 and 2019 Cultivation Classic for Best Type 2 outdoor and most Credible Cultivar and multiple awards at the Terpene Cup. Eviane carries a Permaculture Design Certification. She has forged a deep connection with the land, owning an 82 acre farm homestead for over a decade, and developing a neighboring 600 acre hot springs project.
Dr. Janice Knox
Dr. Janice Knox spent 32 years as a board-certified anesthesiologist before becoming an Endocannabinologist and Cannabinology specialist. As a cofounder of the American Cannabionoid Clinics, Dr. Janice feels that it’s important to voice how important it is to understand the pharmacology of cannabis and it’s application to the intricate physiology of the endocannabinoid system and the greater endocannabinodome.
Dr. Janice Knox is the CEO of the AC Group Inc., Oregon representative of the Doctors for Cannabis Regulation, a board director for the American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine and Association, medical advisor to Hemptown USA, a medical advisory board member of PRA Global, medical advisory board member of Greenway DNA, CEO of ADVENT Academy, CEO Doctors Knox, Inc and AC group.
Elijah Spina
Elijah has participated as an active voting member in a range of DAOs across the Ethereum and Near Protocol ecosystems. He was nominated as an L2 in BanklessDAO, received grant funding from Near Foundation and Ocean DAO, and was on the core event team for DAO Denver 2022 and DAOPlanet.NYC 2022.
Elijah is currently Lead Community Manager for MedDAO, core contributor and multi-sig member of DAO Planet, Marketing WorkGroup Lead for Crypto Sapiens, host of the DeScientralized podcast series, and serves as founder and core contributor at Cannabis Genome DAO. Elijah is an early tester for decentralized data marketplace, peer-review, and publication platforms including Ocean Protocol, Weavechain, DeSci Labs Nodes, Data Union, and Re-public DAO. Elijah is also one of six founding members of the DeSci Coalition within the web3 political action DAO Lobby3 championed by presidential candidate Andrew Yang.
Team code repositories
Additional Information
This proposal is a scope expansion and continuation of the Metatron project. We proposed the EDEN scope to Outlier Ventures earlier this year; our project was among the finalists and we were encouraged by Blake Lewinsky to prepare a new proposal for the Filecoin Foundation.
We acknowledge that this is a significant scope and budget. We are very flexible and look forward to discussions with the Filecoin Foundation on identifying possible additional sources of financial support. We are open to the possibility of establishing a development corporation to facilitate the development and promotion of the EDEN network.
We've been grateful and have already benefited greatly from the Filecoin Foundation's funding of Metatron. The EDEN Proposal will take this technology and apply it to the real world with a group of engaged industry actors.
Thank you for your considerations. We remain available to answer any questions you may have.