Closed TheChronicMonster closed 1 year ago
Hi @realChainLife, Following up regarding our Reach proposal on Filecoin, post holiday season. Is it possible to secure a review and/or schedule a call? Thank you!
Hi @TheChronicMonster thanks for your patience with our feedback. We will update you here when we have a status update.
Hi @TheChronicMonster, thank you for your proposal and for all of your patience during our review process. Unfortunately, we will not be moving forward with a grant at this time. We are wishing you all the best as you continue to build!
Open Grant Proposal:
FileCoin Developer Program: Education, Onboarding, & Deployment
OutReach Developer Programs
Proposal Category:
community
and ‘app-dev’Proposer:
reach-sh
Do you agree to open source all work you do on behalf of this RFP and dual-license under MIT, APACHE2, or GPL licenses?:
Yes
Project Description
In the next 6 months Reach will launch 2 developer programs, work to teach developers about FileCoin while building its community in regions like APAC, Latin America, and Africa. Predominantly focused around university students.
Reach makes it possible for web2 CS students, full-stack developers to become web3 developers at a fraction of the time and development cost (over 50% reduction in cost, over 40% reduction in time to build, and over 50% reduction in number of lines of code when compared to traditional blockchain development). This allows for new companies with little to no funding to bootstrap their way to market.
Together, FileCoin and Reach have the ability to grow the builder community, and bring curriculum to universities. We do so by providing and creating educational resources for developers, through mentorship, curriculum, and opportunities for protocols and builders. Reach Platform is an AVM, EVM compatible programming language, specialized compiler and deployment tool that lowers the barrier of entry into blockchain development.
Blockchain development is difficult. Launching a company requires costly developers, and time to execute using the current tools that are widely adopted. Our objective is to make it possible for web2 full-stack developers to become web3 developers at a fraction of the time and development cost (over 50% reduction in cost when compared to traditional blockchain development). Reach is the easiest and safest way to build decentralized applications without sacrificing sophistication in what is built. We have a robust tiered curriculum and training offering that takes web2 developers from novice web3 developers to expert Reach accredited blockchain developers in a matter of weeks (please refer to appendix to see Exhibit A where we describe the learning objectives and curriculum plan for the proposed courses. This is not "stick them in a room with CryptoZombies'; it is a fully developed course that we've offered many times with proven success and outcomes).
Value
FileCoins release of its virtual machine requires adoption, and incentives to have new builders come to add new DApps and users. Considering we have aligned goals to make blockchain accessible, and multi-chain we can support in providing the frameworks for builders to take part in educational programs, and hacks to deploy functional applications, to bring to mainnet for the ecosystem to use.
Reach is a 3 in 1 tool that will allow developers to only have to use one platform to do it all, and deploy to any EVM chain. Reach's built in language, formal verification, compiler, and deployment tool makes building more efficient. The whole ecosystem can benefit because we are lowering the barriers to entry, and welcoming new developers to start innovating for the future growth of Ethereum. FileCoin benefits because we are able to teach every developer about the best way to use filecoin in the development of their applications, as well as integration of FileCoin in university curriculum.
The greatest hurdles to success are not having the proper funding to involve our marketing partners. We are dependent on the foundation to support us by providing the necessary resources for Reach to create the prizes and incentives, but also content, promotional materials, and staff to coordinate the efforts. Considering we have followed this framework many times, our executional risks are low. We tend to average in retention for programs at 53% completion rate, but if we do not have enough resources to incentivize builders then the risk of falling below that retention rate can occur.
Deliverables
Projected Participation
Development Roadmap
We have outlined the entire plan of the program here
Overview:
Detailed Overview of Event - APAC UNIVERSITY EVENT:
March 2023 Onboarding students
April 2023
May 2023
Detailed Overview of Event - Decentralized Umoja:
June 2023 Community Partner: Africa Blockchain Alliance (ABA
August 2023
Total Budget Requested
Cost of Operations
Included in this proposal is the cost to operate the programs, vision in virtual hackathon events, retention challenges, and strategy for acquiring community partners to bring new developers. Below is a breakdown of those costs based on past programs we have completed:
Team
Team Members
JP Miller
Nick Stanford
Michelle Hetlage
Team Member LinkedIn Profiles
JP Miller - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpmillerii
Nick Stanford - https://www.linkedin.com/in/reachnick/
Michelle Hetlage - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellehetlage/
Team Website
https://reach.sh
Relevant Experience
As described above, our team has extensive experience creating, operating, and maintaining bootcamps that teach blockchain development that result in unparalleled graduation rates and result in secured employment opportunities.
Team code repositories
JP Miller - https://github.com/thechronicmonster Nick Stanford - https://github.com/nstanford5
Additional Information
Please contact estefania@reach.sh to discuss the grant agreement and the next steps for our collaboration.