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Project Abstract

Polkanalysis is a Substrate-based blockchain explorer. It’s a web application and an API that combines data directly retrieved from the chain with a background service that also performs on-chain queries to populate a database.

Grant level

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

Application Checklist

• [x] The application template has been copied and aptly renamed (project_name.md).
• [x] I have read the application guidelines.
• [ ] Payment details have been provided (Polkadot AssetHub (USDC & DOT) address in the application and bank details via email, if applicable).
• [x] I understand that an agreed upon percentage of each milestone will be paid in vested DOT, to the Polkadot address listed in the application.
• [x] I am aware that, in order to receive a grant, I (and the entity I represent) have to successfully complete a KYC/KYB check.
• [x] The software delivered for this grant will be released under an open-source license specified in the application.
• [x] The initial PR contains only one commit (squash and force-push if needed).
• [x] The grant will only be announced once the first milestone has been accepted (see the announcement guidelines).
• [ ] 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)

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Hello @semuelle , Thank you very much for your feedback!

Here are the answers to your different points:

For the 9 points mentioned in Milestone 1, the only one that hasn’t been fully developed is the web application (I’ve started it, but let’s say it’s at 50%). The other elements are either completely developed or around 80%. At this point, I can, if you like, add a progress status for each of them. Nevertheless, I still have around 3 months of development and testing left to stabilize the application. To give you some examples, I still have a few bugs related to CheckMetadaHash and the generation of enums in C# (I noticed that some enums have the same index). I also need to develop several front-end components. In summary: I’m at 50% for the web application (3 weeks of work remaining) I still need to stabilize my infrastructure, as I’m having a few issues mapping my data (1 month) A few bugs related to the database and concurrent calls since everything is asynchronous (1 week) Deploy everything in production and start populate the production database (2 weeks)

I will update the PR with the progress percentages for everything.

Regarding the second point, I plan to:

• See how much the cloud database would cost
• If cloud is too expensive, choose a data center and set up my own server (expensive to buy, but after that, the costs are fully controlled)
• Monetize the API to reduce my hosting costs
• Use my own funds if necessary.

The advantage of this kind of part-time project is that it doesn’t need to be profitable (though I will avoid letting it cost me $2,000 a month...), and my financial stability doesn’t depend on it.

Regarding the license, how do you know that it is under GPL? Thanks a lot :)

[Apolixit]

Hello @semuelle ,

I’ve updated the PR by splitting my “milestone 1” table into two parts:

• Milestone 1: what remains to be done
• Milestone 0: what has already been completed in the project
• A Marketing and long term section to outline various approaches for making the project profitable

I’ve also updated the licenses of my projects in this commit, which will be merged into master in a few days.

Regarding the project description, I don’t believe it needs any changes.
I understand it’s standard not to accept retroactive payment, but I would like to emphasize that the work done so far also demonstrates the level of rigor I can bring to the project.

Let me know if you need anything else :) Romain