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Polkadot Hubs - Initiative case-study
Our proposal is focused on the already established, physical Polkadot Hub in Denpasar, Indonesia which serves as an experimental research and a strong case study on the Polkadot Hubs concept (community run physical locations all over the world) while bringing the enthusiastic APAC-based Polkadot community together. In the meantime, we have created an intro video:
Starting in January, we have embarked on an exciting new project to develop the first-ever global Polkadot Hubs framework and educational materials. To achieve this goal, we need real experience on the topic to provide a realistic and tested blueprint to aid the future Hubs. The project began in the with the idea of the first physical hub focusing on our ecosystem, located in Denpasar, Indonesia, catering to the growing local community.
Our goal is to provide research data, build educational material upon the Polkadot Sanctuary (this is how we call the Polkadot Hub in Denpasar) and gain further public presence, showing how great our ecosystem is.
The Polkadot Hub in Denparas is a collaborative and community-operated learning and working space - we monitor it closely to gain insight, knowledge, and experience in creating and managing future hubs.
We believe that this initiative will pave the way for future hubs, whether physical, online, or hybrid, by providing them with a clear case study and building a supportive community around the concept of the Polkadot Hubs. We are excited about this groundbreaking project and look forward to working with the Polkadot community to create a thriving ecosystem of Hubs in the APAC region and across the world.
Achievements so far:
- Establishment of Polkadot Sanctuary and secured the location until the end of the year
- Denpasar initial research is done and community growth is kickstarted. We have 110+ members already in the community.
- Head Ambassadors Six and Ambassador Gabo secured the location in Denpasar, DNA Creative building, until the end of the year, with zero cost rent and utility for Polkadot.
- Convinced Denpasar government to choose Substrate for their blockchain technology.
- Got request from the collective of 14 universities in Denpasar, to provide blockchain education material, focusing on Polkadot and Substrate.
- Video was created about the story of Polkadot Hub in Denpasar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTjL1weAShs
Link to the detailed case-study proposal
We have submitted the Treasury proposal as the public discussion concluded with positive feedback. We believe the Polkadot Hubs initiative can be a game changer in the web3 space.
Comments (17)
Let's build the biggest Polkadot Hub in Bali!
Great achievements so far.. I'll itemize my questions based on how it is written above:
For bullet #2 - Do we have formal / signed documents with DNA Creative bldg. or the government about having free rent of space and utility? Or all these are verbal agreements?
Bullet #3 - Same with choosing Substrate to choose for their blockchain technology, do we have exclusivity term with them?
Bullet #4 - aside from education material, maybe we can do also a special series of workshops?
I believe there will be more detailed plan in the proposal. Looking forward to it!
Thank you for the questions and feedback. Answers in bullets:
#2 We have a formal document on the collaboration and that we are invited to participate at the events. It is signed. More importantly, we have approval from the local government and BKRAF for organizing events there and book any part of the building, but we don't have a rental agreement, as the rent is signed between BBC's manager and the government. To organize any event in Bali, an ngo/foundation or company is required or to be the government itself. This is why the host is BBC.
#3 Right now, we have exclusivity and it is not likely to change. They chose Substrate for blockchain, but still has some focus on EVM/Solidity for NFT projects. The educational material requested are focusing on Substrate.
#4 We actually want to create workshops, maybe it is unclear so we'll update the documents. Our goal is train the hub managers and teachers at the universities, not to train all students.