Polkadot Growth Initiative
Beneficiary:Following the feedback from our last application in May, we’ve been working hard to showcase our commitment to the Polkadot ecosystem with initiatives entirely self-funded and without any support from Polkadot or its subsidiaries. Some of which include:
- Polkadot 2.0 Developer Training: We hosted a hands-on developer session for over 100 participants, aimed at breaking down the complexities of Polkadot 2.0. (Kindly check it out.)
- Smart Contract Campaign: We launched a campaign dedicated to building with the Polkadot SDK, driving awareness and encouraging adoption among developers in our network.
- On-going Program: We are currently empowering developer with the essential tools and hands-on guidance to build using Ink! and substrate parachains
This treasury proposal aims to expand on these efforts by onboarding new developers and expanding the understanding of Polkadot's SDK for dApp development in Nigeria(and beyond), where misconceptions limit its adoption. Through comprehensive training, bootcamps, and hackathons, our goal is to demonstrate Polkadot’s versatility beyond parachains, empowering developers to build impactful decentralized applications on Polkadot’s robust ecosystem and establishing it as a vital player in the region’s growing tech landscape. Kindly review the full proposal via the link below:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nSzJdyt6yWx9_XMruqhZTQwPmUom_SaSxjJDUFT0U5Y/edit?tab=t.0
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As one of the team members involved in this proposal, I believe this is a really important activity that is definitely going to improve developer opinion about the Polkadot space and how to build Dapps in the ecosystem. I have been a participant in many hackathons in the Polkadot space and seen how little the participants are compared to less innovative blockchains.
Now, the Polkadot technology is amazing and quite easy to get onboarded these days but a lot of devs I have spoken to seem to have no idea how to get started still, even with the amount of resources and guide currently made available by the foundation. The only training availablke for anyone wanting to learn about Polkadot development is the Polkadot Blockchain Academy, and it takes a certain level of skill to be able to qualify for this even though that level of skill is not required to be able to learn about Polkadot and actually start building some applications in the ecosystem.
It's also very expensive for trainees (especially in Nigeria and Africa) to participate as not everyone is able to travel to another country due to strict travel regulations, even if you qualify for the training which is one of the reasons the foundation has decided to launch the PBA online training.
I believe with a very well defined curriculum, a strong team of mentors and good funding, we can bring the physical (and online) Polkadot training to a community of developers.
Very good proposal, I'd say.
GM folks, thanks for this discussion.
Nigeria is an exciting region regarding winning local developers and educating the crypto natives.
The ask looks reasonable to me. However, I believe there's room for optimization if you reuse content from the Polkadot Blockchain Academy and its curriculum. Have you contacted them to find outreach, content creation, and community activation synergies? I believe this would be beneficial for your proposal.
From a reporting standpoint, it would be vital that you add KPIs and prospected results to see if the campaign is a success, such as the number of applications, show-up rate, submitted projects, quality of projects, and which teams are staying in the ecosystem.
Lastly, a marketing plan would be good to review, in terms of where you find and onboard your participants.
As one of the team members involved in this proposal, I believe this is a really important activity that is definitely going to improve developer opinion about the Polkadot space and how to build Dapps in the ecosystem. I have been a participant in many hackathons in the Polkadot space and seen how little the participants are compared to less innovative blockchains.
Now, the Polkadot technology is amazing and quite easy to get onboarded these days but a lot of devs I have spoken to seem to have no idea how to get started still, even with the amount of resources and guide currently made available by the foundation. The only training availablke for anyone wanting to learn about Polkadot development is the Polkadot Blockchain Academy, and it takes a certain level of skill to be able to qualify for this even though that level of skill is not required to be able to learn about Polkadot and actually start building some applications in the ecosystem.
It's also very expensive for trainees (especially in Nigeria and Africa) to participate as not everyone is able to travel to another country due to strict travel regulations, even if you qualify for the training which is one of the reasons the foundation has decided to launch the PBA online training.
I believe with a very well defined curriculum, a strong team of mentors and good funding, we can bring the physical (and online) Polkadot training to a community of developers.
Very good proposal, I'd say.
GM folks, thanks for this discussion.
Nigeria is an exciting region regarding winning local developers and educating the crypto natives.
The ask looks reasonable to me. However, I believe there's room for optimization if you reuse content from the Polkadot Blockchain Academy and its curriculum. Have you contacted them to find outreach, content creation, and community activation synergies? I believe this would be beneficial for your proposal.
From a reporting standpoint, it would be vital that you add KPIs and prospected results to see if the campaign is a success, such as the number of applications, show-up rate, submitted projects, quality of projects, and which teams are staying in the ecosystem.
Lastly, a marketing plan would be good to review, in terms of where you find and onboard your participants.