Vote for Âtrium in Catalyst Fund 11
We have been busy delivering on the three Catalyst proposals we were lucky to have funded in Fund 10. The funds received have been absolutely crucial in advancing portions of the development of Staking Baskets, the Stoa smart contract, and our educational content. However we fell short in raising the amount we needed to see many of the projects through to their ultimate final state narrowly missing out on 7 of our proposals. We continued to develop these proposals anyway using our own funds, and have evolved Âtrium’s product offering considerably over the past few months.
Fund 11 is upon us and we are applying for some much needed support from the Cardano Community to help us get to the next phase in our development. Here is a breakdown of what we are asking for, with some additional resources to further explain our proposals.
TLDR
We are looking to fund 5 proposals across 3 projects. These proposals are for different project deliverables and allow us to place each proposal in the most appropriate funding category.
Staking baskets — 3 proposals
Social platform — 1 proposal
Dashboard & Education — 1 proposal
Proposal list
DAO Controlled Staking Baskets
Multi-delegation Smart-contract governed by DAO holders
Staking Basket Ecosystem
Explorer for multi-delegation portfolios
Staking Basket Multi-Delegation Contract Open-Source
Opens sourcing the Staking Baskets contract
Account NFT Smart-contract
Mint Verifiably Unique User Accounts that store data on-chain
Cardano Onboarding Campaign
Larger crypto events, and multiple local education events.
How much are we asking for?
At the time we submitted the proposals, we are asking for around $440k in total. As we had to submit our funding request in ADA amount, the actual amount we submitted will change in Dollar value.
DAO Controlled Staking Baskets - 300000ada - $115,800
Staking Basket Ecosystem - 300000ada - $115,800
Staking Basket Multi-Delegation Contract Open-Source - 199999ada - $77,199
Account NFT Smart-contract -140000ada - $54,040
Cardano Onboarding Campaign - 200000ada - $77,200
Grand total $440,039
0.386ADA/USD at time of submission
Summary
We have the utmost respect for the Catalyst funding mechanism built into our beautiful network. It is there to accelerate Cardano forward and provide genuine builders with the resources they need to build the vision for the future that the community deems necessary. We submitted each proposal with that respect in mind, being careful not to request too much, only what we need to support our large team and the development of tooling we see as hugely impactful for the Cardano community.
We applied for funding in last year’s Fund 9 and were unsuccessful. Whilst we gained some funding for 3 proposals in Fund 10, we were unsuccessful with 7 of our key proposals. However, this didn’t stop us, we continued on at huge personal expense to build out Atrium and the proposed features. We feel this is a testimony to the resilience of the team and our ability to execute under duress.
Our Alpha has been released, 200 users have access to it and have been helping us test. Staking baskets are already operational on the preview network with public testing opening up very soon. We have just announced an exciting partnership with SDAO and have several more we are working towards. We are building something significant here at Âtrium, and we cant wait for you to join us on the journey.
