Decentralized Futures: Introducing PaperMoon

We are thrilled to announce that PaperMoon has been awarded a Decentralized Futures grant from the Web3 Foundation. This recognition underscores their commitment to fostering innovation and collaboration within the Polkadot ecosystem. Here’s a closer look at what PaperMoon brings to the table and their exciting plans for the future.

Empowering Developer Relations in the Polkadot Ecosystem

PaperMoon, a Developer Relations (DevRel) service company, has set its sights on revolutionizing the Polkadot ecosystem. Their mission is clear: to enhance the developer experience by providing tailored DevRel solutions that bridge communication gaps, streamline knowledge-sharing, and promote best practices.

As the main coordinators behind a new developer hub, PaperMoon will incorporate everything developers need to start working on Polkadot. While they won’t create all the content, they will focus on maintaining the structure, tracking, and improving SEO-related aspects. Their content efforts will center around ecosystem-related tooling, how-tos, and best practices.

Additionally, PaperMoon will support hackathons from a technical perspective, helping organizers define the scope and supporting hackers with general Polkadot guidance. They also have dedicated resources to foster and enhance the Polkadot developer ecosystem in China. Collaborating with partners like OneBlock+, they will create developer courses, quizzes for students, participate in local hackathons, and produce technical blog posts tailored to the Chinese developer community.

Meet the PaperMoon Team

The team behind PaperMoon is a powerhouse of expertise and dedication. Formed by individuals with extensive experience in the Polkadot ecosystem, they bring a wealth of knowledge and a proven track record of success. Their background includes significant contributions to projects such as Moonbeam and Tanssi, making them well-equipped to drive the Polkadot ecosystem forward.

Addressing Key Challenges

PaperMoon recognizes that great technology alone isn’t enough. Developers need comprehensive support to navigate the complexities of the Polkadot ecosystem. The main challenge is that Polkadot documentation is highly dispersed and outdated. Developers lack a clear path when they say, “I want to build on Polkadot,” to find the right tools or the right calls to action. This not only results in a poor developer experience but also negatively impacts SEO metrics and coherence around the Polkadot brand. Here are the key challenges they aim to address:

• Informational Architecture: Structuring content the right way, so that is future-proof and developers can find the content they are looking for, all under the Polkadot umbrella.
• Cross-Team Coordination: Organizing all the different streams of work in regards to content, ensuring all contributors arel align for a single goal: create great content that helps developer build on Polkadot.
• Information Sharding: Centralizing all the information relevant to developers building on Polkadot, which is spread among way too many sources, impacting developer onboarding experience
• Out-of-date Content: Creating a future-proof structure so that content stay relevant and up-to-date.

Strategic Solutions

To tackle these challenges, PaperMoon has devised a robust strategy that includes becoming the main coordinators and being responsible for a coherent Polkadot developer documentation site. This comprehensive plan encompasses:

• Documentation Framework: Implementing a flexible and modern documentation framework will be the back-bone structure of the new developer hub. The framework ensures that everyone can contribute content to a single source, and such content is coherent with the Polkadot brand. In addition, it helps boost SEO metrics to help developers find the right content much quicker.
• Documentation and Knowledge-Sharing Platform: Coordinating and maintaining comprehensive documentation while creating a structure for updating it based on community feedback. The site will have many contributors, including Parity, W3F, PaperMoon, and other core ecosystem contributors, across different verticals such as Substrate, Tools, XCM, Smart Contracts, and more.
• Tooling and Procedures: Ensuring that tools and procedures are well-documented and accessible to all ecosystem teams. The documentation site will provide a gateway for developers to start building on top of Polkadot.
• Best Practices: Documenting and promoting best practices for implementing core features and tools, ensuring a consistent and high-quality developer experience.

Implementation Plan

The initial phase involves setting up an informational architecture for a new Polkadot developer hub site. This foundational step is crucial as it creates the backbone for all the content that will be delivered on the site. To ensure a comprehensive and diverse perspective, numerous ecosystem players are being involved to understand how Polkadot documentation should be structured and presented.

Leveraging a robust documentation framework, the team provides a solid base upon which the new site will be built. This effort includes close collaboration with the Distractive team to develop a new landing page and ensure that the content aligns with Polkadot’s brand guidelines. Furthermore, coordination with core content contributors across various verticals is prioritized to produce content efficiently and effectively, maintaining a consistent and high-quality informational resource for the Polkadot community..

Conclusion

The Web3 Foundation is excited to support PaperMoon in their mission to empower the Polkadot community. With their extensive experience and innovative approach, we are confident that they will make significant contributions to the ecosystem. We look forward to seeing the positive impact of their work and the continued growth of the Polkadot network.

Stay tuned for more updates on PaperMoon’s progress and their contributions to the Polkadot ecosystem. For more information, visit their website and join us in welcoming them as the latest Decentralized Futures grant recipient!

To learn more about PaperMoon and their groundbreaking work, visit PaperMoon’s website.

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