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By DevAsign
Automated bounty payouts via escrow contract and smart merge.
Open-source maintainers spend countless hours triaging PRs and chasing context in order to wire bounty payouts. DevAsign turns those scattered chores into a single workflow on Stellar, so projects can ship faster, pay instantly, and prove key events on-chain.
With this proposal, DevAsign extends Stellar usage across the OSS dev lifecycle though the following:
AI Code Reviews: We use AI to assist maintainers in reviewing pull-requests and generating in-depth feedback to send to contributors. Maintainers are always in the loop and will merge the PR if they’re confident in the code quality.
Soroban escrow for bounty payout: Merged PR will trigger bounty payout transactions via webhook. Soroban escrow contract (testnet first, then mainnet), will process 100% of payouts once live.
Onboard users in minutes: Dev/Projects accounts get automatic wallet creation at signup; onboarding targets ≤10 mins for project maintainers & ≤3 mins for contributors.
Impact targets: Reduce manual merge time by >30% with AI assistance; complete >500 bounty transactions on mainnet reliably; and achieve ≤10-minute onboarding for >90% of project maintainers.
Yes
$80.0K
We ran a 2-week baseline check via read-only access to each OSS repo on our waitlist, recording how things work today. Every target below is a step up from the baseline.
1. Adoption & Usage
Target:
Active projects onboarded: ≥20 OSS repos using at least one DevAsign workflow within 3 months post-mainnet.
Contributor engagement: ≥100 unique contributors/mo triggering ≥1 DevAsign event (bounty application, PR review/feedback, or transfer bounty payout) within 3 months post-mainnet
Project retention: ≥75% projects still active users after 6 months
Baseline:
15 active contributors/mo across waitlist repos
7 OSS projects on waitlist
Tracking:
GitHub App installs & webhook events
Unique user token count in PostgreSQL database
Repo activity (≥1 event in 30 days)
Impact: Faster activation and less friction for OSS maintainers and contributors.
2. Workflow Speed
Target:
Merged PRs per week: +70% over baseline average
Stellar payments: 0 failures in first mainnet 500 txns
Baseline:
5 merged PRs per week (waitlist avg); payouts happens days after merge
20 testnet txns (0 failures)
Tracking:
GitHub API/webhooks + weekly cron comparisons
Horizon API success log
Impact: Instant bounty payouts and robust on-chain anchoring build trust in automation.
3. Money & Time Saved
Target:
Bounty payouts: ≥ $5,000 USDC processed via Soroban escrow in Q1 2026
Manual work cut: save >30% of maintainers merge/admin hours
Baseline:
$200/mo average bounties per OSS project in waitlist
30 hrs per week spent reviewing code + admin
Tracking:
Scan Stellar ledger for task_payout operations
Monthly maintainer survey + GitHub review duration deltas.
Impact: Lower operating overhead and faster, transparent compensation improve contributor satisfaction and output.
4. Trust & Compliance
Target:
KYC pass rate: ≥ 95 %
On-chain audit coverage: 100% of PR merge receipts and payout txns recorded on-chain
NPS: Score ≥ 60 in Q1 2026
Baseline:
OSS with bounties use Stripe for contributor KYC
All test txns are hashed on-chain today
Tracking:
SumSub webhooks
Quarterly Merkle-root attestation report
In-app NPS prompt + email follow-ups
Impact: Verifiable, ledger-backed records and strong compliance unlock enterprise-grade confidence.
To accelerate adoption and build momentum, we’ll execute a three‑phase GTM strategy, synchronized with our development tranches:
Pilot Validation: Q4 2025 (PoC on Stellar testnet)
Pilot Partnerships: Onboard 7 waitlist OSS projects to test AI code reviews and automated bounty payouts.
Developer Waitlist: Drive sign‑ups via targeted GitHub outreach, Discord channels, and mini-hackathon sponsorships.
Content & Community: Release technical blogs, recorded demos, and a “Getting Started” video series.
Early Influencer Engagement: Host live coding sessions and AMAs with project maintainers to build credibility.
Goal: Validate core workflows with waitlist OSS repos and generate 20+ new project sign‑ups.
Mainnet Launch: Q1 2026 (MVP rollout)
MVP Launch: Public release of DevAsign GitHub PR bot and mainnet bounty payment module.
Integrations: Ship webhook connectors for Linear, Notion, and Slack to embed DevAsign features in existing stacks.
Referral Program: Launch “Built with DevAsign” badge and incentivize sharing (credit for each successful referral).
Goal: Achieve 40+ GitHub installations and 200 PRs reviewed with AI per month.
Scale-Up: Q2 2026 (Community Flywheel)
Token & Rewards: Introduce contributor reward tokens on Stellar for merge activity and community participation.
Governance Features: Release on‑chain voting and staking modules to empower project communities.
Ecosystem Partnerships: Collaborate with OSS funding platforms (e.g., OpenCollective) and grant programs.
Enterprise Outreach: Present at key conferences (Hacktoberfest, OSS Summit, DevRel Week) and begin pilot discussions with larger foundations.
Goal: Grow to ≥80 active projects, ≥300 unique contributors, and >$5k on‑chain bounty payouts + rewards per quarter.
Live PoC with Stellar SDK on Testnet: app.devasign.com
PoC full demo: https://vimeo.com/1120385958
7 open-source projects on waitlist (including Cal.com, Ratatui & Crawl4AI).
Raised $15k from Stellar kickstart award, proving credibility.
Conducted 9 discovery interview validating hypotheses. See report here: https://kingbethel.notion.site/Discovery-Report-270caa5ad91e80c9a4e0d9333bc72b4a
Description: Build the MVP with Stellar SDK for automated bounty payouts on merged PRs, add human-in-the-loop PR review, auto wallet creation on onboarding, and run all transactions on the Stellar testnet.
Deliverables
Integrate GitHub API with Stellar Typescript SDK for PR merge-triggered payouts on mainnet.
Human-in-the-loop workflow allowing maintainers to review and approve PRs before merge.
Automatic wallet creation for new users upon onboarding.
Submit all merge payout transactions to Stellar testnet with issue label in memo.
Completion Metrics
30 merged PRs trigger valid testnet transactions.
Unit test coverage ≥80%.
All transactions visible in Horizon with correct issue label in memo.
Timeline: 6 weeks
Budget: $50,000
Description: Replace SDK-based payouts with a Soroban escrow smart contract on Stellar testnet. Integrate AI-powered code review and assisted PR merge functionality.
Deliverables
Soroban escrow contract for holding and releasing bounty payouts.
AI-based code review system to assist maintainers in validating PR quality.
Smart merge feature combining AI recommendations with maintainer oversight.
All escrow release transactions executed on Stellar testnet.
Completion Metrics
100% of payouts processed through Soroban escrow.
AI-assisted reviews reduce manual merge time by 30%.
Timeline: 4 weeks (no budget)
Description: Deploy Soroban contracts to Stellar mainnet, process live payouts, and hash all PR merge events on-chain for immutable audit.
Deliverables
Migrate Soroban escrow contract from testnet to mainnet with production-ready configuration.
Process real bounty payouts on mainnet with AML/KYC compliance.
Store cryptographic hashes of merged PRs on Stellar for permanent record.
Optimise for high transaction throughput.
Completion Metrics
≥500 mainnet transactions completed without failure.
PR merge throughput uplift >70%.
On-boarding completed in ≤10 mins for project maintainers & ≤3 mins for contributors.
Timeline: 4 weeks
Budget: $30,000
Team: (2 full-time). We’ll hire more engineers to scale DevAsign + Open-Source Collab.
Bethel Melariri, CEO/co-founder:
Senior Product Designer with 7 years of experience. LinkedIn
Led design team on dexter (voice AI for nurses), servease (fiverr for artisans), bbnpolls (polymarket for reality TV shows), etc.
ex-MEST alum. Handles UX, GTM, partnerships, compliance, docs.
Prosper Melariri, CTO/co-founder:
Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience. GitHub
Built Akatua (enterprise payroll/HR platform) and Perime (event discovery & management platform), etc.
Handles Soroban escrow contracts, SEP-24 disbursements, security, infra.
Prosper Melariri
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