Stellar Community Fund

By OnBoarding Club

Onboarding.club

SCF #21

$31.0K

Legacy v5.0 Activation Award

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Onboarding builders across emerging ecosystems with a unified platform for resources, bounties, hackathons, jobs, grants and more.

Products & Services

Onboarding.club is a comprehensive platform designed to simplify and streamline the onboarding process for any builder, be it a developer, creator, writer, or artist, into emerging blockchain ecosystems. Our platform aims to provide a user-friendly interface and a wide range of tools to support users throughout their blockchain journey.

We at onboarding.club have a clear mission: to address the challenges faced by builders and potential builders within the blockchain ecosystem, regardless of their experience level, and help solve the complete builder 0 to 1 cycle. This includes taking an enthusiast (be it a techy/designer/product person) from learning about the ecosystem, writing their first contract, deploying it, building a dApp, to finally building a project and then upscaling it to a product on top of the chain.

With the launch of Soroban smart contracts, Stellar is now open to a much larger audience of builders and developers to adopt and build on top of. Primarily focusing on the high developer activity regions such as India, Vietnam, Indonesia, and other South Asia nations, we want to build a streamlined platform with the following modules for a developer to start from building a project to making it a sustainable product on Stellar.

We would have a dedicated subdomain for every blockchain we onboard, featuring customized modules to meet specific ecosystem requirements. For Stellar, the dedicated subdomain would be stellar.onboarding.club. Capitalizing on our longstanding relations with Stellar, Flow, and Cosmos, we built our MVP with these blockchains for a showcase at Token2049 and garnered a lot of interest from builders and organizations alike as we now look to build it further. You can check out the Stellar MVP at https://app.onboarding.club/stellar.

Our Modules for the Stellar Hub:

🌐 /hub: The starting point for all things Stellar, the hub provides access to Stellar and Soroban statistics, onboarding resources, links to documentation, and more. The resource hub would have gamified mini-courses curated by our team along with quizzes and NFT rewards at the end of every course with course completion status being tracked completely on-chain. You can check out the Figma designs here to understand how the v1 of a mini-course would look like: Figma link. Inspired by Sorobanathon: First Light, we will be introducing a Community Resource section where users can write and link articles related to Stellar and Soroban, creating a central repository for knowledge sharing. There would be an on-chain reputation system built incentivizing users to add and keep updating the community resources which will be accessible and can be updated by making PRs into our GitHub repo. Earning points through the reputation system will give users exclusive early access to Gigs and Job listings.

💼 /gigs: For anyone seeking to unlock their earning potential, /gigs is the right place to take on bite-sized projects. Whether you're a frontend developer looking for a small UI fix or a copywriter specializing in product branding, /gigs is your go-to place. It's the single platform where Soroban builders and projects can easily connect with each other. We would be implementing escrow contracts written in Soroban, providing a secure and transparent system for managing gig disbursements. This ensures that both organizations and builders can engage in projects with confidence, knowing that payments will be handled efficiently and fairly. Along with the on-chain payouts, the gig applications will also be submitted on-chain for anyone to come and have a look at other submissions. Through Soroban smart contracts, it will be made sure that the applications are secure until the gig deadline so that there is no cheating with the submissions. Note: To begin with, we will be reaching out to Stellar projects individually raising awareness about the platform. Being part of the SCF directory, having access to the ecosystem projects, we would be reaching out to all the previous funded projects about the existence of such a platform and an easy walkthrough guide of how they can come onboard and list their gigs.

🚀 /hack: When it comes to hackathons, finding the right teammates can make all the difference. Onboarding.club recognizes a common challenge in the hackathon world – the teammate search. That's why we've made it easier than ever for you. Our platform revolves around users' Proof of Work, taking into account their skills, experiences, and past hackathon achievements across various blockchain ecosystems. This unique approach enables participants to effortlessly connect with ideal teammates during hackathons. To add an extra layer of credibility and fun, we would be introducing on-chain NFT badges. These badges, powered by Soroban smart contracts, will serve as digital credentials for users' achievements and contributions within the hackathon community. They not only highlight their skills but also make them stand out in the decentralized crowd.

🎙 /social: The community and social hub for web3 ideas. People can share their projects/ideas, connect with similar minds, and work together to create the next big thing. From one-on-one messaging to a forum where users can post their ideas, take product reviews, and more, social would be a thriving hub for people to grow together in the ecosystem.

👨🏻‍💻 /jobs: The /jobs module isn't just a job listing board; it's an intricate system that aligns talent with opportunity. It aggregates opportunities from across the network serving as the central hub for job listings within the Stellar ecosystem. Leveraging the user's "Proof of Work" (POW), it encapsulates a user's blockchain journey, skills, and achievements. Users create comprehensive profiles showcasing their blockchain skills, experiences, and contributions. The contributions on the platform across ecosystems also get added to their profile. This POW becomes the beacon for organizations searching for the right fit. It ensures that job listings are paired with individuals whose qualifications are a perfect match.

🌱 /seed(grants/funding): Bridging the gap from concept to acceleration. In collaboration with Stellar, we would be launching an accelerator/instagrants for builders to elevate their hack projects or side initiatives to the next stage. Organizations can seamlessly identify potential projects primed for acceleration, source skilled talents, and embark on a journey from concept to thriving reality. Apart from this, we would help projects connect to the right VCs and Angels on the platform for them to turn their ideas into impactful, sustainable ventures. Consider it like a stripped-down AngelList of sorts where VCs and Angels can have access to the entire portfolio of projects built on the Stellar ecosystem and invest in the right startup they see potential in.

Community: We are looking to drill down deep in India to begin with and help incentivize builders to build on Stellar. We plan to do this by the following ways:

- College Sessions: Hosted bimonthly, we aim to conduct hands-on sessions educating people about Soroban across Indian colleges with having 50-100 college students for each session we do helping them come onboard and start building. - City Meetups: These would be oriented towards increasing awareness about the Stellar ecosystem and what it is all about. Once we start getting developer interest out of this, we will start doing doubt sessions and ideathons with builders looking to provide value to the Stellar ecosystem. We plan to do two general meetups and one developer meet monthly. - Builder Houses: These will be quarterly builder houses planned and executed in collaboration with the SDF foundation where we set up a small group of 10-15 people building products end-to-end with incentivized rewards (Bounty + SCF acceleration) at the end of the builder house with viable products coming out.

Our goal by the end of April 2024 is to have:

- 500+ new developers on the Stellar hub actively engaging with different modules. - 15+ local Stellar meetups in India and 20+ across the globe via the community module mentioned above. - 10+ Active Stellar Gigs at any given point on the platform. - Impactful and Active usage of the Jobs board and Social Hub with ideas being discussed and mentorship being provided to builders across the ecosystem. - At least one quarterly Stellar hackathon collaborated with SDF.

How are the stakeholders going to benefit?

1. Ecosystem Foundation - SDF: - Create Stellar's own personalized hub with self-branding and theme opening access to the entire user base of onboarding.club. - Curate learning journeys for new builders coming onboard to the chain. - Conduct local meetups across the world with the help of local volunteers. - Conduct and create end-to-end grants, from submission, approval, tracking to payouts. - Provide a centralized place to projects building on top of the ecosystem to conduct their own bounties, hackathons, job listings, and much more.

2. Project Owners and Organizations: - Get an opportunity to list your bounties for users to have visibility and contribute to, builders and platform users also get to see and know more about your project. - Conduct hackathons as a standalone or by collaborating with multiple organizations, get an opportunity to talk to other project owners and conduct a large-scale hackathon. - Get to hire one of the most talented Web3 builders by getting access to our entire directory of users whose PoW is based around the work they do on the platform and around. - Leverage the grants program to launch your own grants if you want to push people to build on top of your protocol.

3. Builders: - Create a single user profile across all ecosystems where every contribution on any of them helps you increase your credibility and visibility (to recruiters and granters). - Start your builder journey by accessing curated learning resources and discovery paths for exploring chains to get started on building. - Are you a developer, writer, marketer, video editor, or even a strategist in the space? Get an opportunity to earn quick bucks by taking part in smaller one-time gigs listed by pioneer projects across ecosystems. - Get access to the jobs portal where you can easily search for open opportunities across our partner ecosystems and take a job with the foundation or projects building on them. - Showcase your project building skills in hackathons where you give wings to your ideas. Easily find teammates within the platform who match your vibe and get hacking. - Confident of building products and scaling them? Take part in ecosystem grants and other project grants to get ecosystem support and take your work from a project to a product. - Get further access to accelerators and VCs to fuel your project and take it from 0 to 1 to 10.