Stellar Community Fund

By xlm.sh

xlm.sh: Gateway for .xlm websites

SCF #31

$36.0K

Build

Awarded

A gateway that enables users to access decentralized websites by appending `.sh` to their Soroban domains.

Products & Services

This funding will be used for the following improvements, and here is a brief description; detailed descriptions can be found in the technical architecture document:

Support for sub-domains
Improve the performance and availability
Add a pin cache feature
Deploy an IPFS cluster to ensure availability
Add support for setting IPFS/IPNS records on Sorban
Provide a professional homepage and more visually appealing error prompt pages
Provide detailed tutorials and documentation.

Soroban

Yes

Requested Budget

$36.0K

Success Criteria

My goal is to become the gateway entry point of the most widely used distributed storage network in the Stellar ecosystem.
I hope that in the next year, at least 10 DApps will choose it as an entry point.
I also hope to attract individual users who would use xlm.sh as their gateway to Web3 websites, accessing their Web3 content such as blogs, ID pages, and other resources through it.

Go-To-Market Plan

I will attract users by providing easy-to-follow tutorials.
I will directly reach out to other DApp developers and offer necessary support if they show interest.
I will promote through channels like X and others.

Traction Evidence

Since I shared xlmsh on X on 09/10/2024 (10 days ago), Blend and Tansu have completed their respective integrations, and you can access them through blend.xlm.sh and tansu.xlm.sh.
In addition, over the past 10 days, we have received nearly 1,000 unique visitors. While this isn't a lot, I think it's a good start for a project that has only been online for 10 days.
The maintainer of Tansu wrote a blog introducing the use of xlm.sh. If you're interested, you can take a look.

Tranche 1 (Deliverable Roadmap) - MVP

Before submitting this round of SCF, I've spent some time getting it to work on the mainnet. I believe the currently running version can be considered the MVP version. And Blend and Tansu have integrated it, which I think demonstrates the feasibility of the product.

Tranche 2 (Deliverable Roadmap) - Testnet

We will iterate quickly on all the new features described above. We won't wait for all features to be completed before releasing. After we complete a feature and test it without issues, we will release a new version. Therefore, we will not separate Testnet and Mainnet. Our goal is to gradually roll out the promised features within three months.

Tranche 3 (Deliverable Roadmap) - Mainnet

Completion of the all improvements described above.
Completion date: Before Jan 31, 2025
Budget: 36000

Team

overcat - Has been active in the Stellar community since 2018 and has rich experience in Stellar-related development. He maintains a series of Stellar infrastructure software. You can find all of his currently maintained Stellar-related projects here: https://lightsail.network)

overcat

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