Stellar Community Fund

By OnBoarding Club

Onboarding.club

SCF #26

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Recognizing the untapped potential in the Asian market, particularly in India and Vietnam, we've identified a significant opportunity to engage skilled developers and bolster the Stellar ecosystem.

In our upcoming efforts, we plan to amplify our developer outreach through a series of in-person hackathons spanning India and Vietnam, complementing our ongoing engagements within technical college circuits. This strategic approach aims to cultivate robust builder communities in these regions.

Overall Mission: - Host 10 developer workshops across India, facilitating Stellar and Soroban onboarding. - Organize three weekend hackathons, culminating in a nationwide event. - Establish a week-long Soroban Builders' Residency in Bangalore, India's tech hub, gathering the top 20 developers from workshops, hackathons, and online applications. These developers will collaborate on impactful projects, mentored by Onboarding.club and ideally, representatives from the Stellar Foundation.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): - Targeting 100+ participants per event. - Aiming for the development of at least 50 projects during the hackathons. - Supporting a minimum of 10 projects for further development on Stellar, with potential backing from the SCF.

Addressing a prevalent concern voiced by builders during our interactions, we've identified the need for a robust solution to verify builder legitimacy and credibility. Introducing our cutting-edge Proof of Reputation (PoR) Engine, the Orion Ring on Onboarding.club, designed to authenticate developer activity on-chain via Stellar.

Data Sources for PoR: - Developer contributions and project data from GitLab and GitHub. - Skills and language proficiency derived from projects on GitHub. - Community engagement metrics from platforms like Stack Overflow, Warpcast, and Discord. - On-chain data tracking blockchain activity, including contracts deployed and proposals voted. - Onboarding.club platform activity data. - Attestations and peer reviews from previous employers for work experience and performance.

How PoR Works: User data from these diverse sources is aggregated and stored as metadata, forming the basis of a dynamic Reputation Score. Advanced metrics and segmentation continuously refine this score, providing a transparent assessment of a developer's credibility.

Beneficiaries of PoR: - Empowering builders to showcase their work transparently. - Facilitating better hiring decisions for organizations through verified credentials. - Assisting foundations in evaluating builders effectively and deterring grant exploitation. - Encouraging Open Source Development and promoting genuine builder profiles. - Safeguarding against fraudulent activities such as backdated Git commits and falsified credentials.

Utilizing Soroban: Our vision entails integrating Soroban for on-chain verification, leveraging its high transaction speed and minimal gas fees. Each user profile will be linked to a mutable Soul Bound Token (SBT), with metadata stored on IPFS for efficient, verifiable data storage.

Course Creation: Expanding on our current courses listed on the platform, we're developing intermediate to advanced courses on Soroban, enhancing the learning experience through gamification and NFT rewards for course completion. Our platform tracks user engagement, ensuring content comprehension before badge issuance.

IDE Integration: Integrating Sorobix IDE, we aim to streamline the learning process and facilitate contract deployment for new developers, aligning with Soroban's architecture updates and mainnet deployment.

Bounties: Building on our previous efforts, we plan to extend bounty outreach to other Stellar projects, leveraging our growing developer community's expertise and engagement.