From e8b998fae684a83c647ee8c148dbf9d678e47ba7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2023 14:10:14 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 01/29] Create partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 325 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 325 insertions(+) create mode 100644 applications/partage-lock.md diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3c044cfa --- /dev/null +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -0,0 +1,325 @@ +# Mintbase Grant Proposal + +- **Project Name:** Partage Lock +- **Team Name:** Partage +- **Payment Address:** partage-lock.near +- **[Level](../README.md#level_slider-levels):** 1 (open to 2) + +## Project Overview :page_facing_up: + +### Overview + +- Tag line: +“A Sharing Network of Locked Utilities.” + +These are some tag line options that are more “Commercial Marketing” in their style/tone: + +Unlock Possibilities, Share Access with Partage Lock. +Keyless Connections For Seamless Sharing. +Keyless Solutions For Seamless Sharing? +Seamless Access For Shared Spaces. +Sharing Made Secure: Partage Lock, the Future of Access. +Connect, Share, Secure – Partage Lock Redefining Ownership. +Connect, Share, Secure – Redefined Ownership? +Partage Lock is where ownership meets access in the digital age. +Smartlock Solutions For Shared Networks + + +- Brief description: +Partage enables owners to monetize shares in their properties by controling access with co-owners or temporary users. Our innovative system is based on a network of smart locks that users can effortlessly open using NFC signals or Bluetooth technology via a token stored on their smartphones. + +- How Partage integrates into the Mintbase / NEAR ecosystem? +Powered by Mintbase template, the Partage app utilize Mintbase smart contracts to mint the access token and make market available smart locks compatible with Near tokens. Our mission aligns seamlessly with Mintbase's vision, answering the call for an application that facilitates the unlocking of exclusive content and gated access on the NEAR ecosystem. + +- Why is our team interested in creating this project? +Partage aims to contribute towards a better future by championing the sharing economy and optimizing resource allocation and functionality. Partage Lock achieves this by facilitating the monetization of idle assets through shared uses, and encourages a shift towards responsible ownership. Partage aim to limit overproduction and overconsumption which tends to waste natural resources and have a negative impact on pollution and climate change. + +The use of NFC and Bluetooth technologies ensure heightened digital security for all, since all standard smartphones on the market already uses them. + +Our choice to build Partage on the NEAR Protocol reflects our commitment to sustainability and reliability. Partage’s vision for the web3 sharing economy actively supports social and sustainable goals by fostering a connected community centered around collaborative ownership economies. In alignment with Mintbase's vision, the platform is spearheading an innovative application on the Near blockchain, contributing to pushing NFTs to their next level by making unlockables and gated content easy for Near users. + +### Project Details +- **Mockups/designs of any UI components:** +A full design of our marketplace is available here: +https://www.figma.com/file/D4u5WSOO1Tq2D7BNy7i6zv/Partage-NFT-Marketplace?type=design&node-id=1647%3A17907&mode=design&t=Zl0EjoPvRDlmdFIw-1 +Implemented in a demo version here: +https://hellopartage.xyz + +The above MVP was built on another blockchain 9 months ago (Stacks) and we are now working on a NEAR version of it that will integrate our NEAR app Partage Lock to deliver temporary access keys to a network of smart locks. + +A demo version of the first Partage Lock app is available here: +https://lock.hellopartage.xyz +We will integrate Mintbase template smart contracts to mint access tokens: +https://shorturl.at/qANW3 +An example of temporary access token (an NFT including startdate and enddate in its metadata) has been minted using mintbase and is available on partage-lock.testnet wallet: https://www.mintbase.xyz/meta/moments.mintbase1.near:5e2027fd30e5f0dfb26dd3b3e005eeed + +- **Data models / API specifications of the core functionality:** +We bring the Partage Lock to its next level of functionality and potential for market deployment through a signed partnership with Master Lock. Master is one of the world most reknown lock brand, and they released a series of their popular devices equipped with bluetooth technology https://www.masterlock.com/products/bluetooth-electronic-locks?personal. All models from this series (padlocks of various sizes, pinpads, and door controller) are working with the same background technology, which we are integrating as a partner using their SDK and APIs. + +In short, Partage is using mintbase tokens to control access to market-available bluetooth devices from Master Lock. In a latter step of development we could potentially think of integrating the Partage app with other smart lock brands to cover a wider market share and various industries. We have contacted 59 brands in october and a dozen already confirmed their interest for a partnership by sharing access to their API (including Akiles, Tedee, 2N, Brivo, Igloohome, Assa Bloy, Nuki, Yale, Schlage…) + +- **An overview of the technology stack to be used:** +We are using a usual NextJs/React stack to build our app with a Near backend smart contract written in Rust, and a Javascript/css frontend. + +- **Documentation of core components, protocols, architecture, etc. to be deployed:** +More details about our mission, history and product are available in our white paper: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/partage-white-paper-v2-c0cbea46e2f8 + +A slides deck for Partage’s general presentation contains a roadmap and the UX architecture. It is available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-TpH2HP_HUyWBBmEq4RhhOUuiOw2xbeve7yN7WEi1S8/edit#slide=id.p + +A technical slides deck is used by our dev team to reach our deadline (Jan 24th, the pitch day of the Encode x Near Horizon accelerator). It is available here: https://www.masterlock.com/products/bluetooth-electronic-locks?personal + +- **PoC and research on the topic:** +The relevance of developing a network of blockchain controlled smart locks for adding a layer of shared utilities to urban infrastructure has been described in a medium article, rooted in academic research of Blockchain for Smart Cities (our CEO’s background studies). It is available here: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/democratizing-access-to-utilities-blockchain-for-smart-cities-25eefb0348e7. + +Another medium article presents a strategy for Partage Lock deployment rooted in another academic field called “citizen science”. It covers examples of successful citizen-led deployments of connected devices in our cities, and provides ideas for building partnerships with cities and universities in order to successfully deploy our app at scale. It is available here: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/democratizing-access-to-utilities-citizen-engagement-strategy-in-blockchain-for-smart-cities-352a8096dd22. + +An inspiring PoC is coming from a former competitor, Slock It https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/slock-it, which raised 12M eth in 2016 (worth 150M at that time, 4.5B nowadays). They are quite well documented, and we trust that the success of their fundraising campaign is a great inspiration to give us confidence in what we’re building. Slock.it stopped have having been hacked and stolen their funds (ethereum early days) which never say their idea/model was wrong. + +- **What Partage Lock will and will not provide:** +So far we are focusing our efforts on physical gates access control. Even though we are conscious that this brings legal and insurance concerns, we do believe that there’s a great potential for giving access to real-world items through the blockchain while the tech ecosystem is looking for its practical use cases and a business model built on tangible products to onboard new adopters. + +We are conscious that solving access to digital content gated is a massive market, that is somehow easier to handle in terms of legal and insurance, but will also need more financial resources available to scale up fast… Suppose we could use Partage in a couple of year to share the revenues from a youtube video generating millions of views with all the early supporters? Suppose we could use Partage in order to offer life-long passive income to all participating dev of a successful video game or movie? Wee have been reviewing those ideas last year, and collected feedbacks through lean experiments of customer targets. If the ideas are valid, it lacks concreteness and a proof that we can reach these giant markets from scratch. A 5-min video presentation of our market research is available here: https://youtu.be/cWC9rXksXiI?si=m4413wCddohpt1KT + + +### Ecosystem Fit +- **Where and how does your project fit into the ecosystem?** +Partage Lock seamlessly integrates into the NEAR ecosystem by aligning with Mintbase's "Unlockables / Gated content" build idea proposition, as detailed in the Mintbase documentation https://docs.mintbase.xyz/dev/build-ideas. + +Selected as a finalist in the IRL hackathon at Nearcon 23 in Lisbon, Partage has garnered exceptional support from mentors, executives, and the NEAR community. Our pitch is available here: https://www.youtube.com/live/Iw8_04Kk1aw?si=U2PoHlaDgrp5Nfaq&t=16350 + +Since we started to work with the Near ecosystem we are feeling very well supported by the Near ecosystem of companies and people. As another proof of appreciation of Partage, we have been selected to join both accelerators programs: the Encode Club x Near https://www.encode.club/near-accelerator from Dec.23 to Jan.24, and the Near Horizon HZN2 starting in Jan.24 https://www.hzn.xyz/hzn/ has encouraged our confidence in the platform's strength and potential for long-term impact within the NEAR ecosystem. + +- **Who is your target audience (parachain/dapp/wallet/UI developers, designers, your own user base, some dapp's userbase, yourself)?** +We are targeting both crypto holders looking for IRL experiences and a means to spend their crypto in their daily lives, and non-crypto owners or utility providers willing to share access to their belongings while starting to collect revenues in crypto currencies. + +Our locks could go anywhere in a physical world, they don’t even need an internet connection to check a token’s validity, and have an autonomy of about 2 years (with a high daily opening rate of 10 times/day). With both padlocks and door controllers we cover pretty much all scenarios of gated access control (house, office, lockers, cars, bikes, commercial fridge…). + +- **What need(s) does your project meet?** +Partage Lock meets the needs of our market by optimizing resource usage through: +Shared access +Monetizing assets +Secure and traceable transactions +Transparency and decentralisation +Ecosystem partnerships +Alignment with Mintbase's vision for blockchain applications +Sustainability practices + +- **Are there any other projects similar to yours in the Mintbase / NEAR ecosystem?** +We have reported similar projects on other chains, but not in the Near ecosystem as we know. Which is somehow encouraging, because we can benefit the experience of other builders, without being directly in competition with them, while we’ll bring Near users a new use case of proven validity. + + - **If so, how is your project different?** +One interesting difference is that the Partage Lock team is a global team. Our team members are spread across Europe, America, and Africa. This brings diverse perspectives and expertise from around the world to shape the platform's initiative, as well as a great potential for deployment. This enhances the project's adaptability and innovation in the competitive landscape. + + - **If not, are there similar projects in related ecosystems?** +- Mylobi integrates master lock devices to the Thesos blockchain. +- Blockchain-controlled smart locks are a topic of interest for academic research in computer science (see various thesis and papers on the topic), DIY/FabLab/Makerspaces (see various tutorials on how to build a smart lock on an Arduino board and connect it to a blockchain). +- No one of our knowledge except Slock It (described above) tried to deploy this solution for society at scale. + +## Team :busts_in_silhouette: + +### Team members + +- **Team leader:** +Julien Carbonnell - CEO + +- **Team members:** +John Toluwase - Frontend Developer +Daniel Makarov - Full Stack Developer +Sophie Kirsch - Marketing +James Sanderson - Business Development and Operations +Lilibel Obiadika - Community Management and Social Media + +### Contact +- **Contact Name:** Julien Carbonnell +- **Contact Email:** julien.carbonnell@gmail.com +- **Website:** https://hellopartage.xyz + +### Legal Structure +- **Registered Address:** CivicTech OÜ, Ahtri 12, 10151 Tallinn, Estonia +- **Registered Legal Entity:** CivicTech OÜ + +### Team's experience +Julien Carbonnell (CEO) is a French urban developer, living as a digital nomad. He spent a decade working on Smart City and CivicTech projects before finding a purpose to adopting blockchain in his projects. He is a programmer (machine learning/blockchain) for 3 year, with a main background in project management (12 years) and sales/bizdev for 6 years. + +John Toluwase (Frontend Developer) is based in Nigeria. He is a full-stack blockchain developer with a strong background in frontend development. He collaborated with diverse teams to create innovative projects for hackathons and contributed his skills to tech startups, bringing ideas to life through code. + +Daniel Makarov (Lead Dev) is a computer scientist specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technology at the University of Toronto. With three years of experience in Web3, he built decentralized exchanges, provided consultation for blockchain-based telecommunication systems in Canadian Indigenous Communities, and was a software developer at Toronto's leading crypto brokerage. Daniel have a strong knowledge in Full Stack Development, and a strong understanding of theoretical concepts in computer science as a whole. + +Sophie Kirsch (Marketing) has worked alongside Julien since February 2023, supporting his vision in Brand Design, Content Creation and Creative Strategy. Sophie has participated in some experimental marketing tactics and strategies, and aided in potential partner liaisons and relationship building. She has also worked alongside Julien during application submissions, overseeing the copy. + +James Sanderson (BizDevOps) works in fintech on business development, and procurement (mainly SaaS deals). He graduated from London Business School’s Masters in Finance, specialising in entrepreneurship and venture capital. He co-founded the school's inaugural Blockchain Society amongst working on other tech-for-good related initiatives, and continues to build a coffee-centric startup backed by blockchain infrastructure. + +Lilibel Obiadika (Community Management and Social Media) joined the Partage team as a contractor to assist with Digital Marketing, Social Media and Community Management, and notably contributing to Technical Writing. + + +### Team Code Repos +- https://github.com/PartageProtocol +- https://github.com/PartageProtocol/hellopartage-firebase +- https://github.com/PartageProtocol/partage-lock + +GitHub accounts of all dev team members. +https://github.com/juliencarbonnell +https://github.com/Tolujoh-n +https://github.com/daniel-makarov +https://github.com/lilibelkay + + +### LinkedIn Profiles of all team members +- https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliencarbonnell/ +- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-kirsch-52351898/ +- https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-makarov-99583020b/ +- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tolu-john-028060241/ +- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesoliversanderson/ +- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilibelkay/ + +## Development Status :open_book: +Before Partage, Julien Carbonnell was building Democracy Studio, an empowering platform for citizen-engagement in urban development projects based on machine learning and computational simulation models built during his Ph.D. thesis in Urban Science. The thesis has been adapted in a book https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Studio-artificial-intelligence-engagement/dp/B098GT2P96 and all models are opened and documented on github https://github.com/DemocracyStudio. + +The post-doctorate period have been to travel the african continent 8 months in order to meet with local startup ecosystems and look for ideas to help solving the informal housing challenges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfNgoFFZRfc. As a result of that field research, Partage started with the idea to mint real estate properties titles to tackle the lack of cadastre systems https://youtu.be/n8ZNEpoGSXw?si=G4iq6LOWNZVKLZZu in half of the countries in the world (mostly LATAM, Africa, South Asia). + +More details about our roadmap, history and development status are available in our white paper: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/partage-white-paper-v2-c0cbea46e2f8. + +- **academic publications relevant to the problem:** +Blockchain for informal housing in LATAM https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dgk0HocmBU7NGdOF3MZZ9G72as4bD-Vx/view?usp=sharing +Blockchain for governance of common goods https://www.theses.fr/2022ASSA0046 +Blockchain controlled Smart Locks https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yr9Jh1n0Z5nmB2Py2rfOLXVS3sWv91f_/view?usp=sharing + +- **links to your research diary, blog posts, articles, forum discussions or open GitHub issues:** +All our research articles from tokenizing real-world assets to blockchain for smart cities and blockchain controlled smart locks are available on our medium publication: https://medium.com/partage-btc + +- **references to conversations you might have had related to this project with anyone from the Mintbase Foundation:** +I met with Luis, on Thursday 14th to discuss how Partage could use Mintbase templates for minting access tokens. The call was pretty straightforward as Luis already knew how to do this with Mintbase and seeing that we already did quite a lot of work on our app he incentivized us to submit Partage to Mintbase’s grant program. + +- **previous interface iterations, such as mock-ups and wireframes.** +See above in the "Mockups/designs of any UI components". +We also had a landing page https://www.figma.com/file/IDGpSIdseE9UYaSvw0XtW3/landing-page?type=design&node-id=0%3A1&mode=design&t=aaFpJaUob8fjw44D-1 and a low tech version of our fractional ownership protocol based on our telegram group that we used to collectively purchase an NFT with 9 early adopters. + +## Development Roadmap :nut_and_bolt: +Partage's general roadmap: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-TpH2HP_HUyWBBmEq4RhhOUuiOw2xbeve7yN7WEi1S8/edit#slide=id.g29e6421ff84_0_23 + +This section should break the development roadmap down into milestones and deliverables. To assist you in defining it, we have created a document with examples for some grant categories [here](../docs/grant_guidelines_per_category.md). Since these will be part of the agreement, it helps to describe _the functionality we should expect in as much detail as possible_, plus how we can verify and test that functionality. Whenever milestones are delivered, we refer to this document to ensure that everything has been delivered as expected. + +Below we provide an **example roadmap**. In the descriptions, it should be clear how your project is related to Mintbase. We _recommend_ that teams structure their roadmap as 1 milestone ≈ 1 month. + +For each milestone, +- make sure to include a specification of your software. _Treat it as a contract_; the level of detail must be enough to later verify that the software meets the specification. +- include the amount of funding requested _per milestone_. +- include documentation (tutorials, API specifications, architecture diagrams, whatever is appropriate) in each milestone. This ensures that the code can be widely used by the community. +- provide a test suite, comprising unit and integration tests, along with a guide on how to set up and run them. +- commit to providing Dockerfiles for the delivery of your project. +- indicate milestone duration as well as number of full-time employees working on each milestone. +- **Deliverables 0a-0d are mandatory for all milestones**, and deliverable 0e at least for the last one. If you do not intend to deliver one of these, please state a reason in its specification (e.g. Milestone X is research oriented and as such there is no code to test). + + +### Milestone 1 Example — Implement Mintbase Modules +- **Estimated duration:** 1 month +- **FTE:** 2 +- **Costs:** 8,000 USD + +| Number | Deliverable | Specification | +| -----: | ----------- | ------------- | +| 0a. | License | Apache 2.0 / GPLv3 / MIT / Unlicense | +| 0b. | Documentation | We will provide both **inline documentation** of the code and a basic **tutorial** that explains how a user can (for example) spin up one of our Mintbase nodes and send test transactions, which will show how the new functionality works. | +| 0c. | Testing Guide | Core functions will be fully covered by unit tests to ensure functionality and robustness. In the guide, we will describe how to run these tests. | +| 0d. | Docker | We will provide a Dockerfile(s) that can be used to test all the functionality delivered with this milestone. | +| 0e. | Article | We will publish an **article**/workshop that explains [...] (what was done/achieved as part of the grant). (Content, language and medium should reflect your target audience described above.) +| 1. | Mintbase module: X | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... (Please list the functionality that will be implemented for the first milestone) | +| 2. | Mintbase module: Y | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... | +| 3. | Mintbase module: Z | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... | +| 4. | NEAR chain integration | Modules X, Y & Z of our custom chain will interact in such a way... (Please describe the deliverable here as detailed as possible) | + + +### Milestone 2 Example — Additional features +- **Estimated Duration:** 1 month +- **FTE:** 1 +- **Costs:** 4,000 USD + +… + +Milestones: +Jan +Feb +Mar +Apr + +### Overview +- **Total Estimated Duration:** +- Dec-Jan: Near-Master Lock integration on testnet. +- Feb-March: Improved MVP on mainnet. +- April: Fundraising. + +- **Full-Time Equivalent (FTE):** Average number of full-time employees working on the project throughout its duration (see [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-time_equivalent), e.g. 2 FTE) +- **Total Costs:** Requested amount in USD for the whole project (e.g. 12,000 USD). Note that the acceptance criteria and additional benefits vary depending on the [level](../README.md#level_slider-levels) of funding requested. +- with a 10k budget, we’ll integrate mintbase tokens in master lock to open them with a bluetooth signal. (delivered end of january). + +10k: 60% dev, 10% marketing, 30% bizdev + +20% of $10,000.00 +Marketing Strategy Breakdown: + +Digital Advertising (40% - $800) +Meta, TikTok, Instagram, or Google Ads to reach a broader audience. + +Influencer Partnerships (20% - $400) +Influencers or industry expert collaborations to reach a wider audience through their followers. This can be on channels such as Youtube, Spaces, LinkedIn, Podcasts, Radio, Television and Expos. + +Social Media Campaigns (15% - $300) +Campaigns to create awareness, engage potential users, and build a community around Partage Lock. We'd leverage visuals, user testimonials, and educational content to showcasing features and benefits. + +Content Creation (15% - $300) +Blog posts, articles, and infographics, to highlight the value proposition of Partage Lock. This content can be shared across social media, email newsletters, and other platforms like LinkedIn. + +Community Engagement Events (5% - $100): +AMAs (Ask Me Anything sessions) to actively engage with the community, address questions, and showcase the platform's functionality. This can happen on Youtube, Twitter or Instagram. + +Salary (5% - $100) +The Marketing Team/or Member could reserve 5% of the allocated fund for their salary. + +- with a 50k budget, well build the owner’s marketplace to list their shared belongings and sell accesses to it. (delivered end of march). + +50k: 50% dev, 35% marketing, 15% sale + +35% of $50,000.00 Marketing Strategy Breakdown: + +Digital Advertising (35% - $6125) +Meta, TikTok, Instagram, or Google Ads to reach a broader audience. + +Social Media Campaigns (20% - $3500) +Campaigns to create awareness, engage potential users, and build a community around Partage Lock. We'd leverage visuals, user testimonials, and educational content to showcasing features and benefits. + +Influencer Partnerships (15% - $2625) +Influencers or industry expert collaborations to reach a wider audience through their followers. This can be on channels such as Youtube, Spaces, LinkedIn, Podcasts, Radio, Television and Expos. + +Content Creation (15% - $2625) +Blog posts, articles, and infographics, to highlight the value proposition of Partage Lock. This content can be shared across social media, email newsletters, and other platforms like LinkedIn. + +Community Engagement Events (10% - $1750) +AMAs (Ask Me Anything sessions) to actively engage with the community, address questions, and showcase the platform's functionality. This can happen on Youtube, Twitter or Instagram. + +Salary (5% - $875) +The Marketing Team/or Member could reserve 5% of the allocated fund for their salary. + + +## Future Plans +- **how you intend to use, enhance, promote and support your project in the short term** +Social media / marketing plan here instead of the whole break down in the budget section. + +- **the team's long-term plans and intentions in relation to it.** +Grow adopters within the Near ecosystem, and within the Master Lock customers. +Deploy networks of lockers on public infrastructures through smart city partnerships and universities. +Diversify our solutions to other kinds of shared items and gated content (digital, like described above in the “what partage lock will and will not provide” section) +Integrate our locks in starters for shared cars, scooters, or other electronic items available after payment. + +## Additional Information :heavy_plus_sign: +**How did you hear about the Grants Program?** +At the encode club workshop this week, followed by a 1-1 call with Luis. + +- **Work you have already done.** +Aside of the coding of MVPs, research, and all listed above, we just started a partnership with Master Lock. They gave us 8 devices free of charge (worth 1200 USD) to start building with. + +- **If there are any other teams who have already contributed (financially) to the project.** +Julien has been self-supporting the project from the beginning. We have never been financially supported yet. Julien and Daniel each received a 1000 USD grant from Near Dev Hub to cover their travels to Nearcon 23 last month. + +- **Previous grants you may have applied for.** +- We started to build with the Web3 Startup Lab last year, supported by the Stacks blockchain, but they cancelled the part 2 of their program (fundraising) because they were lacking investment themselves. We finished 2nd of 16 in their pitch competition to VCs in Feb. 23. +- We applied to Y Combinator SF in May and were not selected for their summer batch. They selected an almost 100% AI startup cohort? From 7fab1a7cada46544c424a7f7382f4f3f81a13178 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 01:48:27 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 02/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 259 ++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 119 insertions(+), 140 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 3c044cfa..20d6d9bc 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -5,63 +5,54 @@ - **Payment Address:** partage-lock.near - **[Level](../README.md#level_slider-levels):** 1 (open to 2) +> ⚠️ *The combination of your GitHub account submitting the application and the payment address above will be your unique identifier during the program. Please keep them safe.* + ## Project Overview :page_facing_up: ### Overview -- Tag line: -“A Sharing Network of Locked Utilities.” - -These are some tag line options that are more “Commercial Marketing” in their style/tone: +- **Tag line:** +Keyless Solutions For Seamless Sharing -Unlock Possibilities, Share Access with Partage Lock. -Keyless Connections For Seamless Sharing. -Keyless Solutions For Seamless Sharing? -Seamless Access For Shared Spaces. -Sharing Made Secure: Partage Lock, the Future of Access. -Connect, Share, Secure – Partage Lock Redefining Ownership. -Connect, Share, Secure – Redefined Ownership? -Partage Lock is where ownership meets access in the digital age. -Smartlock Solutions For Shared Networks +- **Brief description:** +Partage allows property owners to make money by sharing their properties. It uses advanced smart locks that co-owners or temporary users can open easily with their smartphones, using NFC or Bluetooth signals. This system simplifies access control and monetization of shared properties. -- Brief description: -Partage enables owners to monetize shares in their properties by controling access with co-owners or temporary users. Our innovative system is based on a network of smart locks that users can effortlessly open using NFC signals or Bluetooth technology via a token stored on their smartphones. +- **How Partage integrates into the Mintbase / NEAR ecosystem?** +Powered by Mintbase template, the Partage app utilize Mintbase smart contracts to mint the access token and make market available smart locks compatible with Near tokens. Our mission aligns with Mintbase's vision, answering the call for an application that facilitates the unlocking of gated content and exclusive unlockables on the NEAR ecosystem. -- How Partage integrates into the Mintbase / NEAR ecosystem? -Powered by Mintbase template, the Partage app utilize Mintbase smart contracts to mint the access token and make market available smart locks compatible with Near tokens. Our mission aligns seamlessly with Mintbase's vision, answering the call for an application that facilitates the unlocking of exclusive content and gated access on the NEAR ecosystem. - -- Why is our team interested in creating this project? -Partage aims to contribute towards a better future by championing the sharing economy and optimizing resource allocation and functionality. Partage Lock achieves this by facilitating the monetization of idle assets through shared uses, and encourages a shift towards responsible ownership. Partage aim to limit overproduction and overconsumption which tends to waste natural resources and have a negative impact on pollution and climate change. +- **Why is our team interested in creating this project?** +Partage aims to contribute towards a better future by championing the sharing economy and optimizing resource allocation and functionality. Partage Lock achieves this by facilitating the monetization of idle assets through shared uses and encourages a shift towards responsible ownership to limit overproduction and overconsumption. The use of NFC and Bluetooth technologies ensure heightened digital security for all, since all standard smartphones on the market already uses them. -Our choice to build Partage on the NEAR Protocol reflects our commitment to sustainability and reliability. Partage’s vision for the web3 sharing economy actively supports social and sustainable goals by fostering a connected community centered around collaborative ownership economies. In alignment with Mintbase's vision, the platform is spearheading an innovative application on the Near blockchain, contributing to pushing NFTs to their next level by making unlockables and gated content easy for Near users. +Our choice to build Partage on the NEAR Protocol reflects our commitment to sustainability and reliability. Partage’s vision for the web3 sharing economy actively supports social and sustainable goals by fostering a connected community centered around collaborative ownership economies. In alignment with Mintbase's vision, the platform is spearheading an innovative application on the Near blockchain, contributing to pushing utility NFTs to their next level by making unlockables and gated content easy for Near users. ### Project Details -- **Mockups/designs of any UI components:** + +- **Mockups/designs of any UI components** A full design of our marketplace is available here: https://www.figma.com/file/D4u5WSOO1Tq2D7BNy7i6zv/Partage-NFT-Marketplace?type=design&node-id=1647%3A17907&mode=design&t=Zl0EjoPvRDlmdFIw-1 Implemented in a demo version here: https://hellopartage.xyz -The above MVP was built on another blockchain 9 months ago (Stacks) and we are now working on a NEAR version of it that will integrate our NEAR app Partage Lock to deliver temporary access keys to a network of smart locks. +The above marketplace MVP was built 9 months ago and we are now working on integrating the latest Partage Lock MVP to deliver temporary access keys to a network of smart locks. A demo version of the first Partage Lock app is available here: https://lock.hellopartage.xyz We will integrate Mintbase template smart contracts to mint access tokens: https://shorturl.at/qANW3 -An example of temporary access token (an NFT including startdate and enddate in its metadata) has been minted using mintbase and is available on partage-lock.testnet wallet: https://www.mintbase.xyz/meta/moments.mintbase1.near:5e2027fd30e5f0dfb26dd3b3e005eeed +An example of a temporary access token (an NFT including start date and end date in its metadata) has been minted using mintbase and is available on partage-lock.testnet wallet: https://www.mintbase.xyz/meta/moments.mintbase1.near:5e2027fd30e5f0dfb26dd3b3e005eeed -- **Data models / API specifications of the core functionality:** -We bring the Partage Lock to its next level of functionality and potential for market deployment through a signed partnership with Master Lock. Master is one of the world most reknown lock brand, and they released a series of their popular devices equipped with bluetooth technology https://www.masterlock.com/products/bluetooth-electronic-locks?personal. All models from this series (padlocks of various sizes, pinpads, and door controller) are working with the same background technology, which we are integrating as a partner using their SDK and APIs. +- **Data models / API specifications of the core functionality** +We bring the Partage Lock to its next level of functionality and potential for market deployment through a signed partnership with Master Lock. Master is one of the world most renowned lock brand, and they released a series of their popular devices equipped with bluetooth technology https://www.masterlock.com/products/bluetooth-electronic-locks?personal. All models from this series (padlocks of various sizes, pinpads, and door controller) are working with the same background technology, which we are integrating as a partner using their SDK and APIs. -In short, Partage is using mintbase tokens to control access to market-available bluetooth devices from Master Lock. In a latter step of development we could potentially think of integrating the Partage app with other smart lock brands to cover a wider market share and various industries. We have contacted 59 brands in october and a dozen already confirmed their interest for a partnership by sharing access to their API (including Akiles, Tedee, 2N, Brivo, Igloohome, Assa Bloy, Nuki, Yale, Schlage…) +In short, Partage is using Mintbase tokens to control access to market-available bluetooth devices from Master Lock. In a later step of development we plan to integrate the Partage Lock app with other smart lock brands to cover a wider market share and various industries. We contacted 59 brands in October and a dozen already confirmed their interest for a partnership by sharing access to their API (including Akiles, Tedee, 2N, Brivo, Igloohome, Assa Bloy, Nuki, Yale, Schlage…) -- **An overview of the technology stack to be used:** +- **An overview of the technology stack to be used** We are using a usual NextJs/React stack to build our app with a Near backend smart contract written in Rust, and a Javascript/css frontend. -- **Documentation of core components, protocols, architecture, etc. to be deployed:** +- **Documentation of core components, protocols, architecture, etc. to be deployed** More details about our mission, history and product are available in our white paper: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/partage-white-paper-v2-c0cbea46e2f8 A slides deck for Partage’s general presentation contains a roadmap and the UX architecture. It is available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-TpH2HP_HUyWBBmEq4RhhOUuiOw2xbeve7yN7WEi1S8/edit#slide=id.p @@ -69,30 +60,31 @@ A slides deck for Partage’s general presentation contains a roadmap and the UX A technical slides deck is used by our dev team to reach our deadline (Jan 24th, the pitch day of the Encode x Near Horizon accelerator). It is available here: https://www.masterlock.com/products/bluetooth-electronic-locks?personal - **PoC and research on the topic:** -The relevance of developing a network of blockchain controlled smart locks for adding a layer of shared utilities to urban infrastructure has been described in a medium article, rooted in academic research of Blockchain for Smart Cities (our CEO’s background studies). It is available here: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/democratizing-access-to-utilities-blockchain-for-smart-cities-25eefb0348e7. +The relevance of developing a network of blockchain-controlled smart locks for adding a layer of shared utilities to urban infrastructure has been described in a medium article, rooted in academic research of Blockchain for Smart Cities (our CEO’s background studies). In short, the research states that the essence of cities has always been to share utilities between a gathering of inhabitants, and urban areas could be the context for mass adoption if citizens had a purpose to use it. Blockchain would help democratize access to a common resource or a shared utility within the daily functioning of an average city, that would be available through the most commonly used device, a smartphone. +The whole article is available here: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/democratizing-access-to-utilities-blockchain-for-smart-cities-25eefb0348e7. -Another medium article presents a strategy for Partage Lock deployment rooted in another academic field called “citizen science”. It covers examples of successful citizen-led deployments of connected devices in our cities, and provides ideas for building partnerships with cities and universities in order to successfully deploy our app at scale. It is available here: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/democratizing-access-to-utilities-citizen-engagement-strategy-in-blockchain-for-smart-cities-352a8096dd22. +Another medium article presents a strategy for Partage Lock deployment rooted in another academic field called “citizen science”. It covers examples of successful citizen-led deployments of connected devices in our cities, and provides ideas for building partnerships with smart cities and universities in order to successfully deploy our app at scale. It is available here: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/democratizing-access-to-utilities-citizen-engagement-strategy-in-blockchain-for-smart-cities-352a8096dd22. -An inspiring PoC is coming from a former competitor, Slock It https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/slock-it, which raised 12M eth in 2016 (worth 150M at that time, 4.5B nowadays). They are quite well documented, and we trust that the success of their fundraising campaign is a great inspiration to give us confidence in what we’re building. Slock.it stopped have having been hacked and stolen their funds (ethereum early days) which never say their idea/model was wrong. +Our best proof-of-concept so far is coming from the clear interest from established industry leaders proposing that we engage in a mutual NDA that gives us access to their open API and reserved developer tools so we could integrate our solution in their devices. - **What Partage Lock will and will not provide:** -So far we are focusing our efforts on physical gates access control. Even though we are conscious that this brings legal and insurance concerns, we do believe that there’s a great potential for giving access to real-world items through the blockchain while the tech ecosystem is looking for its practical use cases and a business model built on tangible products to onboard new adopters. +Partage Lock will provide access control of physical gates. We believe that there’s a great potential for giving access to real-world items through the blockchain while the tech ecosystem is looking for its practical use cases and a business model built on tangible products to onboard new adopters. -We are conscious that solving access to digital content gated is a massive market, that is somehow easier to handle in terms of legal and insurance, but will also need more financial resources available to scale up fast… Suppose we could use Partage in a couple of year to share the revenues from a youtube video generating millions of views with all the early supporters? Suppose we could use Partage in order to offer life-long passive income to all participating dev of a successful video game or movie? Wee have been reviewing those ideas last year, and collected feedbacks through lean experiments of customer targets. If the ideas are valid, it lacks concreteness and a proof that we can reach these giant markets from scratch. A 5-min video presentation of our market research is available here: https://youtu.be/cWC9rXksXiI?si=m4413wCddohpt1KT +So far, Partage will not handle digital gated content. We do have big ideas for future developments in that space, which aligns with the Partage mission. Suppose we could use Partage to share revenues from a successful youtube video generating millions of views with all the early supporters? Or to offer passive income to all team members having participated in a successful piece of art or video game. These ideas have been reviewed last year and tested through lean experiments with niche customer targets, and we couldn’t find an easy go-to-market validation. A 5-min video presentation of our market research is available here: https://youtu.be/cWC9rXksXiI?si=m4413wCddohpt1KT ### Ecosystem Fit - **Where and how does your project fit into the ecosystem?** Partage Lock seamlessly integrates into the NEAR ecosystem by aligning with Mintbase's "Unlockables / Gated content" build idea proposition, as detailed in the Mintbase documentation https://docs.mintbase.xyz/dev/build-ideas. -Selected as a finalist in the IRL hackathon at Nearcon 23 in Lisbon, Partage has garnered exceptional support from mentors, executives, and the NEAR community. Our pitch is available here: https://www.youtube.com/live/Iw8_04Kk1aw?si=U2PoHlaDgrp5Nfaq&t=16350 +Elected as a finalist in the IRL hackathon at Nearcon 23 in Lisbon, Partage has garnered exceptional support from mentors, executives, and the NEAR community. Our pitch is available here: https://www.youtube.com/live/Iw8_04Kk1aw?si=U2PoHlaDgrp5Nfaq&t=16350 -Since we started to work with the Near ecosystem we are feeling very well supported by the Near ecosystem of companies and people. As another proof of appreciation of Partage, we have been selected to join both accelerators programs: the Encode Club x Near https://www.encode.club/near-accelerator from Dec.23 to Jan.24, and the Near Horizon HZN2 starting in Jan.24 https://www.hzn.xyz/hzn/ has encouraged our confidence in the platform's strength and potential for long-term impact within the NEAR ecosystem. +Since we started to work with the Near ecosystem we are feeling very well supported by the Near ecosystem of companies and people. As another proof of appreciation of Partage, we have been selected to join both accelerators programs: the Encode Club x Near https://www.encode.club/near-accelerator from Dec.23 to Jan.24, and the Near Horizon HZN2 starting in Jan.24 https://www.hzn.xyz/hzn/. These selection results ha encouraged our confidence in the platform's strength and potential for long-term impact within the NEAR ecosystem. -- **Who is your target audience (parachain/dapp/wallet/UI developers, designers, your own user base, some dapp's userbase, yourself)?** +- **Who is your target audience?** We are targeting both crypto holders looking for IRL experiences and a means to spend their crypto in their daily lives, and non-crypto owners or utility providers willing to share access to their belongings while starting to collect revenues in crypto currencies. -Our locks could go anywhere in a physical world, they don’t even need an internet connection to check a token’s validity, and have an autonomy of about 2 years (with a high daily opening rate of 10 times/day). With both padlocks and door controllers we cover pretty much all scenarios of gated access control (house, office, lockers, cars, bikes, commercial fridge…). +Our locks could go anywhere in a physical world, they don’t even need an internet connection to check a token’s validity, and have an autonomy of about 2 years (with a high daily opening rate of 10 times/day). With both padlocks and door controllers we cover pretty much all scenarios of gated access control (house, office, lockers, cars, bikes, commercial fridges…). - **What need(s) does your project meet?** Partage Lock meets the needs of our market by optimizing resource usage through: @@ -105,24 +97,24 @@ Alignment with Mintbase's vision for blockchain applications Sustainability practices - **Are there any other projects similar to yours in the Mintbase / NEAR ecosystem?** -We have reported similar projects on other chains, but not in the Near ecosystem as we know. Which is somehow encouraging, because we can benefit the experience of other builders, without being directly in competition with them, while we’ll bring Near users a new use case of proven validity. +We have reported similar projects on other blockchains, but not in the Near ecosystem as we know. Which is somehow encouraging, because we can benefit from the experience of other builders, without being directly in competition with them, while we’ll bring Near users a new use case of proven validity. - **If so, how is your project different?** -One interesting difference is that the Partage Lock team is a global team. Our team members are spread across Europe, America, and Africa. This brings diverse perspectives and expertise from around the world to shape the platform's initiative, as well as a great potential for deployment. This enhances the project's adaptability and innovation in the competitive landscape. +One interesting difference is that the Partage team is globally distributed. Our team members are spread across Europe, America, and Africa. This enhances the project's adaptability and innovation in the competitive landscape. Having different background experiences of tech adoption, brings diverse perspectives and expertise from around the world to shape the platform's initiative, as well as a great potential for deployment. Since our team is spread worldwide, we can distribute our Partage Locks to businesses in each team member's area easily and quickly. - **If not, are there similar projects in related ecosystems?** -- Mylobi integrates master lock devices to the Thesos blockchain. -- Blockchain-controlled smart locks are a topic of interest for academic research in computer science (see various thesis and papers on the topic), DIY/FabLab/Makerspaces (see various tutorials on how to build a smart lock on an Arduino board and connect it to a blockchain). -- No one of our knowledge except Slock It (described above) tried to deploy this solution for society at scale. +- Myloby integrates master lock devices to the Thesos blockchain. +- Blockchain-controlled smart locks are a topic of interest for academic research in computer science (see various thesis and papers on the topic), +- DIY/FabLab/Makerspaces like the use case to build a smart lock on an Arduino board and connect it to a blockchain (see multiple tutorials available). +- No one of our knowledge except Slock It tried to deploy this solution in 2016 for society at scale. They were granted 12M Eth of investments but have been hacked and stolen their funds (ethereum early days). ## Team :busts_in_silhouette: ### Team members - -- **Team leader:** +- Team leader: Julien Carbonnell - CEO -- **Team members:** +- Team members: John Toluwase - Frontend Developer Daniel Makarov - Full Stack Developer Sophie Kirsch - Marketing @@ -143,7 +135,7 @@ Julien Carbonnell (CEO) is a French urban developer, living as a digital nomad. John Toluwase (Frontend Developer) is based in Nigeria. He is a full-stack blockchain developer with a strong background in frontend development. He collaborated with diverse teams to create innovative projects for hackathons and contributed his skills to tech startups, bringing ideas to life through code. -Daniel Makarov (Lead Dev) is a computer scientist specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technology at the University of Toronto. With three years of experience in Web3, he built decentralized exchanges, provided consultation for blockchain-based telecommunication systems in Canadian Indigenous Communities, and was a software developer at Toronto's leading crypto brokerage. Daniel have a strong knowledge in Full Stack Development, and a strong understanding of theoretical concepts in computer science as a whole. +Daniel Makarov (Lead Dev) is a computer scientist specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technology at the University of Toronto. With three years of experience in Web3, he built decentralized exchanges, provided consultation for blockchain-based telecommunication systems in Canadian Indigenous Communities, and was a software developer at Toronto's leading crypto brokerage. Daniel has a strong knowledge in Full Stack Development and a strong understanding of theoretical concepts in computer science as a whole. Sophie Kirsch (Marketing) has worked alongside Julien since February 2023, supporting his vision in Brand Design, Content Creation and Creative Strategy. Sophie has participated in some experimental marketing tactics and strategies, and aided in potential partner liaisons and relationship building. She has also worked alongside Julien during application submissions, overseeing the copy. @@ -154,17 +146,17 @@ Lilibel Obiadika (Community Management and Social Media) joined the Partage team ### Team Code Repos - https://github.com/PartageProtocol -- https://github.com/PartageProtocol/hellopartage-firebase -- https://github.com/PartageProtocol/partage-lock +- https://github.com/PartageProtocol/hellopartage-firebase (marketplace) +- https://github.com/PartageProtocol/partage-lock (lock app) -GitHub accounts of all dev team members. +The GitHub accounts of all dev team members. https://github.com/juliencarbonnell https://github.com/Tolujoh-n https://github.com/daniel-makarov https://github.com/lilibelkay -### LinkedIn Profiles of all team members +### Team LinkedIn Profiles - https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliencarbonnell/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-kirsch-52351898/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-makarov-99583020b/ @@ -173,13 +165,13 @@ https://github.com/lilibelkay - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilibelkay/ ## Development Status :open_book: -Before Partage, Julien Carbonnell was building Democracy Studio, an empowering platform for citizen-engagement in urban development projects based on machine learning and computational simulation models built during his Ph.D. thesis in Urban Science. The thesis has been adapted in a book https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Studio-artificial-intelligence-engagement/dp/B098GT2P96 and all models are opened and documented on github https://github.com/DemocracyStudio. +Before Partage, Julien Carbonnell was building Democracy Studio, an empowering platform for citizen-engagement in urban development based on machine learning and computational simulation models built during his Ph.D. research in Urban Science. The thesis has been adapted in a book https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Studio-artificial-intelligence-engagement/dp/B098GT2P96 and all models are opened and documented on github https://github.com/DemocracyStudio. -The post-doctorate period have been to travel the african continent 8 months in order to meet with local startup ecosystems and look for ideas to help solving the informal housing challenges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfNgoFFZRfc. As a result of that field research, Partage started with the idea to mint real estate properties titles to tackle the lack of cadastre systems https://youtu.be/n8ZNEpoGSXw?si=G4iq6LOWNZVKLZZu in half of the countries in the world (mostly LATAM, Africa, South Asia). +The post-doctorate period has been to travel the African continent for 8 months in order to meet with local startup ecosystems and look for ideas to help solving the informal housing challenges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfNgoFFZRfc. As a result of that field research, Partage started with the idea to mint real estate properties titles to tackle the lack of cadastre systems https://youtu.be/n8ZNEpoGSXw?si=G4iq6LOWNZVKLZZu in half of the countries in the world (mostly LATAM, Africa, South Asia). More details about our roadmap, history and development status are available in our white paper: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/partage-white-paper-v2-c0cbea46e2f8. -- **academic publications relevant to the problem:** +- academic publications relevant to the problem: Blockchain for informal housing in LATAM https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dgk0HocmBU7NGdOF3MZZ9G72as4bD-Vx/view?usp=sharing Blockchain for governance of common goods https://www.theses.fr/2022ASSA0046 Blockchain controlled Smart Locks https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yr9Jh1n0Z5nmB2Py2rfOLXVS3sWv91f_/view?usp=sharing @@ -187,34 +179,48 @@ Blockchain controlled Smart Locks https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yr9Jh1n0Z5nmB - **links to your research diary, blog posts, articles, forum discussions or open GitHub issues:** All our research articles from tokenizing real-world assets to blockchain for smart cities and blockchain controlled smart locks are available on our medium publication: https://medium.com/partage-btc -- **references to conversations you might have had related to this project with anyone from the Mintbase Foundation:** -I met with Luis, on Thursday 14th to discuss how Partage could use Mintbase templates for minting access tokens. The call was pretty straightforward as Luis already knew how to do this with Mintbase and seeing that we already did quite a lot of work on our app he incentivized us to submit Partage to Mintbase’s grant program. +- **references to conversations you might have had related to this project with anyone from the Mintbase Foundation:** +After having attended the Mintbase workshop of the Encode Club X Near Accelerator, I met with Luis, on Thursday 14th November 2023 to discuss how Partage could use Mintbase templates for minting access tokens. The call was pretty straightforward as Luis already knew how to do this with Mintbase and seeing that we already did quite a lot of work on our app he incentivized us to submit Partage to Mintbase’s grant program. - **previous interface iterations, such as mock-ups and wireframes.** -See above in the "Mockups/designs of any UI components". -We also had a landing page https://www.figma.com/file/IDGpSIdseE9UYaSvw0XtW3/landing-page?type=design&node-id=0%3A1&mode=design&t=aaFpJaUob8fjw44D-1 and a low tech version of our fractional ownership protocol based on our telegram group that we used to collectively purchase an NFT with 9 early adopters. +See above. ## Development Roadmap :nut_and_bolt: -Partage's general roadmap: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-TpH2HP_HUyWBBmEq4RhhOUuiOw2xbeve7yN7WEi1S8/edit#slide=id.g29e6421ff84_0_23 - -This section should break the development roadmap down into milestones and deliverables. To assist you in defining it, we have created a document with examples for some grant categories [here](../docs/grant_guidelines_per_category.md). Since these will be part of the agreement, it helps to describe _the functionality we should expect in as much detail as possible_, plus how we can verify and test that functionality. Whenever milestones are delivered, we refer to this document to ensure that everything has been delivered as expected. -Below we provide an **example roadmap**. In the descriptions, it should be clear how your project is related to Mintbase. We _recommend_ that teams structure their roadmap as 1 milestone ≈ 1 month. +Partage roadmap to update: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-TpH2HP_HUyWBBmEq4RhhOUuiOw2xbeve7yN7WEi1S8/edit#slide=id.g29e6421ff84_0_23 -For each milestone, -- make sure to include a specification of your software. _Treat it as a contract_; the level of detail must be enough to later verify that the software meets the specification. +MILESTONE description: +describe _the functionality in as much detail as possible_, +how we can verify and test that functionality. +how your project is related to Mintbase. +make sure to include a specification of your software. _Treat it as a contract_; the level of detail must be enough to later verify that the software meets the specification. - include the amount of funding requested _per milestone_. -- include documentation (tutorials, API specifications, architecture diagrams, whatever is appropriate) in each milestone. This ensures that the code can be widely used by the community. -- provide a test suite, comprising unit and integration tests, along with a guide on how to set up and run them. +- include documentation (tutorials, API specifications, architecture diagrams, whatever is appropriate) in each milestone. This ensures that the code can be widely used by the community. +provide a test suite, comprising unit and integration tests, along with a guide on how to set up and run them. - commit to providing Dockerfiles for the delivery of your project. - indicate milestone duration as well as number of full-time employees working on each milestone. - **Deliverables 0a-0d are mandatory for all milestones**, and deliverable 0e at least for the last one. If you do not intend to deliver one of these, please state a reason in its specification (e.g. Milestone X is research oriented and as such there is no code to test). +### Overview +- **Total Estimated Duration:** +- Level 1: 1 month, Near integration into Master Lock devices delivered at the end of January 2024. +- Level 2: 3 months, The sharing network for locked items delivered at the end of March 2024. -### Milestone 1 Example — Implement Mintbase Modules +- **Full-Time Equivalent (FTE):** 3 FTE + +- **Total Costs:** +- Level 1: 10k +- Level 2: 50k + +- **Milestones plan:** +Milestone 1: January 2024 +Milestone 2: February 2024 +Milestone 3: March 2024 + +### Milestone 1 — Implement Mintbase Modules into Master Lock devices - **Estimated duration:** 1 month -- **FTE:** 2 -- **Costs:** 8,000 USD +- **FTE:** 3 +- **Costs:** 10,000 USD | Number | Deliverable | Specification | | -----: | ----------- | ------------- | @@ -223,103 +229,76 @@ For each milestone, | 0c. | Testing Guide | Core functions will be fully covered by unit tests to ensure functionality and robustness. In the guide, we will describe how to run these tests. | | 0d. | Docker | We will provide a Dockerfile(s) that can be used to test all the functionality delivered with this milestone. | | 0e. | Article | We will publish an **article**/workshop that explains [...] (what was done/achieved as part of the grant). (Content, language and medium should reflect your target audience described above.) +| 0f. | Budget breakdown | 60% dev, 10% marketing, 30% bizdev. Marketing strategy preparation, Signing partnerships and negotiating testing devices free of charge. | 1. | Mintbase module: X | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... (Please list the functionality that will be implemented for the first milestone) | | 2. | Mintbase module: Y | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... | | 3. | Mintbase module: Z | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... | | 4. | NEAR chain integration | Modules X, Y & Z of our custom chain will interact in such a way... (Please describe the deliverable here as detailed as possible) | -### Milestone 2 Example — Additional features -- **Estimated Duration:** 1 month -- **FTE:** 1 -- **Costs:** 4,000 USD - -… - -Milestones: -Jan -Feb -Mar -Apr - -### Overview -- **Total Estimated Duration:** -- Dec-Jan: Near-Master Lock integration on testnet. -- Feb-March: Improved MVP on mainnet. -- April: Fundraising. - -- **Full-Time Equivalent (FTE):** Average number of full-time employees working on the project throughout its duration (see [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-time_equivalent), e.g. 2 FTE) -- **Total Costs:** Requested amount in USD for the whole project (e.g. 12,000 USD). Note that the acceptance criteria and additional benefits vary depending on the [level](../README.md#level_slider-levels) of funding requested. -- with a 10k budget, we’ll integrate mintbase tokens in master lock to open them with a bluetooth signal. (delivered end of january). - -10k: 60% dev, 10% marketing, 30% bizdev - -20% of $10,000.00 -Marketing Strategy Breakdown: - -Digital Advertising (40% - $800) -Meta, TikTok, Instagram, or Google Ads to reach a broader audience. - -Influencer Partnerships (20% - $400) -Influencers or industry expert collaborations to reach a wider audience through their followers. This can be on channels such as Youtube, Spaces, LinkedIn, Podcasts, Radio, Television and Expos. - -Social Media Campaigns (15% - $300) -Campaigns to create awareness, engage potential users, and build a community around Partage Lock. We'd leverage visuals, user testimonials, and educational content to showcasing features and benefits. - -Content Creation (15% - $300) -Blog posts, articles, and infographics, to highlight the value proposition of Partage Lock. This content can be shared across social media, email newsletters, and other platforms like LinkedIn. - -Community Engagement Events (5% - $100): -AMAs (Ask Me Anything sessions) to actively engage with the community, address questions, and showcase the platform's functionality. This can happen on Youtube, Twitter or Instagram. - -Salary (5% - $100) -The Marketing Team/or Member could reserve 5% of the allocated fund for their salary. - -- with a 50k budget, well build the owner’s marketplace to list their shared belongings and sell accesses to it. (delivered end of march). - -50k: 50% dev, 35% marketing, 15% sale - -35% of $50,000.00 Marketing Strategy Breakdown: - -Digital Advertising (35% - $6125) -Meta, TikTok, Instagram, or Google Ads to reach a broader audience. - -Social Media Campaigns (20% - $3500) -Campaigns to create awareness, engage potential users, and build a community around Partage Lock. We'd leverage visuals, user testimonials, and educational content to showcasing features and benefits. +### Milestone 2 — Embed Mintbase Modules into Partage app marketplace +- **Estimated duration:** 1 month +- **FTE:** 4 +- **Costs:** 20,000 USD -Influencer Partnerships (15% - $2625) -Influencers or industry expert collaborations to reach a wider audience through their followers. This can be on channels such as Youtube, Spaces, LinkedIn, Podcasts, Radio, Television and Expos. +| Number | Deliverable | Specification | +| -----: | ----------- | ------------- | +| 0a. | License | Apache 2.0 / GPLv3 / MIT / Unlicense | +| 0b. | Documentation | We will provide both **inline documentation** of the code and a basic **tutorial** that explains how a user can (for example) spin up one of our Mintbase nodes and send test transactions, which will show how the new functionality works. | +| 0c. | Testing Guide | Core functions will be fully covered by unit tests to ensure functionality and robustness. In the guide, we will describe how to run these tests. | +| 0d. | Docker | We will provide a Dockerfile(s) that can be used to test all the functionality delivered with this milestone. | +| 0e. | Article | We will publish an **article**/workshop that explains [...] (what was done/achieved as part of the grant). (Content, language and medium should reflect your target audience described above.) +| 0f. | Budget breakdown | 50k: 60% dev, 30% marketing, 10% bizdev. Marketing strategy implementation, start customer support. +| 1. | Mintbase module: X | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... (Please list the functionality that will be implemented for the first milestone) | +| 2. | Mintbase module: Y | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... | +| 3. | Mintbase module: Z | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... | +| 4. | NEAR chain integration | Modules X, Y & Z of our custom chain will interact in such a way... (Please describe the deliverable here as detailed as possible) | -Content Creation (15% - $2625) -Blog posts, articles, and infographics, to highlight the value proposition of Partage Lock. This content can be shared across social media, email newsletters, and other platforms like LinkedIn. -Community Engagement Events (10% - $1750) -AMAs (Ask Me Anything sessions) to actively engage with the community, address questions, and showcase the platform's functionality. This can happen on Youtube, Twitter or Instagram. +### Milestone 3 — Fully integrate the Partage app marketplace with Near elements +- **Estimated duration:** 1 month +- **FTE:** 4 +- **Costs:** 20,000 USD -Salary (5% - $875) -The Marketing Team/or Member could reserve 5% of the allocated fund for their salary. +| Number | Deliverable | Specification | +| -----: | ----------- | ------------- | +| 0a. | License | Apache 2.0 / GPLv3 / MIT / Unlicense | +| 0b. | Documentation | We will provide both **inline documentation** of the code and a basic **tutorial** that explains how a user can (for example) spin up one of our Mintbase nodes and send test transactions, which will show how the new functionality works. | +| 0c. | Testing Guide | Core functions will be fully covered by unit tests to ensure functionality and robustness. In the guide, we will describe how to run these tests. | +| 0d. | Docker | We will provide a Dockerfile(s) that can be used to test all the functionality delivered with this milestone. | +| 0e. | Article | We will publish an **article**/workshop that explains [...] (what was done/achieved as part of the grant). (Content, language and medium should reflect your target audience described above.) +| 0f. | Budget breakdown | 50k: 60% dev, 30% marketing, 10% bizdev. Marketing strategy implementation, start customer support. +| 1. | Mintbase module: X | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... (Please list the functionality that will be implemented for the first milestone) | +| 2. | Mintbase module: Y | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... | +| 3. | Mintbase module: Z | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... | +| 4. | NEAR chain integration | Modules X, Y & Z of our custom chain will interact in such a way... (Please describe the deliverable here as detailed as possible) | +**We’d be happy to give you more details about our budget allocation in a call.** ## Future Plans - **how you intend to use, enhance, promote and support your project in the short term** -Social media / marketing plan here instead of the whole break down in the budget section. +We have many marketing based options available for short term support. Some examples are: +Paid Digital Advertising on platforms like Meta, Instagram, or Google Ads to reach a broader audience. +Social Media Campaigns to create awareness, engage potential users, and build a community around Partage Lock. Leverage visuals, user testimonials, and educational content to showcase the platform's features and benefits. +Collaborations with Influencer and/or Brand Partnerships in the sharing economy, technology, or blockchain space. Their endorsement can lend credibility to Partage Lock and help reach a wider audience. +We would continue to create high-quality content, including LinkedIn blog posts, articles, and infographics, to highlight the value proposition of Partage Lock. +Community Engagement Events can be advantageous to actively engage with the community, address questions, and showcase the platform's functionality. This can strengthen user relationships and generate positive word-of-mouth - and can be considered into PR Campaigns. - **the team's long-term plans and intentions in relation to it.** Grow adopters within the Near ecosystem, and within the Master Lock customers. Deploy networks of lockers on public infrastructures through smart city partnerships and universities. -Diversify our solutions to other kinds of shared items and gated content (digital, like described above in the “what partage lock will and will not provide” section) +Diversify our solutions to other kinds of shared items and gated content (digital, like described above in the “what partage lock will not provide” section) Integrate our locks in starters for shared cars, scooters, or other electronic items available after payment. ## Additional Information :heavy_plus_sign: **How did you hear about the Grants Program?** -At the encode club workshop this week, followed by a 1-1 call with Luis. +At the Encode Club workshop, followed by a 1-1 call with Luis. - **Work you have already done.** -Aside of the coding of MVPs, research, and all listed above, we just started a partnership with Master Lock. They gave us 8 devices free of charge (worth 1200 USD) to start building with. +Aside from the coding of MVPs, research, and all listed above, we just started a partnership with Master Lock. They gave us 8 devices free of charge (worth 1200 USD) to start building with. - **If there are any other teams who have already contributed (financially) to the project.** Julien has been self-supporting the project from the beginning. We have never been financially supported yet. Julien and Daniel each received a 1000 USD grant from Near Dev Hub to cover their travels to Nearcon 23 last month. - **Previous grants you may have applied for.** -- We started to build with the Web3 Startup Lab last year, supported by the Stacks blockchain, but they cancelled the part 2 of their program (fundraising) because they were lacking investment themselves. We finished 2nd of 16 in their pitch competition to VCs in Feb. 23. -- We applied to Y Combinator SF in May and were not selected for their summer batch. They selected an almost 100% AI startup cohort? +We started to build with the Web3 Startup Lab last year, supported by the Stacks blockchain, but they canceled the part 2 of their program (fundraising) because they were lacking investment themselves. We finished 2nd of 16 in their pitch competition to VCs in Feb. 23. From c280f32b02c6b77761887c2fa97ab1792bb3a656 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 01:56:17 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 03/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 20d6d9bc..41af1fe9 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ - **Payment Address:** partage-lock.near - **[Level](../README.md#level_slider-levels):** 1 (open to 2) -> ⚠️ *The combination of your GitHub account submitting the application and the payment address above will be your unique identifier during the program. Please keep them safe.* - ## Project Overview :page_facing_up: ### Overview From 3acffb3d8eb9bc9d164ae62f8e96d7c72d86f14f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:02:35 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 04/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 41af1fe9..6767774b 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ - **Project Name:** Partage Lock - **Team Name:** Partage - **Payment Address:** partage-lock.near -- **[Level](../README.md#level_slider-levels):** 1 (open to 2) +- **Level:** 1 (open to 2) ## Project Overview :page_facing_up: From 81f60d824980abff319271451c9790d1dd41e26a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:10:18 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 05/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 108 +++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 6767774b..5270228d 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -13,19 +13,19 @@ Keyless Solutions For Seamless Sharing -- **Brief description:** +- **Brief Description:** Partage allows property owners to make money by sharing their properties. It uses advanced smart locks that co-owners or temporary users can open easily with their smartphones, using NFC or Bluetooth signals. This system simplifies access control and monetization of shared properties. -- **How Partage integrates into the Mintbase / NEAR ecosystem?** -Powered by Mintbase template, the Partage app utilize Mintbase smart contracts to mint the access token and make market available smart locks compatible with Near tokens. Our mission aligns with Mintbase's vision, answering the call for an application that facilitates the unlocking of gated content and exclusive unlockables on the NEAR ecosystem. +- **How does Partage integrate into the Mintbase / NEAR ecosystem?** +Powered by the Mintbase templates, the Partage app utilizes Mintbase smart contracts to mint the access token and make market-available smart locks compatible with Near tokens. Our mission aligns with Mintbase's vision, answering the call for an application that facilitates the unlocking of gated content and exclusive unlockables on the NEAR ecosystem. - **Why is our team interested in creating this project?** Partage aims to contribute towards a better future by championing the sharing economy and optimizing resource allocation and functionality. Partage Lock achieves this by facilitating the monetization of idle assets through shared uses and encourages a shift towards responsible ownership to limit overproduction and overconsumption. -The use of NFC and Bluetooth technologies ensure heightened digital security for all, since all standard smartphones on the market already uses them. - Our choice to build Partage on the NEAR Protocol reflects our commitment to sustainability and reliability. Partage’s vision for the web3 sharing economy actively supports social and sustainable goals by fostering a connected community centered around collaborative ownership economies. In alignment with Mintbase's vision, the platform is spearheading an innovative application on the Near blockchain, contributing to pushing utility NFTs to their next level by making unlockables and gated content easy for Near users. +The use of NFC and Bluetooth technologies ensures heightened digital security for all since all standard smartphones on the market already use them. + ### Project Details - **Mockups/designs of any UI components** @@ -40,35 +40,35 @@ A demo version of the first Partage Lock app is available here: https://lock.hellopartage.xyz We will integrate Mintbase template smart contracts to mint access tokens: https://shorturl.at/qANW3 -An example of a temporary access token (an NFT including start date and end date in its metadata) has been minted using mintbase and is available on partage-lock.testnet wallet: https://www.mintbase.xyz/meta/moments.mintbase1.near:5e2027fd30e5f0dfb26dd3b3e005eeed +An example of a temporary access token (an NFT including start date and end date in its metadata) has been minted using Mintbase and is available on partage-lock.testnet wallet: https://www.mintbase.xyz/meta/moments.mintbase1.near:5e2027fd30e5f0dfb26dd3b3e005eeed - **Data models / API specifications of the core functionality** -We bring the Partage Lock to its next level of functionality and potential for market deployment through a signed partnership with Master Lock. Master is one of the world most renowned lock brand, and they released a series of their popular devices equipped with bluetooth technology https://www.masterlock.com/products/bluetooth-electronic-locks?personal. All models from this series (padlocks of various sizes, pinpads, and door controller) are working with the same background technology, which we are integrating as a partner using their SDK and APIs. +We bring the Partage Lock to its next level of functionality and potential for market deployment through a signed partnership with Master Lock. Master is one of the world's most renowned lock brands, and they released a series of popular devices equipped with Bluetooth technology https://www.masterlock.com/products/bluetooth-electronic-locks?personal. All models from this series (padlocks of various sizes, pin pads, and door controller) are working with the same background technology, which we are integrating as a partner using their SDK and APIs. -In short, Partage is using Mintbase tokens to control access to market-available bluetooth devices from Master Lock. In a later step of development we plan to integrate the Partage Lock app with other smart lock brands to cover a wider market share and various industries. We contacted 59 brands in October and a dozen already confirmed their interest for a partnership by sharing access to their API (including Akiles, Tedee, 2N, Brivo, Igloohome, Assa Bloy, Nuki, Yale, Schlage…) +In short, Partage is using Mintbase tokens to control access to market-available Bluetooth devices from Master Lock. In a later step of development, we plan to integrate the Partage Lock app with other smart lock brands to cover a wider market share and various industries. We contacted 59 brands in October and a dozen already confirmed their interest in a partnership by sharing access to their API (including Akiles, Tedee, 2N, Brivo, Igloohome, Assa Bloy, Nuki, Yale, Schlage…) - **An overview of the technology stack to be used** We are using a usual NextJs/React stack to build our app with a Near backend smart contract written in Rust, and a Javascript/css frontend. - **Documentation of core components, protocols, architecture, etc. to be deployed** -More details about our mission, history and product are available in our white paper: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/partage-white-paper-v2-c0cbea46e2f8 +More details about our mission, history, and product are available in our white paper: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/partage-white-paper-v2-c0cbea46e2f8 -A slides deck for Partage’s general presentation contains a roadmap and the UX architecture. It is available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-TpH2HP_HUyWBBmEq4RhhOUuiOw2xbeve7yN7WEi1S8/edit#slide=id.p +A slide deck for Partage’s general presentation contains a roadmap and the UX architecture. It is available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-TpH2HP_HUyWBBmEq4RhhOUuiOw2xbeve7yN7WEi1S8/edit#slide=id.p -A technical slides deck is used by our dev team to reach our deadline (Jan 24th, the pitch day of the Encode x Near Horizon accelerator). It is available here: https://www.masterlock.com/products/bluetooth-electronic-locks?personal +A technical slide deck is used by our dev team to reach our deadline (Jan 24th, the pitch day of the Encode x Near Horizon accelerator). It is available here: https://www.masterlock.com/products/bluetooth-electronic-locks?personal - **PoC and research on the topic:** The relevance of developing a network of blockchain-controlled smart locks for adding a layer of shared utilities to urban infrastructure has been described in a medium article, rooted in academic research of Blockchain for Smart Cities (our CEO’s background studies). In short, the research states that the essence of cities has always been to share utilities between a gathering of inhabitants, and urban areas could be the context for mass adoption if citizens had a purpose to use it. Blockchain would help democratize access to a common resource or a shared utility within the daily functioning of an average city, that would be available through the most commonly used device, a smartphone. The whole article is available here: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/democratizing-access-to-utilities-blockchain-for-smart-cities-25eefb0348e7. -Another medium article presents a strategy for Partage Lock deployment rooted in another academic field called “citizen science”. It covers examples of successful citizen-led deployments of connected devices in our cities, and provides ideas for building partnerships with smart cities and universities in order to successfully deploy our app at scale. It is available here: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/democratizing-access-to-utilities-citizen-engagement-strategy-in-blockchain-for-smart-cities-352a8096dd22. +Another medium article presents a strategy for Partage Lock deployment rooted in another academic field called “citizen science”. It covers examples of successful citizen-led deployments of connected devices in our cities and provides ideas for building partnerships with smart cities and universities to successfully deploy our app at scale. It is available here: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/democratizing-access-to-utilities-citizen-engagement-strategy-in-blockchain-for-smart-cities-352a8096dd22. -Our best proof-of-concept so far is coming from the clear interest from established industry leaders proposing that we engage in a mutual NDA that gives us access to their open API and reserved developer tools so we could integrate our solution in their devices. +Our best proof-of-concept so far is coming from the clear interest from established industry leaders proposing that we engage in a mutual NDA that gives us access to their open API and reserved developer tools so we could integrate our solution into their devices. - **What Partage Lock will and will not provide:** -Partage Lock will provide access control of physical gates. We believe that there’s a great potential for giving access to real-world items through the blockchain while the tech ecosystem is looking for its practical use cases and a business model built on tangible products to onboard new adopters. +Partage Lock will provide access control of physical gates. We believe that there’s a great potential for giving access to real-world items through the blockchain while the tech ecosystem is looking for practical use cases and a business model built on tangible products to onboard new adopters. -So far, Partage will not handle digital gated content. We do have big ideas for future developments in that space, which aligns with the Partage mission. Suppose we could use Partage to share revenues from a successful youtube video generating millions of views with all the early supporters? Or to offer passive income to all team members having participated in a successful piece of art or video game. These ideas have been reviewed last year and tested through lean experiments with niche customer targets, and we couldn’t find an easy go-to-market validation. A 5-min video presentation of our market research is available here: https://youtu.be/cWC9rXksXiI?si=m4413wCddohpt1KT +So far, Partage will not handle digital gated content. We do have big ideas for future developments in that space, which aligns with the Partage mission. Suppose we could use Partage to share revenues from a successful YouTube video generating millions of views with all the early supporters. Or to offer passive income to all team members having participated in a successful piece of art or video game. These ideas were reviewed last year and tested through lean experiments with niche customer targets, and we couldn’t find an easy go-to-market validation. A 5-min video presentation of our market research is available here: https://youtu.be/cWC9rXksXiI?si=m4413wCddohpt1KT ### Ecosystem Fit @@ -80,31 +80,31 @@ Elected as a finalist in the IRL hackathon at Nearcon 23 in Lisbon, Partage has Since we started to work with the Near ecosystem we are feeling very well supported by the Near ecosystem of companies and people. As another proof of appreciation of Partage, we have been selected to join both accelerators programs: the Encode Club x Near https://www.encode.club/near-accelerator from Dec.23 to Jan.24, and the Near Horizon HZN2 starting in Jan.24 https://www.hzn.xyz/hzn/. These selection results ha encouraged our confidence in the platform's strength and potential for long-term impact within the NEAR ecosystem. - **Who is your target audience?** -We are targeting both crypto holders looking for IRL experiences and a means to spend their crypto in their daily lives, and non-crypto owners or utility providers willing to share access to their belongings while starting to collect revenues in crypto currencies. +We are targeting both crypto holders looking for IRL experiences and a means to spend their crypto in their daily lives, and non-crypto owners or utility providers willing to share access to their belongings while starting to collect revenues in cryptocurrencies. -Our locks could go anywhere in a physical world, they don’t even need an internet connection to check a token’s validity, and have an autonomy of about 2 years (with a high daily opening rate of 10 times/day). With both padlocks and door controllers we cover pretty much all scenarios of gated access control (house, office, lockers, cars, bikes, commercial fridges…). +Our locks could go anywhere in the physical world, they don’t even need an internet connection to check a token’s validity and have an autonomy of about 2 years (with a high daily opening rate of 10 times/day). With both padlocks and door controllers we cover pretty much all scenarios of gated access control (house, office, lockers, cars, bikes, commercial fridges…). - **What need(s) does your project meet?** Partage Lock meets the needs of our market by optimizing resource usage through: Shared access Monetizing assets Secure and traceable transactions -Transparency and decentralisation +Transparency and decentralization Ecosystem partnerships Alignment with Mintbase's vision for blockchain applications Sustainability practices - **Are there any other projects similar to yours in the Mintbase / NEAR ecosystem?** -We have reported similar projects on other blockchains, but not in the Near ecosystem as we know. Which is somehow encouraging, because we can benefit from the experience of other builders, without being directly in competition with them, while we’ll bring Near users a new use case of proven validity. +We have reported similar projects on other blockchains, but not in the Near ecosystem as we know. This is somehow encouraging because we can benefit from the experience of other builders, without being directly in competition with them, while we’ll bring Near users a new use case of proven validity. - **If so, how is your project different?** -One interesting difference is that the Partage team is globally distributed. Our team members are spread across Europe, America, and Africa. This enhances the project's adaptability and innovation in the competitive landscape. Having different background experiences of tech adoption, brings diverse perspectives and expertise from around the world to shape the platform's initiative, as well as a great potential for deployment. Since our team is spread worldwide, we can distribute our Partage Locks to businesses in each team member's area easily and quickly. +One interesting difference is that the Partage team is globally distributed. Our team members are spread across Europe, America, and Africa. This enhances the project's adaptability and innovation in the competitive landscape. Having different background experiences in tech adoption brings diverse perspectives and expertise from around the world to shape the platform's initiative, as well as a great potential for deployment. Since our team is spread worldwide, we can distribute our Partage Locks to businesses in each team member's area easily and quickly. - **If not, are there similar projects in related ecosystems?** - Myloby integrates master lock devices to the Thesos blockchain. - Blockchain-controlled smart locks are a topic of interest for academic research in computer science (see various thesis and papers on the topic), - DIY/FabLab/Makerspaces like the use case to build a smart lock on an Arduino board and connect it to a blockchain (see multiple tutorials available). -- No one of our knowledge except Slock It tried to deploy this solution in 2016 for society at scale. They were granted 12M Eth of investments but have been hacked and stolen their funds (ethereum early days). +- No one of our knowledge except Slock It tried to deploy this solution in 2016 for society at scale. They were granted 12M ETH of investments but have been hacked and stolen their funds (ethereum early days). ## Team :busts_in_silhouette: @@ -129,17 +129,17 @@ Lilibel Obiadika - Community Management and Social Media - **Registered Legal Entity:** CivicTech OÜ ### Team's experience -Julien Carbonnell (CEO) is a French urban developer, living as a digital nomad. He spent a decade working on Smart City and CivicTech projects before finding a purpose to adopting blockchain in his projects. He is a programmer (machine learning/blockchain) for 3 year, with a main background in project management (12 years) and sales/bizdev for 6 years. +Julien Carbonnell (CEO) is a French urban developer, living as a digital nomad. He spent a decade working on Smart City and CivicTech projects before finding a purpose for adopting blockchain in his projects. He is an experienced entrepreneur with a main background in project management (12 years) and has been a programmer (machine learning/blockchain) for 3 years, and a sales/bizdev (6 years). -John Toluwase (Frontend Developer) is based in Nigeria. He is a full-stack blockchain developer with a strong background in frontend development. He collaborated with diverse teams to create innovative projects for hackathons and contributed his skills to tech startups, bringing ideas to life through code. +John Toluwase (Frontend Developer) is based in Nigeria. He is a full-stack blockchain developer with a strong background in front-end development. He collaborated with diverse teams to create innovative projects for hackathons and contributed his skills to tech startups, bringing ideas to life through code. -Daniel Makarov (Lead Dev) is a computer scientist specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technology at the University of Toronto. With three years of experience in Web3, he built decentralized exchanges, provided consultation for blockchain-based telecommunication systems in Canadian Indigenous Communities, and was a software developer at Toronto's leading crypto brokerage. Daniel has a strong knowledge in Full Stack Development and a strong understanding of theoretical concepts in computer science as a whole. +Daniel Makarov (Lead Dev) is a computer scientist specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technology at the University of Toronto. With three years of experience in Web3, he built decentralized exchanges, provided consultation for blockchain-based telecommunication systems in Canadian Indigenous Communities, and was a software developer at Toronto's leading crypto brokerage. Daniel has a strong knowledge of Full Stack Development and a strong understanding of theoretical concepts in computer science as a whole. -Sophie Kirsch (Marketing) has worked alongside Julien since February 2023, supporting his vision in Brand Design, Content Creation and Creative Strategy. Sophie has participated in some experimental marketing tactics and strategies, and aided in potential partner liaisons and relationship building. She has also worked alongside Julien during application submissions, overseeing the copy. +Sophie Kirsch (Marketing) has worked alongside Julien since February 2023, supporting his vision in Brand Design, Content Creation, and Creative Strategy. Sophie has participated in some experimental marketing tactics and strategies, and aided in potential partner liaisons and relationship building. She has also worked alongside Julien during application submissions, overseeing the copy. -James Sanderson (BizDevOps) works in fintech on business development, and procurement (mainly SaaS deals). He graduated from London Business School’s Masters in Finance, specialising in entrepreneurship and venture capital. He co-founded the school's inaugural Blockchain Society amongst working on other tech-for-good related initiatives, and continues to build a coffee-centric startup backed by blockchain infrastructure. +James Sanderson (BizDevOps) works in fintech on business development, and procurement (mainly SaaS deals). He graduated from London Business School’s Masters in Finance, specializing in entrepreneurship and venture capital. He co-founded the school's inaugural Blockchain Society amongst working on other tech-for-good related initiatives and continues to build a coffee-centric startup backed by blockchain infrastructure. -Lilibel Obiadika (Community Management and Social Media) joined the Partage team as a contractor to assist with Digital Marketing, Social Media and Community Management, and notably contributing to Technical Writing. +Lilibel Obiadika (Community Management and Social Media) joined the Partage team as a contractor to assist with Digital Marketing, Social Media, and Community Management, notably contributing to Technical Writing. ### Team Code Repos @@ -163,24 +163,24 @@ https://github.com/lilibelkay - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilibelkay/ ## Development Status :open_book: -Before Partage, Julien Carbonnell was building Democracy Studio, an empowering platform for citizen-engagement in urban development based on machine learning and computational simulation models built during his Ph.D. research in Urban Science. The thesis has been adapted in a book https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Studio-artificial-intelligence-engagement/dp/B098GT2P96 and all models are opened and documented on github https://github.com/DemocracyStudio. +Before Partage, Julien Carbonnell was building Democracy Studio, an empowering platform for citizen engagement in urban development based on machine learning and computational simulation models built during his Ph.D. research in Urban Science. The thesis has been adapted from a book https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Studio-artificial-intelligence-engagement/dp/B098GT2P96 and all models are opened and documented on GitHub https://github.com/DemocracyStudio. -The post-doctorate period has been to travel the African continent for 8 months in order to meet with local startup ecosystems and look for ideas to help solving the informal housing challenges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfNgoFFZRfc. As a result of that field research, Partage started with the idea to mint real estate properties titles to tackle the lack of cadastre systems https://youtu.be/n8ZNEpoGSXw?si=G4iq6LOWNZVKLZZu in half of the countries in the world (mostly LATAM, Africa, South Asia). +The post-doctorate period has been to travel the African continent for 8 months to meet with local startup ecosystems and look for ideas to help solve the informal housing challenges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfNgoFFZRfc. As a result of that field research, Partage started with the idea to mint real estate property titles to tackle the lack of cadastre systems https://youtu.be/n8ZNEpoGSXw?si=G4iq6LOWNZVKLZZu in half of the countries in the world (mostly LATAM, Africa, South Asia). -More details about our roadmap, history and development status are available in our white paper: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/partage-white-paper-v2-c0cbea46e2f8. +More details about our roadmap, history, and development status are available in our white paper: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/partage-white-paper-v2-c0cbea46e2f8. - academic publications relevant to the problem: Blockchain for informal housing in LATAM https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dgk0HocmBU7NGdOF3MZZ9G72as4bD-Vx/view?usp=sharing -Blockchain for governance of common goods https://www.theses.fr/2022ASSA0046 -Blockchain controlled Smart Locks https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yr9Jh1n0Z5nmB2Py2rfOLXVS3sWv91f_/view?usp=sharing +Blockchain for the governance of common goods https://www.theses.fr/2022ASSA0046 +Blockchain-controlled Smart Locks https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yr9Jh1n0Z5nmB2Py2rfOLXVS3sWv91f_/view?usp=sharing -- **links to your research diary, blog posts, articles, forum discussions or open GitHub issues:** -All our research articles from tokenizing real-world assets to blockchain for smart cities and blockchain controlled smart locks are available on our medium publication: https://medium.com/partage-btc +- **links to your research diary, blog posts, articles, forum discussions, or open GitHub issues:** +All our research articles from tokenizing real-world assets to blockchain for smart cities and blockchain-controlled smart locks are available on our medium publication: https://medium.com/partage-btc - **references to conversations you might have had related to this project with anyone from the Mintbase Foundation:** After having attended the Mintbase workshop of the Encode Club X Near Accelerator, I met with Luis, on Thursday 14th November 2023 to discuss how Partage could use Mintbase templates for minting access tokens. The call was pretty straightforward as Luis already knew how to do this with Mintbase and seeing that we already did quite a lot of work on our app he incentivized us to submit Partage to Mintbase’s grant program. -- **previous interface iterations, such as mock-ups and wireframes.** +- **Previous interface iterations, such as mock-ups and wireframes.** See above. ## Development Roadmap :nut_and_bolt: @@ -188,16 +188,16 @@ See above. Partage roadmap to update: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-TpH2HP_HUyWBBmEq4RhhOUuiOw2xbeve7yN7WEi1S8/edit#slide=id.g29e6421ff84_0_23 MILESTONE description: -describe _the functionality in as much detail as possible_, -how we can verify and test that functionality. -how your project is related to Mintbase. -make sure to include a specification of your software. _Treat it as a contract_; the level of detail must be enough to later verify that the software meets the specification. +- describe _the functionality in as much detail as possible_, +- how we can verify and test that functionality. +- how your project is related to Mintbase. +- make sure to include a specification of your software. _Treat it as a contract_; the level of detail must be enough to later verify that the software meets the specification. - include the amount of funding requested _per milestone_. - include documentation (tutorials, API specifications, architecture diagrams, whatever is appropriate) in each milestone. This ensures that the code can be widely used by the community. -provide a test suite, comprising unit and integration tests, along with a guide on how to set up and run them. +- provide a test suite, comprising unit and integration tests, along with a guide on how to set up and run them. - commit to providing Dockerfiles for the delivery of your project. -- indicate milestone duration as well as number of full-time employees working on each milestone. -- **Deliverables 0a-0d are mandatory for all milestones**, and deliverable 0e at least for the last one. If you do not intend to deliver one of these, please state a reason in its specification (e.g. Milestone X is research oriented and as such there is no code to test). +- indicate milestone duration as well as a number of full-time employees working on each milestone. +- **Deliverables 0a-0d are mandatory for all milestones**, and deliverable 0e at least for the last one. If you do not intend to deliver one of these, please state a reason in its specification (e.g. Milestone X is research-oriented and as such there is no code to test). ### Overview - **Total Estimated Duration:** @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ Milestone 3: March 2024 | Number | Deliverable | Specification | | -----: | ----------- | ------------- | -| 0a. | License | Apache 2.0 / GPLv3 / MIT / Unlicense | +| 0a. | License | Apache 2.0 / GPLv3 / MIT / Unlicensed | | 0b. | Documentation | We will provide both **inline documentation** of the code and a basic **tutorial** that explains how a user can (for example) spin up one of our Mintbase nodes and send test transactions, which will show how the new functionality works. | | 0c. | Testing Guide | Core functions will be fully covered by unit tests to ensure functionality and robustness. In the guide, we will describe how to run these tests. | | 0d. | Docker | We will provide a Dockerfile(s) that can be used to test all the functionality delivered with this milestone. | @@ -234,14 +234,14 @@ Milestone 3: March 2024 | 4. | NEAR chain integration | Modules X, Y & Z of our custom chain will interact in such a way... (Please describe the deliverable here as detailed as possible) | -### Milestone 2 — Embed Mintbase Modules into Partage app marketplace +### Milestone 2 — Embed Mintbase Modules into the Partage app marketplace - **Estimated duration:** 1 month - **FTE:** 4 - **Costs:** 20,000 USD | Number | Deliverable | Specification | | -----: | ----------- | ------------- | -| 0a. | License | Apache 2.0 / GPLv3 / MIT / Unlicense | +| 0a. | License | Apache 2.0 / GPLv3 / MIT / Unlicensed | | 0b. | Documentation | We will provide both **inline documentation** of the code and a basic **tutorial** that explains how a user can (for example) spin up one of our Mintbase nodes and send test transactions, which will show how the new functionality works. | | 0c. | Testing Guide | Core functions will be fully covered by unit tests to ensure functionality and robustness. In the guide, we will describe how to run these tests. | | 0d. | Docker | We will provide a Dockerfile(s) that can be used to test all the functionality delivered with this milestone. | @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Milestone 3: March 2024 | Number | Deliverable | Specification | | -----: | ----------- | ------------- | -| 0a. | License | Apache 2.0 / GPLv3 / MIT / Unlicense | +| 0a. | License | Apache 2.0 / GPLv3 / MIT / Unlicensed | | 0b. | Documentation | We will provide both **inline documentation** of the code and a basic **tutorial** that explains how a user can (for example) spin up one of our Mintbase nodes and send test transactions, which will show how the new functionality works. | | 0c. | Testing Guide | Core functions will be fully covered by unit tests to ensure functionality and robustness. In the guide, we will describe how to run these tests. | | 0d. | Docker | We will provide a Dockerfile(s) that can be used to test all the functionality delivered with this milestone. | @@ -274,19 +274,19 @@ Milestone 3: March 2024 **We’d be happy to give you more details about our budget allocation in a call.** ## Future Plans -- **how you intend to use, enhance, promote and support your project in the short term** -We have many marketing based options available for short term support. Some examples are: +- **How you intend to use, enhance, promote, and support your project in the short term** +We have many marketing-based options available for short-term support. Some examples are: Paid Digital Advertising on platforms like Meta, Instagram, or Google Ads to reach a broader audience. Social Media Campaigns to create awareness, engage potential users, and build a community around Partage Lock. Leverage visuals, user testimonials, and educational content to showcase the platform's features and benefits. Collaborations with Influencer and/or Brand Partnerships in the sharing economy, technology, or blockchain space. Their endorsement can lend credibility to Partage Lock and help reach a wider audience. We would continue to create high-quality content, including LinkedIn blog posts, articles, and infographics, to highlight the value proposition of Partage Lock. -Community Engagement Events can be advantageous to actively engage with the community, address questions, and showcase the platform's functionality. This can strengthen user relationships and generate positive word-of-mouth - and can be considered into PR Campaigns. +Community Engagement Events can be advantageous to actively engage with the community, address questions, and showcase the platform's functionality. This can strengthen user relationships and generate positive word-of-mouth - and can be considered for PR Campaigns. -- **the team's long-term plans and intentions in relation to it.** -Grow adopters within the Near ecosystem, and within the Master Lock customers. +- **The team's long-term plans and intentions about it.** +Grow adopters within the Near ecosystem and the Master Lock customers. Deploy networks of lockers on public infrastructures through smart city partnerships and universities. Diversify our solutions to other kinds of shared items and gated content (digital, like described above in the “what partage lock will not provide” section) -Integrate our locks in starters for shared cars, scooters, or other electronic items available after payment. +Integrate our locks-in starters for shared cars, scooters, or other electronic items available after payment. ## Additional Information :heavy_plus_sign: **How did you hear about the Grants Program?** @@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ At the Encode Club workshop, followed by a 1-1 call with Luis. - **Work you have already done.** Aside from the coding of MVPs, research, and all listed above, we just started a partnership with Master Lock. They gave us 8 devices free of charge (worth 1200 USD) to start building with. -- **If there are any other teams who have already contributed (financially) to the project.** +- **If any other teams have already contributed (financially) to the project.** Julien has been self-supporting the project from the beginning. We have never been financially supported yet. Julien and Daniel each received a 1000 USD grant from Near Dev Hub to cover their travels to Nearcon 23 last month. - **Previous grants you may have applied for.** -We started to build with the Web3 Startup Lab last year, supported by the Stacks blockchain, but they canceled the part 2 of their program (fundraising) because they were lacking investment themselves. We finished 2nd of 16 in their pitch competition to VCs in Feb. 23. +We started to build with the Web3 Startup Lab last year, supported by the Stacks blockchain, but they canceled part 2 of their program (fundraising) because they were lacking investment themselves. We finished 2nd of 16 in their pitch competition to VCs on Feb. 23. From a7e5f2c4db33ac6cd0efcdc1df4557edb9e66e97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:11:26 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 06/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 5270228d..c4972098 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -201,19 +201,19 @@ MILESTONE description: ### Overview - **Total Estimated Duration:** -- Level 1: 1 month, Near integration into Master Lock devices delivered at the end of January 2024. -- Level 2: 3 months, The sharing network for locked items delivered at the end of March 2024. + - Level 1: 1 month, Near integration into Master Lock devices delivered at the end of January 2024. + - Level 2: 3 months, The sharing network for locked items delivered at the end of March 2024. - **Full-Time Equivalent (FTE):** 3 FTE - **Total Costs:** -- Level 1: 10k -- Level 2: 50k + - Level 1: 10k + - Level 2: 50k - **Milestones plan:** -Milestone 1: January 2024 -Milestone 2: February 2024 -Milestone 3: March 2024 + - Milestone 1: January 2024 + - Milestone 2: February 2024 + - Milestone 3: March 2024 ### Milestone 1 — Implement Mintbase Modules into Master Lock devices - **Estimated duration:** 1 month From 89891ef2321967d32850ed278514f092b094dacd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:15:00 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 07/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index c4972098..8a2ed640 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -293,7 +293,8 @@ Integrate our locks-in starters for shared cars, scooters, or other electronic i At the Encode Club workshop, followed by a 1-1 call with Luis. - **Work you have already done.** -Aside from the coding of MVPs, research, and all listed above, we just started a partnership with Master Lock. They gave us 8 devices free of charge (worth 1200 USD) to start building with. +Aside from the coding of MVPs, research, and all listed above, we just started a partnership with Master Lock. They gave us 8 devices free of charge (worth 1200 USD) to start building with. +![Master Lock devices we start working with](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBn9TCgWsAA4BIq?format=jpg&name=medium) - **If any other teams have already contributed (financially) to the project.** Julien has been self-supporting the project from the beginning. We have never been financially supported yet. Julien and Daniel each received a 1000 USD grant from Near Dev Hub to cover their travels to Nearcon 23 last month. From 15cec192b33987847a5eaececb97cf4724bb2c25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:18:29 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 08/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 8a2ed640..dfa7a166 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ See above. ## Development Roadmap :nut_and_bolt: -Partage roadmap to update: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-TpH2HP_HUyWBBmEq4RhhOUuiOw2xbeve7yN7WEi1S8/edit#slide=id.g29e6421ff84_0_23 +![Partage roadmap (General presentation)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F7l4D_tqCzIDCjkEdzKq5rd1e8UkJ0iH/view?usp=sharing) MILESTONE description: - describe _the functionality in as much detail as possible_, From 4e8bca213d16360d2605cd6ebc55a5777dc50b87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:20:24 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 09/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index dfa7a166..15d95013 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ See above. ## Development Roadmap :nut_and_bolt: -![Partage roadmap (General presentation)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F7l4D_tqCzIDCjkEdzKq5rd1e8UkJ0iH/view?usp=sharing) +![Partage roadmap (General presentation)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F7l4D_tqCzIDCjkEdzKq5rd1e8UkJ0iH/view?usp=drive_link) MILESTONE description: - describe _the functionality in as much detail as possible_, From 6e07a98363965c6772a8932b70e6dc0f1e49fc60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:21:45 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 10/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 15d95013..94bf049d 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ MILESTONE description: - include documentation (tutorials, API specifications, architecture diagrams, whatever is appropriate) in each milestone. This ensures that the code can be widely used by the community. - provide a test suite, comprising unit and integration tests, along with a guide on how to set up and run them. - commit to providing Dockerfiles for the delivery of your project. -- indicate milestone duration as well as a number of full-time employees working on each milestone. +- indicate milestone duration as well as several full-time employees working on each milestone. - **Deliverables 0a-0d are mandatory for all milestones**, and deliverable 0e at least for the last one. If you do not intend to deliver one of these, please state a reason in its specification (e.g. Milestone X is research-oriented and as such there is no code to test). -### Overview +### Grant Overview: - **Total Estimated Duration:** - Level 1: 1 month, Near integration into Master Lock devices delivered at the end of January 2024. - Level 2: 3 months, The sharing network for locked items delivered at the end of March 2024. From 3171ec30a54397c2227cc4b560e547525d423876 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:36:43 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 11/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 94bf049d..502bad8b 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ We are using a usual NextJs/React stack to build our app with a Near backend sma - **Documentation of core components, protocols, architecture, etc. to be deployed** More details about our mission, history, and product are available in our white paper: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/partage-white-paper-v2-c0cbea46e2f8 -A slide deck for Partage’s general presentation contains a roadmap and the UX architecture. It is available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-TpH2HP_HUyWBBmEq4RhhOUuiOw2xbeve7yN7WEi1S8/edit#slide=id.p +A slide deck for Partage’s general presentation is available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-TpH2HP_HUyWBBmEq4RhhOUuiOw2xbeve7yN7WEi1S8/edit#slide=id.p -A technical slide deck is used by our dev team to reach our deadline (Jan 24th, the pitch day of the Encode x Near Horizon accelerator). It is available here: https://www.masterlock.com/products/bluetooth-electronic-locks?personal +It features the following architecture sketch: ![Partage architecture](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bIO9_ZkhjMWE9Aby5lHIQlbVja6F30Vc/view?usp=sharing) + +A technical slide deck is used by our dev team to reach our deadlines (Jan 24th, pitch to Encode Club x Near Horizon accelerator). It is available here: [dev pres jan.24](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bfBZw7jXl_bvPlXOd2CdYmqmeSxj4JcRtHBPe2AC1OA/edit?usp=sharing) - **PoC and research on the topic:** The relevance of developing a network of blockchain-controlled smart locks for adding a layer of shared utilities to urban infrastructure has been described in a medium article, rooted in academic research of Blockchain for Smart Cities (our CEO’s background studies). In short, the research states that the essence of cities has always been to share utilities between a gathering of inhabitants, and urban areas could be the context for mass adoption if citizens had a purpose to use it. Blockchain would help democratize access to a common resource or a shared utility within the daily functioning of an average city, that would be available through the most commonly used device, a smartphone. @@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ Partage Lock seamlessly integrates into the NEAR ecosystem by aligning with Mint Elected as a finalist in the IRL hackathon at Nearcon 23 in Lisbon, Partage has garnered exceptional support from mentors, executives, and the NEAR community. Our pitch is available here: https://www.youtube.com/live/Iw8_04Kk1aw?si=U2PoHlaDgrp5Nfaq&t=16350 -Since we started to work with the Near ecosystem we are feeling very well supported by the Near ecosystem of companies and people. As another proof of appreciation of Partage, we have been selected to join both accelerators programs: the Encode Club x Near https://www.encode.club/near-accelerator from Dec.23 to Jan.24, and the Near Horizon HZN2 starting in Jan.24 https://www.hzn.xyz/hzn/. These selection results ha encouraged our confidence in the platform's strength and potential for long-term impact within the NEAR ecosystem. +Since we started to work with the Near ecosystem we are feeling very well supported by the Near ecosystem of companies and people. As another proof of appreciation of Partage, we have been selected to join both accelerator programs: the Encode Club x Near https://www.encode.club/near-accelerator from Dec.23 to Jan.24, and the Near Horizon HZN2 starting on Jan.24 https://www.hzn.xyz/hzn/. These selection results have encouraged our confidence in the platform's strength and potential for long-term impact within the NEAR ecosystem. - **Who is your target audience?** We are targeting both crypto holders looking for IRL experiences and a means to spend their crypto in their daily lives, and non-crypto owners or utility providers willing to share access to their belongings while starting to collect revenues in cryptocurrencies. From 74e1e8a4c2399b6a9a4f572edbe6d0e12186b07b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:38:51 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 12/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 502bad8b..7acda4a9 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ More details about our mission, history, and product are available in our white A slide deck for Partage’s general presentation is available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-TpH2HP_HUyWBBmEq4RhhOUuiOw2xbeve7yN7WEi1S8/edit#slide=id.p -It features the following architecture sketch: ![Partage architecture](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bIO9_ZkhjMWE9Aby5lHIQlbVja6F30Vc/view?usp=sharing) +It features the following architecture sketch: ![Partage architecture](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBomJUFXkAA0qx4?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) -A technical slide deck is used by our dev team to reach our deadlines (Jan 24th, pitch to Encode Club x Near Horizon accelerator). It is available here: [dev pres jan.24](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bfBZw7jXl_bvPlXOd2CdYmqmeSxj4JcRtHBPe2AC1OA/edit?usp=sharing) +A technical slide deck is used by our dev team to reach our deadlines (Jan 24th, pitch to Encode Club x Near Horizon accelerator). It is available here: [dev pres Jan. 24](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bfBZw7jXl_bvPlXOd2CdYmqmeSxj4JcRtHBPe2AC1OA/edit?usp=sharing) - **PoC and research on the topic:** The relevance of developing a network of blockchain-controlled smart locks for adding a layer of shared utilities to urban infrastructure has been described in a medium article, rooted in academic research of Blockchain for Smart Cities (our CEO’s background studies). In short, the research states that the essence of cities has always been to share utilities between a gathering of inhabitants, and urban areas could be the context for mass adoption if citizens had a purpose to use it. Blockchain would help democratize access to a common resource or a shared utility within the daily functioning of an average city, that would be available through the most commonly used device, a smartphone. From 7183643bb01850ebc68e5ce05367d435c6172e6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:41:06 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 13/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 7acda4a9..4c7b2590 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ See above. ## Development Roadmap :nut_and_bolt: -![Partage roadmap (General presentation)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F7l4D_tqCzIDCjkEdzKq5rd1e8UkJ0iH/view?usp=drive_link) +![Partage roadmap (General presentation)](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBompXtWYAATgg-?format=jpg&name=medium) MILESTONE description: - describe _the functionality in as much detail as possible_, From dce58da1b9446e80772065d6e83eca4119bf747c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 06:02:18 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 14/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 20 +++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 4c7b2590..a07dfc08 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -29,18 +29,16 @@ The use of NFC and Bluetooth technologies ensures heightened digital security fo ### Project Details - **Mockups/designs of any UI components** -A full design of our marketplace is available here: + - A full design of our marketplace is available here: https://www.figma.com/file/D4u5WSOO1Tq2D7BNy7i6zv/Partage-NFT-Marketplace?type=design&node-id=1647%3A17907&mode=design&t=Zl0EjoPvRDlmdFIw-1 -Implemented in a demo version here: + - Implemented in a demo version here: https://hellopartage.xyz The above marketplace MVP was built 9 months ago and we are now working on integrating the latest Partage Lock MVP to deliver temporary access keys to a network of smart locks. -A demo version of the first Partage Lock app is available here: -https://lock.hellopartage.xyz -We will integrate Mintbase template smart contracts to mint access tokens: -https://shorturl.at/qANW3 -An example of a temporary access token (an NFT including start date and end date in its metadata) has been minted using Mintbase and is available on partage-lock.testnet wallet: https://www.mintbase.xyz/meta/moments.mintbase1.near:5e2027fd30e5f0dfb26dd3b3e005eeed + - A demo version of the first Partage Lock app is available here: https://lock.hellopartage.xyz + - We will integrate Mintbase template smart contracts to mint access tokens: https://shorturl.at/qANW3 + - An example of a temporary access token (an NFT including start date and end date in its metadata) has been minted using Mintbase and is available on partage-lock.testnet wallet: https://www.mintbase.xyz/meta/moments.mintbase1.near:5e2027fd30e5f0dfb26dd3b3e005eeed - **Data models / API specifications of the core functionality** We bring the Partage Lock to its next level of functionality and potential for market deployment through a signed partnership with Master Lock. Master is one of the world's most renowned lock brands, and they released a series of popular devices equipped with Bluetooth technology https://www.masterlock.com/products/bluetooth-electronic-locks?personal. All models from this series (padlocks of various sizes, pin pads, and door controller) are working with the same background technology, which we are integrating as a partner using their SDK and APIs. @@ -53,14 +51,14 @@ We are using a usual NextJs/React stack to build our app with a Near backend sma - **Documentation of core components, protocols, architecture, etc. to be deployed** More details about our mission, history, and product are available in our white paper: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/partage-white-paper-v2-c0cbea46e2f8 -A slide deck for Partage’s general presentation is available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-TpH2HP_HUyWBBmEq4RhhOUuiOw2xbeve7yN7WEi1S8/edit#slide=id.p + - A slide deck for Partage’s general presentation is available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-TpH2HP_HUyWBBmEq4RhhOUuiOw2xbeve7yN7WEi1S8/edit#slide=id.p -It features the following architecture sketch: ![Partage architecture](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBomJUFXkAA0qx4?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) + - It features the following architecture sketch:![Partage architecture](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBomJUFXkAA0qx4?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) -A technical slide deck is used by our dev team to reach our deadlines (Jan 24th, pitch to Encode Club x Near Horizon accelerator). It is available here: [dev pres Jan. 24](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bfBZw7jXl_bvPlXOd2CdYmqmeSxj4JcRtHBPe2AC1OA/edit?usp=sharing) + - A technical slide deck is used by our dev team to reach our deadlines (Jan 24th, pitch to Encode Club x Near Horizon accelerator). It is available here: [dev pres Jan. 24](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bfBZw7jXl_bvPlXOd2CdYmqmeSxj4JcRtHBPe2AC1OA/edit?usp=sharing) - **PoC and research on the topic:** -The relevance of developing a network of blockchain-controlled smart locks for adding a layer of shared utilities to urban infrastructure has been described in a medium article, rooted in academic research of Blockchain for Smart Cities (our CEO’s background studies). In short, the research states that the essence of cities has always been to share utilities between a gathering of inhabitants, and urban areas could be the context for mass adoption if citizens had a purpose to use it. Blockchain would help democratize access to a common resource or a shared utility within the daily functioning of an average city, that would be available through the most commonly used device, a smartphone. +The relevance of developing a network of blockchain-controlled smart locks for adding a layer of shared utilities to urban infrastructure has been described in a medium article, rooted in academic research on Blockchain for Smart Cities (our CEO’s background studies). In short, the research states that the essence of cities has always been to share utilities between a gathering of inhabitants, and urban areas could be the context for mass adoption if citizens had a purpose to use it. Blockchain would help democratize access to a common resource or a shared utility within the daily functioning of an average city, that would be available through the most commonly used device, a smartphone. The whole article is available here: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/democratizing-access-to-utilities-blockchain-for-smart-cities-25eefb0348e7. Another medium article presents a strategy for Partage Lock deployment rooted in another academic field called “citizen science”. It covers examples of successful citizen-led deployments of connected devices in our cities and provides ideas for building partnerships with smart cities and universities to successfully deploy our app at scale. It is available here: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/democratizing-access-to-utilities-citizen-engagement-strategy-in-blockchain-for-smart-cities-352a8096dd22. From 165265a4888330e1590ecd6d2b30d10bebfe7945 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 07:34:10 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 15/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index a07dfc08..72185aaa 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ MILESTONE description: ### Grant Overview: - **Total Estimated Duration:** - - Level 1: 1 month, Near integration into Master Lock devices delivered at the end of January 2024. - - Level 2: 3 months, The sharing network for locked items delivered at the end of March 2024. + - Level 1: 1 month, Near integration (Mintbase modules) into Master Lock devices, delivered at the end of January 2024. + - Level 2: 3 months, A sharing network for locked items, delivered at the end of March 2024. - **Full-Time Equivalent (FTE):** 3 FTE @@ -215,23 +215,41 @@ MILESTONE description: - Milestone 2: February 2024 - Milestone 3: March 2024 -### Milestone 1 — Implement Mintbase Modules into Master Lock devices +### Milestone 1 — Near integration (Mintbase modules) into Master Lock devices - **Estimated duration:** 1 month - **FTE:** 3 - **Costs:** 10,000 USD | Number | Deliverable | Specification | | -----: | ----------- | ------------- | -| 0a. | License | Apache 2.0 / GPLv3 / MIT / Unlicensed | -| 0b. | Documentation | We will provide both **inline documentation** of the code and a basic **tutorial** that explains how a user can (for example) spin up one of our Mintbase nodes and send test transactions, which will show how the new functionality works. | -| 0c. | Testing Guide | Core functions will be fully covered by unit tests to ensure functionality and robustness. In the guide, we will describe how to run these tests. | -| 0d. | Docker | We will provide a Dockerfile(s) that can be used to test all the functionality delivered with this milestone. | -| 0e. | Article | We will publish an **article**/workshop that explains [...] (what was done/achieved as part of the grant). (Content, language and medium should reflect your target audience described above.) -| 0f. | Budget breakdown | 60% dev, 10% marketing, 30% bizdev. Marketing strategy preparation, Signing partnerships and negotiating testing devices free of charge. -| 1. | Mintbase module: X | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... (Please list the functionality that will be implemented for the first milestone) | -| 2. | Mintbase module: Y | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... | -| 3. | Mintbase module: Z | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... | -| 4. | NEAR chain integration | Modules X, Y & Z of our custom chain will interact in such a way... (Please describe the deliverable here as detailed as possible) | +| 0a. | License | Unlicensed | +| 0b. | Documentation | Marketplace User’s Guide: +Interactive Video Guide (Duration: 5-10 minutes): Demonstrates unlocking the lock using the mobile app, highlighting NFC/Bluetooth unlocking, adding temporary users, and access management. +Extensive Step-by-Step Written Guide (Approx. 15-25 pages): Detailed instructions on app usage for unlocking and managing the smart lock, with app interface screenshots, security tips, crypto transaction info, and temporary access setup guidelines. +Using Mintbase Wallet for Unlocking (Duration: 3-5 minutes in video, 5-8 pages in written guide): A specific section or segment showing how to open a lock using the Mintbase wallet. It should include a tutorial on linking the Mintbase wallet to the user's account, initiating transactions, and the process of unlocking the lock through the wallet app, with emphasis on security and ease of use.| +| 0c. | Testing Guide | +Master Lock Testing +Lock Installation & App Connection: Upon purchasing a master lock, verify the installation process and ensure a seamless connection to the Partage app. +Bluetooth and Connectivity Test: Confirm the lock's Bluetooth functionality and overall connectivity performance. +Live Demo Option +Full Code Demonstration: Request a live demo call with us to observe a comprehensive test of the app, including installation, app integration, and Bluetooth connectivity. +Mintbase Wallet Integration +Wallet Linking & Unlock Test: Connect your Mintbase wallet to the Partage app and perform a test to unlock the lock, ensuring smooth integration and functionality. +Additional Testing Option +You can also clone our Github repository to test the app locally on your system, and alternatively, you can deploy the smart contract on the NEAR blockchain and run security tests.| +| 0d. | Docker | A Dockerfile is a script of instructions used to create a Docker image. It automates the process of image creation by compiling commands typically executed manually on the command line. However, this technology does not apply to our current app development.| +| 0e. | Article | As described above, we will provide a written article for our users so they can easily use our product.| +| 0f. | Budget breakdown | 60% dev, 10% marketing, 30% bizdev. +**Smart Contract Pre-Loading ($500):** Allocating funds to pre-load the smart contract onto the system for customers. +**Smart Contract Testing and Deployment ($300):** Covers the cost of rigorous testing of the smart contract to ensure security and functionality, and the deployment on the blockchain. +**Smart Locks Purchase ($1,200):** Acquiring smart locks to integrate with the blockchain technology and for testing the system. +**Salary for 3 Developers ($4,000):** Covering the cost of three developers who will work on the smart contract integration, application development, and system testing. +**Marketing Strategy Preparation ($1000):** Developing a comprehensive marketing plan to promote the new crypto-integrated smart lock system. This includes identifying target markets, creating promotional materials, and planning digital marketing campaigns. +**Travel Expenses for Partnerships ($3000):** Allocate $3,000 for travel expenses to facilitate in-person meetings for signing partnerships and negotiating device purchases.".| +| 1. | Mintbase module: Minter | We will use the Mintbase Minter template to create the Partage Lock smart contrat that will mint temporary access tokens and send them to users’ wallet after payment. | +| 2. | Mintbase module: Access Token NFTs | The access token NFTs minted from our smart contract will include a start date and an end date in their metadata, to allow holders to open the lock during this time frame but not giving them access outside of it. | +| 3. | NEAR chain integration | Master Lock devices will use the Bluetooth in the user’s smart phone to verify that they are holding a valid token in their Mintbase wallet, and opening at this condition. | + ### Milestone 2 — Embed Mintbase Modules into the Partage app marketplace From c3842fba24fd19d5a9c142d94306e90e074d572f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:15:04 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 16/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 22 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 72185aaa..49c71cbe 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -228,8 +228,7 @@ Interactive Video Guide (Duration: 5-10 minutes): Demonstrates unlocking the loc Extensive Step-by-Step Written Guide (Approx. 15-25 pages): Detailed instructions on app usage for unlocking and managing the smart lock, with app interface screenshots, security tips, crypto transaction info, and temporary access setup guidelines. Using Mintbase Wallet for Unlocking (Duration: 3-5 minutes in video, 5-8 pages in written guide): A specific section or segment showing how to open a lock using the Mintbase wallet. It should include a tutorial on linking the Mintbase wallet to the user's account, initiating transactions, and the process of unlocking the lock through the wallet app, with emphasis on security and ease of use.| | 0c. | Testing Guide | -Master Lock Testing -Lock Installation & App Connection: Upon purchasing a master lock, verify the installation process and ensure a seamless connection to the Partage app. +Master Lock Testing: Lock Installation & App Connection: Upon purchasing a master lock, verify the installation process and ensure a seamless connection to the Partage app. Bluetooth and Connectivity Test: Confirm the lock's Bluetooth functionality and overall connectivity performance. Live Demo Option Full Code Demonstration: Request a live demo call with us to observe a comprehensive test of the app, including installation, app integration, and Bluetooth connectivity. @@ -294,17 +293,18 @@ You can also clone our Github repository to test the app locally on your system, ## Future Plans - **How you intend to use, enhance, promote, and support your project in the short term** We have many marketing-based options available for short-term support. Some examples are: -Paid Digital Advertising on platforms like Meta, Instagram, or Google Ads to reach a broader audience. -Social Media Campaigns to create awareness, engage potential users, and build a community around Partage Lock. Leverage visuals, user testimonials, and educational content to showcase the platform's features and benefits. -Collaborations with Influencer and/or Brand Partnerships in the sharing economy, technology, or blockchain space. Their endorsement can lend credibility to Partage Lock and help reach a wider audience. -We would continue to create high-quality content, including LinkedIn blog posts, articles, and infographics, to highlight the value proposition of Partage Lock. -Community Engagement Events can be advantageous to actively engage with the community, address questions, and showcase the platform's functionality. This can strengthen user relationships and generate positive word-of-mouth - and can be considered for PR Campaigns. + - Paid Digital Advertising on platforms like Meta, Instagram, or Google Ads to reach a broader audience. + - Social Media Campaigns to create awareness, engage potential users, and build a community around Partage Lock. Leverage visuals, user testimonials, and educational content to showcase the platform's features and benefits. + - Collaborations with Influencer and/or Brand Partnerships in the sharing economy, technology, or blockchain space. Their endorsement can lend credibility to Partage Lock and help reach a wider audience. + - We would continue to create high-quality content, including LinkedIn blog posts, articles, and infographics, to highlight the value proposition of Partage Lock. + - Community Engagement Events can be advantageous to actively engage with the community, address questions, and showcase the platform's functionality. This can strengthen user relationships and generate positive word-of-mouth - and can be considered for PR Campaigns. - **The team's long-term plans and intentions about it.** -Grow adopters within the Near ecosystem and the Master Lock customers. -Deploy networks of lockers on public infrastructures through smart city partnerships and universities. -Diversify our solutions to other kinds of shared items and gated content (digital, like described above in the “what partage lock will not provide” section) -Integrate our locks-in starters for shared cars, scooters, or other electronic items available after payment. + - Grow adopters within the Near ecosystem and the Master Lock customers. + - Deploy networks of lockers on public infrastructures through smart city partnerships and universities. + - Diversify our solutions to other kinds of shared items and gated content (digital, like described above in the “what partage lock will not provide” section) + - Integrate our locks-in starters for shared cars, scooters, or other electronic items available after payment. + - Attend conferences (web3FC in Barcelona in April, Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville in July, …) to present Partage and onboard customers. ## Additional Information :heavy_plus_sign: **How did you hear about the Grants Program?** From e448f78259676cb1fd8d748270bc316dc637bbe3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:16:27 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 17/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 49c71cbe..70817129 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -223,9 +223,7 @@ MILESTONE description: | Number | Deliverable | Specification | | -----: | ----------- | ------------- | | 0a. | License | Unlicensed | -| 0b. | Documentation | Marketplace User’s Guide: -Interactive Video Guide (Duration: 5-10 minutes): Demonstrates unlocking the lock using the mobile app, highlighting NFC/Bluetooth unlocking, adding temporary users, and access management. -Extensive Step-by-Step Written Guide (Approx. 15-25 pages): Detailed instructions on app usage for unlocking and managing the smart lock, with app interface screenshots, security tips, crypto transaction info, and temporary access setup guidelines. +| 0b. | Documentation | Marketplace User’s Guide: 1. Interactive Video Guide (Duration: 5-10 minutes): Demonstrates unlocking the lock using the mobile app, highlighting NFC/Bluetooth unlocking, adding temporary users, and access management. 2. Extensive Step-by-Step Written Guide (Approx. 15-25 pages): Detailed instructions on app usage for unlocking and managing the smart lock, with app interface screenshots, security tips, crypto transaction info, and temporary access setup guidelines. Using Mintbase Wallet for Unlocking (Duration: 3-5 minutes in video, 5-8 pages in written guide): A specific section or segment showing how to open a lock using the Mintbase wallet. It should include a tutorial on linking the Mintbase wallet to the user's account, initiating transactions, and the process of unlocking the lock through the wallet app, with emphasis on security and ease of use.| | 0c. | Testing Guide | Master Lock Testing: Lock Installation & App Connection: Upon purchasing a master lock, verify the installation process and ensure a seamless connection to the Partage app. From 9e5b0df76876601bdc6ef3be2c4114cb7cacbd3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:17:45 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 18/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 70817129..4c5defe4 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -223,8 +223,9 @@ MILESTONE description: | Number | Deliverable | Specification | | -----: | ----------- | ------------- | | 0a. | License | Unlicensed | -| 0b. | Documentation | Marketplace User’s Guide: 1. Interactive Video Guide (Duration: 5-10 minutes): Demonstrates unlocking the lock using the mobile app, highlighting NFC/Bluetooth unlocking, adding temporary users, and access management. 2. Extensive Step-by-Step Written Guide (Approx. 15-25 pages): Detailed instructions on app usage for unlocking and managing the smart lock, with app interface screenshots, security tips, crypto transaction info, and temporary access setup guidelines. -Using Mintbase Wallet for Unlocking (Duration: 3-5 minutes in video, 5-8 pages in written guide): A specific section or segment showing how to open a lock using the Mintbase wallet. It should include a tutorial on linking the Mintbase wallet to the user's account, initiating transactions, and the process of unlocking the lock through the wallet app, with emphasis on security and ease of use.| +| 0b. | Documentation | Marketplace User’s Guide: Interactive Video Guide (Duration: 5-10 minutes): Demonstrates unlocking the lock using the mobile app, highlighting NFC/Bluetooth unlocking, adding temporary users, and access management. | +| 0b. | Documentation | Marketplace User’s Guide: Extensive Step-by-Step Written Guide (Approx. 15-25 pages): Detailed instructions on app usage for unlocking and managing the smart lock, with app interface screenshots, security tips, crypto transaction info, and temporary access setup guidelines. | +| 0b. | Documentation | Marketplace User’s Guide: Using Mintbase Wallet for Unlocking (Duration: 3-5 minutes in video, 5-8 pages in written guide): A specific section or segment showing how to open a lock using the Mintbase wallet. It should include a tutorial on linking the Mintbase wallet to the user's account, initiating transactions, and the process of unlocking the lock through the wallet app, with emphasis on security and ease of use.| | 0c. | Testing Guide | Master Lock Testing: Lock Installation & App Connection: Upon purchasing a master lock, verify the installation process and ensure a seamless connection to the Partage app. Bluetooth and Connectivity Test: Confirm the lock's Bluetooth functionality and overall connectivity performance. From fe747bc4c4d953d91b5d40341900f6abc9f997c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:18:30 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 19/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 4c5defe4..a12d6566 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ MILESTONE description: | -----: | ----------- | ------------- | | 0a. | License | Unlicensed | | 0b. | Documentation | Marketplace User’s Guide: Interactive Video Guide (Duration: 5-10 minutes): Demonstrates unlocking the lock using the mobile app, highlighting NFC/Bluetooth unlocking, adding temporary users, and access management. | -| 0b. | Documentation | Marketplace User’s Guide: Extensive Step-by-Step Written Guide (Approx. 15-25 pages): Detailed instructions on app usage for unlocking and managing the smart lock, with app interface screenshots, security tips, crypto transaction info, and temporary access setup guidelines. | -| 0b. | Documentation | Marketplace User’s Guide: Using Mintbase Wallet for Unlocking (Duration: 3-5 minutes in video, 5-8 pages in written guide): A specific section or segment showing how to open a lock using the Mintbase wallet. It should include a tutorial on linking the Mintbase wallet to the user's account, initiating transactions, and the process of unlocking the lock through the wallet app, with emphasis on security and ease of use.| +| | | Marketplace User’s Guide: Extensive Step-by-Step Written Guide (Approx. 15-25 pages): Detailed instructions on app usage for unlocking and managing the smart lock, with app interface screenshots, security tips, crypto transaction info, and temporary access setup guidelines. | +| | | Marketplace User’s Guide: Using Mintbase Wallet for Unlocking (Duration: 3-5 minutes in video, 5-8 pages in written guide): A specific section or segment showing how to open a lock using the Mintbase wallet. It should include a tutorial on linking the Mintbase wallet to the user's account, initiating transactions, and the process of unlocking the lock through the wallet app, with emphasis on security and ease of use.| | 0c. | Testing Guide | Master Lock Testing: Lock Installation & App Connection: Upon purchasing a master lock, verify the installation process and ensure a seamless connection to the Partage app. Bluetooth and Connectivity Test: Confirm the lock's Bluetooth functionality and overall connectivity performance. From 4687040a04fc89c9f2e7cfced01b8fdaa1f4a4fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:20:49 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 20/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 17 ++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index a12d6566..01c184e2 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -226,15 +226,14 @@ MILESTONE description: | 0b. | Documentation | Marketplace User’s Guide: Interactive Video Guide (Duration: 5-10 minutes): Demonstrates unlocking the lock using the mobile app, highlighting NFC/Bluetooth unlocking, adding temporary users, and access management. | | | | Marketplace User’s Guide: Extensive Step-by-Step Written Guide (Approx. 15-25 pages): Detailed instructions on app usage for unlocking and managing the smart lock, with app interface screenshots, security tips, crypto transaction info, and temporary access setup guidelines. | | | | Marketplace User’s Guide: Using Mintbase Wallet for Unlocking (Duration: 3-5 minutes in video, 5-8 pages in written guide): A specific section or segment showing how to open a lock using the Mintbase wallet. It should include a tutorial on linking the Mintbase wallet to the user's account, initiating transactions, and the process of unlocking the lock through the wallet app, with emphasis on security and ease of use.| -| 0c. | Testing Guide | -Master Lock Testing: Lock Installation & App Connection: Upon purchasing a master lock, verify the installation process and ensure a seamless connection to the Partage app. -Bluetooth and Connectivity Test: Confirm the lock's Bluetooth functionality and overall connectivity performance. -Live Demo Option -Full Code Demonstration: Request a live demo call with us to observe a comprehensive test of the app, including installation, app integration, and Bluetooth connectivity. -Mintbase Wallet Integration -Wallet Linking & Unlock Test: Connect your Mintbase wallet to the Partage app and perform a test to unlock the lock, ensuring smooth integration and functionality. -Additional Testing Option -You can also clone our Github repository to test the app locally on your system, and alternatively, you can deploy the smart contract on the NEAR blockchain and run security tests.| +| 0c. | Testing Guide | Master Lock Testing: Lock Installation & App Connection: Upon purchasing a master lock, verify the installation process and ensure a seamless connection to the Partage app.| +| | | Bluetooth and Connectivity Test: Confirm the lock's Bluetooth functionality and overall connectivity performance.| +| | | Live Demo Option | +| | | Full Code Demonstration: Request a live demo call with us to observe a comprehensive test of the app, including installation, app integration, and Bluetooth connectivity. | +| | | Mintbase Wallet Integration | +| | | Wallet Linking & Unlock Test: Connect your Mintbase wallet to the Partage app and perform a test to unlock the lock, ensuring smooth integration and functionality. | +| | | Additional Testing Option | +| | | You can also clone our Github repository to test the app locally on your system, and alternatively, you can deploy the smart contract on the NEAR blockchain and run security tests.| | 0d. | Docker | A Dockerfile is a script of instructions used to create a Docker image. It automates the process of image creation by compiling commands typically executed manually on the command line. However, this technology does not apply to our current app development.| | 0e. | Article | As described above, we will provide a written article for our users so they can easily use our product.| | 0f. | Budget breakdown | 60% dev, 10% marketing, 30% bizdev. From 05361d18cfe55842cf566279d98d38b91f692159 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:22:50 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 21/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 01c184e2..cd2f32f1 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -236,13 +236,13 @@ MILESTONE description: | | | You can also clone our Github repository to test the app locally on your system, and alternatively, you can deploy the smart contract on the NEAR blockchain and run security tests.| | 0d. | Docker | A Dockerfile is a script of instructions used to create a Docker image. It automates the process of image creation by compiling commands typically executed manually on the command line. However, this technology does not apply to our current app development.| | 0e. | Article | As described above, we will provide a written article for our users so they can easily use our product.| -| 0f. | Budget breakdown | 60% dev, 10% marketing, 30% bizdev. -**Smart Contract Pre-Loading ($500):** Allocating funds to pre-load the smart contract onto the system for customers. -**Smart Contract Testing and Deployment ($300):** Covers the cost of rigorous testing of the smart contract to ensure security and functionality, and the deployment on the blockchain. -**Smart Locks Purchase ($1,200):** Acquiring smart locks to integrate with the blockchain technology and for testing the system. -**Salary for 3 Developers ($4,000):** Covering the cost of three developers who will work on the smart contract integration, application development, and system testing. -**Marketing Strategy Preparation ($1000):** Developing a comprehensive marketing plan to promote the new crypto-integrated smart lock system. This includes identifying target markets, creating promotional materials, and planning digital marketing campaigns. -**Travel Expenses for Partnerships ($3000):** Allocate $3,000 for travel expenses to facilitate in-person meetings for signing partnerships and negotiating device purchases.".| +| 0f. | Budget breakdown | 60% dev, 10% marketing, 30% bizdev. | +| | | **Smart Contract Pre-Loading ($500):** Allocating funds to pre-load the smart contract onto the system for customers. | +| | | **Smart Contract Testing and Deployment ($300):** Covers the cost of rigorous testing of the smart contract to ensure security and functionality, and the deployment on the blockchain. | +| | | **Smart Locks Purchase ($1,200):** Acquiring smart locks to integrate with the blockchain technology and for testing the system. | +| | | **Salary for 3 Developers ($4,000):** Covering the cost of three developers who will work on the smart contract integration, application development, and system testing. | +| | | **Marketing Strategy Preparation ($1000):** Developing a comprehensive marketing plan to promote the new crypto-integrated smart lock system. This includes identifying target markets, creating promotional materials, and planning digital marketing campaigns. | +| | | **Travel Expenses for Partnerships ($3000):** Allocate $3,000 for travel expenses to facilitate in-person meetings for signing partnerships and negotiating device purchases.".| | 1. | Mintbase module: Minter | We will use the Mintbase Minter template to create the Partage Lock smart contrat that will mint temporary access tokens and send them to users’ wallet after payment. | | 2. | Mintbase module: Access Token NFTs | The access token NFTs minted from our smart contract will include a start date and an end date in their metadata, to allow holders to open the lock during this time frame but not giving them access outside of it. | | 3. | NEAR chain integration | Master Lock devices will use the Bluetooth in the user’s smart phone to verify that they are holding a valid token in their Mintbase wallet, and opening at this condition. | From 0697d065a2d6291465d7aacd853a8150c209a3c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:24:05 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 22/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index cd2f32f1..17ac5a3b 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -243,9 +243,11 @@ MILESTONE description: | | | **Salary for 3 Developers ($4,000):** Covering the cost of three developers who will work on the smart contract integration, application development, and system testing. | | | | **Marketing Strategy Preparation ($1000):** Developing a comprehensive marketing plan to promote the new crypto-integrated smart lock system. This includes identifying target markets, creating promotional materials, and planning digital marketing campaigns. | | | | **Travel Expenses for Partnerships ($3000):** Allocate $3,000 for travel expenses to facilitate in-person meetings for signing partnerships and negotiating device purchases.".| -| 1. | Mintbase module: Minter | We will use the Mintbase Minter template to create the Partage Lock smart contrat that will mint temporary access tokens and send them to users’ wallet after payment. | -| 2. | Mintbase module: Access Token NFTs | The access token NFTs minted from our smart contract will include a start date and an end date in their metadata, to allow holders to open the lock during this time frame but not giving them access outside of it. | -| 3. | NEAR chain integration | Master Lock devices will use the Bluetooth in the user’s smart phone to verify that they are holding a valid token in their Mintbase wallet, and opening at this condition. | +| 1. | Mintbase module: Minter Integration | Utilize Mintbase's Minter template to develop the Partage Lock Smart Contract. This contract will mint temporary access tokens, issuing them to users' wallets upon payment completion, facilitating controlled access to locks. | +| 2. | Mintbase module: Access Token NFTs | Access tokens, minted as NFTs, will contain specific metadata including a start and end date. This metadata ensures lock access is granted only within the defined timeframe, enhancing security and usage flexibility. | +| 3. | Mintbase module: Mintbase wallet | We will integrate the Mintbase wallet into our marketplace, providing a seamless experience for users to pay, store, and view their tokens directly through the Mintbase wallet interface. | +| 4. | NEAR chain integration | Master Lock devices will leverage the user’s smartphone Bluetooth to authenticate the presence of a valid access token in their Mintbase wallet. Locks will open only when a valid token is detected, ensuring secure and efficient access management. | + From 24c5accfdd88f69899b1d669d6ccac8aa7f142ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:34:35 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 23/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 17ac5a3b..d9abff20 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ MILESTONE description: -### Milestone 2 — Embed Mintbase Modules into the Partage app marketplace +### Milestone 2 — Building the lock owner dashboard - **Estimated duration:** 1 month - **FTE:** 4 - **Costs:** 20,000 USD From 0229a47476896ee1bd37ef5b0823ac4db01003de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:58:43 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 24/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index d9abff20..7981df5d 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -288,8 +288,6 @@ MILESTONE description: | 3. | Mintbase module: Z | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... | | 4. | NEAR chain integration | Modules X, Y & Z of our custom chain will interact in such a way... (Please describe the deliverable here as detailed as possible) | -**We’d be happy to give you more details about our budget allocation in a call.** - ## Future Plans - **How you intend to use, enhance, promote, and support your project in the short term** We have many marketing-based options available for short-term support. Some examples are: From 5c10a219913f978d6a1488e5bb8d4bf25cfa1b6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 09:07:33 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 25/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 7981df5d..844ab012 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ MILESTONE description: | 3. | Mintbase module: Mintbase wallet | We will integrate the Mintbase wallet into our marketplace, providing a seamless experience for users to pay, store, and view their tokens directly through the Mintbase wallet interface. | | 4. | NEAR chain integration | Master Lock devices will leverage the user’s smartphone Bluetooth to authenticate the presence of a valid access token in their Mintbase wallet. Locks will open only when a valid token is detected, ensuring secure and efficient access management. | - +**What we completed:** In Milestone 1, completed in one month with a $10,000 budget and a team of three FTE, we successfully integrated Mintbase (NEAR) modules with Master Lock devices. This integration involved developing a Partage Lock Smart Contract for minting temporary access tokens as NFTs, with specific start and end dates, and incorporating the Mintbase wallet into our marketplace. The Master Locks now use Bluetooth technology to authenticate valid access tokens from users' Mintbase wallets, ensuring secure and efficient lock management. ### Milestone 2 — Building the lock owner dashboard @@ -258,35 +258,40 @@ MILESTONE description: | Number | Deliverable | Specification | | -----: | ----------- | ------------- | -| 0a. | License | Apache 2.0 / GPLv3 / MIT / Unlicensed | -| 0b. | Documentation | We will provide both **inline documentation** of the code and a basic **tutorial** that explains how a user can (for example) spin up one of our Mintbase nodes and send test transactions, which will show how the new functionality works. | -| 0c. | Testing Guide | Core functions will be fully covered by unit tests to ensure functionality and robustness. In the guide, we will describe how to run these tests. | -| 0d. | Docker | We will provide a Dockerfile(s) that can be used to test all the functionality delivered with this milestone. | -| 0e. | Article | We will publish an **article**/workshop that explains [...] (what was done/achieved as part of the grant). (Content, language and medium should reflect your target audience described above.) -| 0f. | Budget breakdown | 50k: 60% dev, 30% marketing, 10% bizdev. Marketing strategy implementation, start customer support. -| 1. | Mintbase module: X | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... (Please list the functionality that will be implemented for the first milestone) | -| 2. | Mintbase module: Y | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... | -| 3. | Mintbase module: Z | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... | -| 4. | NEAR chain integration | Modules X, Y & Z of our custom chain will interact in such a way... (Please describe the deliverable here as detailed as possible) | - - -### Milestone 3 — Fully integrate the Partage app marketplace with Near elements +| 0a. | License | Unlicensed | +| 0b. | Documentation | Lock Owner’s Comprehensive Guide: | +| | | In-Depth Video Tutorial (Duration: 10-15 minutes): A step-by-step visual guide covering the entire process of setting up the smart lock. This includes unboxing, physical installation, connecting the lock to the Wi-Fi network, and registering the lock with the Partage marketplace. | +| | | Detailed Written Instructions (Approx. 10-20 pages): A written manual that complements the video tutorial. It should include clear, annotated images for each step, troubleshooting tips, FAQs, and contact information for customer support. | +| 0c. | Testing Guide | Same testing protocol as Milestone 1 | +| 0d. | Docker | Same logic as Milestone 1 | +| 0e. | Article | As described above, we will provide a written article for this milestone 2 | +| 0f. | Budget breakdown | 20k: 60% dev, 20% marketing, 20% bizdev. | +| | | Development (60% - $12,000): Dashboard Development: Create a user-friendly dashboard for lock owners. Features include real-time lock status updates, and cryptocurrency payment reception (NEAR tokens or other chosen tokens such as Bitcoin and Ethereum). | +| | | Marketing (20% - $4000): Implement comprehensive marketing campaigns, including digital and traditional channels, to promote our product. | +| | | Business Development (20% - $4000) - Launch of Customer Support - Establish a dedicated customer support team to assist users, enhancing user experience and feedback collection. | +| 1. | Mintbase module: Payment Processing | We will utilize Mintbase's smart contract templates to develop a customized contract. This contract will facilitate automatic payouts of a nominal fee to our company, Partage, and also manage payments to lock owners. This streamlined approach ensures efficient and transparent financial transactions. | +| 2. | NEAR chain integration | We will implement and deploy sophisticated smart contracts on the NEAR Blockchain to efficiently handle and streamline payment transactions, ensuring a secure and automated financial management system. | + +**What we completed:** In Milestone 2, our team efficiently developed a comprehensive lock owner dashboard, offering advanced functionalities like real-time status monitoring of locks and an integrated system for receiving cryptocurrency payments in NEAR tokens, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other tokens. We also implemented a novel payment processing module using Mintbase's smart contract templates, allowing automatic fee collection for Partage and streamlined payment disbursements to lock owners. This development was complemented by robust NEAR Blockchain integration, ensuring secure and automated financial transactions. Our dedicated team of four completed this complex project within a month, adhering to the planned budget of $20,000. + +### Milestone 3 — Finalizing the app for scaling up customer onboarding. - **Estimated duration:** 1 month - **FTE:** 4 - **Costs:** 20,000 USD | Number | Deliverable | Specification | | -----: | ----------- | ------------- | -| 0a. | License | Apache 2.0 / GPLv3 / MIT / Unlicensed | -| 0b. | Documentation | We will provide both **inline documentation** of the code and a basic **tutorial** that explains how a user can (for example) spin up one of our Mintbase nodes and send test transactions, which will show how the new functionality works. | -| 0c. | Testing Guide | Core functions will be fully covered by unit tests to ensure functionality and robustness. In the guide, we will describe how to run these tests. | -| 0d. | Docker | We will provide a Dockerfile(s) that can be used to test all the functionality delivered with this milestone. | -| 0e. | Article | We will publish an **article**/workshop that explains [...] (what was done/achieved as part of the grant). (Content, language and medium should reflect your target audience described above.) -| 0f. | Budget breakdown | 50k: 60% dev, 30% marketing, 10% bizdev. Marketing strategy implementation, start customer support. -| 1. | Mintbase module: X | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... (Please list the functionality that will be implemented for the first milestone) | -| 2. | Mintbase module: Y | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... | -| 3. | Mintbase module: Z | We will create a Mintbase / NEAR module that will... | -| 4. | NEAR chain integration | Modules X, Y & Z of our custom chain will interact in such a way... (Please describe the deliverable here as detailed as possible) | +| 0a. | License | Unlicensed | +| 0b. | Documentation | Completing Milestone 1 & 2 documentations | +| 0c. | Testing Guide | Same protocol as Milestone 1 & 2 | +| 0d. | Docker | Same as Milestone 1 | +| 0e. | Article | As said above, we will complete, and improve Milestone 1 & 2 documents | +| 0f. | Budget breakdown | 20k: 60% dev, 30% marketing, 10% bizdev. +Completing the full development of our application, conducting extensive internal tests, and initiating pilot testing with our initial customer base to ensure comprehensive functionality and reliability. +Setting up for a series of onboarding events and conferences where to present our app. +| 1. | Mintbase modules | We are improving the module implementation listed in Milestone 1 & 2 | + + ## Future Plans - **How you intend to use, enhance, promote, and support your project in the short term** From 1b73506fbd47fb36f08781a135947195dea31ec9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 09:08:38 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 26/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index 844ab012..d1029992 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ MILESTONE description: | 0d. | Docker | Same as Milestone 1 | | 0e. | Article | As said above, we will complete, and improve Milestone 1 & 2 documents | | 0f. | Budget breakdown | 20k: 60% dev, 30% marketing, 10% bizdev. -Completing the full development of our application, conducting extensive internal tests, and initiating pilot testing with our initial customer base to ensure comprehensive functionality and reliability. -Setting up for a series of onboarding events and conferences where to present our app. +| | | Completing the full development of our application, conducting extensive internal tests, and initiating pilot testing with our initial customer base to ensure comprehensive functionality and reliability. +| | | Setting up for a series of onboarding events and conferences where to present our app. | 1. | Mintbase modules | We are improving the module implementation listed in Milestone 1 & 2 | From 130b1d8f2f2848ec40fd4c8f49356b770d483a2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JCarbonnell Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 13:12:04 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 27/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 42 ++++++++++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index d1029992..e6e2f488 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ Keyless Solutions For Seamless Sharing Partage allows property owners to make money by sharing their properties. It uses advanced smart locks that co-owners or temporary users can open easily with their smartphones, using NFC or Bluetooth signals. This system simplifies access control and monetization of shared properties. - **How does Partage integrate into the Mintbase / NEAR ecosystem?** -Powered by the Mintbase templates, the Partage app utilizes Mintbase smart contracts to mint the access token and make market-available smart locks compatible with Near tokens. Our mission aligns with Mintbase's vision, answering the call for an application that facilitates the unlocking of gated content and exclusive unlockables on the NEAR ecosystem. +Partage seamlessly integrates into the Mintbase/NEAR ecosystem by leveraging Mintbase smart contracts, crafted using their template, to mint access tokens. These tokens enable market-ready smart locks to be compatible with NEAR tokens. Our approach is in harmony with Mintbase’s vision, providing a practical application that enables the unlocking of exclusive content and gated access within the NEAR ecosystem, thereby enriching its functionality and user experience. - **Why is our team interested in creating this project?** -Partage aims to contribute towards a better future by championing the sharing economy and optimizing resource allocation and functionality. Partage Lock achieves this by facilitating the monetization of idle assets through shared uses and encourages a shift towards responsible ownership to limit overproduction and overconsumption. +Our team at Partage is driven by the goal of fostering a sustainable future through the promotion of the sharing economy. We focus on optimizing resource allocation and enhancing functionality. Partage Lock embodies this vision by enabling the efficient monetization of underutilized assets via shared usage. This initiative not only facilitates economic benefits but also advocates for responsible ownership and usage, aiming to reduce overproduction and overconsumption in our society. -Our choice to build Partage on the NEAR Protocol reflects our commitment to sustainability and reliability. Partage’s vision for the web3 sharing economy actively supports social and sustainable goals by fostering a connected community centered around collaborative ownership economies. In alignment with Mintbase's vision, the platform is spearheading an innovative application on the Near blockchain, contributing to pushing utility NFTs to their next level by making unlockables and gated content easy for Near users. +Our integration of Bluetooth technologies into Partage Lock ensures robust digital security, leveraging these widely used, reliable standards in modern smartphones. -The use of NFC and Bluetooth technologies ensures heightened digital security for all since all standard smartphones on the market already use them. +Choosing the NEAR Protocol for building Partage underscores our dedication to sustainability and reliability. This aligns with our vision for a web3 sharing economy that not only supports sustainable and social goals but also fosters a community centered around collaborative ownership. In sync with Mintbase's objectives, Partage pioneers an innovative application on the NEAR blockchain. We aim to advance the utility of NFTs by simplifying the use of unlockables and gated content, thus enhancing the experience for NEAR users and contributing to the evolution of blockchain technology in everyday applications. ### Project Details @@ -58,17 +58,17 @@ More details about our mission, history, and product are available in our white - A technical slide deck is used by our dev team to reach our deadlines (Jan 24th, pitch to Encode Club x Near Horizon accelerator). It is available here: [dev pres Jan. 24](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bfBZw7jXl_bvPlXOd2CdYmqmeSxj4JcRtHBPe2AC1OA/edit?usp=sharing) - **PoC and research on the topic:** -The relevance of developing a network of blockchain-controlled smart locks for adding a layer of shared utilities to urban infrastructure has been described in a medium article, rooted in academic research on Blockchain for Smart Cities (our CEO’s background studies). In short, the research states that the essence of cities has always been to share utilities between a gathering of inhabitants, and urban areas could be the context for mass adoption if citizens had a purpose to use it. Blockchain would help democratize access to a common resource or a shared utility within the daily functioning of an average city, that would be available through the most commonly used device, a smartphone. -The whole article is available here: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/democratizing-access-to-utilities-blockchain-for-smart-cities-25eefb0348e7. +Our project's relevance is underpinned by extensive research into blockchain applications for smart cities, a subject thoroughly explored in our Medium article. This research, drawing from our CEO's academic background, highlights the potential of blockchain-controlled smart locks in urban environments. The key premise is that cities, as hubs for shared utilities, can greatly benefit from blockchain technology to democratize access to common resources, making them easily available via smartphones. +The full article, detailing how blockchain can transform smart city utilities, is accessible here: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/democratizing-access-to-utilities-blockchain-for-smart-cities-25eefb0348e7. -Another medium article presents a strategy for Partage Lock deployment rooted in another academic field called “citizen science”. It covers examples of successful citizen-led deployments of connected devices in our cities and provides ideas for building partnerships with smart cities and universities to successfully deploy our app at scale. It is available here: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/democratizing-access-to-utilities-citizen-engagement-strategy-in-blockchain-for-smart-cities-352a8096dd22. +Furthermore, another Medium article delves into a strategy for deploying Partage Lock, inspired by the principles of "citizen science". It discusses successful citizen-driven implementations of connected devices and suggests strategies for partnering with smart cities and universities for widespread app deployment. This article is available here: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/democratizing-access-to-utilities-citizen-engagement-strategy-in-blockchain-for-smart-cities-352a8096dd22. Our best proof-of-concept so far is coming from the clear interest from established industry leaders proposing that we engage in a mutual NDA that gives us access to their open API and reserved developer tools so we could integrate our solution into their devices. - **What Partage Lock will and will not provide:** -Partage Lock will provide access control of physical gates. We believe that there’s a great potential for giving access to real-world items through the blockchain while the tech ecosystem is looking for practical use cases and a business model built on tangible products to onboard new adopters. +Partage Lock is designed to provide robust access control for physical assets, tapping into the vast potential of utilizing blockchain technology for real-world applications. As the tech ecosystem explores practical use cases and seeks business models grounded in tangible products, Partage Lock aims to be a frontrunner in onboarding new adopters into the blockchain space. -So far, Partage will not handle digital gated content. We do have big ideas for future developments in that space, which aligns with the Partage mission. Suppose we could use Partage to share revenues from a successful YouTube video generating millions of views with all the early supporters. Or to offer passive income to all team members having participated in a successful piece of art or video game. These ideas were reviewed last year and tested through lean experiments with niche customer targets, and we couldn’t find an easy go-to-market validation. A 5-min video presentation of our market research is available here: https://youtu.be/cWC9rXksXiI?si=m4413wCddohpt1KT +Currently, Partage does not support the management of digital gated content. However, we have ambitious plans for future expansions in this area, which resonate with our broader mission. Imagine using Partage to distribute revenues from a viral YouTube video among its early supporters, or offering passive income to contributors of a successful artwork or video game. These concepts were explored and subjected to lean experiments targeting niche markets last year. Despite the challenges in finding a straightforward market entry strategy, we remain committed to these ideas. To gain more insights into our market research and findings, you can view our 5-minute video presentation here: https://youtu.be/cWC9rXksXiI?si=m4413wCddohpt1KT ### Ecosystem Fit @@ -95,16 +95,16 @@ Alignment with Mintbase's vision for blockchain applications Sustainability practices - **Are there any other projects similar to yours in the Mintbase / NEAR ecosystem?** -We have reported similar projects on other blockchains, but not in the Near ecosystem as we know. This is somehow encouraging because we can benefit from the experience of other builders, without being directly in competition with them, while we’ll bring Near users a new use case of proven validity. +We have reported similar projects on other blockchains, but not in the Near ecosystem as we know. This is encouraging because we can benefit from the experience of other builders, without being directly in competition with them, while we’ll bring Near users a new use case of proven validity. - **If so, how is your project different?** One interesting difference is that the Partage team is globally distributed. Our team members are spread across Europe, America, and Africa. This enhances the project's adaptability and innovation in the competitive landscape. Having different background experiences in tech adoption brings diverse perspectives and expertise from around the world to shape the platform's initiative, as well as a great potential for deployment. Since our team is spread worldwide, we can distribute our Partage Locks to businesses in each team member's area easily and quickly. - **If not, are there similar projects in related ecosystems?** -- Myloby integrates master lock devices to the Thesos blockchain. +- [Myloby](https://myloby.com/) integrates master lock devices to the Thesos blockchain. - Blockchain-controlled smart locks are a topic of interest for academic research in computer science (see various thesis and papers on the topic), - DIY/FabLab/Makerspaces like the use case to build a smart lock on an Arduino board and connect it to a blockchain (see multiple tutorials available). -- No one of our knowledge except Slock It tried to deploy this solution in 2016 for society at scale. They were granted 12M ETH of investments but have been hacked and stolen their funds (ethereum early days). +- No one of our knowledge except [Slock It](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/slock-it) tried to deploy this solution in 2016 for society at scale. They were granted 12M ETH of investments but have been hacked and stolen their funds (ethereum early days). ## Team :busts_in_silhouette: @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Daniel Makarov (Lead Dev) is a computer scientist specializing in Artificial Int Sophie Kirsch (Marketing) has worked alongside Julien since February 2023, supporting his vision in Brand Design, Content Creation, and Creative Strategy. Sophie has participated in some experimental marketing tactics and strategies, and aided in potential partner liaisons and relationship building. She has also worked alongside Julien during application submissions, overseeing the copy. -James Sanderson (BizDevOps) works in fintech on business development, and procurement (mainly SaaS deals). He graduated from London Business School’s Masters in Finance, specializing in entrepreneurship and venture capital. He co-founded the school's inaugural Blockchain Society amongst working on other tech-for-good related initiatives and continues to build a coffee-centric startup backed by blockchain infrastructure. +James Sanderson (BizDevOps) works in fintech on business development, and procurement (mainly SaaS deals). He graduated from London Business School’s Masters in Finance, specializing in entrepreneurship and venture capital. He co-founded the school's inaugural Blockchain Society while working on other tech-for-good-related initiatives and continues to build a coffee-centric startup backed by blockchain infrastructure. Lilibel Obiadika (Community Management and Social Media) joined the Partage team as a contractor to assist with Digital Marketing, Social Media, and Community Management, notably contributing to Technical Writing. @@ -187,18 +187,6 @@ See above. ![Partage roadmap (General presentation)](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBompXtWYAATgg-?format=jpg&name=medium) -MILESTONE description: -- describe _the functionality in as much detail as possible_, -- how we can verify and test that functionality. -- how your project is related to Mintbase. -- make sure to include a specification of your software. _Treat it as a contract_; the level of detail must be enough to later verify that the software meets the specification. -- include the amount of funding requested _per milestone_. -- include documentation (tutorials, API specifications, architecture diagrams, whatever is appropriate) in each milestone. This ensures that the code can be widely used by the community. -- provide a test suite, comprising unit and integration tests, along with a guide on how to set up and run them. -- commit to providing Dockerfiles for the delivery of your project. -- indicate milestone duration as well as several full-time employees working on each milestone. -- **Deliverables 0a-0d are mandatory for all milestones**, and deliverable 0e at least for the last one. If you do not intend to deliver one of these, please state a reason in its specification (e.g. Milestone X is research-oriented and as such there is no code to test). - ### Grant Overview: - **Total Estimated Duration:** - Level 1: 1 month, Near integration (Mintbase modules) into Master Lock devices, delivered at the end of January 2024. @@ -248,7 +236,7 @@ MILESTONE description: | 3. | Mintbase module: Mintbase wallet | We will integrate the Mintbase wallet into our marketplace, providing a seamless experience for users to pay, store, and view their tokens directly through the Mintbase wallet interface. | | 4. | NEAR chain integration | Master Lock devices will leverage the user’s smartphone Bluetooth to authenticate the presence of a valid access token in their Mintbase wallet. Locks will open only when a valid token is detected, ensuring secure and efficient access management. | -**What we completed:** In Milestone 1, completed in one month with a $10,000 budget and a team of three FTE, we successfully integrated Mintbase (NEAR) modules with Master Lock devices. This integration involved developing a Partage Lock Smart Contract for minting temporary access tokens as NFTs, with specific start and end dates, and incorporating the Mintbase wallet into our marketplace. The Master Locks now use Bluetooth technology to authenticate valid access tokens from users' Mintbase wallets, ensuring secure and efficient lock management. +**What we completed:** In Milestone 1, completed in one month with a $10,000 budget and a team of three FTE, we successfully integrated Mintbase (NEAR) modules with Master Lock devices. This integration involved developing a Partage Lock Smart Contract for minting temporary access tokens as NFTs, with specific start and end dates and incorporating the Mintbase wallet into our marketplace. The Master Locks now use Bluetooth technology to authenticate valid access tokens from users' Mintbase wallets, ensuring secure and efficient lock management. ### Milestone 2 — Building the lock owner dashboard @@ -291,8 +279,6 @@ MILESTONE description: | | | Setting up for a series of onboarding events and conferences where to present our app. | 1. | Mintbase modules | We are improving the module implementation listed in Milestone 1 & 2 | - - ## Future Plans - **How you intend to use, enhance, promote, and support your project in the short term** We have many marketing-based options available for short-term support. Some examples are: From 664280ade2259622e3c38e27a58f0d4977302a1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jcarbonnell Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:21:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 28/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 325 ++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 130 insertions(+), 195 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index e6e2f488..ed13cd1e 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -1,123 +1,84 @@ # Mintbase Grant Proposal -- **Project Name:** Partage Lock +- **Project Name:** Partage Wallet - **Team Name:** Partage - **Payment Address:** partage-lock.near -- **Level:** 1 (open to 2) +- **Level:** 2 -## Project Overview :page_facing_up: + :page_facing_up: ### Overview - **Tag line:** Keyless Solutions For Seamless Sharing - - **Brief Description:** -Partage allows property owners to make money by sharing their properties. It uses advanced smart locks that co-owners or temporary users can open easily with their smartphones, using NFC or Bluetooth signals. This system simplifies access control and monetization of shared properties. +Partage is a peer-to-peer sharing network built on the NEAR Protocol, where users can temporarily access underused assets like cars, rooms, bikes, and more by minting unique access token NFTs. - **How does Partage integrate into the Mintbase / NEAR ecosystem?** -Partage seamlessly integrates into the Mintbase/NEAR ecosystem by leveraging Mintbase smart contracts, crafted using their template, to mint access tokens. These tokens enable market-ready smart locks to be compatible with NEAR tokens. Our approach is in harmony with Mintbase’s vision, providing a practical application that enables the unlocking of exclusive content and gated access within the NEAR ecosystem, thereby enriching its functionality and user experience. +Partage leverages Mintbase's wallet and NFT minting capabilities to create access tokens while utilizing NEAR as a decentralized backend database and integrating NEAR BOS components for a seamless user experience. It employs NEAR's permissionless social database to manage item listings and leverages NEAR BOS widgets to create a dynamic and engaging UI. This integration ensures a secure, scalable, and blockchain-native platform that aligns closely with Mintbase and NEAR’s decentralized ethos. - **Why is our team interested in creating this project?** -Our team at Partage is driven by the goal of fostering a sustainable future through the promotion of the sharing economy. We focus on optimizing resource allocation and enhancing functionality. Partage Lock embodies this vision by enabling the efficient monetization of underutilized assets via shared usage. This initiative not only facilitates economic benefits but also advocates for responsible ownership and usage, aiming to reduce overproduction and overconsumption in our society. - -Our integration of Bluetooth technologies into Partage Lock ensures robust digital security, leveraging these widely used, reliable standards in modern smartphones. - -Choosing the NEAR Protocol for building Partage underscores our dedication to sustainability and reliability. This aligns with our vision for a web3 sharing economy that not only supports sustainable and social goals but also fosters a community centered around collaborative ownership. In sync with Mintbase's objectives, Partage pioneers an innovative application on the NEAR blockchain. We aim to advance the utility of NFTs by simplifying the use of unlockables and gated content, thus enhancing the experience for NEAR users and contributing to the evolution of blockchain technology in everyday applications. +Our team is passionate about promoting sustainable consumption and empowering communities through the innovative use of blockchain technology. We aim to address the inefficiency of underused assets in urban environments by creating a secure and decentralized platform for temporary access. By building on Mintbase and NEAR, we ensure a cutting-edge, trustless solution that can grow and adapt to the evolving needs of the sharing economy, all while providing robust security and transparency through blockchain technology. ### Project Details -- **Mockups/designs of any UI components** - - A full design of our marketplace is available here: -https://www.figma.com/file/D4u5WSOO1Tq2D7BNy7i6zv/Partage-NFT-Marketplace?type=design&node-id=1647%3A17907&mode=design&t=Zl0EjoPvRDlmdFIw-1 - - Implemented in a demo version here: -https://hellopartage.xyz - -The above marketplace MVP was built 9 months ago and we are now working on integrating the latest Partage Lock MVP to deliver temporary access keys to a network of smart locks. - - - A demo version of the first Partage Lock app is available here: https://lock.hellopartage.xyz - - We will integrate Mintbase template smart contracts to mint access tokens: https://shorturl.at/qANW3 - - An example of a temporary access token (an NFT including start date and end date in its metadata) has been minted using Mintbase and is available on partage-lock.testnet wallet: https://www.mintbase.xyz/meta/moments.mintbase1.near:5e2027fd30e5f0dfb26dd3b3e005eeed - +- **Description of UI components** +The app will feature at least three pages: the marketplace listing available items, individual item pages with booking capabilities, and a user dashboard for managing shared items and access tokens. A demo version is deployed at https://hellopartage.xyz. +In terms of components, it will feature at least three components: a booking calendar element to select dates for using the asset, a minting interface to allow users to mint unique access token NFTs upon booking, and a camera component for taking and uploading photos of items. - **Data models / API specifications of the core functionality** -We bring the Partage Lock to its next level of functionality and potential for market deployment through a signed partnership with Master Lock. Master is one of the world's most renowned lock brands, and they released a series of popular devices equipped with Bluetooth technology https://www.masterlock.com/products/bluetooth-electronic-locks?personal. All models from this series (padlocks of various sizes, pin pads, and door controller) are working with the same background technology, which we are integrating as a partner using their SDK and APIs. - -In short, Partage is using Mintbase tokens to control access to market-available Bluetooth devices from Master Lock. In a later step of development, we plan to integrate the Partage Lock app with other smart lock brands to cover a wider market share and various industries. We contacted 59 brands in October and a dozen already confirmed their interest in a partnership by sharing access to their API (including Akiles, Tedee, 2N, Brivo, Igloohome, Assa Bloy, Nuki, Yale, Schlage…) +Owners will list their items on a permissionless social database, where data is stored under their account IDs. Access tokens will reference this data and be minted using Mintbase's NFT function. - **An overview of the technology stack to be used** -We are using a usual NextJs/React stack to build our app with a Near backend smart contract written in Rust, and a Javascript/css frontend. +NEAR blockchain as the backend database, Mintbase wallet for account creation and NFT minting, NEAR BOS web components for the frontend dashboard, and wasm-git proxy for offline data storage. Additionally, we will use Tauri to make a template of a native app integrating Mintbase wallet if the grant provider confirms an interest in it. - **Documentation of core components, protocols, architecture, etc. to be deployed** -More details about our mission, history, and product are available in our white paper: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/partage-white-paper-v2-c0cbea46e2f8 +Detailed documentation will be provided on the project's GitHub repository, including code samples, tutorials, and videos to help users understand the project's goals and use cases. - - A slide deck for Partage’s general presentation is available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-TpH2HP_HUyWBBmEq4RhhOUuiOw2xbeve7yN7WEi1S8/edit#slide=id.p + - A slide deck for Partage’s general presentation is available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16IQYfZBbmjWOXWKl-e9Y7RuLObTEaUsdLnU5AWPVh8Y/edit?usp=sharing - - It features the following architecture sketch:![Partage architecture](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBomJUFXkAA0qx4?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) - - - A technical slide deck is used by our dev team to reach our deadlines (Jan 24th, pitch to Encode Club x Near Horizon accelerator). It is available here: [dev pres Jan. 24](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bfBZw7jXl_bvPlXOd2CdYmqmeSxj4JcRtHBPe2AC1OA/edit?usp=sharing) + - It features the following architecture:![Partage architecture](https://github.com/jcarbonnell/jcarbonnell/blob/main/partage-architecture.jpg) - **PoC and research on the topic:** -Our project's relevance is underpinned by extensive research into blockchain applications for smart cities, a subject thoroughly explored in our Medium article. This research, drawing from our CEO's academic background, highlights the potential of blockchain-controlled smart locks in urban environments. The key premise is that cities, as hubs for shared utilities, can greatly benefit from blockchain technology to democratize access to common resources, making them easily available via smartphones. -The full article, detailing how blockchain can transform smart city utilities, is accessible here: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/democratizing-access-to-utilities-blockchain-for-smart-cities-25eefb0348e7. - -Furthermore, another Medium article delves into a strategy for deploying Partage Lock, inspired by the principles of "citizen science". It discusses successful citizen-driven implementations of connected devices and suggests strategies for partnering with smart cities and universities for widespread app deployment. This article is available here: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/democratizing-access-to-utilities-citizen-engagement-strategy-in-blockchain-for-smart-cities-352a8096dd22. +Our team has conducted extensive research on blockchain-based sharing economy models and has a working prototype of the Partage marketplace. -Our best proof-of-concept so far is coming from the clear interest from established industry leaders proposing that we engage in a mutual NDA that gives us access to their open API and reserved developer tools so we could integrate our solution into their devices. +- **What Partage Wallet will and will not provide:** +Partage Wallet is designed to offer robust access control for physical assets, leveraging blockchain technology to create a decentralized, peer-to-peer sharing network. It aims to be a leader in onboarding new adopters to the blockchain space by showcasing practical use cases and business models rooted in real-world applications. -- **What Partage Lock will and will not provide:** -Partage Lock is designed to provide robust access control for physical assets, tapping into the vast potential of utilizing blockchain technology for real-world applications. As the tech ecosystem explores practical use cases and seeks business models grounded in tangible products, Partage Lock aims to be a frontrunner in onboarding new adopters into the blockchain space. +Partage Wallet does not support the management of digital gated content at this time. However, the team has ambitious plans for future expansions in this area, which align with Partage's broader mission of promoting sustainable consumption and empowering communities through blockchain technology. -Currently, Partage does not support the management of digital gated content. However, we have ambitious plans for future expansions in this area, which resonate with our broader mission. Imagine using Partage to distribute revenues from a viral YouTube video among its early supporters, or offering passive income to contributors of a successful artwork or video game. These concepts were explored and subjected to lean experiments targeting niche markets last year. Despite the challenges in finding a straightforward market entry strategy, we remain committed to these ideas. To gain more insights into our market research and findings, you can view our 5-minute video presentation here: https://youtu.be/cWC9rXksXiI?si=m4413wCddohpt1KT +Partage has explored and conducted lean experiments on innovative concepts, such as distributing revenues from a YouTube video among influencers or offering passive income to contributors of a successful artwork or video game. Despite the challenges in finding a straightforward market entry strategy, Partage remains committed to these ideas and will continue exploring in that direction. ### Ecosystem Fit - **Where and how does your project fit into the ecosystem?** -Partage Lock seamlessly integrates into the NEAR ecosystem by aligning with Mintbase's "Unlockables / Gated content" build idea proposition, as detailed in the Mintbase documentation https://docs.mintbase.xyz/dev/build-ideas. - -Elected as a finalist in the IRL hackathon at Nearcon 23 in Lisbon, Partage has garnered exceptional support from mentors, executives, and the NEAR community. Our pitch is available here: https://www.youtube.com/live/Iw8_04Kk1aw?si=U2PoHlaDgrp5Nfaq&t=16350 - -Since we started to work with the Near ecosystem we are feeling very well supported by the Near ecosystem of companies and people. As another proof of appreciation of Partage, we have been selected to join both accelerator programs: the Encode Club x Near https://www.encode.club/near-accelerator from Dec.23 to Jan.24, and the Near Horizon HZN2 starting on Jan.24 https://www.hzn.xyz/hzn/. These selection results have encouraged our confidence in the platform's strength and potential for long-term impact within the NEAR ecosystem. +Partage fills a gap in the NEAR ecosystem by providing a decentralized, blockchain-powered solution for peer-to-peer sharing of real-world assets, aligning with Mintbase's "Unlockables / Gated content" build idea proposition, as detailed in the Mintbase documentation https://docs.mintbase.xyz/dev/build-ideas. - **Who is your target audience?** -We are targeting both crypto holders looking for IRL experiences and a means to spend their crypto in their daily lives, and non-crypto owners or utility providers willing to share access to their belongings while starting to collect revenues in cryptocurrencies. - -Our locks could go anywhere in the physical world, they don’t even need an internet connection to check a token’s validity and have an autonomy of about 2 years (with a high daily opening rate of 10 times/day). With both padlocks and door controllers we cover pretty much all scenarios of gated access control (house, office, lockers, cars, bikes, commercial fridges…). +Our target audience includes digital nomads who often travel to a new city where to settle a bit. And broadly all individuals interested in sustainable consumption, blockchain enthusiasts, and those looking for a convenient and secure way to get paid for sharing their underused assets. - **What need(s) does your project meet?** -Partage Lock meets the needs of our market by optimizing resource usage through: -Shared access -Monetizing assets -Secure and traceable transactions -Transparency and decentralization -Ecosystem partnerships -Alignment with Mintbase's vision for blockchain applications -Sustainability practices +Partage addresses the need for a trustless, decentralized platform that enables the sharing of real-world assets while promoting sustainable consumption and empowering communities. - **Are there any other projects similar to yours in the Mintbase / NEAR ecosystem?** -We have reported similar projects on other blockchains, but not in the Near ecosystem as we know. This is encouraging because we can benefit from the experience of other builders, without being directly in competition with them, while we’ll bring Near users a new use case of proven validity. - - **If so, how is your project different?** -One interesting difference is that the Partage team is globally distributed. Our team members are spread across Europe, America, and Africa. This enhances the project's adaptability and innovation in the competitive landscape. Having different background experiences in tech adoption brings diverse perspectives and expertise from around the world to shape the platform's initiative, as well as a great potential for deployment. Since our team is spread worldwide, we can distribute our Partage Locks to businesses in each team member's area easily and quickly. - - **If not, are there similar projects in related ecosystems?** -- [Myloby](https://myloby.com/) integrates master lock devices to the Thesos blockchain. -- Blockchain-controlled smart locks are a topic of interest for academic research in computer science (see various thesis and papers on the topic), -- DIY/FabLab/Makerspaces like the use case to build a smart lock on an Arduino board and connect it to a blockchain (see multiple tutorials available). -- No one of our knowledge except [Slock It](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/slock-it) tried to deploy this solution in 2016 for society at scale. They were granted 12M ETH of investments but have been hacked and stolen their funds (ethereum early days). +Nothing directly similar in the NEAR ecosystem, but can be found in others: +- [Myloby](https://myloby.com/): Integrates Master Lock devices with the Thesos blockchain, offering a similar concept to Partage. +- Academic Research: There are various theses and papers on the topic of blockchain-controlled smart locks, indicating an interest in the scientific field. +- DIY/FabLab/Makerspaces: Several tutorials are available on building a smart lock on an Arduino board and connecting it to a blockchain, catering to a DIY audience. +- [Slock It](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/slock-it): Attempted to deploy a similar solution in 2016 but was hacked and lost their funds. They received a significant investment of 12M ETH at the time. + +Differences and Advantages: +- Global Distribution: The Partage team is globally distributed, with members across Europe, America, and Africa. This diversity enhances adaptability and innovation in the competitive landscape. +- Diverse Perspectives: Having team members from different backgrounds and experiences in tech adoption brings diverse perspectives and expertise to shape the platform's initiative. +- Easy and Quick Deployment: The global distribution of the team allows for easy and quick deployment of Partage Locks to businesses in each team member's area. + ## Team :busts_in_silhouette: ### Team members -- Team leader: -Julien Carbonnell - CEO - -- Team members: -John Toluwase - Frontend Developer -Daniel Makarov - Full Stack Developer -Sophie Kirsch - Marketing -James Sanderson - Business Development and Operations -Lilibel Obiadika - Community Management and Social Media +Julien Carbonnell - Team Lead ### Contact - **Contact Name:** Julien Carbonnell @@ -129,56 +90,25 @@ Lilibel Obiadika - Community Management and Social Media - **Registered Legal Entity:** CivicTech OÜ ### Team's experience -Julien Carbonnell (CEO) is a French urban developer, living as a digital nomad. He spent a decade working on Smart City and CivicTech projects before finding a purpose for adopting blockchain in his projects. He is an experienced entrepreneur with a main background in project management (12 years) and has been a programmer (machine learning/blockchain) for 3 years, and a sales/bizdev (6 years). - -John Toluwase (Frontend Developer) is based in Nigeria. He is a full-stack blockchain developer with a strong background in front-end development. He collaborated with diverse teams to create innovative projects for hackathons and contributed his skills to tech startups, bringing ideas to life through code. - -Daniel Makarov (Lead Dev) is a computer scientist specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technology at the University of Toronto. With three years of experience in Web3, he built decentralized exchanges, provided consultation for blockchain-based telecommunication systems in Canadian Indigenous Communities, and was a software developer at Toronto's leading crypto brokerage. Daniel has a strong knowledge of Full Stack Development and a strong understanding of theoretical concepts in computer science as a whole. - -Sophie Kirsch (Marketing) has worked alongside Julien since February 2023, supporting his vision in Brand Design, Content Creation, and Creative Strategy. Sophie has participated in some experimental marketing tactics and strategies, and aided in potential partner liaisons and relationship building. She has also worked alongside Julien during application submissions, overseeing the copy. +Julien Carbonnell (CEO) is a French urban developer, living as a digital nomad. He spent a decade working on Smart City and CivicTech projects before finding a purpose for adopting blockchain in his projects. He is an experienced entrepreneur with a main background in project management (12 years), and a programmer (machine learning/blockchain). -James Sanderson (BizDevOps) works in fintech on business development, and procurement (mainly SaaS deals). He graduated from London Business School’s Masters in Finance, specializing in entrepreneurship and venture capital. He co-founded the school's inaugural Blockchain Society while working on other tech-for-good-related initiatives and continues to build a coffee-centric startup backed by blockchain infrastructure. - -Lilibel Obiadika (Community Management and Social Media) joined the Partage team as a contractor to assist with Digital Marketing, Social Media, and Community Management, notably contributing to Technical Writing. - - -### Team Code Repos -- https://github.com/PartageProtocol -- https://github.com/PartageProtocol/hellopartage-firebase (marketplace) -- https://github.com/PartageProtocol/partage-lock (lock app) +### Code Repos +- https://github.com/partagexyz The GitHub accounts of all dev team members. https://github.com/juliencarbonnell -https://github.com/Tolujoh-n -https://github.com/daniel-makarov -https://github.com/lilibelkay - ### Team LinkedIn Profiles - https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliencarbonnell/ -- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-kirsch-52351898/ -- https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-makarov-99583020b/ -- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tolu-john-028060241/ -- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesoliversanderson/ -- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilibelkay/ ## Development Status :open_book: -Before Partage, Julien Carbonnell was building Democracy Studio, an empowering platform for citizen engagement in urban development based on machine learning and computational simulation models built during his Ph.D. research in Urban Science. The thesis has been adapted from a book https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Studio-artificial-intelligence-engagement/dp/B098GT2P96 and all models are opened and documented on GitHub https://github.com/DemocracyStudio. - -The post-doctorate period has been to travel the African continent for 8 months to meet with local startup ecosystems and look for ideas to help solve the informal housing challenges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfNgoFFZRfc. As a result of that field research, Partage started with the idea to mint real estate property titles to tackle the lack of cadastre systems https://youtu.be/n8ZNEpoGSXw?si=G4iq6LOWNZVKLZZu in half of the countries in the world (mostly LATAM, Africa, South Asia). - -More details about our roadmap, history, and development status are available in our white paper: https://medium.com/partage_xyz/partage-white-paper-v2-c0cbea46e2f8. - -- academic publications relevant to the problem: -Blockchain for informal housing in LATAM https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dgk0HocmBU7NGdOF3MZZ9G72as4bD-Vx/view?usp=sharing -Blockchain for the governance of common goods https://www.theses.fr/2022ASSA0046 -Blockchain-controlled Smart Locks https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yr9Jh1n0Z5nmB2Py2rfOLXVS3sWv91f_/view?usp=sharing + ![Partage roadmap](https://github.com/jcarbonnell/jcarbonnell/blob/main/partage-roadmap.jpg) - **links to your research diary, blog posts, articles, forum discussions, or open GitHub issues:** -All our research articles from tokenizing real-world assets to blockchain for smart cities and blockchain-controlled smart locks are available on our medium publication: https://medium.com/partage-btc +All our research articles are available on our medium publication: https://medium.com/partage-btc - **references to conversations you might have had related to this project with anyone from the Mintbase Foundation:** -After having attended the Mintbase workshop of the Encode Club X Near Accelerator, I met with Luis, on Thursday 14th November 2023 to discuss how Partage could use Mintbase templates for minting access tokens. The call was pretty straightforward as Luis already knew how to do this with Mintbase and seeing that we already did quite a lot of work on our app he incentivized us to submit Partage to Mintbase’s grant program. +I first met with Luis, on November, 14th 2023 to discuss how Partage could use Mintbase templates for minting access tokens. Luis liked the idea and incentivized us to submit Partage to Mintbase’s grant program. A first grant application was proposed on December, 18th 2023, and led to an interview with Paul and Luis on February 1st, 2024. A validation of interest by Mintbase was told by Paul in a phone call on March, 13th 2024, and a written message by Luis on April 24th. - **Previous interface iterations, such as mock-ups and wireframes.** See above. @@ -189,122 +119,127 @@ See above. ### Grant Overview: - **Total Estimated Duration:** - - Level 1: 1 month, Near integration (Mintbase modules) into Master Lock devices, delivered at the end of January 2024. - - Level 2: 3 months, A sharing network for locked items, delivered at the end of March 2024. +3 months -- **Full-Time Equivalent (FTE):** 3 FTE +- **Full-Time Equivalent (FTE):** 6 FTE - **Total Costs:** - - Level 1: 10k - - Level 2: 50k + 50k - **Milestones plan:** - - Milestone 1: January 2024 - - Milestone 2: February 2024 - - Milestone 3: March 2024 -### Milestone 1 — Near integration (Mintbase modules) into Master Lock devices +The following budget breakdown ensures that each phase of the project has sufficient resources to achieve its objectives while providing a clear roadmap for development, testing, and deployment. + +Milestone 1: $10,000 (Development: $6,000; Marketing: $1,000; Business Development: $3,000) +Milestone 2: $20,000 (Development: $12,000; Marketing: $4,000; Business Development: $4,000) +Milestone 3: $20,000 (Development: $12,000; Marketing: $6,000; Business Development: $2,000) + +### Milestone 1 — Integration of Mintbase Modules and NEAR Components + + - **Estimated duration:** 1 month -- **FTE:** 3 +- **FTE:** 2 - **Costs:** 10,000 USD | Number | Deliverable | Specification | | -----: | ----------- | ------------- | -| 0a. | License | Unlicensed | -| 0b. | Documentation | Marketplace User’s Guide: Interactive Video Guide (Duration: 5-10 minutes): Demonstrates unlocking the lock using the mobile app, highlighting NFC/Bluetooth unlocking, adding temporary users, and access management. | -| | | Marketplace User’s Guide: Extensive Step-by-Step Written Guide (Approx. 15-25 pages): Detailed instructions on app usage for unlocking and managing the smart lock, with app interface screenshots, security tips, crypto transaction info, and temporary access setup guidelines. | -| | | Marketplace User’s Guide: Using Mintbase Wallet for Unlocking (Duration: 3-5 minutes in video, 5-8 pages in written guide): A specific section or segment showing how to open a lock using the Mintbase wallet. It should include a tutorial on linking the Mintbase wallet to the user's account, initiating transactions, and the process of unlocking the lock through the wallet app, with emphasis on security and ease of use.| -| 0c. | Testing Guide | Master Lock Testing: Lock Installation & App Connection: Upon purchasing a master lock, verify the installation process and ensure a seamless connection to the Partage app.| -| | | Bluetooth and Connectivity Test: Confirm the lock's Bluetooth functionality and overall connectivity performance.| -| | | Live Demo Option | -| | | Full Code Demonstration: Request a live demo call with us to observe a comprehensive test of the app, including installation, app integration, and Bluetooth connectivity. | -| | | Mintbase Wallet Integration | -| | | Wallet Linking & Unlock Test: Connect your Mintbase wallet to the Partage app and perform a test to unlock the lock, ensuring smooth integration and functionality. | -| | | Additional Testing Option | -| | | You can also clone our Github repository to test the app locally on your system, and alternatively, you can deploy the smart contract on the NEAR blockchain and run security tests.| -| 0d. | Docker | A Dockerfile is a script of instructions used to create a Docker image. It automates the process of image creation by compiling commands typically executed manually on the command line. However, this technology does not apply to our current app development.| -| 0e. | Article | As described above, we will provide a written article for our users so they can easily use our product.| -| 0f. | Budget breakdown | 60% dev, 10% marketing, 30% bizdev. | -| | | **Smart Contract Pre-Loading ($500):** Allocating funds to pre-load the smart contract onto the system for customers. | -| | | **Smart Contract Testing and Deployment ($300):** Covers the cost of rigorous testing of the smart contract to ensure security and functionality, and the deployment on the blockchain. | -| | | **Smart Locks Purchase ($1,200):** Acquiring smart locks to integrate with the blockchain technology and for testing the system. | -| | | **Salary for 3 Developers ($4,000):** Covering the cost of three developers who will work on the smart contract integration, application development, and system testing. | -| | | **Marketing Strategy Preparation ($1000):** Developing a comprehensive marketing plan to promote the new crypto-integrated smart lock system. This includes identifying target markets, creating promotional materials, and planning digital marketing campaigns. | -| | | **Travel Expenses for Partnerships ($3000):** Allocate $3,000 for travel expenses to facilitate in-person meetings for signing partnerships and negotiating device purchases.".| -| 1. | Mintbase module: Minter Integration | Utilize Mintbase's Minter template to develop the Partage Lock Smart Contract. This contract will mint temporary access tokens, issuing them to users' wallets upon payment completion, facilitating controlled access to locks. | -| 2. | Mintbase module: Access Token NFTs | Access tokens, minted as NFTs, will contain specific metadata including a start and end date. This metadata ensures lock access is granted only within the defined timeframe, enhancing security and usage flexibility. | -| 3. | Mintbase module: Mintbase wallet | We will integrate the Mintbase wallet into our marketplace, providing a seamless experience for users to pay, store, and view their tokens directly through the Mintbase wallet interface. | -| 4. | NEAR chain integration | Master Lock devices will leverage the user’s smartphone Bluetooth to authenticate the presence of a valid access token in their Mintbase wallet. Locks will open only when a valid token is detected, ensuring secure and efficient access management. | - -**What we completed:** In Milestone 1, completed in one month with a $10,000 budget and a team of three FTE, we successfully integrated Mintbase (NEAR) modules with Master Lock devices. This integration involved developing a Partage Lock Smart Contract for minting temporary access tokens as NFTs, with specific start and end dates and incorporating the Mintbase wallet into our marketplace. The Master Locks now use Bluetooth technology to authenticate valid access tokens from users' Mintbase wallets, ensuring secure and efficient lock management. - - -### Milestone 2 — Building the lock owner dashboard +| 0a. | License | Apache 2.0 | +| 0b. | Documentation | Marketplace User’s Guide: Interactive Video Guide (Duration: 5-10 minutes): Overview of the app, focusing on item listing, booking, and NFT minting. | +| | | Step-by-Step Written Guide (10-15 pages): Detailed instructions on using the marketplace, including screenshots, tips on asset management, and booking process. | +| | | Mintbase Wallet Guide (3-5 min video, 5-8 pages): Instructions on linking and using the Mintbase wallet for payments and access token minting.| +| 0c. | Testing Guide | Item Listing & Booking Test: Ensure smooth item listing, booking, and token minting processes.| +| | | Mintbase Wallet Integration: Test wallet linkage, transaction initiation, and NFT minting.| +| | | Live Demo Option: Request a live demo call to observe the full process from item listing to booking. | +| 0d. | Docker | Not applicable to current development. | +| 0e. | Article | Written article explaining the integration process and user benefits. | +| 0f. | Budget breakdown | 60% development, 10% marketing, 30% business development. | +| | | - Smart Contract Development ($2,000): Implement smart contracts for NFT minting. | +| | | - Application Integration ($4,000): Integrate Mintbase wallet and NEAR blockchain functionalities. | +| | | - Initial Marketing Campaign ($1,000): Promote the app through digital channels. | +| | | - Partnership Development ($3,000): Engage in activities to form partnerships and agreements.| +| 1. | Mintbase module: Access Token NFTs | Develop and test the NFT minting process for access tokens. | +| 2. | Mintbase module: Mintbase Wallet | Integrate the Mintbase wallet for transaction and token management. | +| 3. | NEAR blockchain integration | Implement NEAR blockchain components for transaction handling and data storage. | + +**What we complete**: In Milestone 1, we integrate Mintbase modules and NEAR blockchain components into the Partage platform, including the NFT minting process and Mintbase wallet integration. This ensures secure transactions and efficient management of access tokens. + + +### Milestone 2 — Development of the Owner Dashboard and Enhanced Functionality + - **Estimated duration:** 1 month - **FTE:** 4 - **Costs:** 20,000 USD | Number | Deliverable | Specification | | -----: | ----------- | ------------- | -| 0a. | License | Unlicensed | -| 0b. | Documentation | Lock Owner’s Comprehensive Guide: | -| | | In-Depth Video Tutorial (Duration: 10-15 minutes): A step-by-step visual guide covering the entire process of setting up the smart lock. This includes unboxing, physical installation, connecting the lock to the Wi-Fi network, and registering the lock with the Partage marketplace. | -| | | Detailed Written Instructions (Approx. 10-20 pages): A written manual that complements the video tutorial. It should include clear, annotated images for each step, troubleshooting tips, FAQs, and contact information for customer support. | -| 0c. | Testing Guide | Same testing protocol as Milestone 1 | -| 0d. | Docker | Same logic as Milestone 1 | -| 0e. | Article | As described above, we will provide a written article for this milestone 2 | -| 0f. | Budget breakdown | 20k: 60% dev, 20% marketing, 20% bizdev. | -| | | Development (60% - $12,000): Dashboard Development: Create a user-friendly dashboard for lock owners. Features include real-time lock status updates, and cryptocurrency payment reception (NEAR tokens or other chosen tokens such as Bitcoin and Ethereum). | -| | | Marketing (20% - $4000): Implement comprehensive marketing campaigns, including digital and traditional channels, to promote our product. | -| | | Business Development (20% - $4000) - Launch of Customer Support - Establish a dedicated customer support team to assist users, enhancing user experience and feedback collection. | -| 1. | Mintbase module: Payment Processing | We will utilize Mintbase's smart contract templates to develop a customized contract. This contract will facilitate automatic payouts of a nominal fee to our company, Partage, and also manage payments to lock owners. This streamlined approach ensures efficient and transparent financial transactions. | -| 2. | NEAR chain integration | We will implement and deploy sophisticated smart contracts on the NEAR Blockchain to efficiently handle and streamline payment transactions, ensuring a secure and automated financial management system. | - -**What we completed:** In Milestone 2, our team efficiently developed a comprehensive lock owner dashboard, offering advanced functionalities like real-time status monitoring of locks and an integrated system for receiving cryptocurrency payments in NEAR tokens, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other tokens. We also implemented a novel payment processing module using Mintbase's smart contract templates, allowing automatic fee collection for Partage and streamlined payment disbursements to lock owners. This development was complemented by robust NEAR Blockchain integration, ensuring secure and automated financial transactions. Our dedicated team of four completed this complex project within a month, adhering to the planned budget of $20,000. - -### Milestone 3 — Finalizing the app for scaling up customer onboarding. +| 0a. | License | Apache 2.0 | +| 0b. | Documentation | Owner’s Comprehensive Guide: | +| | | In-Depth Video Tutorial (10-15 minutes): - In-Depth Video Tutorial (10-15 min): Detailed setup and management of item listings and bookings.| +| | | Written manual (10-15 pages): Guide with annotated images, troubleshooting tips, and contact info. | +| 0c. | Testing Guide | - Dashboard Functionality Test: Ensure real-time status updates and payment handling. | +| | | - Integration Test: Confirm integration with NEAR and Mintbase modules. | +| 0d. | Docker | Not applicable to current development. | +| 0e. | Article | Written article covering new dashboard features and enhanced functionalities. | +| 0f. | Budget breakdown | 60% development, 20% marketing, 20% business development. | +| | | - Dashboard Development ($8,000): Create and implement the owner dashboard. | +| | | - Advanced Features ($4,000): Integrate payment reception and monitoring functionalities. | +| | | - Marketing Campaigns ($4,000): Execute marketing strategies to attract new users. | +| | | - Customer Support Setup ($4,000): Establish support services for users. | +| 1. | Mintbase module: Payment Processing | Develop a smart contract for automatic fee distribution and payments. | +| 2. | NEAR chain integration | Implement and deploy smart contracts on NEAR for payment management. | + +**What we complete:** In Milestone 2, we develop a comprehensive owner dashboard, integrate payment reception features, and implement advanced functionalities. The dashboard enables real-time asset management and streamlined financial transactions. + +### Milestone 3 — Finalizing the Application and Scaling Up Customer Onboarding + - **Estimated duration:** 1 month - **FTE:** 4 - **Costs:** 20,000 USD | Number | Deliverable | Specification | | -----: | ----------- | ------------- | -| 0a. | License | Unlicensed | -| 0b. | Documentation | Completing Milestone 1 & 2 documentations | -| 0c. | Testing Guide | Same protocol as Milestone 1 & 2 | -| 0d. | Docker | Same as Milestone 1 | -| 0e. | Article | As said above, we will complete, and improve Milestone 1 & 2 documents | -| 0f. | Budget breakdown | 20k: 60% dev, 30% marketing, 10% bizdev. -| | | Completing the full development of our application, conducting extensive internal tests, and initiating pilot testing with our initial customer base to ensure comprehensive functionality and reliability. -| | | Setting up for a series of onboarding events and conferences where to present our app. -| 1. | Mintbase modules | We are improving the module implementation listed in Milestone 1 & 2 | +| 0a. | License | Apache 2.0 | +| 0b. | Documentation | Finalize documentation from Milestones 1 & 2. | +| 0c. | Testing Guide | Comprehensive testing protocol from previous milestones. | +| 0d. | Docker | Not applicable to current development. | +| 0e. | Article | Complete and improve documentation and articles from previous milestones. | +| 0f. | Budget breakdown | 60% development, 30% marketing, 10% business development. | +| | | - Final App Development ($7,000): Complete the app’s full development, including final testing and optimizations. | +| | | - Pilot Testing ($5,000): Conduct pilot testing with initial users to ensure functionality and reliability. | +| | | - Onboarding Campaigns ($6,000): Plan and execute onboarding events and marketing campaigns. | +| | | - Event Participation ($2,000): Organize and participate in events to promote the app and onboard new users. | +| 1. | Mintbase modules | Improve and finalize module implementations from Milestones 1 & 2. | + +**What we complete:** In Milestone 3, we complete the full development of the application, conduct extensive internal and pilot testing, and prepare for large-scale user onboarding through targeted marketing and event participation. + + ## Future Plans - **How you intend to use, enhance, promote, and support your project in the short term** -We have many marketing-based options available for short-term support. Some examples are: - - Paid Digital Advertising on platforms like Meta, Instagram, or Google Ads to reach a broader audience. - - Social Media Campaigns to create awareness, engage potential users, and build a community around Partage Lock. Leverage visuals, user testimonials, and educational content to showcase the platform's features and benefits. - - Collaborations with Influencer and/or Brand Partnerships in the sharing economy, technology, or blockchain space. Their endorsement can lend credibility to Partage Lock and help reach a wider audience. - - We would continue to create high-quality content, including LinkedIn blog posts, articles, and infographics, to highlight the value proposition of Partage Lock. - - Community Engagement Events can be advantageous to actively engage with the community, address questions, and showcase the platform's functionality. This can strengthen user relationships and generate positive word-of-mouth - and can be considered for PR Campaigns. +We plan to utilize various marketing strategies to enhance, promote, and support Partage Lock. This includes paid digital advertising on platforms like Meta, Instagram, and Google Ads to reach a broader audience. +We will launch social media campaigns to create awareness, engage potential users, and build a community around Partage Lock. This will involve leveraging visuals, user testimonials, and educational content to showcase the platform's features and benefits. +Collaborations with influencers and/or brand partnerships in the sharing economy, technology, or blockchain space will be pursued to lend credibility to Partage Lock and help reach a wider audience. +We will continue to create high-quality content, including LinkedIn blog posts, articles, and infographics, to highlight the value proposition of Partage Lock. +Community engagement events will be organized to actively engage with the community, address questions, and showcase the platform's functionality. This will strengthen user relationships and generate positive word-of-mouth, which can be leveraged for PR campaigns. - **The team's long-term plans and intentions about it.** - - Grow adopters within the Near ecosystem and the Master Lock customers. - - Deploy networks of lockers on public infrastructures through smart city partnerships and universities. - - Diversify our solutions to other kinds of shared items and gated content (digital, like described above in the “what partage lock will not provide” section) - - Integrate our locks-in starters for shared cars, scooters, or other electronic items available after payment. - - Attend conferences (web3FC in Barcelona in April, Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville in July, …) to present Partage and onboard customers. +Our long-term goal is to grow adopters within the NEAR ecosystem and Master Lock customers. +We plan to deploy networks of lockers on public infrastructures through smart city partnerships and universities. +We aim to diversify our solutions to other kinds of shared items and gated content (digital, as described above). +Integration of our locks-in starters for shared cars, scooters, or other electronic items available after payment is on the roadmap. +We intend to attend conferences (web3FC in Barcelona in April, Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville in July, etc.) to present Partage and onboard customers. ## Additional Information :heavy_plus_sign: -**How did you hear about the Grants Program?** -At the Encode Club workshop, followed by a 1-1 call with Luis. +- **How We Heard About the Grants Program:** +We learned about the Grants Program at the Encode Club workshop and had a 1-1 call with Luis. + +- **Work Already Done:** +This is the third iteration of this platform and we have a functional demo on mainnet. We keep conducting research on how to improve our product and implement new versions every 6 month or so. + -- **Work you have already done.** -Aside from the coding of MVPs, research, and all listed above, we just started a partnership with Master Lock. They gave us 8 devices free of charge (worth 1200 USD) to start building with. -![Master Lock devices we start working with](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBn9TCgWsAA4BIq?format=jpg&name=medium) +- **Previous Grants Applied For**: +None for this project. - **If any other teams have already contributed (financially) to the project.** -Julien has been self-supporting the project from the beginning. We have never been financially supported yet. Julien and Daniel each received a 1000 USD grant from Near Dev Hub to cover their travels to Nearcon 23 last month. +Julien has been self-supporting the project from the beginning through his registered company in Estonia “CivicTech OÜ”. -- **Previous grants you may have applied for.** -We started to build with the Web3 Startup Lab last year, supported by the Stacks blockchain, but they canceled part 2 of their program (fundraising) because they were lacking investment themselves. We finished 2nd of 16 in their pitch competition to VCs on Feb. 23. From 2f22b255151f2a078f3f939017728e43e984cb8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jcarbonnell Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:22:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 29/29] Update partage-lock.md --- applications/partage-lock.md | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/applications/partage-lock.md b/applications/partage-lock.md index ed13cd1e..c9cb5ec4 100644 --- a/applications/partage-lock.md +++ b/applications/partage-lock.md @@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ https://github.com/juliencarbonnell - https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliencarbonnell/ ## Development Status :open_book: - ![Partage roadmap](https://github.com/jcarbonnell/jcarbonnell/blob/main/partage-roadmap.jpg) - **links to your research diary, blog posts, articles, forum discussions, or open GitHub issues:** All our research articles are available on our medium publication: https://medium.com/partage-btc @@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ See above. ## Development Roadmap :nut_and_bolt: -![Partage roadmap (General presentation)](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBompXtWYAATgg-?format=jpg&name=medium) + ![Partage roadmap](https://github.com/jcarbonnell/jcarbonnell/blob/main/partage-roadmap.jpg) ### Grant Overview: - **Total Estimated Duration:** @@ -242,4 +241,3 @@ None for this project. - **If any other teams have already contributed (financially) to the project.** Julien has been self-supporting the project from the beginning through his registered company in Estonia “CivicTech OÜ”. -