{"signature": "0x5873f54dc51f99448cd81e86efa8947260f716cc844b9d960b90f2786e1c64ef44cdd80920565e064b8f4b5d316f80e6c98458c645186e5b527b082cdb557ad11b", "application": {"round": "0xd755dc81c6874e4977685eeade82833d241fa51a", "answers": [{"type": "email", "answer": "raghavjindal0212@gmail.com", "hidden": true, "question": "Email Address", "questionId": 0}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "hibernuts0", "hidden": true, "question": "Telegram Handle", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "link", "answer": "https://t.me/acadlayer", "hidden": false, "question": "What is your project's public community chat link?", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Funding Sources: N/A  \n\nAcadLayer is currently bootstrapped, with all development and operations funded by the core team. We are actively exploring grants, strategic partnerships, and ecosystem funding to accelerate growth and adoption within the Avalanche DeFi ecosystem. 🚀", "hidden": true, "question": "What funding sources have you secured to date?", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Confirm that you have read and agree to comply with the ethical standards and Gitcoin's Quid Pro Quo Policy (https://support.gitcoin.co/gitcoin-knowledge-base/gitcoin-grants/general-questions/what-is-our-quid-pro-quo-policy)", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "AcadLayer primarily addresses On-Chain Student Loans & Scholarships within DeFi. By leveraging Avalanche’s L1 subnet, AcadLayer enables trustless, transparent, and decentralized funding for students through smart contract-based scholarships and income-share agreements (ISAs). This ensures merit-based financial aid, verifiable academic credentials, and seamless repayment mechanisms, empowering learners globally without reliance on traditional financial intermediaries.", "hidden": true, "question": "Which of the listed DeFi focus areas does your project primarily address?", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "AcadLayer brings on-chain student loans and scholarships to the Avalanche DeFi ecosystem, creating a decentralized education finance (EduFi) model. By leveraging Avalanche’s high-speed, low-cost L1 subnet, AcadLayer enables:  \n\n- Smart Contract-Based Scholarships & ISAs – Transparent, verifiable funding for students without intermediaries.  \n- ZK Talent Proofs – Immutable, privacy-preserving skill verification to ensure funding is merit-based.  \n- AI-Powered Learning & Earning – Students can learn, earn, and repay loans via on-chain rewards.  \n- Composability with Avalanche DeFi – Integration with lending pools, stablecoins, and yield protocols for sustainable education funding.  \n\nAcadLayer transforms education finance into a DeFi-native, scalable, and globally accessible model, aligning with Avalanche’s vision of real-world blockchain adoption. 🚀", "hidden": true, "question": "How does your project create unique value for the Avalanche DeFi ecosystem?", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "AcadLayer is in the final stages of testnet evaluation, preparing for a mainnet launch on the Avalanche L1 subnet. The protocol's core components, including on-chain student loans, scholarships, and ZK Talent Proofs, are undergoing testing to ensure security and scalability.  \n\nSimultaneously, the product layer is being built with:  \n- Decentraclasses – A Learn-to-Earn platform integrating skill verification and quests.  \n- BlockDevs – Developer cohorts onboarding Web2 engineers into Web3.  \n- InstaLearn – AI-powered tutoring for personalized education.  \n\nThese components form a comprehensive decentralized education ecosystem, seamlessly integrating DeFi-powered learning incentives within the Avalanche network. 🚀", "hidden": true, "question": "What is your current development status?", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "AcadLayer will drive adoption and liquidity on Avalanche through a multi-pronged strategy:  \n\n1. On-Chain Scholarships & ISAs – Partnering with educational institutions and DAOs to fund students via smart contract-based income-share agreements (ISAs).  \n2. Learn-to-Earn Incentives – Gamifying education through Decentraclasses Quests and BlockDevs cohorts, rewarding users in on-chain assets.  \n3. DeFi Integration – Enabling liquidity providers to stake in education lending pools, generating sustainable yield while supporting student loans.  \n4. Institutional & Ecosystem Partnerships – Collaborating with Avalanche DeFi protocols to enhance liquidity flow.  \n5. AI-Powered Learning & Skill Verification – Driving mainstream adoption via on-chain credentialing, making Web3 education more accessible.  \n\nAcadLayer will bridge learners, developers, and DeFi liquidity providers, positioning Avalanche as the hub for decentralized education finance. 🚀", "hidden": true, "question": "What is your plan for growing user adoption and liquidity on Avalanche?", "questionId": 8}], "project": {"id": "0xdc857f3edfc8293b33fed09280ab335ef62a58001f7f899b1d8089b6e49f6ea0", "title": "Acadlayer", "logoImg": "bafkreiam75rq7mk5cfsxypbnafocpqgh3roralycnuo26scujlklc3juoa", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreieklszp4jawtxz3cvoiywuoukf36hi2hp3otw67lfx6pue36ocl6a", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://acadlayer.xyz", "bannerImg": "bafkreic2nt2lchcv4rmo7z2mkzk4qh36haxqtbghdkwf52cyfziadefagi", "createdAt": 1740036950681, "userGithub": "AcadLayer", "credentials": {}, "description": "AcadLayer is a decentralized education protocol built as an Avalanche L1 subnet, ensuring scalability, security, and low-cost transactions for global learners. It integrates ZK Talent Proofs, AI-driven personalized learning, and on-chain skill verification. The ecosystem includes Decentraclasses (Learn-to-Earn platform), BlockDevs (developer cohorts), and InstaLearn (AI tutor). AcadLayer provides modular APIs and SDKs for easy integration, fostering a permissionless, on-chain education economy.  \n\nOur Goals:  \n- Enable decentralized skill verification with ZK proofs.  \n- Power scalable education dApps via Avalanche subnet.  \n- Provide AI-driven personalized learning experiences.  \n- Offer plug-and-play SDKs & APIs for seamless integration.  \n- Bridge Web2 developers to Web3 via gamified learning.  \n\nImpact:  \nAcadLayer transforms education by creating a trustless, transparent, and incentivized learning ecosystem where skills are verifiable, learning is personalized, and opportunities are global. 🚀", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "AcadLayer", "projectTwitter": "AcadLayerhq"}, "recipient": "0xe309b3e0d2bf2df0115ad942368e1766c7e1f53f"}}