{"signature": "0x878e21a14d068bcb3862b2b760beefc09757da7aea60bfe06cf2a42510ede3913d3f19aa027a689b583a7f1e0764ffb2838a93d06dec7cc726ca63d3869b5fcb1b", "application": {"round": "0x145052E87140b7309F6EE18Ba12fC187560d5D89", "answers": [{"type": "email", "answer": "hid@webhash.com", "hidden": true, "question": "Email Address", "questionId": 0}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "w3hidayath", "hidden": true, "question": "Telegram Handle We Can Use To Contact You", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "https://github.com/webhash-eth , https://github.com/1w3io", "hidden": false, "question": "Project Github Repo", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "link", "answer": "https://discord.gg/zUpBGJ4uh5", "hidden": false, "question": "Link to your Public Group Chat", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Yes we participated in previous rounds \nENS Identity Apr 2, 2024 - Apr 17, 2024,\nENS Ecosystem Oct 14, 2024 - Oct 23, 2024,\nGG22 OSS - dApps and Apps Sep 30, 2024 - Oct 30, 2024\n", "hidden": false, "question": "Have you participated in a previous Gitcoin Grants Round? If so, please name the rounds or link the builder profile to prior rounds.", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "WebHash contributes to Ethereum’s broader infrastructure by lowering the barrier for creating and managing decentralized websites (dwebsites) on the Ethereum network, particularly through ENS (Ethereum Name Service) domains. Its work complements core protocol and client developments by helping drive adoption and enhancing user experience in the decentralized web. Here are some specific examples and metrics illustrating its contribution:\n\t1.\tSimplifying Decentralized Website Creation:\nWebHash is a no‑code platform that enables ENS domain owners to easily build and customize websites without needing to write any code. By providing a user-friendly interface with pre-designed blocks and customizable templates (tokenized as ERC‑1155 NFTs), WebHash transforms what was once a technical barrier into a streamlined process. This helps expand the practical use of ENS domains, moving them beyond just being names into full-fledged digital identities and content hubs.\n\t2.\tEnhancing Decentralized Identity and Content Hosting:\nWith over 800,000 unique ENS participants yet only around 22,500 active dwebsites, there is a significant gap in the ecosystem. WebHash targets this gap by encouraging and enabling more users to deploy their own dwebsites, thereby reinforcing the decentralized nature of the web. For instance, according to their project updates, they have already achieved:\n\t•\tOver 4,100 user signups.\n\t•\tMore than 6,000 decentralized “link‑in‑bio” websites created.\n\t•\tApproximately 400GB of data stored on IPFS via their platform.\nThese numbers indicate growing engagement and real usage that, in turn, drives further decentralization and resilience in the Ethereum ecosystem.\n\t3.\tImproving Decentralized Infrastructure Components:\nWebHash also builds a “Hash Dweb Gateway” that enables .eth domains to be resolved directly in browsers without relying on centralized gateways. This improves the overall security and censorship resistance of decentralized websites. By addressing issues like digital decay (where a significant percentage of traditional web pages vanish over time) and by offering a decentralized hosting solution, WebHash reinforces one of Ethereum’s key value propositions—resilient, permanent, and censorship-resistant content hosting.", "hidden": false, "question": "How does your project contribute significantly to the Ethereum network's infrastructure? Please provide specific examples and metrics if available.", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "WebHash has introduced several pioneering developments aimed at enhancing privacy, interoperability, and user experience within the decentralized web ecosystem:\n\t1.\tPrivacy-Preserving Decentralized Hosting:\nWebHash leverages the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) to host decentralized websites (dWebsites). By utilizing IPFS, WebHash ensures that content is distributed across a network of nodes, reducing reliance on centralized servers and mitigating risks associated with data breaches and censorship. This decentralized approach enhances user privacy by minimizing exposure to centralized data collection points.\n\t2.\tInteroperability through ENS Integration:\nWebHash seamlessly integrates with the Ethereum Name Service (ENS), allowing users to associate their decentralized websites with human-readable domain names ending in “.eth.” This integration simplifies access to decentralized content and promotes interoperability across various platforms within the Ethereum ecosystem. By bridging the gap between traditional domain naming systems and blockchain-based identifiers, WebHash enhances the coherence and accessibility of decentralized web services.\n\t3.\tUser-Centric No-Code Platform:\nRecognizing the technical barriers that often hinder users from creating decentralized websites, WebHash offers a no-code platform equipped with customizable templates and pre-designed blocks. This user-friendly interface empowers individuals, regardless of their technical expertise, to build and deploy their own dWebsites. By democratizing website creation, WebHash significantly enhances the user experience and encourages broader adoption of decentralized web technologies.\n\t4.\tDecentralized Identity Management:\nWebHash supports the development of self-sovereign identity solutions by enabling users to control their digital identities through ENS domains. This approach aligns with privacy-by-design principles, allowing individuals to manage their personal data without relying on centralized authorities. By facilitating secure and user-controlled identity management", "hidden": false, "question": "Describe any pioneering development work in your project, particularly in enhancing privacy, interoperability, or user experience.", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "WebHash addresses several key challenges within the Ethereum ecosystem, particularly focusing on simplifying decentralized website creation, enhancing interoperability, and improving user experience. Here’s how WebHash tackles these issues and distinguishes itself from existing alternatives:\n\t1.\tSimplifying Decentralized Website Creation:\n\t•\tChallenge: Developing decentralized websites (dWebsites) traditionally requires significant technical expertise, posing a barrier to widespread adoption.\n\t•\tSolution: WebHash offers a no-code platform that empowers users to build and deploy dWebsites effortlessly. By providing customizable templates and pre-designed blocks, it democratizes access to decentralized web development, enabling users without coding skills to participate in the decentralized web.\n\t•\tImprovement Over Alternatives: While other platforms may offer tools for dWebsite creation, WebHash’s emphasis on a user-friendly, no-code interface lowers the entry barrier more effectively, fostering broader adoption.\n\t2.\tEnhancing Interoperability Across Blockchain Platforms:\n\t•\tChallenge: Decentralized applications often face interoperability issues, limiting their functionality across different blockchain networks.\n\t•\tSolution: WebHash’s templates are designed with flexibility in mind, allowing for potential adaptation across various blockchain platforms. This approach promotes a more interconnected decentralized web, enabling users to leverage their dWebsites beyond the Ethereum ecosystem.\n\t•\tImprovement Over Alternatives: Many existing solutions are tailored specifically to Ethereum, restricting cross-platform compatibility. WebHash’s adaptable template design offers a more versatile solution, accommodating the diverse needs of the decentralized web community.\n\t3.\tImproving User Experience and Accessibility:\n\t•\tChallenge: The complexity of interacting with decentralized technologies can deter mainstream users, hindering the growth of the decentralized web.\n\t•\tSolution: By integrating with the Ethereum Name Service (ENS), WebHash allows users to associate their dWebsites with human-readable domain names, simplifying access and enhancing user experience. This integration makes decentralized websites more approachable and navigable for everyday users.\n\t•\tImprovement Over Alternatives: While ENS integration is not unique to WebHash, its combination with a no-code development platform streamlines the entire process of creating and accessing dWebsites, offering a more seamless experience compared to other solutions that may require separate configurations.\n\nIn summary, WebHash addresses critical challenges in the Ethereum ecosystem by lowering technical barriers, promoting cross-platform interoperability, and enhancing user accessibility. Its comprehensive approach offers significant improvements over existing alternatives, contributing to a more inclusive and user-friendly decentralized web.", "hidden": false, "question": "What specific problems or challenges in the Ethereum ecosystem does your project address? How does your solution improve upon existing alternatives?", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "WebHash has outlined a comprehensive roadmap to enhance its platform and further the adoption of decentralized websites (dWebsites). The grant funds will be strategically allocated to achieve these development goals:\n\n1. Development of New Features and Integrations:\n\t•\tToken-Gated Websites: Implementing functionality that allows content access based on token ownership, enabling creators to offer exclusive content to specific user groups.\n\t•\tAI Content Moderation: Integrating artificial intelligence to automatically review and moderate content, ensuring quality and compliance across the platform.\n\t•\tNew Block Integrations: Expanding the platform’s capabilities by incorporating additional blocks, such as:\n\t•\tFarcaster Block: Enables the integration of Farcaster feeds into dWebsites, allowing users to display their social media content seamlessly. ￼\n\t•\tLens Block: Facilitates the addition of Lens platform feeds, showcasing social interactions directly on users’ dWebsites. ￼\n\t•\tPOAP Block: Allows for the display of Proof of Attendance Protocol (POAP) collections, highlighting user participation and achievements. ￼\n\t•\tAdditional Integrations: Planning to incorporate other platforms such as Guilds, Mirror, DAO memberships, Snapshot, Badges, and Scores to enrich user experience and functionality. ￼\n\n2. Community Engagement and Growth:\n\t•\tBuildathons and Hackathons: Organizing events to motivate ENS holders to create dWebsites, fostering a vibrant community and encouraging innovation within the decentralized web space.\n\n3. Platform Sustainability and Revenue Generation:\n\t•\tTokenized Website Template Marketplace: Developing a marketplace for ERC-1155 NFT-based website templates, allowing creators to monetize their designs and users to access customizable website foundations.\n\t•\tStorage Solutions: Providing scalable storage plans for users, ensuring permanent and decentralized hosting of content with options to upgrade as needed. ￼\n\nAllocation of Grant Funds:\n\nThe grant funds will be utilized to support the above initiatives, focusing on:\n\t•\tResearch and Development: Investing in the creation and integration of new features, ensuring the platform remains at the forefront of decentralized web technologies.\n\t•\tCommunity Programs: Funding events and initiatives that engage the community, promote the adoption of dWebsites, and support creators within the ecosystem.\n\t•\tInfrastructure and Operations: Enhancing platform infrastructure to support scalability, security, and a seamless user experience.\n\nBy strategically allocating resources across these areas, WebHash aims to advance its mission of simplifying decentralized website creation and fostering a robust, user-driven ecosystem.", "hidden": false, "question": "Outline your project's roadmap and how the grant funds will be used to achieve your development goals.", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "WebHash enhances the decentralization and security of the Ethereum network through several key initiatives:\n\t1.\tDecentralized Content Hosting:\nBy deploying websites on the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), WebHash ensures that content is distributed across a network of nodes rather than relying on centralized servers. This approach enhances censorship resistance and reduces single points of failure, aligning with Ethereum’s decentralized ethos.\n\t2.\tTokenization for Ownership and Immutability:\nWebHash enables the tokenization of decentralized websites (dWebsites), providing verifiable ownership and enhancing content immutability. This process leverages blockchain technology to secure and authenticate digital assets, contributing to the overall security of the Ethereum ecosystem.\n\t3.\tIntegration with Ethereum Name Service (ENS):\nBy allowing users to associate their dWebsites with human-readable ENS domains, WebHash promotes the adoption of decentralized naming systems. This integration simplifies access to decentralized content and reinforces the decentralized infrastructure of Ethereum.\n\t4.\tNo-Code Platform Accessibility:\nWebHash’s intuitive drag-and-drop builder lowers the technical barrier for creating decentralized websites. By enabling users without coding expertise to participate in the decentralized web, WebHash fosters broader community involvement and strengthens the decentralized nature of the Ethereum network.\n\nThrough these efforts, WebHash contributes to a more secure, resilient, and user-empowered Ethereum ecosystem.", "hidden": false, "question": "How does your project contribute to the decentralization and security of the Ethereum network?", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "0x0126f684b4be054206829e346c245326831494a9,  8453", "hidden": false, "question": "For any project deploying smart contracts on blockchain networks, please list all your deployer addresses and their corresponding blockchain networks. Use this format for each entry: [deployer_address], [chain_id]—for example, 0x123abc..., 42161 (This represents a deployer address on the Arbitrum network). 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Centralized hosting models are vulnerable to outages, censorship, and limited longevity.\n\nWe are on a mission to unlock the full potential of ENS domains. Currently, with 800K unique participants holding ENS names, only 22,500 of them have active dwebsites. which points to the challenges users face in deploying and designing their dwebsites. Our approach is focused on transforming ENS domains into foundational building blocks for decentralised identities (DIDs), where each domain is connected to a content hash, revealing a unique digital persona.\n\nOver the past year, our focus has been the simplification of 'link-in-bio' pages, making it possible for users to connect their ENS domains with personalised and informative dwebsite that serves as a central hub for their decentralised identity (DID). Building upon this foundation, we are expanding our scope to include comprehensive blogging tools, static sites and customizable templates.\n\nKey Features:\n\nTokenized Website Template Marketplace: We have tokenized website templates as ERC-1155 NFTs, offering ready-to-use, customizable foundations for portfolios, blogs, services, and more. Simply mint and build. Despite the $1.5 billion website template market and over 50% of websites on the internet being built with templates, Web3 has largely overlooked their tokenization potential.\n\nReady-to-Use Blocks: Explore a range of pre-designed blocks and integrations on WebHash that make building websites fast and easy, no coding needed. Choose, customize, and create your website with just a few clicks.\n\nHash Dweb Gateway for ENS Websites: Chrome does not resolve .eth domains. While projects like .limo offer a workaround, they introduce potential vulnerabilities tied to centralized infrastructure. The Hash Gateway enables seamless resolution of .eth domains without relying on any centralized gateway, allowing users to experience the decentralized web as it was intended. secure, censorship-resistant, and truly decentralized. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hash-decentralized-gatewa/mjjndfhdgdafdonmmpbmddiginkbclmi?hl=en\n\n\n \n  We have conducted Three buildathons to motivate ENS holders to create decentralized websites (dWebsites) for .eth domains, distributing prizes totaling around $3200 among the competition winners. More buildations are coming soon.\n\n\n**Stats**\nWe’ve achieved notable success with over 4100 user signups and the creation of more than 6000 decentralised ‘link-in-bio’ websites with 400GB IPFS decentralised storage utilisation.\n\n \nRoadmap:\n\nToken gated websites.\n\nAI content moderation.\n\nNew block integrations:\n\nFarcaster Block: Enables the integration of Farcaster feeds into the website, allowing users to display their Farcaster social media content.\n\nLens Block: Facilitates the addition of Lens platform feeds to Website, offering a seamless way to showcase social interactions.\n\nPOAP Block: Allows for the display of POAP (Proof of Attendance Protocol) collections on the Website, highlighting user participation and achievements.\n\nOther integrations in the pipeline: Guilds, Mirror, DAO memberships,Snapshot, Badges and Scores.\n\n\n\n**Achievements:**\n\n1. No-Code Interface: We've created a no-code, user-friendly interface that makes building dwebsites accessible to everyone, regardless of technical expertise.\n\n2. Versatile Content Creation & Integration: Our platform at WebHash enriches the ENS domain experience by enabling users to create a broad spectrum of content types with seamless integrations. We have designed a user-friendly interface that allows for the addition of various standard elements such as avatars with diverse styles, engaging headings, informative paragraphs, and external links, all of which enhance the user's webpage. The integration capabilities of our platform include a suite of options that cater to different media types and functionalities:\n\n* Social Media Integration: Users can showcase their social presence with icons linked to their profiles on platforms like Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and more, fostering engagement directly from their ENS dwebsite.\n* Multimedia Content: Embedding capabilities for platforms like YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, Spotify, and SoundCloud allow users to share a wide range of audiovisual content, from music tracks and podcasts to videos and livestreams.\n* Interactive Features: Inclusion of interactive elements such as image sliders, RSS feeds, countdown widgets, and forms elevates the user experience by engaging visitors with dynamic content.\n* Content Distribution: Our platform supports file sharing directly from the page, whether it’s audio files, PDF documents, or any downloadable content, making it a versatile tool for content distribution.\n* Communication and Sharing: Integration of communication tools like Discord servers and call-to-action prompts encourages community building and interaction. Additionally, our VCard feature enables users to share contact information in a professional manner.\n* Monetization: We've integrated payment solutions like PayPal, enabling users to collect payments for products, services, or donations directly through their ENS dwebsite.\n* Customization: Advanced customization with custom HTML/CSS/JS and Markdown formatting allows for unique content creation.\n* Credibility and Engagement: By adding customer reviews and FAQs, users can build credibility and provide valuable information to their audience.\n\nThe combination of these features on the WebHash platform not only empowers users to create comprehensive 'link-in-bio' pages but also extends to more complex dwebsite formats such as blogs, portfolios, and business landing pages. Each feature is designed to be intuitive and easy to use, ensuring that even those with no coding skills can build a professional and aesthetically pleasing online presence on the decentralised web.\n\n\n\n", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "1w3io", "projectTwitter": "webhash_eth"}, "recipient": "0x898b2500C4Fed262D7cc564dD892A34B33DA0a41"}}