{"signature": "0x5dd163ca99a8ecc158f7af8fd002b6a9f56c065c65691f06fe95b60f4474f20d30fe2f5140b8825f1989d9f69ccf72cfc359cd95c15da9314805018b6e6681901c", "application": {"round": "0x3e93205b786796cf7ea70404e89c7dda3b84d07a", "answers": [{"type": "email", "answer": "libraryprotocol@gmail.com", "hidden": true, "question": "Email Address", "questionId": 0}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "thinkDecade", "hidden": true, "question": "Telegram Handle We Can Use To Contact You", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "https://github.com/Library-Protocol/LibraryProtocol", "hidden": false, "question": "Project GitHub Repo", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "link", "answer": "https://t.me/libraryprotocol", "hidden": false, "question": "Link to your Public Group Chat", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "N/A", "hidden": false, "question": "Have you participated in a previous Gitcoin Grants Round? If so, please name the rounds or link the builder profile associated with previous rounds.", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Library Protocol provides an innovative way of leveraging open source in web3 to build real life solutions that provides tremendous value to everyday people. \n\nLibrary Protocol codebase could become a model on how decentralized library systems can be built", "hidden": false, "question": "How does your project contribute to the growth of the OSS ecosystem? Please provide specific examples of how your application enhances or expands the current ecosystem.", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "The ultimate goal of Library Protocol is to be a catalyst for global literacy and connection. Our vision is a world where every story finds its reader, and every reader finds their story. Here are some use cases of the platform and those that we envision. \n\n\n### A Book-sharing App\n\nImagine: Maria, a single mother in rural Mexico, who loves reading but has no local library. Using Library Protocol’s book-sharing app, she borrows a children’s book from a lender in Texas to read to her son, sparking his love for stories. The app’s intuitive interface makes it easy for her to request and return the book, bringing literature into her home for the first time.\n\n### A Knowledge Sharing Network\n\nImagine: A group of university students in Nigeria forms a study circle on Library Protocol, sharing academic books with peers in South Africa and India. Through the knowledge-sharing network, they exchange notes and insights on sustainable agriculture, collaboratively writing a research paper that wins a regional award, all enabled by the platform’s global reach.\n\n### A Vehicle for Getting Books to Places\n\nImagine: A refugee camp in Jordan lacks educational resources. Through Library Protocol, a volunteer in Germany sends 50 textbooks to the camp, using the platform to coordinate shipping and track delivery. The books arrive, providing children with their first access to science and math education, proving the platform’s power as a vehicle for getting books to places in need.\n\n### Sharing Knowledge, Connecting Curious Minds\n\nImagine: An aspiring writer in the Philippines connects with a retired professor in Canada on Library Protocol. The professor lends a rare book on creative writing, and they engage in a discussion via the platform’s messaging feature. This exchange of knowledge inspires the writer to publish her first novel, showing how Library Protocol connects curious minds across borders.\n\n### Your Bookshelf, Shared with the World!\n\nImagine: Kutubu, a book collector in Ghana, has a shelf of 200 books on African history. He lists them on Library Protocol, and within a month, his books are borrowed by readers in Brazil, Japan, and France. Kutubu’s collection—his bookshelf, shared with the world—helps global readers learn about his culture, fostering cross-cultural understanding.\n\n### Read More, Access More\n\nImagine: Priya, a high school student in India, dreams of studying astronomy but can’t afford textbooks. On Library Protocol, she borrows a series of astronomy books from lenders in Australia and the UK, accessing resources she’d never find locally. This enables her to read more, access more, and eventually win a scholarship to a prestigious university.\n\n### Decentralizing Access to Every Story\n\nImagine: A group of communities band together and pull funds together, purchasing 1000 copies of Vitalic's or Owocki's new book and shipping it to these communities based in various countries in Africa. \n\n### Library Protocol Turns Any Book Owner into a Library\n\nImagine: Sarah, a retiree in Scotland with a modest collection of 50 books, joins Library Protocol. She lists her books, and soon, readers from New Zealand to Nigeria are borrowing her novels and gardening guides. Sarah, once just a book owner, becomes a library, serving a global community and feeling a renewed sense of purpose in her retirement.\n\n### Library Protocol is Redefining the Future of Libraries\n\nImagine: A small town in Brazil, unable to fund a public library, adopts Library Protocol as its library system. Residents share their personal collections, creating a decentralized library network that serves the entire community. This model—where libraries are no longer buildings but networks of people—shows how Library Protocol is redefining the future of libraries, making them more inclusive and resilient.\n\n### A Decentralized Economy for Open Knowledge\n\nImagine: Jamal, a book owner in Morocco, lends his collection of 100 books on Library Protocol, earning tokens for each loan. He uses these tokens to fund a literacy program in his village, while borrowers contribute reviews that earn them tokens to access more books. This decentralized economy for open knowledge ensures that sharing books benefits everyone, creating a sustainable cycle of learning and giving back.", "hidden": false, "question": "What features or use cases does your dApp/App present? How is it differentiated?", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Library Protocol is poised to grow from humble beginnings into a global movement that redefines the future of libraries and builds a decentralized economy for open knowledge. \n\nWe are actively developing the next version of the dApp, which comes with lots of new features and innovations such as:\n\n- Enhanced onchain borrowing & Lending of Books\n- Enhanced version of Library Dashboard that provides more data and analytics of a libraries activities. \n- Enhanced version of reader profile including analytics of reading and borrowing activities\n- Reputation System \n- Community features\n- AI features\n- And a lot more. \n\n### Use of Grant Funds\nDevelopment: Enhance the app’s usability, add more innovative and user-centric features.   \n\nCommunity Outreach: Fund partnerships and marketing to grow our user base and increase our reach.  \n\nOperations and Security: Support blockchain upgrades, security audits, and operational costs to ensure reliability.\n\n\n\n", "hidden": false, "question": "What are your plans for further development, and how will the grant funds be used to achieve these goals?", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "0xc6858292B8c744AA547FdCE7166AA697bCCeB14c, 42161", "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). Please include a separate line for each unique deployer address and blockchain combination.", "questionId": 8}], "project": {"id": "0x9230077b97132b6dc3e201e7428d2576d108adcc1431fc504bf0098bfab152e5", "title": "Library Protocol", "logoImg": "bafkreig5i5n57qwrxpgo34yvea3kow4kfpuo7ppkisojonrg4yor3ffwqa", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreiak5zbzlgjm2g5sgq3jawpg7h5omjoepplvt3flgxkkc6q6myta64", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://libraryprotocol.xyz", "bannerImg": "bafkreietcly224xppmvccsqdjtfxidnzh7mii5x373e6itg5gwuludbjra", "createdAt": 1741400483924, "userGithub": "thinkdecade", "credentials": {}, "description": "## Overview\n\nLibrary Protocol is an open-source book-sharing application that enables users to bring their physical libraries on-chain, lend books, and borrow books in a borderless way. It serves as a network connecting book and library owners with book lovers, readers, and curious minds.\n\nFor centuries, books have been the cornerstone of knowledge and intellectual progress. Libraries have preserved history, empowered thinkers, and shaped civilizations. But access to books remains limited by geography, availability, and ownership.\n\n### *What if anyone, anywhere, could borrow books seamlessly—without borders?*\n\nWith Library Protocol, you can:\n📚 Put your personal or institutional library onchain\n🔗 Lend books securely using smart contracts\n📖 Borrow books from anywhere without relying on centralized platforms\n🛡 Leverage a reputation-based system for responsible borrowing\n\n*The goal? To unlock knowledge for everyone, everywhere!*\n\n[![1500x500.jpg](https://i.postimg.cc/Xq6LpcTS/1500x500.jpg)](https://postimg.cc/Vr4nhMfD) \n\n**Why Do We Need Onchain Libraries?**\nIn today’s world, access to books is restricted by several barriers:\n❌ Physical limitations – Libraries and personal collections are confined by geography.\n❌ High costs – Many valuable books remain unaffordable for students, researchers, and knowledge seekers.\n❌ Trust issues – Traditional lending requires manual agreements with no enforcement mechanism.\n❌ Lack of incentives – Book owners have little reason to share their collections openly.\n\nLibrary Protocol solves these issues by introducing a decentralized, global book-sharing network where ownership, lending, and borrowing are managed transparently on-chain.\n\n[![Screenshot-2025-03-08-010256.png](https://i.postimg.cc/3J3ng1bn/Screenshot-2025-03-08-010256.png)](https://postimg.cc/BtwT3T3K) \n\n**How Library Protocol Works**\nLibrary Protocol is designed to be open, transparent, and accessible. Here's how it works:\n📖 1. **Create Your Onchain Library**\n- Connect your wallet and create your own onchain library.\n- Register books you own (metadata like Title, Author, ISBN, Cover Image stored on IPFS).\n- Each book is represented as an NFT for tracking purposes.\n\n📚 2. **Lend Books Securely**\n- List books from your library for lending.\n- Set lending conditions (with or without collateral).\n- Borrowers request books, and a smart contract handles agreements and collateral.\n\n🔗 3. **Borrow Books from the Network**\n- Browse available books across different libraries.\n- Request to borrow, deposit collateral if required.\n- Return books on time to maintain a strong reputation score.\n\n🛡 4. **Trust & Reputation System** \n- Every borrower and lender has an onchain reputation score.\n- Timely returns improve reputation, unlocking better lending terms.\n\n[![Screenshot-2025-03-08-014352.png](https://i.postimg.cc/qqB0Vnj0/Screenshot-2025-03-08-014352.png)](https://postimg.cc/tZc8FsKm) \n\n### Built for Readers, Libraries, and the Future of Knowledge\nLibrary Protocol is built for:\n📖 **Readers & Learners** – Anyone seeking knowledge, from casual readers to researchers.\n📚 **Book Enthusiasts** – Those who own physical books and want to share them.\n🏛 **Libraries & Archives** – Institutions aiming to digitize collections and reach a global audience in novel ways.\n👥 **Communities & Educators** – Groups looking to build decentralized knowledge-sharing hubs.\nBy bridging the physical and digital book world, Library Protocol creates a borderless knowledge ecosystem.\n\nThe future of libraries is on-chain. Library Protocol transforms your personal bookshelf into a gateway of global wisdom—a decentralized network that unites curious minds and delivers books to communities, you or anyone, anywhere!\n", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "Library-Protocol", "projectTwitter": "library_protocl"}, "recipient": "0xA2Cf83c792cd80EF9A324348c488dCe698f3D6FB"}}