{"signature": "0xd77ad789fa6bf2c6613aee4b2cb25b276c16028f221ce3009587970952a0c17f5e56e5bae1bc4f302e5328a5d2a6292b38a967895c8bf552ae4411e9ddad84081b", "application": {"round": "0xdd906d46876ec8a10e4cf80fb5c4992091e87e46", "answers": [{"type": "email", "hidden": true, "question": "Email Address", "questionId": 0, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "qZNVrI/BgNWN85/UVvmY1TcKrOmk4Rj0YU0wuItnd3nG9Kj5DE/VqpiKn+GMDgvd", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "76cfed183f028790d3c3faf66694ed14104267f934ed4e35c550c36d203d35d152bbd7f80ccf33981f47b9b7984801045b3ae3e4ba6243009eae1d9ae459be3779ce44f549cd0666983d3fdb8b6babed7927a07dd31b75d6f79c989148017fa2dc12dbf766eb94f2517a23a2a6288b6787ad3b063a0df77bd517674323313a6600000000000000202bb221348608e521b545e95bfdad17d9f748f0cb0f637cdab1d494f6618309ed4f675f2642bbf89d428bec5b43705f8e"}}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Please confirm the Payment Wallet you have provided is on Polygon PoS and can accept MATIC", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Today, no one truly knows the real public opinion on almost any issue. Whether it’s attitudes towards transgender athletes at the Olympics or migration policies in your country, sentiment seems to change depending on which corner of the internet you visit. Visit a blog supporting immigration, and you’ll see one poll result. Visit one against it, and you’ll see the opposite. There’s no single source of truth, and this fragmentation makes it easy for powerful entities to manipulate public sentiment.\n\nOur project addresses this issue by providing a consumer-centric experience through seamless integration with Farcaster Frames. By using Referendum on Farcaster, users can participate in non-duplicable referendums directly within the platform, removing the need to leave the ecosystem. This frictionless interaction not only enhances user engagement within Farcaster but also allows for real-time, consistent feedback on major social and political issues. With Referendum, users no longer have to sift through scattered polls with varying results—they have a trusted source of public opinion on any given topic.\n\nAdditionally, when a blogger or influencer shares a referendum in their Farcaster feed, their audience can participate immediately without leaving the platform. Login is seamless, using the user’s Farcaster or Telegram credentials, which enhances user experience and accelerates adoption. By eliminating the usual barriers to participation, Referendum helps Farcaster capture and retain a broader audience, creating a more active and engaged user base.", "hidden": true, "question": "Explain your project's consumer-centric approach and how it innovatively uses Farcaster Frames to enhance user experience", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Referendum’s core goal is to establish a single, trusted source for gauging public sentiment on key social and political issues. Currently, users face scattered and conflicting polls across different platforms, leading to fragmented opinions that fail to represent the broader population. Referendum solves this by using Farcaster Frames to host non-duplicable, verified referendums that are easy to participate in and transparent.\n\nThat’s why we’re creating Referendum, a Web3 social network that eliminates echo chambers and scattered discussions. Through AI-driven moderation, we gather all discussions on the same topic in one place, allowing us to reflect what society truly wants. No more scattered polls or fragmented opinions—just real, verifiable public opinion.\n\nWe’ve integrated three key innovations into our platform:\n\nNon-duplicable Polls: Each poll is unique and transparently recorded on the blockchain, ensuring that no topic is duplicated, and all opinions are consolidated.\n\nBlockchain Transparency: Every vote is secure and visible, providing public trust and ensuring that poll results are tamper-proof and verifiable by all users.\n\nVote-to-Earn Model: Our system incentivizes both voters and creators by rewarding them with tokens, increasing engagement and creating new opportunities for users to benefit from active participation.\n\nBy using Farcaster Frames, Referendum helps the platform provide an authoritative source for public opinion, where discussions on crucial issues are centralized, reliable, and widely shareable.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe how your project uses Farcaster Frames in a novel or unique way to solve a consumer problem or create new opportunities.", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Referendum functions independently on Polygon PoS by using the blockchain for secure and transparent voting, ensuring that all votes are recorded and verifiable. We leverage Polygon’s low transaction fees and scalability to efficiently process high volumes of polls and votes, while also rewarding users through our vote-to-earn model. This decentralized approach guarantees transparency, security, and fairness, all without relying on centralized systems.", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe how your project functions independently on Polygon PoS", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "AI/blockchain intersections", "hidden": true, "question": "Select from the provided categories or specify other if none of these are applicable", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our team has a strong level of experience across multiple domains. The founders include Alex, who built and scaled a software development studio from scratch, managing both operations and technical execution. Bogdan, with a track record of successful entrepreneurial ventures, brings visionary leadership. Michael is a seasoned Solidity developer with over 10 years of experience, including roles in DeFi strategy and smart contract architecture. Timur, a full-stack developer, has extensive experience developing robust CMS and CRM systems. Together, our diverse skill set positions us to build Referendum effectively from the ground up.", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe your team's relevant expertise in developing in Web3 and (if applicable) with Farcaster Frames.", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "1. Developing Web Version of Application\n    \n    Budget Category: Product Development\n    \n    - Develop a web version tailored for Farcaster users to create, moderate referendums, and receive rewards.\n    - Budget: $5000\n\n2. Developing Farcaster Frame\n    \n    Budget Category: Product Development & Blockchain Integration\n    \n    - Create a Farcaster Frame that is interconnected with Referendum on other platforms and the native app, ensuring unified data.\n    - Budget: $3000\n\n3. Writing a Smart Contract on Polygon\n    \n    Budget Category: Blockchain Integration & Infrastructure\n    \n    - Develop a smart contract on Polygon for recording votes, ensuring transparency and issuing rewards.\n    - Budget: $2000\n\n4. Creating a Reward Token\n    \n    Budget Category: Blockchain Development\n    \n    - Launch a reward token to incentivize platform participation and user engagement.\n    - Budget: $2000\n\n5. Developing AI for Duplicate Detection\n    \n    Budget Category: AI Development\n    \n    - Build AI functionality to identify and prevent duplicate referendums, ensuring a streamlined user experience.\n    - Budget: $2900\n\n\nTotal: $14900", "hidden": true, "question": "Please provide key milestones with budget for integrating Farcaster Frames and developing your application. You can link to a spreadsheet outlining this information.", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our initial focus is on engaging bloggers. Our marketing strategy aims to inform them about our new frame that offers token rewards. For a blogger, this is a source of additional income, since conducting surveys and discussions is part of their content. These rewards benefit both the participants and the creators of referendums.\n\nExclusivity and Scarcity\nReferendums are limited in number. If a blogger takes an interesting theme for a referendum, others lose the opportunity to create one on the same topic. This urgency motivates bloggers to act quickly and claim the most compelling themes first.\n\nContinuous Benefits\nOnce a blogger creates a referendum, they continue to benefit from it as long as users engage with it. Early adopters will accumulate more tokens due to our deflationary model, where the reward per user vote decreases each month.\n\nFOMO (Fear of Missing Out)\nBy highlighting the early advantage and deflationary rewards, we create a sense of urgency. Bloggers will be motivated to start creating and promoting referendums to their audiences to maximize their rewards and hold onto tokens until they appreciate in value.", "hidden": true, "question": "What is your plan for driving user adoption of your application", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "1. User Engagement:\nReferendum enables users to create and participate in polls on key issues, boosting Daily Active Addresses (DAA) as more users engage with the platform.\n\n2. Unique Polling Features:\nEach unique poll is secured on the blockchain, encouraging frequent interactions, including voting and earning rewards, leading to increased transactions.\n\n3. Seamless Integration:\nThe Farcaster Frames allows users to participate without leaving the platform, enhancing convenience and driving user activity.\n\n4. Vote-to-Earn Model:\nIncentivizing participation through rewards will encourage more voting and interactions, increasing transaction volume as users trade or spend tokens.\n\n5. Community Building:\nStrategic partnerships and outreach will attract new users, further increasing DAA and transaction activity.", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe how your project will increase DAA and transaction volume on Polygon PoS.  Provide estimates on the expected volumes over the next 60 days.", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": " Currently, we are in the pre-launch phase and haven't released our app yet. However, we can demonstrate a demo version, and the official launch is planned for December.", "hidden": true, "question": "If applicable, describe any existing user base, partnerships, or traction your project has achieved. Include metrics if available.", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Do you understand and agree to complete Gitcoin's KYC process before processing payments?  All grantees receiving more than $15K will be required to complete KYC/KYB.", "questionId": 11}], "project": {"id": "0x808851603d57f986b461ae8675e6727ab8c1455ef04f01195c397018ff720e2a", "title": "Referendum", "logoImg": "bafkreigsqvalzmuukisjn3qyqllthawvy3g5z7fg2g7ba5flbtl5xoowda", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreifnl7753vkly7molpkjjh4ru2qkidymxbdyhy5rgqvarm27r7chui", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://referendum.digital", "bannerImg": "bafkreic7rnfropd7zqqt6omhbrmj3lbf3jzbbsy4pe3bynymp7wgukefcm", "createdAt": 1727973235010, "credentials": {}, "description": "Today, no one truly knows the real public opinion on almost any issue. Whether it’s attitudes towards transgender athletes at the Olympics or migration policies in your country, the sentiment seems to change depending on which corner of the internet you visit. Visit a blog supporting immigration, and you’ll see one poll result. Visit one against it, and you’ll see the opposite. There’s no single source of truth. This fragmentation makes it easy for big capital to manipulate public sentiment.\n\nThat’s why we’re creating Referendum, a Web3 social network that eliminates echo chambers and scattered discussions. Through AI-driven moderation, we gather all discussions on the same topic in one place, allowing us to reflect what society truly wants. No more scattered polls or fragmented opinions—just real, verifiable public opinion.\n\nWe’ve integrated three key innovations into our platform:\n\n- Non-duplicable Polls: Each poll is unique, recorded transparently on the blockchain.\n- Blockchain Transparency: Every vote is secure and visible to all.\n- Vote-to-Earn Model: Participants and creators are rewarded for engaging with the platform.\n\nReferendum’s core goal is to establish a single, trusted source for gauging public sentiment on key social and political issues.", "lastUpdated": 0}, "recipient": "0xAfA7694eF3187B5AE09EAf1e11dD467B236F6881"}}