{"signature": "0x3864bc4512bfecedce2c6d815b9a9eb6cfdf617aeb3f5e606aec480204fc6e0504646a1d0bd7c1d82dd735633c1b4479f74031ae7d65e0dd710681ac7c07599d1b", "application": {"round": "0xadd9b8cc34d9f36fa37cb9c6941e6209f4eea6c6", "answers": [{"type": "email", "hidden": true, "question": "Email Address", "questionId": 0, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "cl4UNp1sJ+zlzMnG8xsp2kcjTSnrRQsT7vfL6Yt7+63gQSUXOhU6rxeapGL0OdgT", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "6aa3f63b21d82184e85ce71c3fbc3a14f92567c934bbc2087693dd15fcddda21c1f6a69fa0d61219090be5de1d9b19114e27f6a049793e23936871fed3c1330efb3d1f161bef921f5ce0a5d63ea26239d5aab9b64cbe1a62b49e28a816a5a190410f333118426db7fe6b436cabfded1149d8a2861933374c0aa3e9424755103600000000000000202133540f759350a2395db3521717d38d2abe5b5d9169d4af72df559eedf9598e9a223d5adc99b821e0226b56731e9a87"}}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "@g2x00", "hidden": true, "question": "Telegram handle", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "link", "hidden": false, "question": "Karma profile (if available)", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["Yes, I confirm"], "hidden": true, "question": "Have you read and confirmed that your project abides by the Program General Eligibility Policy https://tecommons.notion.site/Eligibility-Policy-7cf5ff8c323149cf84011712f070f009 ?", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our meTokens product aims to revolutionize the way creative individuals monetize and leverage their intellectual property by providing a sustainable and decentralized financial framework. Our long-term vision is to create a thriving, interconnected ecosystem where creatives can seamlessly tokenize their work, engage with their communities, and secure their financial futures. By integrating with Optimism and the broader Superchain ecosystem, we aim to deliver both qualitative and quantitative benefits that drive innovation and inclusivity within the creative economy.\n\nLong-term Vision\n\nEmpower Creatives Globally: \n\n- Enable artists, musicians, writers, and other creatives to mint meTokens backed by stable assets, ensuring they have a reliable and secure financial instrument.\n\n- Foster a global marketplace where creatives can trade their meTokens, gaining exposure and new revenue streams.\n\nDecentralized Financial Independence:\n\n- Provide a decentralized platform that reduces reliance on traditional financial institutions, allowing creatives to maintain control over their earnings and intellectual property.\n\n- Introduce innovative financial tools and mechanisms that support the unique needs of the creative community.\n\nIntegrated Ecosystem: \n\n- Seamlessly integrate with other products within the Creative Organization DAO, including Creative MDM, Creative TV, and the Genesis app, to create a holistic and interconnected creative economy.\n        \n- Utilize Optimism's scalability and low-cost transactions to enhance user experience and broaden access.\n\nImpact on Optimism and the Superchain Ecosystem\n\nQualitative Benefits:\n        \n- Enhanced Accessibility: Lower barriers to entry for creatives worldwide, particularly those from underserved communities, by providing an inclusive platform that democratizes access to financial tools.\n        \n- Community Engagement: Foster a vibrant community of creatives and supporters who actively engage, collaborate, and innovate within the Optimism ecosystem.\n        \n- Sustainable Creativity: Promote long-term sustainability for creatives by offering financial products that protect and grow their earnings, encouraging continuous creative output.\n\nQuantitative Benefits:\n        \n- Increased User Adoption: Drive significant user growth on the Optimism network through the onboarding of creatives and their audiences, contributing to higher transaction volumes and network activity.\n        \n- Economic Activity: Stimulate economic activity within the Superchain ecosystem by enabling the trading of meTokens, creating new markets and financial opportunities.\n        \n- Revenue Generation: Generate new revenue streams for node operators and other participants in the Optimism ecosystem through transaction fees and service integrations.", "hidden": false, "question": "Vision Statement and Impact: Describe the long-term vision of your project and its intended impact on the Optimism and broader Superchain ecosystem, including both qualitative and quantitative benefits", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "1. Platform Enhancement and Optimization\n\nEnhance Core Functionality:\n\n- Utilize Deployed Contracts: Leverage the already deployed ERC2535 Diamond standard smart contracts on Optimism and Base to ensure a seamless and user-friendly experience for creatives.\n        \n- Uniswap AMM and Bonding Curve: Fully integrate and optimize facets that support Uniswap Automated Market Maker (AMM) and a bonding curve to DAI, enabling efficient and dynamic token pricing and liquidity.\n        \n- Support for Additional ERC20 Tokens: Utilize the modularity of the Diamond standard to add support for other ERC20 tokens on Optimism and Base, enhancing flexibility and adaptability.\n\n2. Cross-Platform Integration\n\nCreative Organization DAO Products:\n        \n- Integration: Continue integrating meTokens with other DAO products such as Creative MDM, Creative TV, and the Genesis app to create a cohesive and interconnected ecosystem.\n        \n- Thirdweb SDK: Utilize thirdweb SDK for efficient blockchain interactions, including smart contract management, payment processing, and NFT handling.\n\n3. Community Building and Engagement\n\nOnboarding Campaigns:\n        \n- Targeted Campaigns: Launch targeted campaigns to onboard creatives from diverse backgrounds, emphasizing the benefits of using meTokens and the broader Optimism ecosystem.\n        \n- Partnerships: Form strategic partnerships with creative communities and influencers to drive adoption.\n    \nEducation and Support:\n        \n- Educational Resources: Develop and distribute comprehensive tutorials, webinars, and documentation to help users understand and utilize the platform effectively.\n        \n- Support Team: Establish a dedicated support team to assist new users with onboarding and troubleshooting.\n\n4. Strategic Partnerships and Collaborations\n\nEcosystem Partnerships:\n\n- Collaborations: Collaborate with key players in the creative and blockchain space to form strategic partnerships that enhance the value proposition of meTokens.\n        \n- Engagement: Actively engage with Optimism and other Superchain projects to explore synergies and co-marketing opportunities.\n\nIndustry Collaborations:\n        \n- Tokenization Projects: Partner with music producers, artists, and other creatives to tokenize their work and showcase meTokens as a sustainable revenue model.\n        \n- Promotional Campaigns: Work with brands and agencies to create promotional campaigns and incentivize participation in the ecosystem.\n\n5. Marketing and Outreach\n\nDigital Marketing:\n\n- Strategy Implementation: Implement a robust digital marketing strategy that includes social media, content marketing, and SEO to increase visibility and attract users.\n        \n- Targeted Ads: Utilize targeted ads and influencer partnerships to reach specific creative niches and demographics.\n    \nEvents and Workshops:\n        \n- Hosting Events: Host virtual and in-person events, workshops, and hackathons to engage with the creative community and demonstrate the capabilities of the meTokens platform.\n        \n- Conference Participation: Participate in industry conferences and blockchain events to showcase our project and build connections.\n\n6. Performance Monitoring and Feedback Loop\n\nKey Metrics Tracking:\n\n- Monitoring KPIs: Track key performance indicators (KPIs) such as user growth, transaction volumes, and community engagement to assess progress and identify areas for improvement.\n        \n- Data-Driven Decisions: Use analytics tools to gather insights and refine strategies based on data-driven decision-making.\n    \nFeedback Mechanisms:\n        \n- User Feedback: Establish feedback channels for users to provide suggestions and report issues, ensuring continuous improvement of the platform.\n        \n- Regular Surveys: Conduct regular surveys and focus groups to gather qualitative feedback and understand user needs better.", "hidden": false, "question": "Initial Strategy: Outline a high-level strategy for how you will achieve your intended impact and key goals for the next 3-6 months", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Utilizing ERC2535 Diamond Standard for Flexibility\n\n- Modular Architecture: By employing the ERC2535 Diamond standard, our smart contracts are designed with a modular architecture that allows for the addition, removal, and upgrading of individual facets without disrupting the overall system. This flexibility ensures that our platform can adapt to evolving user needs and incorporate new features efficiently.\n\n- Facets for Token Management: We have developed specific facets for managing the creation, transfer, and redemption of meTokens. These facets are designed to interact seamlessly with Optimism’s Layer 2 infrastructure, ensuring efficient and low-cost transactions.\n\n2. Integration with Uniswap AMM\n\n- Liquidity Provision: Our smart contracts include facets that integrate with Uniswap’s Automated Market Maker (AMM) to provide liquidity for meTokens. This integration allows users to trade meTokens in a decentralized and automated manner, ensuring price stability and market depth.\n    \n- Dynamic Pricing: The use of bonding curves within our Uniswap integration allows for dynamic pricing of meTokens based on supply and demand. This ensures fair pricing and encourages active participation in the ecosystem.\n\n3. Bonding Curve to DAI\n\n- Stable Asset Backing: By incorporating a bonding curve to DAI, meTokens are backed by a stable and widely recognized asset. This provides a reliable store of value for creatives and investors, reducing the volatility typically associated with cryptocurrencies.\n\n- Automated Conversions: The bonding curve mechanism allows for the automatic conversion of meTokens to DAI and vice versa, facilitating easy entry and exit for users. This enhances the liquidity and usability of meTokens within the Optimism ecosystem.\n\n4. Support for Additional ERC20 Tokens\n\n- Token Flexibility: The Diamond standard’s modularity allows us to easily extend support for additional ERC20 tokens on Optimism and Base. This ensures that our platform can accommodate a wide range of assets, providing users with greater flexibility and choice.\n\n- Future-Proofing: As the ecosystem evolves, we can rapidly integrate new ERC20 tokens and other blockchain assets, ensuring that our platform remains relevant and competitive.\n\n5. Leveraging Optimism’s Scalability\n\n- Low-Cost Transactions: By building on Optimism, we leverage its Layer 2 scalability to offer low-cost and high-speed transactions. This is crucial for enabling micro-transactions and frequent interactions within our platform, making it accessible to a broader audience.\n\n- Efficient Resource Utilization: Optimism’s rollup technology allows us to maintain Ethereum’s security while significantly reducing gas fees and transaction times. This efficiency is essential for providing a seamless user experience and encouraging widespread adoption.\n\n6. Cross-Platform and Ecosystem Integration\n\n- Seamless Ecosystem Interactions: Our integration approach ensures that meTokens can interact seamlessly with other products within the Creative Organization DAO, such as Creative MDM, Creative TV, and the Genesis app. This creates a holistic ecosystem that enhances the overall user experience.\n\n- Interoperability: Utilizing standards and protocols that are widely supported within the blockchain community ensures that our platform remains interoperable with other DeFi and blockchain applications. This opens up opportunities for collaboration and integration with other projects within the Optimism and broader Superchain ecosystems.\n\nKey Benefits of Our Token Engineering Approach\n\n- Scalability and Efficiency: Leveraging Optimism’s Layer 2 solutions ensures scalable and efficient transactions, reducing costs and improving the user experience.\n    \n- Flexibility and Upgradability: The ERC2535 Diamond standard provides a flexible and upgradeable architecture, allowing for continuous improvement and adaptation.\n    \n- Enhanced Liquidity: Integration with Uniswap AMM and bonding curves ensures robust liquidity and dynamic pricing for meTokens.\n    \n- Stable Value: Backing meTokens with DAI provides stability, making them a reliable store of value for creatives and investors.\n\n- Broad Asset Support: The ability to support additional ERC20 tokens enhances flexibility and user choice.\n\n- Seamless Integration: Cross-platform integration within the Creative Organization DAO ecosystem ensures a cohesive and comprehensive user experience.", "hidden": false, "question": "Integration Approach: Explain how the project applies token engineering within OP", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Social infrastructure", "hidden": false, "question": "Project category ", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "Minimum Viable Product (MVP)", "hidden": false, "question": "Project stage: What stage do you consider your project is currently in? (F.e.: Plan, Proof of Concept (PoC), Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Fully integrated project)", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "As the sole member of the team currently driving the meTokens project, I bring a wealth of experience and deep expertise in blockchain technology, token engineering, and the Optimism ecosystem.\n\nBlockchain Experience:\n\n- Years of Experience: With 3 years of hands-on experience in the blockchain space, I have been deeply involved in various aspects of blockchain technology, from smart contract development to decentralized finance (DeFi) applications.\n\n- Project Involvement: I have supported and contributed to several well-known Web3 projects, helping them achieve significant milestones and adoption.\n\nToken Engineering:\n\n- ERC2535 Diamond Standard: Proficient in using the ERC2535 Diamond standard, I have developed modular and upgradeable smart contracts that allow for seamless integration and continuous improvement. This expertise ensures that the meTokens platform remains flexible and adaptable to future needs.\n\n- Uniswap AMM Integration: I have successfully integrated smart contracts with Uniswap’s Automated Market Maker (AMM), enabling dynamic pricing and liquidity provision for tokens. This experience is crucial for maintaining a healthy and active token ecosystem.\n\n- Bonding Curve Implementation: My knowledge of bonding curves allows me to design mechanisms that ensure stable and fair pricing for tokens, backed by assets such as DAI.\n\nOptimism Ecosystem:\n\n- Layer 2 Solutions: I have a strong understanding of Layer 2 solutions, specifically Optimism, and their benefits in terms of scalability, cost-efficiency, and transaction speed. This knowledge is instrumental in building a platform that leverages Optimism’s capabilities.\n\n- Deployment and Integration: I have successfully deployed smart contracts on Optimism and Base, demonstrating my ability to work with advanced blockchain infrastructures and ensure seamless integration with the broader Ethereum ecosystem.\n\nSkills and Tools\n\n- Smart Contract Development: Skilled in Solidity, I have developed and deployed complex contracts on various blockchain networks.\n\n- Blockchain Infrastructure: Experienced with thirdweb SDK for efficient blockchain interactions, including payment processing and NFT management.\n\n- DeFi Applications: Familiar with DeFi principles and applications, enabling me to design and implement robust financial instruments within the meTokens platform.\n\n- Community Building: Active in the blockchain community, I have built networks and partnerships that enhance project visibility and adoption.\n\nVision and Commitment\n\nMy main goal is to make a lasting impact on the entertainment industry using innovation and technology to help creatives earn a sustainable living from their intellectual property. By leveraging my expertise in blockchain technology and token engineering, I am committed to developing the meTokens platform to its full potential, ensuring it delivers significant value to the Optimism ecosystem and supports the financial empowerment of creatives worldwide.\n\nThis blend of technical expertise, hands-on experience, and a clear vision for the future positions me well to lead the meTokens project to success within the Optimism and broader Superchain ecosystems.", "hidden": false, "question": "Team Expertise: Provide a brief summary on the team’s background and relevant expertise in token engineering and/or OP", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Deployed Smart Contracts (Optimism)\nMetoken Factory: https://optimistic.etherscan.io/address/0x7BE650f4AA109377c1bBbEE0851CF72A8e7E915C\n\nDiamond Contract: https://optimistic.etherscan.io/address/0xdD830E2cdC4023d1744232a403Cf2F6c84e898D1\n", "hidden": false, "question": "Existing Work: Provide evidence of any existing work, such as prototypes, research papers, or previous projects. If you have already done work within OP/ Superchain, please include that here too", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": false, "question": "Returning grantees: If your project has received prior funding from the Token Engineering Grants Program, please describe the impact that funding has had on the project", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["I agree"], "hidden": false, "question": "Agreement checkbox: By checking this box, grantee commits to participating in the two milestones outlined below (exact dates will be communicated after your admission to the round): September: Milestone 1 requires completion of a grant profile in Grantee Accountability Protocol (GAP). The profile outlines the specific outcomes to be achieved by Milestone 2.  October: Milestone 2 requires a progress report on the grantee's progress towards achieving the outcomes agreed to in Milestone 1. ", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "No.", "hidden": false, "question": "Have you applied or are planning to apply for additional funding rounds within the Optimism ecosystem? https://sovs.notion.site/d24bc00e3ed14139beb44b82a5e145c5?v=50ae5a8b531641e0b78f39a710f3ffa6", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "Gitcoin", "hidden": true, "question": "How did you hear about the Token Engineering Grants Program?", "questionId": 14}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "The integration of meTokens within the Creative ecosystem is a strategic move that enhances the functionality and value of both the tokens and the ecosystem as a whole. By leveraging the unique capabilities of meTokens, the Creative Organization DAO can provide a comprehensive suite of tools and platforms that empower creatives, drive engagement, and foster sustainable financial models.", "hidden": false, "question": "Anything else you'd like to share about your project, previous work, or other project affiliations? 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The suite includes various applications designed to support creatives in managing their digital rights, distributing content, connecting with fans, and facilitating brand campaigns. Some key components of the Creative ecosystem include:\n\n1. **Genesis App**: A decentralized music and curator discovery application, currently sourcing content from Audius.\n2. **Creative MDM**: A mobile device management software reselling solution for businesses needing MDM solutions. It integrates with thirdweb for blockchain infrastructure and uses NFTs for authentication.\n3. **Creative TV**: A live-streaming and on-demand video platform built using Livepeer, where users can buy content using meTokens.\n4. **Voteflare**: An app that facilitates voting and engagement, integrated with POAP for voter rewards.\n5. **Fanverge**: A platform to connect fans and creatives, using Lens and Warpcast for engagement.\n6. **Work**: A platform for managing brand campaigns for creatives.\n7. **Marketplace**: A space for buying and selling creative works and services.\n\n**MeTokens** are a type of token used within the Creative ecosystem. Initially backed by DAI, they are minted through the diamond token factory contract on the Optimism and Base network. These tokens serve multiple purposes:\n\n1. **Monetization**: Creatives can mint and sell meTokens to generate revenue.\n2. **Access**: Users can purchase content, services, or memberships within the Creative ecosystem using meTokens.\n3. **Engagement**: Fans and patrons can support their favorite creatives by buying and holding meTokens, which can also be used to participate in the ecosystem's various activities and rewards programs.\n\nBy leveraging blockchain technology and innovative tokenomics, Creative aims to provide a sustainable economic model for creatives while ensuring secure and transparent transactions.", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "creativeplatform", "projectTwitter": "creativecrtv"}, "recipient": "0x48201F289d7c108B840571bce73FEf5E1d0C8a1c"}}