The Proton Grant Program is funded by the Community Warchest from the Proton Development Fund.
In order to apply for a grant you must meet certain criteria and make your submission. Then the Proton Consortium will create a DAO Dash Proposal where the community will vote. Depending on the results of the DAO Dash, the proposal will be approved by the Proton Consortium.
There are also Recognition Grants that may be awarded to proven projects at the discretion of the Proton Consortium.
Individuals and companies are allowed to apply for grants. The purpose of these grants is to help developers and small businesses build on the Proton Blockchain. All types of projects are allowed to submit an application, but open source projects are preferred as you will see below. All applications must meet the following minimum requirements.
| Individual | Small Team | Company | |
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| Amount | Up to $5,000 | Up to $25,000 | Up to $100,000 |
| Open Source | Up to $10,000 | Up to $50,000 | Up to $200,000 |
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Special Company Grants may be considered for essential services and critical infrastructure that is used by the community and network.
Grant milestones will be monitored by the Proton Consortium and Core Developers.
- Fork this repo
- Go to the
applicationsfolder - Add File
your_project.md - Make a copy of contents from (applications/application-template.md)
- Paste the contents into your new file
- Fill out the template with the details of your own project
- When you're done, commit the changes directly to the
masterbranch - Create a Pull Request for
your_project.mdfile
After a grant is submitted, the Proton Consortium will decide if it meets the criteria to create a DAO Dash Proposal unless it is a Recognition or Special Company Grant in which case it may be approved internally by the Consortium.
The Proton Consortium may seek out clarifications and you may address any feedback in writing. If we don’t receive a reply within 2 weeks the application will be closed. You may resubmit your proposal.
Once the Proton Consortium agrees that the minimum criteria are met and terms and conditions have been signed, the Consortium will create the DAO Dash Proposal and the community will then have an opportunity to vote.
If the vote passes via DAO Dash then the Proton Consortium will create the msig for the first milestone and payment will be approved by 3 members of the Consortium.
Projects Milestones should be reported to the community via github and will be monitored by the Proton Consortium. Failure to disclose progress and deliverables will result in delayed payment for future milestones.
Payments are made in XPR at the time of the milestone sign off by the Proton Consortium and the proposal msig is approved by 3 Consortium members. For first time grant recipients the payment will be made on a per milestone basis.
Your Proposal should present a well researched or tested idea for which you can show some prior work. You should demonstrate that the project will be maintained after it has been deployed and show a clear commitment to the technology from you and your team.
You should show that your team has proven experience with Proton WebSDK or Antelope blockchain technology or a very strong technical background. It is recommended that you provide the GitHub profiles of your team members as part of your application. You can link to projects on other platforms. It is recommended that you have some presence in the Proton Blockchain community and clearly present how your project will be beneficial to the ecosystem.
This document is subject to change please check the latest version here on Github.