# BOLT.FUN 2022 Grant Proposal
Mass adoption of Bitcoin requires use cases that will come from people of different skillsets, perspectives, and team formations. We are creating a community space for makers to learn about and experiment with bitcoin and lightning, together.

Our mission is to support the evolution of bitcoin as the internet’s native currency by fostering an ecosystem that allows the rapid, accessible, and fun creation of applications that apply the technology.

###### How are we doing it?
- **Community:** For some key phases bolt.fun is already reaching the top of search results (try searching for keysend, or lnurl). There is a lack of tutorials for creating bitcoin applications that cannot be filled by a couple of writers. We want to encourage more original user generated content that would supplement our hackathons and the wider ecosystem. More specifically we're building our community platform with Bounties, Stories, and a Hackathon Directory.
- **Product Directory:** Small amounts of money go a long way in bitcoin, but the progress of the projects, and growth of the maker is quite opaue. Our directory not only serves as a place to discover lightning applications but also supports the maker providing updates in the form of standup reporting.
- **Maker Profiles:** During our first #ShocktheWeb⚡️ hackathon, we observed the diffiulty for participants to form teams with each other as they had no context of who the other does, what types of problems they're interested in working on. Makers can show their activity, products + teams, skills, badges, stories, and more.
- **Resources:** Providing design, development, and educational resources for makers to build lightning enabled products. Features include Courses, Guides, UI Kits, + more.
- **Hackathons:** A cornerstone for engagement and education is our quarterly virtual #ShockTheWeb⚡️ hackathons with sats prizes for makers to form teams and get hands on experience building lightning web applications.

We are looking for grant to support us in the continued development of BOLT🔩FUN's platform, community as well as our quarterly #ShocktheWeb⚡️ virtual hackathons over the next year.

###### What can you expect?
- Monthly updates as we develop the platform, and grow the community
- Reports on the outcomes of the hackathons
- Published findings of novel use cases that arise from our own research, or community projects

###### What this funding could help us achieve?
| **Feature** | **Cost** | **Timeframe** |
| ---| ---| --- |
| **Products** | Total: $20,000 | Q3, 2022 |
| **Community** | Total: $42,500 | Q3, 2022 |
| Hackathon Playbook | $2500 | Q3, 2022 |
| Profiles + Auth | $20,000 | Q3, 2022 |
| Stories | $5000 | Q3, 2022 |
| Questions | $5000 | Q3, 2022 |
| Bounties | $10,000 | Q1, 2023 |
| Nostr R&D | $1000 | Q1, 2023 |
| Ambassador Program | $10,000 | Q1, 2023 |
| **Tools** | Total: $ | |
| Courses + Quiz | $10,000 | Q4, 2022 |
| Guide | | Q4, 2022 |
| Lightning UI Kit | | Q4, 2022 |
| **Hackathons** | Total: $30k | |
| Shock The Web 2 | $10,000 | June 16th - 19th |
| Shock The Web 3 | $10,000 | Sep 15th - 18th |
| Shock The Web 4 | $10,000 | Dec 15th - 18th |
| Shock The Web: El Salvador | $1000 | Dec 15th - 18th |
| **Running costs** | Total: $4256 | Annual |
| Figma | $2700 | |
| ClickUp | $1000 | |
| Netlify | $456 | |
| Discord | $100 | |
| Cracking memes | $Priceless |

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each feature adds a new level of engagement
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