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<div data-td-block-uid="td_uid_54_605ca7c6d82cd"><div><a href="https://iohk.io/">Input Output</a> published the list of new projects that will receive the Project Catalyst fund. These teams work on innovative upgrades on Cardano, and the fund will help them progress faster. The ultimate goal is to help the creative groups expand the Cardano ecosystem. The initial fund in Project Catalyst is $250,000 that will be rewarded to 11 chosen teams.<h2>Helping the Community Growth</h2>Funds are standard solutions from companies to encourage and help developers. In the blockchain world, funds are critical because they help startup teams develop their projects faster. The final result will be more active developers in a community. The community will be more successful in attracting new users that will help the industry grow. Input Output is one of the most vital supporters of the Cardano community. Their Project Catalyst program aims to help development teams faster and easier.The new fund from Project Catalyst is named Fund2. It&rsquo;s the first stage in a roadmap called Voltaire. The main goal is to attract and encourage developers to find innovative ideas that help the Cardano community grow. The Fund2 project participants pitched, debated, refined, and voted on proposals using real ADA tokens. It was the first time that such projects were managed by the token.<img src="image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=&#039;http://www.w3.org/2000/svg&#039;%20viewBox=&#039;0%200%20696%20252&#039;%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" width="696" height="252" data-lazy-srcset="https://crypto-economy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/catalyst.jpg 696w, https://crypto-economy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/catalyst-300x109.jpg 300w" data-lazy-sizes=" 696px) 100vw, 696px" data-lazy-src="https://crypto-economy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/catalyst.jpg">After days of evaluating and voting for/against the projects, 11 proposals are chosen to receive the $250,000 fund. These proposals focus on solutions that attract new developers to the community. Each of them proposes a new upgrade in the Cardano blockchain that eases the development processes.PoolTool platform upgrade is one of the winners of the Fund2 that focuses on offering additional products to stake pool operators. The ultimate goal of this proposal is to improve infrastructure diversity in the blockchain. Other winning proposals are:<ul><li>Ouroboros over RINA</li><li>Haskell/Plutus/Marlowe education</li><li>Create a message-signing standard</li><li>Liqwid: Cardano lending markets for decentralized finance</li><li>Cardano for mobile DApp developers</li><li>GimbaLabs &ndash; starter kits and tools</li><li>Lovelace Academy for Marlowe and Plutus</li><li>Sign Tx Arduino</li><li>Pet Registry DApp with &#8371;Pay:</li><li>Japan Cardano Governance Association: Meetings &amp; Communities &amp; Podcasts</li></ul>Project Catalyst will be more active in 2021, encouraging developers to be more involved in the Cardano community. According to the&nbsp;<a href="https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2021/01/12/project-catalyst-%E2%80%93-the-first-winning-proposals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">announcement post</a>&nbsp;by Dor Garbash:&ldquo;We have bold and ambitious plans for Project Catalyst in 2021, with ADA worth millions of dollars being made available to fund innovation on Cardano. Submission for proposals for Fund3 will open tomorrow, don&rsquo;t miss out on the opportunity to make your voice heard.&rdquo;<hr>If you found this article interesting, here you can find more&nbsp;<a href="https://crypto-economy.com/cryptocurrencies/cardano-news/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cardano News</a></div></div><div data-td-block-uid="td_uid_60_605ca7c6df6ab"><div><a href="https://crypto-economy.com/author/mehdi/"><img src="image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=&#039;http://www.w3.org/2000/svg&#039;%20viewBox=&#039;0%200%2096%2096&#039;%3E%3C/svg%3E" width="96" height="96" alt="Mehdi Zare" data-lazy-src="https://crypto-economy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/mehdi-150x150.png"></a><div><a href="https://crypto-economy.com/author/mehdi/">Mehdi Zare</a><a href=""></a>I am a young father who always loves to learn. Security and privacy topics are my main interests, and so, blockchain as one of the most strong security and privacy solutions of the modern industry excites me too.</div></div></div>

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11 Cardano Projects Will Receive an initial Fund from Project Catalyst

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<a href="https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Blockchain.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/wp-content/plugins/a3-lazy-load/assets/images/lazy_placeholder.gif" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Blockchain-600x511.jpg" alt="" width="356" height="303" srcset="" data-srcset="https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Blockchain-600x511.jpg 600w, https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Blockchain-300x255.jpg 300w, https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Blockchain-1024x871.jpg 1024w, https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Blockchain-768x653.jpg 768w, https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Blockchain-200x170.jpg 200w, https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Blockchain-140x119.jpg 140w, https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Blockchain.jpg 1200w" sizes=" 356px) 100vw, 356px"></a>IOHK (or Input Output Hong Kong), an organization focused on supporting open-source projects such as Cardano (ADA), a major platform for building decentralized applications (dApps), has announced the first winning proposals for Project Catalyst.
The community has spoken and 11 initiatives are now expected to acquire funding in order to further enhance the <a href="https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/tag/cardano/">Cardano</a> ecosystem.
As explained by <a href="https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/tag/iohk/">IOHK</a>, Project Catalyst is &ldquo;an ongoing experiment&rdquo; in exploring or looking into different ways that &ldquo;decentralized&rdquo; innovation and collaboration can be carried out &ldquo;at its highest level.&rdquo; As the initial stage in the Voltaire roadmap, it aims to challenge ecosystem participants to &ldquo;pool their ingenuity, creativity and passion to identify ground-breaking projects that support Cardano&rsquo;s growth,&rdquo; the IOHK team noted.
Fund2 was reportedly the first time that Project Catalyst participants had the opportunity to pitch, debate, refine, and vote on various proposals using &ldquo;real&rdquo; ADA, which is the native cryptocurrency for Cardano&rsquo;s distributed ledger technology (DLT) network. As confirmed by IOHK, this was &ldquo;aimed at enhancing and bringing new value to Cardano.&rdquo;
As <a href="https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2021/01/12/project-catalyst-the-first-winning-proposals/">mentioned</a> in blog post published by IOHK:
&ldquo;We challenged Fund2 participants to come up with ways to encourage Cardano ecosystem development in the next six months. With an available initial ADA fund worth $250,000, we are able to fund 11 proposals.&rdquo;
The IOHK team confirmed the following funded proposals as part of Fund2:
PoolTool platform upgrade: This project aims to open up &ldquo;avenues to build businesses and applications on Cardano that differentiate between stake pool operators by offering additional products.&rdquo; This update is aimed at promoting infrastructure &ldquo;diversity&rdquo; across the Cardano ecosystem.
Ouroboros over RINA: Deploying a proof of concept (PoC) stake pool and relay solution of Ouroboros over RINA by using &ldquo;Ethernet/WDM at two sites in Tokyo, Japan.&rdquo;
Haskell/Plutus/Marlowe education: Developing educational material or content that aims to convey complex ideas and information in a structured manner, &ldquo;supplemented with examples that inspire ideas.&rdquo; This proposal aims to &ldquo;make it easier for new developers and entrepreneurs.&rdquo;
Create a message-signing standard: &ldquo;Generating a message-signing standard to prove reserves, identity, and stake pool delegation. &ldquo;
Liqwid: Cardano lending markets for decentralized finance or DeFi: Developing an open-source, non-custodial liquidity protocol to &ldquo;earn interest on deposits and borrow assets on Cardano.&rdquo;
Cardano for mobile (decentralized application) dApp developers: &ldquo;Turning mobile platforms into the first-class citizens of the DApp world with mobile SDKs, mobile-first DApp experience and app store compatibility.&rdquo;
GimbaLabs &ndash; starter kits and tools: GimbaLabs is a startup platform &ldquo;providing free and open source APIs, lessons, and project-based learning resources to help people bring their ideas to life on Cardano and so drive adoption of the blockchain.&rdquo;
Lovelace Academy for Marlowe and Plutus: Establishing an online academy &ldquo;to attract, inspire and educate individuals and companies to create applications on Cardano&rsquo;s smart contract and native assets platform.&rdquo;
Sign Tx Arduino: Starting a library for code written in the C programming language that is &ldquo;compatible with the Arduino development environment.&rdquo; Sign local Cardano transactions in advance of smart contracts &ldquo;being available to enable applications for the internet of things (IoT).&rdquo;
Pet Registry DApp with &#8371;Pay: Helping developers &ldquo;accept ADA payments on websites.&rdquo; The Pet Registry DApp, built on &#8371;Pay, will &ldquo;service a global audience in a cheaper, better way.&rdquo; Devs are &ldquo;inspired by successful apps and the tools needed to build them, By creating both, we can inspire and accelerate devs and their solutions.&rdquo;
Japan Cardano Governance Association: Meetings &amp; Communities &amp; Podcasts: &ldquo;supporting online/offline meetups, governance podcasts etc. for our Japanese community.&rdquo;
As confirmed by IOHK, each funded team will get their ADA tokens by the end of this month, so that they&rsquo;re able to start on their projects and hopefully bring them to life in the foreseeable future. IOHK also mentioned that they&rsquo;re now looking forward to seeing the impact of these initiatives on the evolving Cardano ecosystem.
While 11 ideas or projects have acquired funding for now, there are several other legitimate contenders that managed to meet the community voting threshold. However, these initiatives still missed out on funding this time around. As noted by IOHK, certain projects were able to secure &ldquo;community funding.&rdquo; There were also some initiatives that had been approved for funding by the community, however, the treasury didn&rsquo;t have enough funding needed to support their proposals for the time being.
IOHK added:
&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll be encouraging these proposers to resubmit their ideas for the just-launched Fund3 where relevant (with its focus on the DApp ecosystem) and we hope to see the best of these funded by the community next time. We have bold and ambitious plans for Project Catalyst in 2021, with ADA worth millions of dollars being made available to fund innovation on Cardano. Submission for proposals for Fund3 [reportedly opened on January 13, 2021].&rdquo;

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