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Proposal #814
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Funding Proposal: Supporting Public Goods - Ping Dashboard
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Proposal #814 description
Change log:
2023-06-29 Created initial post
2023-07-05: Updated proposal details and funding request
2023-08-07: Add Recipient Address
Summary:
We are submitting this grant proposal to request funding for the ongoing support and development of Ping Dashboard, the leading open source explorer used by numerous projects within the Cosmos ecosystem. Ping Dashboard plays a critical role in providing essential infrastructure and tools for blockchain exploration. With over 500 forks and listed on 90+ mainnets, Ping Dashboard has demonstrated widespread adoption and impact. We have been working on Ping Dashboard with love for several years, dedicating our time and expertise to make it a valuable resource for the Cosmos community. The requested funds will be used to ensure Ping Dashboard remains a reliable and feature-rich platform, benefiting the wider Cosmos community.
Details:
Ping Dashboard is designed as a basic tool for exploring Cosmos blockchain data, focusing on common functions such as delegation, transfer, and voting. With the rapid growth of the Cosmos ecosystem, we aim to upgrade Ping Dashboard to meet the evolving needs of the community.
Goals:
- Continuous Improvement: Allocate resources for regular maintenance, bug fixes, and performance optimizations to ensure Ping Dashboard remains reliable and up-to-date.
- User Experience Enhancements: Implement user feedback to enhance the interface, making Ping Dashboard more intuitive, visually appealing, and user-friendly.
- Feature Development: Integrate new functionalities based on community needs, such as support for consumer chains, IBC transaction queries, Wasm Contract Inter-operation, and real-time monitoring.
- Modular Framework: Improve the architecture to ensure scalability, flexibility, and easy integration of new modules.
- Performance Improvement: Optimize the performance of Ping Dashboard to handle increased user traffic and data volumes.
Tasks:
- Framework upgrade: Upgrade from Vue 2.0 to 3.0, migrate from JavaScript to TypeScript.
- Customization: Improve SDK version compatibility, enable multilingual support and internationalization, allow module and API customization, and optionally introduce theme customization.
- Wallets Integration: Integrate with popular wallets such as Metamask, Wallet Connect, Cosmostation, and Leap.
- New Features: Enhance support for provider and consumer chains, introduce new IBC features and improvements including transfer and query functionalities, enhance governance capabilities, improve search functionality, enable wallet integration, WASM smart contract integration and EVM module integration.
- Widget System: Develop a widget system and more widgets for extensibility and flexibility.
Milestones:
https://github.com/ping-pub/explorer/issues/294
Funding Request:
The requested funding amount for the Ping Dashboard grant proposal is 30,000 ATOM, which is approximately equivalent to ~250,000 USD based on the current exchange rate. This amount is based on a thorough assessment of the development and maintenance costs required to achieve the project goals outlined above. It includes expenses related to development resources, infrastructure maintenance, community support, and ongoing improvements to ensure the long-term sustainability and impact of Ping Dashboard.
Recipient: cosmos1ev0vtddkl7jlwfawlk06yzncapw2x9quyxx75u
Forum post link: https://forum.cosmos.network/t/funding-proposal-supporting-public-goods-ping-dashboard/10964
IPFS LINK: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmX9puSkh1AD5oHxPG5L8ye3Xve8gELY2TccS1wrAuk98h
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- YES: Approve the grant proposal
- NO: Reject the grant proposal
- NO WITH VETO: Indicate a veto vote if the proposal is deemed spam, disproportionately infringes on minority interests, or violates the rules of engagement
- ABSTAIN: Contribute to quorum without voting for or against the proposal