Encode Club educates, supports and backs the next-generation of university and hacker talent coming into blockchain. We work across 75 universities worldwide. We mainly organise educational programmes, hackathons and accelerators.
After the success of Polkadot's involvement in a recent Encode Club hackathon, we would like to extend our work, bring more adoption and new talent to the ecosystem.
We propose a year-long programme to build student involvement in the Polkadot ecosystem, including:
Please find more details in our proposal deck, attached here.
Our proposal is split across 5 tranches:
For the first tranche, we are asking for 1087.90 DOT (roughly £30,000) to cover the education series and curriculum. With this first tranche funding, we aim to achieve the milestone of delivering 8 events, with 50 universities participating and 1000-2000 students attending.
There are five tranches in total, these are:
Now: £30k to pay for the education series and curriculum
August 2021: £30k once the education series and curriculum is over to pay for hackathon
December 2021: £30k once the hackathon is over to pay for the accelerator.
December 2021 :up to £20k to reward hackers and pay prizes
April 2021: up to £30k to pay grants to the accelerator teams.
All milestone info is in the deck.
Encode Club is an organization that helps teach and support students who are interested in blockchain technology. They work with 75 universities around the world and organize educational programs, hackathons, and accelerators.
They recently had a successful hackathon with Polkadot and want to continue to bring more adoption and new talent to the ecosystem.
They propose a year-long program to build student involvement in the Polkadot ecosystem, which includes an education series and curriculum, a dedicated hackathon, and a dedicated accelerator.
They are asking for funding in five different parts, with the first part being £30,000 to cover the education series and curriculum.
The other parts of the funding will be used for the hackathon, accelerator, and to reward hackers and pay prizes. More information can be found in their proposal deck.