Ecosystem Grants
General purpose funding for all types of contributions to the Atleta ecosystem!
Even though ATLETA emphasizes its focus on the Sports vertical, the ecosystem grants are open to projects from all categories! However, it is important to understand that the category of a project will heavily influence its likelihood and terms of acceptance. Apply here: "ATLETA Grant Program"
Grant Categories
Below we list some areas of interest for ATLETA, briefly describe why they are important, and provide some simple examples.
💱 DEFI
As the premier category of Web3, Decentralized Finance remains one of the most sought after and important elements of an ecosystem's application infrastructure level. Help amplify the diversity of DEFI on Atleta to bring accessible, transparent, and secure DAPPS to users around the world.
Lending: Lend, borrow, and leverage crypto assets.
Stablecoin Issuers: CDPs or algorithmic models to bring native stablecoins to Atleta.
Liquid Staking: Users put assets to work while being able to remain liquid by having a LST system.
RWA Tokenization: Bringing legacy/analogue economic asset on-chain by digitizing real-world assets
Optimizers: Portfolio automation/management tools
Bridges: Connect blockchains to enable the transference of assets and messages.
Launchpads: Platform for crypto projects to tap into the power of crowdfunding.
Aggregators: User friendly, platform neutral service providers that unite liquidity and abstract away complexity.
📱 Gaming & Sports Dapps
Tightly coupled with ATLETAs core focus, decentralized applications in the Gaming and Sports sectors are welcome with open arms. Here, the nature of applications can vary radically given the element of novelty; therefore the performance capabilities of ATLETA make it the perfect network for experimentation.
Fantasy Leagues Peer-to-peer, competitive, turn-by-turn games, something like sorare.
Fan tokens Non-financial instruments that signal affiliation.
Sport DAOs Decentralized Autonomous Organizations for coordinating communities on-chain.
SportFi Financialized instruments derived from primitives found in Sports.
Discovery Platform News, videos, community building, marketplaces, reviews, dapps.
👨🏫 Education
Teach the world about blockchain, sharing technical information, answer questions, distribute some cryptos and spearhead the growth of the Web3 industry. Make the complex comprehensive and the confusing clear. Communicate, Inspire, and Inform.
Video Series Long or Short form.
Blog Posting Long or Short form.
Social Content Weekly threads that breakdown Atleta (technology, architecture, philosophy, etc.)
Host IRL meetups Get funding from Treasury for venue/event, invite everybody, enjoy. Get a developer jam session going in downtown Manhattan, gather at the local bookstore or coffee shop with ideas to discuss, etc.
Host Virtual Courses Create online tutorials, AMA sessions, or live streams on twitch.
📢 Marketing
Make. Them. Notice. Evangelize, promote, and spread the good word of ATLETA everywhere.
Content Dripping Memes, videos, blogs, tweets, PRs, anything that gets ATLETA in front of audience Eyes.
Co-host AMA's Hop on Twitter/X, jam out on a spaces and Promote ATLETA
Introductions to networks Recruit influential groups of people to collaborate.
Try a physical Marketing tactic Get a billboard, some merchandise, and launch a treasure hunt.
Surprise Guest Get presented on screen as a partner, or receive endorsement during an Event such as FIFA.
📚 Research
Build up Atleta's intellectual armor. At the intersection of computer science, cryptography, economics, behavioral psychology, mathematics, human performance, and other dense subject matters, ATLETA spans multiple industries and is pushing the limits of legacy institutions. We invite you to challenge the status quo with eloquence; prove the maths wrong, prove the thesis right, push the limits of modern science.
Research paper value delta between medical and financial data
Research paper consumer behavior of Web3 sport enthusiasts
Research paper fHE and parallelization
Competitor Analysis Conduct in depth analysis of 30 other alternative layer 1 blockchains
Conduct SWOT analysis Objective report on the publics perception of ATLETA
🏗 Infrastructure
Infrastructure projects focus on developing core components of blockchains, such as nodes, validators, and APIs. These projects are essential for stable and efficient operation of the network and lay the foundation for all other types of blockchain applications.
Interoperability boosts Bring over communications primitives such as GMP, CCIP, IBC, etc..
Privacy Circuits Nudge our exploration of fHE further with zk expressiveness.
Token Standards Integrate existing token standards into the smart contract suite
OPcode optimizations Speed up computation, strengthen security, decrease costs, increase throughput, reduce latency.
Client Diversity Build a new software client for validators to run ATLETA
🧰 Tooling
This category includes projects aimed at creating tools for developers that simplify the building, testing, and deployment of blockchain applications. These projects are crucial for supporting and developing the blockchain ecosystem, making development accessible and streamlining the builder UX.
Simulators to Analyze code before deploying Scanner to detect anomalies and proactively secure code while it is being written
New Libraries Smart contract templates, alternative languages,
Smart contract IDE Special purpose optimized interface for development on ATLETA
Out-of-the-box Analytical Interfaces to Monitor dApps post-launch Help developers transition smoothly
♻ Other
This category covers projects that do not directly fit into the aforementioned categories but have the potential to make a significant contribution to the blockchain ecosystem. These could be innovative solutions in sports, defi, tooling, and other sectors.
General Content Videos, gifs, memes, blogs, posts, brand packages, audio files, stickers, and anything in between
Simplify UX/UI Create alternative UI for all ecosystemic products (staking, governance)
New Explorer Connect or build new Block explorer for on-chain analysis
Analytics Interface Connect to or build an analytics dashboard to track on-chain activity
Paper wallet Generator to create physical, cold storage wallets on ATLETA
Alternative ATLA crypto wallets Telegram, browser extension, mobile, web, alternatives for wallets
Want funding and support?
Ready to build the next biggest Dapp?
Think you have what it takes to supercharge ATLETA's architecture? Apply here 👉 "ATLETA Grant Program"👈
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