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Project Catalyst

Create, fund and deliver the future of Cardano.

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Project Catalyst

Project Catalyst is an experiment in community innovation, providing a framework to turn ideas into impactful real world projects. We’re putting the community at the heart of Cardano’s future development. Are you ready for the Challenge?

A proposer is someone who submits a proposal to Cardano Project Catalyst to be funded by the treasury. They have an understanding of a problem and an idea on how to solve it. Proposers are the ideas people, ones that see the bigger picture, identify needs, look to plug gaps. They are visionaries. A proposal is the way to communicate the idea to the community.

A voter is holds ada and actively participates in the governance of Cardano Project Catalyst. They are the ultimate deciders of the direction of the project. The review proposers proposals and vote up or vote down the proposals they would like or dislike to see implemented. They are the stewards of Cardano and by voting they bring Cardano closer to its vision.

A Community Advisor (CA) is a community member participates in the quality assurance of proposals. They have the task of reviewing proposals submitted to a given fund and supplying quality information to voters and proposers. Further, a community advisors is anyone who participates in the community to develop, assist, advise, improve… project catalyst.

Innovate together

Got an Idea? Create an impactful proposal and collaborate with the community to develop and refine it.

Vote for your favorite ideas

Use a voting app to choose ideas with impact worth funding. Get rewarded in ada for taking part.

​Stay up to date

Receive regular updates on all the funded ideas, so you can follow along and see how things are progressing.