- What is the application process like?
- What support does ink!ubator offer?
- What is the role of the Curators?
- Where can I ask questions?
Ecosystem Grant applications must be submitted via Pull Requests in this repository. Curators will often leave initial feedback in your PRs and ask for more clarity or other changes. You must receive at least 4 approvals from Curators to be accepted. If your application is rejected then you will be notified via GitHub.
Builder Track and Auditor Track applications will be reviewed internally so that we can respect sensitive information about business ideas and plans. These application results will be given via email. If you are accepted then you will receive follow up information through Element.
Curators will review your application and reply within two weeks of submission.
The ink!ubator consists of three tracks - the Builder Track Auditor Track, and Ecosystem Grants. Each track offers different types of support.
The Builder Track offers a small grant for software development, funds to be used for smart sontract audit services provided by members in the Auditor Track, and PR reviews and technical support in their own private Element channel with core contributors to ink! and several blockchains supporting ink!.
The Auditor Track offers client work through the Builder Track and some Ecosystem Grant projects pending Curator's discretion, and technical support in a private Element channel with core contributors to ink! and several blockchains supporting ink!.
Participants in the Ecosystem Grants track will receive grants voted on by Curators, and will join a community of other grant recipients in Element to for technical support. Core ink! developers and contributors to several blockchains will be available to offer technical support based on availability.
The Curators are custodians of funds received by the Polkadot Treasury's Bounty. These funds were provided for the ink!ubator program in bulk, but its distribution is left up to the discretion of the Curators within the constraints of the program. All votes will be made public through an on-chain vote.
Join the ink!ubator public channel here.