KYN: The challenges

Closed
Project
Academic experience
150 hours per student
Student
Anywhere
Advanced level

Project scope

Categories
Communications Market research Operations Project management Product or service launch
Skills
planning communication revenue sharing resilience research
Details

With KYN (Know Your Neighbors) and the dApps (decentralized apps) we are creating on it, we have some fairly unique challenges:

  • translating benefits usually targeted at enterprises to people for everyday uses
  • translating bleeding edge tech geek-speak benefits to same
  • working to grow audiences in hyperlocal areas (150 person groups, located within 5 minutes or less walks) - Internet is optional
  • well-trod monetization models in novel tech environments - importantly, with zero exploitation (exploitation is not even possible, by design)

  • We also want to proceed in all things with social enterprise purposes in mind (digital inclusion, strong and independent identities, save the Internet, bring back the neighborhood, etc.)

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Goals

  • We would particularly like robust evaluation of our potential novel monetization options. What should we pursue now and in the 1-3 year time-frame? What options provide the best revenue sharing potential for our communities?
  • Due to the nature of the networks and broad spectrum utility, we are mainly targeting geographically. However, we would be interested in some analysis of the best neighborhood makeups to target for rapid adoption, easier communication, greater needs (which neighborhoods are loneliest, least resilient, etc.) and similar.
  • Our planning might include consideration and even research of potential partnerships with community organizations, developers, schools and similar. We will be pursuing some after proof of concept is achieved. We have several ideas in mind, and are wide open to suggestions. Identifying the best to pursue will help us a lot.
Deliverables
No deliverables exist for this project.
Mentorship

Off the top of our heads, we can do:

  • milestone meetings
  • scrum style check-ins (every few days, 5-10)

Open to other options.

About the company

Company
2 - 10 employees
Consumer goods & services, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society, It & computing

Web42 helps neighbors smoothly connect their lives and resources. We help expand local opportunities from within and without. We help bring back the neighborhood. We accomplish this with KYN (Know Your Neighbors) & its dApps.

KYN
• fully decentralized network of neighborhood networks
• By design, CAN’T be evil – Anonymized & decentralized, Web42 never sees neighbors’ data sans explicit request.
• Features incl. near-Sybil-proof self-sovereign identity, robust discuss/decide/do, community-safe anonymity help neighbors connect lives & resources like enterprises.
• Features incl. guardian identities & peer-verified community reps also mean better connections for marginalized

dApps
• human-centric
• support neighbors seamlessly accessing KYN’s power

Joelio
• 1st dApp
• helps:
o people make 3 close friends within a 5-minute walk
o neighbors build real-life webs-of-trust - integral to resilient & inclusive neighborhoods
o end cycles of loneliness and polarized distrust