Application by: mmurthy
What is your project, and what problem does it solve?
Our product is called GAP - It's an onchain accountability protocol and impact measurement software for web3 communities. Funding programs in the crypto ecosystem lack a standardized method for builders to publish progress updates and funders to measure outcomes and impact. Our product can be used by builders to share progress on chain and communities to get visibility and measure impact.
Link to public GitHub repo (if applicable)
https://github.com/show-karma
Link to demo website (if applicable)
https://gap.karmahq.xyz/
Please describe in more detail why this proposal is valuable for the Livepeer ecosystem
These deliverables will provide transparency to the entire Livepeer ecosystem in understanding how the funds are being utilized by SPEs and the impact they are having on the Livepeer ecosystem.
Please describe in details what your final deliverable for this project will be.
By the end of grant period:
- We will create Livepeer community on GAP on Arbitrum network
- Onboard all the past projects onto GAP
- Continue to onboard upcoming SPEs on to GAP
- Get SPEs to post milestones and updates publicly visible to entire Livepeer community
- Integrate with Livepeer explorer
How will this deliverable benefit the Livepeer ecosystem?
These deliverables will provide transparency to the entire Livepeer ecosystem in understanding how the funds are being utilized by SPEs and the impact they are having on the Livepeer ecosystem.
Please break up your development work into a clear set of milestones
Number | Description | Deliverable | Amount | Start Date | End Date |
|---|
3 | Integration of GAP data into Livepeer explorer in read only mode. The SPEs and admins will still continue to utilize GAP website for management. The community can access all the information on Livepeer explorer. | Livepeer community members won't have to switch between multiple websites to get insights into the activities. Livepeer explorer will provide all the data from GAP. | $9,000.00 | August 1, 2025 UTC | October 31, 2025 UTC |
1 | This milestone is to onboard Livepeer community on to Karma GAP. One dev and support manager will be working to create the community and upload all the past SPE data. | Create Livepeer community and upload all SPE data on to GAP | $2,000.00 | April 28, 2025 UTC | May 2, 2025 UTC |
2 | Continue to onboard SPEs on to GAP. Help run onboarding calls and assist in crafting milestones and updates and provide ongoing support. | The outcomes of this milestone is to have a comprehensive, upto view of SPE activity and progress reports on Karma that any Livepeer community member can get visibility. | $9,000.00 | May 1, 2025 UTC | July 31, 2025 UTC |
What is the total amount requested (in USD)?
20000
Specify your team's long-term plans to maintain this software and upgrade it over time
Karma has many customers who successfully utilize GAP product. We are sustainable. Our core team of devs work on the product, enhance and upgrade the software on a daily basis.
Please describe (in words) your team's relevant experience, and why you think you are the right team to build this project. You can cite your team's prior experience in similar domains, doing similar dev work, individual team members' backgrounds, etc.
We believe Our team is uniquely positioned to deliver on this project thanks to a blend of deep domain expertise, proven technical chops, and a track record of shipping products in the the funding and DAO‑governance and impact‑measurement space.
Team
Mahesh Murthy (Founder & CEO) has 8+ years building on‑chain applications and has been building Karma for last 3 years in reputation and grant‑accountability tools.
Our team of devs and designer have decades of industry experience and have been shipping high quality projects for many years.
We have already partnered with small and large ecosystems such as Arbitrum, Celo, Regen network, Climate network, Octant, Gitcoin and many others who run multiple funding initiatives.
Together, this combination of vision, specialized engineering skills, and demonstrated success makes us the right team to build and scale our product for Livepeer.
Who is your target user group? How do you plan on getting your users to use this?
Our target user groups for Karma GAP fall into three primary categories:
- Grant Operators and Funders
- Project Builders and Grantees
- Ecosystem Integrators
We partner with many fundraising platforms to help solve the problem described in this document. These platforms are used by many communities who naturally find our value prop compelling.
How did you learn about the Livepeer Grants Program?
I have followed Livepeer for many years.
Was this project started at a hackathon or another web3 event? Which one?
No
Please include any additional information that you think would be useful in helping us to evaluate your proposal.
Application by: mmurthy
What is your project, and what problem does it solve?
Our product is called GAP - It's an onchain accountability protocol and impact measurement software for web3 communities. Funding programs in the crypto ecosystem lack a standardized method for builders to publish progress updates and funders to measure outcomes and impact. Our product can be used by builders to share progress on chain and communities to get visibility and measure impact.
Link to public GitHub repo (if applicable)
https://github.com/show-karma
Link to demo website (if applicable)
https://gap.karmahq.xyz/
Please describe in more detail why this proposal is valuable for the Livepeer ecosystem
These deliverables will provide transparency to the entire Livepeer ecosystem in understanding how the funds are being utilized by SPEs and the impact they are having on the Livepeer ecosystem.
Please describe in details what your final deliverable for this project will be.
By the end of grant period:
How will this deliverable benefit the Livepeer ecosystem?
These deliverables will provide transparency to the entire Livepeer ecosystem in understanding how the funds are being utilized by SPEs and the impact they are having on the Livepeer ecosystem.
Please break up your development work into a clear set of milestones
Integration of GAP data into Livepeer explorer in read only mode. The SPEs and admins will still continue to utilize GAP website for management. The community can access all the information on Livepeer explorer.
Livepeer community members won't have to switch between multiple websites to get insights into the activities. Livepeer explorer will provide all the data from GAP.
This milestone is to onboard Livepeer community on to Karma GAP. One dev and support manager will be working to create the community and upload all the past SPE data.
Create Livepeer community and upload all SPE data on to GAP
Continue to onboard SPEs on to GAP. Help run onboarding calls and assist in crafting milestones and updates and provide ongoing support.
The outcomes of this milestone is to have a comprehensive, upto view of SPE activity and progress reports on Karma that any Livepeer community member can get visibility.
What is the total amount requested (in USD)?
20000
Specify your team's long-term plans to maintain this software and upgrade it over time
Karma has many customers who successfully utilize GAP product. We are sustainable. Our core team of devs work on the product, enhance and upgrade the software on a daily basis.
Please describe (in words) your team's relevant experience, and why you think you are the right team to build this project. You can cite your team's prior experience in similar domains, doing similar dev work, individual team members' backgrounds, etc.
We believe Our team is uniquely positioned to deliver on this project thanks to a blend of deep domain expertise, proven technical chops, and a track record of shipping products in the the funding and DAO‑governance and impact‑measurement space.
Team
Mahesh Murthy (Founder & CEO) has 8+ years building on‑chain applications and has been building Karma for last 3 years in reputation and grant‑accountability tools.
Our team of devs and designer have decades of industry experience and have been shipping high quality projects for many years.
We have already partnered with small and large ecosystems such as Arbitrum, Celo, Regen network, Climate network, Octant, Gitcoin and many others who run multiple funding initiatives.
Together, this combination of vision, specialized engineering skills, and demonstrated success makes us the right team to build and scale our product for Livepeer.
Who is your target user group? How do you plan on getting your users to use this?
Our target user groups for Karma GAP fall into three primary categories:
We partner with many fundraising platforms to help solve the problem described in this document. These platforms are used by many communities who naturally find our value prop compelling.
How did you learn about the Livepeer Grants Program?
I have followed Livepeer for many years.
Was this project started at a hackathon or another web3 event? Which one?
No
Please include any additional information that you think would be useful in helping us to evaluate your proposal.