BLOCKCHAIN RIO - PROPOSAL FOR DISCUSSION

The citation of People, Institutions and Projects in this proposal is for DOCUMENTARY nature only and DOES NOT MEAN any kind of ADHESION, PREVIOUS SUPPORT or that the ideas presented here ARE NOT SUBJECT TO QUESTIONS. This is a project under construction and that aims at consensus. It has an INCLUSIVE and AGGREGATE character. We are in the middle of this process.

1. About the Event - Summary

In September, the Blockchain Rio event takes place in Rio de Janeiro. Its program includes the leading names and authorities that move the scenarios of technology, innovation, academia, government, culture, legislation, social movements and sustainability, among others in Brazil. All focused on a single theme - Blockchain.

It will be an unprecedented event in terms of thematic and dimensioning for the country. In fact, a gigantic panel will take place on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th, at Pier Mauá, an area revitalized for the World Cup and the Olympics and which today hosts the biggest and most significant events in Brazil. After all, Rio de Janeiro is the city where all the news happens and from there it spreads throughout the country, including São Paulo, the financial heart of Latin America.

The event will also take place in the first week of Rock in Rio. Which is excellent. Because Rio receives people from all over for the Festival. And as Rock in Rio has a very varied schedule (on the 1st Iron Maiden, on the 2nd Post Malone and on the 3rd Justin Bieber) and is also sold out, there will be a lot of people who came to the Festival walking around the city looking for a big event with hype. We believe that Blockchain Rio will be this option, as its place of realization is known precisely because of this.

Introduction

We are committed to this proposal for some reasons. The first refers to the delay we are experiencing in the country in relation to the adoption of WEB3 technologies. There is a lot of interest in fact (which was very clear from the results we had with Polkadot DECODED Rio) but there is a lack of greater understanding of DOTSAMA (which is recognized in qualitative terms but without people really knowing the reasons for this).

At the same time, we realized throughout our survey that there is already a plan in place that will bring many students from underserved areas of our city to the event and we also want DOTSAMA to be perceived as an inclusive community.
That's why we invited GBaci, Nigerian and author of Polkadot for Beginners, to be one of our keynote speakers. His book (which will be physically launched at the event with the support of RMRK) symbolizes how the third world can actually contribute actively to DOTSAMA. And we believe his presence is indeed an example for all these young people.

Along with GBaci we also invited Bruno Skvorc (RMRK) and we are waiting for this confirmation to materialize. To adjust this project it was necessary to make radical cost cuts. And if Skvorc accepts our invitation, it will be done through RMRK's own resources.

Dan Reecer (Acala) and the Founders of GLMR Apes (MrTin and Mar1) were already scheduled and are expected to join us for this party. Well, Acala needs no introduction. About GLMR Apes, it's the most successful NFT Collection on the Moonbeam Network, and also a great example of how to build a worldwide DAO in weeks - no Backers, no Grants. Only with the strength of DOTSAMA. This is another story that we think is inspiring for everyone.

Our participation in the event will be inclusive and we are now inviting all active members of the DOTSAMA ecosystem to be with us. Our production will be open to anyone who wants to expose their projects and ideas (until 15/08/2022), whether they are Ambassadors or Representatives of Parachains, Dapps and Teams. Just get in touch by email: [email protected].

Blockchain Rio will be many things at once. A unique opportunity to establish ties with corporate, institutional and government decision-makers. And also to make contact with students (college, university and even postgraduates), developers and creative professionals. All of it in a country of continental size marked by a festive culture and which is open to understanding and applying our knowledge.

For this, we are building a physical structure that allows DOTSAMA to hijack the narrative of the event for itself. It will be a playful and
Instagrammable space, in which we will receive guests from Blockchain Rio itself to establish these bonds. In the intervals of this programming (which is still in the process of definition), we will also use this space as a cinema, showing part of the subtitled material on our Polkadot Brasil channel.

2. Proposal History

This proposal is the result of two months of intense discussions involving its developers and also a lot of feedback that we get after initially publishing a feasibility study that currently has two versions:

2.1. First Version
In this study, we did scenario mapping, a study of strengths and weaknesses, and overall costs for a very strong presence based on a total occupancy strategy. After evaluating several points, we came to the conclusion that everything would be too expensive ($1,034,639.30) and would involve a lot of logistics and we discarded many items to develop a second version.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wsSkAK2Cx0pcW2iMSz35kZxOrPrizUnvp8Eh2iDdMck/edit?usp=sharing

2.2. Second Version
This second version was generated after feedback that involved opinions that came to us from Úrsula O'kuinghttons (W3 Foundation and Parity), Ezio Rojas (Parity), Maarmapa (HEAD Ambassador LATAM), Lauro Gripa (HEAD Ambassador Portuguese Community), Raul Romanutti (from Council), and ecosystem specialists in events. After evaluating many suggestions and referrals, we recalculated costs to $661,093.60. All these feedbacks resulted not only in the reduction of these budget but also in an improvement in the overall quality of our presence.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-1u6CO8xpPPWRwzGpgpwaIFl_sQuxdUrjAUwTvwDp4/edit?usp=sharing

2.3. This Current Version
All of these previous discussions took time to produce, document, and debug. And our initial intention was to send these values ​​separated into two proposals in a proportion of 80% for Polkadot and 20% for Kusama. As time does not allow us to do that now, we again redirected our efforts to generate an even lowest cost version that we could send only through Kusama, guaranteeing the necessary liquidity to already have resources available for initial expenses at the same moment of approval (Francisco Carvalho, organizer of Blockchain Rio, guaranteed us these advances), which would be reimbursed as soon as the funds arrived. This version does not contain all the elements of the previous ones. But it is based on maintaining our initial vision, given this current scenario.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M4S7evZXYwOQNyo0rEGy93Gp_rNKcmLzwNFggABansE/edit?usp=sharing