KSM RFP #1 - Shielded Kusama Hub Transfers - $50k Total Prize!

This RFP was adapted over several weeks on AAG to turn a treasury proposal in discussion to an RFP with refined scope and oversight. To apply for the prize pls fill out this form.  

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Prize Pool: $43,000
Finder’s Fee: $2,000 **
Supervisors: $5,000

Supervisors (Bounty Curators)

• Flipchan
• Byte (Erin)
• James Slusser

Excess or unused funds will be returned to the treasury by Bounty Curators.

Timeline

Monday, March 17 - AAG Discussion & this forum post! ✅
Monday, March 24 - Single-ref Bounty + Curators ✅
4 Weeks after Bounty Funding - Submission Deadline Thursday
July 31 - Project Completion (Pending Kusama Hub Launch)

Project Scope

Smart Contract Development

• A Solidity-based smart contract deployed on Kusama Hub
• ZK enabled for private deposits & withdrawals
• Compatibility with all Kusama Hub assets

User Interface

• Browser-based, mobile-ready UI hosted on IPFS
• Support for: Deposits, Withdrawals, Transfers, XCM Transfers
• Compatible with popular ecosystem wallets (Nova Wallet, Talisman, Subwallet)

Anti-correlation Attack Mitigations:

• Fixed deposit amounts (e.g. 1, 10, 100, 1000 units)
• Batch payouts for withdrawals to multiple users
  Interoperability
• Ability to receive assets via XCM from any Kusama-connected parachain and transfer them to Kusama Hub for use in shielded pool.

Open-Source Delivery

• All code (smart contracts and UI) published under the MIT license
• Publicly accessible repositories Project updates shared transparently via Polkassembly, Subsquare, or Polkadot Forum from Team with Milestone deliveries
• Developer & User documentation

Milestones

Milestone 1, Initial Pools & Basic UI:
$16,200 USD
1 month

1. Tests - Smart contract test
2. Smart contract - ZK shielded smart contract with KSM and multi asset support on Westend or Paseo
3. Basic UI - A basic UI for interacting with the smart contract

Milestone 2, UI + XCM:
$9,900
1 month

1. Tests - tests for all features
2. User interface design - UI design
3. XCM transfers - XCM transfer assets in UI
4. Fixed amount transfer only - Allow fixed amount transfers in the UI

Milestone 3, Mainnet Deployment:
$16,900
1 - 1.5 months

1. Contract Migration to Kusama Assethub - Migrate contract from Testnet to Kusama Hub
2. Public documentation - Documentation for using Kusama shield and developer integration documentation
3. Test - tests for contract
4. V1 UI - User tested & something we can be proud of

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** re: Finder’s Fee: this payment is set aside to incentivize a broad search for the right implementor. Finder’s Fees are paid out at time of team engagement. Teams that submit themselves can collect their own Finder’s Fee at completion of project.