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Short description: Based on my previous work done for HydraDX community application which you can check at https://hydradx.documento.cz/ I would like to introduce similar application to polkadot and late for more substrate chain. I would like to call this application as Submentor (will be run at https://polkadot.submentor.me) and hope it will become considered as "The swiss army knife packed with all the tools and features for Substrate chain users".
I really like Polkadot and the ideas of the NPoS consensus. I have been an active member in many communities related to substate chains and the official polkadot app for a long time. I notice that a large number of users are still struggling to understand the nomination process and its subsequent active management. As a senior project manager, I decided to try to create a new web application to address common user processes. When designing the application, I wanted to focus as much as possible on simplicity and straightforwardness of the information presentation to deliver the most pleasant user experience. When HydraDX project came along I decided to take advantage of the fact that it was a brand new project that wanted to start a new chain and deploy NPos on it as part of the testnet. This was an opportunity to start developing a new app and be closely connected to a new project, dev team and community. Very soon it turned out to be a good move, as the application started to be used to solve current problems and thus gained a good reputation and good feedback. Based on statistics to date, HydraDX has 4226 active addresses, 285 validators of which 165 are in the active set. The application, which is available at https://hydradx.documento.cz/ is used by 2300 real users which is more than half of the active addresses. I also provide below a link to a description of some of the basic processes and information that I continuously publish in the HydraDX community channels. I think that Fraud section is worth to check. These articles/tweets can act like very simple user documentation as well.
Based on my experience with the development of hydradx.documento.cz, good feedbacks from the HydraDX community and some recommendations, I would like to make this application available for other networks. Starting with Polkadot cause this chain is the most known to general public.
I believe that the new SubMentor app will find its users and help the whole ecosystem gain more users who will better understand all the principles and data associated with the Polkadot blockchain.
Since the app has been fully functional for 5 months for the HydraDX chain, I am listing only one milestone, broken down into individual tasks. Because the polkadot is much bigger than HydraDX and I need to make some architecture improvements. So the goal for this milestone is to port the application only with small improvements to polkadot chain.
I would like the further development of the app to be community driven. For this reason, the code base of the application will be open source, including documentation and task tips for potential contributors.
Furthermore, I hope that tutorial material such as documentation and videos will start to emerge within the community being built.
From my point of view, user adoption and engagement is the most important factor for the success of any project. Therefore, as the next milestone, I suggest building a community and spreading the word about the new application and its use among Polkadot users.
The next phases should be managed as an agile project rather than watterfall and milestones. Therefore, I would not like to create more milestones at this time, because of the principles of agile management, we always need to respond to current needs and requirements.
However, to further discuss the development of the app, I have prepared a first version of a Kanban/Scrum board style roadmap.