A Polkadot Ecosystem App Store

Background info: This is a an update to Referenda #69, that had a faulty preimage.

This is a proposal to tip 100 DOT for an ecosystem App Store that acts as a "front-page" for discovering Polkadot projects.

The MVP is live on: https://dotappstore.com

The codebase is open-source, available on github: https://github.com/iammasterbrucewayne/dotappstore.

Polkadot lacks a user-friendly application discovery platform, making it difficult for projects and users to find each other.

The current options like https://www.dotmarketcap.com/ and https://polkaproject.com/#/ have too much information, and leave the user overwhelmed and confused.

This app store is an attempt to create a listing platform for all projects building in the ecosystem and present them in a way that's familiar to users.

Potential follow on work: (out of scope for this proposal)

• Project search and filter features
• Dynamic app-specific pages
• User authentication for:
• Community upvote counter to rate projects
• Permissionless project listing

Community response:

• The App Store had 112 Unique visitors within 24 hours of launch:
  

• Received 11 responses and listing requests for 15+ projects on the tweet published yesterday, asking the community for inputs.

• Received positive response from active community members, SS below:

Request to all voters

I would love to get your feedback on the proposal and get your suggestions as inputs to shape the product.

I think this could be a consumer-friendly initiative to reduce information asymmetry for onboarding non-technical users to the ecosystem.

Do let me know what you think. Happy to answer any and all questions that you may have!

Additional info

To be clear, the amount requested in this proposal ONLY accounts for the development work that's already been completed. It is a retro-active funding proposal.

The requested amount is 100 DOT @ 5 USD -> 500 USD.