Etho-Boost

About

Etho-Boost is a crowdfunding platform that runs on the Ethereum blockchain. It the capstone/cross-pollination project built by 6 students at Turing School of Software and Design in their 4th and final module. Powered by smart-contracts deployed to the Ethereum Virtual Machine(EVM), Etho-Boost gives donors the power to review and approve withdrawal requests from the Boosters(campaigns) they have donated to, ensuring that donations are used as advertised.

Team

Blockchain/Front End

Jack Cullen

Front End

Andy Tom

Edwin Montealvo

Back-End

Antonio Jackson

Ross Perry

Taylor Keller

Demo

Why?

Trust

The untrustworthy nature of crowdfunding websites deters potential donors because there is no accountability. Fundraisers are not expected to publish honest, detailed information about where a donated dollar goes, and EthoBoost demands more transparency. EthoBoost gives donors the power to review and approve requests to withdraw funds before a manager can complete a withdrawal, ensuring that donations are used as advertised. Fund managers set a minimum value that a donor must contribute in order to have approval rights for that fund. A fund manager must create a request to withdraw donations, and the request must be approved by over 50% of ‘approvers’ for the campaign.

Borderless and Bankless

Today’s financial system makes it extremely difficult to send and receive money across borders, forcing crowdfunding platforms to restrict transactions by imposing fees on international donations. EthoBoost is built on the Ethereum blockchain, granting donors and fundraisers the freedom to exchange funds without the constraints of a traditional bank account from any specific country.

Transactions(Fees and time)

Crowdfunding platforms generally charge a 5% transaction fee, and transactions take at least 3-5 business days to complete. Facilitated by the Ethereum blockchain, EthoBoosts transactions cost just a few cents and finalize in 30 seconds.

Tech

Front End

• Vue.js
• Jest
• TravisCI
• Heroku
• HTML/SCSS

Blockchain

• Solidity
• Truffle
• Ganache
• Metamask
• Web3

Back-End

• Python
• Flask
• pytest
• PostgreSQL
• SQLAlchemy

Future Iterations

• Transition to a stable coin(DAI, USDC, USDT, etc.)
• Mobile App/PWA
• Deploy to the Main Ethereum Network
• Increase functionality around requests

Project setup

yarn install

Compiles and hot-reloads for development

yarn serve

Compiles and minifies for production

yarn build

Run your unit tests

yarn test:unit

Lints and fixes files

yarn lint

Customize configuration

See Configuration Reference.

Ethereum setup

Download Truffle

Truffle provides a development environment, testing framework and asset pipeline for blockchains using the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
To get started install truffle:

npm install -g truffle

Download Ganache

Ganache is a personal blockchain for Ethereum development you can use to deploy contracts, develop applications, and run tests. It is available as both a desktop application as well as a command-line tool. Click here to download the desktop app.

Connect to Ganache

• Open Ganache and select New Workspace
• Under Truffle Projects select Add Project and enter the file path of truffle-config.js for this repo.
• Click the Server tab and make sure Port Number is 8545
• Click Save Workspace and you should see a list of accounts with 100 ether each.

Migrate the Contracts

This will compile and deploy the smart contracts to your local Ganache blockchain.

truffle migrate

Run the contract tests

truffle test