leetcoin application

[NoirKomBatman]

Project Abstract

LeetCoin is the LeetCode for Web3, centered on leveling up dev’s skills.
We are creating a platform to help enhance technical skills in a gamified and fun way, expand Web3 technical literacy through highly visual smart contract analysis, create online judge engine for Solidity and Vyper contract solutions and create a standard for Web3 technical interviews

Grant level

• Level 1: Up to $10,000, 2 approvals
• Level 2: Up to $30,000, 3 approvals
• Level 3: Unlimited, 5 approvals (for >$100k: Web3 Foundation Council approval)

Application Checklist

• The application template has been copied and aptly renamed (project_name.md).
• I have read the application guidelines.
• A BTC, Ethereum (USDT/USDC/DAI) or Polkadot/Kusama (aUSD) address for the payment of the milestones is provided inside the application.
• The software delivered for this grant will be released under an open-source license specified in the application.
• The initial PR contains only one commit (squash and force-push if needed).
• The grant will only be announced once the first milestone has been accepted (see the announcement guidelines).
• I prefer the discussion of this application to take place in a private Element/Matrix channel. My username is: @_______:matrix.org (change the homeserver if you use a different one)

[CLAassistant]

All committers have signed the CLA.

[Noc2]

Thanks for the application. Looks like an interesting project. Could you add the default deliverables of the template 0a.- 0d. to the second and third milestones as well? Also, it would be nice if you could mainly focus on the support of ink! Instead of solidity with this grant application. For example regarding: “Implement Solidity Problem Builder, Solution and Compiler”. And feel free to add the programming language/framework also to the specification of the deliverables. This makes it usually easier to understand.

[NoirKomBatman]

hi @Noc2 ,
I have updated the application to focus solely on Ink! contracts. Please let me know if you have any other questions!

[Noc2]

Thanks for the update. I only have two small comments, otherwise, it looks good.

[NoirKomBatman]

@Noc2 done!

[Noc2]

Thanks for the update. I’m happy to go ahead with it and share it with the rest of the team.

[NoirKomBatman]

hi @Noc2 ! Any updates from the rest of the team?

[Noc2]

Sorry for the delay here. I just pinged the rest of the team again.

[takahser]

@NoirKomBatman looks mostly good to me, I added a few questions. Feel free to have a look at them.

[takahser]

Just wondering here, your project seems to be useful and educational but I didn't read anything about any coin or token. That's not a problem ofc, but I'm just wondering why you'd call your project Leet Coin then?

[NoirKomBatman]

We took inspiration from GitCoin.co which is a public good platform. Coins and tokens are the first things that come to mind when people think about Web3 and Blockchain and we find the name very sticky :)

[takahser]

Fair enough, thanks for explaining.

[NoirKomBatman]

hey @takahser
I have done the edits! Please let me know if you need anything else!

[semuelle]

Thanks for the application, @NoirKomBatman. I think this is a useful project, but I have some questions about the setup.

• How are you planning to fund the maintenance of the challenge pool? Will this be funded by ads, or paying customers? Given that Substrate and ink! are currently evolving quite fast, I can see this being quite a lot of work to maintain.
• Since you mention AWS: will I be able to evaluate (and someone else use) your milestone locally, or will it include a manual on how to set up AWS to host everything (especially the online judge) that's required?

[NoirKomBatman]

Hi @semuelle
What do you mean by challenge pool? If you mean the problem sets we want to rely on the community similar to how LeetCode does it. We also plan in the future to partner with companies who have a need to hire and vet Web3 talent and they will be able to contribute to the problem sets.

We plan to deploy it on AWS but we are going to provide the documentation on how to set it up on your own. AWS Amplify is very simple and works like Vercel (e.g you connect the Github repo and it deploys the Frontend automatically for you)

[semuelle]

Thanks. Happy to proceed.

[NoirKomBatman]

hi @Noc2 ! Do you have any other questions?

[Noc2]

@NoirKomBatman No, I already approved it. The application needs one more approval from somebody else. I will ping the rest of the team again.

[github-actions]

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[NoirKomBatman]

@Noc2 @semuelle @takahser

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to postpone the start of the project to January 2023. We understand that this delay may cause some inconvenience and we apologize for any issues this may cause. All the original milestones, as well as their durations and scope, will remain the same. The revised timeline is as follows:
Milestone 1: Complete by Feb 28th, 2023
Milestone 2: Complete by April 15th, 2023
Milestone 3: Complete by May 31st, 2023

Please rest assured that we are still very excited about this project and are fully committed to seeing it through to completion. We have been working hard to ensure that everything is in place and that we are ready to hit the ground running these next several months. Please let us know if this new timeline still works.

Thank you for your understanding and support. We look forward to getting started on this project and making a positive impact on the ecosystem and helping enable builders.

Sincerely,
LeetCoin Core Team

[Noc2]

@NoirKomBatman Thanks for the update. Could you create a PR to amend the contract and update the timeline?

[keeganquigley]

Thanks @NoirKomBatman this new timeline shouldn't be a problem, we know that plans can change, but as @Noc2 mentioned we would ask that you submit an amendment to change the timeline. It should be relatively easy to get approved by the committee. Then there will be no pressure. Thanks!

[keeganquigley]

Hi @NoirKomBatman I see you are still working on the project which is great, but if you could create an amendment to include the updated timelines that would be great. Then I can update for our records. Thanks!

[keeganquigley]

Hi @NoirKomBatman it's great to see the estimation for milestone 1 completed by the end of Feb., however could you still submit an amendment for the remaining 2 milestones? Seeing as they will most likely be delayed as well.

[NoirKomBatman]

hi @keeganquigley !

Sorry for the delay! I have submitted an amendment #1550 with revised completion dates, updated repo URLs, and some minor deliverable changes. I have commented on where the changes are made.

[keeganquigley]

Hi @NoirKomBatman is it possible to get an update on M1?

[keeganquigley]

Hi @NoirKomBatman friendly reminder.

[NoirKomBatman]

Here @keeganquigley

We have done most of the things for milestone one:
https://github.com/LeetCoinCo/leetcoin-backend
https://github.com/LeetCoinCo/leetcoin-frontend
https://aliserag.medium.com/introducing-leetcore-leveling-up-web3-hiring-509c92d7ba3

Last things that remain is integration of test suites that we encountered performance issues with.

Because the community wanted to try it out ASAP and we encountered the performance issues with compiling and running test suites in real time on demand, we made another version of the product that utilizes ChatGPT to compile the Rust contracts and receive the feedback from community on it https://app.leetcore.co

https://twitter.com/leetcore_?lang=en

[keeganquigley]

Hi @NoirKomBatman do you plan to submit the delivery soon? If not, I think it might be best to file an amendment PR in order to extend the timeline. Let us know, thanks!

[keeganquigley]

pinging @NoirKomBatman for an update.

[keeganquigley]

Hi @NoirKomBatman are you still working on the grant? I will try emailing you as well.

[keeganquigley]

Hi @NoirKomBatman I think it's best to cancel this grant for now, and it can potentially be re-opened should you wish to continue working on it. If I don't hear from you after two weeks we will go ahead and file a PR for the committee to review. Thanks.