Lucid Evolution is an open-source library designed to simplify and enhance the development of off-chain smart contract interactions on Cardano. As the official maintainer of Lucid, Anastasia Labs is committed to evolving the library to align with the upcoming Chang Hard Fork, ensuring long-term support and usability for developers.

This proposal seeks funding to support ongoing development, maintenance, and ecosystem adoption efforts, including compatibility updates, feature enhancements, and developer documentation. By securing funding, Lucid Evolution will continue to serve as a critical tool for DApp developers, improving accessibility and efficiency within the Cardano ecosystem.

One of the most used offchain library called Lucid Evolution needs constant maintenance and upgrades. We would like to make sure this library stays up to date with all of the changes and upgrades of the Cardano network.

This project is completely open source.

https://github.com/Anastasia-Labs/lucid-evolution

This project significantly benefits the Cardano community by providing reliable tools for developers:

Increased Efficiency, allowing developers to focus on building and optimizing their applications.

Enhanced Quality: Reliable testing environments that lead to more robust and secure smart contracts, contributing to the network's overall health.

Documentation: Comprehensive guides and tutorials helping onboard new developers to our ecosystem

Cardano upgrades

• Lucid Compatibility with all HFs

• Ensure Lucid remains fully functional

• Upgrading the library to support any breaking changes or new functionalities introduced.

Enhanced Developer Tooling & Documentation

• Improve and expand the documentation to help developers integrate Lucid Evolution even more efficiently.

• Provide clear examples, guides, and API references for off-chain contract interactions.

New Features & Optimizations

• Implement requested features that improve developer experience

• Optimize codebase for better efficiency and maintainability.

Ecosystem Support & Adoption

Engage with projects using Lucid Evplution to facilitate smooth transitions.

Provide ongoing community support through discussions, Q&A sessions, and developer outreach.

Open-Source Maintenance & Governance Alignment

Maintain Lucid as a public good, ensuring transparent decision-making and alignment with Intersect’s governance model.

Assuming 3 FTEs working on Lucid for a whole year we are estimating this cost to be compensation for all three developers working on Lucid Evolution maintancence and upgrades

Team working on Lucid Evolution is three FTEs

Anastasia Labs has created Lucid Evolution library and we have been maintaining it for almost two years

These funds are for maintenance and support

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