Increasing Discord Participation with In-World Authentication

by 0x521b0fef9cdcf250abaf8e7bc798cbe13fa98692 (HPrivakos)

Should the following $2,000 grant in the Platform category be approved?

Abstract

This grant aims to develop a system that verifies users' identities within the Decentraland platform and links their in-world names to their Discord accounts. This feature will prevent spam and alt accounts from disrupting community discussions, ensuring a more authentic and engaging experience for all users.

Grant size

2,000 USD in DAI

Project duration

1 month

Beneficiary address

0x521B0fEf9CDCf250aBaF8e7BC798CBE13fa98692

Email address

grant@hprivakos.net

Description

As Decentraland continues to grow, maintaining a respectful community is crucial. However, this growth has also brought new challenges. The presence of spam and alt accounts creates disturbances and makes it difficult to maintain a productive community atmosphere.

This grant aims to address these concerns by creating an in-world scene that sends a signed-fetch to a server to verify users' addresses. The server will return a one-use code that can be entered into a discord bot on the DAO discord to verify your discord account.

Once verified, all names associated with an address will be linked to that account. If a discord account is banned, all linked Decentraland names will be marked as banned. To unban a name, it must either be sold on the Decentraland Marketplace for over 100 MANA or undergo manual review. This system will prevent the creation of new accounts used for malicious purposes and ensure that only legitimate users can participate in discussions and decision-making processes.

Roadmap

2 weeks to build the server and discord bots then write documentation for both and publish it on github 2 weeks to build the scene and library, deploy it in-world, write documentation for the library and publish both on github

Milestones

2024-08-30 - Server and Discord bot 2024-09-13 - Scene / Library

This proposal is summarized due to technical limitations. To view it complete and vote on it, visit the DCL DAO Governance dApp