FVM Microgrant Proposal: Stablecoin Wrapper for Filecoin DDO deals

[lordshashank]

Project Name: Stablecoin Wrapper for Filecoin DDO deals

Proposal Category: Developer and data tooling, Storage

Proposer: @lordshashank

Project Repo(s) https://github.com/Eastore-project

Technical Sponsor: @eshon

Do you agree to open source all work you do on behalf of this RFP under the MIT/Apache-2 dual-license?: Yes

1. What is your project and what problem does it solve? (max 100 words)

This project will research integrating erc20 payments including stablecoins with Filecoin f05 DDO deals.
The end goal is to have a way for SPs and Storage Clients to manage DDO deals with a functional stablecoin payment workflow via FEVM contracts.

Outstanding questions:

• Exposure of Sector Status Method to Smart contracts from Builtin Miner Actor (FIP discussion #1108)
• Whether Fil+ verification is necessary for this flow to work
• Spark integration of DDO (pending)
• Boost support for online DDO

2. a) How is Filecoin used in this project?

This project will directly use FEVM smart contracts and be integrated with DDO storage:

Number	Grant Deliverable	Briefly describe how you will meet deliverable objectives	Timeframe (within 3 months)
1.	Researching DDO info	Setting up DDO + researching notifications	4 weeks
2.	Initial Core Contracts / Infra	Iterative Software Development	3 weeks
3.	Integration with Boost / Curio / SP stack	Testnet deployment and SP collaboration	3 weeks
4.	Testing and Adoption	Documentation, Mainnet deployment and handoffs	2 weeks

Total Budget Request: USD $5,000

4. Adoption, Reach, and Growth Strategies

Once this open source proof-of-concept is working end to end, this will be shared with SPs and other teams as a path for paying for DDO deals using stablecoins.

5. If accepted, do you agree to share monthly project updates in this Github Issue until the project described here is complete?

Yes, weekly project updates and do regular check-ins with @eshon.

6. Does your proposal comply with our Community Code of Conduct?

Yes.

7. Links and submissions

Previous work: Eastore and a cross-chain storage onramp at the Filecoin Hacker House in Thailand.

Additional questions:

https://github.com/lordshashank