The quadratic-funding smart contract is an innovative solution designed for the Algorand blockchain, aimed at revolutionizing the way public goods - NGOs and initiatives, in the case of GiveCup - are funded. By leveraging the quadratic funding mechanism, this contract democratically amplifies the impact of small donors, ensuring that funding decisions reflect the community's collective preferences.
Quadratic funding addresses the issue of resource allocation in public goods by valuing the number of supporters over the size of their wallets. It democratizes the funding process, making it more inclusive and reflective of the community's needs and preferences. This approach is particularly effective in decentralized ecosystems like blockchain, where community consensus is a cornerstone.
- 🔄 Funding Round Management: Allows the contract owner to start and end funding rounds.
- 💰 Donation Tracking: Tracks donations made to various organizations during funding rounds.
- 🏢 Organization Management: Enables the owner to add organizations eligible to receive donations.
- 🔍 User Donation Insights: Users can view their total donations to specific organizations.
Deploy the smart contract on the Algorand network. The deployment will initialize the global state, including the funding round status and the list of organizations.
@app.external
def add_organization(organization: abi.Address) -> Expr:
# Function implementation...- Parameters:
organization: The address of the organization to be added.
@app.external
def donate(organization: abi.Address, amount: abi.Uint64) -> Expr:
# Function implementation...- Parameters:
organization: The address of the organization to receive the donation.amount: The amount to be donated.
@app.external(read_only=True)
def get_user_donation_to_organization(user: abi.Address, organization: abi.Address, *, output: abi.Uint64) -> Expr:
# Function implementation...- Clone this repository locally
- Install pre-requisites:
- Make sure to have Docker installed and running on your machine.
- Install
AlgoKit- Link: The minimum required version is1.1. Ensure you can executealgokit --versionand get1.1or later. - Bootstrap your local environment; run
algokit bootstrap allwithin this folder, which will:- Install
Poetry- Link: The minimum required version is1.2. Ensure you can executepoetry -Vand get1.2+ - Run
poetry installin the root directory, which will set up a.venvfolder with a Python virtual environment and also install all Python dependencies - Copy
.env.templateto.env
- Install
- Run
algokit localnet startto start a local Algorand network in Docker. If you are using VS Code launch configurations provided by the template, this will be done automatically for you.
- Open the project and start debugging / developing via:
- VS Code
- Open the repository root in VS Code
- Install recommended extensions
- Hit F5 (or whatever you have debug mapped to) and it should start running with breakpoint debugging.
Note If using Windows: Before running for the first time you will need to select the Python Interpreter.
- Open the command palette (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + P)
- Search for
Python: Select Interpreter - Select
./.venv/Scripts/python.exe
- JetBrains IDEs (please note, this setup is primarily optimized for PyCharm Community Edition)
- Open the repository root in the IDE
- It should automatically detect it's a Poetry project and set up a Python interpreter and virtual environment.
- Hit Shift+F10|Ctrl+R (or whatever you have debug mapped to) and it should start running with breakpoint debugging. Please note, JetBrains IDEs on Windows have a known bug that in some cases may prevent executing shell scripts as pre-launch tasks, for workarounds refer to JetBrains forums.
- Other
- Open the repository root in your text editor of choice
- In a terminal run
poetry shell - Run
python -m smart_contractsthrough your debugger of choice
- VS Code
- If you update to the latest source code and there are new dependencies you will need to run
algokit bootstrap allagain - Follow step 3 above
For guidance on
smart_contractsfolder and adding new contracts to the project please see README on the respective folder.
This project makes use of Python to build Algorand smart contracts. The following tools are in use:
- Algorand - Layer 1 Blockchain; Developer portal, Why Algorand?
- AlgoKit - One-stop shop tool for developers building on the Algorand network; docs, intro tutorial
- Beaker - Smart contract development framework for PyTeal; docs, examples
- PyTEAL - Python language binding for Algorand smart contracts; docs
- AlgoKit Utils - A set of core Algorand utilities that make it easier to build solutions on Algorand.
- Poetry: Python packaging and dependency management.- Black: A Python code formatter.
- pytest: Automated testing.
- pip-audit: Tool for scanning Python environments for packages with known vulnerabilities. It has also been configured to have a productive dev experience out of the box in VS Code, see the .vscode folder.