The most comprehensive, free, open-source Aiken smart contract course for developers worldwide.
Proposal ID: #1100300 · Budget: ₳20,000 · Duration: 8 months · Status: Completed ✅
Aiken — the most developer-friendly smart contract language on Cardano — still faces several adoption challenges:
- Limited official documentation and lack of real-world examples
- No clear learning path from beginner → advanced → full DApp development
- Scarcity of practical projects, exercises, and ready-to-use templates
- Very few proficient Aiken developers in Vietnam and Southeast Asia
➡ These issues slow down Cardano smart contract development and reduce competitiveness compared to ecosystems like Ethereum or Solana.
A fully hands-on, 100% free, open-source smart contract course with bilingual (EN–VI) support, complete with videos, slides, exercises, and production-ready templates.
| Module | Topics |
|---|---|
| 1. Aiken Fundamentals | Syntax, types, functions, pattern matching, standard libraries |
| 2. Real-World Smart Contracts | GiftCard, Auction, Multisig, Validators, and more |
| 3. Off-chain & Frontend Integration | MeshJS, Lucid, transaction signing & submission |
| 4. Advanced Aiken | Optimization, best practices, updates, advanced patterns |
- Dozens of high-quality video tutorials (YouTube + LMS)
- Slides, documentation, and structured exercises
- Ready-to-fork smart contract templates
- Community workshops, AMAs, and developer mentoring
- All materials free forever
| Metric | Result |
|---|---|
| Students trained | Hundreds of Vietnamese developers now proficient in Aiken |
| Public materials | Thousands of views and downloads |
| Real projects | Many Aiken-based DApps built by students |
| Community | Established the Aiken Vietnam Developer Group |
| Satisfaction | >90% positive feedback |
- Rapid growth of Aiken developer community
- Faster migration from Plutus → Aiken
- Increased DApp development capacity
- Sustainable open-education resources for the ecosystem
| Milestone | Timeline | Budget | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research & Planning | 2 months | ₳3,500 | ✔ |
| Phase 1: Fundamentals | 2 months | ₳6,000 | ✔ |
| Phase 2: Real-world Contracts | 2 months | ₳6,000 | ✔ |
| Quality Assurance | 1 month | ₳2,000 | ✔ |
| Evaluation & Updates | 1 month | ₳2,500 | ✔ |
Total: ₳20,000 — Successfully completed under Project Catalyst Fund 11
- Cost-effective: ~₳50–60 per hour of high-quality content
- Free and open-source, long-term impact
- Each trained developer contributes multiple contracts to the ecosystem
- Built on experience from previous C2VN programs (Plutus, Opshin, Hydra…)
Every ADA invested = dozens of new smart contract developers.
- 🎓 LMS Portal: https://lms.cardano2vn.io
- 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/@cardano2vn
- 💻 Source Code: https://github.com/cardano2vn
- 💬 Community: Telegram @cardano2vn · Discord
- 🌐 Website: https://cardano2vn.io
This project is licensed under the MIT License — free to use, modify, and distribute.