Nighthawk Grant application

[vav12]

Project Abstract

Please replace these instructions with a brief description of your project summarising key points (1-2 paragraphs).

If your application is a follow-up to a previous grant, please mention which one in the first line of the abstract and include a link to previous pull requests if applicable.

Grant level

• Level 1: Up to $10,000, 2 approvals
• Level 2: Up to $30,000, 3 approvals
• Level 3: Unlimited, 5 approvals (for >$100k: Web3 Foundation Council approval)

Application Checklist

• The application template has been copied and aptly renamed (project_name.md).
• I have read the application guidelines.
• Payment details have been provided (bank details via email or Polkadot (USDC & USDT) address in the application).
• The software delivered for this grant will be released under an open-source license specified in the application.
• The initial PR contains only one commit (squash and force-push if needed).
• The grant will only be announced once the first milestone has been accepted (see the announcement guidelines).
• I prefer the discussion of this application to take place in a private Element/Matrix channel. My username is: @_______:matrix.org (change the homeserver if you use a different one)

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[vav12]

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[Noc2]

Thanks for your interest in our grants program. However, we usually don't fund things that aren't beneficial for others in some way. For example, Talent acquisition or the initial research phase of a project. Also, the default deliverables are mandatory for all milestones and currently your deliveries don't contain anything specific to Polkadot/Kusama. Could you also add more technical details, like the programming language to the milestone deliveries?

[takahser]

@vav12 thanks, I've taken a look and believe that it's not a good match for our program. The main reasons are:

• most deliverables are non-technical (e.g. Talent acquisition, data collection, etc.), while we focus on technical projects
• the deliverables are also mostly vague and not very specific (e.g.
  2. | Research | Conduct a final research on set of rules to start off with)
• your plans for auto-classification using LLMs lack detail
• I feel like the added benefit for the community around Substrate and the Polkadot network is very limited

Hence, I've come to the decision not to approve this proposal. Nevertheless, I wish you good luck for the future of your project and wish you're going to be successful.

[keeganquigley]

Thanks for the application @vav12 While I appreciate all the work that PhishFort does for our ecosystem, I agree with the others that this project isn't really the best fit for the grants program, because most of the deliverables can't be re-used by others, and they aren't really specific to substrate or Polkadot tech. Also, I see that the Nighthawk public beta has already been released, so it seems that the initial PoC has already been built.

I know you guys are in touch with the W3F anti-scam team so I would recommend discussing with them about what the community wants out of this project, perhaps opening a discussion on the Polkadot forum, and then possibly going for treasury funding since the Discord community is already familiar with the tool.

[vav12]

Thanks for the review and your suggestions.