WebHash - Permanent websites for ENS & DNS domains.

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Project Description:
WebHash is a no-code platform that allows users to create permanent websites for ENS and DNS domains, addressing the critical issue of “digital decay.” Every year, millions of websites vanish due to centralized hosting vulnerabilities, leaving broken links and inaccessible content. WebHash leverages decentralized storage technologies like IPFS, Filecoin, and Arweave to ensure that websites are truly permanent. By offering a simple drag-and-drop interface, WebHash empowers both ENS holders (over 2.5 million strong) and traditional domain users to build censorship-resistant, forever-accessible websites effortlessly.

Website: https://webhash.com

Public Repository

GitHub: https://github.com/webhash-eth

Budget Breakdown

Milestone 1: Website Tokenization Features (5 ETH)

Objective:

Enable users to tokenize entire websites as ERC-721 NFTs for transfer, proof of ownership, or archival purposes. This feature will unlock new use cases, such as website trading and on-chain provenance tracking, while creating monetization opportunities for creators.

Key Deliverables:

  1. Tokenization Workflow:
  • Implement functionality to mint deployed websites as ERC-721 NFTs.
  • Include metadata for tokenized websites (e.g., URL, storage details, timestamp).
  • Ensure tokens are interoperable with Web3 marketplaces and wallets.
  1. User Interface for Token Management:
  • Build a user-friendly dashboard for users to view, transfer, and manage tokenized websites.
  • Add features to track ownership history and metadata associated with tokenized websites.

Expected Outcome:

  • For Creators: New revenue streams through tokenization and marketplace listings.
  • For Users: Proof of ownership, verifiable on-chain records, and a way to archive websites permanently.

For Web3 Ecosystem: Expands the utility of NFTs, introducing a novel use case in website tokenization.

Milestone 2: AI Content Moderation for Decentralized Storage (5 ETH)

  • Objective: Develop an AI-powered content moderation system that acts as a configurable and controlled filter for content being uploaded to decentralized storage networks. This system will benefit both WebHash and the broader decentralized storage ecosystem by ensuring compliance and quality control.
  • Key Deliverables:
    • AI Moderation Pipeline:
      • Build a content moderation pipeline to scan and analyze text, images, and media for harmful, illegal, or inappropriate content before upload.
      • Configurable filtering rules based on the requirements of specific decentralized storage networks (e.g., IPFS, Filecoin, Arweave).
    • Integration with WebHash:
      • Integrate the moderation system into WebHash’s workflow to check website content before deployment.
      • Provide users with real-time moderation feedback and logs, highlighting flagged content with actionable suggestions.
    • Broader Ecosystem API:
      • Develop an API for the moderation system that can be used by other platforms and decentralized storage providers to screen content uploads.
      • Allow decentralized storage providers to set custom moderation parameters and access reports.
  • Expected Outcome:
    • For WebHash: Ensures that websites published through WebHash comply with ethical and legal standards, improving trust and user experience.

For Decentralized Storage Ecosystem: Provides a much-needed solution for controlled content filtering, reducing the risk of illegal or harmful data being stored across the network.

Milestone 3: Integration with More Decentralized Storage Ecosystems (5 ETH)

Objective:

Expand WebHash’s compatibility by integrating additional decentralized storage ecosystems like ICP and Walrus (Sui). This enhances flexibility, scalability, and options for users seeking to deploy websites on their preferred networks.

Key Deliverables:

  1. Integration with ICP and Walrus:
  • Implement backend support for deploying websites on ICP and Walrus.
  • Ensure seamless user workflows for selecting storage options during website deployment.
  1. Multi-Storage Compatibility:
  • Build a unified backend that allows users to choose between multiple storage networks (IPFS, Filecoin, Arweave, ICP, Walrus).
  • Add monitoring and fallback mechanisms to ensure redundancy and reliability across storage networks.
  1. Testing and Documentation:
  • Test website deployments on ICP and Walrus to validate performance and scalability.
  • Create integration documentation for internal use and for broader community reference.

Expected Outcome:

  • For WebHash Users: Greater choice and flexibility in storage solutions tailored to their needs.
  • For Decentralized Storage Providers: Increased adoption of their networks through integration with WebHash.
  • For WebHash: Establishes WebHash as a multi-network platform, enhancing scalability and reach.

Milestone 4: Tutorials, Guides, and Buildathons (5 ETH)

Objective:

Increase awareness and adoption of WebHash through comprehensive educational content and engaging community events like buildathons, targeting both ENS holders and Web3 developers.

Key Deliverables:

  1. Tutorials and Guides:
  • Publish step-by-step guides for creating, deploying, and tokenizing websites with WebHash.
  • Include multimedia resources like video tutorials and FAQs to cater to diverse learning preferences.
  • Create developer-focused resources for integrating WebHash with external tools.
  1. Buildathons and Hackathons:
  • Organize virtual and in-person events to introduce WebHash to developers, creators, and domain holders.
  • Provide challenges and rewards for building innovative use cases with WebHash.
  • Partner with leading decentralized storage and domain providers for co-branded events.
  1. Community Campaigns:
  • Run campaigns across social media and developer platforms to encourage participation.
  • Collaborate with influencers and ecosystem partners to amplify outreach.
  1. Feedback and Engagement:
  • Collect user feedback during events and incorporate suggestions into the platform.
  • Build an engaged community around WebHash through dedicated forums and social channels.

Expected Outcome:

  • For WebHash Users: Increased confidence and ease in using the platform through detailed guides and hands-on experience.
  • For Community Growth: A vibrant ecosystem of developers and creators building with WebHash.

For WebHash: Greater visibility, adoption, and long-term user retention through community-driven growth.

Funding Requested: 20 ETH

Plans Should You Fall Below, Reach, or Exceed Funding Goals

Below Funding Goals:

If the funding falls below the requested 20 ETH, we will prioritize the milestones based on their immediate impact and criticality to WebHash’s success:

  1. Primary Focus: Complete Milestone 1: AI Content Moderation and Milestone 3: Integration with More Decentralized Storage Ecosystems, as these directly enhance platform functionality and benefit the broader decentralized storage ecosystem.
  2. Defer Secondary Goals:
  • Postpone the full implementation of Website Tokenization (Milestone 2) and Tutorials, Guides, and Buildathons (Milestone 4) until additional resources are secured.
  • Focus on releasing basic guides and resources to maintain user engagement in the interim.

Meeting Funding Goals:

If the funding goal of 20 ETH is met, we will:

  1. Execute all four milestones as planned, ensuring a well-rounded enhancement to WebHash’s platform capabilities and user experience.
  2. Deliver:
  • AI Content Moderation for quality control and broader ecosystem support.
  • Website Tokenization for empowering creators with new monetization opportunities.
  • Multi-Storage Integration to give users more options for deploying websites.
  • Tutorials and Buildathons to drive awareness and adoption.
  1. Provide full reporting and transparency on the milestones’ progress and outcomes, ensuring accountability to the community and stakeholders.

Exceeding Funding Goals:

If funding exceeds 20 ETH, we will accelerate the platform’s growth and expand the scope of current and future milestones:

  1. Enhance Existing Milestones:
  • Expand the AI Content Moderation System to include more advanced capabilities, such as multilingual moderation and video content filtering.
  • Broaden the reach of Buildathons by hosting additional global events and offering larger rewards.
  1. Future Investments:
  • Develop advanced analytics for tokenized websites, providing users with insights into ownership history, traffic, and engagement.
  • Add integrations with more decentralized tools, such as decentralized identity protocols or Web3 messaging platforms, to increase WebHash’s utility.
  • Fund additional marketing campaigns to drive widespread adoption.

Reserve Funds for Sustained Growth: Allocate a portion of the funds toward ongoing development, user acquisition, and operational stability, ensuring WebHash’s long-term sustainability.

Impact Measurement and Reporting

Inputs > Activities > Outputs > Outcomes > Long-Term Impact

Inputs:

  1. Funding: 20 ETH to achieve the defined milestones.
  2. Team:
  • Developers: Focused on AI moderation system, website tokenization, and integrations with decentralized storage networks.
  • Designers: For user-friendly interfaces and tutorials.
  • Community Managers: To organize buildathons and expand awareness.
  1. Technological Resources:
  • Access to decentralized storage APIs (ICP, Walrus, Filecoin).
  • AI models for content moderation, trained and fine-tuned for decentralized contexts.
  1. Partnerships:
  • Storage providers (ICP, Filecoin, Walrus) and naming services (ENS).
  • Ecosystem stakeholders for co-marketing and adoption campaigns.

Activities:

  1. Develop AI Content Moderation System:
  • Research and train AI models to analyze text, image, and media content against decentralized storage policies.
  • Deploy the moderation pipeline to pre-check content uploaded via WebHash.
  • Provide an API for decentralized storage networks to adopt the moderation system.
  1. Implement Website Tokenization Features:
  • Develop workflows to tokenize websites as ERC-1155 NFTs.
  • Build tools for managing, transferring, and selling tokenized websites.
  • Integrate with marketplaces like OpenSea for interoperability.
  1. Integrate New Storage Ecosystems:
  • Build support for ICP and Walrus (Sui), enabling users to choose their preferred hosting networks.
  • Test multi-storage compatibility to ensure redundancy and scalability.
  1. Awareness Campaigns (Tutorials and Buildathons):
  • Publish in-depth guides for all features, including AI moderation, tokenization, and multi-storage deployment.
  • Host targeted buildathons to onboard Web3 developers, ENS holders, and creators to WebHash.

Outputs:

  1. Functional AI Moderation System:
  • Integrated with WebHash for website moderation.
  • Available as a modular API for other decentralized storage networks.
  1. Tokenized Websites:
  • Fully functional tokenization feature with seamless marketplace integration.
  • Early adopters tokenizing and trading websites.
  1. Expanded Storage Options:
  • Support for at least two new storage networks (ICP and Walrus).
  • Users actively deploying websites on their preferred decentralized storage providers.
  1. Educational Materials:
  • Published tutorials and guides for WebHash users.
  • Buildathons with participation metrics (e.g., number of projects, attendees).

Outcomes:

Short-Term Outcomes (0-3 Months):

  • Tokenized Websites:
    • Smartcontract deployment for tokenization of websites.
  • AI Moderation Adoption:
    • Early integration into WebHash and pilot usage with at least 100 moderated websites.
    • Initial feedback from builders on the moderation API.
  • New Storage Integrations:
    • ICP fully integrated, with at least 50 websites deployed using the networks.
  • Awareness Campaigns:
    • Tutorials and guides released, with measurable engagement (e.g., views, downloads).
    • One virtual buildathon hosted, resulting in 20+ user projects.

Mid-Term Outcomes (3-6 Months):

  • Growth in Tokenized Websites:
    • 500+ websites tokenized as NFTs and listed on marketplaces.
    • Increased revenue for creators using WebHash’s monetization features.
  • Scaling AI Moderation:
    • Expanded adoption of the moderation system by other decentralized storage providers.
    • Moderation logs and transparency reports used to refine the system.
  • Community Expansion:
    • Two additional buildathons organized, with 50+ builders and creators participating.
    • Partnerships with other Web3 domain services and decentralized storage ecosystems formalized to expand adoption.

Long-Term Impact (5+ Years):

  1. For Decentralized Ecosystems:
  • The AI moderation system becomes a standard for ethical content management across decentralized storage networks.
  • Widespread adoption of WebHash’s modular API for content moderation.
  1. For Users:
  • Millions of tokenized websites, creating a new market for website ownership, provenance, and monetization.
  • Ensured content permanence, reducing digital decay and preserving historical and cultural content.
  1. For Web3 Adoption:
  • WebHash becomes the default platform for building, moderating, and monetizing permanent decentralized websites, bridging the gap between Web2 and Web3.

Outcomes Measurement:

  • Tokenized Websites:
    • Total number of websites tokenized.
    • Total value of tokenized websites traded on marketplaces.
    • User feedback on ease of tokenization and monetization.
  • AI Moderation Adoption Rate:
    • Total number of websites moderated.
    • Total volume of moderated content (e.g., 1TB within the first year).
    • Number of builders using WebHash’s moderation API.
  • Storage Network Usage:
    • Number of websites deployed on the newly integrated networks.
    • Percentage of WebHash users selecting new storage options (ICP, Walrus etc).
  • Community Growth:
    • Participation metrics for buildathons (new users, number of projects, active developers).
    • Engagement with tutorials and guides (page views, video views etc).

Interim Reporting

Regular Updates:

We will provide monthly updates on our progress to ensure transparency and maintain alignment with our milestones. These updates will include:

  1. Development Progress:
  • Detailed reports on the status of milestones.
  • Key challenges encountered and steps taken to address them.
  1. User Metrics and Adoption:
  • Metrics on new users onboarded, websites created, and tokenized, along with deployment statistics on supported decentralized storage networks.
  • Feedback collected from users and community members to refine the platform.
  1. Community Engagement:
  • Updates on events like buildathons, hackathons, and partnerships.
  • Reports on community engagement, such as participation metrics and outcomes from hosted campaigns.
  1. Financial Transparency:
  • Budget utilization reports to showcase how funds are allocated and spent against planned activities.

Reporting Mechanisms: Regular updates will be shared on KarmaGap, Giveth, Octant forum and in our Twitter (X), and community forums like Discord to keep stakeholders informed.

Milestone Verification:

  • The WebHash Karma GAP project page , Giveth, Octant forum will be updated regularly with:
    • Milestone deliverables (e.g., feature screenshots, deployment logs, tutorial links).
    • Videos or presentations demonstrating functional features.
    • Metrics reflecting adoption and engagement (e.g., number of moderated websites, tokenized templates, or participants in events).

Sustainability Plan

WebHash is designed with a comprehensive and multi-faceted approach to achieve financial sustainability and long-term growth, ensuring it thrives well beyond the current grant funding. Here’s how we plan to secure and sustain WebHash’s operations:

1. Revenue Generation Model

WebHash monetizes its offerings through multiple streams that create recurring and diverse income opportunities:

  • Tokenized Web Templates (ERC-1155 NFTs):
    • Creators can tokenize and sell web templates on WebHash, earning revenue while WebHash takes a commission on each sale.
    • Templates include on-chain royalties, ensuring ongoing income with every resale, benefiting both creators and the platform.
  • Subscription Fees for Premium Features:
    • Users can opt for monthly or annual subscriptions to access advanced features like analytics, token-gated content, or integration with additional decentralized storage options.
    • These predictable subscription revenues provide stability.
  • Pay-as-You-Go Storage:
    • Users pay for decentralized storage on a usage basis, with WebHash earning a margin on top of the costs from providers like Filecoin, Arweave, and ICP.
  • Custom Enterprise Solutions:
    • WebHash offers bespoke decentralized website solutions for businesses, institutions, and governments that require tailored features and integrations.

2. Growth and Scalability Through Strategic Partnerships

  • Ecosystem Partnerships:
    • Collaborating with decentralized ecosystems like ENS, 3DNS, and Layer 2 networks such as Optimism and Base to create shared user acquisition opportunities.
    • Integrations with decentralized storage providers like IPFS, Filecoin, and upcoming networks like Walrus (Sui) ensure access to growing user bases.
  • Community-Driven Growth:
    • Leveraging referral programs and tokenized incentives to empower creators and users to act as ambassadors.
    • Expanding to no-code communities and Web3 enthusiasts to onboard a broader audience.

Case Studies and Testimonials

Gathering Feedback:

We will implement a structured approach to gather feedback and testimonials from various stakeholders to demonstrate WebHash’s impact effectively:

  1. User Experience Surveys:
  • After major interactions (e.g., deploying a website, tokenizing templates), we will send automated surveys to collect structured feedback.
  • Questions will focus on ease of use, satisfaction with features, and perceived benefits, with optional space for testimonials.
  1. Real-Time Feedback Collection:
  • Use built-in feedback prompts within the WebHash platform, allowing users to share their experiences directly while using features like tokenization or deployment workflows.
  1. One-on-One Interviews:
  • Conduct detailed interviews with early adopters, creators, and enterprise clients to understand their specific use cases, challenges, and outcomes.
  1. Event-Driven Testimonials:
  • Collect testimonials during and after buildathons, hackathons, and workshops.
  • Encourage participants to share success stories via video or written feedback during the event recap sessions.
  1. Community Engagement:
  • Run testimonial campaigns on Discord, Twitter, and Telegram, incentivizing users to share their stories with tokenized rewards or feature placements.

Showcasing Success

  1. Case Studies: Detailed write-ups on users showcasing how WebHash helped them solve challenges like website permanence.
  2. Video Testimonials: Short videos featuring users sharing their experiences, paired with visuals of their tokenized websites or deployments.
  3. Social Media Campaigns: Sharing user quotes, success metrics on platforms like Twitter (X) and Farcaster.

Impact Reports: Annual reports compiling case studies, user feedback, and measurable outcomes to highlight WebHash’s growth and benefits.

Advancing Values of Freedom and Privacy

WebHash advances the values of freedom and privacy by empowering individuals and organizations to create censorship-resistant, user-owned websites hosted on decentralized infrastructure. By leveraging technologies like IPFS, Filecoin, and Arweave, WebHash ensures that users have full control over their content, free from the risks of takedowns or interference by centralized entities. Additionally, These values are further strengthened by offering tokenized ownership through ERC-721 NFTs, enabling provable, transparent, and secure ownership.

Supporting Decentralization

1. Leveraging Decentralized Infrastructure

WebHash integrates directly with decentralized storage networks like IPFS, Filecoin, and Arweave, ensuring content is distributed and replicated across global nodes rather than relying on centralized servers. This makes websites:

  • Resistant to single points of failure.
  • Immune to censorship or control by any central authority.
  1. On-Chain Ownership

WebHash enables users to tokenize their websites as ERC-721 NFTs, ensuring ownership is recorded immutably on the blockchain. This:

  • Grants users complete control over their digital assets.
  • Reduces reliance on traditional, centralized systems of ownership validation.
  • Makes website ownership transferable and verifiable in a decentralized manner.

3. Domain Decentralization

WebHash supports seamless integration with ENS domains, promoting the use of decentralized naming systems. By connecting ENS domains to websites hosted on decentralized storage, WebHash:

  • Reduces dependency on centralized DNS systems.
  • Empowers users to build websites with decentralized identity systems, aligning with Web3 principles.

Team Information

Hidayath Shaik - Founder - Twitter
Syed - Co founder - Twitter
Ali - CPO - Twitter
Vijaya - Developer - Twitter
Feroz - Documentation - Twitter
Muzammil - Developer - Twitter
Tayyub - Developer - Twitter

Social Proof

Recognition by ENS Labs and ENS DAO

WebHash has been consistently highlighted by ENS Labs and ENS DAO for its work in enabling decentralized and tokenized website creation. Key tweets include:

Nick.eth founder of ENS mentions us in one of his interviews, That time we were 1W3.io : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMcJx-Bl0bM&t=2650s

ENS newsletter mentions :

We got hundreds of appreciation tweets form our community, some of them are below.

https://x.com/tmd_infinite/status/1824089322322026967

https://x.com/netidexcom/status/1823112394572259559

These endorsements validate WebHash’s importance in simplifying ENS domain usage and building decentralized websites.

WebHash Tokenized Templates: 480k+ Mints

WebHash’s tokenized web templates have been a major success, with over 480,000 mints on the Base network. This highlights strong user interest and adoption. View these templates on OpenSea:

Partnerships with Key Web3 Projects

WebHash collaborates with leading web3 projects to enhance its offerings:

eth.limo, 3DNS, EFP(ETH follow protocol), NameSpace, Namefi, Freename, SpaceID, Lighthouse Storage and Spheron Network.

Transparency

At WebHash, we prioritize transparency and accountability in how we manage and utilize funding. All funds received will be used solely for the development and growth of the platform, aligned with the milestones outlined in our proposal.

  1. Fiat Conversion:
  • Funds will only be converted to fiat through reputable CEX platforms when required to pay for specific operational expenses.
  1. Allocation of Funds:
  • Development Costs: Salaries and contract payments for developers and designers working on milestones.
  • Community Engagement: Organizing buildathons, tutorials, and marketing campaigns to drive awareness and adoption.
  • Partnership and Infrastructure Costs: Payments to decentralized storage providers and for maintaining platform infrastructure.
  1. Commitment to Use:
  • No speculative activities: Funds will not be used for any speculative token purchases or liquidity pools.
  • Focus on Deliverables: All spending will directly support the deliverables and milestones defined in the project roadmap.
  1. Regular Updates:
  • We will provide progress reports, including detailed financial updates, to ensure stakeholders have full visibility into how funds are being utilized.

Other funding

we received grants from the ENS DAO ecosystem

Term 3 - $10,000

Term 4 - $10,000

Term 5 - $25,000

Dec 2023 - 1000 ENS tokens
Dec 2024 - 250 ENS Tokens

ENS Small Grants

Round 10 - 3 ETH

Round 8 - 0.7 ETH

Round 7 - 0.7 ETH

Round 4 - 1 ETH

Optimism RPGF 2023 - 19k OP tokens

Gitcoin
Oct 2024 - 3,117.555745 USDC
April 2024 - 5,382.69726 USDC

Life Membership NFT sale
6 ETH has been generated in revenue

Subscription to platform
$600 in subscription
$200 in storage purchases