Project Description:

Kiwi is a project built from two parts:

1. Kiwi Protocol: a P2P protocol for hosting HackerNews-like apps.
2. Kiwi News: an app built on top of Kiwi protocol, focused on sharing top crypto content with 1,000+ monthly readers and 130+ community members curating the feed.

The content published on Kiwi News is close to the OG perspective on crypto - decentralization, cryptography, culture, governance, economics, and coding.

Why protocol is so important

Since KiwiNews is built on top of a P2P protocol, it gives users freedom.

If they disagree with the UI or moderation of the main client, they can build alternative apps. And it already happened - since April, there’s been an alternative client https://kiwinews.lol built by our contributor - freeatnet. It has access to the same links as the main client but has a different UI and moderation rules.

Protocol design also let devs permissionlessly build apps on top of Kiwi - like kiwisearch developed by matallo.

How does it work

Kiwi Protocol stores all submitted links and upvotes that are executed via EIP712 signatures. We have lately managed to use key delegation that lets users use the app without having to sign every interaction.

Write access to the protocol is gated by Ethereum-based NFTs to limit spam and cover the costs of running the protocol.

Thanks to that lightweight design, all the data is stored on the protocol, so we don’t congest the mainnet with data that’s not mission-critical.

Since we are bootstrapping this project and we only raised a small sum (<2 ETH) via NFT sales, we want to apply for a Gitcoin grant to develop the protocol and make it more stable and scalable so it can be used by more people.

Project Twitter Account https://twitter.com/KiwiNewsHQ

Your GitHub Username https://github.com/TimDaub

GitHub Organization https://github.com/attestate