Mandala Clan App

Clan app documentation

The Mandala “clan app” is a truly cross-chain dApp, supporting both Cardano and Ethereum. Polkadot will be added soon as well.

Utility

The clan app provides multiple types of utility to Mandala NFTs: staking for rewards, a decentralized identifier (DID), access to exclusive community channels on Discord, leaderboards for points-based missions, and the opportunity to participate in Mandala’s token event. Owners of Sovereigns on Cardano potentially qualify for triple-yield staking. Owners of Ethereum NFTs benefit as well, through the passive mode of custodial staking, gaining rewards without needing to send their assets anywhere.

Support for stakepool operators

The clan app was originally built for Cardano stakepool operators, in order to provide them with a user-friendly way to promote their mission, grow their pool, and even onboard new people into the blockchain space. All pools are welcome to join the Mandala, free of charge, by choosing the clan that is best aligned with their mission to make the world a better place. Gamification of stakepool growth is synergistic with growing the Mandala and promoting real change.

Game play

The Mandala clan app provides owners of Mandala NFTs – both Sovereigns on Cardano and Regens on Ethereum – with a chance to choose their clan and join the battle between Light and Shadow. Coordinated on Discord, missions begin on the blockchain and extend to browser-based and real-world actions.

Building the Enlightenment Simulator

Growing the community to 144,000 active avatars is a vital step in building the Enlightenment Simulator, and the clan app functions as a community hub. As agents create an avatar profile, the app reflects how many people are in each clan and how the critical mass is filling out. Integration with Discord supports communication between groups for game play and special events.

Triple-yield staking on Cardano

• Cardano staking yield (see current APY)

• Stake pool yield (e.g., pools that reward delegators with tokens)

• Mandala rewards

Acknowledgements

Many thanks are due to all those who helped with the clan app!

To the developers—first and foremost the indefatigible Bakon [BAKON] for coming in and rebuilding the app from scratch, so that the clan app will be fully decentralized moving forward, providing the foundation to build a truly sovereign and distributed platform for the Enlightenment Simulator; Juha the Finn on the database side for porting the clan app from Web 2.0; and Rainbow Ron [DECNT] for his visualization and frontend magic! To our partners—Eilert the Viking for his laser-eyed consulting; Pete giving the Twitter love; and the IAMX team with their DID solutions and prototyping of the rewards center. To our artists for providing up all the the eye candy, and special props to Bert tha Farmer for his invaluable graphics assistance. And to our peerless moderators in Discord—Shanti, Ray [GROW], Rob [TREK] and Richard Shift—for keeping the vibe proper and positive, and helping with support.