ASOC4: Ads Exchange on Solana (official thread)

[IAmRiteshKoushik]

Note

All discussions regarding ASOC4: Ads Exchange on Solana shall take place here.

https://github.com/acm-avv/sol-ads.rfc

Overview

In-order to be eligible to work on this project as Request for Code under the banner of Amrita Summer of Code, 2025, you are required to form a team of size 1-4 and have all the members register at amsoc.vercel.app

Project Manager Details

@adithya-menon-r

"Name": "Adithya Menon R",
"Year": "3rd",
"Roll": "CB.EN.U4CSE23xxx",
"GitHub": "@adithya-menon-r",

How to Apply

Type out a message with the following details:

1. Team Name
2. Team Members' Names, Roll-Numbers and respective GitHub usernames
3. Tag the project manager as @username

Guidelines

1. Keep all discussions limited to this discussion channel by tagging the project manager via @username
2. Do not try to contact the project manager personally unless they are open to it.
3. Maintain decorum and avoid any misbehavior with the project manager. This can be subjected to disqualification.
4. Send us an update every week with regards to your progress for your respective project. If we do not receive an update for more than 10 days then your team will be disqualified automatically.

[Rishiikesh-20]

Team name: Trustless Tribe

1. Ritesh Koushik (CB.EN.U4CSE22038) @IAmRiteshKoushik
2. Rishiikesh S K (CB.SC.U4CSE23236) @Rishiikesh-20
3. Adhikkesh S K (CB.SC.U4CSE23101) @Adhikkesh

@adithya-menon-r

[adithya-menon-r]

Hi @Rishiikesh-20

Not gonna lie... Kinda goated team... 👀

Anyways, your team can proceed to work on a prototype!

1.Fork the repo and share the forked link here too with team name as a reply to this message
2.Come up with execution-plans within July 15 (prepare a doc with feature-list, backend, frontend design, an overview of what exactly you're gonna build.)
3.Come up with a delivery estimate (max 4 weeks time) after finalizing features.

Good luck and Happy solana-ing? Soling? idk... Happy Building! 🙂

[sharathcx]

Note :- all the submissions for project plan should be done in https://forms.office.com/r/CqEPdnG9zD

[adithya-menon-r]

@IAmRiteshKoushik @Rishiikesh-20 @Adhikkesh Please do send the forked repo link.

[Rishiikesh-20]

@IAmRiteshKoushik @Rishiikesh-20 @Adhikkesh Please do send the forked repo link.

Repo link - https://github.com/Rishiikesh-20/sol-ads.rfc

[SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25]

Team Name : Harrington

1. Vibin Ragav S (CB.SC.U4CSE24556) @VibinR-code
2. Shre Raam PJ (CB.SC.U4CSE24548) @SHRE-RAAM-P-J
3. SH Nihil Mukkesh (CB.SC.U4CSE24531) @SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25

@adithya-menon-r

[adithya-menon-r]

@SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25 Also, your roll number is incomplete... CSE2431 - pretty sure there is a digit missing here.

[SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25]

@SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25 Also, your roll number is incomplete... CSE2431 - pretty sure there is a digit missing here.

yeah, that's 24531.

[SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25]

@adithya-menon-r

Team Name : Harrington

Here's the forked repo's link :
https://github.com/SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25/sol-ads.rfc

[SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25]

@adithya-menon-r could you confirm , whether you have received the project proposal via ms forms or not?

[adithya-menon-r]

@SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25 I have received it. Will go over and lyk

[Rishiikesh-20]

@adithya-menon-r We have submitted the proposal. Team Name: Trustless Tribe.

[adithya-menon-r]

@Rishiikesh-20 I haven't recieved a submission. Please do submit again and let me know.

[Rishiikesh-20]

@Rishiikesh-20 I haven't recieved a submission. Please do submit again and let me know.

@adithya-menon-r I have submitted again

[adithya-menon-r]

@Rishiikesh-20 I have received it. I'll look over it and lyk by tomorrow.

[adithya-menon-r]

@Rishiikesh-20 I have gone over your proposal. It is very solid and well defined. But, it seems to complex to be completed within the RFC timeline. Could you please elaborate a bit more on the working of the validator nodes and dispute resolution? Also please do mention a rough timeline for the project.

[SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25]

Hey @adithya-menon-r
We’ve just wrapped up our proposal and submitted it via MS Forms. We would love to hear your feedback on our project plans. If there’s anything we can tweak or improve, please do let us know! - team Harrington

[adithya-menon-r]

@SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25 I have gone over your team's proposal. A few clarifications. Where is the actual ad content being stored? Also please do elaborate a bit on the payment mechanism. You mention that renters can book an ad slot for a set number of hours upfront, but the ad space owner claims it hourly? How does that system work? When you say the smart contract holds the money, I am assuming its a sort of escrow system, right?

And usage of something like React would be highly recommended, but I'll leave that choice to you.

[adithya-menon-r]

@SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25 Storing the ad content in GDrive isn't feasible. Using something like IPFS makes more sense. If a renter is booking say the next 10 hours upfront, then why is the owner only able to claim it hour by hour? Is there going to be a cancellation mechanism and the renter gets a refund? Also what happens if the owner doesn't claim it hourly, does it collect and can he claim it any time?

[adithya-menon-r]

@SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25 Cool. Just a quick clarification about the 4 repo structure - UI components, exchange frontend, web3 interaction, exchange backend for the ads. You can start the development.

[SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25]

yeah :) @adithya-menon-r

[SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25]

@adithya-menon-r, is it possible to add one more member to our group for this project at this moment?

[adithya-menon-r]

@SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25 Sure.... Send the details.

[SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25]

@Dakshin10

[adithya-menon-r]

@SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25 All the details please. Like the full name and roll number too.

[SH-Nihil-Mukkesh-25]

Name : Dakshin Raj P @Dakshin10
Roll No : CB.SC.U4CSE24534
Class & Dept : CSE-F , BTech CSE (3rd Sem)