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# Gearup

**URL del producto**: https://gearup.market
**Perfil SCF**: https://communityfund.stellar.org/submissions/rec6upUevElzRhgCs
**Fecha de contacto**: —
**Fecha de respuesta**: —
**Canal usado**: —
**Idioma de la comunicación**: Inglés
**Issue relacionada**: #28

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## Datos para seguimiento

> Este bloque es obligatorio. Sin él, no se puede cerrar la issue.

**Telegram del contribuidor (vos)**: @Rachaelisa
**Contacto de la persona del producto**: —

---

## Descripción del producto

GearUp is a Stellar-based P2P marketplace for African creators to rent, buy, and sell gear, studio spaces, courses, and gig opportunities. It connects buyers and sellers (or renters and owners) who often do not know each other, with payments and listings handled on-chain through the Stellar ecosystem.

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## Por qué es candidato para Slice

GearUp has two parties exchanging value (buyers/renters and sellers/owners) who may be strangers. Transactions depend on fulfillment (item delivery, space access, course completion, gig work). There is clear bad-faith incentive (not delivering gear, misrepresenting listings, withholding payment). Meets at least 3 criteria: P2P value exchange, fulfillment-based fund release, and stranger-to-stranger transactions.

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## Respuestas

### Pregunta 1 — ¿Tienen conflictos entre usuarios hoy?

> [Pendiente — por contactar]

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### Pregunta 2 — ¿Cómo resolvieron la última vez que ocurrió algo así?

> [Pendiente — por contactar]

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### Pregunta 3 — ¿Hay alguien dedicado a esto? ¿Cuánto les cuesta?

> [Pendiente — por contactar]

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### Pregunta 4 — ¿Qué es lo más frustrante? ¿Perdieron usuarios o reputación por esto?

> [Pendiente — por contactar]

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### Pregunta 5 — Si pudieran diseñar la solución ideal, ¿cómo sería?

> [Pendiente — por contactar]

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### Pregunta 6 — ¿Cuánto valdría resolver esto? ¿Qué modelo de pago preferirían? *(solo si hubo buena señal)*

> [Pendiente — por contactar]

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## Síntesis

### ¿Tienen disputas hoy?
[Pendiente]

### Cómo las resuelven actualmente (workaround real)
[Pendiente]

### ¿Están pagando por resolver esto hoy?
[Pendiente]

### Costo actual estimado
[Pendiente]

### Dolor funcional
[Pendiente]

### Dolor emocional y social
[Pendiente]

### Visión ideal según ellos
[Pendiente]

### Willingness to pay
[Pendiente]

### Quote más revelador
> [Pendiente]

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## ¿Es un candidato para Slice?

**Alta** — P2P marketplace with physical/digital deliverables and stranger transactions; dispute resolution is a core scaling bottleneck for marketplaces.

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## Notas adicionales

🔄 In progress — placeholder created for product claim

**Canales de contacto identificados:**
- Email: support@gearup.market
- X: @Gearupmarket
- LinkedIn: Mary Odogbo (Co-founder & CEO), Obasi Ifegwu (Co-founder)
- Tel: +234 912 166 8550
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Remove or mask the phone number to protect PII.

Publishing a personal phone number (+234 912 166 8550) in a public repository exposes identifiable contact information and may violate privacy expectations. Replace with a placeholder, redact the number, or move it to a private notes system.

- - Tel: +234 912 166 8550
+ - Tel: [redacted — see private notes]
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- Email: support@gearup.market
- X: @Gearupmarket
- LinkedIn: Mary Odogbo (Co-founder & CEO), Obasi Ifegwu (Co-founder)
- Tel: +234 912 166 8550
- Email: support@gearup.market
- X: `@Gearupmarket`
- LinkedIn: Mary Odogbo (Co-founder & CEO), Obasi Ifegwu (Co-founder)
- Tel: [redacted — see private notes]
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents 
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@research/gearup.md` around lines 114 - 117, The contact section in gearup.md
includes a personal phone number that should not be publicly exposed. Update the
contact list entry containing Tel so the number is removed, redacted, or
replaced with a non-PII placeholder, keeping the rest of the support/contact
info intact. Use the existing contact block near the Email/X/LinkedIn entries to
locate and sanitize the Tel field.


**Mensaje de apertura sugerido (inglés):**
> Hey Mary, I'm collaborating with Slice, a dispute resolution protocol in the Stellar ecosystem. I'm not here to sell anything — I'm researching how P2P marketplaces handle conflicts between users, and GearUp's model of renting/selling gear between creators seemed like a really interesting case. Would you be up for answering a few questions over text? It won't take more than 10 minutes, and if you're interested, I can share more about what we're building.
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# GrantFox

**URL del producto**: https://grantfox.xyz
**Perfil SCF**: https://communityfund.stellar.org/projects (SCF-funded OSS collaboration platform)
**Fecha de contacto**: —
**Fecha de respuesta**: —
**Canal usado**: —
**Idioma de la comunicación**: Inglés / Español
**Issue relacionada**: #28

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## Datos para seguimiento

> Este bloque es obligatorio. Sin él, no se puede cerrar la issue.

**Telegram del contribuidor (vos)**: @Rachaelisa
**Contacto de la persona del producto**: —

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## Descripción del producto

GrantFox is a collaboration platform for open-source development on Stellar. It connects projects with contributors through bounties and milestone-based funding, coordinating value exchange between protocol teams and developers who may not have prior relationships.

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## Por qué es candidato para Slice

GrantFox has two parties (project sponsors and contributors) exchanging value based on milestone/bounty fulfillment. Contributors and sponsors are often strangers. Bad-faith incentives exist (incomplete work, rejected deliverables, withheld payments). Meets at least 3 criteria.

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## Respuestas

### Pregunta 1 — ¿Tienen conflictos entre usuarios hoy?

> [Pendiente — por contactar]

---

### Pregunta 2 — ¿Cómo resolvieron la última vez que ocurrió algo así?

> [Pendiente — por contactar]

---

### Pregunta 3 — ¿Hay alguien dedicado a esto? ¿Cuánto les cuesta?

> [Pendiente — por contactar]

---

### Pregunta 4 — ¿Qué es lo más frustrante? ¿Perdieron usuarios o reputación por esto?

> [Pendiente — por contactar]

---

### Pregunta 5 — Si pudieran diseñar la solución ideal, ¿cómo sería?

> [Pendiente — por contactar]

---

### Pregunta 6 — ¿Cuánto valdría resolver esto? ¿Qué modelo de pago preferirían? *(solo si hubo buena señal)*

> [Pendiente — por contactar]

---

## Síntesis

### ¿Tienen disputas hoy?
[Pendiente]

### Cómo las resuelven actualmente (workaround real)
[Pendiente]

### ¿Están pagando por resolver esto hoy?
[Pendiente]

### Costo actual estimado
[Pendiente]

### Dolor funcional
[Pendiente]

### Dolor emocional y social
[Pendiente]

### Visión ideal según ellos
[Pendiente]

### Willingness to pay
[Pendiente]

### Quote más revelador
> [Pendiente]

---

## ¿Es un candidato para Slice?

**Alta** — Milestone/bounty platforms routinely face deliverable disputes; neutral arbitration reduces maintainer burden.

---

## Notas adicionales

🔄 In progress — placeholder created for product claim

**Canales de contacto identificados:**
- Email: pablo@grantfox.xyz
- Discord: discord.gg/grdrwv4777
- X: @itsgrantfox
- Founders: Joel Vargas, Pablo Mora Serrano, Marco Araya Jiménez
- dApp activa: dapp.grantfox.xyz

**Mensaje de apertura sugerido (español/inglés):**
> Hola Pablo, estoy colaborando con Slice, un protocolo de resolución de disputas en el ecosistema Stellar. No vengo a vender nada — estoy investigando cómo las plataformas de bounties/milestones manejan conflictos cuando un entregable no cumple expectativas. GrantFox con Trustless Work me pareció un caso muy relevante. ¿Te animarías a responder unas preguntas por texto? No toma más de 10 minutos.
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# QuillTip

**URL del producto**: https://quilltip.me
**Perfil SCF**: https://communityfund.stellar.org/submissions (SCF Round 39, $37,200 awarded)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🧩 Analysis chain

🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
# Verify QuillTip SCF submission details
curl -s "https://communityfund.stellar.org/submissions" | grep -i "quilltip\|pragya-shar" | head -20

Repository: sliceprotocol/slice-stellar

Length of output: 165

🌐 Web query:

QuillTip Stellar Community Fund Round 39 37200 site:communityfund.stellar.org OR site:communityfund.stellar.org/submissions

💡 Result:

QuillTip is a project focused on publishing and microtipping on the Stellar network [1][2]. It was listed as a participant in Stellar Community Fund (SCF) Round 39 [3][4][5]. Regarding the number 37200, there is no direct public reference linking this specific number to a QuillTip submission or award amount within the Stellar Community Fund records found. It is possible this number relates to an internal submission ID, a specific transaction hash, or a different metric not publicly displayed in the project's summary pages [2]. The SCF does not explicitly list submission IDs or grant amounts in the format of "37200" on its public project portals [3][5].

Citations:

🌐 Web query:

"QuillTip" "Community Fund" Stellar

💡 Result:

QuillTip is a decentralized, open-source publishing platform designed to allow writers to earn money through reader tips [1][2]. The project utilizes the Stellar blockchain to enable ultra-low fee micropayments [3]. QuillTip has received support from the Stellar Community Fund (SCF), an initiative operated by the Stellar Development Foundation to support developers and startups building on the Stellar and Soroban networks [4][5][6]. The project has been recognized as an SCF-funded initiative [5] and has participated in the SCF submission process, where it was highlighted for leveraging Stellar's network capabilities to facilitate instant micropayments [3]. Technical details for the project, including its codebase, are publicly available on GitHub, where it is noted as being built with Next.js 16 and a Convex backend [1][2].

Citations:

Replace the award amount with a source-backed reference. QuillTip is listed in SCF Round 39, but the “$37,200 awarded” figure needs a direct citation; otherwise remove it or link the specific award record.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents 
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@research/quilltip.md` at line 4, The QuillTip entry currently includes an
unsourced award amount for SCF Round 39, so update the `**Perfil SCF**`
reference to either remove the `$37,200 awarded` figure or replace it with a
direct source-backed citation to the specific award record. Keep the existing
SCF submissions link or point it to the exact grant/submission record so the
amount is verifiable.

**Fecha de contacto**: —
**Fecha de respuesta**: —
**Canal usado**: —
**Idioma de la comunicación**: Inglés
**Issue relacionada**: #28

---

## Datos para seguimiento

> Este bloque es obligatorio. Sin él, no se puede cerrar la issue.

**Telegram del contribuidor (vos)**: @Rachaelisa
**Contacto de la persona del producto**: —

---

## Descripción del producto

QuillTip is a decentralized publishing platform on Stellar that empowers content creators with direct reader tipping, NFT-backed ownership, and censorship-resistant distribution. It connects writers/creators with readers who pay for content or tips.

---

## Por qué es candidato para Slice

QuillTip has creators and readers exchanging value (tips, paid content, NFT ownership). Parties are often strangers. Disputes can arise over content quality, plagiarism, refund requests, or tip chargebacks. Meets at least 2 criteria: P2P value exchange and stranger transactions with subjective deliverables.

---

## Respuestas

### Pregunta 1 — ¿Tienen conflictos entre usuarios hoy?

> [Pendiente — por contactar]

---

### Pregunta 2 — ¿Cómo resolvieron la última vez que ocurrió algo así?

> [Pendiente — por contactar]

---

### Pregunta 3 — ¿Hay alguien dedicado a esto? ¿Cuánto les cuesta?

> [Pendiente — por contactar]

---

### Pregunta 4 — ¿Qué es lo más frustrante? ¿Perdieron usuarios o reputación por esto?

> [Pendiente — por contactar]

---

### Pregunta 5 — Si pudieran diseñar la solución ideal, ¿cómo sería?

> [Pendiente — por contactar]

---

### Pregunta 6 — ¿Cuánto valdría resolver esto? ¿Qué modelo de pago preferirían? *(solo si hubo buena señal)*

> [Pendiente — por contactar]

---

## Síntesis

### ¿Tienen disputas hoy?
[Pendiente]

### Cómo las resuelven actualmente (workaround real)
[Pendiente]

### ¿Están pagando por resolver esto hoy?
[Pendiente]

### Costo actual estimado
[Pendiente]

### Dolor funcional
[Pendiente]

### Dolor emocional y social
[Pendiente]

### Visión ideal según ellos
[Pendiente]

### Willingness to pay
[Pendiente]

### Quote más revelador
> [Pendiente]

---

## ¿Es un candidato para Slice?

**Media** — Microtipping and content platforms have lower dispute volume than escrow marketplaces, but plagiarism and payment disputes still create moderation burden.

---

## Notas adicionales

🔄 In progress — placeholder created for product claim

**Canales de contacto identificados:**
- GitHub: github.com/pragya-shar/quilltip
- Website: quilltip.me
- SCF Round 39 ($37,200 awarded)

**Mensaje de apertura sugerido (inglés):**
> Hey, I'm collaborating with Slice, a dispute resolution protocol in the Stellar ecosystem. I'm researching how publishing/tipping platforms handle conflicts between creators and readers — things like content disputes or refund requests. QuillTip seemed like a relevant case. Would you be up for answering a few questions over text? It won't take more than 10 minutes.
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