This past week I helped in creating the proposal presentation as well as presented it. I also started working out specific details of the design. I put some time into researching and learning about blockchain programming. I looked into programming on various blockchains, such as Solana, Ethereum, and Near. After, I decided that Near made the most sense as it has a low latency and simple on boarding process. I then spent 4 hours on Near University (found at https://www.near.university/) to learn Near programming and get a feel for its development processes. Our project is currently on schedule. Next week, I hope to spec out the interfaces and data structures needed for both the smart contracts and the desktop app and design the specific code structure. I also hope to start helping with preliminary mock ups of the frontend design.
