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You want grants, accelerators or investors to back it.
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WHY THIS ROUTE
Non-custodial, rule based savings automation with public decision logs is a clean story for chain grant programs that want open source tools and real users on their lending markets.
ARRIVED LOOKS LIKE
Applications submitted to BNB Chain Builder Grants and Avalanche Team1 with real diary data.
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NEXT MOVE · WITHIN THE HOUR

1. Write a five line thesis

25 min

Problem: savers chase gaps and pay gas for nothing, or hand savings to vaults. What you own: a move rule with payback and an allow list, from the user's own account. Proof: checks run, moves made and declined. Keep it under 120 words.

2. Gather four weeks of numbers

45 min

Savers, balance under rules, moves made, moves declined and the gas saved by waiting. Put them in one small table.

3. Apply to BNB Chain Builder Grants

120 min

Read https://www.bnbchain.org/en/grants and check the grant wishlist first, then apply at https://forms.monday.com/forms/0469580c0e412266a888526a38b114a0?r=euc1. Grants go up to $200,000 per project, winners are announced every two months, and there are two review rounds with milestones and the amount set on a call. They want open source tools or apps that match the wishlist and show technical depth, so open source the move engine.

4. Apply to Avalanche Team1 Builder Grants

90 min

Team1 Mini Grants go up to $10,000 and Accelerator Grants up to $30,000, chosen by a committee of Avalanche insiders and community members, for early projects that can ship and show progress. The program was reported at https://cryptobriefing.com/avalanche-team1-builder-grants-program/ and no official application page was verified, so find and verify the official Team1 page before you apply.

5. Note Unichain Grants for later

15 min

Unichain Grants at https://uniswapfoundation.org/opportunities give up to $7,500 for live DeFi apps with $250,000 or more in TVL on Unichain, or for infrastructure. Yield Shepherd keeps savings in users' own accounts, so it suits this later, once real savers use it on Unichain.

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