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## Please fill out your project details using this template and submit a PR. The naming format should be ​'Project-YYMMDD'.

1. Company / Project name
Foxhole

2. Official Links (Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, etc.)
Website: foxhole.bot

GitHub: https://github.com/yidongw/foxhole-bot-frontend

3. Your name
Alan Wang
4. Email Address
wy.dong96@gmail.com

5. Telegram or Wechat of POC
Telegram: @alan_ywang

6. Which funding category are you applying for? (AI, DeFi, DePIN, Developer Education&Ecosystem, Tooling, Infrastructure, RWA, Payment, Others)
AI
7. Product Stage (Idea, MVP/Prototype/PoC, Business Model Validation, Early Adopters, Product Market Fit)
Business Model Validation
8. Introduction to your project. (Please include a clear overview of what your project is and why this is something that you want to work on.)
Foxhole is a specialized analytics platform that collects and analyzes tweets from crypto Twitter accounts. The platform indexes tweets using keyword analysis and evaluates both engagement metrics and content quality. This project aims to provide valuable insights for crypto projects, particularly those on the Aptos blockchain, to better understand their social media presence, measure marketing campaign effectiveness, and identify genuine engagement versus artificially inflated metrics. By creating a comprehensive database of crypto Twitter activity, Foxhole enables more informed marketing decisions and campaign optimization.

9. What problem are you trying to solve, and why is it important?
Fake engagement detection: The crypto space suffers from widespread fake engagement generated by bots, which skews campaign performance metrics and makes it difficult for projects to assess their true marketing impact. Foxhole's "smart followers" ranking system helps identify genuine engagement by analyzing the quality of interactions.

Campaign measurement challenges: Currently, crypto projects struggle to accurately measure the effectiveness of their marketing campaigns, especially when working with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs). The existing methods for analyzing campaign results are often expensive and inefficient.

Data fragmentation: Projects lack a centralized way to track and analyze social media performance across the crypto Twitter ecosystem, making it difficult to benchmark their performance against competitors or identify emerging trends.

Trust gap in digital marketing: The crypto industry faces significant challenges with trust and transparency in marketing efforts, with issues ranging from click fraud to data manipulation that undermines effectiveness and wastes marketing budgets.

10. What is your proposed solution?
Comprehensive tweet indexing: The platform collects all tweets from crypto Twitter accounts, creating a searchable database indexed by keywords.

Quality-based engagement analysis: Rather than relying solely on raw metrics like view counts or comments (which can be easily manipulated), Foxhole analyzes engagement quality by ranking interactions based on the "smart followers" of engaging accounts. This provides a more accurate picture of which content truly resonates with valuable community members.

Campaign analytics tools: Foxhole enables projects to easily analyze their marketing campaigns, identify which KOLs are delivering genuine value, distinguish between organic and paid growth, and measure overall campaign effectiveness.

Reward distribution system: The platform incorporates a built-in mechanism for projects to set up reward pools in Aptos Chain, which can be distributed to users based on their contributions or engagement, creating incentives for authentic participation.

Cost-effective analysis: By automating the collection and analysis process, Foxhole significantly reduces the cost of campaign analysis compared to traditional methods, making these insights accessible to more projects.

11. Any competitions? (Does your project have direct competition or similar project on the market within or without apples ecosystem?)
Kaito.ai and cookie.fun but nothing on Aptos Chain yet.

12. Why Aptos?
Performance capabilities: Aptos offers high throughput and low transaction costs, which are essential for processing the large volume of data and reward distributions that Foxhole requires.

Developer-friendly environment: The Move programming language used by Aptos provides strong safety features and resource-oriented programming, which is valuable for handling financial transactions and reward distributions securely.

Growing ecosystem: As an emerging blockchain with strong technical foundations, Aptos has a growing ecosystem of projects that could benefit from Foxhole's analytics services, creating a natural user base.

13. Team Background. For any other founder's involved in the project, please list their full name, title, LinkedIn URL, and a brief history (age, education, work/startup experience, previous projects, etc.)
Alan Wang
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yidong-wang-3b663911a/
Software Engineer, Feb. 2021 - Jun. 2024 | Tacen | Remote
Software Engineer, Jul. 2019 - Aug. 2020 | Sumo Logic | Redwood City, CA
Software Engineer, Nov. 2018 - Jun. 2019 | Huobi Global | Mountain View, CA
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sep 2013 - May 2016
B.S. Computer Science; B.E. Electrical Engineering; Minor: Mathematics

Allen Chu
Machine Learning Engineer, Sep 2023 - Present | iKala | Taipei, Taiwan
AI Researcher Intern, Nov 2021 - May 2022 | Cinnamon AI | Taipei, Taiwan
Research and Development of Manufacturing Intern, Jul 2021 - Aug 2021 | TSMC | Hsinchu, Taiwan

National Taiwan University
Master's degree, MBA, Industrial EngineeringMaster's degree, MBA, Industrial Engineering
2021 - 2023

National Cheng Kung University
Bachelor's degree, Information ManagementBachelor's degree, Information Management
2017 - 2021

14. If you have multiple founders, how did you meet?
I met Allen Chu in a Hackathon.

15. How many projects have you worked on together?How are responsibilities divided among the founders?
This is the first one. I'm responsible for product, frontend and backend. He is focused on the AI

16. Is the founding team committed full-time to this project? If not, please explain any other commitments and how much time each founder currently spends on the project.
I am committed full-time.

17. Where are the founders based?
I'm based in shanghai hangzhou and tokyo. Allen Chu is based in Taiwan.

18. Budget proposal with milestones (The grant amount is usually 10k~50k. Please set up your budget proposal with milestones and estimated completion time.)
Total Grant Request: $50,000

**Milestone 1: Core Infrastructure Development**
Budget: $20,000
Estimated Completion Time: 1 months

Deliverables:

Twitter data collection infrastructure setup
Database architecture for tweet indexing
Initial keyword analysis engine
Basic engagement scoring algorithm
Value to Aptos Ecosystem:

Foundation for a tool that will drive new projects to choose Aptos for marketing analytics
Increase Aptos visibility among crypto Twitter influencers as we begin outreach
Estimated 500+ new Aptos wallet creations from early adopters

**Milestone 2: Analytics Platform**
Budget: $20,000
Estimated Completion Time: 1 months

Deliverables:

Advanced engagement and AI content analysis
Campaign comparison tools
User dashboard for tracking campaign metrics
API for third-party integrations
Value to Aptos Ecosystem:

Introduction of 10+ crypto projects to Aptos through our analytics platform
Estimated 2,000+ new wallet creations from users participating in campaigns
15% increase in transaction volume from reward distributions
Enhanced visibility for Aptos in the broader crypto marketing space

**Milestone 3: Reward Distribution System on Aptos**
Budget: $10,000
Estimated Completion Time: 1 months

Deliverables:

Smart contract development for reward distribution
Integration with Aptos wallet system
Automated distribution mechanisms
Security audits and testing
Value to Aptos Ecosystem:

Significant increase in on-chain transactions (estimated 5,000+ monthly)
Enhanced liquidity from projects funding reward pools in APT
Showcase of Aptos capabilities for handling complex distribution logic
Estimated 30+ projects using Aptos for campaign rewards
Milestone 4: Market Launch & Ecosystem Integration
Budget: $8,000
Estimated Completion Time: 1.5 months

Deliverables:

Full platform launch with marketing campaign
Integration with existing Aptos projects
Documentation and API guides
Community education and onboarding

**Value to Aptos Ecosystem:**

Projected 50+ crypto projects using Foxhole for Aptos-based campaigns
Estimated 10,000+ new wallet creations from campaign participants
Increased APT utility through platform fees and reward distributions
Enhanced visibility of Aptos as a marketing analytics solution

19. Does the core team need office space support from Aptos Space (HK)?
No