Deployed Infrastructure·2025·Independent / Solana Grant Recipient

medici.ac: Peer-to-Peer Education Funding

Peer-to-peer education funding infrastructure connecting verified students with global educational micro-grants.

Overview & Research Motivation

Traditional scholarship programs and education endowments are burdened by high administrative overhead, opaque disbursement timelines, and restrictive geographic criteria. Medici explores a simpler funding primitive for education: verified students publish credentialed funding needs, global supporters choose whom to back, and funding moves directly through transparent, programmable settlement rails.

Awarded a $10K Solana Almighty Grant, the deployed platform features verified student identity verification, auditable funding milestones, and direct USDC settlement on Solana with zero intermediary rent-seeking.

The Core Systems Problem

Merit-based educational funding is bottlenecked by institutional bureaucracy, banking fees, and lack of direct transparency for benefactors.

Why I Worked on It

"Having seen talented peers struggle with cross-border academic conference travel and textbook costs, I wanted to build an auditable, transparent funding primitive that removes middleman fees."

My Specific Technical Contributions

Architected the full web application, Solana smart contract escrow programs, and student verification workflow.
Engineered cryptographic milestone release mechanisms ensuring accountability for disbursed funds.
Secured $10K grant funding from the Solana Foundation ecosystem.