Hackathon to fieldOperational workflowHonest production gaps

Field Pilot Readiness

This is the path from a strong hackathon demo to a credible crisis-aid pilot: preserve the ZK settlement core, harden operations, and be honest about what needs audit.

Pilot Workflows

NGO operator

Creates campaign, funds escrow, approves issuers/vendors, pauses incidents, exports non-PII ledger.

Field officer

Issues encrypted QR credential to approved wallet after local intake and policy checks.

Beneficiary

Stores QR/payload, proves eligibility locally, claims cash or redeems voucher once.

Vendor

Receives voucher payout only when approved and when the beneficiary proof is valid.

Donor/auditor

Reviews escrow, claim count, nullifiers, settlement events, and privacy boundary.

Production Gaps We Are Not Hiding

01
Public trusted setup

Run a multi-party ceremony or migrate to a setup model acceptable to partners.

02
Independent audit

Review circuit, verifier key encoding, Soroban contracts, and frontend threat model.

03
Partner pilot

Validate workflow with an NGO advisor or small field simulation before real deployment.

04
Mobile hardening

Test QR import/export, offline handoff, passphrase recovery, and low-end Android proving constraints.

05
Data governance

Define retention rules for local issuance logs, keyed identifiers, and incident response records.

Why This Makes The Submission Stronger

It shows ambition without pretending the demo is a real aid deployment. Judges see a working ZK + Stellar core today and a practical route toward field validation after the hackathon.