[2505 Grant Proposal] Aconcagua Finance and Boveda.ai further Rootstock Integration

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Project Name: Aconcagua Finance and Boveda.ai Tropykus integration and further rootstock integration.

Submission Date: 11/Jun/2025

Founder Name: Manuel Rico Molina (https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuel-rico-molina/)
Cofounder, COO and CTO

Santiago Lacasia (https://www.linkedin.com/in/santiago-lacasia/)
Cofounder and CEO

Award Amount: USD 20.000 for development.

Project Stage: Build

Sector: Custody

Links to socials: @mricomolina on X

Description:

  1. Our product currently provides safe self custody for individuals and institutions on Rootstock. Our product is built for non crypto users. Individuals and institutions that are attracted to the benefits, but don’t want to complicate their operations with technology. In this environemnt, we often find customers that have btc and have a problem moving BTC to RBTC.

  2. Long term users would benefit from the ability to invest in Tropykus

Mission:

  1. Leverage the existing solutions for moving BTC to RBTC by including those solutions in our dapp
  2. Allow boveda.ai vaults to invest their funds in tropykus from our platform

Product: We offer a safe and flexible option for safe and simple self custody for individuals and institutions. Rootstock users now have a product for easy and secure self custody, which we believe is key to add more users to web3.

Traction: We just launched boveda.ai this month! We are in the phase of promoting our product

Roadmap: Testnet launch 4 months since start. Mainnet Launch. 2 months after Testnet launch

Conclusion: Our product heaviliy integrates with other rootstock products. We already leverage safe.rootstock.io , and use money on chain oracles. We want to add more functionality to our producto by integrating more rootstock services as described.

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Hi @Ikabott ,

Thanks for your submission there is some confusion around whether this is a grant submission or to join the Collective rewards.

It would be great to chat through and make sure we are on the right track before submitting onchain.

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Hi Team
Adding the missing detail from the template.

Total grant amount U$D 20.000. (requesting U$D 8.000 for milestone 1)

Milestone 1 - Move BTC to RBTC by integrating symbiosis or other bridge. 60 days. USD 8.000. Testnet.
Milestone 2 - Move BTC to RBTC by integrating symbiosis or other bridge. 30 days. USD 4.000. Mainnnet.
Milestone 3 - Add capability to invest vault assets in tropykys. Testnet. 30 days (U$D 4.000)
Milestone 4 - Add capability to invest vault assets in tropykys. Mainnet. 30 days (U$D 4.000)

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Hey @Ikabott & team,

Thanks for putting this forward. I do see the potential here, especially if you can genuinely reduce friction for users moving BTC to RBTC and create new flows into Tropykus. That said, I think there are still a few gaps to close before this is ready for an on-chain vote.

  1. Demo and GitHub Repo

The grant framework asks for a demo and repo link to show that the product exists and is technically viable. Even if it’s in progress or testnet-only, sharing what you have helps everyone verify the work so far.

  1. Video Pitch

I didn’t see a short pitch video linked. This is also part of the checklist, doesn’t have to be fancy, just clear enough to help the community understand what you’re building and why.

  1. Technical Details & Dependencies

Right now, “integrate Symbiosis or another bridge” is very high level. It would strengthen the proposal to see some specs on how you plan to achieve this, any early communication with the bridge teams, and what fallback plan you’d use if one option doesn’t work out.

  1. KPIs & Milestones

Your milestones lay out the tasks, but it would really help to see concrete, verifiable KPIs for each stage, for example, how much BTC you expect to bridge, vault assets deployed in Tropykus, user numbers, and so on. And ideally, how you’ll report these (on-chain dashboards, API, etc.).

  1. Sustainability

A quick overview of how you plan to sustain operations post-grant would also help. Do you have a revenue model or fee structure in place?

Overall, I think the direction is aligned with Rootstock’s goals and your intention is clear, but it would be good to see these basics completed before moving to an on-chain vote. Looking forward to the next iteration and happy to help clarify anything if needed.

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Think it might be better to integrate Boltz and/or Flyover for BTC to rBTC.

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Happy to talk @Ikabott ! Boltz is one of the major bridges to and from Rootstock supporting non-custodial swaps of RBTC with BTC, LN and L-BTC. More: https://boltz.exchange/

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