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+# APOIS by Swisscom Blockchain
+
+## Project Description
+
+APOIS by Swisscom Blockchain is a set of tools with the aim to easly deploy and monitor Validators with an high availabilty.
+The main focus of the project is a [**Kubernetes Operator**](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/extend-kubernetes/operator/). The Operator will make it easy for anyone to set up their own, sophisticated Polkadot validator including a highly secured network of sentry nodes.
+This will help making the network as a whole more robust and less prone to attacks on individuals, thus increasing its trustworthiness.
+
+## Team Members:
+
+Jan Bernegger (Lead, DevOps)
+Alessio Onori (DevOps)
+Jorge Alvarado (Project Manager)
+Milos Costantini (Software Developer)
+
+## Company Website
+
+- https://www.blockchain.swisscom.com/
+
+## Linkedin Profiles:
+
+https://ch.linkedin.com/in/jan-bernegger
+https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessioonori/
+https://ch.linkedin.com/in/alvaradojl
+https://www.linkedin.com/in/miloscostantini/
+
+## Legal Structure
+
+Provided in the Google Form.
+
+## Team's experience
+
+- Swisscom Blockchain is a team of software, cryptocurrency & business experts focused on the blockchain ecosystem.
+- We built a python wrapper of the Rust Indy SDK.
+- For the NEO Fundation we built Seraph ID, a set of tools that can be used by dApps developers and users to leverage Self-Sovereign identity capabilities. It relies on the W3C standards providing DID and verifiable claims functionalities. The set of tools comprehend a C# Smart Contract an SDK and a chrome extention wallet with dapp communication.
+- We audited part of the Energy Web Foundation codebase (Work done together with Chainsecurity, who audited the Solidity Smart Contracts)
+- Strong DevOps and Node deployment experience gained building our DAPPI Product (Node Hosting and gateway)
+- Experience in Solidity gained building a Smart Contract Factory to easly deploy and manage open zeppelin contracts using
+  the proxy pattern.
+
+## Company Code Repository
+
+https://github.com/swisscom-blockchain
+
+## Specification
+
+### Kubernetes Operator for Validator deployment
+
+A Kubernetes Operator is a pattern that allows complex application deployments through configuration of the desired state using a Kubernetes Custom Resource Definition (CRD).
+The resulting Operator will be able to do the following tasks:
+
+1. Deploy the operator with one command on a Kubernetes cluster
+2. Use Custom Resource Definitions (CRD) to describe a valid validator sentry deployment on a Kubernetes cluster
+3. Secure the communication between the sentry nodes themselves and the validator
+4. The possibility to provision a validator node as well within Kubernetes in the deployed secure environment
+5. Expose all required ports and endpoints of the nodes for cluster monitoring using Prometheus
+6. Possibility to connect the node network to another one setup on a different cluster through the operator (also supporting other cloud providers)
+
+The Operator will make it easy for anyone to set up their own, sophisticated Polkadot validator including a highly secured network of sentry nodes.
+This will help making the network as a whole more robust and less prone to attacks on individuals, thus increasing its trustworthiness.
+
+## Operator Development Roadmap
+
+### Milestones
+
+* **Milestone 1 - Operator Setup**:
+  * Create Go based operator structure
+  * Define CRD spec for validator sentry nodes
+  * Define CRD spec for validator node
+  * Deployment of CRD through Kubernetes native resources
+  * Connection between sentry nodes and validator
+  * Basic documentation
+
+* **Milestone 2 - Operator Functions**:
+  * Data persistence support
+  * Node cluster scaling support
+  * Updating of node versions
+  * Secure communications
+  * Documentation for the points above
+
+* **Milestone 3 - Validation and Measurement**
+  * Testing and refactoring 
+  * Metrics support using Prometheus
+  * Support different methods of exposing node endpoints
+  * Interconnecting node networks
+  * Finalize documentation
+
+## Longer-Term
+
+We are very interested in POS blockchains and Polkadot appears as one of the more promising and interesting from a technological point of view. We are facinated by the
+decentralized bft/nakamoto consensus algorithms that use Proof of Stake; our long-term vision is to build a strong experience on all of these networks and integrate them in our Swisscom Blockchain DAPPI service.
+
+## Additional Information
+
+- ## What work has been done so far?
+- Are there are any teams who have already contributed (financially) to the project?
+  - No
+- Have you applied for other grants so far?
+  - No
+- Are there any other projects similar to yours? If so, how is your project different?
+  - No
+