Proposal: store-my-text example app

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+# Store-my-text Filecoin example app
+
+Authors: @zenground0 @rvagg
+
+Initial PR: https://github.com/protocol/web3-dev-team/pull/46
+
+## Purpose & impact 
+
+#### Background & intent
+
+_Describe the desired state of the world after this project? Why does that matter?_
+
+We have an extremely simple example application, _and_ a functioning service that has real-world utility that exercises Filecoin and deal-making.
+
+ * A **very** simple web application, minimal UI fluff and distraction: **Save my text to Filecoin**
+   - Text field to enter some UTF-8 text
+   - Field to submit your email address
+   - A button to "Submit"
+ * User enters some non-empty text and their email address and presses "Submit"
+ * Application performs a simple confirmation-of-email ("click this link") to confirm a real user and manage trivial DoS
+ * Application handles storage of text on Filecoin and sends confirmation email
+   - Application mediates the storage deal-making process for small content - finding miners, batching content, etc.
+ * CID provides persistent "proof-of-text" to the user
+
+Initially this is just a very simple system that demonstrates (and exercises, and educates us on) the full deal flow for simple content.
+
+There's plenty of extensions that could be made to this, turning it into a genuinely useful application, such as:
+
+ * IPFS integration
+ * Other input types (images, etc. getting toward the NFT use-case)
+ * Payments ("Deposit X FIL to this address...", "Enter your CC to purchase X FIL")
+ * ETH integration to turn content into an NFT (ERC721, ERC1155, whatever is needed, maybe integration with an existing NFT service?)
+
+#### Assumptions & hypotheses
+
+_What must be true for this project to matter?_
+
+ * when attempting to do deal, frequently it is difficult to get it completed
+ * Building applications that perform simple & small storage deals to Filecoin is currently difficult
+ * Web3 developers want solid but grokkable example applications they can copy (fork-and-go!)
+
+#### User workflow example
+
+_How would a developer or user use this new capability?_
+
+ * Play with application live (we host and manage and pay for storage of small amounts of text, with limits per email address)
+ * Fork open source application
+ * Make new web3 app with Filecoin storage
+ * Profit
+
+#### Impact
+
+_How would this directly contribute to web3 dev stack product-market fit?_
+
+ * Exercise deal-making for small resources
+ * Provide a very simple example for web3 app developers to build on
+
+#### Leverage
+
+_How much would nailing this project improve our knowledge and ability to execute future projects?_
+
+#### Confidence
+
+_How sure are we that this impact would be realized? Label from [this scale](https://medium.com/@nimay/inside-product-introduction-to-feature-priority-using-ice-impact-confidence-ease-and-gist-5180434e5b15)_.
+
+
+## Project definition
+
+#### Brief plan of attack
+
+<!--Briefly describe the milestones/steps/work needed for this project-->
+
+#### What does done look like?
+
+_What specific deliverables should completed to consider this project done?_
+
+####  What does success look like?
+
+_Success means impact. How will we know we did the right thing?_
+
+<!--
+Provide success criteria. These might include particular metrics, desired changes in the types of bug reports being filed, desired changes in qualitative user feedback (measured via surveys, etc), etc.
+-->
+
+#### Counterpoints &amp; pre-mortem
+
+_Why might this project be lower impact than expected? How could this project fail to complete, or fail to be successful?_
+
+#### Alternatives
+
+_How might this project’s intent be realized in other ways (other than this project proposal)? What other potential solutions can address the same need?_
+
+#### Dependencies/prerequisites
+
+<!--List any other projects that are dependencies/prerequisites for this project that is being pitched.-->
+
+#### Future opportunities
+
+<!--What future projects/opportunities could this project enable?-->
+
+## Required resources
+
+#### Effort estimate
+
+Medium
+
+#### Roles / skills needed
+
+ * Backend webapp developers (probably Node.js)
+ * Filecoin deal-making expertise
+ * Documentation