RedBully

RedBully

RedBully, an ethereum-based dApp that allows users to securely and anonymously post complains against people who harasses them online.

The problem RedBully solves

In today’s world, where at least 50% of the human population has access to the internet, cyber-harassment has become a common problem. Harassment takes place even over phone calls and SMS, so even without the internet what brings people closer brings harassers closer too. Almost all social media platforms have the means to report against a person or block them but these are not enough as the perpetrator gets away easily. Moreover, at least half of these go unreported due to the victims’ fear of humiliation, loss of livelihood and other forms of blackmailing done by these harassers.
Thus, we give to you, RedBully, an ethereum-based dApp that allows users to securely and anonymously post evidence against a cyber-harasser which cannot be altered, removed or tampered with in anyway and can be viewed and reviewed by anyone who uses the dApp.

Why RedBully?:
-Redbully does not ask you to fill documents or wait for months to file a complaint instead our app makes sure that the complaint are uploaded and posted instantaneously to the blockchain network. Hence anyone using our app can take action against the person.
-Once a complaint is filed to the blockchain network, it cannot be taken down by anyone, thereby politics or corruption cannot interfere in this matter.
-The person who is complaining shall not worry about the jurisdictional issues, nor the person who plans on taking action.
-The network would also solve problems that transcends jurisdictional territories faster.

Challenges I ran into

Basically using WindowsOS to develop is the biggest challenge ever.
I felt that currently the Ethereum development would be bettter and faster using LinuxOS.

Figuring out the frontend.
We had problems with running Web3 and installing React to our pc mostly due to a bug.

Completing this big idea into 36hrs hackthon.

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