3/17/26 change request with Public Chain new course added

Development Fund Proposal Submission

Proposal file:

proposals/proposal-with-public-chain.md

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Summary

Obsidian Systems will build a complete Daml 3 training program — 24 new modules, 5 learning paths, capstone projects, certification exams, and 26 live coding videos — replacing the current Daml 2 curriculum that references removed APIs, deleted libraries, and deprecated tooling that no longer works. The program serves every developer persona the ecosystem needs to grow: newcomers to Daml, public chain developers entering Canton for the first time, experienced Daml 2 developers leveling up without repeating what they already know, and solution architects designing production systems on the Canton Network. Every milestone is validated through beta testing with real developers and cross-referenced against live Canton documentation, so the Foundation gets training infrastructure that's proven to work before it's accepted.

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Checklist

• [x] Proposal file added under /proposals/
• [x] Milestones and funding amounts defined
• [x] Acceptance criteria included
• [x] Alignment with Canton priorities described

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Notes for Reviewers

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