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ZKValidator is asking for money to host an online event about privacy and zero knowledge proofs in the Polkadot ecosystem. Here are some important points about their proposal:

- They want to use €8000 from the treasury to pay for the event.
- The goal is to make more people aware of why privacy is important in blockchain.
- The event will help people connect and share ideas.
- ZKValidator has held similar events before, including a workshop in 2019 and a virtual event in 2021.
- They are looking for support and welcome feedback on their proposal.

ZKValidator virtual event for Polkadot

- The proposal is to fund the Bright Treasury app's maintenance costs.
- Bright Treasury is a web app that helps users work with the Treasury on Polkadot and Kusama networks.
- The app makes it easier to submit proposals and see Treasury actions.
- It uses a special method called CI/CD for updates and testing.
- The project aims to attract more people to contribute who might not be experts in blockchain. 
- There are links to learn more about the app and its documentation.

Bright Treasury maintenance 01.2022 - 03.2022 (t)

- A proposal is made to upgrade Polkadot's system to a new version called v9151.
- This upgrade fixes some issues, including one about council voters and their deposits.
- People can check the details and changes about the upgrade online.
- There is a special code called a hash that identifies the proposal.
- It is important for everyone to vote on this upgrade soon.
- The upgrade is needed to get ready for the next improvements in the system.

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Polkadot Runtime Upgrade to v9151

Polkadot India is working to educate people in India about Polkadot and Substrate. Here are the main points:

- They started two programs: DotFriday (a webinar series) and Substrate Saturdays (a bootcamp series).
- These programs began in September 2021.
- They have been successful and the community is growing quickly.
- They want to reach 1500 crypto fans and 1000 developers by February 2022.
- More information about their events is available online.

6 Polkadot Webinars + 3 Substrate Bootcamps in India 

- A conference called "Smart Contracts on Polkadot - WASM" is being organized.
- The aim is to bring people together to discuss WASM and its importance for building apps.
- The organizers are Supercolony, who have helped improve WASM and related projects.
- The conference will be virtual and only last one day.
- They plan to use a platform called Hopin for streaming the event.
- They want to organize 3-4 events next year, including a Polkadot Hackathon.
- Feedback is welcomed on marketing and ideas for the event.

Smart Contracts on Polkadot - WASM conference (Virtual)

- A proposal is being voted on to upgrade Polkadot to version v9150.
- This upgrade includes fixes for some issues in the system.
- The proposal has a special code called a hash for reference.
- Voting is important and should happen soon to get ready for future updates.
- There is an update suggesting to vote “Nay” on Referendum 49 because of potential problems.
- Some people might see errors in Kusama nodes because of the upgrade.
- An additional upgrade may be needed to fix these issues later.

Runtime v9150 on Polkadot Network

- Polkassembly helps with the governance of Polkadot and Kusama networks.
- This proposal is asking for money to pay for running and maintaining Polkassembly.
- The payment will happen every three months (quarterly).
- Funds are requested for the first three months of 2022 (January, February, March).
- The maintenance costs include upgrades and infrastructure.
- The proposal will alternate between Polkadot and Kusama for funding every three months.
- More information about the proposal can be found in a linked document and discussion.

Social Contract between Polkassembly and Polkadot Treasury

- Many clients need special nodes called RPC nodes to connect to the Polkadot network.
- If the current RPC nodes aren't available, users can't access the Polkadot chain.
- A new RPC service is being created to help with this problem.
- The new service is located in Scandinavia and will make the network stronger and safer.
- There is already a request submitted for this new service, and it's now available online.
- More details about this proposal can be found in a linked document.
- Information about the DOT rate can be checked using a specific tool.

 Proposal: Polkadot RPC node Dwellir

- This proposal is between the Polkadot Council and MIDLDEV OÜ, a company from Estonia.
- MIDL.dev wants to provide daily blockchain snapshots for the Polkadot network to help node operators and validators.
- These snapshots are special file backups that help quickly recover or set up systems.
- They will also create a website, polkashots.io, for users to easily access these snapshots.
- MIDL.dev has been taking these snapshots for a year and has a reliable system for doing so.
- The project costs about 1200 EUR each month for two engineers, plus additional cloud service costs.
- Downloading a snapshot costs around $2, and they expect costs to rise as more parachains go live.
- This service helps the Polkadot network be stronger and recover from storage problems efficiently.

Polkashots.io maintenance

- Shell updated Statemint and started block production with collators.
- There was a problem because two types of keys were used: sr25519 and ed25519.
- Aura needed sr25519 keys but was using ed25519 keys from the start.
- A temporary fix was made to use ed25519 keys in Aura for Statemint.
- This change will help validators check the signatures on blocks.
- After resolving the issue, a further upgrade will switch back to sr25519 keys.
- A special call hash was created for this update.

Fix Statemint - Aura Key Scheme

- This is about a vote called a referendum related to Polkadot.
- The previous referendum didn’t pass because Polkadot needed a default setting for messages.
- This setting helps keep Polkadot safe by making sure messages are sent with a safe version first.
- Since Polkadot is using a new feature called cross-chain interaction, they had not set a version before.
- The new proposal includes the same two calls from the last vote plus a new call to set a safe version to "2".

Upgrade Shell to Statemint (with XCM Fix)

- Messari wants Polkadot to join their Messari Hub. 
- The Hub is a place for independent research made by expert analysts. 
- It helps people like users and investors learn about Polkadot and its ecosystem. 
- Reports will be free and shared through newsletters and social media. 
- Messari is asking for $125,000 in DOT to fund an initial report and 4 more reports each year. 
- This money includes a 10% extra amount to handle price changes. 
- The goal is to give more information about Polkadot regularly.

Commission research through the Messari Hub

- Patract made a proposal to cover costs for Polkadot projects in 2021.
- They create tools and services for a special technology called Wasm.
- With help from Polkadot Treasury, they finished important projects like Redspot and Europa.
- The proposal is about paying for the maintenance of these projects.
- The projects had many changes throughout the year.
- More details about the money and tasks are available in the treasury submission.

Patract Labs' maintenance cost for Polkadot of 2021

- There are two important actions planned for upgrading a system called Statemint.
- The first action will set certain storage settings to prepare for the upgrade.
- This includes important items like setting the first Aura collators and updating a safety feature.
- The second action will authorize the actual upgrade to Statemint.
- These actions need to be carefully scheduled to ensure they happen in the right order.
- The proposal involves sending messages from a main network called Polkadot to Statemint.
- Each action is given a lot of importance to make sure they are completed properly.
- After the upgrade is authorized, it will take about an hour for the changes to take effect.

Upgrade Shell to Statemint

- A new update called Polkadot Runtime v9140 is being proposed.
- It will disable xcm teleports and reserve transfers.
- This change is needed to upgrade Shell to Statemint.
- You can find more information in the release notes online.
- There's a special code called a proposal hash for this update.
- It's important to vote on this proposal when you can.

Runtime v9140 on Polkadot Network

- The university is asking for $27,000 for hackathon prizes.
- They want to convert this amount to 658.30 DOT.
- The calculation is based on the average price of DOT.
- This is part of their university engagement program.
- They have a report and list of prizewinners from the hackathon.
- The prize money is for the winners of the hackathon.

Encode Polkadot Tranche 3 (hackathon payments)

- A proposal was made to help the Spanish community understand Polkadot better.
- The goal is to create an Educational Hub for Spanish-speaking members and ambassadors.
- There are many requests for Spanish information about Polkadot on social networks and chats.
- The proposal wants to provide easy explanations of Polkadot in Spanish.
- Steps planned include creating guidelines, tutorials, blog posts, and translating important documents.
- A Spanish Polkadot webpage has already been completed.
- The budget for this proposal includes 494.35 DOTs.

POLKADOT EDUCATIONAL HUB IN SPANISH (Milestone 2)

**CryptoLab Overview**

- CryptoLab helps people manage their money in the cryptocurrency world.
- It focuses on making staking like an investment for non-technical users.
- Users can create and manage portfolios to control their risks and earnings.
- The website offers a Portfolio Benchmark to choose the best validators for staking.
- It also provides Portfolio Management to track earnings and alert users of important changes.
- CryptoLab supports the Polkadot and Kusama networks.
- They plan to complete three stages of development to improve their services.

Treasury Proposal - CryptoLab Staking Website (milestone 2&3)

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Rejecting Bounty Proposals with No contextual Information

- A new plan is made to help people who got scammed in the Polkadot community.
- Merkle Science will help by tracking scams using special tools.
- The team has worked for more than two months with other groups to make this plan.
- The project will start monitoring and investigating by December 2021.
- People can check for scams on a specific website for Polkadot.
- They will create different phases of development to make monitoring better.

Merkle Science - Proposal: Polkadot Transaction Monitoring

- This is a proposal for money to help run a Polkadot community called PolkaWorld in China.
- The proposal covers costs from December 2021 to February 2022.
- PolkaWorld has over 40,000 followers and works with other Polkadot groups.
- They published 785 articles and had between 70,000 to 100,000 readers every month in 2021.
- They interviewed more than 50 projects and developers in the Polkadot community.
- PolkaWorld holds monthly meetups where about 150 people come to learn and share.
- They have also hosted 27 online events for the community to connect with projects.
- The proposal includes plans for activities over the next three months.

PolkaWorld Ops and Maintenance proposal for 12/2021 - 2/2022

- A person named 12WarfbFeUm5L9Fs5zkTaQQH7L5hqaGPEgM9vQ1UFK8kiUSK wants $25,000 to write a book.
- The book will be about Polkadot, a network, and will be easy to understand for everyone.
- There are many books on Ethereum but hardly any on Polkadot.
- The person already has a first draft that is almost finished.
- They want feedback to make the book better.
- The book will be published for everyone to use and share for free.

Proposal to expand the Polkadot ecosystem with a book for blockchain beginners

- A proposal to upgrade Polkadot Runtime to version v9122 is open for voting.
- This upgrade will help with the first auctions and crowdloans on the Polkadot Network.
- You can find more details in the release notes online.
- The proposal has a special code called a hash: 0x0f598b97de6adfb2c5edffb7e8e5aed6408d29382a9de372ed229391a20c4a86.
- This change is only about the runtime, so node operators don’t need to update anything.
- No new installation files have been created for this release.
- Everyone is encouraged to cast their vote when they can!

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