**Blockchained India Proposal Summary**

- **Proponent:** 126jig5aDPSkrR6dkdZY3smcPHAbq7GAQyDSwf4KpPgCNZGu
- **Date:** 16.03.2023
- **Requested DOT:** 15,008 DOT (USD $89,058)
- **Program:** "60 Days of Bootcamp" to train developers in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Goal:** Help Indian developers, the second-largest developer community globally, learn and build on Polkadot.
- **Previous Successes:** Blockchained India has successfully run programs like "100 Days of Code with Zilliqa" and "India’s Largest Dapp Fest."
- **Objective:** Provide access to Web 3.0 experts and create a supportive ecosystem for developers transitioning from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0.
- **Impact:** Aim to build a strong and sustainable developer community in India for Polkadot.

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Polkadot Developer Bootcamp - India

### Summary

- Polkadot is conducting legal research on the DOT token's regulatory status.
- The research is important due to increased regulatory scrutiny in the crypto market.
- Key professionals, including Joshua Ashley Klayman and Angela Dalton, have shown interest in contributing.
- The goal is to produce a research paper on the SEC's regulatory process for DOT.
- The paper will provide recommendations for the wider Web3 ecosystem.
- The full proposal is available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oIJ22m_Q07lB832x8gIMwHVjzfUEIkgAK_NsqrhsTiI/edit?usp=share_link).

Polkadot Purple Paper / Token Morphism Guidelines

**1TRIBE** is a digital multimedia education initiative aimed at empowering Africans to participate in the decentralized WEB3 economy, specifically within the Polkadot ecosystem. The project aims to:

- Foster a diverse community interested in Web3 and Polkadot.
- Drive interest in Web3 by incorporating African culture and innovation.
- Educate African artists, musicians, and students about Web3.
- Provide a platform for discussions and education on Web3.
- Encourage the growth of the Web3 ecosystem in Africa.

1TRIBE includes an online radio format to reach a wider audience and has received community support, with some refinements made based on feedback.

1TRIBE: Bridging Africa to the Future with Polkadot

### Polkadot Developers Conference (sub0)

- **Purpose**: A conference for developers working on Polkadot tech, from blockchains to dApps.
- **2023 Event**: Returning to Lisbon, seeking funding from Polkadot Treasury.
- **Last Edition**: Held in Lisbon in 2022, organized by Web3 Foundation and other teams.
- **Goals**: Introduce multichain networks, deepen developer skills, and foster connections.
- **Audience**: Aiming for 50% new developers from outside the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Funding Request**: For Milestone 1, details in the linked document.
- **Details**: More information on the proposal, including milestones, budget, and agenda, can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/11eaFr7OlOGOIQpskRopBUR_KizmHRmd3U-QRmcyA_g0/edit?usp=sharing).

Polkadot Developers Conference // sub0 Europe // Milestone 1

### Sublab Proposal Summary

- **Objective**: Develop tools for developers in the Substrate ecosystem.
- **Focus**: Create native open-source libraries for mobile platforms in Polkadot and Kusama.
- **Milestones**: Two-step plan to reach the current ecosystem state.
- **Key Tasks**:
  - Improve Substrate client for Swift and Kotlin.
  - Develop a manager to handle multiple clients simultaneously.
  - Support all existing parachains.
  - Create SDKs for popular block explorers and currency exchange rate providers.
  - Add Combine interface to Swift libraries.
  - Migrate Kotlin libraries to use only Kotlin, not Java dependencies.
- **Funding Request**: $259,500 for the current milestone.
- **Deliverables**: Separate releases on GitHub, package managers, and documentation.
- **Community Engagement**: Announcements on Telegram and Medium, with on-chain reports.

Sublab proposal #DOT-1: Substrate client improvements, ecosystem tools, and Kotlinization

### PolkaWorld Follow-Up Proposal (March 2023 - May 2023)

- **Proposal Overview**: PolkaWorld seeks funding for operations and maintenance from March to May 2023 to support community education in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Previous Achievements**:
  - Published 576 articles with 412,000 views on WeChat in 2022.
  - Hosted 42 online broadcasts with 21,551 participants.
  - Created 35 educational videos with 28,759 views on WeChat and YouTube.
  - Interviewed 23 Polkadot teams, posted on YouTube.
  - Organized 14 online meetups with 8,348 attendees.
- **Continued Contributions**: PolkaWorld plans to continue its efforts in 2023.
- **Details and Budget**: Full details, milestones, tasks, and budget are available in the [proposal document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/16X0L0F5MOj_PDJKf8gkxKBMmn7DnuoaZTWc4KjwjLnI/edit#).
- **Feedback**: PolkaWorld welcomes advice and feedback from the community.

PolkaWorld Ops and Maintenance proposal：2023.3 - 2023.5

### Polkadot Governance Incentivization Proposal

- **Objective**: Create a tool to boost governance engagement and voter activity in the Polkadot community.
- **Challenges**: High time investment required for studying proposals, potential for fraud and manipulation in voting.
- **Solutions**: Train voters, delegate votes, add formal analyses, and provide volunteer reports.
- **Proposed Solution**: Establish a decentralized group of competing experts to review proposals, reducing the need for ordinary voters to deeply engage.
- **Implementation**: A reputation system to incentivize experts, with bounties for useful research.
- **Team**: Experienced in RUST, WASM/EVM smart contracts, and Polkadot.js.
- **Impact**: Better communication, audience engagement, and easier onboarding for new voters.
- **Details**: Available in the [detailed proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1go3e3yeuXN31nuDtqabvMr_LM70cdtTqXZT_WqsF0Ks/edit).

Grabber, a tool that incentivizes experts and leaders within the community to boost governance engagement and voter activity.

### Proposal Summary

1. **Increase Minimum Tokens for Nomination Pools**: From 200 DOT to 500 DOT.
2. **Increase Bond Size for Nominators**: From 100 DOT to 250 DOT.
3. **Enable Fast Unstake on Polkadot**: Already tested on Kusama.
4. **Increase Validator Candidates**: From 1200 to 1500.
5. **Increase Number of Pools**: From 128 to 256.

This proposal needs approval from the Council and a community vote.

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Adjusting Nomination Configuration

- Polkassembly is a key part of Polkadot and Kusama governance.
- This proposal requests quarterly payments for maintenance and operations.
- Costs include general maintenance, runtime upgrades, and infrastructure.
- Polkassembly supports both Kusama and Polkadot networks.
- Maintenance proposals will alternate networks every three months.
- This submission covers costs for January, February, March 2023.
- Funds are requested from the Polkadot treasury.
- Full proposal and discussion are available at the provided links.

Social Contract between Polkassembly and Polkadot Treasury Q1'23

**Manta Network Parachain Issue Summary**

1. **Registration**: Manta Network registered a parathread on Polkadot and upgraded it to a parachain.
2. **Problem**: Genesis collators failed to produce blocks due to incompatible genesis WASM and state files.
3. **Impact**: This delay could hinder the launch of the Manta Network.
4. **Solution**: The team identified a fix and requested Polkadot governance to correct the files.
5. **Proposal**: A fast-track proposal was submitted to register the correct genesis state and code.
6. **Extrinsics**: The proposal includes `setCurrentHead` and `forceSetCurrentCode` for the parachain.
7. **Support**: The CEO of Manta Network endorsed the proposal.
8. **Outcome**: The goal is to enable the parachain to start producing blocks without further delay.

Fix genesis registration for Manta Parachain

### Polkadot Blockchain Academy Bounty Proposal

- The Polkadot Blockchain Academy team is proposing a new funding plan.
- Currently, the treasury funds educational programs to promote Polkadot technology.
- However, participants must pay their own costs to attend these programs.
- This limits participation for talented individuals from less advantaged areas.
- The new proposal aims to cover more costs for participants.
- This will help more people join and contribute to the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The goal is to increase the creation and adoption of Polkadot technology.

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Bounty Proposal: Polkadot Education Bounty

### Polkadot Parachain Auctions 2023

- **Objective**: Schedule parachain auctions (LP12-LP15) to ensure proper timing and community involvement.
- **Actions**: 
  - LP12 and LP13: Two auctions each.
  - LP14 and LP15: Seven auctions each.
- **Total Auctions**: 18 auctions planned for 2023.
- **Purpose**: Allow new parachains to join and existing ones to renew their slots.
- **Details**: Full schedule available in the [calendar](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1audL4P9LhCIFuX9AXB5K7cQEvn4JgukBmcA_vxwYfTY/edit#gid=218733256).

Polkadot Auction Schedule 2023

### Polkadot Now India 2023

- **Event**: A 2-day conference in Bangalore, India.
- **Date**: April 1-2, 2023.
- **Purpose**: Educate and engage developers, investors, and industry leaders about Polkadot.
- **Background**: India has a growing blockchain community, but Polkadot has minimal representation.
- **Objective**: Raise Polkadot's profile in India and promote its advantages over other technologies.
- **Attendees**: Developers, researchers, media, investors, and other stakeholders.
- **Follow**: Telegram and Twitter for updates.
- **Website**: Goes live on February 28, 2023, with registrations opening on March 6, 2023.

Polkadot Now - India, 2023 - India's first ever Polkadot Conference

- Chainsafe has developed Multix, an interface for managing complex multisigs.
- The alpha version is already live and uses proxies for flexibility and good user experience.
- Multix is trust-minimized, open-source, and doesn't require a private database.
- It simplifies the management of multisigs, especially for businesses and DAOs.
- Multix allows changing keys without affecting funds or NFTs, unlike other solutions.
- Chainsafe is requesting $150,000 from the treasury to develop new features for the next five months.
- A video showcases how Multix uses proxies and how to swap multisigs easily.

Multix - A simple interface to manage complex multisigs

### YieldBay Summary

- **Purpose**: YieldBay is a yield farm aggregator for the dotsama ecosystem, aiming to reduce information asymmetry and simplify liquidity provision.
- **Goals**: 
  1. Make it easier for users to find and participate in yield farms.
  2. Help protocols attract liquidity for their token pools.
- **Previous Work**: A yield farm listing platform funded by Polkadot Treasury (Motion #262) is live at [list.yieldbay.io](https://list.yieldbay.io).
- **Current Progress**: 
  - Tracks over $92M in Total Value Locked (TVL) across 15 protocols.
  - Has attracted 4.3k unique visitors with an average visit duration of over 3 minutes.
- **Future Plans**: Seeking funding to develop a yield farming dashboard for users to manage their positions centrally.
- **Milestones**: This proposal is for the first milestone; future milestones will be submitted separately.
- **Full Proposal**: Available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GQQOEZ3ZW3wQ9GH0fv7na8evmBcBc_Tamf2ulor2bqI/edit?usp=sharing).

YieldBay Proposal Phase 2: Yield Farming Dashboard for Dotsama

### Anti-Scam Bounty Top-Up Proposal Summary

- **Purpose**: To fund initiatives protecting the community from scams.
- **Bounty**: Bounty 11, running for about a year.
- **Activities**: Tracking and pruning scam activities, promoting user safety through education.
- **Previous Achievements**: Multiple anti-scam tasks funded.
- **Future Goals**: Expand protection efforts.
- **Details**: Proposal document includes achievements, future goals, and budget breakdown.
- **Beneficiary**: Bounty account controlled by the Anti-Scam General curator.
- **Confirmation**: Account details can be verified in a blockchain explorer.

Treasury proposal #234: Anti-Scam Bounty top-up

**The Kusamarian Proposal Summary**

- **The Kusamarian** is a media brand focused on Polkadot, sharing stories of builders and tokenholders.
- They are seeking a 6-month maintenance budget of $284,154 or 59,198.75 DOT.
- The proposal includes a detailed plan with sections on media standards, challenges, and promotion strategies.
- Feedback and support from tokenholders have been positive, and they encourage further comments.
- The team is committed to improving and growing, open to suggestions for better service.

The Kusamarian - 6 Month Maintenance Funding

### Polkadot Runtime Upgrade v9370 Summary

- **Upgrade Details**: Polkadot is upgrading to runtime version v9370. Check the [release notes](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/releases/tag/v0.9.37) for specifics.
- **Key Changes**:
  - Improved contract address derivation.
  - Fixes for fast-unstake for accounts with slashing.
  - New features like NFTs 2.0 and callback handling in pallet-assets.
- **Voting**: This is an external motion, so the community will vote after Council approval.
- **How to Participate**: Make sure to vote when the proposal reaches the referenda queue.

Runtime Release v9370 for Polkadot

- **Project:** EasyA is creating a crash course for developers to learn about Polkadot and its parachains.
- **Events:** They will host two in-person hackathons in London and Boston, where developers can showcase their skills.
- **Goals:** They aim to teach 1,000 developers, create 100 new projects, and make Polkadot more popular.
- **Support:** The project is backed by major Polkadot parachains like Acala, Astar, Composable, and Moonbeam.
- **Previous Success:** This builds on the success of the 'Hello World' Polkadot challenges on Gitcoin.
- **Objectives:** Educate developers, produce new projects, improve hackathon quality, and create helpful content for newcomers.
- **Proposal Link:** You can read the full proposal [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dgfiAwKU3cM-2MmWfCkULHNZYlrMU9ayJ5oDKvmZMQQ/edit?usp=sharing).

Milestone 1 Proposal: Polkadot Developer Hackathons and Crash Course for 1,000 Developers (#60DaysOfPolkadot)

### Sublab Proposal Summary

- **Objective**: Develop tools for developers in the Substrate ecosystem.
- **Focus**: Create native open-source libraries for mobile platforms (Polkadot and Kusama).
- **Milestones**: Two-step plan to reach current ecosystem state.
- **Current Work**: 13 Swift and Kotlin repositories for Substrate networks.
- **Goals**: 
  - Simplify development with pre-created models and common functionality.
  - Improve extrinsic service with daily methods like fees estimation and transfers.
  - Develop a manager to handle multiple clients simultaneously.
  - Support all existing parachains and create unit tests for compatibility.
  - Provide SDK interfaces for popular block explorers (SubQuery, Subsquid, Subscan).
  - Add Combine interface to Swift libraries and make Kotlin libraries compatible with Kotlin Multi Platform.
- **Financing**: Requesting $259,500 for the current milestone.
- **Deliverables**: Improvements to Substrate clients, SDKs, and documentation.

**1TRIBE** is a digital multimedia education initiative aimed at empowering Africans to participate in the decentralized Web3 economy, focusing on the Polkadot ecosystem. The project aims to:

- Foster a diverse community interested in Web3 and Polkadot.
- Drive interest in Web3 by incorporating African culture and innovation.
- Educate African youth about Web3 and Polkadot.
- Provide a platform for discussions and education.
- Encourage the growth of the Web3 ecosystem in Africa.

1TRIBE includes an online radio format to reach a wider audience and has received community support.

### Summary of Polkawatch Updates

- Improved usability on mobile devices.
- Tripled computation capability.
- Enhanced infrastructure for better community engagement.
- Created APIs, documentation, and examples for integrating decentralization analytics.
- Released the "State of Decentralization report for Polkadot 2022."
- Community awareness of decentralization needs is growing.
- Proposed new features including decentralization analytics for staking pools on Polkadot and multi-wallet integration.
- Available for download: [Detailed Proposal](https://pwh.li/dot23h1p).

Treasury Proposal: Polkawatch, Decentralization Analytics, Continued Operation and Development

- Encode Club is asking for 5,834.21 DOT (about £30,000) for an online education series and a hackathon.
- The money is for 8 online events and a 4-week hackathon.
- There are plans for more events in the future:
  - April: £25,000 for another hackathon.
  - July: £70,000 for an in-person hackathon.
  - October: £40,000 for another online hackathon and an accelerator.
  - December: £10,000 for prizes for the third online hackathon.

Encode Club 2023 Proposal Tranche 1

- Five parachains requested HRMP channels with Statemint.
- The proposal includes transferring 20 DOT from the Treasury to Statemint.
- Channels will be opened both ways between each parachain and Statemint.
- Parachains involved are HydraDX, Ajuna, Kapex, Pendulum, and Litentry.
- The Council will vote first, followed by a community referendum.

A New Batch Of HRMP Channels: HydraDX, Kapex, Ajuna, Pendulum, Litentry

- Polkadot Hub plans educational activities for 2023 to grow the developer community and projects on Polkadot and Kusama.
- They aim to teach Substrate technology, Ink, and Rust programming in Spanish to help create new projects.
- They will create educational video tutorials and host online community sessions.
- The goal is to build the first complete Polkadot Js guide in Spanish.
- These efforts will help educate existing users and bring new ones into the ecosystem.
- The full proposal can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AGmcx-j0wGhcGuJFkxtEG1pfx9KlKCaUwjktpAa9cZ8/edit).
- The discussion about this proposal is available [here](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1547).

Council Motions