- The parachains v9370 release includes updates for the Relay Chain.
- The main change is the addition of OpenGov origins to Statemine.
- There are also upgrades for Statemint and Collectives.
- Links are provided to see more information and proposals related to these updates.
- The release has specific proposal hashes for tracking changes.

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Upgrade System Parachains to v9370

- Hitesh from Describedot creates educational videos about the Dotsama ecosystem.
- They started a year ago and have made 34 videos, getting about 30,000 views.
- They got support from Polkadot and Kusama Council Members.
- They noticed people needed help understanding governance and networks, so they made basic videos.
- Their main goal is to teach the Polkadot stack and governance in simple Hindi.
- They got their first milestone covered by WagMedia and want to continue with a spending proposal.
- You can learn more about their proposal in a document.
- They are happy to answer any questions from the community.

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Treasury Proposal: Production of Dotsama ecosystem tutorial videos for Hindi audience

- The RMRK team has made a proposal to create new tools for NFTs (digital art).
- This proposal is called an "external motion" and needs community approval.
- The tools will help builders work better and be more creative.
- The aim is to improve the Polkadot project and help it grow.
- After the council checks the proposal, the community will vote on it.
- More details about the budget and timeline are available in the proposal.
- This proposal is numbered 222 and has a special code for reference.

External Motion: Funding Request for Continued Production of RMRK Substrate Pallets

- TeachMeDeFi is a group that helps people learn about web3 and was started in 2022 in Germany.
- They create educational materials like podcasts, videos, and have a website to help others understand decentralized technology.
- The group thinks it's important to help more people know about Polkadot, which is a technology with great advancements.
- New users find it hard to understand how to start using Polkadot, so TeachMeDeFi is asking for funding to make learning easier.
- They have support from important people in the Polkadot community for their ideas.
- Their proposal includes details about the challenges and opportunities in the German market and their marketing plan.
- More information can be found in their proposal document, which can be accessed online.

Proposal by TeachMeDeFi for a German Educational Platform for Polkadot

- A program was started to reward good nomination pools in a project.
- The program checks if the pools have certain qualities like having a verified identity and at least 10 members.
- An open-source tool by PolkaGate helped in analyzing these pools.
- Results were shared for people to see, but no feedback was received.
- 22 pools will each get a reward of 250 DOT, and PolkaGate will also receive 250 DOT for the tool.
- The rewards are shared among the members of the pools, not given to the pool creator.

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Executing Nomination Pools Incentives

- Talisman is a special wallet and website that helps people use digital money easily.
- It aims to give everyone control of their money and choices.
- Talisman focuses on making it simpler to use Polkadot and Kusama, which can be complicated.
- They want to design great ways for teams and businesses to manage their finances safely.
- People from different groups support Talisman's ideas and improvements.
- Talisman believes that a better design will help more people use their wallet. 
- The goal is to make it easier and safer for everyone, even if they are not tech experts.

Talisman Proposal: Business-Friendly Polkadot MultiSig

- The Zeitgeist team made a proposal to fix a problem with their parachain on Polkadot.
- There was an issue with the ParaId number that made it hard for the parachain to work correctly.
- They had a similar problem on Kusama, and the community approved a fix there.
- The proposed fix involves updating the parachain's chainspec to use the correct ParaId and a newer runtime.
- The team asked the Technical Committee to quickly approve the fix to start the chain.
- A signed statement from the ParaId manager confirms the proposal's authenticity.
- If this proposal is approved, the community will have the final say through a referendum.

Unbrick Zeitgeist Parachain

- A proposal for a tool called **Uptest** is being voted on again.
- The tool helps developers test Pallet functions before and after upgrades.
- It was improved based on community feedback.
- It offers more options for testing runtime upgrades easily.
- Developers can quickly find and test important changes.
- More information, like the budget and timeline, is available in the post.
- Everyone is encouraged to review and vote on the proposal.

Treasury Proposal by Rust Syndicate: Uptest funding proposal (2nd vote after incorporating feedback)

- Blockchain Training Alliance (BTA) offers a course for learning about Polkadot.
- The course helps developers from Web2 understand how to build on Polkadot.
- Students will learn about Polkadot's governance, treasury, and coding through hands-on labs.
- Key technologies in the course include Polkadotjs, Substrate, Rust, and others.
- This course is great for improving blockchain skills or creating solutions that connect different blockchains.
- More information about the course can be found on the BTA website.

Substrate Training Course and Certification

- **Ishita-** is the founder of **PolkaSafe**.
- She has a background in engineering and finance.
- She has been working in the crypto VC space for the last two years.
- Ishita became active in the DAO ecosystem and noticed a lack of user-friendly Multisig UX in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems.
- PolkaSafe aims to build a user-friendly Multisig wallet UI for these ecosystems.
- The goal is to improve the UX for managing and transferring tokens in the Dotsama ecosystem.
- PolkaSafe is being built on top of Polkadot{.js}'s security backbone.
- The full proposal can be read [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TJyqo9Py3Tv_N9nw3D1Ggpkxk0ZfHuT9NnnIwMdv1pU/edit?usp=sharing).

Proposal: PolkaSafe proposes to build  a user friendly Multisig for Polkadot & Kusama ecosystem

- There was a problem with a previous motion in Polkadot, so it has been replaced by Motion 333.
- This new motion wants to upgrade Polkadot to a new version (v0.9.36).
- The proposal includes important details you can find in the release notes.
- Some updates in the upgrade are about improving how things work on the system, like handling bond amounts and log targets.
- This proposal needs approval from the Polkadot Council first.
- After that, the community will vote on it for the final decision.

Runtime Release v9360 for Polkadot (replacing motion 333 due to length issues)

- SubWallet started in November 2021 and built a browser extension by February 2022.
- They created the SubWallet Mobile App in June 2022 due to community requests.
- The mobile app aims to provide a complete wallet experience on both mobile and web.
- The first proposal for the mobile app covers a 20-week development period from July to October 2022.
- As of January 2023, SubWallet supports over 140 networks in the Polkadot & Kusama ecosystem.
- Their browser extension has over 38,000 installs, and the mobile app has 3,000+ installs during testing.
- SubWallet has a growing community with over 8,000 members and is working with many teams to improve user experience.
- They welcome feedback from the community to enhance their services.

SubWallet Mobile App 1st proposal: Comprehensive and consistent multi-platform experience. Account Management, Built-in XCM Transfer, NFT Management, In-app Staking, In-app Browser, Performance Optimization

- A new plan is being proposed to upgrade Polkadot to version 0.9.36.
- There are some problems with how to submit the proposal, so councillors are asked not to vote on it yet.
- Details about the upgrade are found in special release notes.
- Some changes in the upgrade include storing information about bonds and automatic withdrawals.
- This proposal needs to be approved by the Polkadot Council before the community can vote on it.
- Voting is important for everyone in the community to have a say.
- A new motion will be submitted soon to fix the current issues.

Runtime Release v9360 for Polkadot: [EDIT] Please check the note above of contextual information

- A group is asking for $67,459.73 to continue running public services for Polkadot and other networks.
- They provide a free public service so people can use high-performance nodes easily.
- In the last three months, they improved their services and reduced costs by almost 50%.
- They served 6.7 billion responses and had a very high uptime, meaning it worked well most of the time.
- They added new features to improve security and made it easier for users to connect.
- The group has been helping support a special network called Encointer for more than seven months.

High Performance Public Infrastructure (Q4 2022)

- Snowbridge is a bridge that helps connect the Polkadot and Ethereum networks.
- The proposal is asking for $2,448,000 to support Snowbridge for 28 months.
- This funding will help the team launch their bridge on Polkadot and Kusama.
- Snowbridge aims to make sure transfers between these networks are safe and reliable.
- The team has been working on Snowbridge for over two years.
- They plan to launch the bridge by applying new updates and improvements.
- The proposal includes plans for future development and security checks.

Snowbridge Funding Proposal

- A proposal to support WebAssembly smart contracts on Polkadot parachains is being considered.
- It plans to create showcases for smart contracts that have been checked for safety.
- The proposal includes an incubation program and a library called "UseInk" for developers.
- The council needs to approve this proposal first.
- If approved, the community will vote on it.
- More details about the budget and work are available online.
- The proposal has a special code called a hash for identification.

Approval of Wasm Smart Contracts Bounty - bounty 19

- Smoldot is a special program for using the Polkadot network.
- It uses less computer power, memory, and internet data.
- Smoldot can work within a webpage, letting people connect easily.
- It helps create a blockchain that is decentralized, meaning it's not controlled by one person.
- The creator, Tomaka, is asking for money to keep smoldot running and to make it better.
- He wants feedback on this proposal before asking for funds.

Treasury proposal: smoldot development financing

- This is a new proposal about funding RPC services.
- It aims to keep the Polkadot, Statemint, and Westend RPC services running.
- The services will use special computers in places like Sweden and Tunisia.
- In the last part of 2022, they handled many requests each day.
- Polkadot had over 5 million requests daily, Statemint over 400,000, and Westend over 56,000.
- There is a new server setup in Tunisia.
- More details can be found in their full proposal.
- The current price for DOT is $6.068.

Polkadot RPC services Dwellir Q1 2023

- Messari wants to keep working with Polkadot by providing research and new governance studies.
- Their team has grown to over 150 people after getting more money for their projects.
- They have improved their research by creating special reports every quarter.
- Messari has also signed deals with big companies like Bloomberg and S&P Global to share their reports.
- They suggest continuing their reports and adding a special study about governance.
- The total cost for this project is $190,000, which will be paid in DOT cryptocurrency.

Continuation of work through Messari Protocol Services

- Jörg Oechssler is a professor at the University of Heidelberg in Germany.
- He studies experimental economics and is interested in auction theory.
- He was contacted by researchers to study a special auction used by Polkadot for parachain slots.
- Not much research has been done on this auction format, so he is conducting a laboratory experiment.
- The experiment will involve university students, who will be paid for their participation.
- He is requesting 5720 EUR to pay the students and cover some fees, with no money going to him or his team.
- The goal is to publish the findings in a scientific journal.

Experimental Analysis of the Candle Auction for Academic Research

- Tribe/AngelHack is asking for $302,000 to help with their project.
- They want to use this money to hold hackathons in Europe and Asia-Pacific (APAC) in 2023.
- This project is part of the Polkadot Hackathon series, which has happened before in different places.
- The goal is to help more people learn about Web3 and connect with each other.
- The first hackathon in Europe will be from January 25 to February 17, 2023.
- There will also be a social event in Paris on March 22, 2023.
- The APAC hackathon will take place from June 21 to July 14, 2023, with another event in Seoul on August 9, 2023.

Treasury Proposal: Polkadot Hackathon Global Series 2023

- The proposal is about checking new software updates for parachains before they happen.
- This means validators will test the updates to make sure they work properly.
- If the updates are good, they can be added; if not, they won't be accepted.
- This process helps prevent mistakes when parachains try to create new blocks.
- It has been tested successfully on different platforms like Versi, Rococo, and Westend.
- Changes to prevent unfair punishments, called slashing, also need this method.
- Parachains have had the tool to support this for over a year.
- People are encouraged to review and vote on this proposal.

Setting pvfCheckingEnabled In The Configuration To TRUE

- This document is about a proposal to get money back for work done on a project.
- The project was about making a listing platform for liquidity pools and yield farms, which started on September 26, 2022.
- The work finished on December 20, 2022, and a report was shared on January 2, 2023.
- There are detailed reports and budget breakdowns available to see how money was spent.
- The total cost for two milestones of work was $58,000.
- The proposal asks for payment based on a specific price of the currency used, called Dot.
- The amount requested is about 10,469.314 DOT based on the Dot price on January 16, 2023.

YieldBay Payment Proposal: Milestones 2 and 3 reimbursement for Motion #262

- Unit Masters is a free, 6-week program that teaches about Blockchain.
- It helps people understand Blockchain in a deep way, not just the basics.
- The program allows participants to learn together in groups.
- Participants will learn about blockchain, tokenization, and Web3.
- The goal is to include people from diverse backgrounds and help them contribute to a better economy.
- It supports the United Nations goals for making the world better.
- Participants can use what they learn to create jobs and help their communities grow.

Unit Masters Proposal - Onboarding people to web3 and the Polkadot ecosystem through education

- OpenSquare is asking for money on November 1, 2023.
- They want $161,920, which is about 33,860 DOT.
- OpenSquare is making new tools for infrastructure products.
- Some tools they are working on are called subsquare and dotreasury.
- This request is for things they have made and plans they have for new things.
- More details can be found on a special website called subsquare.

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