- **Event**: NFT event at UNESCO HQ in Paris, France on November 25-26.
- **Purpose**: Showcase NFT experiences on the Polkadot Network.
- **Exhibition**: Ubiquitous NFT exhibition in real life, virtual, and on 1,600 video billboards across France.
- **Discussion**: Roundtable on environment, art, blockchain, and Polkadot solutions.
- **Audience**: General public (8,000+ visitors), UNESCO delegations from 193 countries, galleries, libraries, archives, museums, and artists.
- **Technologies**: Experiences built on Unique, Moonbeam, and RMRK.
- **Panel**: Parity to join a panel discussing Polkadot initiatives.

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NFT exhibition about environment at UNESCO HQ, Paris

### Polkadot Nomination Pools Proposal

- **1 DOT to join a pool**: Allows small DOT holders to participate.
- **200 DOTs to create a pool**: Initial collateral for pool creators.
- **64 pools and 16,000 members limit**: Temporary limits for safety.
- **Scalability**: Pools are designed to be infinitely scalable.
- **Voting**: Proposal is up for community vote after Council approval.
- **Purpose**: Removes barriers for native relay chain staking.
- **Sybil resistance**: Lowering the entry cost reduces sybil attack risk.

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[PLEASE REJECT] Polkadot Nomination Pools Initial Configuration

- Polkadot is introducing nomination pools for DOT-holders.
- Users can join a pool with just 1 DOT.
- Creating a pool requires 200 DOTs as initial collateral.
- There is a limit of 64 pools and 16,000 members across all pools.
- These limits can be increased if needed.
- The proposal aims to make staking more accessible.
- The community will vote on this proposal after Council approval.

Polkadot Nomination Pools Initial Configuration

### Polkadot Summit Summary

- **Event**: Polkadot Summit
- **Date**: November 3, 2022
- **Location**: Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
- **Tracks**: Business and Technical
- **Speakers**: Confirmed from Parity, Astar, Acala, and more
- **Motivation**: Increase Polkadot's exposure in the US
- **Funding**: Requested 7400 DOTs (~$47,215)
- **Proposal**: Available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JCQCBFXDV84X-6r6EwWhhKTvsoYm-sVkZw7OssKAmlk/edit#heading=h.v6is2ta0txr1)

Proposal: San Francisco Blockchain Week Polkadot Summit 

- **Gossamer** is a Polkadot host written in Go, designed to build and run nodes for blockchain protocols compatible with the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The proposal seeks funding for further development of Gossamer over a 12-month period.
- This project follows a successful collaboration with the Web3 Foundation Grants Program for initial development.
- The main goal is to enhance client diversity within the Polkadot ecosystem.
- Detailed budget, milestones, and roadmap are available in the [original post](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/motion/267).
- The proposal is currently up for vote by the Polkadot Council and, if approved, will be voted on by the community.
- Original Treasury post: [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/168](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/168)
- Original discussion post: [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1260](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1260)

External Motion: #168 Gossamer Ongoing Development Grant

- **Purpose**: Design an open-source user interface font for the Dotsama ecosystem.
- **Features**: Optimized for small screen sizes, with light, regular, and bold weights, matching italics, and a monospaced version.
- **Scripts**: Supports both Latin and Cyrillic scripts.
- **Iconography**: Includes a suite of variable icons.
- **Format**: Packaged as a single, cutting-edge variable font.
- **Comparison**: Different from the Polkadot brand font, which is designed for large sizes.
- **Accessibility**: Aimed at global users, with utility beyond the Dotsama ecosystem.
- **Open Source**: Intended to be freely available for worldwide use.

Opensource UI font for the Dostama ecoysystem

### Kusama Runtime Upgrade Proposal

- **Purpose**: Upgrade Kusama’s runtime to version v9281 to fix a previous issue.
- **Key Fixes**:
  - Fixes a vulnerability affecting block authoring.
  - Includes several low-priority updates and minor fixes.
- **Audits**: Some changes have been audited, while others are pending.
- **Community Involvement**: Requires approval from the Council and a community vote.
- **How to Vote**: Community members should vote at their convenience.
- **Details**: Full release notes and runtime changes are available [here](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/releases/tag/v0.9.28).
- **Proposal Hash**: `0xe9a09ca478bb39406f131a5fd4dab46edbf75d9ae3a9950eb0a74094943be4be`

Runtime v9281 Upgrade On Polkadot

**YieldBay**

- YieldBay is a platform aiming to simplify liquidity provision and yield farming in the Dotsama ecosystem.
- It addresses information asymmetry, making it easier for users to find and participate in liquidity pools and yield farms.
- The platform helps protocols attract more liquidity by improving discoverability and reducing slippage.
- A proof-of-concept is already live, with over 350 unique visitors spending an average of 4 minutes on the site.
- Within a week of launching, YieldBay received listing requests from several protocols.
- This submission is for the first milestone; future milestones will be addressed separately.

YieldBay Proposal: Listing platform for all dotsama liquidity pools and yield farms

**Dot.alert() Proposal Summary**

- **Proponent:** 12uokSRn2hmEWPZuzHK1xqnFxRgyoApLtXRBd4jFan2x2T1P
- **Date:** 12.09.2022
- **Requested Funds:** 2,493 DOT (about $18,840)
- **Purpose:** To fund the operational costs of Dot.alert(), a knowledgebase for safe asset management in the DotSama ecosystem.
- **Challenges Addressed:** Complex technologies like Relay chains, Parachains, Crowdloans, and Cross-chain transactions pose risks such as fund transfer errors, account incompatibility, and phishing.
- **Dot.alert() Goal:** Provide practical guidelines to help users manage their assets safely.
- **Proposal Details:** Includes milestones, targets, tasks, and costs for the period October to December 2022.
- **Full Proposal:** Available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CiGYEa1AuzUnmhws-hGSDP60QpZM5a7F/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112859871373269428690&rtpof=true&sd=true).

Treasury proposal: Dot.alert() operational costs

### Polkadot Runtime Upgrade v9280

- **Upgrade Details**: The proposal suggests upgrading the Polkadot Runtime to version 9280.
- **Key Change**: Adds nomination pools to the Polkadot runtime.
- **Governance**: Requires governance configuration after the upgrade.
- **Audits**: Includes several low-priority audits and fixes.
- **Community Vote**: Needs approval from the Council and community.
- **Voting**: Community members should vote on the proposal.
- **Release Notes**: Full details are available on GitHub.
- **Verification**: Use srtool to check the proposal hash.

Polkadot Runtime Upgrade to v0.9.28

**EasyA x Polkadot Hackathon Summary**

- **Event:** Held on 30-31 July in London.
- **Participants:** 250 students from 30 universities.
- **Projects:** 27 projects created.
- **Objective:** Educated students on building parachains/dApps in Dotsama.
- **Outcome:** Raised awareness of Polkadot ecosystem among thousands of new student developers.
- **Documentation:** Full report available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/10GTdZby0vj1qrmmUKrmWpat2XDsB7W38i52gfTdq668/edit?usp=sharing).
- **Reimbursement Request:** $40,000 for Milestone 2 to reward winners and cover final costs.
- **Next Steps:** Planning to continue engaging more students in the Polkadot ecosystem.

Milestone 2 Proposal: Polkadot Hackathon for 200 Students and Educators

### Summary of Polkadot Asia Lounge Party Proposal

- **Proposer**: Sota Watanabe, founder of Astar Network.
- **Event**: Polkadot Asia Lounge Party at Token2049, Asia's largest crypto event.
- **Objective**: Strengthen Polkadot's brand presence in Asia and showcase ecosystem unity.
- **Participants**: 21 Polkadot ecosystem projects, including Astar, Acala, Moonbeam, and others.
- **Expected Attendance**: Over 300 registrations and 200 attendees.
- **Requested Funds**: $25k, equivalent to 3360 DOT (based on $7.44 per DOT).
- **Event Page**: Already published on Eventbrite with over 300 registrations.
- **Full Proposal**: Available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HyBvtQ1ljW0r6-snUtFmoNDoDRzC1L1oJV3WSsLQ0n8/edit#heading=h.v6is2ta0txr1).

Proposal: Polkadot Singapore Event During Token2049

### Summary of Motion Proposal

- **Purpose**: This motion corrects errors in previous motions (256 and 257) and opens HRMP channels between Statemint and five additional parachains.
- **Parachains Involved**: 2021, 2031, 2032, 2035, 2046.
- **Process**: The proposal involves sending encoded call data from the Relay Chain to Statemint to execute the channel openings.
- **Funding**: 100 DOT is taken from the Treasury to cover the costs of opening 10 channels, with 2 DOT for fees.
- **Voting**: The proposal must be approved by the Council and then voted on by the community in the referenda queue.
- **Preimage**: The preimage for the proposal has already been submitted for community verification.
- **Call Hash**: The hash for the call is `0xfa5da8a4d9ef08dd22dfbc189861cbb9275dc8c52e4ce9b04f21cc830b3d5617`.

Second Batch Of Statemint HRMP Channels (replacing motions 256 and 257)

### Summary of Motion 257

- **Purpose**: This motion replaces Motion 256 due to an error in the proposal weight.
- **Parachains**: Five additional parachains (2021, 2031, 2032, 2035, 2046) request HRMP channels with Statemint.
- **Action**: The motion accepts these requests and opens return channels.
- **Addresses**: 
  - Treasury: `13UVJyLnbVp9RBZYFwFGyDvVd1y27Tt8tkntv6Q7JVPhFsTB`
  - Statemint: `13YMK2edbuhwMBxeUWm9c643A2wyYHwSVh1bCM7tShtg7Dtk`
- **Execution**: The proposal involves encoded call data for both Polkadot and Statemint, and requires community voting after council approval.
- **Call Hash**: `0x1502b8b1df9e3c49e8b99991ba10aa7559d92f0f557f7f89584d6006096e6784`
- **Status**: Preimage submitted for verification; requires community referenda after council approval.

[PLEASE REJECT] Second Batch Of Statemint HRMP Channels 

- Five parachains requested HRMP channels with Statemint.
- The proposal accepts these requests and opens return channels.
- The proposal was rejected due to insufficient weight.
- A new proposal will be submitted for voting.
- The process involves encoding call data and sending messages between chains.
- The proposal requires community and council votes to pass.
- The call hash and preimage are available for verification.

[PLEASE REJECT] Second Batch Of Statemint HRMP Channels

### Kampela Proposal Summary

- **Project Name**: Kampela
- **Concept**: An open-source hardware storage device for the dotsama ecosystem.
- **Design**: A flat card with an e-paper screen and few controls, inspired by the Finnish word for flounder fish.
- **Functionality**: A hardware version of Parity Signer, designed to securely store private keys and perform signing operations on-chip.
- **Features**: Supports a single seed phrase, full SURI account derivation, transaction preview, and metadata updates.
- **Cost**: Comparatively low-cost, below €100, compared to over €500 for a Signer-compatible smartphone.
- **Usage**: Can replace Parity Signer by providing signatures via NFC, with potential for a "translator" app to convert QR codes to NFC payloads.
- **Scope**: Includes preliminary development for production, not actual manufacturing.

Hardware signer and key storage Kampela: Milestones 1&2

### Ziggurat

- **Definition**: A Ziggurat is a rectangular, stepped tower with precise measurements to support layers.
- **Network Testing Metaphor**: Ziggurat can represent network testing with three layers:
  1. **Conformance**: Adherence to network protocols.
  2. **Performance**: Ensuring healthy data throughput under pressure.
  3. **Resistance**: Withstanding malicious behavior.
- **Tool by Equilibrium**: Ziggurat is a set of tools for node developers to extensively test these layers, ensuring no bugs, performance issues, or security flaws in new releases.
- **Importance**: Critical for preventing network-level hacks that could topple blockchain networks.
- **Full Proposal**: Detailed in a Google Docs document.

Ziggurat: The Network Testing and Stability Framework

- SubWallet's second proposal for Milestone 2 (March 2022 to May 2022) includes NFT support on Kusama and Statemine, cross-chain asset support, transaction history, and more.
- The proposal also added a donate button for charity, RMRK 2.0 support, and integration with Substrate Connect.
- SubWallet now supports over 70 networks and has over 15,000 organic installs.
- The team is part of the Substrate Builders Program and collaborates with 70+ teams in the ecosystem.
- SubWallet has over 6,500 community members across Twitter, Telegram, and Discord.
- The wallet is compatible with Metamask and supports EVM assets.
- SubWallet was featured in a Polkadot Community Call in August 2022.

Milestone 2: SubWallet Proposes to Build the Web3 Multiverse Gateway for Polkadot & Kusama ecosystem

- The v9270 runtime is based on Polkadot/Kusama v9270.
- It allows buying and selling NFTs on Statemint and Statemine.
- NFT trading is enabled by the Uniques pallet.
- Statemine can now use sufficient assets to pay XCM fees.
- This feature will first run on Statemine, then Statemint.
- Statemint currently has no sufficient assets for XCM fees.
- The lack of this feature on Statemint won't affect current interactions.

Upgrade Statemint to v9270

### Polkadot Runtime Upgrade Proposal

- **Version**: v9270
- **Details**: Upgrade the Polkadot Runtime.
- **Proposal Hash**: `0x55507b53f5c37e97e3faf9a9274dba0c5eace970aa5c653c179126f679ed496e`
- **Council Approval**: Needs approval from the Council.
- **Community Vote**: After Council approval, community voting is required.
- **Enactment**: The upgrade will be enacted after community voting.
- **Check Hash**: You can verify the proposal hash using srtool.
- **Vote**: Make sure to vote when the time comes.

Polkadot Runtime Upgrade to v9270

### PolkaWorld Social Contract with Polkadot Treasury

- **Purpose**: To cover community operation costs from Sep 2022 to Nov 2022.
- **Community**: PolkaWorld is the Polkadot community in China with over 50,000 followers.
- **History**: Started in 2019, collaborated with Polkadot ecosystem and Web3 Foundation.
- **Funding**: Received W3F community grant (2019-2021), then made a social contract with Polkadot Treasury in June 2021.
- **Milestones**: Details for milestones, tasks, and budget for the next 3 months are available in the linked document.
- **Reports**: Monthly reports are also provided in the linked document.
- **Feedback**: Open to advice and feedback from the community and councilors.

PolkaWorld Ops and Maintenance proposal：2022.9 - 2022.11

### Polkadot and Decentralization
- Polkadot and Substrate-built blockchains aim for decentralized computing.
- The level of decentralization depends on deployment and community operation.
- Polkadot's Relay Chain is currently centralized in terms of region, computing network, and node operators.

### Polkawatch
- Polkawatch is a tool to measure Polkadot's validation decentralization.
- It went into production in Q2 2022.

### Proposal
- The proposal seeks funding for Q3 2022 to continue operations and improve software and infrastructure.
- Detailed proposal is available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hh1Vjn2tPwx2fAPFoY5WfOeltEJy-B-1HlukPSHLTI0/edit?usp=sharing).
- Community feedback can be found [here](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1212).

Polkadot decentralization analytics, Continued Operation and Improvements.

**YieldBay**

- YieldBay is a platform aiming to simplify liquidity provision and yield farming in the Dotsama ecosystem.
- It addresses information asymmetry, making it easier for users to find and participate in liquidity pools and yield farms.
- The platform helps protocols acquire liquidity by listing their token pools in one central location.
- A proof-of-concept is already live, attracting over 350 unique visitors who spend an average of 4 minutes on the site.
- Within a week of launching, YieldBay received listing requests from five different protocols.
- This submission is for the first milestone; future milestones will be submitted separately.
- The project seeks funding to develop an aggregation platform for liquidity pools and yield farms across the Dotsama ecosystem.

### Summary

- **Daniel** is a long-time ecosystem builder and founder of **Virto Network**, a sustainable d-commerce hub for Polkadot.
- **Virto Network** developed **libwallet**, a lightweight framework for creating secure wallets.
- The goal is to bring blockchain to the masses without compromising decentralization.
- **Fido** is a Web3 companion designed to be user-friendly, avoiding complex terms like "blockchain" or "private key."
- **Fido** includes a chat-based wallet (**Fido bot**) and a decentralized super-app (**Fido Shell**).
- Development is divided into three stages: Design and architecture, Wallet backends and Skills API, and Integrations and deployments.
- The project aims to be user-friendly for non-crypto-native users and is expected to take 4-5 months.

Fido Wallet(s)

### Summary of Polkadot Infrastructure Proposal

- **Proponent**: 12mRyiCp9zdh1wEVW5gLLiFBxDPKks72rRXmSupyEK3VAMLf
- **Date**: August 11, 2022
- **Requested DOT**: 12,471.517 (USD $100,383.24)
- **Purpose**: To fund the operation of high-performance infrastructure for Polkadot, Statemint, and Westend.
- **Performance**: Achieved 99.98% uptime for Polkadot and Statemint, and 99.99% for Westend over the last 90 days.
- **Data Served**: Over 12 billion API responses and 85 TB of data egress between April 1, 2022, and June 31, 2022.
- **Highest Daily Response**: 224,203,539 responses in a single day.
- **Total Responses**: Over 65 billion responses since November 2020.

Council Motions