- Blockchain Training Alliance (BTA) offers global blockchain training and certification since 2017.
- BTA is creating a Substrate-specific course to teach developers how to build on Polkadot.
- The course covers Polkadot's governance, treasury process, and hands-on coding labs.
- Technologies taught include Polkadotjs, Substrate, WASMI, libp2p, Rust, and more.
- The 20-hour course is free and available on the BTA website.
- A certification exam is offered at the end to validate skills for building on Polkadot.

proposalId

Substrate Training Course and Certification

### AmsterDOT Events Treasury Proposals

1. **AmsterDOT Conf**: A 4-day event co-organized by 10 Polkadot & Kusama parachain teams.
   - Proposal: [Treasury Proposal 153](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/153)
   - Aim: Reimburse event costs.

2. **AmsterDOT Hackathon**: An 8-week online hackathon.
   - Proposal: [Treasury Proposal 154](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/154)
   - Aim: Partially cover the prize pool and reimburse organizational costs.

3. **Additional Information**:
   - Budget, agenda, winners, and success metrics are detailed in the linked proposals.
   - Event reports, videos, and metrics are also available.

4. **Action Required**:
   - Review and vote on the proposals at your convenience.

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Batch Call Motion for Treasury Proposals Covering Organisational Costs & Prize Pool for AmsterDOT 2022.

### Summary of Bounty Proposal

- **Purpose**: To reward community event activities in the Polkadot & Kusama (Dotsama) ecosystem through child-bounties.
- **Objective**: Speed up and regularize rewards for event activities.
- **Initial Multisig Composition**: 
  - 1 member from Web3 Foundation.
  - 2 global head ambassadors.
- **Signatories**: Web3 Foundation member won't receive rewards.
- **Multisig Details**: 
  - Address: `15Ndq3mvW2ixPBwReQC1J6j3txiHygapoT4ABXQswMr9NCvW`.
  - Threshold: 2 out of 3 signatures needed to release funds.
- **Experience**: All candidates have extensive experience in curating community events.
- **Future Plans**: Initially, general curators will also serve as child-bounty curators, with plans to add more curators later.
- **Details**: For fees, team organization, responsibilities, and reporting, refer to the full proposal links provided.

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Community Events Reward Bounty with Child-Bounty Distribution: Curator Election

- Two bounty proposals were closed:
  - One at the request of the Polkascan team.
  - The other because it lacked information for over 100 days.
- Proposers will lose their bond when a proposal is closed.
- Voting is open for everyone to participate.

Rejecting Bounty Proposals at Request of Proposer and for No Contextual Information

OpenSquare treasury proposal for develiered features and new features development for dotreasury, subsquare and statescan

### Summary of Proposal

- This proposal is for paying infrastructure costs of the Polkadot network and its testnets.
- It covers costs from January 1st to June 30th, 2022.
- Costs include GCP, Datadog, and Cloudflare services.
- The total amount requested is 50,814 USD, which will be converted to DOT based on the EMA7 price.
- The conversion results in 7,205.831 DOT.
- Future billing times will be unified for easier community management.
- Detailed billing information is available in a linked document.

Subscan | Infrastructure Costs of Subscan for Polkadot & Westend & Rococo Networks

### Polkaevent

- **Purpose**: Polkaevent aims to make it easier for users to find events in the Polkadot ecosystem by listing them on a single platform.
- **Features**: The platform includes a calendar called Dotsama Calendar, which shows events like airdrops, parachain launches, and chain upgrades.
- **Current Limitations**: The current calendar only shows online events and focuses on proposals.
- **Future Plans**: Polkaevent plans to expand the calendar to include more types of events and use social channels to promote them.
- **Bounties**: There is a section for bounties related to the Dotsama ecosystem.
- **Design**: The platform is still in its first draft, so the design may change.
- **Proposal**: For more detailed information, you can read the full proposal [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ea4LU0Xo8hgtLlh7IJ6u9Q0PymhpJVGj6uidRRpXJbo/edit?usp=sharing).

Proposal: Polkaevent - A one stop event discovery platform for the Dotsama ecosystem

### Polkadot Runtime Upgrade Proposal

- **Version**: v9260
- **Details**: Available [here](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/releases/tag/v0.9.26)
- **Changes**:
  - Referenda and conviction voting updates
  - Weight updates
  - Council can send XCMs
- **Proposal Hash**: `0x282b1166e009892d0088efb1d7158b1c04f03394b9d9cff05e19eec76ecb4e7c`
- **Process**:
  - Council approval needed
  - Community voting required
  - Enactment after approval
- **Vote**: Community members should vote at their convenience

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Polkadot Runtime Upgrade to v9260

### Substrate Evangelist Program

- **Purpose**: To fund and motivate evangelists to promote Substrate technology and grow the developer community.
- **Goal**: Expand the Substrate developer community globally and contribute to the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Impact**: Substrate has gained significant influence in China's blockchain community, contributing to Polkadot's growth.
- **Participants**: 125 applicants from 14 countries, including China, Nigeria, Russia, and the USA.
- **Events**: Kickoff meeting on April 9th with speakers from Web3 Foundation and Parity Asia Pacific.
- **Activities**: Substrate evangelists promoted ecosystem content from April to June.
- **Details**: More information can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/14o481tQZBxGPr1xBZq-sSVt5HxzbNAItOFGXGt1SLCo/edit?usp=sharing).

Proposal of Substrate Evangelist Program

### Anti-Scam Bounty Proposal Summary

- **Purpose**: Request for additional funds to continue the Anti-Scam Bounty initiative.
- **Objective**: Protect users from scams in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Previous Work**: Ongoing community initiative targeting scam sites.
- **New Tasks**: Added tasks to create a comprehensive solution, including awareness and education.
- **Key Task**: Finding and taking down scam sites remains the main focus.
- **Progress**: Several tasks are making good progress and are expected to be completed by September 2022.
- **Details**: Full proposal, spending analysis, and roadmap are available in the linked documents.
- **Beneficiary**: The beneficiary's identity is not visible on-chain but can be checked on Subscan.

Treasury Proposal: Anti-Scam Bounty Top-up

**Omni: Polkadot Enterprise Desktop App - Milestone 2**

1. **Omni Enterprise** is a desktop app for Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems.
2. It aims to improve Polkadot.js Apps by offering advanced features.
3. The app supports multisig accounts, light clients, and Parity Signer.
4. It helps manage assets and perform operations across multiple networks.
5. Milestone 1 was completed in July 2022, and this proposal is for Milestone 2.
6. The goal is to release a high-quality desktop app for public use.
7. The app will include features like easy-to-use multisig accounts and secure communication.
8. The full proposal with details and costs can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TJDK8gqxAI9Q2VjdSEc4Zm8-h0Opv-dbOqSw4aSjNPs/).

Omni: Polkadot Enterprise desktop app Treasury Proposal — Milestone 2 — Public releas

Increase maximum number of HRMP channels from 10 to 30

**Talisman Wallet**

- Talisman is a community-owned wallet designed to make it easy for users to explore different blockchain networks.
- The wallet aims to simplify the complex multi-chain architecture of Polkadot and Kusama, making it user-friendly.
- Talisman plans to develop a cross-chain transaction history service to help users track their activities across different networks.
- Users have expressed the need for better visibility of their assets and transactions across multiple chains.
- The project seeks funding to improve usability and security for users.
- Feedback from the community has highlighted the challenges users face in managing their assets and transactions.
- The goal is to provide a more seamless and secure experience for users interacting with Polkadot and Kusama.

Talisman Proposal: Cross-Chain Transaction History Service

### Anti-Scam Bounty Proposal Summary

- **Purpose**: Request to top-up the Anti-Scam Bounty to continue protecting users from scams.
- **Previous Work**: Expanded a community initiative targeting scam sites.
- **New Tasks**: Added tasks to create a holistic solution, raise awareness, and educate users.
- **Main Task**: Finding and taking down scam sites (largest share of rewards).
- **Progress**: Several tasks are progressing well; aim to complete all by September 2022.
- **Details**: Full proposal and spending analysis available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/12JAtLuwzQjk5AejR_cxvMgz1xnWGwr90r2L34zBs1v8/edit).
- **Beneficiary**: Identity not visible on-chain but can be checked [here](https://polkadot.subscan.io/account/13UVJyLnbVp9RBZYFwHYxa6GPKJ2SqkGg4Mo7jG7uLAbPkT8).

### Manta.Network's OpenZL Project

- **Background**: Manta.Network developed a privacy solution for the DOT/SAMA ecosystems using zkSNARKs. They launched Dolphin Testnets with over 60,000 transactions and 6,000 distinct addresses.
  
- **Dolphin Testnets**:
  - V1: Unincentivized testnet with significant transaction volume.
  - V2: Improved performance with fewer constraints than ZCash's Sapling.

- **OpenZL**: An open-source library to help Web3 developers build secure and high-performance zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) systems.

- **Components**:
  - **Gadget Libraries**: Building blocks for protocols.
  - **eclair**: A Rust-based DSL for circuit logic.
  - **Adaptors**: Convert circuit logic to different ZKP systems.

- **Applications**: OpenZL can be used in DID projects, cross-chain bridges, DAO tooling, and ZKRollups.

- **Interested Users**: Acala, Astar, Interlay, Mangata, Jump Trading Crypto, KILT, Talisman.

- **Milestones**:
  - **Milestone 1**: Complete code for gadget libraries, eclair, and groth16 adaptor by October 2022.
  - **Milestone 2**: Security audit and tutorials by November 2022.

- **Budget**: Total budget is 1,010,500 USD, with 400,500 USD requested for Milestone 1.

OpenZL: Common Good Zero-Knowledge-Proof Library for Substrate Builders

- Polkadot is voting on upgrading its runtime to version 9250.
- The release notes and changes are available [here](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/releases/tag/v0.9.25).
- You can check the proposal hash using `srtool`.
- The proposal needs approval from the Council and community.
- Proposal hash: `0x73a9fe9a8dcced92ad7eb36963f64d7b49a4f66a2c5e626a812e5b6cd0e56d42`.
- Make sure to vote when you can!

Polkadot Runtime Upgrade to v0.9.25

### Proposal Summary

- This proposal is a follow-up to an earlier one from April, aiming to fund the continued development and maintenance of RPC services for Polkadot, Statemint, and Westend.
- The proposal includes one milestone: continuing to run these RPC services on dedicated hardware in Sweden.
- In Q2 2022, the Polkadot RPC node handled an average of 4,176,442 requests per day, totaling 375,877,980 requests.
- The Statemint RPC node handled an average of 218,805 requests per day, totaling 19,692,450 requests.
- The Westend RPC node handled an average of 291,186 requests per day, totaling 26,216,640 requests.
- The full proposal details can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FE_KBaChASiWQGRV_LoKHooLd691UR4GlMX-yqNpgeg/edit?usp=sharing).

Polkadot RPC services Dwellir Q3 2022

- **Purpose**: Design an open-source user interface font for the Dotsama ecosystem.
- **Features**: Optimized for small screen sizes, with light, regular, and bold weights plus italics.
- **Monospaced Version**: Includes a monospaced version for coding.
- **Iconography**: Comes with a suite of variable icons.
- **Scripts**: Supports both Latin and Cyrillic scripts.
- **File Format**: Packaged as a single, cutting-edge variable font.
- **Comparison**: Different from the Polkadot brand font, which is designed for large sizes.
- **Goal**: Provide utility for users worldwide as an open-source resource.

Opensource UI font for the Dostama ecoysystem

**Crypto APIs Proposal for Polkadot Community**

- **Objective**: Crypto APIs seeks $60,000 to develop three free tools for the Polkadot community.
- **Tools**: 
  1. **Open-Source KMS**: A Key Management System for secure, blockchain-agnostic wallet management.
  2. **Shared Polkadot Nodes**: A pool of public nodes with a Smart Load Balancer, hosted on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
  3. **Block Explorer**: Integration of Polkadot into Blockexplorer.One for on-chain data access.
- **Funding**: The budget covers development and infrastructure costs, with payments split into two installments.
- **Milestones**: Detailed project plan available, outlining timelines, roles, and budget.
- **Community Involvement**: Seeking feedback and open to discussions via email or comments.

Proposal: Creation of an open-source KMS, a pool of shared nodes, and a block explorer for Polkadot

- This proposal extends the maintenance and support contract for the Polkadot Ecosystem from April 1, 2022, to June 30, 2022.
- Polkascan Foundation maintains Python libraries for the Polkadot ecosystem, funded partly by Web3 Foundation grants.
- Notable users of these Python libraries include LocalCoinSwap, Rotki, and Patract Labs.
- Previous activity reports are available from October 2020 to June 2022.
- The proposal includes links to the Social Contract Mechanism, the Python Libraries support contract, and the Polkascan Foundation's business plan.
- The Polkascan Foundation is available to answer questions from the Polkadot Council.

Continuation of Maintenance & Support for Python Libraries

- **Bounty 17** is a proposal to reward community events in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- It uses "child-bounties" to distribute rewards.
- This allows community members to organize events more quickly and regularly.
- The Council does not need to approve each event.
- The proposal includes categories of events, reward amounts, and rules.
- A curator will be chosen if the bounty is approved.
- More details are available in the [original post](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/bounty/17).

Bounty 17 - The first Community Events Reward Bounty with Child-Bounty Distribution proposal

- Subsquid provides data indexing infrastructure for the DotSama ecosystem.
- Archives store on-chain data in GraphQL format for major parachains on Kusama and Polkadot.
- Archives are used for data exploration and as a developer-friendly alternative to block explorers.
- Over three months, Subsquid served over 1.2 billion queries.
- The highest daily query count was nearly 395 million responses.
- Kusama and Polkadot chains account for a significant portion of the data demand.
- The proposal requests $16,044.40 to cover the costs of running these archives.

Subsquid - Public data indexing Infrastructure for Polkadot (Q2 2022)

**SubWallet Overview**

- SubWallet aims to be a user-friendly wallet for the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems.
- It aims to simplify tasks like tracking, sending, receiving, staking, and managing multi-chain assets.
- The wallet supports over 60 networks and has over 5000 organic installs.
- SubWallet has active users from over 70 countries and a strong community on social media.
- The team is seeking feedback for their first milestone development.
- They have a demo video and detailed proposals available for review.

SubWallet Proposes to Build the Web3 Multiverse Gateway for Polkadot & Kusama ecosystem - Milestone 1

### Summary

- PureStake and PolkaHaus organized successful Decoded 2022 events in Buenos Aires and New York.
- They submitted treasury proposals ([141](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/141) and [142](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/142)) to cover market volatility differences.
- Both proposals are now part of a batch call motion for voting.
- The original tips were canceled.
- Please review and vote on the proposals.

Treasury proposal to cover difference in DOT rate from approval to transfer of funds for Decoded 2022: NY and Buenos Aires Chapters

### v9230 Runtime Summary

- **Based on Polkadot/Kusama v9230**: Same as the Polkadot/Kusama runtime.
- **XCM and Substrate Changes**: Includes updates from v9190 to v9230.
- **Renaming in Uniques Pallet**: Changed `class`es and `instance`s to `collection`s and `item`s.
- **Max Items Setting**: Collection owners can set a maximum number of items.
- **Deposit Update**: Creation of fungible and non-fungible asset classes now requires 10 DOT.

Council Motions