Proposer: COINSIDER
Address: 16B44UW3iW8MBb7vHACpKriF7NNQ9cw4YMPT5n6wYJzfGySY
Contact: @joincoinsider on Twitter
Duration: Around 6 weeks
Amount: Around $20,000 including fees &mdash; 5,000 DOT with DOT price at $4.00
Team:&nbsp; 1 researcher, 1 editor, 1 thumbnail designer, and myself as the writer/host
About me:
Hey everyone! I&rsquo;m Kevin, the founder and host of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/coinsider" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Coinsider channel on YouTube</a>. I&rsquo;m here today to propose to you a specialized content campaign for Polkadot and its ecosystem.
First, I know what some of y&rsquo;all are thinking: &ldquo;Sigh&hellip; yet another content creator doing a proposal?&rdquo; And I hear you! But I want to make the case that we&rsquo;re not your typical content creator and that we&rsquo;re worth working with.
So on our channel, we do around 1-2 videos per week, because each one takes 10+ hours to carefully research, script, and produce. If you watch some of our videos, I hope you&rsquo;ll notice how much care we put into them. Also, if you look at SocialBlade, you&rsquo;ll see that we&rsquo;ve still been growing during the bear market (albeit slowly), whereas other larger channels have stopped growing altogether. Furthermore, if you look at our views to sub ratio, you&rsquo;ll see that we&rsquo;re among the best in the crypto niche for channels above 100k subscribers. Anyways, I don&rsquo;t want to &ldquo;toot my own horn&rdquo; too much, I just want to share with you these stats that hopefully point to how high quality our content is.
But also, you might be thinking: &ldquo;Shouldn&rsquo;t you be covering Polkadot organically instead of getting funding for it?&rdquo; Well I have covered Polkadot in the past and plan on covering it in my upcoming series as well. But, the videos I&rsquo;m proposing are a bit more niche and don&rsquo;t fit into any of my upcoming series, so that&rsquo;s why I was thinking to do these in conjunction with Treasury funding and you guys in the community. And I&rsquo;m pretty confident that these will bring solid exposure to certain parts of Polkadot that will end up benefiting the project and the community.
Now the next question some of y&rsquo;all may be thinking is: &ldquo;Will you be able to make an impact during the bear market?&rdquo; Well I think so, and the reason why is because of the videos I&rsquo;m specifically proposing (see below). They are mostly evergreen videos that would still be relevant months later, so even if they don&rsquo;t go &ldquo;viral&rdquo; per se, they will still get more and more views as time goes on. Also, my existing audience likes Layer 1 blockchains, but I haven't really covered Layer 0s in-depth, so I think I can get some of them to start following Polkadot as well.
So yea, this is my first proposal and I just wanted to do a smaller campaign to see if yall like the idea, and if I&rsquo;m able to do a great job, hopefully we can work together again in the future.
Description:
This proposal asks the Polkadot Treasury for funding of a total of 3 high quality educational videos covering the following topics:
<ol>
<li>Why Polkadot Is The Most Decentralized Project Out There (OpenGov) </li>
<li>Top 5 Polkadot Ecosystem Projects You Must Know! </li>
<li>Why 2024 Will Be A Gamechanger for Polkadot $DOT!</li>
</ol>
The total requested amount for the production of these videos is 5000 DOT (Around $20k).
At the end of each video, I will refer people to the official Polkadot Discord channel and include the link in the description as well. And once the 3 videos are delivered, I'll post a comment in the Polkassembly article.
If you have any questions, drop a comment below and I look forward to your feedback!
Best,
Kevin

Deciding

small_spender

Coinsider Media Campaign for Polkadot

See <a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/treasury/tips/15649605_0x7045b376f208b9102cde994054c7772cb8ba5f297f3d96e42c3d21fd88c2606d">https://polkadot.subsquare.io/treasury/tips/15649605_0x7045b376f208b9102cde994054c7772cb8ba5f297f3d96e42c3d21fd88c2606d</a>

small_tipper

Need to get tip which is not executed in old gov

Hello,
I'm Patrice, a French Polkadot ambassador and content creator. I manage the French blog Tendances Crypto. I am planning to submit a proposal to create a Polkadot content hub for the French community. Before submitting my proposal as a referendum, I would like to engage in discussions with the Polkadot community. You can find my complete proposal here, and I can provide additional details if needed.
&mdash;---------------------------
Proposer: Patrice - Tendances Crypto
Address: 152wswWPnwr1uLxqyENaesqjFtJcMwLT3dmrpb7KNt1PZ1PX
Contact: <a href="mailto:tendancescrypto@gmail.com">tendancescrypto@gmail.com</a>
Duration: 44 weeks
Amount: 5,233 DOT
Team: Tendances Crypto
About me:
Hello, I&rsquo;m Patrice, a French Polkadot Ambassador. I create content about Polkadot since two years on my website &ldquo;Tendances Crypto&rdquo;, on Twitter and with &ldquo;Polkadot Francophonie&rdquo; community on Twitch. I believe that we must all work together to create a decentralized web to protect our data and identities, and for me, Polkadot is the only way to build a decentralized space for everyone and every project.
Description:
France is showing increasing interest in the web3, and major French brands are developing strategies to integrate this new sector (Carrefour, Axa, Adidas, PMU, etc.). However, they have limited knowledge of Polkadot at the moment. There are two main reasons for this: there is very little regular content about Polkadot in the French media, and there is also a lack of support for companies looking to enter the Polkadot ecosystem.
To address this issue, it is necessary to create a true hub of French content to promote Polkadot and engage in a B2B approach to attract projects that can utilize Polkadot's technology. This approach will have five aspects:
<ol>
<li>A weekly newsletter on governance.</li>
<li>A monthly newsletter on ecosystem news.</li>
<li>A weekly thematic article.</li>
<li>A chatbot that will use information from the articles and official Polkadot documentation, as well as parachains, to answer readers' questions.</li>
<li>LinkedIn posts to build a B2B audience.</li>
</ol>
The goal of this content is to grow the Polkadot community in France, increase the readership of Polkadot-related articles, and expand the number of French companies willing to adopt Polkadot's solutions. This proposal will fund this content hub for ten months (44 weeks).
You can find the full proposal <a title="Proposal Tendances Crypto" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/16VF8amEqKPz62f7fRRCMs2SsvUe0PD1QZxLMvfjFpMo/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Patrice

A French content hub for Polkadot Ecosystem

For the last three years, Polkascan Foundation has been maintaining the Polkadot related Python libraries, such as [py-substrate-interface](https://github.com/polkascan/py-substrate-interface), [py-scale-codec](https://github.com/polkascan/py-scale-codec) and [several Python bindings](https://github.com/orgs/polkascan/repositories?q=&type=all&language=rust&sort=) for cryptographic RUST crates used by Substrate. With these libraries, Python developers can easily interact with any Polkadot, Kusama or other Substrate based chain.

As of writing [265 Github repositories and 21 Python packages](https://github.com/polkascan/py-substrate-interface/network/dependents?package_id=UGFja2FnZS04OTc2NTczNTM%3D) are depending on our libraries.

With this treasury proposal, we are asking retroactive funding for our activities in the period April until September 2023.  


## Overview of activities
* Implemented new [Polkascan Explorer](https://github.com/polkascan/py-substrate-interface-extension-polkascan) and [Subsquid](https://github.com/polkascan/py-substrate-interface-extension-subsquid) extensions to the py-substrate-interface [extension framework](https://polkascan.github.io/py-substrate-interface/extensions/). These utilize indexes from Polkascan Explorer and Subsquid API endpoints, so data can be queried and filtered that is not directly possible or very inefficient on the Substrate RPC.
* New [runtime interface](https://github.com/polkascan/py-substrate-interface/tree/az-runtime-interface): more intuitive approach to interface with the runtime functionality, this is planned to be available in the next major release.  
* Added [support for ink! v4](https://github.com/polkascan/py-substrate-interface/pull/347)
* Added [SCALE type definitions](https://github.com/polkascan/py-scale-codec/pull/112) for upcoming `MetadataV15` in Substrate. (Full support is still WIP)
* Added [multiple params as key support](https://github.com/polkascan/py-substrate-interface/pull/351) for `query_map()`
* Add support for runtime calls at other blocks than the most recent [#346](https://github.com/polkascan/py-substrate-interface/pull/346)
* Upgrade contract interface to support `WeightV2` [#337](https://github.com/polkascan/py-substrate-interface/pull/337)
* Updated [metadata docs](https://polkascan.github.io/py-substrate-metadata-docs/) for Polkadot & Kusama parachain and stand-alone runtimes
* Technical support on [Github](https://github.com/polkascan/py-substrate-interface/discussions) and in [#polkascan:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#polkascan:matrix.org) and [substrate.stackexchange.com](https://substrate.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/python) channels

For more details about deliverables see https://github.com/polkascan/py-substrate-interface/releases and https://github.com/polkascan/py-scale-codec/releases


## Activity report

Details about time spent and cost breakdown can be found in the [Q2 & Q3 activity report](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-2023Q2-Q3.md).

## Previous activity reports

* [October 2020](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202010.md)
* [November 2020](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202011.md)
* [December 2020](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202012.md)
* [January 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202101.md)
* [February 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202102.md)
* [March 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202103.md)
* [April 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202104.md)
* [May 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202105.md)
* [June 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202106.md)
* [July 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202107.md)
* [August 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202108.md)
* [September 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202109.md)
* [Quarter 4 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-2021Q4.md)
* [Quarter 1 2022](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-2022Q1.md)
* [Quarter 2 2022](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-2022Q2.md)
* [Quarter 3 2022](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-2022Q3.md)
* [Quarter 4 2022](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-2022Q4.md)
* [Quarter 1 2023](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-2023Q1.md)

Maintenance & Support Python Libraries (April to September 2023)

in preparation for the crowdloan unlock on October 24th, as discussed in <a href="https://forum.polkadot.network/t/adjusting-polkadots-ideal-staking-rate-calculation/3897">this forum post</a>, it was concluded to propose slightly increasing the ideal staking rate in Polkadot, such that the network can accommodate the new DOT that is being unlocked into the staking system, without reducing staking rewards.&nbsp;
In short, what this proposal does is:&nbsp;
For the current situation, the ideal staking rate would then be calculated as: 0.75 - min(45,60)/300 = 0.6, i.e., 60%.
You can find the full steps to reproduce the proposal in <a href="https://hackmd.io/ykunWzXYR-Kaz_cM2KNIlg">https://hackmd.io/ykunWzXYR-Kaz_cM2KNIlg</a>. It is merely a 1 liner change to the former Polkadot runtime that was version 9430.&nbsp;
The enactment time is set to <a href="https://polkadot.subscan.io/block/17840000">this</a> block, which is roughly 2 days before the funds unlock from crowdloans.&nbsp;
The corresponding fellowship referendum to whitelist the call is <a href="https://collectives.polkassembly.io/member-referenda/24">https://collectives.polkassembly.io/member-referenda/24</a>.&nbsp;

whitelisted_caller

Tweak Polkadot's Ideal Staking Rate

Reseath overview
Nominators hold a crucial role in Polkadot owing to the innovative NPOS approach. They fortify the economic security of the system with genuine decentralization through their constant actions to select the best nodes and personal commitment.
This approach demands significantly more involvement and decisions from them compared to any other staking yield (L1, farming, etc.). To incentivize their contributions, economic tools are employed: nominators receive the highest APY in the market for successful actions, while strict disincentivization tools (loss of reward or slashing of personal stake) ensure adherence to the system's stability.
This blend, along with the platform's openness, enables the realization of a high level of decentralization, offering true freedom of action for participants and full permissionlessness. Any DOT holder can enter the system, undertake tasks, and earn rewards for their successful completion.
However, the attributes of decentralization, openness, and permissionlessness mean every potential or existing nominator must engage in continuous self-education and perpetual optimization of their role. The complexity and dynamism of the system, key actions specific to the Polkadot ecosystem, necessitate proactive engagement from the nominator's side with almost zero feedback loop (because of decentralization).
Indirect data (that was partially available before this research) show that nominator behavior is somewhat suboptimal. We have conducted an extensive analysis of the structure of the nomination system from the nominators' behavior perspective and its dynamics.&nbsp;
Key findings (<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WEhn-kQQjYxpWD8hC05Nc4VK9oPYROFl/edit?pli=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">full details are available in the full proposal</a>):
<ul>
<li>The staking ensemble is currently "decentralizing," with the contribution of "regular accounts" growing at the expense of a transition from "whales."</li>
<li>The growth in the role of regular nominators correlates with competition among them. Moreover, the closer the personal stake of the nominator is to the disincentivization level (min-reward), the higher the competition.
<ul>
<li><img src="https://i.ibb.co/2ZK4jts/9.png" alt="Graph 9" width="300" height="228" /> (<a href="https://i.ibb.co/2ZK4jts/9.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zoom in new window</a>)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>A significant number of accounts are near the disincentivization border, with 50% in the min-reward growth zone of 100%.
<ul>
<li><img src="https://i.ibb.co/34zzFjN/6.png" alt="Graph 6" width="300" height="180" /> (<a href="https://i.ibb.co/34zzFjN/6.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zoom in</a>)&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>These accounts risk falling into the potential disincentivization zone (or are already in), possibly not receiving a reward while having staked funds if their actions are not optimal.&nbsp; 
<ul>
<li><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Mcdc9BM/19.png" alt="Graph 19 " width="300" height="188" />(<a href="https://i.ibb.co/Mcdc9BM/19.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zoom in</a>)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Our research showed that, in their mass, nominators indeed behave suboptimally. This concerns both stake size control and validator set control. Therefore, during the system's transformation, a significant number of accounts lose the active set &ndash; disincentivization occurs.
<ul>
<li><img src="https://i.ibb.co/SxgGfKx/26.png" alt="Graph 26 " width="300" height="168" />(<a href="https://i.ibb.co/SxgGfKx/26.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zoom in</a>)</li>
<li><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Mcdc9BM/19.png" alt="Graph 19" width="300" height="188" /> (<a href="https://i.ibb.co/Mcdc9BM/19.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zoom in</a>)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>The non-receipt of rewards as a disincentivization tool works harshly: currently, 40% of nominators do not return (dropout) to the active set after its loss, a number that is increasing.
<ul>
<li><img src="https://i.ibb.co/ThFc33z/17.png" alt="Graph 17" width="300" height="252" /> (<a href="https://i.ibb.co/ThFc33z/17.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zoom in</a>)</li>
<li><img src="https://i.ibb.co/9qSnd0Z/16.png" alt="Graph 16" width="300" height="164" /> (<a href="https://i.ibb.co/9qSnd0Z/16.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zoom in</a>)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Simultaneously, our research showed that there is a set of super-effective regular nominators in the system (not just basically performing target tasks in the system, but doing it super-effectively).
<ul>
<li><img src="https://i.ibb.co/drmr2xd/25.png" alt="Graph 25" width="300" height="192" /> (<a href="https://i.ibb.co/drmr2xd/25.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zoom in</a>)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>These accounts proficiently manage both stake size and validator choice over the long term. A nonzero number of them even never missed the active set for the last 500 eras with growing median reward.&nbsp;
<ul>
<li><img src="https://i.ibb.co/rmBdm70/24.png" alt="Graph 24" width="300" height="198" /> (<a href="https://i.ibb.co/rmBdm70/24.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zoom in</a>)</li>
<li><img src="https://i.ibb.co/HTdmmwZ/31.png" alt="Graph 31" width="300" height="198" /> (<a href="https://i.ibb.co/HTdmmwZ/31.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zoom in</a>)&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Their actions are easily observable and visible on-chain (<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WEhn-kQQjYxpWD8hC05Nc4VK9oPYROFl/edit?pli=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data can be found in the full proposal</a>).</li>
</ul>
Proposed solution
Given the presence of these efficient nominators, we can implement benchmarking based on their activities, continuously showcasing optimal actions and outcomes. By utilizing unbiased on-chain data in an open-source format, this method demonstrates superior strategies without necessitating centralized actions or permissions.
Benchmarking works as a self-learning tool for nominators (what the best nominators do, when they increase the stake, which validators and when they choose), as well as a feedback loop in the nomination process (the nominator can understand their effectiveness, compare it with the best, etc.).
We propose the implementation of nominator leaderboards &ndash; dashboards that visualize nominator behavior, offering a comprehensive view of actions and results within the system. The leaderboard allows showing the entire range of actions and results that exist in the system.
These leaderboards serve as a user-friendly interface over the core incentivization mechanism, aiming to prompt nominators to act before facing disincentivization, thus softening the tool's impact without compromising its efficacy.
By centering on regular accounts, this tool amplifies the decentralization effect, making it universally accessible and comprehensible, regardless of language, location, or depth of blockchain/ecosystem knowledge.
Key components of the system include:
<ol>
<li>Nominator Dashboard: A leaderboard for nominator rewards with insights and behavior analysis.</li>
<li>Validator Dashboard: A leaderboard for validator long-term rewards and real payouts with insights and trends.</li>
<li>Nomination Pool Dashboard: A leaderboard for nominator rewards and payouts with insights and trends.</li>
</ol>
Team and traction 
Our team specializes in researching user behavior in the web3 ecosystem. We have a track record with research in the blockchain industry, specifically in DeFi traders' behavior, dApp user experience, and utilizing AI&amp;ML. Our team already has relevant experience with different methods of blockchain research. We have conducted research to determine the most suitable method for this case. Astar, dYdX, Lido done and methods that were tested (<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WEhn-kQQjYxpWD8hC05Nc4VK9oPYROFl/edit?pli=1">Samples can be found in the Appendix.1 at the end of this proposal</a>).
Interface sketches 
The implementation of the interface will take the form of a &ldquo;desktop&rdquo; webapp, providing users with a convenient way to explore the system's capabilities. The design will follow the style of "Similarweb," known for its user-friendly and visually appealing approach. The following is a basic layout and visual example of an internal project page. Please note that the dataset provided in the<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WEhn-kQQjYxpWD8hC05Nc4VK9oPYROFl/edit?pli=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> full proposal</a> is illustrative and subject to change.
Benefits for Polkadot ecosystem from Motif 
The Motif platform empowers key stakeholders with valuable data, insights, and educational resources. It aligns interests, optimizes engagement, and fosters a stronger and more collaborative Polkadot community.
<ul>
<li>Benefits for Nominators:
<ul>
<li>Nominators self-education and benchmarking</li>
<li>Higher stickiness of system participants due to Confidence and Understanding of the system's operation</li>
<li>Nominating based on data-driven insights (not just the minimum stake or a known name)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Benefits for Validators:
<ul>
<li>Competition Beyond Low Fee</li>
<li>Data-Driven Strategy:</li>
<li>Optimized Engagement</li>
<li>Potential reward growth due to improving the work of nominators in the system.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Community-Wide Benefits
<ul>
<li>Decentralization focus</li>
<li>Onboarding newcomer nominators and Retaining Members</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Also, an open-source platform for the ecosystem. Based on this solution, additional elements or separate products can be based, which will improve the effectiveness of the feedback loop.
Thanks for support&nbsp;
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to those who have significantly assisted us during the nine months we prepared this proposal: Bill Laboon, Jonas Gehrlein, Raul Romanutti, Bryan Chen, Otar, Anaelle, Alex Promoteam, Tim, Denis Pisarev, Kirill Pimenov, Alice Faultcore, Subsquid guys and Dmitry, Jay Chrawnna, Tugy and Ra from Amforc, Tom, Ilhan, CoinStudio, Greg from Ryabina, Alexey cp287 and many more members from our community.

medium_spender

Polkadot Nominator Insight Hub. Spreading the Best Nominator Strategies through TOP Nomination Leaderboards

This is a tip created by the [tip-bot](https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-tip-bot/).

### Details

- **Repository:** [polkadot-sdk](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk)
- **PR:** [#1720](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/1720)
- **Contributor:** [muraca](https://github.com/muraca)
- **Tip Size:** small (20 DOT)


SmallTipper

The goal of this referenda is to approve the <a href="../bounty/27">Bounty 27</a>.
Dear Polkadot Community,
I am Zhixi from Interlay. This post propose a comprehensive bounty program aimed at funding the fiat on-ramp service for 20 parachains and the onramp integration for Asset Hub in the Polkadot ecosystem.
The on-ramp service has been a prominent concern within the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems, creating barriers to entry for new users. These barriers arise from issues such as fragmented token liquidity, high costs associated with listing on exchanges, and the lack of tailored solutions for substrate chains. To address these challenges, we have diligently researched and engaged in insightful interviews with a diverse range of on-and-off-ramp service providers, and have had extensive conversations with various projects within the ecosystem.
In March 2023, we proposed an <a href="https://kusama.polkassembly.io/bounty/21">on-chain bounty on Kusama</a> to secure funding for the on-ramp of 11 assets on 10 parachains. The proposal outlined a strategic collaboration with Banxa, a leading on-ramp service provider, in the form of a bulk deal between parachains and Banxa. The selection of Banxa was a result of meticulous evaluation, considering factors such as technical expertise, extensive geographic coverage, supported payment methods, and competitive pricing.
I am pleased to report that our previous bounty proposal received overwhelming support across the Kusama ecosystem, and the integration process commenced swiftly. Throughout the implementation, the bounty proposal was carefully supervised by a curator committee comprising experts representing various facets of the ecosystem.
Building on the success achieved within the Kusama ecosystem, we now aim to bring this bounty program to Polkadot. Our proposal includes 15 assets on 14 parachains, notably including DOT and USDT on Statemint. We also request funding for 6 slots to allow parachains that are not already involved to sign up and take advantage of this service. Another highlight is the integration of Banxa&rsquo;s onramp service with the Polkadot Asset Hub. By adding these assets, we aim to bridge the gap between traditional payment systems and the Polkadot ecosystem.
It is worth mentioning that the integration of Banxa's fiat onramp service with the Polkadot Asset Hub holds significant implications. It would enable users to purchase assets supported by the Asset Hub directly with fiat currencies and then deposit these assets directly into a designated parachain address, without the extra steps of XCM bridging.
We believe that this bounty program represents a pivotal step towards resolving the fiat on-ramp challenge, encouraging widespread adoption, and fostering a dynamic and inclusive ecosystem. We eagerly await your support and cooperation in making this vision a reality for the Polkadot community.
Costs breakdown: &mdash; 1st Batch Token 14 Parachains: 147 000 USD &mdash; Reserve funding for 6 parachains: 63 000 USD &mdash; Asset Hub Integration: 84 000 USD &mdash; Management Overhead: 32 040 USD
Total: 326 040 USD
Please see <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/17IuGI-lLKXpNgjdb5xKiDYCSdMmcQoPJhhv6EfGxiPw/edit">Link to Full Proposal </a>, and leave your feedback in the comment section below!
View <a href="../post/1891">Discussion Post</a> 
A bounty proposal for the same purpose has been live and running on Kusama, it has achieved both approval and notable success. Should you have an interest, we are pleased to present a report on its performance. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v2ghHhoWcqXN_Om9WXfORZeS99jiTu2j5kyLhuUOC1Y/edit#heading=h.vulu69wz3vlk">Link to report </a>

Polkadot Parachain Assets Onramp Bounty Program

Hello community!
We are posting this proposal to move Polkadot Live development into the community and aim to get funding for 1 full-time senior software engineer for a 12 month period.
Overview
Ross Bulat (Parity Technologies) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s78SZZ_ZA64&amp;t=530s">demoed</a> a new blockchain user experience at Polkadot Decoded 2023, showing how Polkadot interaction can happen on the desktop.
The app, named Polkadot Live, is centred around 2 key fundamentals:
<ul>
<li>Notifications that are delivered directly to the user, as they happen, in a decentralised manner (node RPC &amp; light client driven), The ability to quickly respond to those notifications, by submitting extrinsics, directly on the desktop. These &ldquo;quick actions&rdquo; should be complementary to existing dapps, and not act as replacements.</li>
<li>Readers of this document are encouraged to watch the entire presentation for the rationale of the product, the problems it solves, what has been achieved thus far with the prototype demoed, and the general roadmap of the app.</li>
</ul>
This proposal in an effort to secure funding to onboard one full-time senior developer to contribute to the Polkadot Live product and bring it to an initial release. This full time developer will report directly to Ross, who leads and oversees the direction of the app.
This will primarily be an engineering effort, but promotion / marketing efforts will also be explored when the product is ready for a beta release, in order to receive feedback from the community and shape the product to community expectations.
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Proposal Details:
Proposal Start Date: 27th September 2023
Proposal Submitted By: Joel Kenny, JKRB Investments / <a href="https://jkrbinvestments.com/">Website</a> / <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/11080617">LinkedIn</a>
Advisor, Technical Direction: Ross Bulat, Parity Technologies
Requested Funds: 24,937 DOT ($100k @ $4.01 / 1 DOT)
Planned Fund Allocation:
<ul>
<li>15% / $15,000: to JKRB Investments (manager of contractual agreement(s), onboarding of software engineer, milestones and project management oversight). Paid in bulk upon successful proposal approval, with immediate commencement of works.</li>
<li>80% / $80,000: 12-month allocation of monthly salary for 1 full-time senior software engineer. $6,666 / monthly salary, $50 per hour / 6 hour days.</li>
<li>5%: Contingencies, unforeseen expenses. To be held in DOT until if / when contingency expenses come about.</li>
</ul>
Deliverables: 
<ul>
<li>Initial release of Polkadot Live app, for macOS and Windows.</li>
<li>Open sourcing of Polkadot Live codebase on Github.</li>
</ul>
Full Proposal Document: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BVNIob4QOuv0hVGjEqYqgtz3pvsyTyqPb-wGuputgUs/edit?usp=sharing">Google Doc</a>
Pre-Proposal Discussion with Feedback: <a href="../post/1915">Polkassemby Link</a>

Polkadot Live: Proposal for funding community driven development to initial release.

(Recap)With Polkadot Treasury backing, the Apillon platform would switch to a growth-oriented, SaaS model with various subscription models and forever-freemium access, while giving back to the community with Web3 Adoption Bounty supporting up-and-coming builders on Polkadot. Apillon has filed a new, revised Proposal for Polkadot Treasury funding to cover the technical development of the Apillon Web3 development platform. During the voting period of the previous Proposal, certain important concerns were raised - the new project orientation addresses them thoroughly. The full Apillon Proposal linked below explains the changes that were made and puts them into the context of a wider Polkadot ecosystem. Besides, Apillon&rsquo;s initiative of supporting the community proposes the establishment of a Web3 Adoption Bounty. Apillon pledges to periodically funnel a share of its revenue and NCTR token supply into the Bounty fund to support up-and-coming Web3 projects building in Polkadot or on the Apillon platform, and, thus, give back to the community that has shown incredible support so far. The Apillon platform - adoption in less than a year:
<ul>
<li>Overall number of developers: 888</li>
<li>Number of active developers: 432</li>
<li>Number of projects created: 523</li>
<li>Service breakdown:
<ul>
<li>Web3 Storage: 47,692 files uploaded, adding up to 31 GB of data</li>
<li>Web3 Hosting: 174 webpages hosted - 72 pushed to production</li>
<li>NFTs: 151 NFT collections created - 53 powered by Moonbeam, 86 powered by Moonbase, 12 powered by Astar.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
So, why vote Aye? 
<ul>
<li>Apillon is the first Polkadot project actively offering services to application-layer Web3 developers. The Apillon platform serves as Polkadot&rsquo;s answer to ThirdWeb, Moralis, Pinata, and other solutions already thriving in external ecosystems.</li>
<li>Apillon would open-source every single line of code, allowing anyone to run a clone of the platform services independently.</li>
<li>Apillon would funnel a share of revenue into an independent bounty fund controlled by Polkadot parachain representatives to fund projects seeking to build on Apillon, further extending the adoption loop by appealing to a wide scope of audiences - from freelancers to enterprise users.</li>
<li>Apillon is the first project that provides access to multiple mature Polkadot parachains and their services and utilizes underlying tokens while simplifying the payment process.</li>
<li>Apillon is directly promoting the ecosystem partners and boosting the growth of the Polkadot Network through executing the business side via DOT, CRU, GLMR, KILT, and other DOT-based tokens.</li>
<li>Apillon provides a "forever"-freemium business model with a wide range of services, lowering the threshold for entering the Web3 space through a newbie-proof Web2 building logic.</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:4800/format:webp/1*Kf4rg1crJ13CDOQHpcVWKw.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:4800/format:webp/1*Kf4rg1crJ13CDOQHpcVWKw.png" alt="" width="733" height="260" /></a>
Learn more about Apillon:
<a href="https://ipfs.apillon.io/ipfs/Qmaeq4CpaLMKL4HBX2z2C8QM2ZZEuJvhv8nfWF7FKANZqv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The full Apillon Proposal</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQJnuvUo-xo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Apillon platform Quick Demo</a> <a href="https://ipfs.apillon.io/ipfs/QmZmZLdpeuVN9vpw3WNzJh8F62vzqwZDmrXdh5mBRB1GVh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The old Apillon Proposal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Apillon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apillon on X.com</a> We want to make the reasoning behind the new Apillon&rsquo;s Polkadot Treasury Proposal as comprehensive and transparent as possible. We will do our best to provide additional explanations based on your comments.

big_spender

Apillon Platform Milestone 1 Proposal

After careful consideration and discussions with various peers in the wider Polkadot community, AIWeb3 has decided to resubmit its opengov proposal following a recent miss: <a href="https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/261.">https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/261.</a>
We believe that there is value in fostering the growth of Chinese content creators to continue enhancing awareness, as well as growing the Polkadot Chinese community.
Although we previously missed out we garnered significant support with 283 voters in favour versus 82 voters against, thus, we shall now be taking our proposal to Polkadot opengov instead.
Founded in February 2023 and supported by the Kusama treasury for an intitial 6 month period, AIWeb3 can be considered a play on words Artificial Intelligence (AI) with the decentralized web. While we anticipate that the future of web3 will harmonize the principles of "the law of code," AI, and decentralization, our name holds a more fitting significance. In Chinese, "AI" symbolized by "爱" translates to the word love, giving rise to "Love Web3". The name may have bought about some misunderstanding about what AIWeb3 is all about, furthermore, given we came from the WagMedia intiative then naturally most people just associate us with content production.
AIWeb3 covers Chinese educational content creation,community-building, AMA events in Chinese, provides native language asistance to ecosystem builders, and more.
For instance, we hosted a spaces AMA in August that had over 500 people tune in live, which isn&rsquo;t bad considering how difficult it is to attract live audiences during the bear. Here is the recording, which has gone on to successfully attract decent listening figures: <a href="https://twitter.com/aiweb3dao/status/1692881530472055084">https://twitter.com/aiweb3dao/status/1692881530472055084</a>
You will often find us being involved on the Chinese discord channels for many of the ecosystem projects, where we will offer assistance as well as educate newbies by providing them the Chinese content that has been created.
From a community perspective, we currently have 10 active content creators, we also have our own dedicated discord with custom bots to make it easier for our growing Chinese language community of over 690 members. This isn't just about numbers, we want to establish an environment that grows genuine connections between users, creators, and our ecosystem builders.
We have educated our community on Polkadot projects not commonly known by Chinese audiences. For instance, not many have heard of Ajuna Network and would have missed out on all the fun with season 2 Awesome Ajuna Avatars. Recently, we have been tasked by Hashed Network to help them with hiring Chinese ambassadors to support their growth.
Whilst the Kusama funding was to cover a 6 month period, we have managed funds judiciously, in addition, we secured additional funds from parachains and ecosystem projects.
We're now working on the possibility of a comprehensive Polkadot Academy in Chinese, reflecting our commitment to education. We have reached out to Parity, and whilst this is still in the early stages, we have received materials and resources that we can use for a more structured pathway.
AIWeb3 is a passionate group of enthusiasts who have a love for web3 and Polkadot. Our team includes:
DrCAO, an ambassador for various parachains, a member of ChaosDAO, one of the pioneering WagMedia language content directors, a prolific educational content creator who supports the ecosystem in many ways (you can verify his wallet address: 5CkWjh9tdPkJCFVmbSknjDk8MVuUinhu6fCnbu6DVxggLpbv and twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/cao_lab">https://twitter.com/cao_lab</a> ).
Neo, our tech expert with an extensive history of over 10,000 xcm transactions.
Giki, who has produced numerous quality videos, manages our community wechat video channels, and serves as our AMA event host.
Xiucai, shall oversee the ambassador program and Polkadot Academy initiative, he also boasts a solid following on YouTube (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@xiucai-finance">https://www.youtube.com/@xiucai-finance</a>). There are many others that help shape our community, all united by the love of our ecosystem and unwavering belief in holding DOT/KSM as well as various ecosystem tokens.
Please support us, your DOT vote matters, your feedback is welcomed, and we hope you join us in growing the Polkadot community.
Full proposal can be found here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1slcn2X8YYFICwJYLzpHPUSuqTB_Va_MfuWC59ya-IoY/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1slcn2X8YYFICwJYLzpHPUSuqTB_Va_MfuWC59ya-IoY/edit?usp=sharing</a>
经过与波卡社区中的同行讨论以及慎重的考虑，AIWeb3决定重新提交我们的提案，这是之前的提案：<a href="https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/261。">https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/261。</a>
我们认为培养中文内容创作者对于继续增强以及增长Polkadot中国社区是有价值的。
尽管我们之前提案被否决，但我们获得了相当大的支持，有283名选民支持，与此相对的是82名选民反对，因此，我们现在将提议提交给波卡的opengov。
AIWeb3成立于2023年2月，并得到了Kusama基金会的初次为期6个月的支持。AIWeb3可以被视为&ldquo;人工智能&rdquo;(AI)与去中心化网络的双关语。我们预期web3的未来将和谐地融合 AI和去中心化的原则，但我们的名字具有更为贴切的意义。在中文中，"AI"（爱）的意思是&ldquo;爱&rdquo;，产生了&ldquo;Love Web3&rdquo;这一名字。这个名字可能已经产生了一些误解，再加上我们来自WagMedia，因此大多数人自然地将AI与内容制作联系了起来。
AIWeb3涵盖了中文教育内容的创建、社区建设、中文AMA活动，为生态系统建设者提供本地语言的帮助等。
例如，我们在8月份主持了一个AMA活动，吸引了超过500人实时收听，考虑到在熊市期间吸引实时观众的难度，我们对这个数字还是很满意的。这里是相关的录音，已经成功地吸引了相当多的人收听：<a href="https://twitter.com/aiweb3dao/status/1692881530472055084">https://twitter.com/aiweb3dao/status/1692881530472055084</a>
您经常可以在很多平行链的中文discord频道中发现我们的身影，我们会提供帮助，并提供创建的中文教程来帮助新手。
从社区的角度看，我们目前有10位活跃的内容创作者，我们还有自己的discord频道，有定制的机器人来方便服务我们不断增长的中文社区，社区已经有超过690名成员。数字并不能代表全部，但我们希望建立一个能够促进用户、创作者和我们的生态系统建设者之间真实联系的良好环境。
我们已经在我们的社区提供了很多关于波卡项目的知识，其中的一些项目在中国受众中并不常见。例如，很少人听说过Ajuna，如果没有我们，他们可能就错过了与第二季Awesome Ajuna Avatars相关的所有乐趣，同时我们也正在为hashed network招聘中文大使。
尽管Kusama的资金是为了覆盖6个月的周期，但我们一直在谨慎地管理了资金，此外，我们还从平行链和生态系统项目中获得了额外的资金。
我们现在正在考虑用中文创建一个波卡学院，这反映了我们对教育的承诺。我们已经联系了Parity，尽管这还处于初级阶段，但我们已经从Parity那里获得了可以用于结构化的材料和资源。
AIWeb3是一群对web3和Polkadot充满热情的爱好者。我们的团队包括： DrCAO，他是多个平行链的大使，ChaosDAO的成员，WagMedia的中文社区负责人，他是一个多产的教育内容创作者，从多个方面支持Dotsama生态系统（您可以验证他的钱包地址：5CkWjh9tdPkJCFVmbSknjDk8MVuUinhu6fCnbu6DVxggLpbv 和 twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/cao_lab）。">https://twitter.com/cao_lab）。</a> Neo，我们的技术专家，有超过10,000次的xcm交易记录。 Giki，他制作了大量的高质量视频，管理我们的社区微信视频频道，并担任我们的AMA活动主持人。 Xiucai，将负责大使项目和Polkadot Academy倡议，他在YouTube上也有很大的关注度。 还有许多其他人帮助塑造我们的社区，所有人都被我们的生态系统的热爱和对持有DOT/KSM以及各种生态系统代币的坚定信念团结在了一起。
请支持我们，您的DOT投票很重要，我们欢迎您的反馈，希望您加入我们，共同发展Polkadot中文社区。 大家可以查看中文版的提案： <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/15T-gkRUxYxEG4aOicoMGg_11T3pJluB94KPcHppJFvE/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/15T-gkRUxYxEG4aOicoMGg_11T3pJluB94KPcHppJFvE/edit?usp=sharing</a>

AIWeb3 Chinese Unit proposal (爱Web3 中文社区提案) - September, 2023 - March, 2024

# Proposing Curators for the Moderation Team Bounty 

As a sequel to the [referenda](https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/135) to fund the Moderation Team Bounty  (**[bounty 24](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/bounty/24)**, aimed to continue rewarding Community Moderators for their dedication towards ensuring a healthy community.) which recently passed, the moderation team will like to propose the curators for the bounty. 

## Curator account
The curator is an anonymous proxy whose calls will be signed by a multisig account controlled by 3 signatories.

Curator account: 12GkpkHocU4y1vFV2CpnA2AhkjzGGRtwucHFY77A5yyiQKp5

Identity: Moderation Team Bounty Curator


## Multisig controlling the curator account

The multisig controlling the curator account is a ⅔ multisig formed by the curators

Multisig: 13n85JzfpDngGwTtZiARrmkkx9Z5Uj4PXdRrvAFe8PjYeN6q


## Signatories of Multisig controlling the curator account:

Abdulbee: 15cZn8K1DaE7qiBWK6mGFJMKYKjFrALTVwe5urpD9PzKSsPY

Grizzly: 12wnTQnY3qUTCofi792fTdf9HpQQ6jmyxrVdwyT6X2Jed4Yg

Elodie: 13QA4oQ9zcD11DmS4fFKtd54Erj15fafQmhUu8kjEW28oBZo


Info about the signatories can be found in the curator [proposal document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OERmKs5OHwMRj36QTq2eCtzr5cnGFl58Q340Z7ZD8NU/edit?usp=sharing)

Moderation Team Bounty Curator Proposal

Hey community! After our <a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/116">116th Opengov referendum</a> was rejected, PolkaWorld has made adjustments to the proposal based on community feedback.
This is a proposal for community operational funding from October 2023 to March 2024. In this proposal, for those who may not be familiar with PolkaWorld, we've included the story of PolkaWorld, as well as the philosophy and principles we've adhered to over the past four years of operation. We've also made adjustments and optimizations to our work tasks for the next six months. In addition to content production, we've expanded to include marketing efforts as well.&nbsp;
In addition to the revised OKRs and budget, we've also addressed questions raised by the community. Please review our proposal <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zp-75_Q35YutXQoOJfrT7EoUk1YbktOEotNlzQXXWBU/edit">here</a> and cast your vote!

PolkaWorld Ops and Maintenance proposal：2023.10 - 2024.3

Polkadot has great concepts and features. A decentralised community driven governance with user votes, low transaction fees, scalability with big transaction capacity by spreading transactions across multiple parallel blockchains, interoperability with cross-blockchain transfers of any type of data or asset, not just tokens. These remarkable attributes of Polkadot are yet to be more widely acknowledged. AIRDROP.COM is committed to raise awareness of crypto projects and educate the broader public about their features. Thus AIRDROP.COM is well positioned to promote and inform the public about Polkadot&rsquo;s great capabilities.
For this reason, our proposal is making Polkadot visible to the right audience through media buying (banners, newsletters and media spaces) and bringing qualified new audiences to Polkadot.
We will do so by doing the following:
<ul>
<li>Creation of knowledge quiz and visual content creation</li>
<li>Creation of high quality informational video content</li>
<li>Media buying</li>
<li>Distribution of DOT through airdrop</li>
<li>KYC to avoid multiple claims</li>
<li>User support</li>
</ul>
Our aim is to reach 61'000 new DOT adopters.
&nbsp;
Resources needed
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/wd9gr0b/budget.png" alt="" width="640" height="454" />
Timeline
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/zH5v2MW/timeline.png" alt="Timeline" width="640" height="267" />
Pre-proposal discussion Q&amp;A
1- Why do we airdrop only 1 DOT ?
1 DOT is not enough for users to use all available features directly. But that is not our aim. The 1 DOT is an incentive to lead the users through :
<ul>
<li>Being aware of all cool possibilities DOT offers</li>
<li>Overcoming the initial step of setting up a wallet</li>
<li>Wanting buy more DOT in order to try out the cool features they have discovered in our information material.</li>
</ul>
Note: Due to existential deposit, fully emptying a wallet and sending its content to an exchange is actually not straight forward, especially for a beginner.
2- What platforms do we intend on using for media buying?
We are using major platforms like coingecko and etherscan to buy media advertising.
3- Who is our KYC provider?
We are using IDanalyser for both face recognition and document verification. You will find more information about our KYC provider including their pricing on <a href="https://www.idanalyzer.com.">https://www.idanalyzer.com.</a>
4- Why allocate a high budget on the promotion video featuring DOT possibilities?
The promotion video is our main conversion tool, we therefore need it to have rich engaging content and high quality edition.
&nbsp;
Our full proposition can be found <a title="Airdrop for General Public Awareness on Polkadot " href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/13co8blYP7HZo2qC5ejVuoA7XRxXOOkvr1eAbMQkxPZQ/edit#heading=h.4jpdrelak8bq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.

Increase DOT media visibility through media buying and airdrop campaign

Dear Polkadot community,
Thank you all for your support and votes on the approved <a href="151">Referenda 151</a>. I want to address an oversight regarding the multiple batch calls assigned to the "big_tipper" track, where I assumed individual limits were checked relative to the track limits. However, the total spending of the call is checked relative to the track limits. As the result, the referenda failed to execute.
Due to my oversight, the previous Referenda was submitted under the "Big tipper" track instead of "small_spender." To rectify this, I am resubmitting the proposal to the correct track. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
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Dear Polkadot community,
Collators on System Parachains are provided with minimal rewards for block production and small incentives in terms of transaction fees. This reduces incentives for Collators to act in a favorable manner and they may also be inclined to under-resourcing their hosts to save costs. Collators should receive funding for the provision of their services. Ultimately, this should be provided by the chain in a preferably sustainable manner. Implementation of such a system is a long-term solution. In the medium term, funding for collators can be provided by the respective Treasuries in the form of a bounty. This allows funding to be pre-allocated and independently managed.
Based on <a href="https://kusama.polkassembly.io/bounty/20">Kusama System Parachains Collator Bounty</a>, and <a href="https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/RFCs/blob/7eb2193a1a82818c83be4501c4b2a1e6d343dedb/text/0007-system-collator-selection.md">RFC-0007: System Collator Selection</a>, this proposal is a short-term solution aiming to post-pay monthly operating costs of service providers until a more suitable solution (Bounty) is established.
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KjThkBTp3nJBF4CAV-Jn8fA0PUrd2Lbhy7DOrVHISX0/edit?usp=sharing">Full Proposal</a>
The proposal aims to secure 6,075.79 DOT for Collators on the Polkadot System Parachains network for services delivered for the period of 2 months - 08-09/2023.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/SxYzWvZ/Screenshot-2023-09-11-at-10-25-19.png" alt="" width="400" height="262" /><img src="https://i.ibb.co/t2pJHWM/Screenshot-2023-09-15-at-12-53-37.png" alt="" width="400" height="259" /><img src="https://i.ibb.co/NN0c7zG/Screenshot-2023-09-15-at-12-52-13.png" alt="" width="640" height="480" />
This discussion will be open for a period of one week before submitting the proposal onchain. We encourage the Polkadot community to review this proposal and provide any feedback or suggestions.
Thank you!
*Update 11/09: Parity Collators excluded from the funding proposal. Updated the document with new verified identities.

Polkadot System Parachain Collators - Tips - Referenda #151 failed to execute

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TL;DR
Lucky Friday seeks a medium spender disbursement from the Polkadot Treasury in the amount of 45,074 DOT in order to improve the Teddy DAO product and co-market it alongside the Polkadot brand. The requested amount will be delivered to, and administered by, a multisig account. Once received, Teddy DAO can use these funds to directly support the future development of the project as well as marketing initiatives aimed at bringing new users to the Polkadot ecosystem, including traditional Web2 donors.
All details regarding our team, its past achievements, as well as the plan for how we will use the funding can be found in the complete proposal <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c_Anh4Cll-W_6csfGGUiIWkBG47k0kkuyLVV9mcGm9M/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE</a>
Key highlights from the proposal:
<ul>
<li>We have partnered with JustGiving, one of the largest online donation platforms in the world that has raised over &pound;6bn for charity</li>
<li>100% of funds are used to support charity; 1.9% B2B fee goes to JustGiving for payment processing, and the remaining 98% goes to the charity of the donor&rsquo;s choice The Teddy DAO Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3)</li>
<li>With nothing beyond organic marketing, Teddy DAO has already raised nearly $13K and seen 4 new users to the ecosystem win a Teddy as well as multiple others joining the community to learn more about the ecosystem</li>
<li>Our all time high donation thus far was 5000 GLMR or ~ $1200 USD at the time&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
We are ecosystem agents who believe in the power of Polkadot and its future promise. We believe that Teddy DAO has the potential to become the most widely recognized brand for charitable giving in all of Web3, and we hope the token holders will help us accomplish this mission on behalf of our entire community.
Thank you in advance for your consideration, comments, and support.
Gratefully,
The Lucky Friday Team

Polkadot & Teddy DAO: A New Way to Leverage Charitable Giving in Web3

Proponent: PARACHAINS.INFO DOT address: 1pzhyYR9gLk3GmwRtQESLkJCUXazFsAESgcbTRLc9q9hNuy Requested Allocation: 92,160 USD (22,400 DOT)
<a title="Parachains.info" href="Parachains.info" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Parachains.info</a> provides users of the Polkadot ecosystem with a centralised repository of unbiased information regarding parachain projects and auctions. Our previous proposals were on the Kusama network in <a href="https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/1091" target="_blank" rel="noopener">November 2021</a> and <a href="https://kusama.polkassembly.io/child_bounty/30" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 2022</a>. Since the project brings value to both networks, we are presenting the current proposal to the Polkadot Treasury. This proposal seeks to obtain funding for the continued operations, maintenance and development of the website. The proposal covers 9-month period postpaid (December 2022 - August 2023) and 3-month period prepaid (September 2023 - November 2023).
Please view the full proposal here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/14GJETDh_OO2AJauG3J0jY_ovLGr7b8y6HFbpOC0K4xw/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://docs.google.com/document/d/14GJETDh_OO2AJauG3J0jY_ovLGr7b8y6HFbpOC0K4xw/edit?usp=sharing</a>
Website: <a href="https://parachains.info" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://parachains.info</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/parachains" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/parachains</a> Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/parachains" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.youtube.com/parachains</a>
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/ZTxKs19/L1500x500.png" alt="" width="639" height="213" />

Retroactive and future maintenance/development of Parachains.info

Hey Polkadot ecosystem community!
We are happy to deliver our work on the proposal approved on the 23rd of March 2023 and are requesting a second allocation of funds for the development of 8-9, 11 milestones of <a href="https://openbrush.io/">OpenBrush</a>.
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Context
Proposal was initially approved on Kusama OpenGov by a majority of 79.4%. <a href="https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/138">https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/138</a> However the delivery proposal failed by a small majority (second installment) &mdash; <a href="https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/262">https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/262</a> There was no indication of any delivery problems, so we assume the prorblem wasn't about delivery itself. Also, we assume the problem isn't about the importance or the quality of OpenBrush. OpenBrush is a widely used tool being leveraged my numerous projects (AlephZero, Astar Network, Phala Network, SubWallet, Artzero, Abax Finance). Consequently we were suggested by some of the tokenholders to request retroactive funding on Polkadot.
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TL;DR
The purpose of OpenBrush is to grow the emerging WASM smart contracts field. As Gavin mentioned in this <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/05/25/polkadots-gavin-wood-webassembly-is-the-future-of-smart-contracts-but-legacy-evm-is-right-now/">CoinDesk</a> article, WebAssembly is the future of smart contracts. Also, as was mentioned in the approved <a href="../post/1491">WASM smart contracts bounty</a> currently smart contracts parachains lead the ecosystem in terms of market adoption. However, despite WASM tech having a lot to offer, it's not being widely used at the moment simply because of lack of proper tooling and ecosystem infrastructure products
OpenBrush is a core infrastructure product, a starting point, and a base for every ink! dApp. 15+ production-grade teams and 3 parachains currently use OpenBrush. This proposal is a continuation of the development of the successful product, proposing the most developer-needed features, validated by market feedback.
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List of OpenBrush stakeholders &amp; users: 
AlephZero, Astar Network, Phala Network, SubWallet, Artzero, Abax Finance, AZERO.ID, Panorama Swap, Andromeda Swap, ink!Whale, Interlock, ArthSwap, ZapFi, Liberum DAO, Kagla Finance, Starlay, Paras, Koda Dot, Pink Robot, Zstake and 100 + unnamed devs and teams in our Discord.
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Delivery
You can find our delivery report here: (feel free to find the initial fulll proposal there as well)
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o_gPHNn1L3lDEglil3S7t-xdl00Gz66dUHKkfNM51a8/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o_gPHNn1L3lDEglil3S7t-xdl00Gz66dUHKkfNM51a8/edit?usp=sharing</a>
The amount was calculated as follows: 60720$/4.093=14833.623 DOT

ink! OpenBrush 8-9, 11 milestone delivery

Hey Polkadot Community,
Talisman is requesting that a bounty be funded to support ongoing development and marketing activities. In this proposal we make the case that Talisman to date has generated value greatly in excess of our costs (over an 8x return) and is seeking additional funding.
In order to ensure we are incentivised to create effective products that users really want to use we are asking for the majority of the funding to be on commission basis for tangible results our product generates. Instead of the treasury providing a subsidy for each individual roadmap item which we feel is a poor incentive that generates very limited value for the network. We believe a results based funding model is appropriate for Talisman as it creates a positive feedback loop that will compound the value we create for the Polkadot network over time.
It is a large bounty, yes! But less than 15% is guaranteed as payment, the rest is a potential commission that way may or may not receive during the 7 month duration of this bounty.
This bounty implements an idea called Incentive Pools:
Incentive Pools are a novel concept that I believe can enable the treasury to implement results-based funding and generate better outcomes for DOT holders than our existing approach. The Genesis Incentive Pool will provide a commission for acquiring new stakers, generate more demand for the DOT token than it costs, and accelerate Talisman's transition towards sustainability.
To wrap your head around this referenda I recommend you start here 👇
<a href="https://twitter.com/StillAgyle/status/1703830517374718329">🎥 Video Explainer: What are Incentive Pools? &mdash; 13 mins</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/StillAgyle/status/1707072166091747532">🎥 Video Explainer: The Genesis Incentive Pool &mdash; 15 mins + questions</a>
<a href="https://talismanwallet.notion.site/Bounty-The-Genesis-Incentive-Pool-356dff7ca1f2488e9134f7c2aab15f14?pvs=4">📜 Proposal: A bounty for the Genesis Incentive Pool</a>
Thanks for your attention!
<a href="../post/1865">See the original incentive pools post here (not necessary to understand the latest, but had lots of community feedback)</a>

Bounty: The Genesis Incentive Pool

This is V2 of the proposal we submitted a few weeks back. You can find the complete details here:
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vKwN6yf9A_KNEwzw-XpTdBy-25U0fx9pkLGdvqn-DdA/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vKwN6yf9A_KNEwzw-XpTdBy-25U0fx9pkLGdvqn-DdA/edit?usp=sharing</a>
Summary:
Notifi Network (<a href="https://notifi.network)">https://notifi.network)</a> is a cross-chain communication and messaging infrastructure designed specifically for web3 builders. Notifi&rsquo;s platform offers the devtools designed for web3 projects to start sending near real-time alerts to end users. This allows web3 developers and marketers to create highly custom messages, enabling web3 teams to identify who to message and how the message is delivered. We are proposing a grant from the Polkadot Treasury that can cover the full cost of providing our services to both the Polkadot relay chain itself and its core ecosystem parachains. We believe that our platform can facilitate the increase in adoption of the Polkadot-native platforms by new and existing users in web3.
Problem Statement
Notifi is Solving Building notifications and alerts within web3 is a key pain point for all B2C platforms given the decentralized nature of user onboarding experience via wallets. As soon as end users onboard onto web3 dApps, the connection between the business and the consumer are immediately disintermediated, where the web3 project is not able to contact the users directly to provide useful information. We&rsquo;re solving problems for two key groups of users: 1) web3 users, and 2) web3 builders and communities.
Offering
Notifi's Solution Notifi&rsquo;s platform bridges the communication gap between web3 projects and its communities by providing the dev toolkit and infrastructure designed specifically for web. Notifi&rsquo;s solution is a highly customizable, white-labelled communication platform that can be embedded natively into web3 dApps. Additionally, we&rsquo;re able to monitor and parse smart contract events at a very granular level, enabling custom notifications, including loan health, governance proposals and staking alerts that are unique to parachains / dApps, while also doing it at scale. Improved notifications and communications to end users ultimately drives user activation, engagement, and retention, which is crucial for the broader Polkadot ecosystem to continue growing and remain competitive.
Over the last several months, we worked closely with Parity to engage with the core Polkadot ecosystem parachains and wallets, and we received tremendous interest from the broader community to provide our notification services to power dApps and parachains. 16 parachains, wallets and ecosystem partners have confirmed their need for Notifi&rsquo;s services and committed support for Notifi&rsquo;s grant proposal.
We hope to work closely with the Polkadot community at large to receive feedback on our proposal. We also appreciate that the Polkadot ecosystem is a truly community-driven ecosystem and welcome and invite feedback from the community to let us know which parachains should be included in the first batch.
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Please review our full draft proposal here:
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vKwN6yf9A_KNEwzw-XpTdBy-25U0fx9pkLGdvqn-DdA/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vKwN6yf9A_KNEwzw-XpTdBy-25U0fx9pkLGdvqn-DdA/edit?usp=sharing</a>

Notifi - Communication & Notification Tooling for Polkadot's Broader Ecosystem V2 Proposal

Cancelling this one please ignore/nay

Ignore / Nay (Duplicate Ref) 

<img src="https://i.ibb.co/YXRhvyk/kagome-header.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="320" /> <a href="https://github.com/soramitsu/kagome" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KAGOME</a> is a C++ implementation of the Polkadot Host that is protocol compatible with the original implementation in Rust and can already be used to run Relay chain validators and syncing nodes. With KAGOME and other client implementations we bring client diversity to Polkadot, mitigating risks of fatal bugs in a single client implementation, bringing innovations and broadening the development community. You may watch the most recent <a href="https://youtu.be/TnENz6I9l8A?si=UY5iIqurLlnfsEfV" target="_blank" rel="noopener">presentation</a> during Polkadot Decoded 2023 to learn more about KAGOME.
During previous work as part of <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/17_MZYihw7bqRVdW6efi3vRinAk39N_QnAQeU0jRaXQ4/edit#heading=h.yagc8jqu1d54" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kusama treasury grant</a>, the following results were achieved:
<ul>
<li>Parachains protocol integration</li>
<li>Light clients compatibility</li>
<li>Support for fast and warp synchronizations</li>
<li>Multithreading execution</li>
</ul>
In addition to features that were planned during the previous proposal our team achieved the following:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/kamil_abiy/status/1640715666117492741">First non-Substrate Live validator on Westend network </a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/kamil_abiy/status/1671406396641021952">Zombienet support </a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/kamil_abiy/status/1662113322089553921" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Improved performance of Erasure coding library </a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/kamil_abiy/status/1682410265768329217" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KAGOME joined Thousand Kusama validators programme</a></li>
</ul>
The goals of this proposal are to prepare KAGOME for the upcoming features of Polkadot, such as asynchronous backing, SASSAFRAS, BEEFY, and so on. We also plan to further improve KAGOME by improving RPC and WASM performance. Additionally, we plan to conduct an external security audit to build confidence in KAGOME among node operators. To achieve all of this, the work on the new proposal scope will be a joint effort between Quadrivium, Soramitsu, and SRLabs:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://qdrvm.io">Quadrivium</a> is a team of original C++ developers that developed KAGOME and C++ Libp2p. In August 2023 entire team has spun off from Soramitsu to group Quadrivium that will be responsible for feature implementation.&nbsp;</li>
<li>During this grant proposal implementation <a href="https://soramitsu.co.jp">Soramitsu</a> partners with Quadrivium to provide DevOps, QA and Security services for KAGOME. Soramitsu team is also experienced with KAGOME and Substrate and has necessary expertise to provide necessary infrastructure for testing KAGOME to ensure its stability, conformance with the spec and compatibility with Substrate</li>
<li><a href="https://www.srlabs.de/">SRLabs</a> is a Security Audit company that will be conducting an initial audit of KAGOME. SRLabs already has years of experience in auditing Substrate, which makes it a perfect fit for checking KAGOME</li>
</ul>
In addition, Web3 Foundation will be participating as technical advisor and will provide mentoring and technical support to ensure the completeness of milestones and conforming the <a href="https://spec.polkadot.network/">specification</a>.
The scope of this proposal:
<ul>
<li>Optimized Merkle storage</li>
<li>RPC Improvements: caching, new <a href="https://paritytech.github.io/json-rpc-interface-spec" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interfaces</a></li>
<li>Asynchronous backing</li>
<li>Libp2p improvements: QUIC, WebRTC, DOS protection</li>
<li>SASSAFRAS</li>
<li>BEEFY</li>
<li>New WASM Engine (WASM Edge)</li>
<li>General maintenance</li>
<li>Development infrastructure</li>
<li>Integration tests with Zombienet</li>
<li>Security Audit</li>
</ul>
Requested DOT:&nbsp;253862
Please review the full proposal with detailed tasks descriptions and price breakdown:
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/17ZmueuaMjXY3_SRBHxWtKNHzpLNtSd_KGVfeTII6Nbc/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/17ZmueuaMjXY3_SRBHxWtKNHzpLNtSd_KGVfeTII6Nbc/</a>

KAGOME – the C++ implementation of Polkadot Host milestone 2

Proponent: <a href="https://polkadot.subscan.io/account/13bfKSQXoBn3AMLtZaW6BKv797fqZzsD3PYF6xpJDir3tdoE">Subsquid Lab Official</a> - 13bfKSQXoBn3AMLtZaW6BKv797fqZzsD3PYF6xpJDir3tdoE
Beneficiary: <a href="https://polkadot.subscan.io/account/13bfKSQXoBn3AMLtZaW6BKv797fqZzsD3PYF6xpJDir3tdoE">Subsquid Lab Official</a> - 13bfKSQXoBn3AMLtZaW6BKv797fqZzsD3PYF6xpJDir3tdoE
Contact Details: Subsquid Labs GmbH, 6302 Zug, Switzerland - <a href="mailto:mf@subsquid.io">mf@subsquid.io</a>
Short description: Ongoing development and maintenance costs for public Subsquid Archives and the Giant Squid API
Archive raw data: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQqax-cS0HO8iECupffOlhQnarfMO4ry_ML1arn_4kif6Ykei-bs-LqUpmdWHXT1c13IVfVB-MednjO/pubhtml">Archive Infrastructure Metrics - April, May, June</a>
Giant Squid raw data: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSzBVpkSUqr9vof92Th7xdbQiHYpuqhnSLM1Rpa8P_ABwZzGYcNm3I7QTWKE5bw4lIZA3YtOATg55cV/pubhtml">Giant Squid Infrastructure Metrics - April, May, June</a>
Requested DOT: 43995.35 DOT + 14258.31 DOT = 58253.66 DOT = $ 233,014.67
Previous proposals: <a href="15">https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/15</a>
<h3 id="motivation">Motivation</h3>
A) Archives
Archives are an important piece of Polkadot and Kusama data infrastructure provided by Subsquid. They provide access to on-chain data in GraphQL format for all major parachains on Kusama and Polkadot, with more chains getting support as the ecosystem grows. They are being used as a data source for <a href="https://app.subsquid.io/squids">Squids</a> and for efficient data exploration and ad-hoc queries. An up-to-date list of Archives is kept in a public <a href="https://github.com/subsquid/archive-registry/blob/main/archives.json">Archive Registry</a>.
The Archives, as performant data sources of historical on-chain data, are critical to the operation of backend APIs run by major projects in the Polkadot ecosystem (the list is not exhaustive):
<ul>
<li>Polkassembly</li>
<li>Talisman</li>
<li>RMRK</li>
<li>SubWallet (+ GiantSquid API)</li>
<li>KodaDot</li>
<li>Phala dApp</li>
<li>Subsocial + Polkaverse</li>
<li>Stellaswap</li>
<li>Beamswap</li>
<li>Polkascan (+ GiantSquid API)</li>
<li>Calamar (+ GiantSquid API)</li>
<li>Moonsama/Exosama</li>
<li>Reef</li>
<li>Manta Wallet</li>
<li>ZooDAO</li>
<li>Zenlink</li>
</ul>
All archives can be accessed and queried via an web intuitive GraphQL interface and are often used as developer friendly replacement of a block explorer.
For example, here&rsquo;s a query for the last ten transfers on Kusama blockchain run against the <a href="https://kusama.explorer.subsquid.io/graphql">Kusama Archive endpoint</a>.
<img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/u/0/docs/ADP-6oF28QRWrAQx4x6nJNPA_fSg4c73ukxfq-ATwlJOaeMkFcveUEN3abJyXlkg0M5tgxMSU9_hY00ovl7JB0PIaZV25wlpNy9QiYTah8HYt1QcfnmUiLPz61vWbAjWe6yEsIrl_dVS68yi_skDsIhpTHtk0NqWhZ2HakawVgzv13cB0Zz2GFF1uD4WduGKh1cT71w21kf8XhbV9NU8bYkYjJht4UPz5CEmrc-J8V-1g6zjdMK0TWcbRtZE469tyZurbsR6hrxtz3AgcT-yBnIaFSR1RjuDt9cU4ON1EuhAYFfbt_hxKS5eJAmkJnoRN9b98lm3z-ENAW4F4lGD4eaefmLjW0Ni96jVwyx2-0qpj_FCU8M4Jv-ADArSOogQU6E4WMjJ0IXO0G0wvqcpJritTjnVfaMg1BWVP4coevffowL396wjU7-php3xXPT1cYJHRi9hob4LQQUYXeBz_oGA2mcZ-VTw8fonH_Q5H3MWRqaaPttS618JzrkVaeEGScCMF9qJ5tMwBeMFQ9rcG9njN1frHKgaco97oSsZsSygw-OsuCAyBta90ZmHWeHo3ZJqtRNBdE33rEzJlBvlVo4uCVbMnjE_64s5bz2-OQczY8bEdjD6v7g4awrLXZXwx1zdRnHkc5TZsnG65LhbYXzLus-n-drRCSuk-67GihaJrMul5IoKRgHaUJekuQVaFNnL4YhKAGOotb7tvvNCLdDtpfnwZdg_bhGrALNf8b4hGBfJL1_cHPeTeKj2IrsCBVz1cm7EQp6fx5VTXD3oJnwLkx09vmauHqlftCgqfzYjSvL5E2yWRHI5NZa5igjdV9UNPUvj_LB4-NvVx_RCofmUNjC62qj8AUYJH8z7RhIvGmpvpdesVlFgFqlB-VMhPd8emdb6l1089w7jrc3bODqhQuNtEbM" alt="" />
Over the seconf Quarter of 2023 we've provided a free public data indexing service for ~95 Substrate blockchains (some archives have been dismissed, new ones have been added), so that everyone interested in the projects can publicly access indexed data on Substrate Events, Extrinsics, Storage Items and EVM logs. Here are projects (parachains and mainnets aiming for future parachains slots) we currently support:
<ul>
<li>acala</li>
<li>agung</li>
<li>aleph-zero</li>
<li>aleph-zero-testnet</li>
<li>altair</li>
<li>amplitude</li>
<li>astar</li>
<li>astar-evm</li>
<li>bajun</li>
<li>basilisk</li>
<li>bifrost</li>
<li>bifrost-polkadot</li>
<li>bitcountry-pioneer</li>
<li>calamari</li>
<li>centrifuge</li>
<li>cere</li>
<li>clover</li>
<li>collectives</li>
<li>composable-finance</li>
<li>crab</li>
<li>crust</li>
<li>darwinia</li>
<li>debionetwork</li>
<li>dorafactory</li>
<li>efinity</li>
<li>elysium</li>
<li>elysium-testnet</li>
<li>equilibrium</li>
<li>exosama</li>
<li>foucoco</li>
<li>frequency</li>
<li>frequency-testnet</li>
<li>gear-testnet</li>
<li>gemini-2a-testnet</li>
<li>gmordie</li>
<li>hashed</li>
<li>heiko</li>
<li>hydradx</li>
<li>imbue</li>
<li>integritee-network</li>
<li>interlay</li>
<li>invarch-tinkernet</li>
<li>joystream</li>
<li>kabocha</li>
<li>karura</li>
<li>khala</li>
<li>kilt</li>
<li>kintsugi</li>
<li>kusama</li>
<li>kylin</li>
<li>litentry</li>
<li>litmus</li>
<li>mangata-x</li>
<li>manta</li>
<li>moonbase</li>
<li>moonbase-evm</li>
<li>moonbeam</li>
<li>moonbeam-evm</li>
<li>moonriver</li>
<li>moonriver-evm</li>
<li>origin-trail</li>
<li>pangolin</li>
<li>parallel</li>
<li>peaq</li>
<li>pendulum</li>
<li>phala</li>
<li>picasso</li>
<li>pichiu</li>
<li>polkadex</li>
<li>polkadot</li>
<li>polymesh</li>
<li>reef</li>
<li>reef-testnet</li>
<li>robonomics</li>
<li>rococo</li>
<li>shibuya</li>
<li>shiden</li>
<li>snow</li>
<li>soonsocial</li>
<li>sora</li>
<li>sora-testnet</li>
<li>statemine</li>
<li>statemint</li>
<li>subsocial</li>
<li>t0rn</li>
<li>tanganika</li>
<li>ternoa</li>
<li>tidechain</li>
<li>turing</li>
<li>vara</li>
<li>westend-collectives</li>
<li>xsocial</li>
<li>xx-network</li>
<li>zeitgeist</li>
</ul>
B) Giant Squid Giant Squid is a set of open-source GraphQL APIs built with Squid SDK and maintained by Subsquid Labs. The APIs cover the most commonly used data for Pokadot, Kusama and a growing list of major parachains and is used by explorers (such as <a href="https://calamar.app/">Calamar</a> and <a href="https://explorer.polkascan.io/">Polkascan</a>) and wallets (e.g. <a href="https://www.subwallet.app/">SubWallet</a>).
The Giant Squid currently consists of two families of endpoints outlined below. The API endpoints for each network and the current status are available at the <a href="https://docs.subsquid.io/giant-squid-api/statuses/">Status page</a>.
Explorer API. The endpoint URLs follow the convention <a href="https://squid.subsquid.io/gs-explorer-${network}/graphql.">https://squid.subsquid.io/gs-explorer-${network}/graphql.</a> Support queries on:
<ul>
<li>Blocks</li>
<li>Events</li>
<li>Extrinsics</li>
<li>Calls</li>
</ul>
Statistics API. The endpoint URLs follow the convention <a href="https://squid.subsquid.io/gs-stats-${network}/graphql.">https://squid.subsquid.io/gs-stats-${network}/graphql.</a> Support queries on:
<ul>
<li>Validator/Collator data</li>
<li>Account balances</li>
<li>Staking statistics</li>
<li>Nomination pools statistics</li>
<li>Transfers statistics</li>
<li>Extrinsic statistics</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="achievements">Achievements</h3>
<ul>
<li>Subsquid Network in private testnet</li>
<li>Powering &asymp; 550 live projects in Q1 2023 ( &asymp; 650 as of August 2023) including substrate and evm</li>
<li>Archive requests increased by 6.5x (from ~160 million to ~1.05 billion)</li>
<li>Arrow Squid release: The main feature introduced by the ArrowSquid update is the new ability of the processor to ingest unfinalized blocks directly from a network node, instead of waiting for the archive to ingest and serve it first. The processor can now handle forks and rewrite the contents of its database if it happens to have indexed orphaned blocks. This allows Subsquid-based APIs to become near real-time and respond to the on-chain activity with subsecond latency.Another major feature introduced by ArrowSquid is the support for transaction execution receipts, traces and state diffs.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="statisticsanddata">Statistics and data</h3>
<img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/gifFP-DbmhdP_A-8mJ9wnLpL5BhMSEPFZcskNZVswYTSDNcbYF5eKEBBq4soKcb70-HDxbbYi4gZOrsUUEjA5SSEtXVcELRIMq_Rj74y76zmzr5y9JKse0KtSX-0vCMdoXJwrTiSeQhoJaXlOHfFPCM" alt="" />
<img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/dUxinCvs3irjanC5b16Out7ZPF_YHl53oVSLDMDAQn_w3qP2m5mzdPxvYJRMn4qF73IhlsJypK5vMGDiwy2njv21ktJRr1OunRyfEkobURM2dx7HsclaKBkKgRutiZHdAhkk_SbwnyB62qMwUVqjtRk" alt="" />
Over the course of Q2 2023:
Over the course of Q2 2023: Served a total of 1,048,730,936 (~1 billion) queries to the substrate based archives. The highest daily total responses have been 13.6m in a single 24 hour period for substrate. The daily queries confirm a growing trend.
Giant Squid is a service we introduced in Q1 2023, and has been launched in mid-January, here are two charts showing its quick adoption by the community, as an index of its success:
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<h3 id="costing">Costing</h3>
This proposal includes the combined costs for running Giant Squid and Archives for Polkadot, Kusama and their Parachains,which amounts to a total of 58253.66 DOT. Raw data for Archives can be seen <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQqax-cS0HO8iECupffOlhQnarfMO4ry_ML1arn_4kif6Ykei-bs-LqUpmdWHXT1c13IVfVB-MednjO/pubhtml">here.</a> Raw data for Giant Squid can be seen <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSzBVpkSUqr9vof92Th7xdbQiHYpuqhnSLM1Rpa8P_ABwZzGYcNm3I7QTWKE5bw4lIZA3YtOATg55cV/pubhtml">here</a>.
The proposal is submitted towards the Polkadot treasury. Here is a summary of the running costs for Archives, in a tabular format:
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Giant Squid running costs:
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You can read the full report<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRJlrLGnUVlaXnMBUGbbD450pOcockxe5Ld5jhfM1fo-K8Pxt4jE6FuHSy_nOKXRyyR_W81r_x6b1PX/pub"> here</a>.

Subsquid - Public data indexing Infrastructure for Polkadot and Kusama (Q2 2023)

<h1 id="introduction">Introduction</h1>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Jx1spXTv79X_cT2ABooj6mkGd5uAoNEHt4lGQ4UknM/edit#heading=h.v6is2ta0txr1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">READ THE FULL PROPOSAL HERE</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/KUP7k5GzuE4?si=XyD413ti_XrcdN9J&amp;t=4724" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Attempts At Governance - Interview</a>
Talent Acquisition takes a significant amount of time, resources and mental capacity from teams that should rather spend their time building. The effects of a bad hire are long lasting and can add an additional burden to teams. We propose to solve this issue by guiding teams through a streamlined, optimized hiring process and multiple workshops to demonstrate best practices, fill the talent pipeline, provide access to our hiring platform and add up to 7 high-quality hires into the ecosystem.&nbsp;
Funds from the treasury will cover the service of sourcing, interviewing, strategizing, and placing at least 7 talent positions in key Polkadot ecosystem teams.&nbsp;
What each participating team gets:
<ul>
<li>Consulting and support on hiring best practices, setting up best-in-class job profiles, interview processes, professional outreach and improving long-term team building strategies.</li>
<li>Free access to TrufflePig, a web3 Application Tracking System</li>
<li>Growing the Polkadot talent base by funneling talent into the ecosystem</li>
<li>At least 1 hire using Missing Link&rsquo;s guidance and expertise</li>
</ul>
Each team will benefit from:
<ul>
<li>A success-oriented long-term hiring strategy</li>
<li>Generating less monetary and cultural waste by avoiding bad hires</li>
<li>Boosting their output with experienced talent</li>
<li>Saving time by utilizing Missing Link&rsquo;s highly personalized sourcing, screening and pre-interview process</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="apartofthepolkadotecosystem">A part of the Polkadot Ecosystem</h2>
Our journey in the Web3 space has been enriched by years of collaboration and partnership with prominent players in the Polkadot ecosystem. As a trusted ally to organizations like Parity, Web3 Foundation, and others, we have placed top-tier talent in key positions, contributing to their groundbreaking achievements. Our engagement with these projects has granted us deep insights into the unique requirements and dynamics of the ecosystem. We have honed our expertise in identifying talent that complements the values and objectives of the Polkadot community, laying the foundation for future success.
<h2 id="polkadotdecoded2023acatalystforcollaboration">Polkadot Decoded 2023: A Catalyst for Collaboration</h2>
In June 2023, we had the privilege of attending Polkadot Decoded, an event that served as a melting pot of leading minds in Polkadot. There, we engaged in many conversations with dozens of forward-thinking teams seeking to elevate their projects to new heights. We understood that hiring is an ongoing pain point that needs a holistic solution. Our approach of guiding companies through a hiring process, thereby teaching them best-practices along the way received overwhelming interest and support. Many teams agree with us that it would solve a problem that could unlock future growth and ensure success of the ecosystem as a whole.
<h2 id="buildingasustainablefuturewithtreasuryfunds">Building a Sustainable Future with Treasury Funds</h2>
Our funding request of only 1.6 Treasury Income Days Spent to the Polkadot treasury is an investment in the future of the ecosystem. While we seek support upfront to initiate our talent placement program, we understand the gravity of handling treasury funds with utmost responsibility and respect. Our well-established reputation in the industry speaks for itself, backed by a history of nurturing Web3 adoption since 2017.&nbsp;
<h2 id="returnoninvestment">Return on Investment</h2>
Each participating team would be set up for long-term hiring success, with an actionable pipeline of candidates and best practices implemented plus the commitment to at least one hire per project. The goal is that after our engagement the hiring speed and quality will be increased and there will be less of a need for external support and resources in the future.&nbsp;
We strongly believe that the gains generated by this proposal will not only surpass but endure well beyond the immediate treasury expenditure.
We are looking forward to hearing the community&rsquo;s feedback on our proposal and working with many more teams in the Polkadot ecosystem.
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Jx1spXTv79X_cT2ABooj6mkGd5uAoNEHt4lGQ4UknM/edit#heading=h.v6is2ta0txr1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">READ THE FULL PROPOSAL HERE </a>

Increasing Hiring Success in Polkadot by Missing Link

Abstract
Moonbeam&rsquo;s current lease period on the Polkadot network will expire in October 2023. In June 2023, the Moonbeam Foundation successfully secured a new parachain slot on Polkadot covering lease periods 13 through 20.
This proposal is a necessary step to extending Moonbeam&rsquo;s Polkadot lease period through June 2025 by executing a &ldquo;swap&rdquo; of lease periods.
If the swap is not completed before October 2023, Moonbeam will not occupy an active parachain slot and would stop producing blocks.
Details
The lease for periods 13 through 20 is currently occupied by &ldquo;Moonelement&rdquo; with parachain ID 3342, a dummy parachain runtime created by the Moonbeam team.
In order to complete a lease swap between Moonbeam (parachain 2004) and Moonelement (parachain 3342), a &ldquo;handshake&rdquo; must be completed whereby both parachains authorize the lease swap.
From the Moonbeam side, <a href="https://forum.moonbeam.network/t/proposal-mb11-proposal-to-swap-lease-slots-with-parachain-id-3342/1165/">Moonbeam OpenGov Referendum 11</a> is expected to be confirmed in approximately 1 day (September 6, 2023). The passage of this referendum will cause an XCM message to be sent to the Polkadot relay chain calling the registrar.swap extrinsic. This extrinsic will authorize the swap from the Moonbeam side.
To complete the &ldquo;swap&rdquo; process, a similar swap authorization will be required to be made on behalf of the Moonelement parachain (ID 3342). The Moonbeam team had planned to start the Moonelement parachain and initiate a similar XCM message to be sent to the relay chain.
Unfortunately, there was a misconfiguration in the genesis head that was submitted along with the WASM when the parachain was initially registered. The Moonbeam technical team has determined that starting Moonelement will not be possible.
For this reason, the Moonbeam Foundation has created Polkadot OpenGov Referendum 139 which, when passed, will execute the registrar.swap extrinsic on behalf of the Moonelement parachain.
Using &ldquo;Chopsticks&rdquo;, the Moonbeam team has verified that the parachains will successfully swap leases once both the Moonbeam and Polkadot governance motions are passed and executed.
Once the parachains swap leases, the Moonbeam Network will be able to continue operation without interruption for the remainder of the full lease period (approximately 96 weeks from August 1, 2023).
Links
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-auction#parachain-lease-extension">Parachain Lease Extension (Polkadot Wiki)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://moonbeam.foundation/news/moonbeam-new-parachain-slot-lease/">Successful Auction Bid Announcement</a></li>
</ul>

OpenGov Referenda