- Paseo testnet needs money to run in early 2026.
- Asking for $392,500 in USDC, a stablecoin.
- This is the first time using stablecoins for funding.
- Old DOT money will be sent back to the treasury.
- The proposal has a budget plan and goals.
- This is a fix of a previous proposal that had a mistake.

Deciding

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Paseo Testnet Operations H1 2026 - USDC Funding via Multi-Asset Bounty

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Runtime Upgrade v2.2.1 For All System Chains

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- Snowbridge is a bridge that connects different blockchains and holds a lot of money.
- This proposal asks for $355,000 to keep a bug bounty program running for 12 more months.
- A bug bounty program pays people to find and report security problems in the code.
- The program is important because it protects user funds and the Polkadot ecosystem's reputation.
- Last year, over 500 reports were submitted, but only about 5 were real problems that got fixed.
- The money will pay for rewards to security researchers and for engineers to check all the reports.
- Reports will be made to the community every six months about how the program is doing.
- The program will use the HackenProof platform again, where it was hosted before.

Snowbridge 2026/2027 Bug Bounty Proposal

- Snowbridge is a bridge that connects Polkadot to Ethereum and other networks.
- It helps move money and users between these networks without needing trust.
- In the last year, it handled about 21,000 transfers and $10-20 million each month.
- It made 14,100 DOT for the Polkadot Treasury from fees.
- The team made it cheaper to use, cutting fees by up to 90%.
- Now it also works with Base, Optimism, and Arbitrum networks.
- This proposal asks for $364,200 to keep the bridge running for the next 12 months.
- The money will pay for 2 engineers and important computer costs.

Snowbridge 2026/2027 Maintenance Proposal

- DeServe is a new global RPC network for the Paseo testnet.
- It has 14 locations worldwide to give fast service.
- It is 80% cheaper than the current provider (IBP).
- Over 500 million requests have been served in two weeks.
- It plans to expand to all Paseo services quickly.
- The first payment request is $11,719 to start the rollout.
- Future payments will be based on performance reports.
- Built by Helikon, a trusted Polkadot contributor.

small_spender

DeServe.network Global Paseo Archive RPC Deployment - Proposal #1

DeServe is a new global RPC network for Polkadot. It helps apps connect to the blockchain quickly and reliably.

*   It has servers in **14 locations** around the world for low latency.
*   It is already live for some Polkadot chains and serving **millions of requests daily**.
*   It is **80% cheaper** than the current main provider (IBP).
*   This proposal asks for **$24,112** to help launch the service for all Polkadot chains.
*   Future payments will be requested every 3 months with full performance reports.
*   It is built by **Helikon**, a team with a long history of working on Polkadot.

DeServe.network Global Polkadot Archive RPC Deployment - Proposal #1

⚠️ Please reject this referendum and vote on 1885 instead

- **LunoKit** is a tool for developers to connect wallets and manage accounts in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- It makes building apps easier by handling wallet connections and providing ready-to-use components.
- The team has already built and improved LunoKit, and it's being used by several projects.
- They are now asking for funding to add support for EVM wallets (like MetaMask) over the next six months.
- This will let apps support both Polkadot and EVM accounts with one tool.
- The funding will pay for development work in monthly steps, with clear goals for each month.
- The total request is for **$65,580 USDC**, which includes some payment for work already done.

LunoKit — Unified Account Connection Infrastructure for Polkadot SDK + EVM Chains

- This vote is about ending two grant programs.
- The programs are called Polkadot Fast Grants and Open Source Developer Grants.
- They have finished their work.
- All payments that were due have been paid.
- Any leftover money will go back to the Polkadot Treasury.
- This is being done according to the rules.

treasurer

Closeout of Polkadot Fast Grants & Open Source Developer Grants Bounty

TimedOut

Please Ignore

Cancelled: Runtime Upgrade v2.2 For All System Chains

Rejected

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This proposal asks for funding to improve Polkadot-API, a tool for building apps on Polkadot.

*   It will add new features to the main Polkadot-API library.
*   It will update a related software kit (SDK) to keep it working well.
*   It will make a developer tool called PAPI Console better and easier to use.
*   It will help improve the technical rules (specifications) that apps use to talk to the network.

The team is asking for **76,380 €** to do this work.

Executed

Polkadot-API: Additional Feature Development through Polkadot Community Foundation

- I hosted 6 live streams for Polkadot to help new builders.
- I did this on my own time, not as part of my other work.
- The streams shared tips from experienced builders.
- My job was to ask questions and explain things simply.
- This showed people want easy-to-understand developer content.
- I'm asking to be paid for the time I spent on this project.
- If people like it, I can plan to do more streams in the future.

big_tipper

(Updated) Tip Request for “LIVE HACKS” Developer Livestream Pilot

- Polkadot is changing to a new system called Dynamic Allocation Pool (DAP).
- A recent change reduced the amount of new DOT created (called "issuance") by 53.6%.
- Validators, who help run the network, now earn less from this issuance.
- To help validators, a rule is proposed to set their minimum fee (called "commission") to 10%.
- This rule was planned for later but many think it should start now to support validators sooner.
- If the rule passes, all validators with fees below 10% will be automatically raised to that level.
- This is a temporary measure until the full DAP system is in place.

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Setting minimum Validator commission to 10%

- The proposal asks for money to pay people who help run important parts of Polkadot.
- They changed the plan to ask for less money each month for these helpers.
- They will pay for work already done in January and February.
- They want to pay for 10 more months, from March to December.
- They are helping more chains now, including a new one called Bulletin.
- They are not paying for any new tools.
- The total amount they are asking for is $146,700.

System Parachain Collator Bounty - Top up (2026)

- We are updating a computer program called Snowbridge to make it work better.
- The update will make messages travel much faster, from 30 minutes down to 1 or 2 minutes.
- It also lets people test messages before sending them for real.
- The new parts of the program are at specific addresses on the Ethereum network.
- The update was tested very carefully to make sure it works correctly and safely.
- Security experts checked the new code to find and fix any problems.
- This update is controlled by the community's voting system.

Upgrade Snowbridge Gateway Contract

- Gabriele helped teach a class at his university about Web3 and Polkadot.
- He and another student showed real projects they built.
- They explained how this technology can solve important problems.
- Special guests from companies also came to talk.
- The class was part of the official university program.
- The teacher posted about it on LinkedIn with pictures.
- Gabriele is asking for 250 DOT as a thank you for his work.

UEL Web3 & Polkadot Student Panel 

vote Nay

**Subscan Funding Request Summary**

*   **What is Subscan?** It's the main block explorer for Polkadot. It shows all the data from the Polkadot network, like transactions and account balances.
*   **What are they asking for?** They need money to keep running and improving their service for 6 months (July-December 2025).
*   **How much money?** They are asking for **$202,416**.
*   **What is the money for?**
    *   **Service Fees ($151,200):** To pay for the computers, storage, and people needed to keep the explorer running 24/7 for 6 Polkadot networks.
    *   **Development Fees ($51,216):** To pay for important upgrades they already finished, like fixing data after a big network change called the "AssetHub migration."
*   **Team Contribution:** The Subscan team is paying for 30% of the development costs themselves to help the community.
*   **Future Plans:** They are working to make their systems cheaper to run. They plan to offer lower prices starting in 2026.
*   **Why is it important?** Many people in the Polkadot community, like developers and users, rely on Subscan to see what's happening on the network.

[Polkadot] Subscan 2025 Q2-Q4 Funding Proposal: Basic service fee for the Polkadot Relaychain and Polkadot public parachain (AssetHub, BridgeHub, Coretime, Collectives, People)

- Subscan is asking for money to keep their website working for five Polkadot test networks.
- They want $21,690 to pay for six months of work from July to December 2025.
- This is less money than before because they are giving a 40% discount while they make their systems better.
- The money pays for important jobs like fixing the website after updates and watching the networks to make sure they run smoothly.
- Subscan knows that the Westend network might be replaced soon. They ask the community to say if they should keep supporting it and for how long.
- They plan to charge even less money starting in 2026 after they finish their improvements.
- This request is only for basic maintenance work and does not include making any new features.

[Westend] Subscan 2025 Q3-Q4 Funding Proposal: Basic service fee for the Westend Relaychain and Westend public parachain (AssetHub, Coretime, BridgeHub, People)

- We want to put a special tool called the CREATE2 factory on Polkadot Asset Hub.
- This tool helps big apps like Uniswap use the same address on different blockchains.
- There's a problem: the usual way to install it doesn't work because of a gas price rule on Asset Hub.
- Our solution is to use a special governance call to install it correctly.
- We already tested this solution on a test network, and it worked.
- This will help developers build apps more easily on Polkadot.
- Once it's installed, it will work forever with no extra steps needed.

Deploy Universal Deterministic Deployment Proxy (CREATE2 Factory) on Asset Hub

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AnimateCitizen_BYBIT

Runtime Upgrade 2.1.1

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Origin able to dispatch a whitelisted call.

Origin for signaling that the network wishes for some change

Origin able to cancel slashes and manage minimum commission.

Origin for spending up to 10,000,000 DOT from the treasury as well as generally administering it.

Origin for managing the composition of the fellowship.

Origin able to spend around 250 DOT from the treasury at once.

Origin able to spend around 1,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

Origin able to spend around 10,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

Origin able to spend around 100,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

Origin able to spend up to 1,000,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

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