- The team completed Phase 2 of their project and shared updates on their book, GitHub repository, and weekly progress on the Polkadot forum.
- They became the first team to submit a PR for review for reaching JAM Milestone 1 with their JAM client, Strawberry.
- For Phase 3, they plan to incorporate feedback from Phase 2 and request USDT instead of DOT due to current market conditions.
- They explored integrating JAM data availability with Polkadot Storage, considering it as an archival layer for DA networks like Celestia, EigenDA, and Avail.
- The team, contributors to Celestia, is exploring adding support for historical snapshots and archival into Polkadot Storage.
- Links to their code, phases, full proposal, JAM DA integration, weekly updates, and research are provided.

Confirming

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Polkadot Storage: Phase 3/3

**OG Tracker Proposal Summary**

- OG Tracker is a tool to monitor OpenGov proposals on Polkadot.
- The proposal aims to continue tracking OpenGov operations.
- Plans include:
  - Community voting with an "Overdue" badge.
  - Integrating Proof of Work for transparency.
  - Improving the Self-Report feature.
  - Showing the full history of proposal activities.
- The team thanks the Polkadot community for their support.
- They invite everyone to join and improve OpenGov practices.

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OG Tracker 2026

**Summary:**

- A bounty program is proposed to provide legal support for the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The law firm of Amforc Co-Founder Gianni will be the single point of contact.
- They will help with legal issues like contract law, IP law, data protection, and more.
- Costs will be paid retroactively, with clear, predefined rates.
- Services are for projects directly connected to Polkadot, like protocol builders, ecosystem builders, and core supporters.
- Hours are capped at 96, with smaller projects getting fewer hours.

Polkadot Legal Bounty

**Conor Daly 2025 Polkadot Motorsports Program**

- Primary sponsorship for six major IndyCar races in 2025.
- Global ambassador: Conor Daly represents Polkadot.
- Exclusive media tours and content for Polkadot.
- Sponsorship branding on Conor Daly's gaming streams.
- Post-race debriefs with Conor Daly and Polkadot team.
- Collaboration with Polkadot companies for tech integration.
- Community events like meet-and-greets and NFT drops.

Conor Daly - 2025 Polkadot Motorsports Program

- A new proposal requests USDT for funding.
- It aims to maintain the **substrate-api-client** from January 2025 to June 2025.
- The **substrate-api-client** is a Rust library for connecting to Polkadot or Kusama chains.
- It works in environments like IoT devices and uses **subxt** for core functionality.
- This proposal continues previous maintenance efforts.
- The full details are in a [Google Docs proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HCRDQOoGPwEjs4N1e8IXx7enhpdJ5CoTSnKhfBTk4To/edit?usp=sharing).
- The requested funding is $33,200.

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Maintenance for the substrate-api-client Jan-25 to Jun-25

- A preimage for Referendum 1303 was pulled to prevent AssetHub assets from being paid to a Relay Chain Proxy.
- This new referendum aims to fix the payout issue approved by Ref. 1303.
- The problem was that assets would be inaccessible if sent to a Relay Chain Proxy.
- The preimage was pulled just before the confirmation period ended.
- Pure Proxy Replication will solve this issue, but it will take months to implement.
- Submitting a Root Ref to replicate the proxy was considered but not chosen due to time constraints.
- Voting for this referendum will help fix the payout issue quickly.

Ratify Payout APPROVED by Ref. 1303 - The Kus

- The proposal seeks retroactive funding for 18 weeks of ecosystem agent activities from July 1 to Nov 1, 2024.
- Activities include business development, workgroup coordination, events, education, and customer support.
- The requested funding is $45K USDT, based on 25 hours per week at $100/hour.
- Highlights include creating the Polkadot Handbook, exit interviews with builders, and organizing BD working groups.
- The Polkadot Handbook aims to help new users, builders, and ecosystem representatives.
- Exit interviews identified challenges for teams building on Polkadot.
- BD working groups were formed to coordinate efforts and share knowledge.

Retroactive Funding for Ecosystem Activities

- Three accounts lost funds due to a bug in the runtime.
- The bug caused assets to be lost instead of being trapped.
- The bug has since been fixed.
- Funds lost due to this bug should be reimbursed.
- Assets that were trapped can be reclaimed, so they are not part of this proposal.
- A similar proposal was made for Kusama.
- The lost funds were from three specific extrinsics.

[Small Spender] Reimburse accounts affected by an XCM bug

### Summary
This proposal aims to increase Polkadot's visibility by requiring teams funded by the Polkadot Treasury to display the Polkadot logo on their websites, products, and social media. 

- Teams must show the logo as long as their project is active.
- They should specify where and how they will display the logo in their funding proposals.
- Teams can choose from phrases like "Funded by Polkadot" or "Powered by Polkadot."
- The Polkadot Brand Hub provides design guidelines.
- This rule applies to future funding requests but encourages past recipients to follow it.
- Exceptions can be made for cases where displaying the logo is not possible.

The goal is to boost Polkadot's brand awareness and show its support for funded projects.

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Wish For Change | Polkadot Branding Guideline

- The Polkadot/Código Brazuca Academy started in July to create a developer community in Brazil.
- The project faced a 28.52% currency devaluation, reducing the budget from $95,000 to $67,715.
- The program has 753 students and members, with partnerships including São Paulo City Hall and Petrobras.
- Milestones 1 to 7 are completed, covering topics like Linux, JavaScript, and Web3 fundamentals.
- Remaining milestones include Polkadot ecosystem training and a final hackathon project.
- The program has spent $47,657.25 so far and plans to complete the project by March 2025.
- The budget remains unchanged, focusing on delivering the promised content to the Brazilian community.

Código Brazuca  Academy

- The goal is to grow Polkadot's presence in Africa by creating a supportive community.
- Africa has potential for Web3 adoption, especially in areas like remittances and cross-border payments.
- The plan includes educational sessions, developer support, and community meetups.
- The team consists of four members leading different areas like developer relations, operations, and content creation.
- The strategy will focus on Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and Uganda.
- Funding of $92,880 is requested for team compensation, events, utilities, transport, and marketing.
- The project will run from January to June 2025, focusing on building a foundation for future growth.

Treasury Proposal: Polkadot Africa Community Growth (West and East Africa regions) 

- Token Terminal is launching a new initiative to improve Polkadot's datasets and metrics.
- The goal is to make data more standardized and useful for analysts, developers, and investors.
- Basic metrics (like active addresses) will be upgraded to standardized metrics (like TVL and fees).
- Data will be shared on Google Web3 Marketplace and Token Terminal.
- This will help Polkadot grow and attract institutional investors.
- The project has three milestones with a total grant of $1,005,000.
- Token Terminal already works with Bloomberg and Parity Technologies.
- Feedback is welcome for the proposal.

Accelerate growth and adoption across the entire Polkadot ecosystem

- Polkadot Hub needs a custom block explorer for PolkaVM smart contracts.
- Etherscan-as-a-Service (EAAS) is proposed for integration to provide seamless tools for developers.
- The integration will start on Westend Hub in 2025 and expand to Polkadot Hub.
- The goal is to attract more developers and users to Polkadot Hub.
- The project budget is $1 million USDC.
- The integration will support both testnet (Westend Hub) and mainnet (Polkadot Hub).
- The timeline for the project is from Q2 2025 to Q2 2026.

Etherscan-as-a-Service x Polkadot Hub - PolkaVM Block Explorer (1 Mainnet, 1 Testnet)  

### dAppForge

**Summary:**
- dAppForge is an AI-powered plugin for Polkadot developers to reduce development time.
- It helps with code generation and autocompletion for Substrate and ink!.
- Milestones:
  1. **Milestone 1:** Completed first iteration of LLM and VS Code plugin alpha version.
  2. **Milestone 2:** Completed beta version with fine-tuned LLM, integrated ink!, and chat feature.
  3. **Milestone 3:** Focuses on further fine-tuning LLM, integrating Solidity, and developing a monetization strategy.
  4. **Milestone 4:** Plans to fine-tune knowledge graphs and enable smart contract deployment to Asset Hub.
- The plugin aims to lower entry barriers for new developers and make it easier to build dApps, appchains, and parachains on Polkadot.
- Future plans include integrating Solidity to support EVM smart contracts on Asset Hub.

dAppForge Milestone 3 

- Polkadot aims to become the top choice for tokenizing Real-World Assets (RWA).
- Recent partnerships include Unergy (solar energy) and the Asian Development Bank.
- Efforts focus on energy, finance, healthcare, and agriculture.
- Over the last 6 months, they published blogs, reports, and videos, attracting interest from Asia, Latin America, and Europe.
- Next steps include more content, expanding partnerships, and improving onboarding processes.
- The goal is to lead in scalable, secure, and interoperable RWA solutions.
- A budget of USDT 127,050 is proposed for the next six months.

Scaling Polkadot: Driving Blockchain Innovation for Real-World Assets - Business Development Proposal

- The proposal aims to expand the operations of the BD team in Spain and Andorra (IBERLABS) to Latin America (LATAM).
- The team has generated over 40 strategic leads in the past four months, which are being converted into active partners.
- The plan includes forming alliances with startups, educational institutions, and governments in LATAM.
- Key achievements include partnerships with institutions like Grant Thornton and participation in major events.
- The team focuses on increasing Web3 talent and building a strong pipeline of leads.
- The Business Development team will consist of two Business Developers and support staff.
- The proposal is crucial for expanding Polkadot's presence and positioning it as a global leader in Web3 technology.

Continuation of Activities of the BD Team Spain & Andorra

- This proposal is for a series of 5 investor events organized by Prestel and Partners on behalf of Polkadot.
- It is not a resubmission of the failed Ref 731, which had a larger, unspecified budget for multiple events.
- The Events Bounty rejected the proposal because a similar one failed in the past.
- The events aim to educate about Polkadot's technology, not to promote direct investments.
- The summits will take place in Riyadh, Dubai, Singapore, Istanbul, and London between February and July 2025.
- Prestel and Partners were chosen for their experience in organizing traditional investor conferences.
- The number of summits was reduced from 20 to 5 based on feedback from the previous proposal.
- The goal is to attract traditional institutional capital to Polkadot, moving beyond the crypto echo chamber.
- HIC is leading this initiative as a Polkadot-focused fund, aiming to educate traditional investors without making a profit.

Prestel & Partners: Family Office & Investor Conference Series for Polkadot

- The referendum proposes to re-assign a curator for the Moderation Team bounty.
- The bounty was not extended before it expired, and someone unassigned the curator.
- The curator account is a pure proxy controlled by a 2/3 multisig account.
- The curator account remains the same: `12GkpkHocU4y1vFV2CpnA2AhkjzGGRtwucHFY77A5yyiQKp5`.
- The multisig account is: `12PztChx7WS5dSzJ6KcT1TdXTrUwEkMGYiakX6QXGa7myTpM`.
- The signatories are Abdulbee, Grizz, and Michalis.
- The bounty's details can be found on the [bounty's page](https://polkadot.subsquare.io/treasury/bounties/24).

Re-propose curator for the Moderation team bounty

Vote Nay - Maintenance for the substrate-api-client Jan-25 to Jun-25

### Summary of Strategy Update

1. **Referendum #1160 Failure and Bounty #19 Status**: The execution of Referendum #1160 failed, and Bounty #19 remains open. Instead of opening a new bounty, the team decided to replace the current curator set.

2. **Communication with Curators**: The team has communicated their intentions to the current curator set, emphasizing the need for more active and passionate curators.

3. **No Top-Up**: The change in curators will not involve additional funds; the focus will be on using existing resources effectively.

4. **Action Plan**:
   - A referendum proposing a new curator set will be opened.
   - The current curators will unassign themselves.
   - The new curators will accept their roles.
   - ink!ubator will reopen, with the website updated and new applicants welcomed.

5. **ink!ubator 2.0 Proposal**: The proposal aims to continue innovation in the Polkadot ecosystem through ink! smart contracts. It includes ecosystem grants, mentorship, and a streamlined process based on lessons from ink!ubator 1.0.

6. **Curators Panel**: The new panel includes experienced individuals from Parity, Web3 Foundation, and other key players in the Polkadot and ink! ecosystems.

7. **Treasury Support**: Funding from the Polkadot Treasury is crucial for enabling developers and ensuring growth. The requested support is $600,000 - $1,000,000.

8. **Future Goals**: The initiative aims to expand ink!'s influence, foster scalable decentralized solutions, and contribute to global Web3 and blockchain technology advancements.

Ink!ubator 2.0 – Change of curators for bounty #19

### Bounty Manager Proposal Summary

- **Context**: This proposal follows the first milestone of creating a user-friendly tool for bounty curators. The first milestone was presented at Sub0 Reset and received feedback for additional features.
- **Features**: The proposal includes expanding curator actions, adding an analytics suite, creating a public view platform, integrating an AI assistant, supporting multichain functionality, and adding light/dark mode.
- **Maintenance**: It also covers maintenance and operational costs for one year.
- **About Us**: Galaniprojects GmbH, based in Berlin, Germany, has successfully implemented the first milestone of the Bounty Manager. They offer various services including development, project management, and UI/UX design.
- **Full Proposal**: The detailed proposal can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rmSCzq0gXmwB7RZIuRU3vfhaEl36ZjmKzesaXgU2OgY/edit?tab=t.0).

Bounty Manager MS2, Further Development and Maintenance

**JAMTON** is a cross-chain layer that connects the **TON** ecosystem (with Telegram users) to the **Polkadot** ecosystem. It helps both ecosystems share users, liquidity, and tools. Key points include:

- **User Growth**: JAMTON brings Telegram users to Polkadot, boosting engagement.
- **Liquidity**: It allows TON token holders to add liquidity to Polkadot projects.
- **Features**: JAMTON includes an EVM-compatible parachain, staking protocols, and a Telegram Mini App for easy access.
- **Development**: A testnet and mainnet are already launched, with plans for more updates.
- **Funding**: The project seeks $78,800 to continue development.

Treasury Proposal for Funding the JAMTON Project - Milestone 1

- The proposal aims to teach three online courses on decentralized finance (DeFi) and NFTs in Latin America in 2025.
- It builds on a successful 2023 proposal and includes free NFT copies of a DeFi book on Polkadot.
- The courses will cover beginner, intermediate, and advanced topics in DeFi and NFTs within the Polkadot ecosystem.
- Over 200 students are expected to participate, with a focus on increasing Polkadot adoption and financial inclusion.
- Previous courses in 2024 had positive feedback, with 90% of participants recommending the program.
- The project will be led by MacZam, an experienced educator and author of DeFi and NFT books.
- The budget is 2.564 DOT, covering teacher fees, management, and educational materials.

PROPOSAL EDUCATING IN LATIN AMERICA WITH THE POLKADOT ECOSYSTEM PART 2

- The proposal introduces Merkle Mountain Belts (MMBs), a new data structure to improve Merkle Mountain Ranges (MMRs) used in BEEFY.
- The project aims to publish a research paper, create a Rust library, and integrate MMBs into the BEEFY protocol.
- Estimated cost savings for Polkadot are $1.0-1.4 million per year.
- The project timeline is from December 2024 to December 2025.
- Requested funds include 506,110 USDC and additional DOT rewards based on savings.
- MMBs are designed to optimize data access costs, especially for recent data queries.
- The team includes experienced researchers and developers from Polkadot.

Treasury Proposal: Merkle Mountain Belts (MMBs)

- Some projects can't access their Polkadot OpenGov funds on Asset Hub because the pure proxy multisig setup only works on the relaychain.
- To fix this, the setup needs to be replicated on Asset Hub using guidelines by Basti, a Polkadot Technical Fellowship Grand Architect.
- Projects with inaccessible funds include Heroic, PBA, Polytope Labs, and the Social Media Editorial Board.
- The Social Media Editorial Board recently received their funds after a referendum was submitted.
- A new referendum is being resubmitted with an updated call to help other projects access their funds.
- The pure proxy setup has been tested on Asset Hub using Chopsticks.
- A screenshot shows the successful test of the pure proxy setup on Asset Hub.

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Pure Proxy Replication for accounts with inaccessible funds on Asset Hub

whitelisted_caller

staking_admin

treasurer

lease_admin

fellowship_admin

general_admin

auction_admin

referendum_canceller

referendum_killer

small_tipper

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OpenGov Referenda

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.