Spanish Bounty V3

**Context of the bounty
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Large token holders do not have a deep understanding of the Spanish-speaking market. Spanish is one of the most spoken languages in the world, so it has a huge ecosystem of its own, however, it may be unknown to those who are not within the ecosystem itself. We intend to provide our experience and knowledge by being immersed in the Spanish-speaking world ourselves.

Slow evaluation process. We’re seeing that the resolution of a tip or a proposal by OpenGov takes approximately one month, which would be considered a fairly slow process.

No feedback. Most of the content that is rewarded doesn’t get any feedback, which doesn’t give the creator the opportunity to improve.

More and more companies in Spanish-speaking countries are becoming interested in making significant investments in developments within the blockchain industry, such as AgroToken or Onyze. Being able to fill quality content in this language can influence their decision-making power, in addition to increasing the Spanish-speaking user base in the ecosystem, which helps us to improve the chances of closing more deals of this type.

Increasing impact in Spanish-speaking retail. Polkadot has managed to penetrate the Spanish-speaking markets, marking a real and important presence. Exchange reports indicate that the DOT token is in the top 10 list of tokens with the highest volume among Spanish-speaking users.

Time period without support for this bounty. Version 1 of this bounty ended in September 2023, while version 2 ended in November 2024. The version 3 of this bounty was rejected. We, the curators, have determined that this gap without activity generated the deactivation and deceleration of many content creators as well as of many initiatives that were being carried out.

The Spanish Bounty has proven to be an effective mechanism for recognizing and rewarding the contributions of the Spanish community in a transparent and equitable manner, as demonstrated in Versions 1 and 2. Throughout this process, the bounty team has worked diligently to address community feedback and continuously optimize the initiative.

Based on a detailed analysis of community feedback from forums, direct channels, and the V3 proposal discussion, which was rejected, the team has identified areas for improvement, below are the proposed modifications to enhance and evolve the bounty:

Identified Challenges and Proposed Solutions

1.1 Communication and Content Impact

Challenge: The community highlighted the need to enhance the influence of audiovisual and written content on their intended audience.

Solution:

• Curators will collaborate directly with content creators to evaluate their work, improve technical quality, and boost audience engagement.
• Curators will allocate 10 hours per month to meet with content creators.
• 20 meeting slots per month (30 minutes each) between curator and content creators will be set up in order to improve content and its impact.
• Curators will provide constructive feedback and work alongside creators to maximize content impact, rather than solely determining reward eligibility.
• A comprehensive communication strategy will be developed by the community manager in partnership with Polkadot Spanish to amplify the reach of rewarded content.

1.2. Curator Participation in Rewards

Challenge: Curators were eligible to apply for rewards for activities such as event organization or content creation, creating a potential conflict of interest.

Solution:

• Curators will no longer be eligible to apply for funds allocated to rewards for tasks outside their role as curators.

1.3. Event Budget Limits

Challenge: The $50,000 cap for event funding was deemed excessive.

Solution:

• A reduced cap of $15,000 per event will be established as the maximum allowable funding for event organization.

1.4. Translation Rewards

Challenge: Advances in AI have led to inconsistencies in determining fair rewards for translation tasks.

Solution:

• The translations section will be removed, leaving written content creation as the sole text-based activity eligible for rewards.

1.5. Strengthening oversight and transparency

To ensure ongoing improvement and transparency we propose to incorporate an external auditor, which we believe is appropriate for all active bounties.

The role of the external auditor focuses on monitoring the activity and processes of the bounty to certify that what is determined in the proposal is being carried out in a correct and transparent manner.

External auditor main tasks:

• Evaluate the bounty’s operations.
• Hold monthly meetings with the curatorial team to review and propose process improvements.
• Provide feedback to the community in parallel to each report submitted by the bounty team.

These measures aim to optimize the bounty program’s structure, enhance its efficiency, and foster a stronger connection with the Spanish Community.

New Bounty Structure

Focus of proposal and solution

Taking into account the problems and needs identified we propose to continue with a third version of this Bounty in order to continue the momentum within the Spanish-speaking community.

Since its initial launch at Kusama, this Bounty has been constantly evolving. The first version laid the groundwork and the second version refined the model, incorporating improvements based on the results obtained. With each iteration, we have learned and adjusted the Bounty to maximize its impact. This third version represents the next step on this path of continuous improvement.

Thanks to this Bounty, we have been able to dynamize the creation of content in Spanish within the Polkadot and Kusama community. Our goal now is to maintain this momentum, ensuring that content remains high quality and relevant to the current needs of the ecosystem.

The main objective of this Bounty is to incentivize and reward Spanish content creators, motivating them to produce high quality work that contributes to the growth and development of the ecosystem. By recognizing their efforts, we seek to foster a more active and dynamic community, capable of attracting an ever wider audience.

The team is formed by Spanish-speaking curators with knowledge mainly in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem and technical knowledge in the areas of analysis, incorporating defined criteria for each evaluation area.

Each curator has an on-chain identity that allows the community to verify who the reward members are.In addition, everyone can check the signatures made by each member.

During V2, different audits were carried out both internally, by the bounty participants themselves, and externally, where a proposal was even submitted to OpenGov to close the Bounty, although the transparency and operation of this Bounty was fully demonstrated, which allowed the actions and the positive impact that this bounty has had on the community to be strengthened.

In conclusion, with this bounty, we seek to optimize the evaluation process of content and events in Spanish, guaranteeing a fast and rigorous curation. Our goal is to keep fostering an active community of creators and ensure that the information available is of high quality and aligned with the interests of the community.

Full Proposal

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hBsu82i2XUwnw53QluItJHsJVrcYVrhZS8Rs7F9TlhY/edit?tab=t.0