We maintain our previous feedback, DOT or stablecoins wasn't a pb for us.

Previous feedback on #1741
`From all the feedback we have, it's an easy AYE.
Providing data about decentralization is SUPER important for the ecosystem, and the cost is really reasonable.

We do acknowledge requests in DOT for funding as long as proposers state they won't look for any top-ups in the future, which is the case here.

Keep the good work.`

beneficiary

Hi Community!


We recently released [Sidecar Integration](https://pwh.li/dot1132r), and improved our IPFS dataset publishing. Which increased the quality of our dataset and its delivery.


We also looked back at the [3 years of Polkawatch](https://x.com/polkawatch/status/1949885245706113511), and whether Polkadot decentralization was improving or not. The results are undeniable:


![image](https://pwh.li/dot25i1)


This is obviously a community effort and we **thank you for doing your part**.&#x20;


Key participants, like **Decentralized Nodes,** relay on Polkawatch for their part: "*knowing the distribution of validators across the whole network definitely informs these decisions, and Polkawatch has been our go-to tool for this purpose.*"


We often get thanked by our community for doing ours:


![image](https://pwh.li/dot25i3)


As a result, Polkadot is often referred as the most decentralized public blockchain out there .&#x20;


In line with previous proposals, our dataset is now most accessed from ecosystem apps (75%) such as the staking dashboard, and our API is getting in average **100K requests per month**, for a population of 22.5K nominators that may review their nomination monthly or weekly.&#x20;
Polkawatch was initially backed by Web3 foundation, and developed with support of both Kusama and Polkadot treasuries.


We have a track record of milestone delivery and efficient use of funds. It costs around USD 3K per month to maintain Polkawatch which for 22.5K nominator roughly translates to **1.5 USD per nominator & year**.&#x20;


We are now looking to fund 2025 continued operation and maintenance. We have also included some development to ensure we can **migrate our current capability to Polkadot 2.0 / Polkadot Hub** to be released later this year.


You can Download or [detailed proposal](https://pwh.li/dot25pf) for all the details.

**This proposal is being resubmitted in USDC stablecoin after receiving consistent feedback from multiple ecosystem participants.**

Do not hesitate to reach out with feedback.&#x20;

- Polkawatch helps make Polkadot more decentralized.
- They released new tools to improve data sharing.
- Polkadot is now one of the most decentralized blockchains.
- Their data is used by apps and gets 100,000 requests each month.
- It costs about $3,000 per month to run Polkawatch.
- This equals about $1.50 per user each year.
- They are asking for funding to keep working in 2025.
- They plan to update for Polkadot 2.0.

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[USDC Resubmission] Polkawatch, Decentralization Analytics, Infrastructure and Maintenance 2025

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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.