_**This bounty proposal aims to continue incentivizing Polkadot Moderators for their round-the-clock contribution and support to the communities.**_

The Community Moderators provide a dedicated daily service, actively monitoring new member joinings to ensure the community is protected from fraudsters. They guide users with first-line direction and support while promptly identifying and regulating or banning obvious scammers to maintain a safe environment for all.

The bounty has undergone some revisions, based on feedback from the community, including a reduction in size to 8 mods covering Telegram, Discord, Reddit, Element, and the Polkadot forum. More info regarding changes to the Bounty can be found on the [Proposal document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/17DiVi0fPZT4UMe2d5EaOQtuzDAP917LPHxaDoNgEToU)

This proposal requests a one-year top-up of $167,520 (82,118 DOT at EMA-7 of $2.04/DOT)
 to continue funding the Community Moderators from February 2026 to January 2027

Details of the proposal, including changes since the last top-up, analytics of servers and channels under our moderation umbrella, etc., can be found in the [Proposal document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/17DiVi0fPZT4UMe2d5EaOQtuzDAP917LPHxaDoNgEToU)

We look forward to your participation and input.

- Polkadot moderators help keep the community safe every day.
- They watch for new members and stop scammers.
- They help users and answer questions.
- The team has 8 moderators for Telegram, Discord, Reddit, Element, and the forum.
- This proposal asks for money to pay them for one more year.
- The amount is $167,520.
- You can read more details in a linked document.

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Polkadot Moderation Team Bounty Top-up

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whitelisted_caller

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staking_admin

treasurer

lease_admin

fellowship_admin

general_admin

auction_admin

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referendum_killer

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big_tipper

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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.