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

This proposal requests $392,500 USDC to fund the operational costs of the Paseo testnet for H1 2026. This is the first Paseo funding proposal denominated in stablecoins, made possible by the newly deployed multi-asset bounty pallet. The remaining DOT balance in the existing bounty (~38,946 DOT) will be returned to the Polkadot treasury upon transition.

For full proposal details, including scope of work, quarterly budget breakdown, SLOs, and curator information, see the full proposal.

Note: This is a resubmission of referendum 1878. The original contained a technical error in the metadata field of the call data.

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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.

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This proposal requests $392,500 USDC to fund the operational costs of the Paseo testnet for H1 2026. This is the first Paseo funding proposal denominated in stablecoins, made possible by the newly deployed multi-asset bounty pallet. The remaining DOT balance in the existing bounty (~38,946 DOT) will be returned to the Polkadot treasury upon transition.

For full proposal details, including scope of work, quarterly budget breakdown, SLOs, and curator information, see the full proposal.

Note: This is a resubmission of referendum 1878. The original contained a technical error in the metadata field of the call data.

Edited