Origin able to spend around 250 DOT from the treasury at once.

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- A person was asked to lead operations until May 3, 2025.  
- They had no help or money to do this job.  
- They paid for tools since March 31, 2025, using their own money.  
- They want to be paid back for these costs.  
- They will stop paying for the tools soon.  
- They are asking OpenGov for help with the expenses.  
- Another request for payment for their work will come later.  
- This marks the end of that phase.

[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oJ5J\_IbjdU8AuvJiNk8NT5k37S1N1WCn?usp=drive\_link](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oJ5J_IbjdU8AuvJiNk8NT5k37S1N1WCn?usp=drive_link)

![Screenshot 2025-06-17 at 14.32.25.png](https://i.ibb.co/0yjrQSKD/Screenshot-2025-06-17-at-14-32-25.png)



On 26 March 2025, the Ambassador Fellowship Advisory Board that was in place for the Establishment and Incubation Phases (now know as Genesis Cycle) asked me to lead the operations to a successful close by 3 May 2025.&#x20;

From this point onwards, I had no resources available to me - people or finances.&#x20;

I have been funding the Ambassador tooling since 31 March 2025. I am requesting reimbursement for this expenditure. I have noted when the various accounts will stop being paid from my personal account and will work with the Fellowship to find another way to continue the tooling.

In the absence of an optimistic payment mechanism, I am forced to come to OpenGov for these expenses. There will follow a second proposal for compensation for the work done. This will signal the end of that phase.

Thank you for bearing with this process.

Ambassador Fellowship Tooling: Personal Reimbursement Request

Hello! I went to a big conference about blockchain technology at the University of Miami. I talked about something called tokenization and represented Polkadot. I didn't get paid for my time, so I'm asking the community if they think I should be. I usually charge $100 per hour for my work. I spent 5 hours on a campus tour, 8 hours at the conference, and half a day on Saturday. I'm asking for $1500 for my time. Thank you!

Hey, everyone!

As many of you are aware based on several social media posts, I was tapped by Chris Wade to help represent the Polkadot ecosystem at the University of Miami's 3rd annual "The Business of Blockchain Technology" Conference across three days. Here's where I spoke on a panel about tokenization:

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While I am grateful to the Events Bounty for covering my flight and my hotel costs, I have not been compensated for my time or other costs that were incurred by representing Polkadot (e.g. Uber rides to and from the airport). Moreover, considering this was not previously negotiated with the EB and they do not pay retroactively, I am hoping the community will agree that my time is valuable and that I worthy of compensation as an ad hoc / de facto part-time Polkadot Ambassador.

In my part time role with Ardent through my small business **blockACE**, I charge $100 per hour for my time. Although I spent well over 20 hours as a representative from our ecosystem, I am only asking to be paid for the time I directly interfaced with University of Miami staff or conference attendees. This included 5 hours during Thursday's campus tour, followed by a full 8 hour day for the first day of the conference, and a half day on Saturday.

I respectfully request $1500 (Polkadot gets the friends and family discount) for my time.

Gratefully,

Ryan / Phunky

P.S. - I will circle back later to add more photos and links.&#x20;

Compensation for Polkadot Representation at University of Miami's 3rd Annual Business of Blockchain Conference

The Ambassador Fellowship had a successful first phase, even with challenges. Volunteers helped the program meet its goals. The team was supposed to get a payment, but some board members left, making it hard to decide things. So, the money was given back to the main fund instead. Now, the program is still going and needs more money to keep growing. The team members who worked hard should get paid, and there's a list of how much each person should get. Thank you for supporting the Ambassador Fellowship.

Rejected

During the first funded phase of the Ambassador Fellowship, we achieved remarkable success — even amidst periods of uncertainty and transition. This success was largely thanks to the dedication of individuals who stepped up as volunteers to ensure we not only met but exceeded our deliverables within the agreed timeframe.

Per the agreement with the Advisory Board (see[ Sprint Overview Document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zc0WAzXezZSFryfZ-xlpLPt4xgouvl4mLamy60fO15k/edit?usp=drive_link)), a discretionary payment was to be made to the core team upon successful delivery by May 3, 2025. Through careful financial stewardship — managed solely by myself — $230,000 remained in the Ambassador Fellowship fund. The plan was to distribute $29,000 to the team, with the remaining $201,000 returned to the treasury when the Board stepped down (five weeks later than anticipated).

The delivery deadline was met, and the Advisory Board confirmed the work was completed successfully.

However, during this period, several Board members resigned due to the extended duration of their roles. With diminished capacity and activity, decision-making became increasingly difficult. Ultimately, the remaining funds — including the portion intended for the team — were returned in full to the treasury for administrative ease. As a result, the promised payments were not made.

Today, the Ambassador Fellowship remains active and is preparing a proposal for further funding to support its continued growth. Cohort Two is currently being seeded, and a waitlist for Cohort Three is already forming — a clear sign of the program's community value and continued success. You can find our[ Delivery Report here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18WwkjxAzOe5SIbSICl5vcQ2ziAtnUCwe/view?usp=drive_link).

After careful consideration and consultation, I believe the fairest path forward is to submit individual compensation requests on behalf of each team member. These individuals fulfilled their commitments and contributed significantly to the Fellowship’s outcomes. The full list of team members and corresponding payment amounts can be found in this[ Spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16J8qxv9-Z0ky35yRFn-OlkuxoRZt5s7XO75kwtsFSoQ/edit?gid=755697593#gid=755697593).

Thank you for your continued support of the team, the principle of fairness within the ecosystem, and the enduring impact of the Ambassador Fellowship.

Ambassador Fellowship: Sprint Team Tip Request - Leemo

The Ambassador Fellowship had a successful first phase, even with challenges. Volunteers helped the program meet its goals. The team was supposed to get a payment, but some board members left, making it hard to decide things. So, the money was given back to the treasury instead. Now, the program is still going and needs more funding. The team members did a good job, so they should get paid. There's a list of who should get paid and how much. Thank you for supporting the Ambassador Fellowship.

During the first funded phase of the Ambassador Fellowship, we achieved remarkable success — even amidst periods of uncertainty and transition. This success was largely thanks to the dedication of individuals who stepped up as volunteers to ensure we not only met but exceeded our deliverables within the agreed timeframe.

Per the agreement with the Advisory Board (see[ Sprint Overview Document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zc0WAzXezZSFryfZ-xlpLPt4xgouvl4mLamy60fO15k/edit?usp=drive_link)), a discretionary payment was to be made to the core team upon successful delivery by May 3, 2025. Through careful financial stewardship — managed solely by myself — $230,000 remained in the Ambassador Fellowship fund. The plan was to distribute $29,000 to the team, with the remaining $201,000 returned to the treasury when the Board stepped down (five weeks later than anticipated).

The delivery deadline was met, and the Advisory Board confirmed the work was completed successfully.

However, during this period, several Board members resigned due to the extended duration of their roles. With diminished capacity and activity, decision-making became increasingly difficult. Ultimately, the remaining funds — including the portion intended for the team — were returned in full to the treasury for administrative ease. As a result, the promised payments were not made.

Today, the Ambassador Fellowship remains active and is preparing a proposal for further funding to support its continued growth. Cohort Two is currently being seeded, and a waitlist for Cohort Three is already forming — a clear sign of the program's community value and continued success. You can find our[ Delivery Report here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18WwkjxAzOe5SIbSICl5vcQ2ziAtnUCwe/view?usp=drive_link).

After careful consideration and consultation, I believe the fairest path forward is to submit individual compensation requests on behalf of each team member. These individuals fulfilled their commitments and contributed significantly to the Fellowship’s outcomes. The full list of team members and corresponding payment amounts can be found in this[ Spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16J8qxv9-Z0ky35yRFn-OlkuxoRZt5s7XO75kwtsFSoQ/edit?gid=755697593#gid=755697593).

Thank you for your continued support of the team, the principle of fairness within the ecosystem, and the enduring impact of the Ambassador Fellowship.i

Ambassador Fellowship: Sprint Team Tip Request - Arash Torbati

Vote Nay - preimage not on chain. 

The Ambassador Fellowship had a successful first phase, even with challenges. The team did a great job and finished their work on time. They were supposed to get a payment, but some board members left, and the money was returned to the treasury instead. Now, the Ambassador Fellowship is still going and needs more funding. The person in charge thinks it's fair to ask for the team's payment again. You can find more information about the team and their work in the links provided. Thank you for supporting the Ambassador Fellowship.

During the first funded phase of the Ambassador Fellowship, we achieved remarkable success — even amidst periods of uncertainty and transition. This success was largely thanks to the dedication of individuals who stepped up as volunteers to ensure we not only met but exceeded our deliverables within the agreed timeframe.

Per the agreement with the Advisory Board (see[ Sprint Overview Document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zc0WAzXezZSFryfZ-xlpLPt4xgouvl4mLamy60fO15k/edit?usp=drive_link)), a discretionary payment was to be made to the core team upon successful delivery by May 3, 2025. Through careful financial stewardship — managed solely by myself — $230,000 remained in the Ambassador Fellowship fund. The plan was to distribute $29,000 to the team, with the remaining $201,000 returned to the treasury when the Board stepped down (five weeks later than anticipated).

The delivery deadline was met, and the Advisory Board confirmed the work was completed successfully.

However, during this period, several Board members resigned due to the extended duration of their roles. With diminished capacity and activity, decision-making became increasingly difficult. Ultimately, the remaining funds — including the portion intended for the team — were returned in full to the treasury for administrative ease. As a result, the promised payments were not made.

Today, the Ambassador Fellowship remains active and is preparing a proposal for further funding to support its continued growth. Cohort Two is currently being seeded, and a waitlist for Cohort Three is already forming — a clear sign of the program's community value and continued success. You can find our[ Delivery Report here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18WwkjxAzOe5SIbSICl5vcQ2ziAtnUCwe/view?usp=drive_link).

After careful consideration and consultation, I believe the fairest path forward is to submit individual compensation requests on behalf of each team member. These individuals fulfilled their commitments and contributed significantly to the Fellowship’s outcomes. The full list of team members and corresponding payment amounts can be found in this[ Spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16J8qxv9-Z0ky35yRFn-OlkuxoRZt5s7XO75kwtsFSoQ/edit?gid=755697593#gid=755697593).

Thank you for your continued support of the team, the principle of fairness within the ecosystem, and the enduring impact of the Ambassador Fellowship.

Ambassador Fellowship: Sprint Team Tip Request - Michelle

Ambassador Fellowship: Sprint Team Tip Request - Luke Schoen

This is a ReferendumV2 post. It can only be edited by the proposer of the post .

Based on the work -> https://forum.polkadot.network/t/a-real-world-polkadot-wallet-drain-why-we-now-need/12934 I am proposing to tip Cyphertux for his swiftness and support&#x20;

TIP: Cyphertux's work on Wallet Drain co-ordination

A person named @subway2023 found 18 problems in a computer program called the Parity Technologies revive Solidity compiler. They told the people who work on the program about these problems over 3 months. These problems helped the program get better and fix some mistakes. The person in charge of the program thinks @subway2023 did a great job and wants to give them a reward of 100. You can see all the problems they found here: [link](https://github.com/paritytech/revive/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20author%3Asubway2023). And here is the place where they talked about giving the reward: [link](https://github.com/paritytech/revive/issues/253#issuecomment-2694530520).

Github user @subway2023 submitted 18 issues over the course of 3 months to the parityech revive Solidity compiler.

The issues submitted to us provide valuable early stage contributions to the project. Some of them lead to bug fixes in the revive compiler and the polkadot-sdk.

As the maintainer of the of the revive compiler I suggest to reward this contributor with 100.

Contributions: [https://github.com/paritytech/revive/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20author%3Asubway2023](https://github.com/paritytech/revive/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20author%3Asubway2023)

Account: [https://github.com/paritytech/revive/issues/253#issuecomment-2694530520](https://github.com/paritytech/revive/issues/253#issuecomment-2694530520)

Small Tip for subway2023

This is a tip created by the [tip-bot](https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-tip-bot/).

### Details

- **Repository:** [polkadot-sdk](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk)
- **PR:** [#6905](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/6905)
- **Contributor:** [Krayt78](https://github.com/Krayt78)
- **Tip Size:** small (20 DOT)


SmallTipper

This is a tip created by the [tip-bot](https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-tip-bot/).

### Details

- **Repository:** [polkadot-sdk](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk)
- **PR:** [#6931](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/6931)
- **Contributor:** [Krayt78](https://github.com/Krayt78)
- **Tip Size:** small (20 DOT)


Polkadot is a growing ecosystem with many new users in 2025. Some popular projects include Kaito, GigaDOT, $WUD, and DOT Bulls. New users often ask how to perform unique actions on Polkadot, like minting vDOT and transferring DOT to Hydration to buy WUD. A guide was requested for these topics, and NRL created a detailed guide on minting vDOT. The creator was rewarded with a 200 DOT tip for their content creation.

The Polkadot ecosystem has had many newcomers in 2025 thanks in part to Kaito, GigaDOT, $WUD, DOT Bulls etc.



On Twitter, Telegram and Discord I often see newcomers ask how to do certain actions unique to Polkadot, such as mint vDOT, and cross-chain transfer DOT to Hydration to buy WUD.



I publicly asked for someone to create a guide on topics like these in return for a 200 DOT tip![Screenshot 2025-05-04 at 18.14.42.png](https://i.ibb.co/nMHTdCcv/mdx-Editor-ET-1746375731799.png)



NRL took me up on it and created this detailed guide on how to mint vDOT:



https://x.com/nrlartt/status/1916443887775764695



This tip is for his content creation.

Tip to NRL for creating vDOT Minting guide

This is a tip created by the [tip-bot](https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-tip-bot/).

### Details

- **Repository:** [polkadot-sdk](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk)
- **PR:** [#8401](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/8401)
- **Contributor:** [PolkadotDom](https://github.com/PolkadotDom)
- **Tip Size:** small (20 DOT)


This is a tip created by the [tip-bot](https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-tip-bot/).

### Details

- **Repository:** [polkadot-sdk](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk)
- **PR:** [#3811](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/3811)
- **Contributor:** [dharjeezy](https://github.com/dharjeezy)
- **Tip Size:** medium (80 DOT)


[Small Tipper] Referendum #1524

This is a tip created by the [tip-bot](https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-tip-bot/).

### Details

- **Repository:** [polkadot-sdk](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk)
- **PR:** [#6630](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/6630)
- **Contributor:** [bennethxyz](https://github.com/bennethxyz)
- **Tip Size:** small (20 DOT)


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Referenda Small Tipper

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 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.

[30] Origin: SmallTipper