Origin able to spend around 10,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

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- Polkawatch recently released DHT p2p lookups, Premium Geolocation, and Decentralization Analytics in the Polkadot Staking Dashboard.
- The integration of Polkawatch in ecosystem projects has led to significant growth in usage.
- Over the last 12 months, Polkawatch has delivered over 20,000 decentralization reports to more than 7,000 nominators.
- Polkawatch was initially supported by the Web3 Foundation and developed with help from Kusama and Polkadot treasuries.
- The project has met all past milestones and costs about $3.5K per month to maintain.
- Polkawatch is seeking funding for continued operation and maintenance for Q1-Q3 2024.
- A detailed proposal is available for download.
- Feedback is welcome.

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WHO: Polkawatch

WHAT: Seeking retroactive funding for continued operation and maintenance of Polkawatch for Q1-Q3 2024, which costs roughly USD 3.5K per month (or 0.5 USD per user/month) including full archive nodes of Relay and People chains.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Polkawatch, Decentralization Analytics, Retroactive Infrastructure and Maintenance Q1-Q3 2024

### Summary

1. **Purpose**: Develop a free notification service for Coretime-related events.
2. **For Parachain Teams**: 
   - Remind teams to renew Coretime.
   - Allow self-hosting with open-source tools.
3. **For Token Holders**:
   - Warn if a parachain is about to stop block production due to lack of Coretime.
   - Alert about potential issues like provisional finality.
4. **For Coretime Traders**:
   - Notify during bulk sales phases (lead-in and fixed price).
   - Enable automated purchases based on notifications.
5. **Automation**: 
   - Reduce human error in renewal processes.
   - Simplify deployment on Polkadot for teams.
6. **User Focus**: 
   - Protect token holders from unknowingly holding tokens on stalled parachains.
   - Provide clear, timely warnings about Coretime allocation issues.

Rejected

Polkadot proposes to develop a free notification service related to Coretime to provide notifications for parachain teams, token holders, and Coretime traders. The tool will be open source and well-documented to facilitate self-hosting. The proposal aims to automate the renewal process, reduce the risk of missed renewals, and prevent some chains from stalling. The full proposal can be found in the provided link.

Coretime Notifications

- **Project Goal**: Introduce an AI-powered chatbot to support users within the Polkadot ecosystem, providing accurate and context-aware responses.
- **Key Features**: Uses Large Language Models (LLM) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for Polkadot-specific training and real-time assistance.
- **Problem Addressed**: Current Polkadot AI assistant, Polkabot.ai, has slow response times and lacks memory, making it less effective for users.
- **Impact**: Enhances user experience, streamlines information access, and promotes greater adoption of the Polkadot platform.
- **Target Audience**: Developers, end-users, and network administrators benefit from easier access to technical documentation, instant support, and streamlined interactions.
- **Milestones**: The project is divided into five milestones, including proposal requirements, project preparation, optimization, testing, and final documentation.
- **Long-Term Vision**: Continuous improvement, broader ecosystem integration, and community-driven development to ensure the assistant evolves with the Polkadot network.

Polkadot AI Navigator proposes an AI-powered chatbot to provide comprehensive support for users within the Polkadot ecosystem. The solution aims to enhance user experience, streamline access to information, and support seamless navigation. The proposed budget is 4100 DOT, and the project will be completed in five milestones over four months. The team comprises experts in AI, machine learning, and blockchain technologies. The solution will benefit developers, end-users, and network administrators. The proposal aims to address key issues with the current Polkadot AI assistant, Polkabot.ai, which relies on the older ChatDKG service.

Polkadot AI Navigator: Enhancing User Experience with an Intelligent Ecosystem Assistant Proposal

- **Conference**: Hack Seasons is a well-known event that has taken place eight times.
- **Location**: It will be held at the National Gallery in Singapore.
- **Attendees**: Expects around 2,000 people and 60 speakers.
- **Previous Event**: Last year in Brussels, there were 1,500 speakers and 50 speakers.
- **Representation**: Need people from DAO to represent Polkadot at the booth and on stage.
- **Early Bird Pricing**: Currently available, so getting a premium package is recommended.
- **Date**: The conference is scheduled for September 19.
- **Speakers**: A list of speakers is provided.

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DAO wants representatives to participate in Hack Seasons conference at National Gallery, Singapore on September 19. They require a booth and speakers. The conference has 60 speakers and 2,000 attendees. Early bird pricing is available.

Polkadot participation in Hack Seasons during Token2049

### The Dots Magazine

**Overview:**
- **Project:** The Dots Magazine is a humorous content platform focused on the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Founded:** January 2024 by Polkadot enthusiasts Mantra and John Mental.
- **Objective:** To attract and retain users through signature humor.

**Achievements:**
- **Followers:** Over 1,960 followers.
- **Engagement:** 2.7 million impressions and a 5.3% engagement rate.
- **Content:** Produced iconic memes and videos that resonate with the community.

**Funding Request:**
- **Amount:** $38,980 USDT for 6 months of operations.
- **Reasons:** Adjusting for price drops and an unrealistic initial budget.

**Budget Breakdown:**
- **Salaries:** $29,280 (including taxes).
- **Promotion:** $5,200 for Twitter promotions.
- **Tools:** $2,100 for AI tools and software.
- **Part-time Work:** $2,400 for additional tasks.

**Impact:**
- **Community Presence:** Strong engagement and traction within the Polkadot community.
- **Humor Strategy:** Effective in entertaining and educating users about Polkadot.

**WHO:** The Dots Magazine, Mantra, and John Mental. **WHAT:** Requesting $38,980 USDT for 6 months of operational work to create Polkadot mememedia. **WHEN:** 15th August, 2024.

The Dots Magazine - 2nd proposal 

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- **PlutoWallet** is the first mobile wallet for Polkadot with full NFT support.
- It uses **Account Abstraction** for better user experience and safety.
- The team has been working on it for 18 months and has Polkadot expertise.
- They aim to build a strong relationship with the Polkadot DAO.
- The wallet will be community-driven and open-source.
- They focus on **decentralization**, a key principle of Polkadot.
- The team is open to feedback and suggestions.
- The full proposal is available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fgDbWZf4laGLmhGjD4VuQwBwCMdfh2hy1d30j-8TCaI/edit?usp=sharing).

WHO: PlutoWallet team, consisting of enthusiastic developers with knowledge from Polkadot Blockchain Academy.

WHAT: Building the first Polkadot dApp focused mobile wallet with full-featured NFT support that leverages Account Abstraction for achieving the best user experience and safety possible.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified. The proposal aims to establish PlutoWallet as reputable and trustworthy partners for the Polkadot DAO to help build user-centric solutions for anyone to use and benefit from.

PlutoWallet 1st proposal: Account abstraction, Full featured NFT support, Transaction Analyzer

### Summary

- **Objective:** Improve interoperability between Polkadot parachains by opening more XCM channels.
- **Current Issue:** Many parachains have few XCM channels, limiting their connectivity and use cases.
- **Proposed Solution:** Deposit 2261 DOT into the "Child" accounts of fourteen parachains to facilitate opening XCM channels.
- **Implementation:** Target account balances of 205 or 305 DOT based on parachain size and potential use cases.
- **Benefits:** Increased accessibility of parachain tokens, more XCM traffic, and smoother integration between chains.
- **Next Steps:** Submit governance proposals to open XCM channels and register tokens on chains with the `assetRegistry` pallet.

Polkadot Treasury will deposit 2261 DOT into the Polkadot relaychain "Child" accounts of fourteen parachains to make it easier to open XCM channels between chains. The proposal aims to increase the amount of XCM traffic, make more parachain tokens accessible to Polkadot DeFi on Hydration, Bifrost, Moonbeam, Astar, and remove one technical barrier to further integration and use case development between chains. The proposal will be implemented by submitting governance proposals to each parachain to open channels. The proposal will cost less than $1k and will be paid in DOT.

Deposit DOT into parachain child accounts to accelerate opening XCM channels

Please vote nay, thank you!

Vote Nay

**Behind the Code Funding Request Summary**

- **Request**: Additional 9928 DOT (58558 USD) for post-production of 8 new episodes (4 Web3 Thinkers and 4 Web3 Builders).
- **Purpose**: To complete post-production for these episodes and correct a funding discrepancy from the initial proposal.
- **Metrics**: Content has received over 1.25 million views and 61,144 watch hours.
- **Interviews**: Conducted 50 interviews, main source material for the series.
- **Timeline**: New episodes to be released in Oct and Nov 2024.
- **Budget**: 14,400 USD for post-production of 8 episodes, bringing total episodes to 24 by end of 2024.
- **Discrepancy**: Initial proposal costed at 389,899 USD, received 351,064 USD, leaving a shortfall of 38,835 USD.
- **Buffer**: Adding a 10% buffer to avoid future discrepancies and returning any excess funds to the treasury.

WHO: Behind the Code Team, Key Pictures

WHAT: Requesting additional funds of 9928 DOT (58558USD) for post production on 4 episodes of Web3Thinkers and 4 episodes of Web3Builders, and a top-up to correct a small discrepancy in funding received for initial proposal.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $14,400 for post production of 8 episodes, to be released by end of 2024. Top-up request to correct shortfall of $38,835. Excess DOT will be returned to treasury.

Behind the Code II: Additional Funding for more episodes of Web3 Thinkers/Builders and Top-up on treasury #604 payout

### Polkadot for 100,000+ Students

- **Project Goal**: Integrate Polkadot blockchain content into an educational app with over 100,000 downloads.
- **App Details**: Currently has over 50,000 monthly active users and is available on the Google Play Store.
- **Team**: Experienced professionals with backgrounds in blockchain and fintech.
- **Objectives**: Provide user-friendly educational resources on Polkadot, covering basics, architecture, use cases, and development tools.
- **Milestones**: 
  1. Develop initial courses and alpha test.
  2. Develop remaining courses and beta release.
  3. Final testing, public release, and community engagement.
- **Success Metrics**: Measured by user engagement, app downloads, and feedback.
- **Reporting**: Bi-weekly progress reports will be shared on Polkassembly.
- **Community Impact**: Aim to enhance education and awareness about Polkadot, fostering a knowledgeable community.

WHO: The team consisting of experienced professionals with extensive backgrounds in blockchain and fintech.

WHAT: The team aims to integrate comprehensive Polkadot-related content into their educational app, currently boasting over 100,000 downloads.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The project will be executed in three milestones, and the budget details are not mentioned. Success will be measured through user engagement rates, app download numbers, and active user feedback.

Polkadot for 100,000+ Students

### Summary

Our project uses advanced AI to help researchers quickly understand academic papers and other research materials. Key features include:

- **Real-Time Text Explanation**: AI provides instant clarifications for highlighted text.
- **Intelligent Summarization**: Generates concise summaries of papers or sections.
- **Key Point Extraction**: Highlights important information to save time.
- **AI-Powered Search Engine**: Searches and summarizes research papers, blogs, and news articles.

### Benefits for DOT Token Holders

- **Increased Platform Engagement**: Attracts more users and developers, potentially increasing DOT token value.
- **Enhanced Utility**: Makes the ecosystem more accessible, increasing DOT token utility.
- **Security and Reliability**: Ensures user data protection, maintaining trust in the network.

### Long-Term Vision

- **Continuous Improvement**: Enhances the assistant's capabilities based on user feedback.
- **Broader Ecosystem Integration**: Expands functionality to cover more aspects of the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Community-Driven Development**: Involves the community in the development process.
- **Educational Resource**: Helps users understand and navigate the Polkadot network.

### Impact

- **Efficiency and Productivity**: Accelerates reading and understanding of academic papers.
- **Enhanced Understanding**: Makes complex concepts accessible.
- **Research Advancement**: Facilitates quicker literature reviews and innovation.
- **Real-Time Explanations**: Provides immediate, context-aware explanations.

### Why Polkadot?

Polkadot's interoperability, scalability, advanced security, and supportive ecosystem make it the ideal platform for our project.

WHO: The project aims to revolutionize academic and non-academic research using advanced AI.

WHAT: The tool provides real-time explanations, generates concise summaries, extracts key points, and has an AI-powered search engine.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

KEY FEATURES: Real-time text explanation, intelligent summarization, key point extraction, and AI-powered search engine.

BENEFITS FOR DOT TOKEN HOLDERS: Increased platform engagement, enhanced utility, security, and reliability.

MILESTONES: Prototype development, testing and iteration, API development and optimization, and final report and roadmap.

IMPACT: Efficiency and productivity, enhanced understanding, research advancement, and real-time explanations.

WHY POLKADOT: Polkadot's interoperability, scalability, advanced security, and supportive ecosystem make it the ideal platform for the project.

AI-Powered Interactive Assistance for Efficient Research Paper Reading

### Remarker

**Remarker** is an NFT marketplace on the Polkadot network, offering unique and rare digital collectibles. Key features include:

- **NFT Swaps**: Users can trade NFTs directly.
- **NFT Purchases with Stablecoins**: Supports buying NFTs using USDC and USDT.
- **Auto Teleport**: Simplifies DOT token transfers between Polkadot and Asset Hub.
- **New UI**: Enhances user experience in the Polkadot NFT ecosystem.

**Upcoming Features** include:
- Support for NFT interactions on Asset Hub using ETH and other EVM-compatible tokens.
- Improved UI/UX.
- A "Remint Tool" for flexible NFT minting.
- Tutorials on creating, purchasing, and swapping NFTs.
- Launching a free NFT collection to attract new users.
- **NFT Fractionalization**: Allows splitting NFTs into smaller parts for shared ownership.

**Funding Request**: 10,000 DOT ($61,127) for ongoing development and enhancements.

**Founder**: Ashutosh Singh, active in the Polkadot NFT space since 2021, created governance bots for Polkadot and Kusama.

WHO: Remarker, an NFT marketplace for Polkadot founded by Ashutosh Singh.

WHAT: Requesting 10,000 DOT ($61,127) for retroactive work and feature additions, including support for NFT interactions on Asset Hub, UI/UX enhancements, a remint tool, a tutorial, and launching an NFT collection.

TIMEFRAME: 6 months for retroactive work, 3 months for feature additions.

RESOURCES: Funding will cover implementation of cross-chain bridged tokens integration and smart contract implementation after the Plaza upgrade. Remarker is an open-source project, and the repository can be found on GitHub.

Retroactive Funding Proposal: Completed Remarker Development and Future Polkadot NFT Standards Implementation Post-Plaza Upgrade

please vote Nay

### Proposal Summary

- **Objective:** Create a free, open course in Spanish about Blockchain Interoperability and Polkadot.
- **Additional Content:** Develop complementary, educational materials on Polkadot.
- **Creator:** Jaume, a content creator on Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube, with experience as a Marketing Manager at Xiaomi and currently a BD Manager at AEVO & Bitmart.
- **Budget:** 2,350 DOT (approximately $13,691 USD).
- **Content Creator:** Collaboration with Gold Jaws.
- **Surplus Handling:** Any surplus funds will be returned to the treasury.
- **Details:** More information is available in the linked document.

Jaume proposes to create a free Spanish course on Blockchain Interoperability and Polkadot, along with complementary content. The budget for the proposal is 2,350 DOT ($13,691 USD) and will work with content creator Gold Jaws. Any surplus will be returned to the treasury.

Funding for 3 month Polkadot Brand Campaign

Infinity Wallet - Milestone 2

### Summary of the Proposal

- The proposal seeks $40,000 to update the "Polkadot for Beginners" book to reflect recent developments in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The current version of the book has been viewed over 6,000 times, downloaded 3,000 times, and translated into 7 languages by the community.
- The book needs updating due to the rapid evolution of Polkadot, including new features like OpenGov and Polkadot v2.0.
- The updated book will include new sections on OpenGov, Polkadot as a blockspace provider, new parachains, XCM, and JAM.
- The book aims to make the Polkadot ecosystem more accessible to newcomers, potentially attracting more people to the community.
- The writer, gbaci, has been a Polkadot enthusiast since 2021 and has experience as a Polkadot Ambassador and content writer.
- The timeline for the project includes research, writing, editing, review, and final release by early 2025.
- The book will be available under a Creative Commons license, with the option to sell it to fund additional marketing and printing costs.

WHO: gbaci

WHAT: Update "Polkadot for Beginners" book to reflect recent developments in the Polkadot ecosystem, including OpenGov, Polkadot v2.0 features, and new parachains.

PRICE: $40,000

TIMEFRAME: Research (4 weeks), Writing (2 months), Editing (2 months), Review (1-2 months), Final Release - Jan/Feb 2025

RESOURCES: Writer's expertise in Polkadot, previous experience in writing and editing, and access to research materials.

Proposal: Expanding the Polkadot ecosystem with Polkadot for Beginners (book) v2

### Proposal Summary

- **Objective:** Request for 12 months of funding for 41 Verified Organization Badges on Twitter (X).
- **Accounts:** Total of 47 accounts will receive badges, with 6 badges funded by Web3 Foundation (W3F).
- **Proposer:** Social Media Board via Evan.
- **Background:** Historically, W3F paid for all badges, but now funding is requested from the Treasury as badges benefit the community.
- **Benefits:** Badges provide priority visibility, gold checkmark, impersonation defense, and premium support on X.
- **Cost:** €47,433 for 41 badges, with a 20% contingency for fiat price fluctuations.
- **Criteria:** Badges are allocated to active parachains, top ecosystem wallets, Polkadot leadership, and official events.
- **Exclusions:** DAOs, dApps, community coins, non-flagship events, and other categories are excluded.

Web3 Foundation's Social Media Board is proposing 12 months of funding for 41 "Verified Organization Badges" on X/Twitter, costing €47,433. The badges will be offered to active Polkadot parachains, ecosystem wallets, Polkadot leadership, official Polkadot flagship events, and Polkadot communication channels. The badges come with many benefits, including priority on X, a gold checkmark, impersonation defense, premium support, and all benefits of X Premium+. W3F will pay the fee for six of the badges, while the funding for the remaining 41 badges will come from the Treasury.

Verified Organization Badges on Twitter/X for Parachains, Top Wallets & Comms Channels

- **Event**: Polkadot-focused gathering in London.
- **Attendees**: 200 people, by invitation only.
- **Location**: Sway Bar, Holborn, London, UK.
- **Date**: 03/07/2024.
- **Purpose**: To increase understanding of Polkadot technology and its real-world applications.
- **Participants**: Key figures from Parity, PBA, ecosystem projects, VCs, investors, and legal professionals.
- **Focus**: Showcasing Polkadot's interoperability and trustless bridging using XCM.
- **Outcome**: Plans to start regular London Polkadot meetups for web3/web2 engineers and builders.

WHO: The organizers aim to bring together key figures within Parity, PBA, Ecosystem Project teams, VCs & Investors, Real Estate Developers & Investors & Legal Professionals.

WHAT: A Polkadot centric event to create greater understanding about the technology and opportunities of real-world applications built on Polkadot.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified. 

LOCATION: Sway Bar, Holborn, London UK.

EXPECTED ATTENDEES: x200 people (strictly invitation only). 

DATE: 03/07/2024.

Polkadot London Event - Dawn of RWAs 

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- **Proponent:** PopUp Hub team
- **Event Dates:** 10th - 12th July 2024
- **Requested Amount:** 13,074.38 € / 2,150.3914 DOT
- **Beneficiary:** 122najL1ugRZzs3KRCM5VsoeNpDxHNGRj6WJxrh6LDqwwHo2
- **Contact:** Patrizia De Bella (patrizia.debella@gmail.com)
- **Team:** Includes members from Parity, Polkadot Ambassadors, and Playproject.io
- **Events:** 
  - **Technical Summit (10th July):** Focuses on solving issues and advancing Polkadot's development.
  - **PopUp Hub (11th & 12th July):** A free, open space for community members to network, work, and host events.
- **Venue:** Produits Dangereux, located near the main Decoded venue in Brussels.

WHO: PopUp Hub team, Parity, Polkadot Hubs, and the Web3 community. WHAT: Host a series of side events, including a Technical Summit and a PopUp Hub, coinciding with the Polkadot Decoded conference in Brussels. PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requested amount of 13074.38 € / 2150.3914 DOT for the event duration of 10th July - 12th July 2024. The venue is Produits Dangereux, located 5 min away from the main Decoded venue.

Decoded 2024:  PopUp Hub for the community

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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 100,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

Origin able to spend up to 1,000,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

[32] Origin: SmallSpender