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**Polkadot at Blockchain Rio 2024**

- **Event:** Blockchain Rio 2024
- **Dates:** July 23-25, 2024
- **Location:** Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- **Requested Amount:** $52,941.00 in DOT
- **Activities:** Platinum sponsorship, booth, mainstage talks, panels, branding, and a side event with decision-makers.
- **Attendees:** Expected 11,000 to 15,000 attendees, similar to the 18,000+ in 2023.
- **Industries Represented:** Digital Assets, Technology, Financial Market, Legal, Marketing, Energy, Logistics, Education, Real Estate, Gaming, Art, Fashion, and Music.
- **Purpose:** To showcase Polkadot's impact on various industries and participate in Brazil's growing blockchain ecosystem.

Executed

WHO: Polkadot

WHAT: Cover the costs of participation at Blockchain Rio Leaders and Blockchain Rio 2024, including a Platinum sponsorship package with a booth featuring Polkadot, mainstage talks, panel participation, branding on conference materials, and a side event with decision makers called "Blockchain Rio Leaders."

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $52.941,00 USD in DOT for the event from July 23rd to July 25th, 2024 in Rio de Janeiro.

Polkadot @ Blockchain Rio 2024

MobilePolka is a project to create a mobile app for exploring blockchain data related to Polkadot. Here are the main points:

- The app will help users easily find and analyze blockchain information on their phones.
- It will have real-time updates to keep information current.
- Designed to be user-friendly for everyone, even those with no tech experience.
- Users can search and filter data by different criteria like date and account.
- Key stages include developing the app, testing it with a small group, and then a wider release.
- Future plans include adding more data sources and tools for deeper analysis.
- The project aims to strengthen the Polkadot community with better access to important information.

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WHO: MobilePolka

WHAT: Develop an intuitive mobile app for exploring and analyzing blockchain data in the Polkadot ecosystem with real-time data updates, user-friendly design, comprehensive blockchain analytics, and interactive search features.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Funding from the Polkadot treasury to complete API development and testing, launch an alpha release, and expand the feature set based on feedback for a beta release. Future plans include integrating additional Polkadot parachains, enhancing analytical tools, and incorporating community-driven development.

MobilePolka: Unveiling Polkadot's Depths on the Go

- Empower Polkadot Playground is a weekend program that teaches students about blockchain technology.
- It is for high school and university students to help them learn skills for jobs in the blockchain industry.
- The program includes fun tutorials, games, and hands-on activities.
- Students will work on real projects and can meet other people who love blockchain.
- At the end of the program, students receive a certificate to show what they have learned.
- The goal is to help students understand the Polkadot ecosystem and become part of the blockchain world.

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WHO: Empower Polkadot Playground

WHAT: Weekend blockchain education program for high school and university students to gain knowledge and skills in blockchain technology, with a specific focus on the Polkadot ecosystem. 

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified. 

KEY FEATURES: Interactive tutorials, gamified activities, hands-on workshops, community engagement, and certification. 

OBJECTIVE: To equip students with a foundational understanding of blockchain technology and the Polkadot ecosystem, empowering them to become active participants in the decentralized technologies field.

Empower Polkadot Playground - Educate With Game For Highschool and University

- Kai is a Polkadot Ambassador from Singapore who helps grow the Polkadot community.
- He started the Polkadot Singapore Meetup Group and hosted events with projects like Moonbeam and Astar.
- Kai suggests giving a prize of 10,000 DOTs to the top 4 teams at the Singapore PBA Wave 5 event in May-June 2024.
- The prize would help teams continue working on their projects and find more funding.
- Some people want a bigger prize, but Kai thinks 10,000 DOTs is enough for now.
- Kai is working with the PBA team to manage the prize money and might use a multi-sig system for safety.
- The event is supported by Polkabiz, NUS Enterprise, and the Asian Institute of Digital Finance.

WHO: Kai, Polkadot Ambassador from Singapore
WHAT: Proposes to allocate a prize pool of 10,000 Dots to the top 4 project owners from the pitch finals day of Singapore's PBA Wave 5
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 10,000 Dots, happening in May-June 2024, personal responsibility of Kai to manage the sum

Polkadot Blockchain Academy Wave 5 Singapore - Demo day seed prize fund proposal

- KodaDot wants to bring 13 famous artists to Polkadot to create and sell their art as NFTs.
- This will help show how great Polkadot is for digital art and NFTs.
- More people will use $DOT to buy and trade these artworks.
- Half of the money made from selling the art will go back to Polkadot to help it grow.
- The project will cost $72,101, with most going to pay the artists.
- This will make Polkadot more popular and could make $DOT more valuable.
- KodaDot will keep everyone updated on how the project is going.
- The goal is to bring even more famous artists to Polkadot in the future.

KodaDot proposes to onboard 13 generative artists to mint their art on the KodaDot platform and the Polkadot Asset Hub, showcasing Polkadot's potential and driving adoption. The initiative will attract new users and collectors, driving demand for $DOT, and increase collaboration and innovation across ecosystems. The budget for artist compensation is $69,500, with 50% of revenue generated returned to the Polkadot Treasury. The initiative's success will be measured through quantitative and qualitative metrics, with the end goal of increasing visibility for Polkadot.

Onboarding Established Generative Artists to Polkadot Asset Hub and driving user engagement

- Sasha has been working on Polkadot smart contracts for several years.
- The project aims to make Polkadot smart contracts work with Ethereum tools.
- A proof of concept and early prototype have been completed.
- The next step is to make the project ready for a testnet.
- The project is being tested on an experimental parachain called Yerba Network.
- The goal is to allow Ethereum apps to work on Polkadot without changing their front-end.
- The project is different from Frontier, which makes Polkadot more like Ethereum.
- The project is discussed on the Polkadot Forum for community feedback.

WHO: Sasha, ink! core team member at Parity Technologies and independent Rank-II member of the Polkadot Fellowship.

WHAT: Proposal to evolve the ethink! project towards a testnet-ready state, making it easier for developers to deal with Ethereum ABI-encoded data.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

ink! + Ethereum RPC = ethink!. Proposal-02: Getting Testnet-Ready.

- **Polkadot Dapps over Apps** is a community helping people in Africa learn about and use Polkadot's blockchain technology.
- They teach developers and creators how to build with Polkadot, Kusama, and Substrate.
- Many developers in Africa don’t know about Polkadot, and some don’t have electricity to use the internet.
- They organize workshops, hackathons, and events to teach and support new projects.
- They’ve already helped over 1,000 people learn about web3 and blockchain.
- They also help startups by giving them grants and mentorship.
- Their goal is to solve real problems in Africa using blockchain technology.

Polkadot Dapps over Apps aims to onboard and educate traditional developers, tech enthusiasts, and creatives about web3 and building with Polkadot's blockchain infrastructure in Africa. They want to establish sub-communities, organize workshops, educate founders, build market awareness, support potential unicorn projects, and provide mentorship. They have successfully onboarded 1,000+ developers and non-developers to web3, organized conferences, workshops, hackathons, and incubation programs, and facilitated 2,000+ on-chain transactions and wallet activation on Near blockchain. They are seeking grants to fund their initiatives.

Polkadot Dapps over Apps

- Glazescape, a non-profit, wants Polkadot to sponsor the ProtoLayers Conference 2024 in Prague.  
- The conference focuses on modular blockchain technology and is part of ETHPrague.  
- Polkadot will get branding, a big exhibition space, and help from ambassadors at the event.  
- The goal is to show Polkadot’s modular tech and attract new developers and projects.  
- The total budget is $15,455, including t-shirts, stickers, and a buffer for price changes.  
- Glazescape is not charging a fee for managing the sponsorship.  
- The sponsorship will help Polkadot gain visibility and grow its ecosystem.

Glazescape seeks funding from the Polkadot Treasury for an Aligned tier sponsorship at Proto Layers Conference 2024 in Prague. The total budget requested is $15,455, and the sponsorship aims to showcase Polkadot's modular architecture, engage with the technical community, and attract new projects and developers to its ecosystem. The sponsorship will include venue branding, website logo placement, and a large exhibition space. Polkadot ambassadors will be present to engage with attendees and answer technical questions. Glazescape will provide customized support and assistance to support Polkadot's presence and impact at the event.

Polkadot Aligned Sponsorship at Proto Layers @ Prague [cancelled]

- Infinity Wallet wants to add Polkadot and Kusama to its app to make it easier for people to use Web3 and decentralized tools.
- They split their plan into 3 parts (milestones) to show they can deliver step by step.
- Milestone 1 includes basic wallet features like sending, receiving, and tracking money, plus cross-chain swaps and fiat on/off ramps.
- Milestone 2 will add support for Polkadot tokens, a Web3 browser, DApp store, and NFT management.
- Milestone 3 will focus on making wallets easier to create, XCM transfers, and marketing to more users.
- Infinity Wallet is a non-custodial wallet, meaning users control their own money, and it’s not a browser extension but a standalone app.
- They aim to onboard over 50,000 new users to Polkadot and Kusama within a year and support 40+ DApps in 6 months.
- The team is open to feedback and has updated their proposal based on community suggestions.

WHO: Infinity Wallet Team

WHAT: Integration of Polkadot, Kusama and their ecosystems into the Infinity Wallet all-in-one gateway, for a complete and user-friendly way to access the decentralized world and Web3.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Milestone 1 Total amount: 9,924 DOT (~$69,000 at time of proposal); Deliverables have been split into 3 milestone referendum proposals.

Infinity Wallet - A unique native desktop Wallet & Web3 Browser - Milestone 1

- Glazescape wants to sponsor Polkadot at ETHPrague 2024 to show off Polkadot's cool features.
- They will have a booth with Polkadot ambassadors to talk to people and give out fun Polkadot stuff.
- The goal is to make more people know about Polkadot and work with other blockchain groups.
- They need $42,550 for the booth, travel, and other costs, plus a little extra just in case.
- They asked the Polkadot Treasury for help to make sure everything happens on time.
- This will help Polkadot get more users and developers and be a top blockchain platform.
- People in the Polkadot community can share their thoughts and support this idea.

Glazescape seeks $42,550 from the Polkadot Treasury to secure a Beam sponsorship at ETHPrague 2024. The sponsorship aims to increase Polkadot's visibility, attract new users and developers, and foster partnerships and collaborations. The budget includes equipment rental, merchandise production, ambassador travel and accommodation stipends, and miscellaneous expenses. An additional 10% buffer is requested to cover unforeseen expenses and $DOT price fluctuation. The proposal aims to drive the adoption and growth of the Polkadot ecosystem.

Polkadot Beam Sponsorship at ETHPrague 2024

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- Cryptopolitan is a popular website about blockchain and cryptocurrency news.
- It helps people understand crypto and blockchain easily.
- Started in 2018, it now has over 11 million readers every month.
- It shares news, guides, and deep tech information for beginners and experts.
- Cryptopolitan is trusted for its clear and accurate content.
- It supports blockchain communities and their goals.
- The website is self-funded and uses ads to stay stable.
- It aims to make crypto news as easy to understand as regular money news.

Cryptopolitan proposes to create content assets to support Polkadot's mission and ecosystem product adoption. They are committed to providing reliable and comprehensive information about blockchain and cryptocurrency to a global audience. The proposal does not mention a specific price, timeframe, or resources.

Semi-Retroactive & Ongoing Funding for Cryptopolitan for Media Boost, Engagement, and Reach 2024 

- **PolkaBiz Program**: Helps new Polkadot founders build products and get ready for investment.
- **Problem**: Founders need more than technical skills to succeed; they need business skills too.
- **Solution**: PolkaBiz teaches founders how to pitch, get funding, and grow their business.
- **Goal**: Prepare founders for an investment event in July 2024.
- **Support**: Helps with pitch decks, business plans, and value propositions.
- **Trial**: A 5-month test to see if PolkaBiz helps founders.
- **Funding**: Asking for $75,500 USD; extra money will be returned.

**WHO:** PolkaBiz, in collaboration with Polkadot Blockchain Academy.

**WHAT:** Launching a trial program to prepare a select group of founders for "investment readiness" ahead of Polkadot Decoded in Brussels (July 2024). The program will focus on all the business aspects that founders need to know.

**PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES:** The amount requested is $75,500 USD. The trial period will last for 5 months, and an evaluation will determine whether the initiative benefits founders within the Polkadot ecosystem. Any amount received over this amount due to an increase in price in DOT will be returned to the treasury.

PolkaBiz  - Where founders forge investment-ready innovations.

- AmharicChain Polkadot Hub is an app to teach about Polkadot and blockchain in Amharic and other local languages.
- It helps people in Ethiopia and East Africa learn about blockchain technology.
- Many people in Ethiopia don’t understand English well, so this app makes learning easier.
- The app will have lessons, exercises, and support in local languages.
- The team has experience in building apps, education technology, and blockchain.
- They have already made successful apps and partnered with big companies like Microsoft.
- The app will track progress and help users improve their skills.
- The goal is to grow the Polkadot community in Africa.

AmharicChain Polkadot Academy aims to provide accessible and engaging blockchain education to East African communities, particularly focusing on Ethiopia. The native platform will offer structured lessons, interactive exercises, and localized support in the native language, catering to the educational needs of users interested in blockchain technology. The team is composed of highly skilled engineers and has a proven track record in app development, education technology, API developments, Cloud computing, and team management. The scope of work includes platform development, content creation, testing and optimization, community engagement, marketing and promotion, documentation, and reporting. The full details of the cost, budget, justification, resources, and teams are found in the documentation.

Polkadot AmharicChain Hub: Mastering Polkadot | Empowering Learning

### Polkascan Foundation and Substrate Python API

- **Polkascan Foundation** has maintained the **Substrate Python API** for four years.
- The API includes libraries like **py-substrate-interface** and **py-scale-codec**, and Python bindings for Rust crates.
- It allows Python developers to build apps for Polkadot, Kusama, and other Substrate-based chains.
- Currently, it's the only Python API available for these chains.
- Over 350 GitHub repositories and 31 Python packages depend on this API.
- The foundation is requesting **9,831.25 EUR** in retroactive funding for their work from January to March 2024.
- For more details, see the [full proposal](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-2024Q1.md).

Polkascan Foundation requests 9,831.25 EUR in retroactive funding for maintaining the Substrate Python API from January to March 2024, which is the only API available for Python developers to build apps that interact with any Polkadot, Kusama or other Substrate based chain.

Maintenance & Support Substrate Python API (Jan-Mar 2024)

### Bounty #43 - Meetup Bounty

- **Purpose**: Fund small-scale meetups efficiently.
- **Funding Limit**: Maximum of $1000 per meetup.
- **Processing Speed**: Quick approval for smaller requests.
- **Curators**: A team selected to manage the bounty.
- **Curators List**: Available in a Google Sheets document.
- **Referendum Link**: For more details, visit the Polkassembly page.

WHO: Polkadot community

WHAT: Approve the proposal for Bounty #43 - Meetup Bounty, which aims to efficiently provide funding for small-scale meetups with a maximum limit of $1000 per meetup.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Approval of curators for Bounty 43 (Meetup bounty)

- **Proposer:** DOTCAST  
- **Requested Amount:** 9,355.50 DOT  
- **Goal:** Create great content and improve the Dotcast brand for Spanish-speaking audiences in the Polkadot ecosystem.  
- **Audience Growth:** Over 8,000 subscribers, aiming for 20,000 in six months.  
- **Content Types:** Podcasts, interviews, clips, shorts, and videos on platforms like YouTube, Spotify, and TikTok.  
- **Mission:** Connect Polkadot users with the community in a fun and friendly way.  
- **Plan:** Use expert editing, proven strategies, and community engagement to grow.  
- **Contact:** [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Dotcast_), Email: dotsamapodcast@gmail.com

**WHO:** DOTCAST

**WHAT:** Produce outstanding content and elevate the Dotcast brand, including all associated products, through ongoing refinement. Specifically tailored for Spanish-speaking audiences, this platform will uphold a high standard of quality.

**PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES:** 9,355.50 DOT. The funding initiative aims to captivate 20,000 Spanish-speaking subscribers within the next six months. The approach includes expert editing, proven strategies, content optimization, and community engagement.

DOTCAST /This_is_the_DOT

- TEACHMEDEFI is a web3 education project started in 2022, focusing on creating fun and educational content.
- They have made podcasts, e-books, and videos, reaching over 3.8 million people in five months.
- They are part of the Polkadot community and have a history of delivering on their promises.
- Their new plan focuses on creating more content on X (Twitter) and podcasts to help more people learn about Polkadot.
- They also want to create special content for German beginners to teach them about Polkadot.
- Over six months, they plan to make 20 podcast episodes, 60 short clips, and many educational posts in English and German.
- They are asking for $74,900 to fund their work for six months.
- TEACHMEDEFI wants to help Polkadot grow by educating people and sharing accurate information.

TEACHMEDEFI proposes to focus on high-ROI platforms and content formats, efforts with impact on Polkadot's visibility, and educating newcomers in Germany. They will deliver 20 podcast episodes, 60 short clips, 30 educational reels, 40 educational carousel posts, 50 story posts, and an introduction to Polkadot guide. The budget for the proposed deliverables and a period of 6 months would be $74,900.

TEACHMEDEFI - Growing Polkadot’s Mindshare in the Crypto Space

- The WEB3DEV community wants to teach developers how to use Rust and blockchain technology, especially for the Polkadot ecosystem.
- They plan to create a bootcamp using open-source materials, like the rust-state-machine GitHub repository.
- The course will cover Rust basics, blockchain fundamentals, and how to create pallets (small programs) for Polkadot.
- They will offer the course in English and Portuguese, with the possibility of adding Spanish if needed.
- The goal is to graduate 200-300 developers and help more Web2 developers move to Web3.
- The team includes experienced developers and educators who have worked in blockchain and tech.
- They are asking for $50,000 to cover course development, teaching, platform support, and marketing.
- This project aims to make blockchain education more accessible and help solve local problems using Polkadot technology.

Proposal for Polkadot OpenGov Funding: WEB3DEV Bootcamp for Rust and Pallets Learning

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- **ink! analyzer** is a tool that helps developers write and understand ink! smart contracts, similar to how rust-analyzer helps with Rust code.
- It provides features like error checking, suggestions, and code completion for ink! contracts.
- The tool works with many code editors like Visual Studio Code, Vim, and Emacs.
- The creator, David Semakula, is asking for $26,500 to add support for the new ink! v5 version.
- This funding will help update the tool to work with new features in ink! v5 while still supporting older versions.
- Previous versions of ink! analyzer were funded by Web3 Foundation grants.
- The project is open-source, meaning anyone can use or contribute to it.
- David has over 10 years of experience and has contributed to other projects like rust-analyzer and ink!.

WHO: David Semakula, creator of ink! analyzer.
WHAT: Requests retroactive funding of $26,500 for adding ink! v5 support to ink! analyzer.
TIMEFRAME: Not specified.
RESOURCES: ink! analyzer, modular and reusable libraries and tools for semantic analysis of ink! smart contracts.

ink! Analyzer: Retroactive funding for ink! v5 support

- Polkadot's social media was first managed by one group called Parity.
- Now, many people help manage it, including a group called the Editorial Board (EB) with 7 members.
- The EB members are experts in different areas like marketing and content creation.
- They work for 6 months, and later, community members will vote for new ones.
- The EB aims to improve how Polkadot communicates with everyone.
- There is funding for the EB, and one member decided not to take payment.
- The Auxiliary helps the EB but will only be paid back for one small expense.

The Social Media Editorial Board (EB) will manage Polkadot's social media accounts. The W3F has delegated access to the EB via Evan (ET Public). Evan received a Decentralized Futures grant to create, setup, run and ensure the success of the concept. The requested allocation is 9426 ($90K EMA7 Price: $9.548) + 42 DOT for multisig creation and identity verification reimbursement to the proposer. The funds will be paid to a multisig controlled by all 7 members + the Auxiliary. The funds will then be distributed to 6 of the 7 EB members.

Funding for Decentralized Social Media Editorial Board

- The proposal is to get funding for creating weekly reports for Polkadot's network.
- The ProbeLab team, which has experience with a technology called libp2p, will handle this project.
- They aim to make the network more clear and efficient for users.
- Reports will show data collected using a tool called Nebula Crawler.
- The total cost for the project is one-time setup of $20,000 and a monthly cost of $2,500.
- The funds will help maintain and update the network tools and post results each week.
- If you have questions, you can reach out to a person named Yiannis.

ProbeLab seeks funding to create and publish weekly reports for Polkadot's P2P network. The cost includes a one-off setup fee of $20k and a monthly cost of $2.5k, covering infrastructure, maintenance, and expert inspection. The reports will be facilitated through the Open Impact Foundation.

Polkadot P2P Network Health Weekly Reports

- A bridge called P<>K charges users fees but needs to pay relayers from different accounts.
- To start, it needs 10,000 DOT and 2,000 KSM from the treasury to help it run.
- The goal is for the bridge to pay its own costs using the user fees over time.
- If the current plan is not approved, the bridge's launch will be delayed.
- A person named Polkadot Fellow will manage the funds initially.
- There's a backup plan to create a new proposal if this plan doesn't work.

Request withdrawn - replaced by whitelisted caller #593

- The proposal is for a Polkadot Development Academy in Brazil, seeking $96,600 to train developers.
- The academy will run for 8 to 10 months, focusing on Polkadot technology and programming languages like Rust.
- It aims to train 100 developers through online and in-person classes.
- There is a need for more skilled developers in Brazil’s growing blockchain market.
- The program will help businesses partner with trained developers for innovative projects.
- The initiative supports economic growth by creating job opportunities in technology.
- Código Brazuca is behind the academy, focusing on education and community upliftment through technology.

Proposal: Codigo Brazuca + Polkadot Brazil - Tech Academy - from Basic to Advanced  -  8 Months Track

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