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

small_spender

**Summary**

- Pinknode submitted a proposal on 15th March 2023 for expenses made in Q4 2022.
- The proposal received 7 positive votes but needed one more to pass.
- It was delayed due to the transition from Governance 1 to OpenGov.
- The total claim is 4,246.19 DOT, including a previous deposit of 192.645 DOT.
- Pinknode provides free RPC services for Polkadot, Statemint, and Westend.
- From October to December 2022, Pinknode served millions of requests daily.
- Enhancements were made during Q4 2022 to improve service reliability.
- Pinknode achieved 99.88% service reliability for Q4 2022.

Rejected

Pinknode is claiming 4,246.19 DOT (worth $20,093.46) for running secure, reliable, and scalable public infrastructure for Polkadot, Statemint, and Westend. They provided free RPC services to the Polkadot ecosystem's participants and achieved service reliability of 99.88% for Q4 2022. Pinknode's premium plan, which includes archival data and higher rate limits, is also free for all builders and participants of Polkadot to utilize.

Pinknode Public Endpoint for Polkadot in Q4 2022

### Stakeworld Funding Proposal Summary

- **Objective**: Fund the setup and maintenance of high availability RPC services and a bootnode for Polkadot and related networks.
- **Services**:
  - **RPC Nodes**: High availability infrastructure for Polkadot, AssetHub, BridgeHub, and Collectives.
  - **Bootnode**: High availability infrastructure for Polkadot.
- **Experience**: Stakeworld shares its experiences on the Polkadot Wiki.
- **Proposal**: The full funding proposal is available on GitHub.

WHO: Stakeworld

WHAT: Setting up and maintaining high availability RPC services and a bootnode for Polkadot and Polkadot Commons.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Funding request for Q2 2023. Full proposal details can be found on their GitHub page.

[Small Spender] Stakeworld's polkadot RPC and bootnode infrastructure - Q2 2023

### Summary of Treasury Proposal

- **Objective**: Fund the first 28 person-days of work on privacy sidechains for Substrate-based chains.
- **Beneficiaries**: Polkadot, Kusama, their parachains, and solo chains.
- **Funding Request**: $39,961 USD.
- **Non-Excludable Offering**: Once released, anyone can use the code, leading to potential free-riders.
- **Decentralization Benefit**: Encourages competition and decentralization.
- **Question**: Should this privacy product be available by the end of the year for Polkadot, Kusama, and their parachains?
- **Additional Resources**: 
  - [Detailed Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ID9ZqTU-ukY1P2lDZi6P5wKwTMAC1X-hsk-67k07p_0/edit?usp=sharing)
  - [Previous Discussion](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1739)
  - [Blog Post on Privacy](https://medium.com/integritee/a-privacy-sidechain-for-all-polkadot-kusama-chains-1bb52dc9b0d7)
  - [Presentation Video](https://youtu.be/7he0Uqe9jps)

Integritee proposes to retroactively cover the first 28 person days of completed work on implementing privacy sidechains for any substrate-based chain for $39,961. This will benefit Polkadot and Kusama relaychains and all their parachains without changing anything in their runtimes. The proposal aims to make the privacy product available by the end of the year.

Privacy Sidechains for all Substrate- Based Chains

### Summary of the Proposal

1. **Focus on Onboarding**: The proposal aims to improve the onboarding experience for new users.
2. **Gamified Experience**: A tailored user journey in Portuguese will include interactive content, gamification elements, and PFP NFTs to engage users.
3. **Content Creation**: Engaging content in Portuguese will be created across social media platforms to educate and connect with the community.
4. **Social Media Integration**: Platforms like Twitter, Discord, Telegram, YouTube, Instagram, and LinkedIn will be used to keep the community informed and engaged.
5. **Website Development**: A central website will serve as a hub for Polkadot Brasil, providing information and resources, and contributing to SEO efforts.
6. **Community Involvement**: The proposal seeks community support to drive on-chain demand from Brazil.
7. **Detailed Proposal**: The full proposal is available in English and Portuguese on Google Docs.

Polkadot Brasil proposes to focus on the onboarding experience for new users by developing a tailored user journey in Portuguese, creating engaging content in Portuguese, leveraging social media platforms, and developing a website. They aim to drive on-chain demand from Brazil. No specific price, timeframe, or resources are mentioned.

Restructuring of Polkadot Brasil

- **Polkashots.io** was a snapshot service for Polkadot validators and node operators, active since early 2021.
- It provided a reliable service to ensure network stability.
- **Warp Sync** has made Polkashots.io redundant, so new snapshots were stopped in April 2023.
- The team is seeking reimbursement for Google Cloud expenses from January to April 2023.
- They are also requesting reimbursement for a deposit related to a Gov1 Proposal.
- The total amount requested is **3,936.69 DOT**.
- More details are available in the proposal linked [here](https://hackmd.io/@nicolasochem/B19RK5lmh).

Polkashots.io, a snapshot service for validators and node operators, is requesting reimbursement of 3,936.69 DOT for Google Cloud expenses and a deposit for a Gov1 Proposal that was replaced by the new mechanism, Warp Sync. The service stopped making new snapshots in April 2023.

Polkashots.io Cloud Costs January-April 2023

### Motion 339 Re-Submission

- **Purpose**: To reward high-quality nomination pools in Polkadot.
- **Previous Issue**: Motion 339 was rejected due to technical problems with treasury spending.
- **Criteria for Rewards**:
  - Has metadata
  - Pool creator has verified identity
  - Has nominees
  - Is open
  - Has more than 10 members
- **Incentive Program**: Completed analysis of pools before expansion.
- **Rewards**: 22 pools will receive 250 DOT each.
- **Tool Development**: Polkagate developed an open-source tool for analysis.
- **Polkagate Reward**: Polkagate will also receive 250 DOT for the tool.
- **Reward Distribution**: Rewards are shared among all pool members, not just the creator.

Executed

WHO: Polkadot community

WHAT: Reward 22 high-quality nomination pools with 250 DOT each and issue a payout of 250 DOT to PolkaGate for developing an open-source tool for evaluating the pools.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Nomination Pool Incentives - Fixing an issue with Motion 339

Proposal

### Polkadot OpenGov Proposal Summary

- **Objective**: Improve governance proposals on Polkadot by adapting successful processes from Kusama OpenGov.
- **Problem**: Current proposals on Kusama are poorly structured, lack information, and are time-consuming for voters to understand.
- **Solution**: Introduce a proposal auditing process to provide constructive feedback early in the proposal development phase.
- **Milestones**:
  1. Adjust governance documents from Kusama to fit Polkadot.
  2. Start proposal audits during the discussion phase and follow up on-chain.
- **Funding**: Requesting 2179.57 DOT for auditors CoinStudio and Abdulbee.
- **Documentation**: All documents, audits, and records are stored on GitHub and Airtable.
- **Community Involvement**: Open to onboarding additional auditors from the community.
- **Feedback**: Seeking community input to enhance transparency and efficiency in governance.

CoinStudio and Abdulbee propose to bring their successful proposal auditing process from Kusama OpenGov to Polkadot OpenGov. The proposal outlines their plan to improve the governance proposals process within the Polkadot community by providing constructive feedback during the discussion phase and improving the quality and transparency of incoming proposals. The proposal seeks funding of 2179.57 DOT split into 2 payments between auditors CoinStudio and Abdulbee. The proposal includes two milestones: preparing OpenCommunity Governance documentation and implementing OpenCommunity Governance.

OpenCommunity Governance

root

whitelisted_caller

wish_for_change

staking_admin

treasurer

lease_admin

fellowship_admin

general_admin

auction_admin

referendum_canceller

referendum_killer

small_tipper

big_tipper

medium_spender

big_spender

Referenda Small Spender

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