Origin able to spend around 100,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

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Subscan is a tool that helps people see and understand information on the Polkadot blockchain.

- It shows data like transactions, accounts, and network activity.
- Subscan is asking for money to keep running and improving.
- The money will pay for servers, storage, and developers.
- They support 10 different Polkadot and test networks.
- They fixed bugs and added new features.
- They removed ads to make the website better for users.
- The total amount requested is $184,665.
- This helps developers, validators, and users use Polkadot easily.

Confirming

Subscan Q4 2024 – Q2 2025 Funding Proposal: Basic Service Fee & Development Cost for the Polkadot and Westend Ecosystems

- Two Pebbles wants to help new companies use Polkadot.
- They plan to teach startups about Polkadot’s benefits.
- The program has two parts: an Incubator and an Accelerator.
- Startups will learn business skills and how to build on Polkadot.
- It will help lower failure rates for new businesses.
- The team has lots of experience with startups and Polkadot.
- They are asking for $108,000 to start planning the program.
- Success will bring more real-world apps to Polkadot.

Deciding

Polkadot for New Ventures acceleration program #1752

- We are stopping this plan because of community feedback.
- The features will still be built and sent to users.
- This is a pause to fix how funding fits with our bigger goals.
- Please vote "NAY" for now.
- Work is still happening and updates will keep coming.
- We will return with a better plan later.
- This is about changing how we get money, not stopping the work.

—Polkassembly Team

[Proposal retracted] Please vote nay

- SubWallet is a wallet for Polkadot and Kusama.
- It works on browsers, phones, and the web.
- It has over 1 million users and supports 150+ networks.
- New features include easier swaps and staking.
- The team is asking for $795,500 from the Polkadot Treasury.
- This money is for work already done from August 2024 to March 2025.
- They lowered the budget based on community feedback.
- SubWallet helps make the Polkadot ecosystem better for everyone.

[Retroactive] SubWallet Development from August 2024 to March 2025

**Subsquid Labs Q4 2024 Funding Request**

**Summary:**
- **Goal:** Request $164,840.20 for maintaining public SQD Archives for Polkadot and parachains in Q4 2024.
- **Who:** Subsquid Lab Official (based in Zug, Switzerland).
- **Why:** Public archives are essential free infrastructure for developers, wallets, and parachains.
- **Changes:** Reduced costs by using community-aligned engineering rates ($27/hour instead of $100/hour).

**Key Points:**
- Public archives help developers access blockchain data without running their own servers.
- Used by projects like Talisman, Polkassembly, and RMRK.
- In Q4 2024, archives grew to 11.68 TiB of data and served over 2.3 million requests.
- Funding covers only public services, not commercial products.
- Engineering costs were lowered to meet community expectations.

**Cost Breakdown:**
- Most costs are for cloud services (like Google Cloud and OVHCloud).
- Engineering and maintenance costs were reduced to $14,009.76.
- Total request is $164,840.20, down $143,863.80 from the previous proposal.

**Conclusion:**
- Work is already done; seeking retroactive funding.
- Supports free, reliable data access for the Polkadot ecosystem.

SQD (fka Subsquid) - Public Data Indexing Infrastructure for Polkadot (Q4 2024) V2

- There was a mistake in a proposal.
- The account for receiving funds was wrong.
- A new proposal has been made with a safer account.
- Please vote "Nay" on the old one.
- Support the new proposal instead.
- The team is sorry for the error.
- Thank you for your trust and votes.

Correction Notice: Proposal Submitted in Error – Kindly Vote Nay

The Fellowship UI project on Subsquare is asking for funding to add new features. Here are the main points:

- The team has already built basic features for the Fellowship.
- They want to add new tools like task lists, member pages, and evidence discussions.
- They plan to improve how referendums and member applications work.
- The budget request is $160,800.
- They are asking the community to vote "nay" because the project will now be handled under a Fellowship program instead.

Nay please. Fellowship will handle this proposal | Subsquare fellowship support milestone 3

Preparing

[Medium Spender] Referendum #1744 - Polkadot Unified EVM Explorer [please vote nay]

TimedOut

Clarys.AI is a tool to help people understand and use Polkadot's OpenGov system better.

- OpenGov is a way for people to make decisions together in crypto.
- Right now, information is scattered across many websites.
- Clarys.AI brings all the information into one place.
- It helps answer questions like: Where did an idea come from? Is it new or a repeat?
- It uses AI to make voting and decision-making faster and easier.
- It can save time and money for the community.
- The team is asking for $130,000 to build the first full version.
- Anyone can test an early version online.

Rejected

Resubmission: Clarys.AI - OpenGov Data Backbone & Accountability Explorer (Beta v1)

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- A group called JUST Ventures is asking for money from Polkadot for work they did from January to June 2025.  
- They helped with governance, technical support, and community projects.  
- They worked on things like upgrades, bounties, and improving how Polkadot works.  
- They also helped with education and events, like the Polkadot Blockchain Academy.  
- They are asking for $149,908.38 in USDC (a stablecoin).  
- This is their third request, and the past two were approved.  
- They shared a public list of their work so people can see what they did.  
- They believe this funding model is fair because their work is hard to plan in advance.

Executed

JUST Retroactive Compensation 3.0

- **Project**: Polkadot Staking Dashboard  
- **Goal**: Make staking easier and better for users  
- **Key Features**:  
  - Simple staking for new users  
  - Better rewards tracking  
  - Works on phones and tablets  
  - More languages like German and Korean  
- **Team**: Ross Bulat and Joel Kenny  
- **Funding**: $103,000 for 6 months  
- **Success**: Used by 37,000 people last month  
- **Future Plans**: Add new networks and improve security

Polkadot Staking Dashboard: September 2025 – March 2026 Funding

- Nova Wallet is a popular app for Polkadot, with 100+ networks.  
- It helps users stake, swap, and vote easily.  
- Over 13 million DOT is staked through Nova Wallet.  
- It adds new features like 1-click swaps and multisig wallets.  
- Nova Wallet is open-source and free for users.  
- The team also builds other tools for Polkadot.  
- This proposal asks for funding for past 7 months of work.  
- Users can test features before voting on the proposal.

Nova Wallet 7th Proposal: Retroactive Reimbursement: 1-Click Cross-Chain Swaps, Multisigs, Extended Ledger Support, Polkadot Vault v7.0 Support, Unified Address Format, Off-Ramps, Price Charts, DApp Browser Improvements, and more!

This proposal is about giving extra money to the people who help keep the Polkadot community safe and friendly. These helpers are called moderators. They make sure new people are not scammers and help everyone understand how things work. There are 10 moderators now, but there used to be more. They work on places like Discord, Element Telegram, and Reddit.

The proposal asks for $169,632 to keep paying the moderators for one more year, from September 2025 to September 2026. There is a document with more details about the proposal and how the moderators work. There is also a place where you can see how the money was spent before. The people who make this proposal hope you will help and give your ideas.

Moderation Team Bounty Top-up

- We are asking for money to pay for a hackathon and an accelerator program.
- The hackathon already happened, and we need to be paid back for prizes we gave.
- The accelerator will help 12 teams from the hackathon build their projects.
- We need money for marketing, program management, tech tools, and admin work.
- We also want to give small grants to the teams in the accelerator.
- This is time-sensitive because we want to start the program soon.
- More details and cost breakdowns are available in the linked documents.

Encode Club Tranche 3 Funding Request

- Snowbridge needs to fix a failed payment from earlier.  
- The payment failed because there wasn't enough USDC in the treasury.  
- The system thought the payment worked, but it didn't.  
- They can't try again because the system marked it as done.  
- The original payment was approved here: [link](https://polkadot.subscan.io/treasury_spend/29).  
- The payment looked successful on Polkadot: [link](https://polkadot.subscan.io/extrinsic/25613045-2?tab=event).  
- But it failed on AssetHub: [link](https://assethub-polkadot.subscan.io/block/8652209?tab=event\&event=8652209-7).  
- They are asking for the same amount again: **312,500 USDC**.

Replace and Recover Failed Treasury Spend

- The project will last **6 months**.  
- It focuses on growing Polkadot’s community in **Africa**.  
- So far, they have:  
  - Engaged **3,000+ people** in person.  
  - Hosted **45+ events**.  
  - Onboarded **20+ participants** to a program.  
- The goal now is **retention** (keeping people involved).  
- They updated the plan based on **feedback**.  
- More details are in the linked document.

Polkadot Africa Builder and Community growth continuation.

- WAGOI helps drivers control their car data using Polkadot wallets  
- It follows new EU rules starting in November 2025  
- First version will connect 2,500 cars and make 20,000+ transactions monthly  
- Could grow to 2.5 million wallets if 1% of EU drivers join  
- Builds a mobile app to view car data and manage permissions  
- Uses Moonbeam first, then moves to Polkadot  
- Costs $330,000 for this first phase  
- All code will be open for everyone to use

WAGOI - Empowering drivers through data sovereignty.

- PlutoFramework is a tool to make Polkadot mobile apps faster and cheaper  
- It's already used in real apps like realXmarket  
- Helps new developers build Polkadot apps easily  
- Includes many ready-to-use features for apps  
- Team wants to keep improving it for everyone  
- Needs funding for future work and equipment  
- Created by experienced developers  
- Aims to bring more apps to Polkadot mobile users

PlutoFramework Retroactive grant proposal

- Polkadot needs upgrades to handle more transactions and keep parachains running smoothly.  
- The Quadrivium team will work on 5 key improvements for Polkadot-SDK.  
- These include faster data storage, better testing, and ensuring parachains stay online.  
- The team built KAGOME, a Polkadot client already used on the mainnet.  
- Parity and Web3 Foundation will help guide and review the work.  
- Funding requested: $288,000 USDC.  
- Quadrivium paused KAGOME development after a rejected proposal but still wants to help Polkadot.  
- The team specializes in blockchain tech and has deep Polkadot knowledge.

Quadrivium Polkadot-SDK improvements proposal 1

- PolkaBiz helps Web3 startups grow on Polkadot.  
- They picked 15 teams from 30+ applications for a special grant program.  
- They held a fun pitch contest for these teams.  
- Made a new website called Founders Portal for builders to connect.  
- Over 30 people signed up on the portal.  
- They helped teams even after the program ended.  
- Asking for $62,000 for their work from May to July 2025.

PolkaBiz Retroactive Treasury Request May - July 2025.

- Polkadot is planning a big 3-day conference in Buenos Aires in November 2025.  
- It will have 2 main stages, 18 themed rooms, and a 24-hour hackerspace.  
- Around 3,000 people will attend, with many from outside Polkadot.  
- There will be hackathons with prizes and fun activities like gaming and art.  
- The event is free, with food and drinks included.  
- It will happen just before Devconnect, a major Web3 event in the same city.  
- The budget is $738,749, but they hope to save money and return some to the treasury.  
- The goal is to show Polkadot’s strength and bring the community together.

sub0 25 Polkadot Flagship Conference in Buenos Aires

- Clarys.AI helps people in Polkadot OpenGov save time and make better decisions.  
- It quickly shows important details about proposals so you don’t have to search manually.  
- It can save over 80% of the time spent on research.  
- The AI is trained only on Polkadot data for accurate, trusted answers.  
- It organizes governance information clearly for easy understanding.  
- Clarys.AI checks proposals for trustworthiness and finds similar ones.  
- It helps voters, curators, and DAOs make smart choices faster.  
- The first version was approved by the Web3 Foundation.

CLARYS.AI Beta Product Development

- Polkadot needs legal representation in the U.S. and clearer rules for treasury proposals.  
- This proposal funds research to study Polkadot’s legal status and treasury contracts.  
- It will create a public website (Polkadot.law) to share findings.  
- The budget is $50,000 USDC for research and the website.  
- The project will take six months.  
- The research will help Polkadot and other DAOs with legal clarity.  
- The team includes legal experts and a project manager.  
- Future steps may include more legal tools if the community approves.

Polkadot.law – Academic Research to Strengthen Polkadot DAO Legitimacy and Global Reach.

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Referenda Medium 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 10,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

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

[33] Origin: MediumSpender