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

medium_spender

Deciding

Draper University proposes a pre-accelerator program to attract and develop startups building on the Polkadot ecosystem. The program includes a residency at Draper University in Silicon Valley, resources, education, capital, and network. The requested allocation is USDC $438,600, including $150k in grant funding for startups. The program will last for 6 weeks and target high-growth/potential startups building across Web3 in AI, real-world assets, and gaming. The program aims to accelerate the growth of startups, provide access to venture capital, and create awareness for the Polkadot chain.

Draper University x Polkadot Pre-Accelerator Silicon Valley

Proposal to retroactively tip Saxemberg for their participation and communication during the Cohort, with a maximum tip of 2,500 DOT. Other DVs can opt in with their own proposals. Resources and further reading provided. Submitted by DAOplomats.

#1239 [Medium Spender] Saxemberg : Opt-In Tip for DV Cohort 2 

Bitcoin.com proposes a year-long educational and marketing campaign to provide lifetime coverage of Polkadot in their Learning Center, weekly newsletter, and social media. The requested amount is 240,000 USDT (ERC-20). The deliverables include 7 lifetime Polkadot articles, 10 dedicated educational threads, 9 newsletter inclusions, 6 podcast series and interview articles, 6 AMA sessions, and 10 Polkadot branded spotlight stories. The campaign aims to boost brand awareness and position Polkadot as a leader in the blockchain space. Quarterly reports will be provided to track the impact and success of the campaign.

Polkadot Ecosystem Branding Exposure at Bitcoin.com 

WHO: Subsquare

WHAT: Seeks retroactive funding for the past 12 months maintenance and common features development for the Polkadot ecosystem, including server deployment maintenance, codebase maintenance, and enhancements to referendum detail page, referenda track status page, new referenda and templates, preimages management, account and profile page, treasury spends and multi-assets treasury support, asset hub basic features, and bounty enhancement.

PRICE: $469,845.1

TIMEFRAME: 12 months (2023.10.01 - 2024.09.30)

RESOURCES: 15 FTE equivalent work per month.

[Retroactive] Subsquare 12 months maintenance and common features development

WHO: FBBA account 131S1zdnMfhF1hB4sWornxLvX5SY3c8GhtFPPePUTvhphQRM on behalf of Polkadot
WHAT: Requesting 50,000 USDT to sponsor Polkadot's involvement with the Florida Blockchain Business Association at the Enterprise level to enhance Polkadot's presence in the US, leveraging connections with blockchain policy advocates, businesses, and government officials to foster growth, improve regulatory engagement, and explore new integrations.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 50,000 USDT, referendum submission after two weeks of pre-proposal discussion.

Florida Blockchain Business Association (FBBA) Sponsorship to Improve Polkadot’s Presence In the U.S.

OpenZeppelin requests funding for M4 phase to create meta pallets, integrate with Tanssi and Snowbridge, improve zombienet-sdk, and provide developer guides. No specific price, timeframe, or resources mentioned.

OpenZeppelin x Polkadot Ecosystem Growth Phase M4

JAMTON proposes to connect TON ecosystem with 950 million Telegram users to Polkadot ecosystem. Seeking 251,660 USDC for development, deployment, marketing, outreach, support and maintenance. Development roadmap designed for 3 milestones of 3 months each.

Treasury Proposal for Funding the JAMTON Project - Bridging 950 Million Users to the Polkadot Ecosystem

Chainwire CEO Nadav presents a report on a three-month pilot marketing campaign with CryptoSlate, CryptoDaily, and CryptoPotato. They are seeking $330,000 USDC to extend the collaboration for an additional four months to enhance Polkadot's branding, SEO presence, public relations, and social media visibility. The funding will enable these platforms to maintain and enhance visibility, continue and expand content production, and enhance content strategy and social reach.

Boosting Polkadot's Branding, Tickers, Educational & News Content on major crypto media

Mandala Chain requests 763,000 USDT for the urgent delivery of 4 government use cases to onboard millions onto Polkadot. The proposal aims to drive significant user adoption into the Polkadot ecosystem, opening the door for real-world use cases and accelerating Polkadot's growth across emerging markets. The timeframe is nine months, and the budget covers all costs for development, testing, user experience refinement, and public showcasing events. The proposal is critical to establish Polkadot as a global leader in the Web3 space and capture the next wave of users.

Delivery of 4 Government Use Cases to Onboard Millions onto Polkadot

WHO: Peranto, a decentralized application (dApp) for digital identity and legal compliance.

WHAT: Seeks $100,000 USD in funding to build an MVP over eight months, targeting legal professionals and expanding digital identity solutions across Latin America.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $100,000 USD over eight months.

Peranto: Empowering Legal Compliance and Digital Identity with KILT and Polkadot in LATAM

WHO: Wario on behalf of the Motoverse Project
WHAT: Proposing a treasury proposal for $185,000 USD to develop a decentralized vehicle hub and ecosystem powered by Polkadot
TIMEFRAME: 12 months
RESOURCES: Legal consulting, substrate development, UX/UI and tests, contracts legal design, IOS app development, desktop frontend development.

Motoverse - The vehicle AppChain secured by Polkadot

SQD (fka Subsquid) - Public data indexing Infrastructure for Polkadot and Kusama (Q1 2024)

WHO: The Spanish-speaking community of Polkadot.

WHAT: Proposing a continuation of the Spanish content and event production bounty.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified, but the proposal aims to incentivize and reward Spanish content creators to contribute to the growth and development of the ecosystem. The evaluation team formed by Spanish-speaking curators will continue to evaluate the content and events.

Bounty Proposal: [Continuation of the Spanish content and event production bounty]

WHO: Tokenguard
WHAT: Requesting the Polkadot community to consider their request for additional funds due to delayed approval for building User Segmentation & Conversion tool for DeFi protocols, parachains & wallets
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requesting additional funds of 69,510.61 USD

Polkadot User Acquisition tool 👨‍💻⬆️ [$DOT difference adjustment]

Preparing

WHO: $DED
WHAT: Develop and execute a multi-pronged marketing campaign catering to the Korean and Japanese markets during the 2024 holiday season.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified. Pending thoughts from the community, a formal proposal will be initiated on Open.gov in the coming weeks.

$DED Holiday Marketing Campaign - Korea and Japan

Bitcoin.com is requesting 54,794.5 DOT ($240,000) to launch a year-long educational and marketing campaign for Polkadot. The campaign includes seven lifetime articles, 10 dedicated educational threads, nine newsletter inclusions, six podcast series and interview articles, six AMA series, and 10 branded spotlight stories. The goal is to deepen knowledge and awareness of Polkadot and its ecosystem projects. Quarterly reports will be provided to track the campaign's impact.

Vote Nay

Approved

Polkadot Community Foundation and Ledger will partner to run a Ledger Flex giveaway (50pcs) on social media. The objective is to drive tens of thousands of crypto-enthusiasts to follow the @Polkadot and @Ledger 𝕏 Accounts, raise awareness and create excitement around Polkadot and the new Ledger Flex device, and give back to the community. The proposal requests 11,506 USDT for 52 Ledgers + up to 9,000 USDT for legal fees. The giveaway will be announced within three weeks of funds being distributed, and the promotion period will be two weeks from the announcement date. Winners will be randomly selected, and 50 vouchers will be distributed to 50 unique winners. The funds will be distributed to the Polkadot Cayman Foundation, and then converted to fiat for payment to Ledger.

Polkadot Community Foundation <> Ledger - Giveaway to Increase 𝕏 Followers

TimedOut

WHO: Phishfort, a team of engineers, a research engineer, a phishing analyst, and a project manager.

WHAT: Developing an automated pipeline that leverages a Large Language Model (LLM) to generate anti-phishing rules in real-time.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $100,000 budget, 10-12 months for development, testing, and deployment.

Anti-phishing browser extension

Rejected

WHO: Universaldot Foundation
WHAT: Conduct action research on OpenGov systems, focusing on decentralized governance and participatory decision-making in Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.
DELIVERABLES: Research report and open-access publication.

Action Research for OpenGov

WHO: The proposal is made by a team of experts in AI, blockchain, digital business, and cloud computing.

WHAT: Launching "SoyPolkadot," an initiative to expand Polkadot's adoption in Latin America, focusing on end users, through participation in fairs, meetings, digital marketing, and educational content.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The budget request is USD 219,000 or 49,773 DOT, and the project will be evaluated after the first year to develop complementary projects in other countries across the region.

SoyPolkadot: Driving Mass Adoption in LATAM through Real Experiences and Rewards

Team sponsorship Sub0 Thailand 2024 seeks to sponsor active builders, developers, and members of the Polkadot and Substrate ecosystem to attend Sub0 in Thailand. The team proposes a budget of 70,840 USD / 16693.23 DOTs to cover the high cost of travel and hotel for 6 developers based in Europe, 12 in Asia, 6 in Africa, and 6 in the Americas. The goal is to democratize access to learning and networking opportunities in the Polkadot ecosystem, giving members and developers, regardless of their resources, the opportunity to participate in this first-class event. The proposal seeks to enhance the development of projects in Substrate and Polkadot by giving teams of builders the opportunity to immerse themselves in the ecosystem, meet experts in the field, and discover the tools and resources needed to bring their ideas to the ecosystem.

Sub0 Thailand 2024 Sponsorship for active devs and community members

WHO: VDS Academy, a Brazilian channel focused on educating the Portuguese-speaking community about the Polkadot ecosystem.

WHAT: Proposes a three-month funding initiative totaling $30,000 to produce high-quality content aimed at educating, informing, and increasing engagement of the Brazilian and Portuguese-speaking community in the Polkadot ecosystem.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $30,000 over a period of 6 months, with monthly distribution of $5,000 for content production and marketing/advertising.

VDS Academy Channel - 6 months funding

WHO: Cryptonitas
WHAT: Production of 89 educational content pieces and 2 hours/day user support for Cryptonitas for the next year
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified

Educational content maintenance proposal by Cryptonitas. 

Executed

WHO: Amforc 
WHAT: Showcase Polkadot's scalability by filling blocks with transactions for 30 minutes, requesting 65000 DOT to pay for transaction fees and temporary financing of existential deposits. 
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: At least 80% of DOT spent in fees will be returned to the treasury. No cut will be taken by Amforc. Full proposal available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YZNxvBqmpiVvHwq0yQ0EmGsnI7eCh1pieyFQ0WoNkAM).

Showcasing Polkadot’s Capabilities: The Spammening

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

small_spender

big_spender

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