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

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- The proposal is about creating content to promote the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The Hill Growth Agency will work with 8 influencers for a 3-month campaign.
- They plan to make videos, educational content, and social media promotions.
- The total cost for the project is 32,841 DOT, which is over $160,000.
- They will have videos and updates every month targeting different audiences.
- The agency has experience in the crypto field and supports10 influencer collaborations.
- They aim to attract more investors to the Polkadot ecosystem.

Rejected

The Hill Growth Agency proposes a 3-month campaign with 8 high-profile creators to create content and promote Polkadot. The total monthly cost is $51,117.33, with a total cost of 32841 DOT. NoSpec Agency will provide expert guidance to the influencers.

The HGA Marketing Proposal

- A new proposal aims to help Ink! dApp builders by providing tools for better understanding smart contracts.
- This helps builders in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems attract more users and grow their applications.
- Many Ink! builders struggle to access the data they need, wasting time on their own solutions that don’t help much.
- The proposed tool is called dApp Marvels, which will offer important insights and metrics to these builders.
- The Tokenguard team has experience in this area and worked with many Ink! teams to come up with this idea.
- Feedback from the community is encouraged to improve the proposal and support the ecosystem.

Executed

Tokenguard proposes building dApp Marvels, an on-chain analytics tool for Ink! dApp builders to support their growth and operations through in-depth metrics and analytics of on-chain user behavior. The proposal aims to attract users to the Polkadot ecosystem more effectively and support Ink! creators in infrastructure development. No information is provided about the price, timeframe, or resources required for the project.

dApp Marvels 💎 - Ink! Ecosystem growth tool

**Educational Campaign in India (6 Months)**

- This campaign is about teaching people in India about Polkadot, a type of blockchain technology.
- It is created by Crypto India, a popular group known for making complex ideas easy to understand.
- The campaign will run for 6 months and aims to create 18 videos to explain Polkadot and related topics.
- They will also share educational posts on social media to reach more people.
- The project aims to make Polkadot more known and understood in the Indian crypto market.
- The team believes that many people in India are interested in crypto, with over 156 million users.

WHO: Crypto India and Being Satoshi
WHAT: Educational campaign to demystify Polkadot's technology in India through high-quality content creation, including 18 videos, social media interaction, and Telegram outreach.
PRICE: 21849 DOT (Approx $115800 with DOT price at $5.3 EMA7)
TIMEFRAME: 6 months

6 months Educational Campaign in India - Crypto India

- Altcoin Daily is a popular YouTube channel about cryptocurrency, especially altcoins, started in February 2018.
- The team, Aaron and Austin, plans to produce three videos about Polkadot with a budget of $110,000.
- The videos will cover what Polkadot is, the top five parachains, and the best mobile wallet for Polkadot.
- They estimate to finish the videos in about six weeks after receiving payment.
- The channel has over 1.3 million subscribers and generates a lot of views per video, even during tough market times.
- They want to help the Polkadot community grow and become more visible.
- PolkaMarketing will help with promoting these videos and has a 10% fee for their services.

WHO: ALTCOINDAILY, a popular YouTube channel and online platform with 1.34M subscribers and 1.4M+ Twitter followers. WHAT: Produce three videos about Polkadot, including an introduction, top parachains, and best mobile wallet. PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $100,000 for approximately six weeks of work, delivering one video every two weeks.

Altcoin Daily - High impact Polkadot media promotion

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- A group wants to spend $168,000 to attract businesses in Brazil to use Polkadot, a blockchain platform.
- They plan to create a bounty to help bring in new partners as Brazil’s interest in cryptocurrencies is growing.
- The team has experienced members in blockchain areas like development and marketing.
- Their goal is to support at least three businesses to start projects on Polkadot within six months.
- They chose to focus on Brazil because many people and companies are interested in digital currencies there.
- They will give rewards based on the successes achieved through their efforts.

Benshigeru DAO LTDA proposes a bounty of $168,000 to attract potential partners and businesses in Brazil to the Polkadot ecosystem over six months. The goal is to establish Polkadot as the leading blockchain platform in the country. The team plans to initiate contact, hold meetings, qualify leads, and provide support to help at least three businesses start their projects on Polkadot. The rewards are based on goals achieved, with multipliers for successful leads and partnerships. Ivy Network, Nick Dunford, Saxemberg, and Zoe Meckbach are proposed as curators.

Bounty Proposal: Business Prospects for Polkadot in Brazil

- Substrate ETL is a big tool for analyzing data from Polkadot and Kusama.
- It allows people to look at information like blocks and transactions from these blockchains.
- A new dataset was added to Google Cloud in September 2023 to help people use this data.
- The dataset includes information about over 70 parachains, which are smaller chains that work with Polkadot and Kusama.
- Many analysts and teams use this tool to help make important decisions and understand how things are growing.
- Plans for 2024 include adding more features and supporting more data analyses for these blockchains.
- Colorful Notion, the team behind this project, has been involved with Polkadot for two years and aims to collaborate with others in the community.

Colorful Notion proposes to continue supporting substrate-etl, a large scale index of Polkadot and Kusama, and their parachains. They plan to extend substrate-etl to support raw and fully-decoded EVM datasets and build support for CoreJam+CorePlay+DA. The requested amount is 99,025 DOT.

substrate-etl Retroactive funding: Q3+Q4 2022-Q1+Q2 2023

- MarketAcross is a company that helps promote projects in the Polkadot ecosystem and other blockchain platforms.
- They have worked with important brands like Binance and Crypto.com since 2020.
- MarketAcross plans to write at least 75 unique articles and promote them on platforms like Reddit and Twitter in the next few months.
- They aim to manage news announcements and provide public relations services for various projects.
- Chainwire, a part of MarketAcross, is a service that helps share news in the blockchain community.
- The company uses its expertise to help brands gain attention through articles, podcasts, and social media.
- MarketAcross guarantees their work results, only charging for deliverables provided.
- Elad Mor is the CEO and Co-Founder of MarketAcross.

WHO: MarketAcross, a PR and content marketing agency.

WHAT: Deliver at least 75 unique articles and 20 amplifications on social media platforms over 3-4 months or less. Includes PR, content marketing, growth hacking, and advisory services.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requested DOT: 21,400 DOT (~100K Euro equiv. based on DOT/USD rate of $5.00 EMA7).

PR, Content marketing, Social amplifications proposal

- AngelHack wants $51,227.74 to help run hackathons in Europe and APAC in 2023.
- The goal is to connect more people in the Web3 space and support developers from different backgrounds.
- They have completed the APAC hackathon and the dotSocial: Seoul event in September 2023.
- This proposal includes a recap of the events and a budget report.
- The request is for the final payment for the Seoul event, based on their original plan.
- More details can be found in linked documents about the treasury proposal.

Tribe/AngelHack 13Ghf2T883ZobjngC1BAgR1BWvK2P7qP37gGxHDVFf3fjbmw requests a reimbursement of USD$51,227.74 for the fourth and final payment milestone of event expenses for dotSocial: Seoul. The proposal also includes a detailed recap of the recently concluded virtual Polkadot Hackathon Global Series: APAC Edition and the in-person dotSocial: Seoul event.

 Milestone 4: Polkadot Hackathon Global Series 2023 APAC Edition

Republik Rupiah is a fast-growing blockchain community and education platform in Indonesia. Here are some key points:

- They focus on providing clear and accessible education about blockchain in the Indonesian language.
- Many people in Indonesia faced difficulties because most information was in English and often unreliable.
- They have created over 600 videos and articles about blockchain, especially related to Polkadot.
- Their platform has gained almost 630,000 views for Polkadot videos and has a large social media following.
- Republik Rupiah is seeking $68,000 to support their past and future educational efforts in the blockchain community.
- They aim to enhance understanding and adoption of Polkadot's technology in Indonesia without becoming dependent on grants. 

Overall, they want to ensure that Indonesian people have the right knowledge to succeed in the blockchain world.

Retroactive & Ongoing Funding Rationale: Republik Rupiah - Turning Indonesia into the Polkadot Island's With Education and Community

- PolkaSafe is a tool that helps people manage their digital assets securely in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The team made changes to their proposal after community feedback and reduced their budget.
- They acknowledged a mistake in not giving credit to another team and removed related expenses.
- PolkaSafe improved its app speed by 75%, cutting the loading time from 10 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
- As of October 2023, over 340 wallets use PolkaSafe, managing more than $15 million.
- They plan to grow to $50 million in managed assets soon.
- The team is working with big organizations to help them use PolkaSafe safely.

Polkasafe requests retroactive funding for enterprise-focused, non-custodial tool on Polkadot ecosystem. Budget has been reduced, and the team has made improvements to the app's speed and performance. 340+ wallets are using Polkasafe, managing $15mn+ across networks, with an expected $50mn+ AUM in the next 3-4 months. Proposal document outlines tasks, product features, and timelines.

Retroactive Funding - Polkasafe Revised Proposal

- There are currently no easy ways to accept DOT as payment in major online stores.
- A team wants to create tools to allow shops to process DOT payments smoothly.
- They plan to build plugins for popular eCommerce platforms like WooCommerce and Shopify.
- The project will take about 16 weeks with a team of four skilled developers.
- Their goal is to help more people use DOT for buying things online, like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
- They will share all their work for free on GitHub, letting others use or improve it.
- The project will cost around €236,000 to complete.

WHO: Alzymologist Oy

WHAT: Build plugins for top 3 eCommerce SaaS platforms and top 5 FOSS eCommerce engines to support seamless and self-custodial DOT payments processing. Development would require 16 weeks with a team of 4 developers.

PRICE: €236,000

TIMEFRAME: Milestone 1 (2 weeks), Milestone 2 (8 weeks), Milestone 3 (6 weeks)

Non-custodial DOT payments integration for major eCommerce platforms

- The Brazilian Content Guild wants to keep working on its projects.
- They are asking for $67,150 to develop original content for 6 months.
- In the last project, they made 166 items like videos and articles.
- This time, they only want to create original, high-quality content.
- Their goal is to be a leader in producing Brazilian Portuguese content.
- They want to help the Portuguese-speaking community stay informed and engaged.
- They appreciate feedback from the community on their proposal.

WHO: Brazilian Content Guild 

WHAT: Seeking funding of $67,150 / 16,378 DOT for 6 months of development to create original content in Portuguese for the Polkadot/Kusama ecosystem 

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $67,150 / 16,378 DOT for 6 months

Proposal: Funding for the Brazilian Portuguese Language Content Producers Group

Polkadot Now India is organizing an event called Polkadot Pulse 1.0 on December 7, 2023, in Bengaluru, India. Here are the key points about the event:

- It will happen during the ETHIndia hackathon, which is the largest of its kind in the world.
- The goal is to enhance Polkadot's visibility during a busy blockchain week in India.
- There will be important speakers from various blockchain projects, including the founders of Polygon, Tron, and more.
- They expect around 350 attendees along with 3,000 people from ETHIndia and India Blockchain Week.
- The event aims to educate and inspire developers, investors, and the community about Polkadot.
- The organizers, Rish and Sohail Shaikh, are passionate about expanding Polkadot's reach.
- They are seeking 24,701 DOT, which is about $99,150, for funding due to the urgency of the event.
- A Telegram group and social media channels are available for people to join and follow updates.

WHO: Polkadot Now India
WHAT: Requesting 24701 DOT (USD $99,150) for Polkadot Pulse 1.0 event during EthIndia and India Blockchain Week in Bengaluru on December 7th, 2023.
RESOURCES: Team of enthusiastic members engaged in the Polkadot community.

Polkadot Pulse 1.0 & Polkadot Networking Night @ IBW, ETHIndia Week

- Brad Laurie, known as BlockchainBrad, is asking for funding to create videos about the Polkadot community.
- He wants 14,165 DOT, which is about $57,000.
- Brad will make 180 videos over six months, including interviews and educational content.
- He has been creating free content about Polkadot for many years.
- Brad has 55,300 followers on X and 26,100 subscribers on YouTube.
- This is his first proposal for funding in Polkadot's Open Governance system.
- Brad previously took a break but is now ready to continue his work in the community.

BlockchainBrad proposes to create 180 videos over 6 months on his YouTube channel, including 90 interviews with Polkadot stakeholders, 60 educational videos, and 30 interviews with key contributors in other ecosystems. The total cost, including a professional editor and graphic designer, is $57,000 (14,165 DOT).

BlockchainBrad Educational & Journalist Content - 6 Months funding

- This post shares exciting news about the third milestone of a project called #60DaysOfPolkadot.
- The project organized hackathons at Harvard and London to encourage people to build in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- They thank everyone who provided feedback on their original plans.
- Teams from the hackathons are continuing their projects and some have received funding.
- The post highlights three successful teams: Flybloc, DotIAM, and Aegis Protocol.
- They are asking for $220,000 to cover the costs of the hackathons they organized.
- The hackathons attracted many developers and had great participation from colleges.
- Their goal is to strengthen the Polkadot community for the long term.

EasyA requests reimbursement of $220,000 for holding two in-person hackathons at Harvard and in London, as part of their third milestone in the Polkadot ecosystem. The hackathons attracted top developers and resulted in the creation of 71 dApps/projects. EasyA has already paid for the costs of the hackathons themselves. The reimbursement will be used to cover the costs of prizes, travel, and accommodation for participants, as well as marketing and advertising expenses.

Milestone 3 Proposal: Polkadot x EasyA Hackathons at Harvard and in London (#60DaysOfPolkadot)

- The smoldot project asks for money every 3 months to keep going.
- Smoldot is a special way to connect to the Polkadot network that uses less computer power and is easy to use.
- It started in December 2019 and has been funded since February 2023.
- The project has met all its goals and is ready for real use.
- The team wants to change how they ask for money in the future by working first and asking for payment later.
- They are looking for comments and thoughts from the community about this change.

WHO: Smoldot project

WHAT: Seeking continuation of financing for the next quarter, proposing new milestones for the upcoming quarter year.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

FUTURE PLAN: Considering changing the financing model in 2024 and beyond to do work ahead of time and ask for retroactive payments.

Smoldot development financing Q4/2023

- KryptosChain is a project proposed by Claudio and Adam Steeber to create content about the Polkadot ecosystem.
- They plan to make 171 videos in total over 26 weeks, including news, explainers, interviews, and tutorials.
- The project budget is $89,775, which includes costs for video production and a small insurance fee.
- Claudio has experience as a content creator and has been promoting Polkadot since 2018.
- Adam has also been involved in the Polkadot ecosystem since 2021 and contributes valuable insights.
- They will run a podcast called DOT TAKE to discuss topics related to Polkadot every week.
- They plan to spend some money on advertisements to promote their videos on X and YouTube.

**WHO:** KRYPTOSCHAIN, Claudio and Adam Steeber.

**WHAT:** Requesting $89,775 from the Polkadot Treasury to fund 171 videos and advertisement costs uploaded to the KryptosChain Youtube channel & KryptosChain X profile during November to April. The videos will include Polkadot News, Polkadot Ecosystem Explainers, Interviews, Tutorials, and DOT TAKE Podcasts.

**PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES:** $89,775 for roughly 6 months (26 weeks). The total cost for the work that will be delivered is $85,500, and they will include 5% insurance in case the price drops too much. The team includes Claudio, Adam Steeber, and a contracted video editor.

KryptosChain Media (The Next Level!) - 6 Months of funding

### Dotinsights Summary

- **What is Dotinsights?**  
  Dotinsights is a research and data platform by SubWallet, focusing on the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. It provides:
  - Ecosystem maps
  - Quarterly deep dive reports
  - Staking reports

- **Achievements:**  
  - Published 6 deep dive reports and 1 staking report
  - Launched an ecosystem map in Feb 2023
  - Reached 17,000 unique users and 2 million impressions on social media

- **Community Impact:**  
  - Recognized by the Polkadot community and ecosystem teams
  - Credited on the Polkadot wiki and support page
  - High engagement rates and positive feedback

- **Notable Campaigns:**  
  - High reach campaigns for report launches
  - Videos and social media interactions

- **Community Feedback:**  
  - Positive testimonials from community members and leaders
  - Found helpful and engaging by users

- **Problems Addressed:**  
  - Data fragmentation in the Polkadot ecosystem
  - Lack of comprehensive reports and ecosystem maps

- **Solutions:**  
  - Regularly published deep dive reports
  - Interactive ecosystem maps
  - In-depth staking reports

Dotinsights, a research and data-focused initiative by SubWallet, is seeking funding from the Polkadot Treasury for Milestones 1, 2, and 3, covering the period from June 2022 to August 2023. Dotinsights aims to become a trusted research hub and data platform for the Polkadot and Kusama Ecosystem, offering an exhaustive list of projects building in the ecosystem, quarterly reports, and in-depth staking reports. The project targets everyone interested in the ecosystem, with a proposed budget of $1,200,000.

[Retroactive Funding] Dotinsights - A Research Hub & Data Platform for Polkadot & Kusama Ecosystem

- A proposal was made to request $90,750 for maintenance of a project related to Polkadot.
- The money will help support the project from August 2021 until the end of 2023.
- Regular updates are needed for the GSRPC library used by over 500 other projects.
- Since September 2021, Centrifuge has helped fix problems and support users without any cost.
- They have fixed a number of issues and completed many updates to the project.
- The main tasks include maintaining documentation, answering questions, fixing bugs, and helping other developers. 
- They plan to address new features in the future but will not include it in this request.
- The proposal clarifies a previous mistake about the amount requested.

WHO: Proponent 12wWLUd5qMzLFGqBsMnHLVFeTuYJwuo5ygMAxuSywrBX1XSF

WHAT: Requesting a maintenance grant of $90,750 in DOT for retroactive and future maintenance until end of 2023 for the GSRPC library used by more than 500 Github Go Modules.

RESOURCES: Centrifuge has been providing support since September 2021 with 197 merged PRs and 103 closed issues. Maintenance responsibilities include documentation, bug fixes, PR reviews, and community engagement.

Go-Substrate-Rpc-Client - Retroactive Maintenance Grant (Sept 2021 to Dec 2023)

- There was a problem with a referendum asking for too much money.
- The amount requested was 100 times higher than what was wanted.
- It asked for more than 24 million DOT, which is too high.
- Users should ignore this referendum because it won't happen.
- Instead, people should vote on Referendum 207.
- Thanks to Coinstudio for helping to notice the mistake quickly.
- The team apologizes for any trouble this caused.

TimedOut

The proposal has been superseded by Referendum 207 due to the requested amount being 100 times higher than desired. Users are advised to ignore this referendum and vote on Referendum 207 instead.

Please ignore or disapprove!

- The Polkadot Ecology Research Institute is a research group from the Chinese Polkadot community.
- They are asking for money to support their work from October 2023 to March 2024.
- Founded in October 2020, they have created 185 articles about Polkadot, totaling over 1 million words.
- Their articles are shared by well-known media outlets and they are the only Chinese group publishing on Polkadot's official Medium.
- They have participated in over 60 events and reached more than 30,000 people in China.
- They support projects in the Polkadot ecosystem and have helped over 100 projects.
- They are applying for funds to cover staff costs, showing their dedication to Polkadot despite market challenges.
- A recent report about Polkadot has gained over 30,000 views in just two days.

The Polkadot Ecology Research Institute, a Chinese research organization, is requesting operating expenses of 28010 DOT (about 104760 USD) for daily personnel expenses from October 2023 to March 2024. They have produced 185 in-depth articles on Polkadot ecology and actively promoted Polkadot in various communities and events. They have also provided content/activity/community support to more than 100 Polkadot ecosystem projects. This is their seventh time submitting a Polkadot Treasury application.

Proposal: The operating cost for the research organization Polkadot Ecology Research Institute for 2023/10-2024/3

- Tribe/AngelHack is asking for $99,000 to help pay for travel grants.
- This money will support people who are eligible for the Polkadot Relayers program.
- The program was approved in July 2023 and helps builders create apps on Polkadot.
- In 2022, the first Polkadot Relayers was successful in bringing developers together.
- This year, the program will offer more help to project teams needing mentorship and support.
- The proposal shows that feedback from last year is used to make improvements.
- The money will mainly go to travel grants for participants involved in the program.

Tribe/AngelHack 13Ghf2T883ZobjngC1BAgR1BWvK2P7qP37gGxHDVFf3fjbmw requests USD$99,000.00 | 26,281.38 DOT for the second milestone of the Polkadot Relayers program. The budget is mainly for the travel grants that are disbursed to all participating stakeholders. The proposal aims to nurture committed project teams looking for mentorship, investment, and ecosystem support whilst they build on Polkadot.

Polkadot Relayers 2023 Milestone 2

- ELLIPAL is planning to connect its hardware wallet to the Polkadot and parachains ecosystem.
- Users will be able to manage DOT, KSM, ASTR, GLMR tokens and more.
- The wallet will have features like easy integration with Polkadot and support for WalletConnect.
- ELLIPAL has a large user base with 800,000 wallet users and over $4 billion in assets.
- The wallet is completely offline and very secure, protecting against hackers.
- It supports over 40 blockchains and allows users to manage NFTs, stake, and swap crypto.
- ELLIPAL is recognized as one of the top cold wallets and operates in over 140 countries.

ELLIPAL proposes to integrate Polkadot and parachains ecosystem with its hardware wallet, offering DOT/KSM tokens, staking, ASTR & GLMR parachains and tokens, DOT/KSM/ASTR/GLMR swap, WalletConnect v2, and Polkadot wallet integration. The proposal aims to expand development to include other Polkadot parachains. The commercial value includes a substantial user base, global reach, vibrant community network, and ease of integration for emerging parachains. The proposal also highlights the features of ELLIPAL hardware wallet and mobile app. The full proposal with detailed costs is available in the provided link.

ELLIPAL Self-custody Cold Wallet 1 Proposal: DOT/KSM Tokens, Staking,ASTR & GLMR Parachains&Tokens,DOT/KSM/ ASTR/GLMR Swap,WalletConnect v2,Polkadot Wallet Integration

Encode Club x Polkadot Initiative is a program that uses three main methods to help people learn and build projects:

- An educational series to teach about the Polkadot platform.
- Hackathons, both online and in-person, where participants can compete and win prizes.
- An accelerator that helps teams turn their projects into real businesses.

The next online hackathon starts in early October and will focus on a special programming language called ink!, meant for creating smart contracts. It includes workshops to help participants learn how to use ink! effectively.

In the last part of the year, the initiative plans to host another online hackathon and an accelerator program beginning on November 28. This will help projects from the hackathons grow into startups.

Previous events, like the Encode x Polkadot Spring Hackathon and Polkadot Decoded Hackathon, successfully engaged many participants, provided learning opportunities, and awarded prizes to winners.

WHO: Encode Club and Polkadot

WHAT: Requesting funding for the second online hackathon prizes, funding for running the third online hackathon, and funding for running the accelerator, totaling £40k in DOT.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Funding allocated for the 4th tranche scheduled for Q4 of 2023 from the initial agreement outlined here. Second online hackathon to commence in early October, third hackathon and accelerator to be completed in Q4.

Encode latest tranche request

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