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

medium_spender

### Moderation Team Bounty Curators

- **Curator Account**: An anonymous proxy controlled by a multisig account.
- **Multisig Account**: A ⅔ multisig controlled by three signatories.
- **Signatories**:
  - Abdulbee: 15cZn8K1DaE7qiBWK6mGFJMKYKjFrALTVwe5urpD9PzKSsPY
  - Grizzly: 12wnTQnY3qUTCofi792fTdf9HpQQ6jmyxrVdwyT6X2Jed4Yg
  - Elodie: 13QA4oQ9zcD11DmS4fFKtd54Erj15fafQmhUu8kjEW28oBZo
- **Purpose**: To manage the Moderation Team Bounty, rewarding community moderators.
- **Proposal Document**: Contains detailed information about the signatories.

Executed

WHO: The Moderation Team

WHAT: Proposing curators for the Moderation Team Bounty

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Moderation Team Bounty Curator Proposal

- PolkaWorld made changes to their proposal after it was rejected.
- They are asking for funding to help them operate from October 2023 to March 2024.
- The proposal includes their story and important ideas they've followed for four years.
- They have improved their tasks to include content creation and marketing.
- They shared answers to questions the community had.
- People are encouraged to review the proposal and vote.

WHO: PolkaWorld
WHAT: Proposal for community operational funding from October 2023 to March 2024, including adjustments and optimizations to work tasks and expanded marketing efforts.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

PolkaWorld Ops and Maintenance proposal：2023.10 - 2024.3

Lucky Friday is asking for 45,074 DOT from the Polkadot Treasury to improve Teddy DAO and work with the Polkadot brand. Teddy DAO is a project that helps people give to charity using the Polkadot network. They want to use the money to make the project better and tell more people about it. 

Teddy DAO has already worked with JustGiving, a big online donation platform, and has raised almost $13,000. They give all the money to charity, and only a small fee goes to JustGiving for payment processing. Teddy DAO is a registered charity.

The Lucky Friday Team believes in Polkadot and wants Teddy DAO to be a big part of Web3, which is a new way of using the internet. They hope that people who have Polkadot tokens will help them with their mission.

![](https://i.ibb.co/yqbHJZh/Banner-Teddytw.png)

_**TL;DR**_

Lucky Friday seeks a medium spender disbursement from the Polkadot Treasury in the amount of 45,074 DOT in order to improve the Teddy DAO product and co-market it alongside the Polkadot brand. The requested amount will be delivered to, and administered by, a multisig account. Once received, Teddy DAO can use these funds to directly support the future development of the project as well as marketing initiatives aimed at bringing new users to the Polkadot ecosystem, including traditional Web2 donors.

All details regarding our team, its past achievements, as well as the plan for how we will use the funding can be found in the complete proposal [_**HERE**_](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c_Anh4Cll-W_6csfGGUiIWkBG47k0kkuyLVV9mcGm9M/edit?usp=sharing)

Key highlights from the proposal:

-   We have partnered with JustGiving, one of the largest online donation platforms in the world that has raised over £6bn for charity
-   100% of funds are used to support charity; 1.9% B2B fee goes to JustGiving for payment processing, and the remaining 98% goes to the charity of the donor’s choice The Teddy DAO Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3)
-   With nothing beyond organic marketing, Teddy DAO has already raised nearly $13K and seen 4 new users to the ecosystem win a Teddy as well as multiple others joining the community to learn more about the ecosystem
-   Our all time high donation thus far was 5000 GLMR or ~ $1200 USD at the time 

We are ecosystem agents who believe in the power of Polkadot and its future promise. We believe that Teddy DAO has the potential to become the most widely recognized brand for charitable giving in all of Web3, and we hope the token holders will help us accomplish this mission on behalf of our entire community.

Thank you in advance for your consideration, comments, and support.

Gratefully,

The Lucky Friday Team

Lucky Friday requests 45,074 DOT from the Polkadot Treasury to improve Teddy DAO product and co-market it with Polkadot brand. The funds will be used for future development and marketing initiatives to attract new users to the ecosystem. Full proposal can be found in the link provided.

Polkadot & Teddy DAO: A New Way to Leverage Charitable Giving in Web3

Parachains.info is a website that gives information about parachain projects and auctions in the Polkadot ecosystem. They want to get money from the Polkadot Treasury to keep their website running and make it better. They are asking for 92,160 USD (22,400 DOT) to cover their costs for a year. They have been on the Kusama network before and now they want to be part of the Polkadot network too. You can find more details about their proposal on their website and social media pages.

Rejected

**Proponent:** PARACHAINS.INFO  
**DOT address:** 1pzhyYR9gLk3GmwRtQESLkJCUXazFsAESgcbTRLc9q9hNuy  
**Requested Allocation:** 92,160 USD (22,400 DOT)

[Parachains.info](Parachains.info "Parachains.info") provides users of the Polkadot ecosystem with a centralised repository of unbiased information regarding parachain projects and auctions. Our previous proposals were on the Kusama network in [November 2021](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/1091) and [October 2022](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/child_bounty/30). Since the project brings value to both networks, we are presenting the current proposal to the Polkadot Treasury. This proposal seeks to obtain funding for the continued operations, maintenance and development of the website. The proposal covers 9-month period postpaid (December 2022 - August 2023) and 3-month period prepaid (September 2023 - November 2023).

Please view the full proposal here: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/14GJETDh\_OO2AJauG3J0jY\_ovLGr7b8y6HFbpOC0K4xw/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/14GJETDh_OO2AJauG3J0jY_ovLGr7b8y6HFbpOC0K4xw/edit?usp=sharing)

Website: [https://parachains.info](https://parachains.info)  
Twitter: [https://twitter.com/parachains](https://twitter.com/parachains)  
Youtube: [https://www.youtube.com/parachains](https://www.youtube.com/parachains)

![](https://i.ibb.co/ZTxKs19/L1500x500.png)

WHO: Parachains.info
WHAT: Obtain funding for continued operations, maintenance, and development of a central repository of unbiased information regarding parachain projects and auctions in the Polkadot ecosystem.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 92,160 USD (22,400 DOT) for a 9-month period postpaid (December 2022 - August 2023) and 3-month period prepaid (September 2023 - November 2023).

Retroactive and future maintenance/development of Parachains.info

Hello Polkadot ecosystem community! We are excited to share our work on the proposal approved on March 23, 2023, and we are asking for more funds to develop OpenBrush's milestones 8-9 and 11.

**Context:**
Our proposal was approved by 79.4% of Kusama OpenGov, but the second funding installment did not pass. We don't think there are any problems with our work or OpenBrush, which is used by many projects like AlephZero, Astar Network, and Phala Network. Some tokenholders suggested we ask for funding on Polkadot.

**Summary:**
OpenBrush helps grow the WASM smart contracts field. WebAssembly is the future of smart contracts, and OpenBrush is a key tool for ink! dApps. Over 15 teams and 3 parachains use OpenBrush, and this proposal will help us add more features that developers need.

**Stakeholders and Users:**
AlephZero, Astar Network, Phala Network, SubWallet, Artzero, Abax Finance, and many others.

**Delivery:**
You can read our delivery report and the full proposal here: [Google Doc Link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o_gPHNn1L3lDEglil3S7t-xdl00Gz66dUHKkfNM51a8/edit?usp=sharing)

The requested amount is 14,833.623 DOT.

Hey Polkadot ecosystem community!

We are happy to deliver our work on the proposal approved on the 23rd of March 2023 and are requesting a second allocation of funds for the development of 8-9, 11 milestones of [OpenBrush](https://openbrush.io/).

**Context**

Proposal was initially approved on Kusama OpenGov by a majority of 79.4%. [https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/138](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/138)  
However the delivery proposal failed by a small majority (second installment) — [https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/262](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/262)  
There was no indication of any delivery problems, so we assume the prorblem wasn't about delivery itself. Also, we assume the problem isn't about the importance or the quality of OpenBrush. OpenBrush is a widely used tool being leveraged my numerous projects (AlephZero, Astar Network, Phala Network, SubWallet, Artzero, Abax Finance).  
Consequently we were suggested by some of the tokenholders to request retroactive funding on Polkadot.

**TL;DR**

The purpose of OpenBrush is to grow the emerging WASM smart contracts field. As Gavin mentioned in this [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/05/25/polkadots-gavin-wood-webassembly-is-the-future-of-smart-contracts-but-legacy-evm-is-right-now/) article, WebAssembly is the future of smart contracts. Also, as was mentioned in the approved [WASM smart contracts bounty](../post/1491) currently smart contracts parachains lead the ecosystem in terms of market adoption. However, despite WASM tech having a lot to offer, it's not being widely used at the moment simply because of lack of proper tooling and ecosystem infrastructure products

OpenBrush is a core infrastructure product, a starting point, and a base for every ink! dApp. 15+ production-grade teams and 3 parachains currently use OpenBrush. This proposal is a continuation of the development of the successful product, proposing the most developer-needed features, validated by market feedback.

**List of OpenBrush stakeholders & users:**

AlephZero, Astar Network, Phala Network, SubWallet, Artzero, Abax Finance, AZERO.ID, Panorama Swap, Andromeda Swap, ink!Whale, Interlock, ArthSwap, ZapFi, Liberum DAO, Kagla Finance, Starlay, Paras, Koda Dot, Pink Robot, Zstake and 100 + unnamed devs and teams in our Discord.

**Delivery**

You can find our delivery report here: (feel free to find the initial fulll proposal there as well)

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o\_gPHNn1L3lDEglil3S7t-xdl00Gz66dUHKkfNM51a8/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o_gPHNn1L3lDEglil3S7t-xdl00Gz66dUHKkfNM51a8/edit?usp=sharing)

The amount was calculated as follows: 60720$/4.093=14833.623 DOT

WHO: OpenBrush development team
WHAT: Requesting a second allocation of funds for the development of 8-9, 11 milestones of OpenBrush, a core infrastructure product for ink! dApps in the Polkadot ecosystem
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 14833.623 DOT

ink! OpenBrush 8-9, 11 milestone delivery

Notifi Network is a cross-chain communication and messaging infrastructure for web3 builders. They offer devtools for web3 projects to send real-time alerts to users. Notifi is asking for a grant from the Polkadot Treasury to provide their services to the Polkadot relay chain and its ecosystem parachains. They believe their platform can help increase the use of Polkadot-native platforms.

The problem Notifi is solving is the difficulty of building notifications and alerts within web3 due to the decentralized nature of user onboarding. Notifi's solution is a customizable, white-labeled communication platform that can be embedded into web3 dApps. They can monitor and parse smart contract events to create custom notifications like loan health, governance proposals, and staking alerts.

Notifi has worked with Parity and received interest from 16 parachains, wallets, and ecosystem partners for their notification services. They want to work closely with the Polkadot community and receive feedback on their proposal.

This is V2 of the proposal we submitted a few weeks back. You can find the complete details here:

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vKwN6yf9A\_KNEwzw-XpTdBy-25U0fx9pkLGdvqn-DdA/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vKwN6yf9A_KNEwzw-XpTdBy-25U0fx9pkLGdvqn-DdA/edit?usp=sharing)

**Summary:**

Notifi Network ([https://notifi.network)](https://notifi.network\)) is a cross-chain communication and messaging infrastructure designed specifically for web3 builders. Notifi’s platform offers the devtools designed for web3 projects to start sending near real-time alerts to end users. This allows web3 developers and marketers to create highly custom messages, enabling web3 teams to identify who to message and how the message is delivered. We are proposing a grant from the Polkadot Treasury that can cover the full cost of providing our services to both the Polkadot relay chain itself and its core ecosystem parachains. We believe that our platform can facilitate the increase in adoption of the Polkadot-native platforms by new and existing users in web3.

**Problem Statement**

Notifi is Solving Building notifications and alerts within web3 is a key pain point for all B2C platforms given the decentralized nature of user onboarding experience via wallets. As soon as end users onboard onto web3 dApps, the connection between the business and the consumer are immediately disintermediated, where the web3 project is not able to contact the users directly to provide useful information. We’re solving problems for two key groups of users: 1) web3 users, and 2) web3 builders and communities.

**Offering**

Notifi's Solution Notifi’s platform bridges the communication gap between web3 projects and its communities by providing the dev toolkit and infrastructure designed specifically for web. Notifi’s solution is a highly customizable, white-labelled communication platform that can be embedded natively into web3 dApps. Additionally, we’re able to monitor and parse smart contract events at a very granular level, enabling custom notifications, including loan health, governance proposals and staking alerts that are unique to parachains / dApps, while also doing it at scale. Improved notifications and communications to end users ultimately drives user activation, engagement, and retention, which is crucial for the broader Polkadot ecosystem to continue growing and remain competitive.

Over the last several months, we worked closely with Parity to engage with the core Polkadot ecosystem parachains and wallets, and we received tremendous interest from the broader community to provide our notification services to power dApps and parachains. 16 parachains, wallets and ecosystem partners have confirmed their need for Notifi’s services and committed support for Notifi’s grant proposal.

We hope to work closely with the Polkadot community at large to receive feedback on our proposal. We also appreciate that the Polkadot ecosystem is a truly community-driven ecosystem and welcome and invite feedback from the community to let us know which parachains should be included in the first batch.

\--

Please review our full draft proposal here:

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vKwN6yf9A\_KNEwzw-XpTdBy-25U0fx9pkLGdvqn-DdA/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vKwN6yf9A_KNEwzw-XpTdBy-25U0fx9pkLGdvqn-DdA/edit?usp=sharing)

WHO: Notifi Network
WHAT: Providing cross-chain communication and messaging infrastructure for web3 builders, with a highly customizable, white-labelled communication platform that can be embedded natively into web3 dApps. 
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Proposing a grant from the Polkadot Treasury to cover the full cost of providing services to both the Polkadot relay chain and its core ecosystem parachains. 16 parachains, wallets, and ecosystem partners have confirmed their need for Notifi's services and committed support for the proposal.

Notifi - Communication & Notification Tooling for Polkadot's Broader Ecosystem V2 Proposal

Ignore / Nay (Duplicate Ref) 

Subsquid Lab is requesting funds to cover the ongoing development and maintenance costs for public Subsquid Archives and the Giant Squid API. Subsquid Archives provide on-chain data in GraphQL format for all major parachains on Kusama and Polkadot, while the Giant Squid API is a set of open-source GraphQL APIs that cover commonly used data for Polkadot, Kusama, and other parachains. The requested amount is 58253.66 DOT, which is approximately $233,014.67. The funds will be used to support the operation of these services, which are critical to the Polkadot ecosystem and are used by various projects such as Polkassembly, Talisman, RMRK, and others. The proposal includes detailed statistics and costing data, which can be found in the provided links.

**Proponent:** [Subsquid Lab Official](https://polkadot.subscan.io/account/13bfKSQXoBn3AMLtZaW6BKv797fqZzsD3PYF6xpJDir3tdoE) - 13bfKSQXoBn3AMLtZaW6BKv797fqZzsD3PYF6xpJDir3tdoE

**Beneficiary:** [Subsquid Lab Official](https://polkadot.subscan.io/account/13bfKSQXoBn3AMLtZaW6BKv797fqZzsD3PYF6xpJDir3tdoE) - 13bfKSQXoBn3AMLtZaW6BKv797fqZzsD3PYF6xpJDir3tdoE

**Contact Details:** Subsquid Labs GmbH, 6302 Zug, Switzerland - [mf@subsquid.io](mailto:mf@subsquid.io)

**Short description:** Ongoing development and maintenance costs for public Subsquid Archives and the Giant Squid API

**Archive raw data:** [Archive Infrastructure Metrics - April, May, June](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQqax-cS0HO8iECupffOlhQnarfMO4ry_ML1arn_4kif6Ykei-bs-LqUpmdWHXT1c13IVfVB-MednjO/pubhtml)

**Giant Squid raw data:** [Giant Squid Infrastructure Metrics - April, May, June](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSzBVpkSUqr9vof92Th7xdbQiHYpuqhnSLM1Rpa8P_ABwZzGYcNm3I7QTWKE5bw4lIZA3YtOATg55cV/pubhtml)

**Requested DOT:** 43995.35 DOT + 14258.31 DOT **\= 58253.66 DOT = $ 233,014.67**

**Previous proposals:** [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/15](15)

### Motivation

**A) Archives**

Archives are an important piece of Polkadot and Kusama data infrastructure provided by Subsquid. They provide access to on-chain data in GraphQL format for all major parachains on Kusama and Polkadot, with more chains getting support as the ecosystem grows. They are being used as a data source for [Squids](https://app.subsquid.io/squids) and for efficient data exploration and ad-hoc queries. An up-to-date list of Archives is kept in a public [Archive Registry](https://github.com/subsquid/archive-registry/blob/main/archives.json).

The Archives, as performant data sources of historical on-chain data, are critical to the operation of backend APIs run by major projects in the Polkadot ecosystem (the list is not exhaustive):

-   Polkassembly
-   Talisman
-   RMRK
-   SubWallet (+ GiantSquid API)
-   KodaDot
-   Phala dApp
-   Subsocial + Polkaverse
-   Stellaswap
-   Beamswap
-   Polkascan (+ GiantSquid API)
-   Calamar (+ GiantSquid API)
-   Moonsama/Exosama
-   Reef
-   Manta Wallet
-   ZooDAO
-   Zenlink

All archives can be accessed and queried via an web intuitive GraphQL interface and are often used as developer friendly replacement of a block explorer.

For example, here’s a query for the last ten transfers on Kusama blockchain run against the [Kusama Archive endpoint](https://kusama.explorer.subsquid.io/graphql).

![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/u/0/docs/ADP-6oF28QRWrAQx4x6nJNPA_fSg4c73ukxfq-ATwlJOaeMkFcveUEN3abJyXlkg0M5tgxMSU9_hY00ovl7JB0PIaZV25wlpNy9QiYTah8HYt1QcfnmUiLPz61vWbAjWe6yEsIrl_dVS68yi_skDsIhpTHtk0NqWhZ2HakawVgzv13cB0Zz2GFF1uD4WduGKh1cT71w21kf8XhbV9NU8bYkYjJht4UPz5CEmrc-J8V-1g6zjdMK0TWcbRtZE469tyZurbsR6hrxtz3AgcT-yBnIaFSR1RjuDt9cU4ON1EuhAYFfbt_hxKS5eJAmkJnoRN9b98lm3z-ENAW4F4lGD4eaefmLjW0Ni96jVwyx2-0qpj_FCU8M4Jv-ADArSOogQU6E4WMjJ0IXO0G0wvqcpJritTjnVfaMg1BWVP4coevffowL396wjU7-php3xXPT1cYJHRi9hob4LQQUYXeBz_oGA2mcZ-VTw8fonH_Q5H3MWRqaaPttS618JzrkVaeEGScCMF9qJ5tMwBeMFQ9rcG9njN1frHKgaco97oSsZsSygw-OsuCAyBta90ZmHWeHo3ZJqtRNBdE33rEzJlBvlVo4uCVbMnjE_64s5bz2-OQczY8bEdjD6v7g4awrLXZXwx1zdRnHkc5TZsnG65LhbYXzLus-n-drRCSuk-67GihaJrMul5IoKRgHaUJekuQVaFNnL4YhKAGOotb7tvvNCLdDtpfnwZdg_bhGrALNf8b4hGBfJL1_cHPeTeKj2IrsCBVz1cm7EQp6fx5VTXD3oJnwLkx09vmauHqlftCgqfzYjSvL5E2yWRHI5NZa5igjdV9UNPUvj_LB4-NvVx_RCofmUNjC62qj8AUYJH8z7RhIvGmpvpdesVlFgFqlB-VMhPd8emdb6l1089w7jrc3bODqhQuNtEbM)

Over the seconf Quarter of 2023 we've provided a free public data indexing service for ~95 Substrate blockchains (some archives have been dismissed, new ones have been added), so that everyone interested in the projects can publicly access indexed data on Substrate Events, Extrinsics, Storage Items and EVM logs. Here are projects (parachains and mainnets aiming for future parachains slots) we currently support:

-   acala
-   agung
-   aleph-zero
-   aleph-zero-testnet
-   altair
-   amplitude
-   astar
-   astar-evm
-   bajun
-   basilisk
-   bifrost
-   bifrost-polkadot
-   bitcountry-pioneer
-   calamari
-   centrifuge
-   cere
-   clover
-   collectives
-   composable-finance
-   crab
-   crust
-   darwinia
-   debionetwork
-   dorafactory
-   efinity
-   elysium
-   elysium-testnet
-   equilibrium
-   exosama
-   foucoco
-   frequency
-   frequency-testnet
-   gear-testnet
-   gemini-2a-testnet
-   gmordie
-   hashed
-   heiko
-   hydradx
-   imbue
-   integritee-network
-   interlay
-   invarch-tinkernet
-   joystream
-   kabocha
-   karura
-   khala
-   kilt
-   kintsugi
-   kusama
-   kylin
-   litentry
-   litmus
-   mangata-x
-   manta
-   moonbase
-   moonbase-evm
-   moonbeam
-   moonbeam-evm
-   moonriver
-   moonriver-evm
-   origin-trail
-   pangolin
-   parallel
-   peaq
-   pendulum
-   phala
-   picasso
-   pichiu
-   polkadex
-   polkadot
-   polymesh
-   reef
-   reef-testnet
-   robonomics
-   rococo
-   shibuya
-   shiden
-   snow
-   soonsocial
-   sora
-   sora-testnet
-   statemine
-   statemint
-   subsocial
-   t0rn
-   tanganika
-   ternoa
-   tidechain
-   turing
-   vara
-   westend-collectives
-   xsocial
-   xx-network
-   zeitgeist

**B) Giant Squid** Giant Squid is a set of open-source GraphQL APIs built with Squid SDK and maintained by Subsquid Labs. The APIs cover the most commonly used data for Pokadot, Kusama and a growing list of major parachains and is used by explorers (such as [Calamar](https://calamar.app/) and [Polkascan](https://explorer.polkascan.io/)) and wallets (e.g. [SubWallet](https://www.subwallet.app/)).

The Giant Squid currently consists of two families of endpoints outlined below. The API endpoints for each network and the current status are available at the [Status page](https://docs.subsquid.io/giant-squid-api/statuses/).

**Explorer API. The endpoint URLs follow the convention [https://squid.subsquid.io/gs-explorer-${network}/graphql.](https://squid.subsquid.io/gs-explorer-${network}/graphql.) Support queries on:**

-   Blocks
-   Events
-   Extrinsics
-   Calls

**Statistics API. The endpoint URLs follow the convention [https://squid.subsquid.io/gs-stats-${network}/graphql.](https://squid.subsquid.io/gs-stats-${network}/graphql.) Support queries on:**

-   Validator/Collator data
-   Account balances
-   Staking statistics
-   Nomination pools statistics
-   Transfers statistics
-   Extrinsic statistics

### Achievements

-   Subsquid Network in private testnet
-   Powering ≈ 550 live projects in Q1 2023 ( ≈ 650 as of August 2023) including substrate and evm
-   Archive requests increased by 6.5x (from ~160 million to ~1.05 billion)
-   Arrow Squid release: The main feature introduced by the ArrowSquid update is the new ability of the processor to ingest unfinalized blocks directly from a network node, instead of waiting for the archive to ingest and serve it first. The processor can now handle forks and rewrite the contents of its database if it happens to have indexed orphaned blocks. This allows Subsquid-based APIs to become near real-time and respond to the on-chain activity with subsecond latency.Another major feature introduced by ArrowSquid is the support for transaction execution receipts, traces and state diffs.

### Statistics and data

![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/gifFP-DbmhdP_A-8mJ9wnLpL5BhMSEPFZcskNZVswYTSDNcbYF5eKEBBq4soKcb70-HDxbbYi4gZOrsUUEjA5SSEtXVcELRIMq_Rj74y76zmzr5y9JKse0KtSX-0vCMdoXJwrTiSeQhoJaXlOHfFPCM)

![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/dUxinCvs3irjanC5b16Out7ZPF_YHl53oVSLDMDAQn_w3qP2m5mzdPxvYJRMn4qF73IhlsJypK5vMGDiwy2njv21ktJRr1OunRyfEkobURM2dx7HsclaKBkKgRutiZHdAhkk_SbwnyB62qMwUVqjtRk)

**Over the course of Q2 2023:**

Over the course of Q2 2023: Served a total of 1,048,730,936 (~1 billion) queries to the substrate based archives. The highest daily total responses have been 13.6m in a single 24 hour period for substrate. The daily queries confirm a growing trend.

Giant Squid is a service we introduced in Q1 2023, and has been launched in mid-January, here are two charts showing its quick adoption by the community, as an index of its success:

![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/cziWhB9mPDdGxzn3f1lTxQunm-tHifzRttcXBbwQXBVKpDVwa2qiAZu1nL-tnPxgwbID98QNrz1unkL0lqI3E3HwqQPQyAZK2qwbStK-01RsKczomSv__f6-0aVEp8bK8Z5fJE1yCr7yDhusbD-vjl0)

![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/SY8LpEMYcJO99eGJzX0myyqUivNa2V6Q5cQDazv1u0Ml4Ysy9iYPL-U3dh7qlb2Zk0yt5qRDFqPeqDBxhrjoUV1g9hdXATyDyhiucIV7RxR-ZGQvzQTB7s72QWskrOhNrVOFFWBNQZwBFmflRHk2Smo)

### Costing

This proposal includes the combined costs for running Giant Squid and Archives for Polkadot, Kusama and their Parachains,which amounts to a total of **58253.66 DOT**. Raw data for Archives can be seen [here.](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQqax-cS0HO8iECupffOlhQnarfMO4ry_ML1arn_4kif6Ykei-bs-LqUpmdWHXT1c13IVfVB-MednjO/pubhtml) Raw data for Giant Squid can be seen [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSzBVpkSUqr9vof92Th7xdbQiHYpuqhnSLM1Rpa8P_ABwZzGYcNm3I7QTWKE5bw4lIZA3YtOATg55cV/pubhtml).

The proposal is submitted towards the Polkadot treasury. Here is a summary of the running costs for Archives, in a tabular format:

![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/0W89VtHm9oPhU-MYCztyFb2jZJm80bKnQIhUz6VGZ7yW5iukf_92fnVQ6q7gxoESKl49xvFYd43IknvvqN_Lyqm544pprHGmwrZKYt3HiTOYS5bWnloW9290lVzjl6DUr_Q56NuZmPzpblKE-tGSr3Q)

Giant Squid running costs:

![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Vbg9RdfW_V1EiKWmzQ5k9Tl8HbGHGvIlWOKbEzON8lRVPG0a59ejiW2W8JlkK7UOzzk0klZYTCZikGfJiCWMQoTFi9XYPevHDwLZO6N9BhQBz7p02LqbFOckvlNoqvFW-UGDw9YgGLOhZZHucllPfAQ)

You can read the full report [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRJlrLGnUVlaXnMBUGbbD450pOcockxe5Ld5jhfM1fo-K8Pxt4jE6FuHSy_nOKXRyyR_W81r_x6b1PX/pub).

WHO: Subsquid Lab Official
WHAT: Development and maintenance costs for public Subsquid Archives and the Giant Squid API
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 58253.66 DOT = $233,014.67

Subsquid - Public data indexing Infrastructure for Polkadot and Kusama (Q2 2023)

This proposal aims to help teams in the Polkadot ecosystem by making their hiring process more efficient and effective. The goal is to save time and resources by providing guidance, workshops, and access to a hiring platform. The funds will be used to help find at least 7 talented people for key positions in Polkadot teams. Each team will get support with hiring best practices, a web3 Application Tracking System, and at least one high-quality hire. The proposal has been well-received at Polkadot Decoded 2023, an important event for the Polkadot community. The request for treasury funds is considered an investment in the future of the ecosystem, and the benefits are expected to last beyond the initial expenditure. The proposers are looking forward to feedback and working with more teams in the Polkadot ecosystem.

# Introduction

[READ THE FULL PROPOSAL HERE](https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Jx1spXTv79X_cT2ABooj6mkGd5uAoNEHt4lGQ4UknM/edit#heading=h.v6is2ta0txr1)

[Attempts At Governance - Interview](https://www.youtube.com/live/KUP7k5GzuE4?si=XyD413ti_XrcdN9J&t=4724)

Talent Acquisition takes a significant amount of time, resources and mental capacity from teams that should rather spend their time building. The effects of a bad hire are long lasting and can add an additional burden to teams. We propose to solve this issue by guiding teams through a streamlined, optimized hiring process and multiple workshops to demonstrate best practices, fill the talent pipeline, provide access to our hiring platform and add up to 7 high-quality hires into the ecosystem. 

Funds from the treasury will cover the service of sourcing, interviewing, strategizing, and placing at least 7 talent positions in key Polkadot ecosystem teams. 

What each participating team gets:

-   Consulting and support on hiring best practices, setting up best-in-class job profiles, interview processes, professional outreach and improving long-term team building strategies.
-   Free access to TrufflePig, a web3 Application Tracking System
-   Growing the Polkadot talent base by funneling talent into the ecosystem
-   At least 1 hire using Missing Link’s guidance and expertise

Each team will benefit from:

-   A success-oriented long-term hiring strategy
-   Generating less monetary and cultural waste by avoiding bad hires
-   Boosting their output with experienced talent
-   Saving time by utilizing Missing Link’s highly personalized sourcing, screening and pre-interview process

## A part of the Polkadot Ecosystem

Our journey in the Web3 space has been enriched by years of collaboration and partnership with prominent players in the Polkadot ecosystem. As a trusted ally to organizations like Parity, Web3 Foundation, and others, we have placed top-tier talent in key positions, contributing to their groundbreaking achievements. Our engagement with these projects has granted us deep insights into the unique requirements and dynamics of the ecosystem. We have honed our expertise in identifying talent that complements the values and objectives of the Polkadot community, laying the foundation for future success.

## Polkadot Decoded 2023: A Catalyst for Collaboration

In June 2023, we had the privilege of attending Polkadot Decoded, an event that served as a melting pot of leading minds in Polkadot. There, we engaged in many conversations with dozens of forward-thinking teams seeking to elevate their projects to new heights. We understood that hiring is an ongoing pain point that needs a holistic solution. Our approach of guiding companies through a hiring process, thereby teaching them best-practices along the way received overwhelming interest and support. Many teams agree with us that it would solve a problem that could unlock future growth and ensure success of the ecosystem as a whole.

## Building a Sustainable Future with Treasury Funds

Our funding request of only **1.6 Treasury Income Days Spent** to the Polkadot treasury is an investment in the future of the ecosystem. While we seek support upfront to initiate our talent placement program, we understand the gravity of handling treasury funds with utmost responsibility and respect. Our well-established reputation in the industry speaks for itself, backed by a history of nurturing Web3 adoption since 2017. 

## Return on Investment

Each participating team would be set up for long-term hiring success, with an actionable pipeline of candidates and best practices implemented plus the commitment to at least one hire per project. The goal is that after our engagement the hiring speed and quality will be increased and there will be less of a need for external support and resources in the future. 

**We strongly believe that the gains generated by this proposal will not only surpass but endure well beyond the immediate treasury expenditure.**

We are looking forward to hearing the community’s feedback on our proposal and working with many more teams in the Polkadot ecosystem.

[READ THE FULL PROPOSAL HERE](https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Jx1spXTv79X_cT2ABooj6mkGd5uAoNEHt4lGQ4UknM/edit#heading=h.v6is2ta0txr1)

Missing Link proposes to guide Polkadot ecosystem teams through a streamlined hiring process, providing access to their hiring platform, and adding up to 7 high-quality hires. The service will be covered by funds from the treasury, costing 1.6 Treasury Income Days Spent. Each participating team will receive consulting and support on hiring best practices, access to TrufflePig, and at least 1 hire using Missing Link's guidance and expertise. The proposal aims to generate long-term hiring success, less monetary and cultural waste, and boost output with experienced talent.

Increasing Hiring Success in Polkadot by Missing Link

- A mistake was made in a proposal about funding; it was labeled wrong and needs a new vote.
- Zhixi from Interlay is sharing a plan to create a bounty program to help with buying and selling digital money on Polkadot.
- This program aims to make it easier for new users to join Polkadot by solving problems with buying and selling different tokens.
- They previously started a successful project on a similar network called Kusama.
- The new target is to help 15 assets on 14 parachains in Polkadot, including popular tokens like DOT and USDT.
- The plan includes integrating a service called Banxa to allow people to buy tokens directly with real money.
- The total cost of this project is 326,040 USD, and they are asking for community feedback and support.

Interlay proposes a bounty program to fund the fiat on-ramp service for 20 parachains and the onramp integration for Asset Hub in the Polkadot ecosystem. The proposal includes 15 assets on 14 parachains, with a total cost of 326,040 USD. The integration of Banxa's fiat onramp service with the Polkadot Asset Hub is a highlight.

(VOTE NAY!!) Polkadot Parachain Assets Onramp Bounty Program 

OnFinality is a SaaS platform that provides infrastructure services for the Polkadot/Substrate community. They aim to support blockchain developers by providing core infrastructure so they can focus on building decentralized applications (dApps). OnFinality has requested $54,862 to cover ongoing and advanced costs for running high-performance, scalable, and reliable public infrastructure for Polkadot, Statemint, Collectives, Westend, Encointer, Bridgehub Polkadot, and Bridgehub Westend in Q3 (July, August, September).

Public RPC services are important for the Polkadot ecosystem as they reduce barriers to entry for accessing high-performance nodes and allow development teams to focus on innovation. OnFinality provides free public API services for Polkadot, Statemint, Westend, Collectives, and Encointer, and has recently added Bridgehub Polkadot and Bridgehub Westend.

OnFinality focuses on three key areas: performance/reliability, providing more value from their Ultimate API service, and cost optimization. They strive for a minimum of 99.99% reliability, offer advanced features like geolocation insights and Trace API support, and have added support for 14 more Polkadot parachains and various other networks. They also provide advanced rate limiting controls and a 'Paid API Revenue Share Discount' scheme to support service sustainability.

In the last three months, OnFinality's Polkadot API service has served a total of 2.7 billion responses, with a rolling 7-day average of over 21 million responses per day. The 90-day uptime for Polkadot, Statemint, Westend, Encointer, and Collectives was 100%, 100%, 99.66%, 99.99%, and 99.99%, respectively. The total combined running cost for Q3 is $54,862, which is less than requested in Q2 due to ongoing cost optimization efforts.

**Proposer:** [OnFinality](https://onfinality.io/) is a SaaS platform providing infrastructure services for the Polkadot/Substrate community. Our mission is to support all blockchain developers in the world by providing core infrastructure so they can focus on building the next dApp. 

**Proponent:** 12mRyiCp9zdh1wEVW5gLLiFBxDPKks72rRXmSupyEK3VAMLf

**Date:** 31 August 2023

Requested: USD $54,862.00 (DOT 12,153.7439)

**Short description:** Ongoing & advanced costs for the running of high performance, scalable, and reliable public infrastructure in Q3 (July, August, September) for Polkadot, Statemint, Collectives, Westend, Encointer, Bridgehub Polkadot and Bridgehub Westend. 

**Full Report:** [Polkadot Q3 2023 Full Treasury Report](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gml3w_sHxiE-XEM4oQv-lGG0Erf6NubPqkCVyRZRSmM/edit?usp=sharing)

**Raw Data:** [Polkadot Data Q3 2023](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x3AT2v21PUlDCYlL495gvDNxBxIgVhoRqiOhSRVqjNs/edit#gid=745398439)

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# Why are Public RPC Services Needed in Polkadot

RPC services are critical to growing the Polkadot ecosystem by reducing the barriers to entry to access high performance nodes, and to allow development teams to focus on innovation rather than running infrastructure. Without them innovation may slow in Polkadot, as developers incur real costs to find and secure access to scalable and reliable public endpoints.

Wallets, indexers, governance tools, and other applications that we take for granted rely on these free public endpoints to power their applications, and without a diverse set of RPC providers, the Polkadot community will become more centralised and at risk of outages.

# OnFinality's RPC Service

As Polkadot's largest and most cost efficient infrastructure provider, we provide scalable free public API services for Polkadot, Statemint, Westend, Collectives, Encointer and have recently added Bridgehub Polkadot and Bridgehub Westend

Since our inception in November 2020 we have a long track record focussing on three key areas; performance/reliability, providing more value from our Ultimate API service, and cost optimisation.

### Performance/Reliability

OnFinality is operationally striving for a minimum of 99.99% reliability, which means less than an hour of downtime each year. We are the only RPC provider to guarantee this with actual financial penalties (see appendix A). We proudly display and share our [90 day uptime statistics](https://status.onfinality.io/) for each network publicly [here](https://status.onfinality.io/uptime/r40wwpclbwzm).

We have invested hugely into a team dedicated to optimising our application gateway and caching layer to ensure that we provide the fastest possible service for our customers. We run clusters in 5 different regions (North Virginia, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Singapore, and Australia) and across 4 different cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Alicloud, and our own dedicated hardware) to ensure that we are fault tolerant to any single region or cloud provider ceasing service.

### Providing more value from our Ultimate API service

For customers that do sign up for API keys, we've been adding more and more features to provide a better experience. [Geolocation insights](https://blog.onfinality.io/onfinality-adds-geolocation-insights-for-dapps-and-api-apps/) provide statistics about where in the world communities are to help influence decisions around where to expand infrastructure and to view the effectiveness of regional BD initiatives.

OnFinality is the only provider with [Trace API](https://blog.onfinality.io/onfinality-launches-trace-api-for-unprecedented-visibility-into-your-dapps/) support, a huge and essential enhancement allowing unprecedented visibility for dApp builders. Trace API captures and records vital information otherwise not available through regular RPC methods and extrinsics (such as complete XCM transfer records and complete list of balance changes). These APIs are essential in order for [developers like Polkaholic](https://blog.onfinality.io/onfinalitys-new-trace-api-helping-colorful-notion-get-trace-data-from-over-40-substrate-chains/) and Parity's data team to parse and understand XCM transactions.

We've recently added support for 14 more Polkadot parachains as well as Osmosis, Evmos, Harmony, Arbitrum, Optimism, Fuse, DFK Chain, Celo, and Klaytn from outside the ecosystem. With over 100 supported networks, OnFinality is now the largest RPC provider worldwide (in terms of networks supported), and our ongoing expansion helps to bring more and more developers  into the Polkadot ecosystem.

### Cost Optimisation

OnFinality is very conscious about providing a strong level of support for Polkadot/Kusama at an extremely competitive price. In Q2 as we had the lowest cost per million responses across all of the major RPC providers that lodged a proposal to the Polkadot treasury ([source](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Utw2HfS7I5Gpyhrl9ejuj0CrQ4AcChGFteXdw0a8tro/edit#gid=0)).

Cost saving measurement has been a significant focus on behalf of our customers, with advanced rate limiting controls implemented. We can, for example, rate limit each client on a burst and sustained basis and based on the request methods that they are calling (e.g. each state_traceBlock request is rate limited 45x more than chain_getBlock), [read more about these advanced rate limiting tools that we've developed here](https://documentation.onfinality.io/support/public-rate-limits).

We continue to provide generous public API endpoints for over 40 different networks for common-good applications, while restricting access to high volume users that abuse the free service funded by this treasury.

We've [developed and shared our approach towards service sustainability](1270), with the introduction of a 'Paid API Revenue Share Discount' scheme. In this scheme OnFinality pools the revenue from customers that pay for higher API pricing plans and distributes this revenue pool to partners that currently pay for and own each API endpoint proportionally based on the number of paid API requests that go to that API endpoint. The scheme was introduced in Q1 of 2023 and recently resulted in a discount to [Polkadot's Q2 treasury proposal](82) of $1,364.38. The discount for Q3 will be calculated at the end of the quarter and applied to the Q4 treasury proposal.

# Service Details

In the last 3 months (2023-05-01 and 2023-07-31) our Polkadot API service has:

-   Served a total of 2.7 billion (2,678,938,975) responses
    
-   Accumulated over 41400 GB of data egress 
    
-   The highest daily total was 66  million responses in a single 24 hour period for Polkadot only
    
-   Our rolling 7 day average at the end of this period was over 21 million responses each day
    
-   Westend had over 207 million API responses in the period
    
-   Statemint had almost 80 million API responses in the period
    
-   Encointer  had over 32 million API responses in the period
    
-   Collectives had over 50  million API responses in the period
    
-   All time totals for Polkadot is 101,260,668,321 (101 Billion) since November, 2020
    

At the end of this period the 90 day uptime for Polkadot, Statemint, Westend, Encointer and Collectives was 100%, 100%, 99.66%, 99.99%, 99.99% respectively. You can always see live data of our API service on our public [status page](https://status.onfinality.io/).

# Costings

We are using a fixed price to allow us to bill in advance and to simplify the administration of this proposal, as well as provide cost clarity to both parties. This proposal includes combined running costs for our infrastructure for Polkadot, Statemint, Westend, Encointer and Collectives for all of Q3 plus Bridgehub Polkadot and Bridgehub Encointer for August and September.  
  
**The total combined running cost is USD $54,862.00 — thanks to our ongoing cost optimisation efforts, this is considerably less than requested in Q2.**

**For breakdown of costings and more detail, read the full report here:** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gml3w\_sHxiE-XEM4oQv-lGG0Erf6NubPqkCVyRZRSmM/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gml3w_sHxiE-XEM4oQv-lGG0Erf6NubPqkCVyRZRSmM/edit?usp=sharing)

OnFinality requests USD $54,862.00 (DOT 12,153.7439) for Q3 2023 to cover ongoing costs for running high performance, scalable, and reliable public infrastructure for Polkadot, Statemint, Collectives, Westend, Encointer, Bridgehub Polkadot, and Bridgehub Westend. They provide RPC services with a focus on performance/reliability, providing more value from their Ultimate API service, and cost optimization.

OnFinality High Performance Public Infrastructure (Q3 2023)

Hey Builders! We have a proposal for the Polkadot Treasury to create Swanky, a tool to help developers work with ink! smart contracts on Polkadot and Kusama. Swanky has two parts: Drink library and drink-cli command line tool. We want to make it easy for new developers to start and manage projects. We are asking for funding from September 2023 to February 2024. We will show our progress and complete tasks to get the funding. We already talked about our plan with the Astar community. You can find more details in the links below:

- Astar Forum: [link](https://forum.astar.network/t/swanky-roadmap-open-discussion/4801)
- ink!Hub Roadmap: [link](https://github.com/orgs/swankyhub/projects/2/views/1)
- Public discussion: [link](../post/1872)
- Full Proposal: [link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xn87R0VWuB4i3Txxxw-zwaILrk-WV6TSKnZycuLG5MA/edit?usp=sharing)

**Hey Builders!**

### [Full Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xn87R0VWuB4i3Txxxw-zwaILrk-WV6TSKnZycuLG5MA/edit?usp=sharing)

**This proposal represents a strategic opportunity to collaborate with Astar Network, AlephZero, and Phala Network on ink! tooling.**

We are excited to submit our proposal to the Polkadot Treasury for the development of Swanky, a comprehensive developer tooling solution designed to facilitate and streamline ink! (Rust) smart contract development within the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. Drink! aims to provide support for ink! developers. It comes in two parts: 1. Drink library, which provides a minimal Substrate runtime allowing for ink! contracts development, together with a facade interface for interacting with it. 2. drink-cli command line tool, which puts Drink behind a friendly TUI. Our goal is to attract new developers to this space by simplifying the process of starting and managing projects.

**This proposal aims to claim funding from the Polkadot Treasury for work on the Swanky Suite tool, Drink! Tool, ink! examples, and educational content in the period from September 2023 to February 2024.**

**To ensure transparency and accountability, we propose a task-based approach to funding. Our roadmap clearly outlines each stage of ink!Hub's development, with defined objectives and deliverables. Funding will be released upon the successful completion of each task (and after review and approval through Multisig), demonstrating tangible progress and value to the Polkadot community.**

We value your feedback on the roadmap, which we've already shared with the Astar community on the:

-   [Astar Forum](https://forum.astar.network/t/swanky-roadmap-open-discussion/4801) 
-   [ink!Hub Roadmap](https://github.com/orgs/swankyhub/projects/2/views/1)
-   [Public discussion](../post/1872)  
-   [Full Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xn87R0VWuB4i3Txxxw-zwaILrk-WV6TSKnZycuLG5MA/edit?usp=sharing)

WHO: Astar Network, AlephZero, and Phala Network

WHAT: Development of Swanky, a comprehensive developer tooling solution designed to facilitate and streamline ink! (Rust) smart contract development within the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. 

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Funding from the Polkadot Treasury for work on the Swanky Suite tool, Drink! Tool, ink! examples, and educational content in the period from September 2023 to February 2024. Funding will be released upon the successful completion of each task.

ink!Hub Treasury Proposal 

- The proposal aims to reward Polkadot Moderators for their continuous support to the community.
- The Community Moderation Team started as unpaid volunteers and later received occasional tips from the Kusama treasury.
- In August 2022, a bounty was funded on Kusama, and in January 2023, it was topped up.
- The team consists of 13 members who monitor new community members and protect against fraud.
- The proposal suggests a 6-month budget of $112,320 (25,004.45 DOT) to support 15 hours of work per week per moderator.
- The team plans to extend their activities to the Polkadot forum and Polkassembly.
- Community members are encouraged to review the context and Q&A sections of the proposal for a full understanding.

Polkadot proposes a 6-month budget of $112,320 (25,004.45 DOT) to support 13 moderators to provide 24/7 support to the Polkadot and Kusama communities, including the Polkadot Forum and Polkassembly. Each moderator will work 15 hours per week from August 2023 to January 2024.

Moderation Team Bounty

The Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) has proposed a project to build a better understanding of blockchain technology in mainstream global media. The project aims to educate non-crypto audiences and journalists about the fast-evolving blockchain ecosystem and its potential applications beyond decentralized finance. The TRF is seeking a grant of 53,938.013 DOT ($234,024 at $4.45/DOT) to fund a pilot training program. The pilot program will be developed in collaboration with the Web3 Foundation and aims to create a robust and needs-driven training methodology that can be scaled in future phases of the partnership. The TRF is an independent charity that works to advance media freedom, foster inclusive economies, and promote human rights.

Link to full proposal: ([PDF](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18KCJtPvh1iYZ-Cuu4GgEu_6Iq8LDjb4d/view?usp=sharing))

Link to Budget: ([GDocs](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LX-UVh5gVXFAW5Luvur22Sn43MNXNuFs/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=110184782530918322927&rtpof=true&sd=true))

Requested DOT: 53,938.013 ($234,024 @ $4.45/DOT) — 

Note: As the budget in the discussion proposal was originally created ~12 months ago, we've increased the grant size by 15% (from $206,182) to reflect the inflation that has occurred since then.

Proposal discussion on AAG: ([YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/live/6LwK6FyhrGE?si=XqCpWL1f9hvugZTl&t=1010))

## Proposal context

The beneficiary and implementer of this proposal is the [Thomson Reuters Foundation](https://www.trust.org/) (TRF). [Every.org](https://www.every.org/about) are the proposer, supporting TRF to exchange any DOT granted to US dollars in order to fund the pilot training programme that aims to “Build a better understanding of blockchain across mainstream global media”.

TRF is an independent charity, registered in the UK and the USA (as TRF INC). We work to advance media freedom, foster more inclusive economies, and promote human rights. Through news, media development, free legal assistance and convening initiatives, we combine our unique services to drive systemic change. We use the combined power of journalism and the law to build global awareness of critical issues faced by humanity, inspire collective leadership, and help shape a prosperous world where no one is left behind. We believe that societies around the world should be free, fair and informed.

Following an introductory meeting and Web3 Foundation relationship scoping workshop in Zug (27th July 2022), TRF are proposing a strategic partnership, which will aim to build a more accurate and deeper understanding of Web3 and blockchain technologies across audiences who are not familiar with it and who are exposed to more traditional narratives (e.g. cryptocurrencies facilitate illegal activities and pollute the environment). The aim of the partnership is to educate non-crypto audiences and journalists on a global scale to better understand the fast-evolving blockchain ecosystem (For example, the downfall of FTX, a news story that went mainstream, involving politicians and celebrities. Many journalists struggled to report on this incident accurately, due to their limited knowledge of the crypto ecosystem and one of its largest exchanges.) and its potential applications beyond decentralised finance (DeFi).

TRF proposes to launch the partnership with a pilot programme to scope, develop and test a new training programme that responds to this aim. The pilot will be delivered iteratively in collaboration with the Web3 Foundation to achieve a robust and needs-driven training methodology that can be effectively scaled in anticipated future phases of the partnership.

WHO: Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) and Every.org.

WHAT: TRF proposes a strategic partnership with Every.org to build a better understanding of blockchain across mainstream global media. They aim to educate non-crypto audiences and journalists on a global scale to better understand the fast-evolving blockchain ecosystem.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requested DOT: 53,938.013 ($234,024 @ $4.45/DOT). The pilot program will be delivered iteratively in collaboration with the Web3 Foundation.

Proposal: Building a better understanding of blockchain across mainstream global media

- SXSW 2023 took place in Austin, Texas from March 12th to 15th.
- The conference had over 40,000 attendees and included 15 different topics like technology, film, and music.
- A key focus was the Tech Industry Track covering new technologies such as AI, blockchain, and robotics.
- Polkadot aimed to connect with startups and leaders in the Web2 world to prepare them for future Web3 changes.
- 11 teams were part of Polkadot's effort at the conference, including Beatport and Moonbeam.
- This event helped increase Polkadot's brand awareness and build important connections.

This is a ReferendumV2 post. It can only be edited by the proposer of the post .

<strong>Polkadot</strong> aims to increase brand visibility and connections to a Web2 audience of startups, enterprises/brands, thought leaders and influencers, media, and consumers by participating in the <strong>SXSW Conference</strong> in Austin, Texas on March 12th-15th, 2023. The proposal involves 11 ecosystem teams and further details can be found in the provided link.

Polkadot @ SXSW 2023, Austin, Texas on March 12th-15th 2023

Encointer is a project in the Dotsama ecosystem that was not funded in a recent referendum due to its high burn rate. However, it is still considered valuable by many. The project has now proposed a new budget with a 50% lower burn rate to cover expenses from September to December 2023. The proposed budget is CHF 238,000, which is equivalent to 59,895 DOT. The project plans to experiment with more scalable approaches, test a new faucet, and integrate with other platforms like KILT and Polkassembly. You can read the detailed proposal document [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1685yQrxkce_U3p0umdEMYQR_8dHo2ipp3bKS3tOKemE/edit?usp=sharing).

In our recent [referendum 33](33), DOT holders decided against funding Encointer’s current burn rate of 100kCHF/mt (1.5% of current treasury influx). Nevertheless, Encointer is deemed a valuable common good for the Dotsama ecosystem by many reputable individuals and projects in the Dotsama ecosystem. 

With this adapted proposal we are budgeting with a 50% lower burn rate and aim to still achieve valuable goals similar to the ones described in the previous proposal on a relaxed timescale.

This proposal to the Polkadot Treasury shall cover our expenses for **Sep-Dec 2023 (4mt)**

The amount of the proposed spend is **CHF 238’000 = USD 270’606 = 59'895 DOT  
**

Please read our new  **[detailed proposal document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1685yQrxkce_U3p0umdEMYQR_8dHo2ipp3bKS3tOKemE/edit?usp=sharing)**

### Summary of Planned Actions

1.  Rampdown to half budget
2.  Experiment with more scalable approaches within the personhood trilemma design space, leveraging the primitives we already built
3.  Field test the new [Encointer Faucet](https://twitter.com/TheKusamarian/status/1689838297357434881) as additional benefit of participation and onramp to KSM
4.  Integrations with KILT, Polkassembly and possibly others

![](https://ibb.co/4WFn0dH)![](https://i.ibb.co/b16MGJk/image.png)

AAG appearances for this proposal: [AAG59](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LwK6FyhrGE&t=5237s), [AAG57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEghyN080LE&t=5552s), [AAG55](https://twitter.com/TheKusamarian/status/1689838297357434881),   
  

We encourage voters to use encoding of their reasons into the voting amount as proposed [here](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/how-voters-can-signal-more-than-aye-nay-today/3512)

Encointer proposes a budget of CHF 238,000 (USD 270,606) for Sep-Dec 2023 to experiment with scalable approaches, field test Encointer Faucet, and integrate with KILT, Polkassembly, and others. The proposal has a relaxed timescale and a 50% lower burn rate.

Encointer Treasury Proposal (budget halving)

RadiumBlock is a company that helps the Polkadot network work better by providing important services. They want money to keep helping the network. Here's what they did:

1. They helped the network a lot in the last few months by giving answers to many questions.
2. They made their service faster and better by using computers in different places.
3. They added more places where their service is available, like South America, Africa, and India.
4. They plan to spend less money and make their costs easier to understand.

You can read more about their plan by clicking [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OBoggp_kSudCyhQmh5y_bd66TW7VkyTN/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114172945417100820622&rtpof=true&sd=true).

The RadiumBlock team, an infrastructure provider for the Polkadot/Substrate community, is seeking reimbursement for the provision of public RPC services for the Polkadot networks for Q4 2022 and Q1 2023. We are committed to the DotSama ecosystem and we are investing significant capital upfront, believing we can provide a reliable and secure service to the community at a fixed and reasonable cost. We would like to emphasise that we do not collect any user data. We only track average rpc requests rate, computation and bandwidth use. We are proud to operate one the highest performance RPC service in polkadot ecosystem [as measured by CompareNodes.](https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/407c5245-0c6f-4abe-be49-1ff0b25a2938/)

![](https://i.ibb.co/JjhVRLD/image-2023-08-18-T10-16-47-021-Z.png)

Service Usage Summary

For Q4 2022 (Oct-Dec)

-   Our Polkadot RPC nodes have served an average of 21 million responses per day
-   Our Statemint RPC nodes have served an average of 450k responses per day

For Q1 2023 (Jan-March)

-   Our Polkadot RPC nodes have served an average of 11 million responses per day
-   Our Statemint RPC nodes have served an average of 315k responses per day

Major updates

-   Converted our RPC deployment to a Hybrid On-Prem + Cloud(AWS) computing
    -   In future we will switch to using AWS only as a backup.
-   Expanded Polkadot endpoint to 12 Edge locations including South America, Africa and India
    -   The full list is: Santiago, Johannesburg, Chicago, Silicon Valley, Frankfurt, Madrid, London, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney.
-   Switching from Q2 2023 to a reduced and fixed cost model (~$25k) per quarter
    -   This is part of our continued effort to reduce cost to the treasury and to make the cost predictable and bounded
    -   We are passing on the cost benefits of our hybrid computing to the community

![](https://i.ibb.co/9H4XTWW/image-2023-08-18-T09-02-20-019-Z.png)

We continue to engage in the ecosystem as an infrastructure provider for other para chains too for RPC and node services. [Our full proposal is posted here.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OBoggp_kSudCyhQmh5y_bd66TW7VkyTN/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114172945417100820622&rtpof=true&sd=true)

The RadiumBlock team seeks reimbursement for providing public RPC services for Polkadot networks for Q4 2022 and Q1 2023. They offer a reliable and secure service at a fixed cost of ~$25k per quarter. They do not collect user data and have expanded their Polkadot endpoint to 12 locations.

RadiumBlock: Retroactive funding for High Performance Public Endpoint Service for Polkadot(Q4 2022 and Q1 2023)

- Polkadot is a technology leader in the web3 world, helping many creative projects.
- Many users need simpler applications and are using other platforms because Polkadot's parachain is too complex.
- Magnet is a new smart contract platform that uses Polkadot's main token, DOT, for fees and transactions.
- It will first focus on EVM smart contracts, which are popular, and later support another type called WASM.
- Magnet will use a model where users pay as they go, making it flexible and connected to Polkadot's security.
- It will operate on Tanssi Network, which will help its development.
- The money earned from Magnet will support various parts of Polkadot and only keep what it needs to run.

Polkadot proposes Magnet, a smart contract platform based on the PAYG model, with DOT as the gas fee. It will support EVM and WASM, integrate XCM, and be built on Tanssi Network. The income generated will be distributed to various entities, with Magnet retaining only the basic fees for project maintenance. More details in the full proposal.

Magnet Proposal: Polkadot’s Smart Contract Docking Station using DOT as Gas Based on the PAYG Model

Polkassembly is a platform that offers simple usage and high-performance advanced functionalities to the Polkadot community through Substrate pallets and crypto best practices virtual integration. They have proposed implementing a crypto-friendly Substrate scaffold to provide privacy and scaling functionalities. All libraries are fully compatible with Substrate and are open-source, allowing existing Substrate pallets to import them and use high-performance privacy and scaling functionalities.

The proposal introduces a Plonk-based zero-knowledge proof construction, which is new to Polkadot and can be used for various types of functionalities. The project aims to empower existing parachains and accelerate future crypto projects. The Substrate pallet system is highlighted as a significant feature of Polkadot, as it allows for best practices virtual integration and unlocks blockchain potential.

The project has completed 19 out of 31 milestones, including the development of Polkadot-compatible crypto primitives and Substrate pallet functionalities. They have also collaborated with Astar Network on ZkRollups and ZkPlonk through Web3 Foundation Grants. The legal entity behind the project is Invers Inc., registered in Tokyo, Japan.

You can find discussion on Polkassembly is [here.](../post/1720)

We provide the Polkadot community with **simple usage** and **high-performance** advanced functionalities through Substrate pallets by crypto best practices **virtual integration**.

##  Abstract

In this proposal, we implement a **crypto-friendly Substrate scaffold** and realize **privacy and scaling** functionalities. Every library is fully compatible with Substrate (**no\_std and SCALE** support) and provided community as **open source** libraries.

Full compatible libraries can be imported by existing Substrate pallets thus every parachain can use high-performance privacy and **scaling** functionalities and other crypto projects can implement their functionalities by combining libraries. The same scaffold-based functionalities allow **simple usage**, **high performance**, and **composable** between functionalities.

With our libraries, we can empower existing parachains and accelerate future crypto projects. Full proposal is [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/14RM72brMzxUR0I8BrrRa40RussjjDaiB/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs).

## What’s new?

Zero-knowledge proof **Plonk-based** construction is new to the Polkadot. Plonk can set up params independent from functionalities thus params can be used for various types of functionalities. Our implementation is **the first Polkadot compatible** (no\_std and SCALE) Plonk as far as we know.

Additionally, we replace the **hash function**, **signing algorithm**, and **arithmetic domain** with an efficient scheme for Plonk. Not only the sidechain but also the mainchain is optimized based on Plonk. This is hard for existing blockchains and a trick of **simple usage** and **high performance**.

## Why Polkadot

We think that the most significant feature of the Polkadot is the **Substrate pallet system** because it allows best practices virtual integration.

It’s hard for **traditional blockchains** to upgrade their infrastructure runtime and storage. When they support new functionalities, they need to extend their blockchain by precompile, off-chain relayer, and so on. This causes **complex usage**, **expensive gas cost**, and **less development flexibility**.

However, the **Substrate pallet system** allows blockchains to replace blockchain infrastructure runtime and data structure with an efficient and suitable for processing crypto functionalities. This significant feature unlocks **blockchain potential** and accelerates **the next innovation** happening in the Polkadot ecosystem.

Additionally, we can share our **knowledge** with other Polkadot projects, stack **the best practice**, and improve the Substrate scaffold. This causes synergy between **compatible** functionalities and enhances Polkadot Network value.

![](https://i.ibb.co/23RjhJf/architecture.png)

## Details

In this project, we implement **Substrate crypto-friendly** scaffold pallets and realize **privacy** and **scaling** functionalities. Deliverables are as follows.

![](https://i.ibb.co/Fs1D3rV/chart.png)

As this was proposed on 4.25.2023, we improved and added some deliverables. We implement every crypto primitive from scratch. Deliverables consist of Substrate **crypto-friendly scaffold**, **ZkRollup**, and **privacy-preserving** transactions. Unique features are as follows.

### Substrate crypto-friendly scaffold

1.  Full SCALE and no\_std **Compatible**
2.  Avoid **Code Duplication**
3.  Replace with new Algorithm **Easily**

**Firstly**, the main issue is **runtime compatibility**. We have been working on crypto projects and when we tried to use crypto functions on Substrate runtime, we needed to make every library dependency compatible with Polkadot or implement host functions and connect each other with conversion interfaces. This accounted for most of the development workload. To avoid this workload and import directly to Substrate runtime, we implement **fully compatible libraries**.

**Secondly**, we think how easy it is to apply optimization is important because performance directly affects the user's experience. We separate the interface and algorithm in order to **avoid code duplication** and replace them with new algorithms **easily**.

### ZkRollups

1.  **Crypto-Friendly Signing Algorithm**
2.  **Batch Signature Validation**
3.  **Runtime Compatibility**

When we worked on the EVM ZkRollups previously, we found that it reduced gas costs and the prover process was not so heavy as it could be done on the GitHub Actions environment.

However, users were necessary to create **layer2-specific wallets** aside from the main blockchain, and the prover cost was **not optimized**.

We integrate the wallet between layer 2 and the main blockchain to **avoid wallet recreation** and, replace the signing algorithm with an efficient hash function and curve, and introduce batch signature validation to **reduce the prover workload** by native field proving. This ZkRollup works in a **WASM** environment.

### Privacy-Preserving Transactions

1.  **Account-Based**
2.  **Auditable**
3.  **Plonk**

When we worked on the confidential transfers previously, we found that **audibility** was necessary because of recent regurgitation and **UTXO-base** was inefficient perspectives from zero-knowledge proof and on-chain memory space.

We implement the first **account-based** privacy-preserving transactions with Plonk. This privacy-preserving transaction is **auditable** and saves **computation and memory space** because of account-based. Account-based is also useful when we extend transaction functionalities and **interact** with other crypto schemes.

## Progress

**19 out of 31** milestones were completed.

###  Polkadot Compatible Crypto Primitive

-   [Zero Knowledge Proof Standard](https://github.com/KogarashiNetwork/Kogarashi/tree/master/primitive/zkstd)
-   [ElGamal Encryption](https://github.com/KogarashiNetwork/Kogarashi/tree/master/primitive/elgamal)
-   [Jubjub curve](https://github.com/KogarashiNetwork/Kogarashi/tree/master/primitive/jubjub)
-   [Bls12 381](https://github.com/KogarashiNetwork/Kogarashi/tree/master/primitive/bls12_381)
-   [Polynomial Commitment](https://github.com/KogarashiNetwork/Kogarashi/tree/master/primitive/poly)
-   [Redjubjub Signature](https://github.com/KogarashiNetwork/Kogarashi/tree/master/primitive/redjubjub)
-   [ZkSnarks Primitive](https://github.com/KogarashiNetwork/Kogarashi/tree/master/primitive/zksnarks)
-   [Tate Pairing](https://github.com/KogarashiNetwork/Kogarashi/tree/master/primitive/pairing)

### Substrate Pallet Functionalities

-   [RedDSA Wallet CLI Tutorial](https://kogarashinetwork.github.io/Kogarashi/tutorial/reddsa_wallet/)  
-   [Encrypted Balance](https://github.com/KogarashiNetwork/Kogarashi/tree/master/pallets/encrypted_balance)
-   [Zero Knowledge Friendly Substrate Runtime](https://github.com/KogarashiNetwork/zksubstrate)
-   [Confidential Transfer](https://github.com/KogarashiNetwork/Kogarashi/tree/master/pallets/confidential_transfer)
-   [Plonk on Substrate](https://github.com/KogarashiNetwork/Kogarashi/tree/master/pallets/plonk)

## Past Activities

### Web3 Foundation Grant

-   ZkRollups: EVM ZkRollups W3F grant collaboration with Astar Network

[https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/blob/master/applications/zk-rollups.md](https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/blob/master/applications/zk-rollups.md) [https://github.com/AstarNetwork/ZKRollups](https://github.com/AstarNetwork/ZKRollups)

-   ZkPlonk: Polkadot compatible Plonk W3F grant collaboration with Astar Network

[https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/blob/master/applications/zk-plonk.md](https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/blob/master/applications/zk-plonk.md) [https://github.com/AstarNetwork/plonk](https://github.com/AstarNetwork/plonk)

-   Privacy Transfer: Account-base privacy transfer transaction

[https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/blob/master/applications/zero-network.md](https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/blob/master/applications/zero-network.md) [https://github.com/KogarashiNetwork/Kogarashi/tree/master/pallets/confidential\_transfer](https://github.com/KogarashiNetwork/Kogarashi/tree/master/pallets/confidential_transfer)

### Substrate Builder Program

-   Deliverly Milestone 1  
    [https://twitter.com/KogarashiCrypto/status/1684396867944349696](https://twitter.com/KogarashiCrypto/status/1684396867944349696)

##  Legal Structure

-    Registered Address

2F・3F Emblem Nishiarai, 3-33-6 Umejima, Adachi City, Tokyo-to 121-0816, Japan

-    Registered Legal Entity

Invers Inc.

## About Us

[Website](https://kogarashi-network.com/) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/KogarashiCrypto) [Discord](https://discord.gg/g3q7tsHKTd) [Github](https://github.com/KogarashiNetwork) [Documentation](https://kogarashinetwork.github.io/Kogarashi/)

Kogarashi Network proposes to implement a crypto-friendly Substrate scaffold with privacy and scaling functionalities for the Polkadot community. They aim to provide fully compatible libraries that can be imported by existing Substrate pallets, allowing for simple usage, high performance, and composable functionalities. The proposal includes the implementation of ZkRollups and privacy-preserving transactions. The project has completed 19 out of 31 milestones, and the deliverables are provided as open-source libraries. The proposal is supported by a registered legal entity, Invers Inc.

Crypto-Friendly Substrate Scaffold Pallets for Every Parachains

Multix is a user-friendly interface for managing complex multisigs. It has been live for over 6 months and supports more than 13 chains. The proposal aims to continue developing Multix and create a Cypress Dapp testing plugin to benefit all Polkadot Dapps. The plugin will allow teams to automate Dapp integration tests without the need for mocking. The development request is for 214,099 USD for the next 6 months.

Hello there,

Multix is a simple interface to manage complex multisigs. It has been live for more than 6 months and its continuous development has been made in the open. It’s become the de-facto interface for teams to manage their multisigs, making it easy even on mobile or with the use of pure proxies. It supports more than 13 chains to date and users’ feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. This proposal aims to continue Multix development (see the list of planed features in the full proposal), but not only. We propose to build a [Cypress](https://www.cypress.io) Dapp testing plugin to benefit all Polkadot Dapps, more on this below.

-   Learn more about Multix from the Polkadot Decoded presentation: [Multix: Multisigs made simple](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQymHtreDUA)
-   We also published articles regarding the shortcomings of multisigs and how Multix can help. Check it out on [Polkaverse](https://polkaverse.com/9973/in-a-previous-article-https-blog-chainsafe-39065) or [Medium](https://medium.com/chainsafe-systems/multix-advanced-features-for-your-multisig-on-polkadot-e387eb44061a).
-   Check out [our AAG appearance about this proposal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LwK6FyhrGE&t=4290s) 

Currently, it’s very hard to properly do integration tests with Dapps. Integration tests are the most advanced type of tests. They are no less than the automation of what a real user would do with the Dapp. Clicking buttons, sending transactions, making mistakes, etc.  
Right now, developers have to mock the responses from the wallet and from the nodes. They spend a lot of time developing solutions which provide few guarantees because the tests are running against mocked responses. If the interface or the answers from the node or the wallet change, the mocks have to be updated and unless the developers pay close attention, they may only discover these changes in prod. As a Dapp, Multix faces the same issues. This is the reason why we propose to build a plugin for the popular testing framework [Cypress](https://www.cypress.io) . This open-source plugin will allow teams to automate Dapp integration tests, without the need for mocking. As we talked to Dapp developers in our network, from Talisman to InvArch, our contacts have shared their enthusiasm.

There is no better way to build a tool than to build it for your own needs. This will not only benefit Multix but also the entire ecosystem. This is why this proposal of Multix development is coupled with the building of a Cypress plugin to benefit Polkadot Dapp developers and ultimately Dapps users.

We request 214,099 USD for the next 6 months of development  
\> > [Full proposal here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WHXcMdxL-35DsHRAOoFKA9f20Bxigi2AF_PRp2blnf8/edit?usp=sharing)

WHO: Multix team
WHAT: Continue developing Multix interface for multisigs management and build a Cypress Dapp testing plugin to benefit Polkadot Dapp developers
PRICE/TIMEFRAME: 214,099 USD for the next 6 months of development

Multix - Further development and Cypress Dapp testing plugin

OpenComm is a project that aims to improve and decentralize governance communications in the Polkadot ecosystem. It allows on-chain discussions about any entity or resource, such as proposals, accounts, or transactions. This communication layer is open and accessible by anyone and any application, improving information flow and availability in the ecosystem. OpenComm has already been integrated into various ecosystem apps, including Zeitgeist, Polkassembly, Polkadot Study, and Sub.ID. The project has requested 27,259 DOT ($133,080 USD) to further develop and expand its services.

**Amount Requested: 27,259 DOT** ($133,080 USD, converted with the [EMA-7](https://polkadot.subscan.io/tools/charts?type=price) DOT price of $4.882 on 17 August 2023)

**TL;DR**: OpenComm consolidates siloed discussions in the ecosystem, improving and decentralizing governance communications, as well as enabling on-chain discussions about any entity or resource, such as proposals, accounts, or transactions. This communication layer is open and accessible by anyone and any application, improving information flow and availability in the ecosystem. DOT holders will benefit by the increased flow, decentralization, and accessibility of communications in the ecosystem.

If you prefer to watch or listen, we have also prepared a brief [video](https://youtu.be/6jFRr2uE6v8 "An explainer video about OpenComm") overviewing this proposal:

[![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/cMhTfjsIbnL1KNZF1J75t2KoGthorqKyo6Wg6kFndQzcd5BAjc9cJ0sTiUodDzbEftKX2WLXpZclYs9xoGfjp6eqykJbGRUGodYytKh22eYfl8elUAviKPjY5WWPSwSZh2ayoOlGX7umno2dnruCV4I)](https://youtu.be/6jFRr2uE6v8 "An explainer video about OpenComm")

---

Currently, communication in the Polkadot ecosystem is not only largely stuck in Web2, but it is siloed and segregated. Governance discussions take place off-chain and are thus fragmented, projects have to rely on Discord and Telegram to interact with their communities, and suboptimal solutions are implemented for connecting these Web2 accounts to users’ Web3 accounts. Furthermore, by forcing communities to live off-chain, user engagement with dapps is lowered. We realized that, although Web3 communities, and their communications, should be moved on-chain (in order to solve the aforementioned problems), there was too much friction with actually using a blockchain for this.

In May, we released the final piece of our UX (user experience) solution, enabling Web3 social to provide a familiar Web2 UX that is so smooth, even your grandma can do it. In fact, the onboarding process is even faster than many Web2 apps, as you don’t even need to manually create an account.

## Open Communication For Open Governance

After removing the previously mentioned friction, we created OpenComm in order to further decentralize Polkadot’s governance, and the governance of any other Web3 project (as OpenComm supports EVM as well as Substrate) by enabling smooth and efficient on-chain communication.

“Integrating OpenComm was one of the most efficient and effective integrations for Polkassembly.

We managed to enable messaging on the platform in no time and are looking forward to the community engaging on proposals and topics which will steer our partner networks in a community driven direction.” - _Parambir, Product Owner, Polkassembly_

![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/LdsBlaFaPssAlx0Vg1DdxII_r83w8ai9h1erKLLdSDDyIVp9C5DPpBx3TUzPhltudwx2Y93FK3ax-bBhWsSDQZ7O6DMB7YEjF4dODOc4A57o1l7BkRaDA5hzMxzHCTbiYhn1qmfx5fzGLnCD1FUxzVQ)

With OpenComm, all governance discussions will take place on-chain, and the content and messages will be freely accessible by anyone. This means we could have ten different governance platforms, all connected to the OpenComm social layer, allowing anyone to access the full breadth of Polkadot’s governance discussions, despite their UI/UX preference. This can already be seen, as there is a unified Zeitgeist discussion available from [three](https://twitter.com/SubsocialChain/status/1664007321394061314) different user interfaces.

![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4zNTWRAFCIo2HRpeXIfcUdXSmyKlIDxfGO1cHBCASaacOfdVngTRK3cS0hlXJbEVcMrES521nJvoMAk_D4nRWFFCvNM6TrtgD9-8lpoys4qmdITbFxcYWOg1Ay_YUGgsbVTnXTszte4fTEFYgqHD_1A)

We then realized that OpenComm could facilitate much more than just governance, and with our Resource Linking standard, OpenComm enables on-chain communication around any on-chain entity (such as accounts, proposals, NFTs, or anything else), and can even be used to discuss things off-chain, such as URLs around the internet.

“The integration with OpenComm has been a groundbreaking step for us at Zeitgeist. To see users able to chat with each other (in a decentralized manner!) whilst in the middle of using our prediction markets app has been a joy - but beyond that has made them just as happy!” - _James Preston, Marketing Communications Manager, Zeitgeist_

![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/wmj1iZpt9OV8DJH3X9LnTyklsu1IxZtgwihQ05HRb-RwpWwHkVcxk08y-8O4NXBrGl5Mbl8743CgN4WzE0jCDVK7KY6XdeezF9v5FHGzWKLiEiwUnpZCTAzudg1C0FaxvcQdT-9vTmA8n8-htioWdl0)

## Adoption

As of August 17th, OpenComm has facilitated over 7,900 messages, and one OpenComm-powered app, [Grill.chat](http://Grill.chat), has received almost 10,000 unique visitors in the last month. Try it out! Additionally, OpenComm has already been integrated into various ecosystem apps, including [Zeitgeist](https://app.zeitgeist.pm/), [Polkassembly](https://polkassembly.network/#/launch-app), [Polkadot Study](https://polkadot.study/), and [Sub.ID](http://Sub.ID), and our team is getting new integration requests every week from projects in the ecosystem.

![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/893485384154095640/1141735536797679768/image.png)

Please read the full [proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wyA5T4q3qZtHajzZC2bOs6Kxu9bK6v00dw2n7SBOxFE/edit?usp=sharing) for all of the relevant details including the full context, milestone breakdown, budget, etc.

![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Pq2KjDHvXlomBzsDnmJmrRew9VN939IOmXk0Rnl4xtGFEYfIQwbh-tIXzAApz-Q6t5r4Da1xxmS4qkL8p6jtGUtPMalEKkyrE3GkGSW0kPtilJNEyFF3bHvp-I7r5uTUIFOUuAaUZLz3Ijw0x3X8d44)

## FAQ

The topic was previously posted for preliminary discussion on [Polkassembly](1866), where we answered comments about:

-   [Moderation and content permanence](1866#dA9XGCA8fXaamwaJhbIX)
-   [Moderation vs censorship and token gating](1866#u7tzK8SI4ydAASeK5qlw)
-   [Subsocial vs DappForce](1866#fgeZe97BbAyycgmglYmb)
-   [Messaging architecture](1866#hKkl0c0GQx86nSXhKi8K)

Polkadot proposes OpenComm, a decentralized communication layer that consolidates siloed discussions in the ecosystem, improving governance communications and enabling on-chain discussions about any entity or resource. The proposal requests 27,259 DOT ($133,080 USD) and provides a brief overview of the project's milestones, budget, and adoption.

An Open Communication Layer For Polkadot

Societal is a parachain being developed to help organize, govern, and grow on-chain communities on Polkadot. They are asking for $135,477.72 USD or 26,616 DOT in treasury funding to provide a platform for community operations and governance. The funding will be used to complete final features of the product, conduct final testing, and start onboarding users. Societal has already completed most of the work required to become the operating system for decentralized communities in the Polkadot ecosystem. They have a track record of attending Polkadot Blockchain Academy, securing Polkadot Relayers, receiving Web 3 Foundation Grants, and being accepted to the Substrate Builders Program. More information about Societal can be found on their website, whitepaper, and product demos.

Dear Polkadot Community,

My name is Graeme Fox - Co-Founder & CEO of Societal. Societal is building a parachain that makes it easy to organize, govern, and grow on-chain communities. Its streamlined SaaS application is the ideal platform to run any Polkadot community’s operations, including the creator economy, protocols, social clubs, gaming, DAOs, and more.

Societal is asking for $135,477.72 USD / 26,616 DOT in treasury funding to provide the ecosystem with a platform for community (token holder) operations and governance. Our application will work with any tokenized project in the ecosystem that is looking to add governance, treasury, and community management services to their operations.

Earlier this Summer, Societal previously submitted a referendum for treasury funding, which you can find [here](29). The proposal made it to the confirmation period twice, however it was aborted in the final hours and did not pass. We believe that we answered all the questions that were asked about the proposal to the best of our ability, and were pleased to see a strong community discussion and voter turnout. Our conclusion from the previous proposal is that the amount asked for was too large, especially as it was our inaugural ask for funding. We have gone back to the drawing board, and reduced the proposal by ~$52k.

The reduction in the amount does come with a slightly smaller scope of work. We want to continue to prove ourselves as builders in the ecosystem and hope that we can be given the chance to do so with the new proposal amount.

Societal has already completed most of the work required to become the operating system for decentralized communities in the Polkadot ecosystem. We are seeking funding to complete an array of final features of the product, including token import, governance, and proposal features, along with the management UI to support them. We will also use the funding to conduct final testing and to start onboarding users. These features will allow new and existing communities in the ecosystem to have access to a full suite of governance, treasury, and member management systems.

Please find the revised proposal [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a4WNwwL85QI9sj53K-TKTHeC5-K18w4N9jAjeZ7OtvY/edit?usp=sharing). It would be great to hear your input and questions about our proposal and hope that the new amount suits the community.

Societal’s Track Record/Accomplishments below:

-   [Attended Inaugural Polkadot Blockchain Academy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYLIdgp8m34&ab_channel=PolkadotBlockchainAcademy)
-   [Inaugural Polkadot Relayers Secured](https://twitter.com/societal_xyz/status/1595441713396723712?s=20)
-   Three Web 3 Foundation Grants — [Grant 1](https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/blob/master/applications/Societal.md), [Grant 2](https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/blob/master/applications/societal_grant2.md), [Grant 3](https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/blob/master/applications/societal_saas_pricing.md) 
-   Accepted to Substrate Builders Program and Submitted Milestone 2
-   Multiple Polkadot Panel Discussions - [Academy Alumni](https://twitter.com/societal_xyz/status/1649519222949650434?s=20), [ETHDenver](https://twitter.com/joinwebzero/status/1631429180771676160?s=20)
-   [Rococo Testnet Deployment](https://twitter.com/societal_xyz/status/1663582461043802113?s=20)
-   [Product Walkthrough Videos](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLukf6xUl2RLLdy7S81_Qua8SE_G0VhpKF)
-   [Scytale Academy Graduate](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7062441591453483009/)
-   [Accepted to Berkley Blockchain Accelerator 2023](https://twitter.com/societal_xyz/status/1638670393140711426?s=20)
-   [Cross Ecosystem Engagement Initiatives](https://twitter.com/societal_xyz/status/1658940826712436742?s=20)

More information about Societal can be found here:

-   [Societal Website](https://www.sctl.xyz/)
-   [Societal Whitepaper](https://docsend.com/view/2gte2fd8wc4jp4rg)
-   [Societal Docs](https://docs.sctl.xyz/)
-   [Societal Product Demos](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLukf6xUl2RLLdy7S81_Qua8SE_G0VhpKF)
-   [Societal End State Demo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy-0FrfUIYw)

WHO: Societal, a blockchain company building a parachain for on-chain communities.

WHAT: Requesting $135,477.72 USD / 26,616 DOT in treasury funding to complete final features of their product, including token import, governance, and proposal features, along with the management UI to support them.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The funding will be used to conduct final testing and start onboarding users. The proposal can be found in the link provided.

Societal: Advanced Treasury, Governance and Member Management Systems for Decentralized Communities

PolkaWorld is a community that supports Polkadot in China and Asia. They have been around for four years and work with the Web3 Foundation. They share articles, livestreams, and videos about Polkadot. In 2022, they published many articles, had lots of people join their livestreams, made educational videos, and interviewed teams in the Polkadot ecosystem. They are asking for help to keep growing and supporting the Polkadot community. You can read more about their plans and how they want to use the money in their proposal.

👋Hello everyone!

This is PolkaWorld's [follow-up proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VzjG8D-ZDFlJNnkiMdJkq012ShG0dWkiKLG_6225Kgs/edit) for applying for community operation costs for the next three months. This also marks PolkaWorld's second treasury proposal since Polkadot launched OpenGov. We accomplished fantastic work in [June](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yfihnvse3p-ITSZ-5t-aFJE2WnZkS4TNLUrsBxQpey0/edit#heading=h.loyobbgu6xlw) and [July](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SBxp0UrFRk_hPLiKtX85Y2b9nWRPvXbwNyQNwhBH-CI/edit#heading=h.loyobbgu6xlw), you can check our previous monthly summaries, and the August summary will be out at the end of the month!

If you're unfamiliar with what PolkaWorld is doing, let me give you a brief introduction. Founded in June 2019, PolkaWorld has been around for **four years** now (we proudly say that no blockchain community in China has been operating this long, except for Ethereum). In the first two years, we collaborated with the Web3 Foundation to establish Polkadot's Chinese community. Later, we formed an open social contract with Polkadot's treasury to continue contributing to Polkadot's Asian community education.

In a nutshell, PolkaWorld focuses on various content formats. You'll find us publishing Polkadot-related articles daily, hosting online livestreams weekly, and meeting community members in person monthly. No matter whether the market is bullish or bearish, we consistently advocate for Polkadot. Here are some past statistics that might help you understand us better. In 2022, we carried out the following tasks：

-   published a total of 576 articles and received 412,000 views in the WeChat ecosystem in 2022
-   hosted 42 online broadcasts on Wechat Channel and 21,551 people joined us
-   made 35 educational videos, got 28,759 views on Wechat Channel and YouTube channel
-   interview with 23 teams in the Polkadot ecosystem, all are posted on our YouTube channel
-   hosted 14 online meetups and 8,348 people joined us online

If you want to learn more, please check out our complete proposal [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VzjG8D-ZDFlJNnkiMdJkq012ShG0dWkiKLG_6225Kgs/edit)! If you have any suggestions, feel free to leave comments or messages. Your support is crucial for our continued growth and maintenance of Polkadot's Asian community! Thank you❤️

WHO: PolkaWorld
WHAT: Applying for community operation costs for the next three months to continue contributing to Polkadot's Asian community education.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified. Full proposal can be found at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VzjG8D-ZDFlJNnkiMdJkq012ShG0dWkiKLG_6225Kgs/edit.

PolkaWorld Ops and Maintenance proposal：2023.9 - 2023.11

PolkaSafe Summary

- PolkaSafe is a tool that helps manage digital money safely on a network called Polkadot.
- It makes it easy to handle different types of money and keeps everything secure.
- The tool was created because many organizations struggle to manage their money across various digital currencies.
- PolkaSafe works with a group called Polkassembly to improve the product.
- Recently, they completed a second phase of development, adding many new features like easy wallet connecting and notifications.
- Users can see their money in different countries' values, and it supports multiple currencies.
- They also have made tutorials and documents to help users understand how to use PolkaSafe.
- PolkaSafe aims to be the best tool for managing digital money on Polkadot and related networks.

Polkasafe offers a comprehensive suite of advanced, user-friendly solutions that harmonize treasury management processes across multiple chains, including Polkadot, Kusama, and their respective parachains. They completed Milestone 2, which included features such as multi-currency support, shared address book, and transaction batching. They are requesting an allocation of 194,050 USD for their project.

Polkasafe - Milestone 2 - Retroactive funding proposal

- LayerX is a bridge that helps move assets from Ethereum to Polkadot.
- There is a total supply of 1 billion tokens, and 100 million will be given to Aye voters.
- To use LayerX, you deposit Ethereum tokens in secured vaults.
- You receive new tokens on the Polkadot LayerX parachain.
- These new tokens can be used in different applications on the Polkadot network.
- You can exchange your new tokens back for your original Ethereum tokens at any time.
- LayerX has a parachain slot on the Kusama network and will distribute tokens once it secures a parachain on Polkadot.

LayerX proposes a trustless bridge based on vaults to move ERC-20 tokens from Ethereum to Polkadot. 100 million LRX tokens will be distributed to Aye voters in the referendum once they secure a parachain on Polkadot in mid-October.

LayerX - rollout parachain as Trustless Bridge between Polkadot and Ethereum.

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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