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- Chainwire helps Polkadot projects share their news by publishing press releases.
- They have successfully published over 1,180 articles for 24 Polkadot projects, reaching around 22.7 million views.
- Chainwire works with many well-known websites like CoinTelegraph and Decrypt to share these announcements.
- They aim to make it easy for all Polkadot projects to get attention and recognition through strong branding.
- Chainwire proposes a funding request of 75,000 DOT to continue their work for the next six months.
- With their services, Polkadot projects can quickly reach their target audiences and gain visibility. 
- They have a proven record of helping various blockchain projects successfully share their news.

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Chainwire, a blockchain PR distribution platform, is proposing to offer its services to all Polkadot-based projects for generating strong PR, branding, and recognition for their news and overall projects. They are requesting 75,000 DOT to execute at least 50 "Premium" campaigns, each having 75 published articles and syndications with an average reach of 800,000 estimated views. The funding should suffice for a minimum of six months. The proposal aims to help Polkadot maintain its leadership position in the blockchain space.

50 Polkadot Ecosystem PR campaigns in the most influential media

### Summary of Polkadot OpenGov Utility Batch Process

1. **Video Tutorial**: Learn how to use `utility.batch` with `treasury.spend` for USDC and USDT in this [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak-me8G-MMo).
2. **Slides**: Detailed slides are available [here](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1onXYeGm4cFJlktsWJWi0YirNuYsQ5oe4/edit#slide=id.g27a15e6ec76_0_18).
3. **Cheat Sheet**: A handy cheat sheet for the process is [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/167TVq-PCqGVHI1MEP8EeaGc1zz2F5mmZgtcWCw2Ylgo/edit?gid=1373159512#gid=1373159512).
4. **Stable Results**: This method avoids unpredictable results and eliminates the need for frequent top-ups.
5. **Milestone Payments**: Proposers can be paid in stages, reducing risk for both the OpenGov Treasury and the proposer.
6. **Cancellation Option**: If a proposer fails to deliver, OpenGov can cancel the proposal using `treasury.voidSpend`.
7. **No More Top-Ups**: This process ensures stable and efficient treasury spending without the need for additional funds.
8. **Urgency**: It's important for everyone to know and use this method for better treasury management.

WHO: Polkadot OpenGov proposers and voters.

WHAT: Use utility.batch with treasury.spend call with USDC + USDT to deliver milestone by milestone and avoid guesswork and top-ups.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Polkadot OpenGov TOP-UP KILLER: utility.batch treasury.spends with USDC + USDT

- The ink! smart contract programming language is popular for its easy use and effective deployment in the Polkadot community.
- Audits for ink! were done in 2022 and 2023 to check for issues, but fewer complex contracts were tested back then.
- This proposal aims to audit ink! 5.0 to find new problems and improve the code.
- Auditors will look closely at the storage layer and how ink! works with XCM.
- A comprehensive report will be shared with the public after fixing major findings to help other developers.
- A blogpost will summarize the audit results and suggest ways to improve security in the ink! programming language.
- If any bugs are found in sample contracts, the auditors will let the community know responsibly.

**WHO:** Parity Technologies and SRLabs will conduct a comprehensive audit of the ink! 5.0 smart contract language and implementation.

**WHAT:** The audit will identify vulnerabilities and areas of improvement in the codebase, with a focus on the storage layer and XCM integration.

**PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES:** Not specified.

**DELIVERABLES:** A comprehensive audit report, an ecosystem blog post, and responsible disclosures for any bugs discovered in the selected ink! contracts.

**ENGAGEMENT:** Read the full proposal for more details, learn about Parity Security and SRLabs, and provide feedback to refine the approach.

**150 SYMBOLS SUMMARY:** Parity Technologies and SRLabs will audit ink! 5.0 smart contract language and implementation to identify vulnerabilities and areas of improvement. Deliverables include a report, blog post, and responsible disclosures.

ink! 5.0 Codebase Security Audit

This TIP is asking for money for creating a special interview guide. The guide helps people choose the best person for an important job called Head Ambassador. It took 4 hours to make and they want to be paid $50 for each hour. They collected questions from different groups and made a helpful document for everyone. They think it's worth at least $200 and hope others agree.

WHO: The authors of the standardized interview guide. 

WHAT: Requesting compensation for their time spent creating the document. 

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $50 per hour for 4 hours, totaling $200.

Creating a standardized interview for Head Ambassadors

- A request is made for 9928 DOT (about 58558 USD) for post-production of 8 new episodes of Web3Thinkers and Web3Builders.
- This request follows a 6-month report showing over 1.25 million views and more than 61,000 watch hours.
- They have conducted 50 interviews that provide content for these series.
- They have produced 16 episodes so far and plan to reach a total of 24 episodes by the end of 2024.
- The request also includes funds to fix a shortfall from a previous funding proposal.
- A buffer of 10% is added to avoid future discrepancies.
- The funds aim to support the growth of the Polkadot ecosystem through media content.

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WHO: Behind the Code Team, Key Pictures

WHAT: Requesting additional funds of 9928 DOT (58558USD) for post production on 4 episodes of Web3Thinkers and 4 episodes of Web3Builders, and a top-up to correct a small discrepancy in funding received for initial proposal.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $14,400 for post production of 8 episodes, to be released by end of 2024. Top-up request to correct shortfall of $38,835. Excess DOT will be returned to treasury.

Behind the Code II: Additional Funding for more episodes of Web3 Thinkers/Builders and Top-up on treasury #604 payout

- The ASSET PORTAL wants to get 30,981.00 DOT money to create a special online place called Asset Hub.
- They want to help people manage their digital tokens more easily and make the website fun to use.
- Users will be able to see their money, send tokens, and move tokens to different places in the Polkadot network.
- The new portal will also help users explore and trade in a world called DEFI.
- It will be open-source, meaning anyone can look at the project's code.
- They also plan to connect with Kusama Asset Hub to share features.
- For more information, you can visit their website at assetportal.io.

WHO: Asset Portal
WHAT: Develop and deliver an asset management portal to enhance the value of the Asset Hub network, increase the number of users, and streamline navigation across the Polkadot ecosystem.
PRICE: 30,981.00 DOT
TIMEFRAME: Not specified
RESOURCES: Open-source project, available at assetportal.io.

AssetPortal (Milestone 1)

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Close Bounty 46 – AMI Bounty Program

The Polkadot UX Bounty is a proposal to manage a bounty program for improving the user experience of the Polkadot ecosystem. The program will be managed by a 6/9 multisig, with 3 curators to be added soon. The proposal addresses concerns about bounty management and conflict of interests by implementing measures such as abstaining from voting on their own proposals, higher scrutiny for projects executed by curators, and documenting all votes and decisions publicly.

The multisig structure includes 8 curators and 1 operator (Braille), requiring 5 out of 8 curators to approve a spending. When curators are also executors, they abstain from voting and are removed from the multisig threshold, increasing the difficulty of approval.

The proposed curators come from various backgrounds and expertise in the Polkadot ecosystem, including SubWallet, Nova, Talisman, Apillon, Velocity Labs, DHNN, OpenGovWatch, and Parity. Their roles and contributions to the ecosystem are detailed in the proposal.

Polkadot proposes a referendum for the curators of the UX Bounty. The bounty will be managed with a 6/9 multisig, and curators who are also executing tasks will abstain from voting on their own proposals. The proposal includes a list of proposed curators with their expertise.

Proposing Curators for the UX Bounty

- The writer is requesting compensation for creating a document that proposes a new structure for the Polkadot Ambassador Program.
- The document took around 4 hours to create, and the writer is asking for $50 per hour, totaling $200.
- The writer believes this rate is justified due to their technical experience in the Polkadot space.
- The document aims to show how easy it is to contribute to Polkadot and earn rewards, potentially leading to becoming an ambassador.
- The writer thinks the value generated by the document exceeds $200.
- The decision on whether to approve the compensation is left to DOT holders.
- Evidence of the time spent creating the document can be found in the version history of the HackMD page.

WHO: The author of the TIP proposal. 

WHAT: Requesting compensation for the time spent writing a proposal for a new structure to the Polkadot Ambassador Program. 

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $50 per hour for approximately 4 hours of work. The author believes the value generated by the document is more than $200, but leaves it to DOT holders to decide.

[Small Tipper] Referendum #1025 - Creating a new vision for Polkadot Ambassador Program

The Polkadot Ecology Research Institute made a proposal on OpenGov, but due to a lack of experience, they followed the wrong process and ended up with 500 DOT locked in an incorrect proposal. They later applied for the proposal using the correct method, and it was approved. They are now asking for a refund of the 500 DOT deposit, just as the community has done in similar cases. The proposal aims to refund the 500 DOT to the Polkadot Ecology Research Institute.

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WHO: Polkadot Ecology Research Institute

WHAT: Requesting a refund of 500 DOT deposit associated with a Governance 1.0 proposal that was mistakenly submitted and subsequently corrected.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 500 DOT deposit. No specified timeframe or additional resources needed.

Refunding Polkadot Ecology Research Institute GOV1 Treasury Spend Deposit

- A proposal is being discussed for funding System Parachain Collators on Polkadot. 
- The funding will help five groups: Asset-Hub, Bridge-Hub, Collectives, Coretime, and People. 
- This is to support their operational costs and rewards for their work. 
- The goal is to encourage great performance and keep things running smoothly. 
- The funding will last for six months, starting on July 1, 2024. 
- The amount requested is 26,503.51 DOT. 
- The community is invited to discuss this proposal.

System Parachain Collators propose a bounty of 26,503.51 DOT for infrastructure costs and staking rewards for five Polkadot System Parachains. The funding will cover Asset-Hub, Bridge-Hub, Collectives, Coretime, and People for a 6-month runway starting on July 1, 2024.

Proposal for Top-Up for Funding of Polkadot System Parachain Collators

### Milestone 2 Proposal for Polkadot Collectives

**Summary:**
- **Features:**
  - Support for ambassador businesses, similar to fellowship features.
  - Business warnings to prevent accidental demotions or missed promotions.
  - Enhanced profile pages with detailed member information.
  - Statistics on collective spending and member activities.
  - Sub-treasury management for fellowship and ambassador funds.
  - Enhanced referenda features for collective decision-making.

- **Budget:**
  - Total estimated hours: 1960
  - Hourly rate: $90
  - Total budget requested: $176,400

WHO: The proposer team. 

WHAT: Implementing milestone 2 to support collectives (fellowship, ambassadors) on Polkadot, including features such as ambassador business support, business warnings, profile enhancement, statistics, sub treasury, and referenda enhancement. 

PRICE: $176,400. 

TIMEFRAME: Not specified. 

RESOURCES: 3 FTE for most features, 1 FTE for testing.

Subsquare polkadot collectives support milestone 2

- Integritee is a company that works with privacy technology on a special platform called a sidechain.
- They have made changes to their request for money after getting feedback.
- Integritee is asking for about 39,680 CHF (which is about 44,302.72 USD) for their project.
- They plan to repay this amount by sending back 30% of the money they earn from fees.
- Their technology is already working and can be tried out by anyone.
- The company’s leaders have given talks about why privacy is important in technology.
- They have made videos explaining their work and past proposals.

Integritee proposes a retroactive funding of 39,680 CHF (≃ 44,302.72 USD/USDT) as a soft-loan, to be repaid with 30% of gross fee revenue until the loan plus a one-off premium of 10% is paid back. This is for the development of their privacy sidechain technology on Paseo.

Incognitee: Privacy Sidechain on Paseo (Retroactive)

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. They are used as a data source for Squids and efficient data exploration. The Giant Squid API is a set of open-source GraphQL APIs built with Squid SDK and maintained by Subsquid Labs. The proposal requests a total of 49,257.65 DOT, which is equivalent to $288,157.30. The funds will be used to cover the combined costs for running Giant Squid and Archives for Polkadot, Kusama, and their Parachains.

Subsquid Lab Official proposes ongoing development and maintenance costs for public Subsquid Archives and the Giant Squid API, requesting 49,257.65 DOT ($288,157.30) from the Polkadot treasury. The Archives provide access to on-chain data in GraphQL format for all major parachains on Kusama and Polkadot, while the Giant Squid API covers commonly used data for Polkadot, Kusama, and major parachains. The proposal includes raw data for the costs of running both services.

Subsquid - Public data indexing Infrastructure for Polkadot and Kusama (Q4 2023)

dAppForge is a planned AI-powered plugin for Polkadot developers that aims to reduce development time. It is designed to address the difficulty of learning Substrate and Ink! frameworks, which are major challenges for developers in the Polkadot ecosystem. The project has received $100,000 in funding from an angel investor to build the first iteration of the AI model and the alpha version of the plugin, which is available for download from the VS code extension marketplace.

The development of dAppForge is divided into four milestones:
1. The first iteration of the AI model and the alpha version of the plugin have been completed.
2. The beta version of the product, which includes fine-tuning the AI model, integrating Ink!, and building a chat feature, is the next phase. The team is seeking treasury funding for this milestone.
3. And 4. Future milestones involve integrating the Pop network to improve the developer experience for Ink! developers and implementing features like reference documentation and pre-written prompts for runtime templates. The main task will be releasing a freemium API model with a free tier for basic code suggestions and a premium subscription-based API offering enhanced AI, personalized learning, and an up-to-date knowledge graph.

Neurons Lab, which developed the initial AI, has been commissioned again and can leverage AWS AI Production Ready Funding Program to obtain $75,000 in co-funding from AWS, resulting in a total AI development budget of $150,000. The comprehensive cost for milestone 2 is $105,000 and is expected to take 12 weeks to complete. After milestone 2, the core of dAppForge will be open-source, and the team plans to ask the treasury for funds for milestones 3 and 4, which will each take about 12 weeks and cost around $100,000 to $115,000 each. The monetization strategy includes a subscription-based premium API to support ongoing development and improvement of the free, open-source version.

dAppForge, an AI-powered plug-in for Polkadot developers, received $100,000 in funding to build Milestone 1. They are now seeking treasury funding of $105,000 to complete Milestone 2, which will fund the product's beta version. Milestones 3 and 4 will each cost around $100,000 to $115,000 and will take about 12 weeks to complete. The comprehensive cost for the entire project is $420,000. The core of dAppForge will be open-source, and the beta version will be free to everyone. The subscription-based premium API is part of their monetization strategy.

dAppForge - AI powered plug-in for Polkadot developers that reduces development time. 

LiteScan is a special tool for Polkadot chains that helps people easily gather and manage blockchain data. Here are some key points:

- LiteScan was made by a person named Piero.
- It is lightweight and can be set up quickly, usually in about 15 minutes.
- It uses a database called MongoDB to store important information from the blockchain.
- Encointer, a project needing blockchain data, helped inspire LiteScan's creation.
- LiteScan works well with Polkadot and its parachains.
- It comes with a simple setup using Docker, making it user-friendly.
- The developer encourages others to try it out with a link to the code. 
- There is a suggestion to support the development of LiteScan with a tip of 868 DOT.

WHO: Piero (pifragile).

WHAT: Developed LiteScan, a lightweight indexer for Polkadot chains that allows anyone to run their own indexer in minutes.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: A proposed tip of 868 DOT for retroactive support. No other information provided.

Retroactive Tip for the development of LiteScan - A lightweight indexer for Polkadot Chains

**Dot Play** is a project aimed at accelerating the adoption of Polkadot in the gaming industry. They have a team with extensive experience in both gaming and Polkadot, including Game Master Partners and a new team called Questing Party Partners. Dot Play's vision is to make Polkadot the top blockchain solution for games by focusing on high-growth genres, building essential integration tools, and providing business development support. They plan to create a games accelerator for the Polkadot ecosystem using their resources, IP relationships, game studio talent, and tools.

Some of their past accomplishments include being a lead advisor to the Web3 Foundation on the launch of Polkadot, investing in Mythical, co-founding Ajuna Network on Polkadot, and working with Unity and Parity Technologies on the Verified Solution Polkadot SDK for Unity. They also organized meetups and hosted podcasts with top game developers and creators.

Dot Play's strategy is to focus on the largest potential audiences with the strongest engagement, which they believe are key metrics to build brand value for the Polkadot ecosystem over the long term. They plan to evaluate game studios and tool companies, provide feedback, and submit projects for Bounty approval. They also aim to create a dedicated gaming portal within Polkadot, facilitate project onboarding, optimize outbound support for parachain teams, and identify and implement ecosystem solutions to onboard game developers.

The proposed refill of the Dot Play Bounty is 400k DOT into game projects, with a Treasury/Dot Play profit split of 80/20. Their business development will focus on developing a sustainable deal flow, creating a dedicated gaming portal, facilitating project onboarding, and optimizing outbound support for parachain teams.

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Dot Play proposes to accelerate gaming adoption of Polkadot by establishing a games accelerator for the ecosystem. They aim to focus on the highest growth genres and largest audiences within gaming, build essential integration tools, and provide sustainable business development support. They are requesting 400k DOT from the Treasury to fund game projects and will split profits 80/20 with the Treasury. Dot Play will also focus on developing a sustainable deal flow, creating a dedicated gaming portal within Polkadot, facilitating project onboarding to Polkadot, optimizing outbound support for parachain teams, and identifying and implementing ecosystem solutions to onboard game developers.

Dot Play Bounty

Project Magnet submitted a proposal on April 7, 2024, for 33,956.17 DOT worth $294,400. The proposal was approved, but due to a decrease in DOT's EMA-7 price, the project received only $248,354.20, resulting in a shortfall of $46,045.80. The project has made progress in Execution Layer Modules, Coretime Layer Modules, and Profit Layer Modules. The front-end design is complete, and development is ongoing. The Magnet Testnet is online in Rococo, using DOT as gas fee. The project requests a top-up of $46,045.80 to align with the original budget and ensure successful execution.

Project Magnet requests a top-up of $46,045.8 to align funding with the original budget. The project has completed the EVM, WASM, and MoveVM abstractions, front-end UI and application redesign for AssetBridge, and the integration of Proxy and Multisig modules. Coretime and Profit Layer Modules are in progress, and the front-end page development is ongoing. The first Magnet Testnet is online in Rococo.

Proposal: Request for DOT Top-Up to Cover Price Difference

- A proposal has been made to give tips to two art curators and a candidate ambassador in the UAE.
- They helped prepare for the Arts DAO Fest in Dubai by curating exhibitions and managing artist relations.
- The senior curator will receive 428 DOT and $2500 for five days of work.
- Linda, another curator, will get 171 DOT and $1000 for her help.
- Zenab Chatir, the ambassador, will also receive 171 DOT and $1000 for attending the event and helping prepare.
- In total, the proposal includes 770 DOT and $4500 in compensation.
- The curators and ambassador will keep working with the local community and support the Polkadot project.

This proposal aims to tip two art curators and a Polkadot candidate ambassador based in the UAE for their assistance with the preparations for the Arts DAO Fest in Dubai. They will receive a total compensation of 770 DOT and $4500 USD for their work during the event.

Proposal to Tip Art Curators and a Polkadot Candidate Ambassador in the UAE.

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OpenGov Referenda

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 around 100,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

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

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