- Polkadot's social media was first managed by one group called Parity.
- Now, many people help manage it, including a group called the Editorial Board (EB) with 7 members.
- The EB members are experts in different areas like marketing and content creation.
- They work for 6 months, and later, community members will vote for new ones.
- The EB aims to improve how Polkadot communicates with everyone.
- There is funding for the EB, and one member decided not to take payment.
- The Auxiliary helps the EB but will only be paid back for one small expense.

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The Social Media Editorial Board (EB) will manage Polkadot's social media accounts. The W3F has delegated access to the EB via Evan (ET Public). Evan received a Decentralized Futures grant to create, setup, run and ensure the success of the concept. The requested allocation is 9426 ($90K EMA7 Price: $9.548) + 42 DOT for multisig creation and identity verification reimbursement to the proposer. The funds will be paid to a multisig controlled by all 7 members + the Auxiliary. The funds will then be distributed to 6 of the 7 EB members.

Funding for Decentralized Social Media Editorial Board

This proposal is about getting money to make weekly reports for Polkadot's P2P network. The ProbeLab team, which has worked with Protocol Labs for a long time, will make these reports. They have a lot of experience with libp2p and have helped it a lot.

The team collects data using a tool called Nebula Crawler. The reports will show how the network is doing and can be found on their website, probelab.io. The money for this project will be given by the Open Impact Foundation, which wants to help ProbeLab make the network better for Polkadot.

The ProbeLab team has been working on this for over a year and has paid for everything so far. They need help from the Polkadot community to keep doing this work. The cost for the reports is $20,000 to set up and $2,500 per month (or $30,000 per year). This money will be used to run the website, update the tools, and have an expert check the results every week. They will also post the reports on the Polkadot forum.

If you have any questions, you can ask @yiannisbot or contact ProbeLab through their website. The Open Impact Foundation is a charity that helps with digital public goods and supports libp2p.

ProbeLab seeks funding to create and publish weekly reports for Polkadot's P2P network. The cost includes a one-off setup fee of $20k and a monthly cost of $2.5k, covering infrastructure, maintenance, and expert inspection. The reports will be facilitated through the Open Impact Foundation.

Polkadot P2P Network Health Weekly Reports

- Velocity Labs is starting a project called the DeFi Infrastructure and Tooling Bounty.
- The community has already approved this project with a vote.
- The bounty doesn't need extra money; it just needs curators for management.
- A group of seven curators will oversee the bounty.
- Curators include leaders from companies like Velocity Labs, Moonbeam, and Acala.
- The management will carefully decide how to use the funds.
- People are encouraged to ask questions in the comments.

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Velocity Labs proposes a curator set for the DeFi Infrastructure and Tooling Bounty, which has already been approved by the community. The bounty will be managed with a 4/7 multi-sig, and the proposed curators include Nicolas Arevalo, Alberto Viera, Bryan Chen, Lucas Vogelsang, Leemo, Jakub Gregus, and Giotto. No additional funds are requested.

Proposing Curators for the DeFi Infrastructure & Tooling Bounty

- Polkadot is asking for more money to finish their advertising campaign on the Brave browser.
- They started the campaign with a budget of 58,902 DOT, which was worth $575,000.
- Since the price of DOT dropped a lot, they now need extra funds to continue the campaign as planned.
- They want 87,351 more DOT to keep the campaign running until October 15, 2024.
- So far, their campaign has reached over 63 million people and received almost 500,000 clicks.
- The team believes that getting more money will help them achieve their original goals for the campaign.
- Supporting this request will help the Polkadot community grow and reach more people.

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WHO: Polkadot Awareness Campaign on Brave

WHAT: Requesting a top-up of 87,351 DOT to maintain the originally approved budget of $575,000 for their advertising campaign on Brave.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The campaign started on July 16, 2024, and will end on October 15, 2024. The additional funding is crucial to deliver the full scope and impact of the originally approved campaign.

Polkadot Advertising Campaign on Brave Browser - Top-Up Request 

Our team just finished a big project that cost 250,000 and we almost ran out of money. We think we should always have at least 500,000 to make sure we can keep working on marketing. We want to spend more money on marketing in the future to get more people to know about us. We also want to work with big airports in important cities, but we need to pay them many months in advance. So, we need to have some extra money saved up. We are asking for 500,000 more. You can see all our spending and work at this link: https://bit.ly/m/reports

WHO: Unspecified group/individual
WHAT: Requesting a refill of 500k DOT to maintain a reserve for marketing bounties, increase spending, and pay for deals with airports in key cities.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Requesting a refill for marketing bounty number #33

- Polkadot wants to participate in the Coindesk Consensus conference in Austin, Texas, from May 29-31, 2024.
- They are asking for $390,000 to cover costs for their event activities.
- Polkadot will have a large booth to showcase their teams and will also have a speaking session on the main stage.
- Conor Daly, a racer sponsored by Polkadot, will be at the event with his racecar for photos and promotions.
- They plan to host a special party called a "bash" for attendees.
- The proposal includes details about how the money will be spent.

Polkadot proposes to spend $390,000 for a Block 3 sponsorship package at Coindesk Consensus conference in May 2024. The package includes a pavilion-style expo booth, a Mainstage Speaking session, branding on conference materials, and the presence of Conor Daly and his racecar/show car for photo ops. The Distractive team will spearhead these efforts.

Polkadot @ Coindesk Consensus

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The Polkadot Blockchain Academy (PBA) is asking for money to run their fifth program. This program will happen from May 20 to June 20, 2024, at the National University of Singapore. They will teach 90 students in person and 50 to 100 students online. The goal is to help more people learn about Polkadot and become good at using it. They teach in person and also make online lessons. You can read more about their plan by clicking this link: [Proposal Details](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K1hkkK7OYxZ1dhpLMC36lJuO5FBlhEe1dMtQYyNcHbQ/edit#heading=h.l03seqnwsavp).

WHO: Polkadot Blockchain Academy (PBA)
WHAT: Funding proposal for the fifth wave of the Academy, selecting 90 in-person and 50-100 remote students to speed up Polkadot adoption
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified in the summary, detailed proposal available in the provided link.

Polkadot Blockchain Academy - Wave 5 in person and remote - Singapore 20th May to 20th June 2024

RegionX is a project that helps teams save money when using the Polkadot network. Here are the key points:

- RegionX reduces costs for current and new projects on Polkadot.
- Polkadot lets projects run by reserving time on computers called cores.
- There are two ways to get this time: Bulk Coretime (for planning ahead) and Instantaneous Coretime (for immediate needs).
- Bulk Coretime can be traded as special tokens called NFTs.
- RegionX will create a marketplace for trading these time tokens.
- The marketplace will allow more flexible options for teams to get the time they need.
- It will also help teams that do not have lots of money to start their projects.  
- The project aims to make it easier for everyone to use Polkadot by promoting fair trading of Coretime.

RegionX proposes a marketplace for trading Coretime on the Polkadot network, offering more flexible procurement methods for existing and new projects. The marketplace will enable the trading of Coretime regions, with a variety of properties, including active and inactive regions. The project aims to reduce deployment and operational costs for projects on Polkadot, enabling more teams to bring their projects to production. The proposal includes three main components: the core of the market, order processor, and reward system. The project will attract Coretime traders, who will compete to make the best offers for Coretime procurement.

RegionX | Coretime Marketplace for Polkadot

- A group is requesting 1,000,000 DOT to help a project called StellaSwap.
- The goal is to make more people use and trade on Polkadot.
- StellaSwap is a special trading platform that helps find good prices for assets.
- The money will make the market stronger by increasing the trading options available.
- They want to make Polkadot more popular and active through increased trading. 
- StellaSwap already has a lot of users and high trading amounts. 
- More funding will allow for better services and benefits for users.

StellaSwap requests 1,000,000 DOT to grow DeFi activity on Polkadot by deepening market depth and attracting liquidity. The grant will be used to increase market depth of strategic assets and foster a more efficient marketplace. The goal is to kickstart flywheel effects and increase network activity and exposure.

StellaSwap Incentive Program

- Messari wants to keep working with Polkadot to create special research reports.
- They plan to make the reports less often, just once every three months, to save money.
- Messari has been working with Parity Data to get good data for these reports.
- The reports will be shared with 350,000 subscribers and big research companies.
- The total cost for this project is $120,000, and it will be paid in DOT.
- There is an extra 10% added to help with price changes.

Messari wants to renew its engagement with Polkadot to provide quarterly institutional-grade research reports for $120k payable in DOT with a 10% premium. Reports will be sent to 350,000 subscribers and traditional research platforms.

Continuation of work through Messari Protocol Services

### Anti-Scam Bounty Referendum

- **Purpose**: To protect the community from scams by tracking and removing scam activities, supporting victims, and promoting user safety through education.
- **Duration**: The bounty has been running for two years.
- **Current Achievements**: Funded multiple anti-scam tasks. Details can be found [here](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/bounty/11).
- **Proposal**: A top-up to continue and expand anti-scam efforts. More details in the [proposal document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c2gOWkyWkawAh7S-ov4T9QZYY0LsFuc8oylF2KaGaII).
- **Spending Report**: A report on spends since the last top-up is available [here](https://polkadot.antiscam.team/bounty/anti-scam-bounty-spends-report-february-2023-february-2024/).

WHO: Polkadot community

WHAT: Top up the Anti-Scam Bounty to protect the community from scams by tracking/pruning scam activities, supporting scam victims, and promoting user safety via educational initiatives.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Details of the top-up and estimated breakdown can be found in the proposal document.

Polkadot Anti-scam Team Bounty Top-up

- PolkaWorld is asking for money to work for the next year. 
- They plan to create 288 articles and 60 online livestreams.
- PolkaWorld will also make 48 short educational videos and 12 interviews.
- They manage two social media accounts, one in English and one in Chinese.
- PolkaWorld has successfully received funds from the Polkadot Treasury 11 times.
- They have completed all their work well and shared reports for the last 32 months.
- The proposal includes a story about what PolkaWorld does.

PolkaWorld requests operational funds for 288 articles, 60 online livestreams, 48 educational short videos, 12 ecosystem interviews, and media channel management. The proposal highlights their successful track record and offers more details in the provided link.

PolkaWorld Ops and Maintenance proposal：2024.4 - 2025.3

- Goku is asking the community for 900 DOT as a retroactive tip for his contributions since August 2023.
- He has made many posts, videos, and graphics about technology and storytelling over the past 1.5 years.
- Goku's content has gained a total of 935,000 views.
- He has attracted various important followers, from those with hundreds of thousands to around 50,000 followers.
- He is involved in supporting new content creators at WagMedia and recently joined Polkadot's social media editorial board.
- Goku has worked on creative projects like graphics and memes to explain Polkadot clearly.
- He also engages in discussions and defends Polkadot on social media platforms.

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WHO: Goku

WHAT: Requesting a retroactive tip for contributions to the ecosystem from August 2023 until today, including bridging tech talk with storytelling across social platforms through posts, threads, memes, videos, and graphics.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Total requested is 900 DOT. No specific timeframe or resources mentioned.

Retroactive Tip For Solo Content Creation

Polkadot Brazil and Codigo Brazuca are planning an academy to teach Polkadot technology. They want to train 100 developers in Rust, Substrate, and Ink! programming languages. This will help Brazil become a leader in blockchain technology. The academy will have online and in-person classes. This will help create jobs and new opportunities in Brazil. Codigo Brazuca is an education project that helps people learn technology skills and find jobs. They work on web3 and blockchain projects. The academy will cost 96,600 USD dot price (10,17 USD).

Proposal: Codigo Brazuca + Polkadot Brazil - Tech Academy - from Basic to Advanced  -  8 Months Track

- Pinkdrop is a fun, free browser game that introduces players to the Polkadot ecosystem by merging balls representing Parachains.
- Players aim to create a larger Polkadot ball and score points, with a leaderboard to show the top players.
- The game has been very popular, with over 225,000 sessions played in just 4 weeks after its launch in December 2023.
- A new mobile app and features like daily tournaments and player-versus-player mode are proposed to make the game even better.
- PINK is a friendly community that promotes positivity while introducing more people to Polkadot.
- The Pinkdrop game grew naturally without spending on advertising; players shared their scores on social media.
- The goal is to expand the game and keep attracting more players to the Polkadot ecosystem.

The Pinkdrop game seeks funding to create a mobile app and implement daily on-chain tournaments and player-versus-player mode. The new features aim to enhance user engagement, foster community growth, and attract new people to the Polkadot ecosystem. The Pink community wants to continue promoting its positive ethos and introduce Polkadot to a wider audience. See full proposal for more details.

Pinkdrop: Powering User Engagement and Ecosystem Growth

### Polkadot Hydration Campaign

- **Goal**: Attract liquidity to the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Amount Requested**: 1,000,000 DOT.
- **Purpose**: Fund a liquidity mining program.
- **Assets Included**: DOT, iBTC, vDOT, and native stablecoins.
- **Impact**: Increase trading efficiency and ecosystem health.
- **Parallel Proposal**: LP 1,000,000 DOT into the HydraDX Omnipool.
- **Governance**: Approved by HydraDX token-holders.
- **Previous Discussion**: Increased from 500,000 DOT to 1,000,000 DOT based on feedback.

HydraDX Treasury is requesting 1,000,000 DOT to fund a liquidity mining program to attract liquidity and attention to the Polkadot ecosystem. The program will provide incentives for LPing into DOT, 8+ ecosystem assets, iBTC, vDOT, and native stablecoins. The proposal was ratified by HydraDX token-holder governance, and the full proposal can be found in the provided links.

Polkadot Hydration: Liquidity Incentives

### Summary of Proposal

- **Objective**: Increase DOT liquidity in the HydraDX Omnipool.
- **Requested Amount**: 1,000,000 DOT.
- **Method**: Non-custodial and decentralized, with funds controlled by Polkadot Protocol and OpenGov.
- **Current Liquidity**: Over 690,000 DOT and 560,000 vDOT already in the Omnipool.
- **Benefits**: Better order execution for DOT trades, aiding ecosystem projects and Treasury diversification.
- **Related Proposal**: A parallel proposal suggests 1,000,000 DOT for liquidity incentives.
- **Previous Discussion**: Initial request was 500,000 DOT, increased to 1,000,000 DOT based on feedback.
- **Full Details**: Available in the [full proposal document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f66CtFkJZmvVeAbKc_ivBRrmcR0FnG63QGUgywca_x8/edit).

Polkadot proposes to add 1,000,000 DOT as liquidity into the HydraDX Omnipool in a decentralized and non-custodial manner, with the funds remaining under the control of the Polkadot Protocol and OpenGov. The requested DOT would add to an existing 690k+ DOT (and 560k+ vDOT) which is already LPed into the Omnipool. The proposal aims to strengthen DOT on-chain liquidity and provide better order execution for anyone trading DOT on HydraDX. The requested amount is 1,000,000 DOT, and the proposal was made on 08-03-24.

Polkadot Hydration: Treasury LP

- Polkadot Treasury is helping with the maintenance of software called ORML and other public projects.
- The Acala team is doing most of this work, but others are also helping.
- Some contributors' efforts weren't included in the funding proposal.
- A person named Bryan mentioned this issue in comments.
- There is a suggestion to reward a contributor named CertainLach.
- CertainLach has worked on ORML for the past year.
- Their work can be seen on a special website for the project.

Polkadot Treasury will fund maintenance work on ORML and Chopsticks public goods. A proposal suggests tipping CertainLach, who has contributed to ORML for the past year, as their work was not covered by the previous proposal.

Tip for maintenance of the ORML pallets

Games Bounty (retry)

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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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