- The community is working on a plan to help protect people from scams.
- They want to increase the money for the Anti-Scam Bounty, which helps with tracking scams and supporting victims.
- The bounty has been active for three years and funded many important tasks.
- They are asking for $463,712 to keep their work going.
- Thanks to some new tools, they have cut their team's budget by 30%.
- More information about their accomplishments and goals is available in a document.

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- Volmex Labs wants to work with Transistor to add new trading tools to a special online exchange using Polkadot.
- They are asking for $375,000 to help pay for this project over three years.
- The goal is to provide advanced trading tools that help more people use the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The project involves creating smart contracts, security checks, and improving how users can trade.
- They will also handle legal rules and plan to attract users through marketing.
- Success will be measured by checking how fast transactions are and how many people are trading.
- The team has experts in finance and technology to ensure everything works well.
- They will keep everyone informed with regular updates on their progress.

Volmex Protocol Integration with Polkadot DEX Ecosystem 

- Subsquid Lab is asking for funding to help pay for the upkeep of their SQD Archives, which hold important data for Polkadot and Kusama.
- They want to receive 58,852.91 DOT, worth about $264,838.09.
- The archives provide access to past blockchain data which is used by many popular applications.
- Recently, the demand for this archival data increased a lot, and the team improved their infrastructure to meet the needs.
- They launched a new version of their network, making it more decentralized and secure.
- The team also improved their tools for developers to make building applications easier.
- Over the last quarter, they served a large amount of data and handled many requests from users.

SQD (fka Subsquid) - Public data indexing Infrastructure for Polkadot and Kusama (Q2 2024)

- A proposal to change a setting called setNDelayTranches from 89 to 213 was made.
- This change will help reduce the number of assignments for each candidate.
- The number of assignments will go from about 5.61 to 2.33.
- This change will help manage situations where some validators do not show up.
- It will lessen the impact of no-show validators on how quickly things are done.
- This new setting has already been tested on a network called kusama and worked as expected.

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[Whitelisted Caller] Increasing nDelayTranches from 89 to 213

- A bounty started on December 15, 2024, to help with technical solutions for business development.
- After 10 months, there was almost no activity, and only 1 child bounty was granted.
- People said the bounty could be useful, but no one took action to use it.
- The bounty was extended twice, but no new activity happened.
- Some teams found their own solutions without needing the bounty.
- Saxemberg supports closing the bounty because it hasn’t been used.
- No new solutions or changes were proposed during the discussion.
- The bounty will likely stay inactive, so closing it is the best option.

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Closing Bounty 49. Technical Support Bounty.

- The proposal outlines how the Marketing Bounty (MB) can work with service providers (SPs) for marketing projects related to Polkadot.
- The Polkadot Community Foundation (PCF) will act as the legal partner for these contracts.
- The MB helps SPs who need a legal address or payments in regular money (fiat).
- A special account called a "legal fund" will be created to manage costs for contracts and payments to SPs.
- Standard contracts will be made to save time and money, but custom contracts can be created if needed.
- The PCF will set up an account to manage payments and will work with the MB on contract processes.
- All agreements must follow the law in the Cayman Islands and Polkadot's rules and goals.

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Polkadot Community Foundation: Allow the Marketing Bounty to Execute Formal Contracts through the Polkadot Community Foundation

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The Gray Paper Reader is a tool that helps people work with the Gray Paper for JAM, the next generation of Polkadot Cloud. It makes sharing, annotating, and tracking changes in the document easier. The tool is open-source and already used by the community. FluffyLabs.dev, the creator of the tool, is asking for support to keep improving it.

The Gray Paper is important because it explains JAM in detail, but it's not easy to read and understand. There are over 20 teams working on JAM, and they all need to read the Gray Paper. The Gray Paper changes over time, and it's hard to keep track of these changes.

The Gray Paper Reader solves some problems with the PDF version of the Gray Paper. It's hard to share a part of the document, and notes can get lost when the document is updated. The Gray Paper Reader has features like an archive of different versions, easy switching between versions, and sharing short links to specific parts of the document.

The Gray Paper Reader is already being used a lot in the official chat room for the Gray Paper. The team behind it, FluffyLabs.dev, is asking for $21,000 to keep improving the tool. They have a plan for what they want to do in the future, and you can read more about it in their full proposal.

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[Retroactive Funding] JAM GrayPaper Reader

Brave, a privacy-focused browser, plans to integrate Polkadot functionality into its self-custody wallet, giving its over 80 million monthly active users access to the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. This integration will be done natively in Brave's core C++ architecture over 12 months, with a 24-month maintenance period for updates and optimizations. The total investment for this project is $3,000,000 USDC. The development will be divided into five milestones, covering research, relay chains support, network and parachains support, assets support, and ecosystem integration and deployment. Brave will open-source all Polkadot-related code and commit to a 24-month maintenance period. Additionally, Brave will provide a $100K ad credit to Polkadot upon proposal approval. This integration aims to make Brave Wallet a true multi-chain platform and a gateway to Web3, enabling cross-parachain transactions and dApp interactions without third-party extensions.

Polkadot + Brave Wallet: Driving Adoption Through Native Integration

The Spanish Bounty program aims to support and reward Spanish-speaking content creators in the blockchain industry. The program has identified challenges such as slow evaluation processes, lack of feedback, and the need for better communication and content impact. Proposed solutions include improved collaboration between curators and content creators, a reduced event budget cap, removal of translation rewards, and the addition of an external auditor for transparency. The goal is to maintain momentum within the Spanish-speaking community, ensure high-quality content, and foster a more active and dynamic community. The program is led by Spanish-speaking curators with knowledge in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems.

Spanish Bounty V3

RegionX parachain is a trustless marketplace for Coretime on Polkadot. It aims to help teams benefit from its features and delegate governance and revenue to DOT holders. The proposal seeks funding for deployment on Kusama and improving the Coretime Hub user interface. Polkadot is a scalable platform for hosting rollups, and attracting new teams is important. The marketplace is needed for secondary Coretime purchases, immediate use, and scaling on the go. RegionX parachain will use DOT as its native token for governance and fees, but it will not be a system chain to avoid burdening the Polkadot Fellowship.

RegionX - Coretime Marketplace Production Deployment Phase 1

The 2Days Devs Meetups is an online event for developers, entrepreneurs, and tech enthusiasts in East Africa to learn about the Polkadot ecosystem. The event will have sessions, workshops, and activities to help people use Polkadot technology. The main goals are to teach, empower, expand the community, and encourage the use of Polkadot.

The event is for people who make things with technology, people who start businesses using new tech, people who like Polkadot, and people who study new tech. It will happen on March 15-16, 2025, online with 200-300 people joining.

On the first day, there will be an introduction to Polkadot, a workshop to start building with it, and a discussion about how blockchain can help Africa. On the second day, there will be more talks about opportunities in Polkadot, short success stories, group discussions, and a showcase of projects that use Polkadot to solve problems.

The event will cost $1,800 and will be spent on speakers, marketing, the event platform, team, graphics, networking, and other things. There will be special content about Polkadot, hands-on workshops, a showcase of projects, chances to network, and resources shared after the event.

Before the event, they will choose speakers, start marketing, and open registrations. During the event, they will make sure everything runs smoothly and people can ask questions and discuss. After the event, they will share recordings and a report, and keep the community engaged.

The event is organized with DevCommunity.io and Uptodate Developers, and led by Dan Baruka, who is a leader in these communities and a Polkadot Ambassador. This event will help people learn about Polkadot, grow the community, and get more people to use Polkadot technology.

2Days Devs Meetups with Polkadot (East Africa Community)

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- Bounty #62 curators are chosen by the Polkadot community.
- Four curators are proposed: DonDiegoSanchez, CoinStudio, Matthias (Scytale), and Amforc.
- They will work together using a 2-of-4 multisig system.
- Matthias joined as an extra curator after community feedback.

Set Curators for Legal Bounty

Das Modular is a German event agency with over 20 years of experience in creating exceptional events and audiovisual solutions. They specialize in unforgettable events, impactful trade show presentations, dynamic multi-display shows, and innovative 3D mapping for large-scale projections. They have proposed a state-of-the-art Polkadot event booth to elevate the ecosystem's presence at major blockchain events.

The booth design features a striking black/dark background with bright pink accent lighting, a distinctive floating pink dots pattern creating a dynamic wave effect across the ceiling, and a clean, modern aesthetic with a floating canopy structure. The layout includes an open plan design with multiple circular meeting tables, several display/presentation areas around the perimeter, a central column/tower with Polkadot branding, and curved architectural elements defining the space.

The booth includes functional elements such as multiple high-top tables and seating areas for conversations, digital screens for presentations or demos, branded sections suggesting partnership or ecosystem displays, and good traffic flow with open pathways. The branding features prominent Polkadot logos on multiple sides, brand colors (pink/white) used consistently, and the dot pattern cleverly references the Polkadot name and blockchain concept.

The booth also includes sophisticated LED integration in the ceiling structure, warm floor lighting creating an inviting atmosphere, and accent lighting highlighting key brand elements. The design is modular, adaptable to various event requirements, and includes technology integration capabilities such as interactive demonstrations of Polkadot's multi-chain architecture, real-time network statistics and ecosystem visualization, professional presentation and broadcast capabilities, and a three-sided scalable LED Wall.

The booth also serves as an ecosystem showcase with dedicated spaces for parachain team demonstrations, flexible areas for workshops and collaborative sessions, and professional meeting facilities for high-value discussions. It also acts as an education hub with interactive displays explaining core concepts, governance, and others, technical workshop facilities, and a documentation and resource center.

Das Modular's professional background includes extensive event production experience, deep blockchain technology understanding, professional trade fair construction expertise, and comprehensive technical capabilities. They operate from their integrated facility in Wiesbaden, maintaining 3,500 sqm production capacity, 7,000 sqm dedicated storage, professional workshop and testing facilities, and comprehensive quality control systems.

Polkadot Immersive Event Booth

Brad, a popular video-game streamer, is requesting $25,000 for promoting Polkadot on various platforms like TikTok, Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, and Discord. From July 10, 2024, to January 27, 2025, he displayed a large neon Polkadot logo and discussed Polkadot during live-streams, resulting in about 20 million total video and stream views. His audience is mostly young people under 35 years old. Brad plans to use some of the funds to expand his reach and collaborate with other content creators to grow his audience.

 Live-Streamer Retroactive Proposal

The Treasury Proposal is about integrating QMDB Core into Substrate Storage. QMDB is a storage system that will help make Substrate faster and better. The project will happen in four steps:

1. Make QMDB work with Substrate (3 weeks, 2,000 DOT)
2. Create a way to organize the stored information (2 weeks, 1,500 DOT)
3. Test everything to make sure it works (1 week, 750 DOT)
4. Put it on a test network and make it better (1 week, 750 DOT)

The team working on this has experience with Polkadot and has worked on similar projects before. They will use the Rust language and some tools to help them deploy and watch the project.

This project will make Substrate better by making it faster and more efficient. But it won't have some advanced features like full prefix search functionality. The team will test the project a lot to make sure it works well before using it on the main network.

Polkadot is a good place for this project because it wants to make fast and scalable blockchain systems. This project will help make Polkadot's storage better and faster.

QMDB Core Integration for Substrate Storage Enhancement

Six, a former Ambassador and Head Ambassador for Polkadot, is being recognized for his past work. He helped many people join Polkadot and was a voice of reason during the early days of the new Head Ambassador program. He tried to build consensus and maintain good relationships with everyone. 

The person suggesting this tip thinks Six's contributions are worth recognizing, and they are offering him USDT 20k, which is about half of what others have received for their work in the program. Six also wrote an article about his journey with Polkadot, which you can read here: [Six's Polkadot Journey](https://medium.com/@six_65870/polkadots-path-forward-vision-for-entering-a-realistic-market-7c4849e9842a).

Tip for Six

- Reduces the cost of moving assets from Polkadot to Ethereum.
- Prepares for a new feature to support native Ether on Polkadot.
- Sets the minimum balance for Ether to 15000 Gwei.
- Defines Ether's details: Name = Ether, Symbol = ETH, Decimals = 18.

Snowbridge: Register Ether Asset and Lower Bridge Fees

WebZero team represented Polkadot at Consensus in Austin by hosting a Blockspace Mansion for five days. They also managed the Polkadot track sponsorship at the EasyA hackathon. The event was a success, with 535 guests and 21 team submissions. The team focused on marketing, hosting, and managing events to attract teams and promote Polkadot. The Blockspace Mansion provided a casual and inviting atmosphere for guests and helped put Polkadot in front of a larger audience. Contact: info@joinwebzero.com, WebZero TG Chat. Full proposal and requested amount can be found in the provided links.

Retroactive Funding Proposal For The Blockspace @Coindesk Consensus 

G2 Esports and Moon-Bearer have submitted a proposal to bring an active community into Polkadot and grow them into engaged, knowledgeable, and frequent users. The partnership aims to redefine "sponsorship" as "onboarding-ship" by offering a fresh and tailored approach that creates real users within the Polkadot ecosystem. The proposal duration is 15 months, from 1.3.2025 to 31.5.2026, and the amount requested is 495,030.0 DOT.

The partnership focuses on the entire user funnel, including attraction, engagement, and retention. It aims to increase awareness, drive genuine usage growth, and turn digital-savvy fans into Polkadot users. The onboarding strategy includes QR-based onboarding, dynamic QR-code activations, smart incentive funnels, gamified learning, and real impact.

Key points of the partnership include:
- Attracting interest through fan-facing activations
- Actively onboarding fans into the Polkadot ecosystem with zero barriers to entry
- Incentivizing fans to continue discovering, deep-diving, and learning more about Polkadot
- Integrating QR codes into fan-facing activations for seamless entry into Polkadot via the Nova Wallet
- Tailoring QR codes to bespoke activations, leading to specific calls to action
- Enhancing fan experiences and building their understanding of Polkadot through Discord
- Earning rewards via the Nova Wallet and engaging with Polkadot
- Transforming G2 fans from non-users to active ecosystem participants and Polkadot enthusiasts

5.65% of the proposal ask will be kept in DOT for minting fees within the Polkadot ecosystem, and any unused amount after the year of partnership will be returned. The partnership aims to deliver continuous touchpoints for one full year, with regular fan interactions, active ecosystem growth, and flexibility in messaging to align with Polkadot's ongoing events.

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Fine-tuned and Dedicated Onboarding Strategy into Polkadot

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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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