- The DeFi Infra & Tooling Bounty helps Polkadot grow by funding tools and apps.
- It has already funded 30 projects, spending less money than expected.
- They are asking for 1 million DOT to keep supporting new projects.
- The money will help build apps for the new Polkadot Hub.
- Part of the funds will go to a new DeFi Builders Program.
- The bounty has been successful and efficient so far.
- This top-up will help Polkadot stay strong in DeFi.
- The proposal is now being voted on.

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DeFi Infrastructure & Tooling Bounty Top-Up by Velocity Labs & Co

- A new wallet called "Polkadot To The People" is being made for people who are not tech experts.
- It will be easy to use, with simple words and steps.
- People can hold, send, receive, and stake DOT tokens without confusion.
- It will work on phones and the web.
- A marketing plan will help more people learn about Polkadot.
- The goal is to help new users join Polkadot quickly and easily.
- The first step is to research what users need and design the wallet.

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The "Polka-Simple Wallet" Initiative: Building and Marketing a Layman's Wallet for Mass Adoption

- Polkawatch helps keep Polkadot decentralized.
- They released new tools and improved their data.
- Polkadot is now one of the most decentralized blockchains.
- Their tools are used by many apps and people.
- It costs about $1.50 per user each year to run.
- They are asking for funding to keep working in 2025.
- They plan to update for Polkadot 2.0.
- They are long-term supporters of Polkadot.

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Polkawatch, Decentralization Analytics, Infrastructure and Maintenance 2025

- This is about changing a rule for how messages are sent between blockchains.
- Right now, up to 1,000 messages can wait in a line on the relay chain.
- The proposal is to make that number only 25 for new channels.
- This helps keep the system from getting too crowded if a blockchain is slow.
- Old channels will keep the old limit of 1,000.
- If needed, a custom limit can still be set for special cases.
- This change is being voted on by the Fellowship group.

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[Whitelisted Caller] Reduce the number of pending messages allowed in an HRMP channel

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[Referendum Canceller] Referendum #1739

[Whitelisted Caller] Wrong call - please ignore

- The Polkadot Community Foundation has a five-member board.
- Two of these directors are chosen by the community.
- Their job is to help the community talk to the Foundation.
- They guide people on making proposals and check that work gets done.
- They must be fair, honest, and share information openly.
- Anyone can run to be a director if they know Polkadot well.
- Directors can be removed if the community votes to do so.
- The goal is to make sure the community’s voice is heard.

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Polkadot Community Foundation - Community Directors Election and Removal Process

- This is a vote to fix a bug in Polkadot.
- The bug caused problems on Kusama.
- The fix is for version 1.6.2.
- It will happen at a specific block and time.
- It must happen before another upgrade.
- The other upgrade was paused for this.
- You can read more in the release notes.

[Whitelisted Caller] Runtime Upgrade to v1.6.2

- Polkadot AssetHub added onchain metadata for 23 ERC-20 tokens
- Tokens include sUSDe, WETH, PEPE, LDO, and sUSDS
- Also includes LBTC, EURC, SKY, and MYTH
- Other tokens are CGT2.0, TRAC, tBTC, and wstETH
- TONCOIN, DAI, SHIB, and XRT are included
- WBTC, TBTC, KILT, LINK, and AAVE are also registered
- Frequency token was registered on Ethereum

[Whitelisted Caller] Update ERC-20 asset metadata on AssetHub and register Frequency token on Ethereum

The Events Bounty is a program that helps organize and fund events for the Polkadot community.

- It started in May/June 2024 and is asking for 500,000 DOT for 6 months.
- It has approved 146 proposals for events like meetups and conferences.
- It saved $950,000 by negotiating better deals.
- It returned 85,572 DOT to the bounty through careful reporting.
- It plans to grow the Roots program to build local communities.
- The team will have 6 curators instead of 7.
- Curators will be paid 70 EUR per hour.
- It will create a resource center with tips and graphics for event organizers.

Events Bounty Top Up Proposal | AUG 2025

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- Polkadot and Kusama are updating their bridge security team.
- A new group of five people will manage the bug bounty program.
- They are adding two new bridges: Snowbridge and Hyperbridge.
- No money has been paid from the bounty yet because there wasn’t much activity.
- They are working with Hacken to get more security researchers interested.
- The team will review rewards and make the program more visible.
- Two previous members, Jeroen and Kirill, are leaving—thank you for your help!
- A similar update is happening on Kusama at the same time.

Referendum Update for Polkadot and Kusama Bridge Bounties - New curation team

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**Subsquid Labs Q4 2024 Funding Request**

**Summary:**
- **Goal:** Request $164,840.20 for maintaining public SQD Archives for Polkadot and parachains in Q4 2024.
- **Who:** Subsquid Lab Official (based in Zug, Switzerland).
- **Why:** Public archives are essential free infrastructure for developers, wallets, and parachains.
- **Changes:** Reduced costs by using community-aligned engineering rates ($27/hour instead of $100/hour).

**Key Points:**
- Public archives help developers access blockchain data without running their own servers.
- Used by projects like Talisman, Polkassembly, and RMRK.
- In Q4 2024, archives grew to 11.68 TiB of data and served over 2.3 million requests.
- Funding covers only public services, not commercial products.
- Engineering costs were lowered to meet community expectations.

**Cost Breakdown:**
- Most costs are for cloud services (like Google Cloud and OVHCloud).
- Engineering and maintenance costs were reduced to $14,009.76.
- Total request is $164,840.20, down $143,863.80 from the previous proposal.

**Conclusion:**
- Work is already done; seeking retroactive funding.
- Supports free, reliable data access for the Polkadot ecosystem.

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SQD (fka Subsquid) - Public Data Indexing Infrastructure for Polkadot (Q4 2024) V2

- Polkadot wants to buy USDT and USDC stablecoins.
- They will trade DOT for stablecoins a little each day.
- This helps the Treasury pay for things without worrying about price changes.
- They will trade 1,320,000 DOT for USDT and the same for USDC.
- Trades happen every 4 minutes using a tool called DCA.
- Stablecoins go to the Polkadot Asset Hub when enough is collected.
- The process takes about 183 days and costs a small fee.

Referendum #1729 - OpenGov proposal: Treasury USDT & USDC.

- Polkadot wants to buy USDT and USDC stablecoins to pay for things without worrying about price changes.
- They plan to trade 2,640,000 DOT for equal amounts of USDT and USDC.
- They will use a special tool to trade a little bit every day for about 6 months.
- This helps avoid big price swings and saves money on fees.
- They will also lend 1,000,000 DOT to earn extra yield.
- The stablecoins will be sent to the Polkadot Asset Hub for safekeeping.
- This proposal is similar to an earlier one but includes extra steps for lending.

Referendum #1728 - OpenGov proposal: Treasury USDT, USDC & aDOT acquisition

Subscan is a tool that helps people see and understand information on the Polkadot blockchain.

- It shows data like transactions, accounts, and network activity.
- Subscan is asking for money to keep running and improving.
- The money will pay for servers, storage, and developers.
- They support 10 different Polkadot and test networks.
- They fixed bugs and added new features.
- They removed ads to make the website better for users.
- The total amount requested is $184,665.
- This helps developers, validators, and users use Polkadot easily.

Subscan Q4 2024 – Q2 2025 Funding Proposal: Basic Service Fee & Development Cost for the Polkadot and Westend Ecosystems

Correction Notice: Proposal Submitted in Error – Kindly Vote Nay

- Bastian Köcher is a rank 6 member of the Polkadot Fellowship.
- He is applying to keep his rank for six months, from March to September 2025.
- He works on making blocks faster, called "BastiBlocks," which are almost ready.
- He fixed a serious security problem in Polkadot very quickly.
- He gave a talk about CorePlay, a tool for on-chain programs.
- He helps people with Polkadot questions online.
- He helps manage the Fellowship runtimes and voting.

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Retain Bastian Köcher at Fellowship Rank VI

- A new search engine called JAM Search helps developers find information faster.
- It collects JAM knowledge from many places into one easy-to-use website.
- This tool helps new teams learn about JAM and saves time for everyone.
- You can try it at search.fluffylabs.dev.
- The team behind it is asking for funding to keep it running.
- They have built other helpful tools for Polkadot before.
- The proposal was shared and discussed with the community.

Retroactive Funding for JAM Search

- There was a mistake in a proposal.
- The account for receiving funds was wrong.
- A new proposal has been made with a safer account.
- Please vote "Nay" on the old one.
- Support the new proposal instead.
- The team is sorry for the error.
- Thank you for your trust and votes.

The Fellowship UI project on Subsquare is asking for funding to add new features. Here are the main points:

- The team has already built basic features for the Fellowship.
- They want to add new tools like task lists, member pages, and evidence discussions.
- They plan to improve how referendums and member applications work.
- The budget request is $160,800.
- They are asking the community to vote "nay" because the project will now be handled under a Fellowship program instead.

Nay please. Fellowship will handle this proposal | Subsquare fellowship support milestone 3

- This vote turns on a new feature called RFC103 for Polkadot.
- It will start on September 8th at block 27677196.
- RFC103 helps parachains use more than one core safely.
- It is required for parachains that want to use elastic scaling.
- The same feature was already turned on for Kusama.
- More information is available in a forum post.
- The Fellowship whitelist approved this vote.

[Whitelisted Caller] Enable RFC103

- Polkadot Américas is a community in Latin America.
- It helps people learn about Polkadot.
- They made live shows and special events for 3 months.
- They have groups on Telegram, X/Twitter, and Instagram.
- They gave 11 scholarships for a Polkadot school.
- They want funding for their past work.

(Retroactive) for the Consolidation of the Polkadot Américas Community and its Contributions

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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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