- The Polkadot Hub is a new bar and coworking space in Barcelona for the Polkadot community.
- It will combine fun bar experiences with opportunities for working, networking, and learning about cryptocurrencies.
- Barcelona is chosen because it's a lively city and a growing tech hub, attracting many entrepreneurs and businesses.
- The hub will feature a Polkadot-themed bar, coworking areas, and regular events about Polkadot and blockchain.
- Profits will be used to pay staff, buy Polkadot, and expand the hub to more locations.
- Decisions will be made together with the community through a voting system.
- The team behind the project includes Marc and his family, who have experience in the restaurant business.
- People can contact Marc through WhatsApp or Instagram for more information.

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WHO: The Polkadot Hub team, led by entrepreneur Marc and his family with expertise in the restaurant business.

WHAT: Create a Polkadot-themed bar and coworking space in Barcelona, offering a unique experience that combines bar culture with business networking and collaboration opportunities.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The project requires an initial investment of 150,000 Polkadots for real estate acquisition, furniture, equipment, licenses, and marketing. The profits obtained will be used to pay staff, cover expenses, invest in promotions, and buy Polkadot for staking earnings. The team also plans to expand with more locations throughout Barcelona or even other parts of the country and the world.

Propuesta de polkadot cafe/coworking

Rejected

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Please vote NAY - Resubmitted as #1014

- The call activates a node feature needed for Elastic Scaling MVP.
- Block authors will start sending core index data to the runtime.
- Referenda must be done before "core time" on Polkadot.
- Core time lets parachains have more than one core per relay block.
- Parachains with multiple cores need core index data to work.
- The referenda is listed on https://collectives.subsquare.io/fellowship/referenda/173.

Executed

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WHO: Polkadot network

WHAT: Enable a node feature for Elastic Scaling MVP to provide core index of parachain candidates to the runtime before core time arrives on Polkadot.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

[Whitelisted Caller] Enable Elastic Scaling MVP node feature

- 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.

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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

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test proposal

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

[Whitelisted Caller] Upgrade BridgeHub: v1.2.8

### 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

Polkadot has reached its 1000th referendum, a significant milestone. Polkadot is known for its decentralization, large DAO, and innovative technology. The network is celebrating its 2.0 version and a new website launch. Polkadot's core values include empowering DOT holders, having a strong community, and being innovative. This milestone is an opportunity to invite others to join the Polkadot community.

As we mark the milestone of our 1000th referendum, let's take a moment to celebrate and cherish the strengths of Polkadot, and collectively wish for their continued endurance. Our passionate community, the world's largest DAO, and our groundbreaking technology have always set us apart. In the spirit of Polkadot 2.0 and on the cusp of the network’s new website launch, we honor the core values that make Polkadot truly exceptional: true decentralization, which empowers every DOT holder to have a say in shaping the network; a vibrant community of developers, projects, and passionate users; and a legacy of trailblazing innovation that is always one step ahead. This huge milestone is a perfect opportunity to invite the rest of the cryptosphere to explore all the Polkadot has to offer, and to become active participants in our community. -Distractive Crew P.s. it was fun to see you all at Decoded - https://x.com/Polkadot/status/1813210880567296059

WHO: Polkadot community

WHAT: Celebrating the 1000th referendum and honoring the core values of Polkadot 2.0

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified

A Wish for Continuity: Celebrating Polkadot's Core Values

### Polkadot Alliance Dissolution Proposal

- **Purpose**: The Polkadot Alliance was created to recognize ecosystem contributors and establish community standards.
- **Ratification**: Formed through governance in Referendum 94.
- **Inactivity**: The collective has never become operational since its formation.
- **Proposal**: Suggestion to dissolve the collective due to its lack of activity.
- **Action**: The collective should be removed from the chain.
- **Details**: More information can be found in the blog post linked in the proposal.

Dissolve the "Polkadot Alliance" collective due to inactivity

- Integritee is adapting its request strategy after receiving feedback on a previous proposal.
- They aim to improve privacy transactions for DOT, KSM, USDT, and USDC in the "Test Emergency Interventions on Paseo" project.
- The proposal includes a budget of around 208,841 USDT for their work in Q3'24.
- Integritee offers privacy features like easy shielding and unshielding, fast transaction times, and scalable systems.
- They want to make privacy technology available to everyone and comply with regulations.
- Their financial plan includes paying back a soft-loan to the treasury from their earnings. 
- There are resources available to learn more about their presentations and talks on privacy.

Integritee proposes to work on productive privacy sidechains for Polkadot chains and others for 187,050 CHF (~208,841 USDT) in Q3'24. They aim to offer private transactions of DOT, KSM, USDT, USDC, etc., with a one-click shielding and unshielding feature, 1s confirmation time, and scalability to >1M tps through sharding of L2. They will pay back the soft-loan with a 10% premium and 30% of their gross fee revenue until repayment.

Incognitee: Privacy Sidechains (Soft Loan Q3'24)

- 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)

Dear Polkadot Community, We are deeply grateful for your interest and for the messages we have received. From what we understand, this might not be the best time. We will remain in contact with the community. We did not expect to have so many fans within the Polkadot ecosystem. Thank you once again

Edit: Thanks

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.

**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 - October, November, December](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTt8hIvba3Nf_-uUsmpOGz0z_Ap795O7eLWBlr5zUHLaoS2QvBYkFv1uLJB_qYJe0F0MJF_GJsiWlYq/pubhtml)

**Giant Squid raw data:** [Giant Squid Infrastructure Metrics - October, November, December](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSMxW25IKcrspRLfpMwIGbF5SlregAk-6Qy0xded0kN19o3h3JCeGvau9L6Fqj2L7VwxYiIy9tn566-/pubhtml)

**Requested DOT:** 37,174.81 DOT + 12,082.84 DOT = 49 257.65 DOT = $288,157.30

**Previous proposals:** [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/372](372)

**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://docs.subsquid.io/subsquid-network/reference/substrate-networks/)

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 (+ Giant Squid API)
-   KodaDot
-   ChainSafe
-   Multix
-   Phala dApp
-   Subsocial + Polkaverse
-   Stellaswap
-   Beamswap
-   Polkascan (+ Giant Squid API)
-   Calamar (+ Giant Squid 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://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdbdIOcRdRERvkWss94_qu-bAjkB4JLjoTv_Lfo7RAwrwaIC-oKLhvQGz7jgXQj5lmqlfXYs_1qCs7SmLKrvywlDkmfjAN_bin7B8mRBxc_Lmq4HzWexFpXCIB9pWMhx6POf3ZEsNhuuwOw7sGu2BfgZl4j?key=bpPDTfu4iLZsv2HymaQIfA)

Over the fourth Quarter of 2023 we've provided a free public data indexing service for 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
-   aleph-zero
-   aleph-zero-testnet
-   altair
-   amplitude
-   astar
-   bajun
-   basilisk
-   bifrost
-   bifrost-polkadot
-   bitcountry-pioneer
-   calamari
-   centrifuge
-   cere
-   collectives
-   composable-finance
-   crab
-   crust
-   darwinia
-   elysium
-   elysium-testnet
-   equilibrium
-   exosama
-   foucoco
-   frequency
-   frequency-testnet
-   gear-testnet
-   gmordie
-   hashed
-   heiko
-   hydradx
-   integritee-network
-   interlay
-   invarch-tinkernet
-   joystream
-   kabocha
-   karura
-   khala
-   kilt
-   kintsugi
-   kusama
-   kylin
-   litentry
-   litmus
-   manta
-   matrix
-   moonbase
-   moonbeam
-   moonriver
-   moonsama
-   myriad
-   myriad-testnet
-   origin-trail
-   pangolin
-   pangoro
-   parallel
-   peaq
-   pendulum
-   phala
-   picasso
-   polkadex
-   polkadot
-   polymesh
-   reef
-   reef-testnet
-   robonomics
-   rococo
-   shibuya
-   shiden
-   soonsocial
-   sora
-   sora-testnet
-   statemine
-   statemint
-   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 and Polkascan) and wallets (e.g. SubWallet).

As of Q1 2024, Subsquid has sunsetted support for Giant Squid, with LimeChain taking over its further development, detailed in the proposal at [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/758](../treasury/758)

**Achievements**

-   **Enhanced Query Packing:** Due to optimization and better filtering, archive queries have become more accurate and stable. Now, significantly fewer queries are needed to retrieve the necessary chain data, reducing the load on the infrastructure. It is worth noting that the response size has increased as fewer queries are required to obtain the same data.
-   **ArrowSquid 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.
-   **Decentralizing Archives:** launched public testnet on CoinList with over 40.000 participants ([https://coinlist.co/subsquid-testnet).](https://coinlist.co/subsquid-testnet\).) Several thousand indexers in the Subsquid testnet were deployed to index Moonbeam, a Polkadot parachain.
-   Subsquid is powering ≈ 650 live projects in Q4 2023
-   The biggest Polkadot projects have fully migrated or are in the process of finishing the migration from FireSquid to ArrowSquid, including: Polkassembly, Subsocial, HydraDX, KodaDot, Talisman, Multix Multisig , RMRK, Apillon, StellaSwap
-   Support continues to be added for new and upcoming Polkadot projects, including new and burgeoning partnerships and Archive implementations with Polimec Protocol, Acurast, Watr, and others.

**Statistics and data**

**![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXezuWcCkyxRCr8GYZXJgzx-QbBsToZGmKFB4KuxPNoS1bovd4IkTf24xmINZujjO_E09pYyViKZ34iAnuWDOZ_UD6ngXrIQYia5lB_QyJXG8HqqLPQYVa9i566NvXYDT6VshNCoyPxXgG80X55q6CEUso1Y?key=bpPDTfu4iLZsv2HymaQIfA)**

**![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfL6oO9Tz8fndbipgwVaIPvgYy9fKRuqClpXAWOmwtFMtJcngF3j5jIKwsuLYaZcWP5mIQywQUiRK3nckaXznRBNabyqCQFzdrer05uIqDIVb2M5A2jw-g5QAXrDJ7yalGwEqkxWL635mQHwHAUOA74rc9s?key=bpPDTfu4iLZsv2HymaQIfA)**

**Over the course of Q4 2023:**

-   Served a total of 1,325,237,833 (~1.32 billion) queries to the substrate based archives in Q4 2023
-   Served ~500m monthly archive requests for substrate based archives
-   The highest daily total responses have been 19.15m in a single 24 hour period for substrate
-   The decrease in queries reflects an ongoing shift to Firesquid, largely attributed to a substantially improved query structure that optimizes performance.

**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://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcxget-p3dtPwd1mI98yp3Unv5wmL4fE-RoDkD6mX8jrg4cyvwSdR8XHmhLTZihIsyloVncDpY-x-1n5J9FPBSdYB901owtvOZVB75ToODNnrbo133zKyCO-S4ylhbAv-cuDk-ppSn26Fu3IbuQQP6ut8Y?key=bpPDTfu4iLZsv2HymaQIfA)**

**![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdfOi3y8v-E5RA2h0O6JVIkwNBllrQbZKtlcOoSilMksIAQz5Oexi9a3v0KNziVcfdsHTDycplwdKBri6SYfswvyzpzhCBGCGpwr5MSdu9oRhGycX2w5eFCOfMK87ZUnIyLdB4SPtXeRI7doTbFEAJAo3uM?key=bpPDTfu4iLZsv2HymaQIfA)**

**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 49 257.65 DOT. Raw data for Archives can be seen [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTt8hIvba3Nf_-uUsmpOGz0z_Ap795O7eLWBlr5zUHLaoS2QvBYkFv1uLJB_qYJe0F0MJF_GJsiWlYq/pubhtml). Raw data for Giant Squid can be seen [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSMxW25IKcrspRLfpMwIGbF5SlregAk-6Qy0xded0kN19o3h3JCeGvau9L6Fqj2L7VwxYiIy9tn566-/pubhtml). The proposal is submitted towards the Polkadot treasury.

Here is a summary of the running costs for Archives, in a tabular format:

![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXeQMoFtbuLb87m7FMPUMRhlQIzSh3iCICncFTLQjYTYUliVxdVFMIv_ogC10-c3DCX5SormzeGVrU_e4fax3mLqnKWfQrIDznOsNi-jrNjR47glw3eqZ4_ylz7Auepb4D6DPb47TeO3Y0yC6hHKyz3oV9XD?key=bpPDTfu4iLZsv2HymaQIfA)

Giant Squid running costs:

![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXejqoISZBQ4_rLHHz9OORtamtkNQ1FcF8Cq2zG92b6bpVwqnPifTvkN4KYrqF2Aaxo3sOqbuzDxe6bh-EuHZzYz3VZPOLCF5xqz6Ly3YCo91X0SLIrfPcHD2GgUBGOlSDcnJlbbCCTr_QpNIXG3_cGsrZw?key=bpPDTfu4iLZsv2HymaQIfA)

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)

- This is about keeping a person named Wei in a special position.
- This decision happens every 6 months.
- Wei has been working on a project called "tinyjam."
- "Tinyjam" is meant to help with testing another project called JAM 2.0.
- The code for "tinyjam" isn't available to the public yet.
- Wei had some personal challenges in the last 6 months.
- Wei has not taken any money from the fellowship and doesn't plan to for now.

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WHO: Wei
WHAT: Proposal to retain at fellowship rank III
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: No salary claimed, retention period every 6 months, working on a project to streamline testing, codebase to be shown before next retention period.

Fellowship: Retain Wei at Rank III

- Luca Poggi is a candidate for Head Ambassador in the Polkadot Ambassadors Program.
- He plans to promote Polkadot by developing business partnerships and organizing events and education.
- Luca aims to create a welcoming community for Polkadot users, manage social media content, and hold regular discussions.
- He has experience in the crypto space since 2014 and has been involved with Polkadot since 2019.
- Luca founded Iceberg Nodes, helping secure and validate various blockchain projects, mainly within Polkadot.
- His team has organized events and created educational resources to promote Polkadot in Italy.
- If elected, Luca will manage a team to enhance Polkadot's visibility and community engagement.
- He emphasizes cooperation among projects in the Polkadot ecosystem to drive innovation and success.

Luca Poggi is running for the role of Head Ambassador in the Polkadot Ambassadors Program. He proposes a range of activities, including business development, events and initiatives, education and evangelism, and community building. He plans to establish a non-profit association to manage expenses and provide a tool to track activities publicly. His compensation breakdown includes a minimum monthly engagement equivalent to full-time capacity, with a small part allocated to an internal treasury and 80-100% allocated to pay for the hours worked on the proposed activities by the HA and team members. He has contributed to the Polkadot ecosystem and is committed to attending more Polkadot events worldwide.

Polkadot Head Ambassador Application: Luca Poggi

- UniversalDot Foundation is creating a new freelancing app.
- The app is built using a technology called Substrate.
- They have already made a simple version of the app with help from WEB3 Foundation.
- Now, they need more money (31,532 DOT) to keep developing the app.
- You can learn more about the app and discussions online.
- There are extra documents explaining the project and its details.

UniversalDot Foundation requests 31,532 DOT to continue developing a decentralized freelancing application using Substrate. The application's MVP has been built, and the funds will be used to launch and further develop the platform.

Proposal: Freelancing Platform Development 

- Tommi Enenkel, also known as Alice und Bob, is applying to be the Head Ambassador for Polkadot.
- He has experience in Web3 strategy, having co-founded ChaosDAO and OpenGov.Watch.
- Tommi holds a Master's degree in Knowledge Management and IT Security.
- He has represented Polkadot at various conferences and lectured on governance and economics.
- As Head Ambassador, he wants to mentor others and promote Polkadot both online and offline.
- He plans to produce more educational videos and engage in business development as needed.
- Tommi is focused on creating a supportive culture among ambassadors and spending time on community development.

WHO: Tommi Enenkel, also known as Alice und Bob.

WHAT: Application for Polkadot Head Ambassador.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Tommi Enenkel does not require additional pay and would only use compensation to pay for operational costs like content production and traveling to events where he represents Polkadot. He works exclusively for Polkadot and will provide the time that the role requires.

Polkadot Head Ambassador - Alice und Bob

- Polkadot and Mythical have a good partnership.  
- Mythical can do many transactions on Polkadot.  
- Polkadot shows its tech skills with Mythical.  
- Mythical gets 1 million DOT for their tokens.  
- Polkadot wants to work with other games too.  
- Games Bounty 38 helps fund other games.  
- Bounty 38 should not fund Mythical to keep things fair.  
- More games mean more competition and diversity.

There is the risk that in future an excessive amount of treasury funds may be directed towards mythical. While it is obvious that the partnership between Polkadot and mythical is extremely beneficial to both parties, allowing mythical to process a number of transactions that would be impossible on any other chain and allowing Polkadot to showcase its technical prowess we also have to remain open to many other future partnerships and not exclusively focus on mythical. Mythical will already receive 1 million DOT from treasury in exchange for an airdrop of mythical token. This is of course great for both parties to solidify a winning partnership. However if we want to become the biggest platform for games we also have to be welcoming to other games, that's why Games Bounty \[38\] was created. I think it is important in order to allow fair competition and multiple opportunities to ensure that games bounty is not going to be used to fund activities related to mythical but instead focus on other games so that we can welcome diversity and competition. The request of this referendum is that the curators of Bounty 38 should not be allowed to fund anything related to mythical for the reasons I explained above

WHO: The curators of Bounty 38.

WHAT: Not fund anything related to Mythical.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Restricting games bounty (38) from investing in games related to mythical

The Polkadot Music Events Initiative (PMEI) has proposed a project to help music companies use Polkadot products for better user experiences and optimized revenue. The project aims to integrate crypto with the help of Polkadot and onboard two established web2 companies, Billfold and Radiate, which have millions of active users combined. This will add four million active users and transition over $100 million in annual transaction volume through Polkadot-based USD stablecoins.

The proposal covers the cost of integrating and marketing the following:
1. Onboarding four million active users via Polkadot wallets.
2. Streamlining crypto native payments for users through a web3 point of sale solution.
3. Polkadot activations via loyalty reward tools for brands, venues, and artists.
4. A marketing strategy centering the Polkadot brand across physical point of sale systems and digital receipts in Billfold activated venues.

The project will onboard the current four million active users over a period of three months and gradually transition their payment settlement to USDC on Polkadot. This will result in organic volume and growth of transactions. The full scope of the integration is expected to be completed within an eight-month timeframe, with the completion date around June of 2025.

The requested budget for the project is 386,546 DOT, which will be used for integration, legal, marketing, and project management fees. The PMEI team consists of experts in Polkadot and Kusama development, business development, and full stack application development. They will manage the project to ensure proper technical integrations are delivered and the components will be open source for other event organizers and marketing organizations to use.

**Live Music on Polkadot: Billfold + Radiate Onboarding**

a PMEI proposal

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Requested DOT: 386,546

Please see milestones and technical document [here.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AZ-taNztGogMjT2PSf1ZGXG4MtpwqtaXCmLPgZC3b0g/edit?usp=sharing)

**What is this proposal for?**

Our goal as a team is to help music companies use Polkadot products that create better user experiences and optimize revenue. We want web3 products that solve real problems so that we can break down barriers and create an easy entry point for people in their everyday lives. This not only creates great success stories for other companies interested in leveraging web3, but it also drives organic growth for Polkadot. 

We have updated this proposal to be clearer as to what will be achieved and how it will greatly benefit the Polkadot ecosystem. 

[Billfold](https://www.billfold.tech/) and [Radiate](https://www.radiatetheworld.com/), who have millions of active users combined across event point of sale (PoS) and event-specific social engagement products, will integrate crypto with the help of the Polkadot Music Events Initiative and community approval of these onboarding terms.

This deal onboards two established web2 companies that will scale the music industry vertical on Polkadot, adding FOUR (4) MILLION active users and progressively transitioning $100M+ in annual transaction volume through Polkadot-based USD stablecoins.

PMEI is spearheading a new and exciting initiative with our business development and onboarding partners at Transistor that will onboard these two companies into the Polkadot ecosystem. Billfold and Radiate are some of the most forward-thinking names in electronic music events, and are excited about the prospect of launching products on Polkadot to further solidify their leading position as music event technology providers.

**This proposal will cover the cost to integrate and market the following:**

1.  Onboarding 4 Million active users via Polkadot (substrate) wallets
2.  Streamlining crypto native payments for those users through web3 PoS solution: including, but not limited to, live events and sporting events
3.  Polkadot activations via loyalty reward tools for brands, venues and artists
4.  Marketing strategy centering the Polkadot brand across physical PoS systems and digital receipts in Billfold activated venues 

**Why vote aye on this?**

-   We already have LOI’s in place and defined scope for both Billfold and Radiate. If for ANY reason, a contract is not signed for either party, the dedicated funds will be returned to the treasury.
-   We will onboard the current 4M active users over a period of 3 months + every additional user that uses Billfold and Radiate
-   We are gradually transitioning their payment settlement to USDC on Polkadot resulting in organic volume and growth of transactions
-   Anybody creating an event can now use this tech moving forward to run their events and any entity can activate these users via their Polkadot wallets to market and interact with fans and the artists

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Proponent: Polkadot Music Events Initiative

Beneficiary: Polkadot Music Events Initiative

Multisig Address: 15nKYvAm8Yu9QVK65JWrhfyabhHkWywg21X9gX4GFJo3v4cT

Proposed Start Date: August 15th 2024

NOTE: PMEI is managing this project to ensure that proper technical integrations are delivered. These components will also be used in the context of {bash} events beyond our current onboarding flow and tech stack. These components will also be open source so that other event organizers and marketing orgs can have elevated tools for streamlined use of web3.

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**ANY project can benefit from this in Polkadot. ANY team can build on and customize these tools.**

This makes the funnel for onboarding wider, and the engagement and web3 education MUCH easier and more accessible.

**Deliverables**

The initial user onboarding will be completed within a 3 month timeline from when the deal finalizes.

The full scope of this integration is expected to be completed within an eight month timeframe. This would put the completion date, including payments, around June of 2025. Getting to contract signature(s), creating user onboarding infrastructure, and a built PoC for borderless payments using USDC on Asset Hub are the initial stages and are anticipated to be done by EOY 2024. Marketing will begin as soon as user onboarding has launched. 

Technical documentation and further timeline expectations can be found [here.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AZ-taNztGogMjT2PSf1ZGXG4MtpwqtaXCmLPgZC3b0g/edit?usp=sharing)

**Budget**

Requested DOT: 386,546

Billfold Integration $ 1,018,000

Radiate Integration $ 538,000

Legal $ 150,000

Marketing $ 70,000

Contingency (and DOT flux) 12%

Project Management Fee 15% (_only on integration costs_, excluding marketing, legal etc.)

\*The costs to integrate will not be used for any operating expenses for the PMEI team\* 

**Who’s on the team?**

**PMEI**

Miami - Expert full stack developer in Polkadot and Kusama known for their work under Moonbeans and across the Moonbeam ecosystem. Miami is the lead Developer for {bash} events.

Spencer Zabiela - Lead for {bash} events with deep ties in the music industry. Spencer is driving business development, bringing Billfold and Radiate together under this enterprise onboarding deal.

Sam Ruberti - Sam Ruberti has been developing full stack applications for over fifteen years. He was a Senior Rust Developer on the ink! team at Parity and has built full stack software for many companies, including Bloomberg, Peloton, and Clear, with a heavy focus on distributed systems, microservices, security, and user-facing web applications. He joined the Web3 space in 2017 and has launched numerous dApps, tokens, DeFi platforms, and NFTs on various chains.

Jaclyn Francis - Formerly at Tidal (Jay-Z’s HiFi music streaming platform recently acquired by Square/Block), Jaclyn is also part of the PMEI/ {bash} team and will be managing the digital ticketing experience for live music venues and artists using the RA platform.

Transistor - Transistor is a blockchain research and development firm focused on Polkadot adoption in the United States founded by Peter Mauric and Yoon Kim. Transistor will be supporting this onboarding effort with business development, key partner integration and development work. Peter led multiple teams and initiatives in the development of Ethereum and launch of Kusama and Polkadot’s success while at Parity Technolgies and the Web3 Foundation from 2017-2022. Yoon Kim is a Polkadot ICO investor who worked at the highest levels of Wall Street tech banking and hedge funds throughout the Web 2.0 era.

Exiled Studios - Exiled Studios is a gaming studio focusing on developing low touch, high reward games. Exiled focus on algorithmic and low touch strategy games allows time poor, ex-gamers a way to enjoy gaming without the effort. Exiled is currently building the Exiled Racers gaming platform on top of the Moonbeam (Polkadot) blockchain.

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Contact Manager of the Funds PMEI team: [hello@polkdotmusic.events](mailto:hello@polkdotmusic.events)

Recipient DOT Address: 15nKYvAm8Yu9QVK65JWrhfyabhHkWywg21X9gX4GFJo3v4cT

More Information [www.polkadotmusic.events](http://www.polkadotmusic.events)

WHO: Polkadot Music Events Initiative (PMEI), Billfold, Radiate, Transistor, Exiled Studios.
WHAT: Onboard Billfold and Radiate to Polkadot ecosystem, integrating crypto payments, loyalty reward tools, and marketing strategy.
PRICE: Requested DOT 386,546, with breakdowns for integration, legal, marketing, contingency, and project management fee. 
TIMEFRAME: Initial user onboarding within 3 months, full scope integration within 8 months, completion by June 2025.

Live Music on Polkadot: Billfold + Radiate Onboarding

- Asset Hub is a special part of the Polkadot system that will hold important digital money like DOT, USDT, and USDC.
- Dotswap.org is a website to help people swap and manage their digital assets easily.
- There are two versions of Dotswap: version 1 (v1) and version 2 (v2), with v2 having more features.
- v1 allows users to see their assets and swap them, while v2 will let users show more asset types and provide helpful tips for beginners.
- The creators of Dotswap are seeking $468,200 in funding for improvements and support through 2024.
- Their goal is to make Dotswap user-friendly so everyone, even new users, can use it.
- The plan includes adding more places for users to send their digital assets in the future.

MVP Workshop and Colorful Notion propose retroactive funding for dotswap v1 for Q1/Q2 2024, and support for v2 development and hosting dotswap.org for Q3/Q4 2024. They request 77,903 DOT (est $468.2K) for Dotswap v1.x + v2.x through OpenGov with utility.batch in 3 payments. Dotswap.org aims to be a full-fledged interface for users to manage Asset Hub-related assets, with key functionality of swapping assets using a new assetConversion pallet on Asset Hub.

Dotswap.org: Asset Hub DEX UI v1+v2 2024 Development+Hosting by MVP Workshop+Colorful Notion

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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.

Hello, everyone. This discussion post aims to gather insights and feedback from the community about a planned treasury proposal for dAppForge. dAppForge is an AI-powered plug-in for Polkadot developers that reduces development time.

### Summary of Important Points

The developer experience on Polkadot is the ecosystem's #1 problem. Substrate and Ink! are very powerful frameworks, but they are very difficult to learn. Because of this, Polkadot developers always struggle to build better applications. The bad developer experience also makes it harder for new developers to enter the ecosystem. Polkadot needs a better developer experience to grow the developer ecosystem and enable developers to build better applications faster. Better applications will attract more users, which is a problem Polkdot has always had. One solution to the DevEx problem is dAppForge.

dAppForge is an AI-powered plug-in for Polkadot developers that reduces development time. The AI model will be explicitly fine-tuned for substrate and ink! We received $100,000 in funding from Angel Investor to build LLM's first iteration and the alpha version of the plug-in. You can also download the alpha version of the plugin from the VS code extension marketplace.

![](https://i.ibb.co/5KmDZ7J/d-App-Forge-1.png)

Since this is the alpha version, there is still much fine-tuning left to do. The funding received enabled us to complete the first of four milestones to build dAppForge V 1.0. dAppForge version 1.0 is divided into 4 milestones: Milestone 1: the first iteration of LLM and the alpha version of the VS code plugin. This was completed, but the product is at a level where developers won’t see a lot of value. This is because the model needs to be further fine-tuned. Milestone 2: This is the beta version of the product. It includes fine-tuning the LLM model, integrating ink!, and building a chat feature. This is where developers will see value in using the product. We are applying to the treasury to fund milestone 2. Milestones 3 and 4: We plan to integrate the Pop network to further improve the DevEx for ink developers! We will also work on implementing other features, such as reference documentation and pre-written prompts for runtime templates. The main task for these milestones will be releasing our API freemium model. The API will have a free tier, and developers will have access to basic code suggestions and a foundational knowledge graph to help them build their Polkadot projects. The subscription-based premium API will offer extra features, such as:

-   **Enhanced AI**: More accurate, contextually relevant code suggestions powered by advanced models.
-   **Personalized Learning:** Train the AI on your codebase for tailored suggestions.
-   **Up-to-date Knowledge Graph:** Access the latest Polkadot knowledge and best practices with our regularly updated knowledge graph.

We completed milestone 1. Here is the **[GitHub link](https://github.com/neurons-lab/dAppForge-copilot/)** to the repository. It will be migrated to the dAppForge repository in the future, and the code for the plug-in will also be open-sourced. We are now seeking treasury funding for milestone two. Milestone 2 funds the product's beta version, which developers will see value in using. The code suggestions will be more accurate and help reduce some of the developers' pain points when building with Substrate. We will also incorporate ink!, making it easier for developers to use smart contracts to test their ideas quickly.

[Neurons Lab](https://neurons-lab.com/), which developed the first version of AI in the previous development phase, has been commissioned again. As an AWS partner, Neurons Lab can leverage the AWS AI Production Ready Funding Program to obtain $75,000 in co-funding from AWS. This results in a total AI development budget of $150,000, with costs split equally between AWS and dAppForge. This will enable us to build a robust beta verison with a better fine-tuned AI model. AWS credits cover all the AWS hosting costs. The $75,000 does not include building the chat feature and integrating the AI model into the plug-in. Those are separate development costs. The comprehensive cost for milestone 2 is $105,000 and will take 12 weeks to complete.

The beta version of the product will be free to everyone. After completing milestone 2, developers will see the plug-in's value. The core of dAppForge will be open-source, meaning anyone can download the model on their local devices. After completing milestone 2, we plan to ask the treasury for funds for milestone 3 and then milestone 4.

Milestones 3 and 4 will each take about 12 weeks to complete and cost around $100,000 to $115,000 each. After completing milestone 4, dAppForge version 1.0 will be ready. The main part of milestones 3 and 4 will be implementing the API freemium feature. The subscription-based premium API is part of our monetization strategy. The cloud-based premium features will support dAppForge's ongoing development and improvement. This helps ensure that the free, open-source version is available and improved for everyone. The monetization strategy also eliminates the need to ask for continuous treasure funding after milestone 4.

Here is the **[](https://docs.google.com/document/d/149YzOSx8DoqSX5eEVutvG7fimRh9pmBkK8wzQuSZi0M/edit?usp=sharing)[link to the whole proposa](https://docs.google.com/document/d/149YzOSx8DoqSX5eEVutvG7fimRh9pmBkK8wzQuSZi0M/edit?usp=sharing)[l](https://docs.google.com/document/d/149YzOSx8DoqSX5eEVutvG7fimRh9pmBkK8wzQuSZi0M/edit?usp=sharing)**

Looking forward to feedback from the community!

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. 

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