### Polkascan Foundation and Substrate Python API

- **Polkascan Foundation** has maintained the **Substrate Python API** for four years.
- The API includes libraries like **py-substrate-interface** and **py-scale-codec**, and Python bindings for Rust crates.
- It allows Python developers to build apps for Polkadot, Kusama, and other Substrate-based chains.
- Currently, it's the only Python API available for these chains.
- Over 350 GitHub repositories and 31 Python packages depend on this API.
- The foundation is requesting **9,831.25 EUR** in retroactive funding for their work from January to March 2024.
- For more details, see the [full proposal](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-2024Q1.md).

Executed

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Polkascan Foundation requests 9,831.25 EUR in retroactive funding for maintaining the Substrate Python API from January to March 2024, which is the only API available for Python developers to build apps that interact with any Polkadot, Kusama or other Substrate based chain.

Maintenance & Support Substrate Python API (Jan-Mar 2024)

### Summary

- **Proposal Goal:** Initiate two key projects for the Polkadot LATAM community: adopting an Editorial Board model for the Polkadot in Spanish X account and creating tailored marketing strategies for the LATAM region.
- **Editorial Board Model:** Aimed at decentralizing the management of the Polkadot in Spanish social media account, ensuring it aligns with global strategies.
- **Marketing Strategies:** Focus on integrating LATAM marketing efforts with the global Polkadot strategy, ensuring consistent brand messaging.
- **Proposer JC:** A Web3 Marketer with extensive experience in social media and blockchain, known for leading successful cross-marketing initiatives within the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Polkadot Conecta:** Aims to improve engagement, align ecosystem communications, utilize community content, create cross-marketing initiatives, and enhance visibility of team efforts in non-English regions.
- **Funding Request:** Total amount requested is 35,713 DOT.
- **Full Proposal:** Detailed information can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fR2HTJs6jv0mrIP6yjGq1Jm3jXODoz-JrpEQcDpJN-s/edit?usp=sharing).

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Polkadot Conecta proposes to adopt the Editorial Board model for decentralized management of the Polkadot in Spanish X account and create marketing strategies tailored for the LATAM region. They aim to coordinate with global teams and align with Polkadot’s overall market strategy. The total requested amount is 35,713 DOT.

Polkadot in Spanish X account and Marketing Decentralization

**Bounty Proposal #532: Spanish Content and Event Production**

- **Purpose:** Promote Spanish-speaking content and events to boost Polkadot's ecosystem in Latin America and Spain.
- **Curators:** Seven experienced curators with strong ties to the Spanish-speaking Polkadot community.
- **Rewards:** Each curator receives a monthly payment of $1400, and an auxiliary assistant receives $500.
- **Responsibilities:** Curators manage content creation, organize events, and report progress every three months.
- **Auxiliary Assistant:** Supports curators with administrative tasks, social media management, and community interaction.
- **Reporting:** Curators submit detailed reports on the bounty's progress, including budget usage and content creation.
- **Date:** The proposal was approved on March 20th, 2024.

WHO: Lorena Fabris, Gerardo Álvarez, Hernán Borelli, Nachito, Ezio Rojas, Albert Burgos, and Lengo.

WHAT: Curate Spanish-speaking content and events to boost Polkadot's ecosystem in Latin America and Spain.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Each curator will receive a monthly payment of 1400 USD. An auxiliary assistant will receive a monthly payment of 500 USD. Reports will be submitted every 3 months and a weekly newsletter will be created.

Curators Candidates - Bounty #42

### Proposal Summary

- **Objective**: Increase the backing timeout for validators from 2 seconds to 2.5 seconds and the approval-voting timeout from 12 seconds to 15 seconds.
- **Reason**: This change aims to provide a smoother experience for async backing parachains by allowing them to fully utilize the 2 seconds of execution time per block.
- **Rationale**: Detailed in [GitHub issue #3565](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/issues/3565).
- **Implementation**: The changes are implemented in the call found [here](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc-kusama.luckyfriday.io#/extrinsics/decode/0x332e0c01002000000600c4090000000000000601983a000000000000).
- **Additional Change**: The `MaxMemoryPage` parameter is reset to its previous value as the call overrides all parameters of `ExecutorParams`.
- **Testing**: The proposal has been tested locally using zombienet and on the Rococo network.

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WHO: The proposal is made by an anonymous entity.

WHAT: The proposal aims to increase the backing timeout on validators from 2s to 2.5s and approval-voting timeout from 12s to 15s.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Bump parachain validation timeouts

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SmallTipper

- **Decentralized Voices** are Polkadot community members who analyze proposals and provide valuable insights.
- They are not paid for their work, which involves a lot of effort and expertise.
- These community members act as "DOT experts" and deserve recognition for their contributions.
- The work of Decentralized Voices is crucial for pushing Polkadot forward.
- They are seen as courageous for their efforts to make a difference in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- A tip is being offered to thank Decentralized Voices for their hard work and dedication.
- If a Decentralized Voice feels they don't deserve the tip, they can pass it on to another deserving member or return it to the Treasury.
- This recognition is not an April Fool's joke, emphasizing the genuine appreciation for their contributions.

Rejected

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Colorful Notion proposes tipping Polkadot's Decentralized Voices for their quality analyses and forum contributions. No specific price or timeframe is mentioned.

Tip for 7 Polkadot Decentralized Voices

### Bounty #43 - Meetup Bounty

- **Purpose**: Fund small-scale meetups efficiently.
- **Funding Limit**: Maximum of $1000 per meetup.
- **Processing Speed**: Quick approval for smaller requests.
- **Curators**: A team selected to manage the bounty.
- **Curators List**: Available in a Google Sheets document.
- **Referendum Link**: For more details, visit the Polkassembly page.

WHO: Polkadot community

WHAT: Approve the proposal for Bounty #43 - Meetup Bounty, which aims to efficiently provide funding for small-scale meetups with a maximum limit of $1000 per meetup.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Approval of curators for Bounty 43 (Meetup bounty)

REJECT

### OG Tracker 2.0 Proposal Summary

**Purpose:**  
To upgrade [OG Tracker](https://ogtracker.io/), a tool for tracking OpenGov approved proposals on Polkadot, into an on-chain, open-source, and collaborative platform.

**Key Features:**
1. **Wallet Integration:** Support for Nova, Talisman, Subwallet, and PolkadotJS wallets.
2. **Direct Self-Report:** Proposers can update their referendum progress.
3. **Tracklist:** Users can create personalized tracking lists.
4. **Child-Bounties:** Monitor child-bounties from bounty proposals.
5. **OpenGov Tracking:** Continue tracking OpenGov proposals.
6. **Grill Chat Integration:** Enable user communication with the OGT team.
7. **Gov1 Tracking:** Track Gov1 approved proposals.
8. **OGT API:** Develop an API for platform data access.

**Delivered Features:**
- Live tracking of proposals and deliverables.
- User-friendly interface with various filters.
- Public reports and badge system for proposal status.

**Goal:**  
Enhance transparency and community engagement in OpenGov.

OG Tracker aims to evolve into an on-chain, open-source, and collaborative platform. The proposal includes integrating wallets, direct self-report, child-bounties, tracking Gov1 approved proposals, and developing OGT API and OGT Twitter (X) Bot. The proposal also includes extra features and upgrades. The project has a user-friendly interface, a variety of filters, and a ranking system based on DOT requested amount. The proposal is available on [ogtracker.io](https://ogtracker.io/).

OG Tracker 2.0

**Dotcast Proposal Summary**

- **Proposer:** DOTCAST
- **Requested Amount:** 9,355.50 DOT
- **Purpose:** To create high-quality content for Spanish-speaking audiences and improve the Dotcast brand.
- **Current Success:** Over 8,000 subscribers, significant growth in watch hours and views.
- **Goal:** Reach 20,000 Spanish-speaking subscribers within six months.
- **Content:** Podcasts, interviews, clips, and videos across platforms like X, YouTube, Spotify, and TikTok.
- **Approach:** Expert editing, proven strategies, content optimization, and community engagement.
- **Full Proposal:** Available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ylJ90kUyRPkLZgQ5RyfpAJXGFxZcX3UA/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100206183154794075951&rtpof=true&sd=true).

**WHO:** DOTCAST

**WHAT:** Produce outstanding content and elevate the Dotcast brand, including all associated products, through ongoing refinement. Specifically tailored for Spanish-speaking audiences, this platform will uphold a high standard of quality.

**PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES:** 9,355.50 DOT. The funding initiative aims to captivate 20,000 Spanish-speaking subscribers within the next six months. The approach includes expert editing, proven strategies, content optimization, and community engagement.

DOTCAST /This_is_the_DOT

### TEACHMEDEFI

- **About**: TEACHMEDEFI is a web3 education project active since 2022, focusing on creating high-quality educational resources.
- **Achievements**: They have produced podcasts, e-learning platforms, e-books, newsletters, and expert interviews, garnering over 3.8 million impressions in five months.
- **Community Focus**: They are deeply rooted in the Polkadot community and have a history of delivering on promises.

### Revised Proposal

- **Focus**: Increased emphasis on high-ROI platforms like Twitter and content formats like their podcast.
- **Impact**: Aim to enhance Polkadot's visibility and educate newcomers, particularly in the German market.
- **Budget**: Reduced the requested funds to $74,900 for a six-month period, focusing on impactful deliverables.

### Deliverables

- **Podcasts**: 20 episodes featuring key figures in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Short Clips**: 60 viral clips based on interview highlights.
- **German Content**: 30 educational reels, 40 carousel posts, and 50 story posts.
- **Newsletter**: Dedicated sections in English and German editions focusing on Polkadot news.
- **Guides**: Step-by-step guides in English and German for getting started with Polkadot.

### Conclusion

- **Commitment**: TEACHMEDEFI is committed to long-term growth and education within the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Community Engagement**: They aim to amplify the voices of Polkadot builders and increase its reach outside the ecosystem.

TEACHMEDEFI proposes to focus on high-ROI platforms and content formats, efforts with impact on Polkadot's visibility, and educating newcomers in Germany. They will deliver 20 podcast episodes, 60 short clips, 30 educational reels, 40 educational carousel posts, 50 story posts, and an introduction to Polkadot guide. The budget for the proposed deliverables and a period of 6 months would be $74,900.

TEACHMEDEFI - Growing Polkadot’s Mindshare in the Crypto Space

### Fellowship Collective

- **Purpose**: Ensures Polkadot network retains expertise and promotes innovation.
- **Components**: Involves `ranked_collective`, `referenda`, `core_fellowship`, and `salary` pallets.

### Features

- **Membership Management**: Manages member ranks, activeness, and promotions.
- **Salary System**: Handles member payments in cycles, with registration and payment periods.
- **Feeds**: Records activities like member induction, rank changes, and salary cycles.

### Budget

- **Total Hours**: 1712 hours
- **Cost**: $154,080 or 16,348 DOT

### Future Plans

- **Statistics**: Track expenditure and membership data.
- **Treasury System**: Introduce a treasury pallet on the collectives para chain.
- **Notifications**: Alert members about new salary cycles and other important events.

WHO: Subsquare team

WHAT: Develop features to support the Fellowship collective, including membership management, salary system, and activity feeds.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Hour rate $90, total request is $154,080. Request for DOT is 16,348. Estimated 1712 hours of work by 2-3 FTEs over 2-3 months.

Subsquare polkadot fellowship support milestone 1

[Revision] Nomination Pool: Remove max pool and max member limits

Tip for Adam Steeber + Kusamarian concerning #514 Conor Daly - 2024 Indianapolis 500 Sponsorship

### WEB3DEV Community Bootcamp Proposal

- **Proponent:** WEB3DEV Community
- **Date:** Q2 2024
- **Requested Amount:** $50,000 USD

#### Project Overview
- **Objective:** Train 200-300 developers in Rust State Machine, promoting Polkadot technologies.
- **Target Audience:** 15,000 registered developers in the WEB3DEV community.
- **Course Content:** Based on the rust-state-machine GitHub repository, covering Rust basics, blockchain fundamentals, and pallet development.

#### Unique Approach
- **Weekly Study Groups:** Currently running, averaging 20 participants per session.
- **Languages:** Courses available in English and Portuguese, with potential for Spanish.

#### Course Structure
- **Sections:** 
  1. Balances Pallet
  2. System Pallet
  3. Generic Types
  4. Block Execution
  5. Proof of Existence Pallet
  6. Rust Macros
- **Sessions:** Three cohorts planned (2 English, 1 Portuguese).

#### Team
- **Daniel Cukier:** Polkadot Blockchain Academy Graduate, PhD in Computer Science.
- **Yan Luiz:** Polkadot Blockchain Academy Graduate, experienced Solidity teacher.
- **Nicholas Kneip:** Master in Innovation, 4 years in blockchain.
- **Anna Bida:** MBA in Business Management, Head of WEB3DEV community.

#### Comparative Advantage
- **Cost-Efficiency:** Estimated cost per graduate: $150-$250.
- **Proven Track Record:** Over 9,000 developers registered for previous courses.
- **Local Impact:** Focus on Portuguese courses to address language barriers in Brazil.

#### Utilization of Funds
- **Course Development:** Content creation and refinement.
- **Instructor Compensation:** Ensuring high-quality instruction.
- **Platform Maintenance:** CMS platform support.
- **Marketing:** Targeted outreach to Latin America and beyond.

#### Conclusion
The proposal aims to expand the Polkadot ecosystem by training skilled developers, fostering innovation, and addressing local challenges in Latin America.

Proposal for Polkadot OpenGov Funding: WEB3DEV Bootcamp for Rust and Pallets Learning

[Big Tipper] Referendum #626

**Technical Support Bounty**

- **Objective:** Improve technical support in the Polkadot ecosystem by rewarding skilled developers.
- **Developer Participation:** Developers with Polkadot expertise can apply to be listed for support tasks.
- **Curator Roles:** Volunteers can apply to help maintain the quality of technical support.
- **Community Collaboration:** Community members can contribute ideas and feedback to improve the system.
- **Benefits:** Enhances support infrastructure, facilitates project growth, and strengthens community engagement.
- **How to Participate:**
  - Developers: Apply [here](https://forms.gle/S3q9DtnL4eaTyay77).
  - Curators: Apply [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ke66gsuQlAozqM8szM28DPicp3LXYM-f/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=100103674716658944157&rtpof=true&sd=true).
  - Community Members: Join the TG chat [here](https://t.me/+Vwmj9zmGB9cxODk0).
- **Full Proposal:** Available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PWu3zlIfpONnR2QlcKi4-uIO5_It_Y3Td0oEtwKLA78/edit?usp=sharing).

**WHO**: Skilled developers with expertise in Polkadot technologies, curators, and community members. 

**WHAT**: Providing technical support across various tracks within the Polkadot ecosystem through a bounty system. 

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

Technical Support Bounty #625

 Vote Nay

### Summary of the Proposal

- **Objective:** The proposal aims to support the growth of Polkadot Relay and Parachains by providing on-chain growth insights about specific dApps and parachains, enhancing transparency for their teams and community.
  
- **Current Issue:** Parachain teams lack a user-friendly growth tool to track metrics like user activity, TVL (Total Value Locked), and fees, which affects the ecosystem's growth.

- **Community Feedback:** Builders expressed a need for tools to understand user behavior, conversion rates, engagement, and churn, as well as data suitable for social media promotion.

- **Proposed Solution:** Tokenguard suggests integrating three existing growth tools:
  - **Ecosystem Growth Index** for Polkadot & Kusama Relay chains and 3 parachains (Moonbeam, Astar, Vara).
  - **dApp Growth Index** for dApps deployed on parachains.
  - **dApp AI Insights** to help builders understand important events within their products.

- **Benefits:** These tools will help in acquiring new users and funds, improving user retention, and promoting the ecosystem and dApps.

- **Feedback:** The proposal is open to community feedback and aims to support the Polkadot ecosystem.

Tokenguard proposes integration of three growth tools to provide insights into the growth of individual parachains and dApps, improving the acquisition of new users and funds, and offering valuable insights for enhancing the retention of existing users. The proposed solution is ideal for promotional purposes and attracting the attention of new users to the ecosystem and dApps. No specific price, timeframe, or resources are mentioned.

Polkadot Growth Index 📈 and AI Insights 💡

### Summary of 0xTaylor's Work on Discord Governance Bot

- **Project**: Supported the development of a free, open-source Discord Governance bot.
- **Features**: Completed 16 application feature additions, mostly focused on improving user experience.
- **Challenges**: Addressed issues like HTML conversion to markdown and character limit constraints.
- **Impact**: The bot is used by ChaosDAO and The Kusamarian to advocate for other DAOs.
- **Compensation Request**: Seeking a tip of 694.20 DOT (~$6,500) for 26 hours of work.
- **Contributions**: Demonstrated through GitHub contributions to the project.
- **Purpose**: Aims to support individuals who contribute significant time to the ecosystem.

WHO: 0xTaylor
WHAT: Requesting a tip of 694.20 DOT (~$6,500) for 16 feature additions to ChaosDAO's free open-source Discord Governance bot, completed in September 2023.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Covers 26 hours of work at a rate of $250/hr.

Discord Governance Bot Self Tip Request - 0xTaylor

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VOTE no, wrong track

### ink! Analyzer: Retroactive Funding for ink! v5 Support

- **ink! Analyzer** is a tool for analyzing [ink!] smart contracts, similar to how [rust-analyzer] helps with Rust code.
- It has a **Visual Studio Code extension** with over 350 installs since August 2023.
- The tool is designed to work with multiple IDEs and code editors through the **Language Server Protocol (LSP)**.
- This proposal requests **$26,500** for adding support for the new [ink! v5] version.
- The work includes updating the tool to understand new ink! v5 syntax and features while maintaining support for the older v4 version.
- Previous funding for ink! analyzer came from **Web3 Foundation technical grants**.

[ink!]: https://use.ink
[rust-analyzer]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer
[ink! v5]: https://github.com/paritytech/ink/releases/tag/v5.0.0

WHO: David Semakula, creator of ink! analyzer.
WHAT: Requests retroactive funding of $26,500 for adding ink! v5 support to ink! analyzer.
TIMEFRAME: Not specified.
RESOURCES: ink! analyzer, modular and reusable libraries and tools for semantic analysis of ink! smart contracts.

ink! Analyzer: Retroactive funding for ink! v5 support

### Subsquid Migration Proposal

- **Objective**: Improve Subsquid's performance and functionality by migrating to ArrowSquid and enhancing indexing capabilities.
- **Beneficiaries**: Developers and users on chains like Polkadot, Kusama, Moonbeam, and Acala.
- **Current State**: Subsquid uses Firesquid processor; lacks support for Staking and Crowdloans pallets.
- **Proposed Changes**:
  - Migrate to ArrowSquid for faster data ingestion and near real-time APIs.
  - Add support for indexing Staking and Crowdloans pallets.
- **Milestones**:
  - First: Migrate giant-squid-main to ArrowSquid.
  - Second: Implement indexing for Staking and Crowdloans pallets.
- **Background**: Subsquid provides free GraphQL gateways for on-chain data access.
- **Proposer**: LimeChain, a blockchain development company specializing in Substrate ecosystem infrastructure.

Subsquid aims to enhance the performance and functionality of Substrate ecosystem by migrating to ArrowSquid and improving indexing capabilities. LimeChain will execute the project in two milestones. The first milestone is focused on migrating giant-squid-main to ArrowSquid, while the second milestone will be focused on indexing Staking and Crowdloan pallets calls and events. The project will be funded by the Polkadot Treasury to cover the cost of running the infrastructure.

Subsquid Migration to ArrowSquid & Indexing Upgrades

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OpenGov Referenda

Origin able to dispatch a whitelisted call.

Origin for signaling that the network wishes for some change

Origin able to cancel slashes and manage minimum commission.

Origin for spending up to 10,000,000 DOT from the treasury as well as generally administering it.

Origin for managing the composition of the fellowship.

Origin able to spend around 250 DOT from the treasury at once.

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

Origin able to spend around 10,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

Origin able to spend around 100,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

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