### Pinkdrop Game Proposal Summary

- **Pinkdrop**: A free browser game introducing players to the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Gameplay**: Players merge Parachain balls to create larger ones, aiming for the ultimate Polkadot ball.
- **Features**: Includes a leaderboard and has attracted over 225,000 game sessions.
- **Community**: Part of the PINK meme community, promoting Polkadot through fun and engagement.
- **Expansion Plans**: Aim to create a mobile app and add daily tournaments and player-versus-player modes.
- **Objective**: Enhance user engagement and attract more people to the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Community Impact**: Successfully onboarded thousands of participants with minimal marketing.
- **Links**: Connect with the PINK community on Twitter, Telegram, and their website.

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

Pinkdrop: Powering User Engagement and Ecosystem Growth

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Rejected

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- The DOTisDED team initially supported a referendum but later changed their funding strategy.
- They decided to base their funding on community sentiment and moved to a DED Bounty Fund.
- This change led to Referendum #556.
- The team believes that DED cannot succeed with just a technical budget and poorly received proposals.
- They canceled the original referendum to allow the DED Bounty Fund to proceed.
- A DED bounty fund is seen as the best way to ensure success while maintaining fair distribution.
- The goal is to use a $10 million fund to create a valuable asset, rather than aiming for a high-value token with limited resources.

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WHO: The DOTisDED team

WHAT: Pivot from a proposal by proposal approach to a DED Bounty Fund, cancel Referendum #556, and create a $10m fund to aim for >$1bn value asset.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Cancelling DED Tech Proposal, and Deferring to DED Bounty Fund

**AMI Bounty Program Summary**

- **Program**: The AMI Bounty Program is a community-led initiative to curate marketing, media, and advertising for the Polkadot brand.
- **Changes**: The program has removed $1M Treasury refunds and increased administrative spending.
- **Funding**: The total requested DOT has been reduced from 231,000 to 94,156 DOT.
- **Refunds**: Excess DOT will be refunded to the Treasury when a curator role is accepted.
- **Documents**: Detailed information can be found in various documents, including the Treasury Proposal and the AMI Bounty Charter.
- **Inspiration**: The program is inspired by Kusama's referendum 323.
- **Reports**: There are two reports available that provide updates on the program's progress.

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The AMI Bounty Program proposes to curate marketing, media, and advertising for the Polkadot brand. The total requested amount is 94,156 DOT (EMA 30= $9.534724), and the excess DOT will be refunded to the Treasury. For more details, refer to the provided links.

AMI Bounty Program

### Summary of Polkadot Hydration Campaign Proposal

- **Goal**: Attract liquidity to the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Amount Requested**: 1,000,000 DOT.
- **Purpose**: Fund a liquidity mining program for major Polkadot assets.
- **Assets Included**: DOT, iBTC, vDOT, native stablecoins, and others.
- **Expected Outcome**: Increase trading efficiency and ecosystem health.
- **Parallel Proposal**: Co-funding with HydraDX Treasury.
- **Governance**: Approved by HydraDX token-holders.
- **Previous Discussion**: Increased from 500,000 DOT to 1,000,000 DOT based on feedback.

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

Polkadot Hydration: Liquidity Incentives

### Summary of Proposal

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

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

Polkadot Hydration: Treasury LP

- Polkadot Treasury funds maintenance work on ORML, Chopsticks, and other public goods.
- Acala team leads the work, but other ecosystem members contribute too.
- Bryan noted that some contributors' work was not covered by the proposal.
- CertainLach has contributed to ORML for the past year.
- CertainLach's contributions include closed pull requests on the ORML GitHub.
- A proposal suggests tipping CertainLach for their work.
- The link to CertainLach's GitHub profile and contributions is provided.

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

Tip for maintenance of the ORML pallets

Games Bounty (retry)

BD Bounty (retry)

- DED foundation has decided to focus on quick execution and will not seek funds from the Treasury.
- Memes are important in the community, helping people feel connected and united through humor.
- Tools for distributing meme coins will be open source, allowing others to use them.
- A referendum is being held to ask for 1 million DOT for future funding of DED.
- The community seems against long-term funding for the meme coin.
- Voting "yes" means 100% of DED tokens will be airdropped to DOT holders.
- Voting "no" means fewer tokens will be airdropped, and private investors and influencers will get some.
- The goal of the referendum is to understand the community's long-term view on funding DED.

The DED foundation is proposing a referendum to ask for 1 million DOT for future funding. The referendum aims to understand if there is appetite for long-term funding of DED. Voting yes means 100% of the supply will be distributed to DOT holders, while voting no means a smaller amount will be distributed and private investors and influencers will be involved. The proposal does not specify a timeframe or resources needed.

DED Bounty - VOTE NAY

{bash} Events (the PMEI team) - a music and technology sandbox | onboarding users into Polkadot through music

- **Event Name**: Polkadot Pulse: Dubai Edition
- **Date**: 8th March, 2024
- **Location**: Dubai, coinciding with Token2049
- **Objective**: To engage the global blockchain community, spotlight Polkadot projects, and foster networking and knowledge exchange.
- **Attendees**: Expected to be over 1000, including ecosystem parachain teams.
- **Team Leaders**:
  - Rish Kumar - Growth Head, KILT Protocol, Lead, Polkadot Now India
  - Sohail Shaikh - Senior Marketing Manager, Cointelegraph, Ex-Astar, Ambassador
- **Registration**: [Event Registration Link](https://lu.ma/Polkadot_Pulse_Dubai)
- **Full Proposal**: [Link to Full Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BzzCzQRA3RijCnNbZZL1Q6_uGA6OvPLyb_da8mVJ30M/edit?usp=sharing)

WHO: Polkadot Now India 

WHAT: Hosting Polkadot Pulse: Dubai Edition and Polkadot Networking Night alongside Token2049 in Dubai, aiming to bring together 1000+ attendees, including ecosystem parachain teams, to showcase projects and engage with the international blockchain community.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requesting 32393.20 DOT (USD $270,710) on 8th March, 2024.

Polkadot Pulse Dubai Edition & Networking Night @ Token2049, Dubai

### Summary of Paseo Testnet Bounty Proposal

- **Purpose**: To establish a decentralized, community-run testnet for Polkadot.
- **No Funds Requested**: The proposal is only for setting curators, not for requesting funds.
- **Curators**: Four proposed curators with a 3/4 threshold for decisions.
  - Birdo
  - Chaosdao Multisig (2/3)
  - Erin Grasmick (Parity Devops)
  - Wil Wade (Frequency)
- **Multisig Setup**: The multisig has already been set up with the proposed curators.
  - Vault: 15oE3ZD75uPxZmfNSFuNVT1KnBJQqvJrXhZtEtBBZh7yxtPi
  - Multisig: 16Sq4DbHGGDsVkgum9dVyTzRzvkiZrWG7mFSj8tuUEbPcA8o
- **Individual Signers**: Each curator has a unique signer address.
- **ChaosDao Multisig**: Composed of three key members from ChaosDao, selected for their active participation in Polkadot governance.
- **Links**: 
  - Curator submission: [Link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BknF-v1d4YKnhMYEmpsZz-FOLwGwm3a5zaL5BJw1FyQ/edit#heading=h.836s71yn9cpz)
  - Original discussion: [Link](../post/2100)
  - Forum post: [Link](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/the-new-polkadot-community-testnet/4956/1)
  - Treasury proposal: [Link](464)
  - Paseo.network website: [Link](paseo.network)

This proposal sets the curators for the Paseo Testnet bounty, with no funds requested. Four curators have been proposed with a 3/4 threshold, and a multisig has been set up. The ChaosDao Multisig will handle all child bounties, and all bounties will be voted on within ChaosDao governance. No price or timeframe is mentioned.

Paseo Testnet - Curator submission

Token Terminal proposes to integrate Polkadot's ecosystem data into its product suite, enabling direct data sharing with major partners such as Bloomberg, MarketVector, and Coinbase SMA. The proposal requests 171,827 DOT for a 16-month integration and maintenance period. The initiative will integrate data across all active Polkadot parachains, establish a parachain price feed, and make Polkadot's data available across all of Token Terminal's data products and channels. Polkadot's native token DOT would become eligible for Token Terminal-powered cryptoasset indexes. The partnership will span 16 months covering integration and maintenance.

### AmharicChain Polkadot Academy App

1. **Objective**: Develop an educational app in Amharic to teach blockchain and Polkadot technologies, targeting Ethiopia and Africa.

2. **Problem**: Lack of accessible educational resources in local languages about Polkadot, despite its technological advancements.

3. **Proposal**: Create a platform with structured lessons, interactive exercises, and localized support in Amharic.

4. **Impact**: Enhance diversity and global accessibility within the Polkadot community by fostering deeper understanding and contribution.

5. **Feasibility**: Utilize past success metrics, pilot programs, and personal commitment for project development.

6. **Scope**: Include platform development, content creation, testing, community engagement, marketing, and documentation.

7. **Partnerships**: Collaborate with Microsoft Startup Founder Hub and local Ethiopian universities.

8. **Success**: One of the team's apps has already reached over 100,000 downloads.

AmharicChain Polkadot Academy

### PolkaMAPS and DOTins Summary

1. **PolkaMAPS**: A project to visualize and navigate the Polkadot ecosystem, inspired by Bitmaps on Bitcoin and Solmaps on Solana. It aims to represent Polkadot's blocks and transactions spatially, allowing users to claim sovereignty over plots on the network.

2. **DOTins**: A platform that empowers the Polkadot community by showcasing its unique features. It allows for inscriptions across different chains, enhancing decentralization and user experience.

3. **Value Proposition**: PolkaMAPS will conduct an airdrop campaign and generate income for the Relay Chain through minting fees. It simplifies user onboarding with DOT and a Polkadot wallet.

4. **Achievements**: DOTins has been featured on CoinDesk, partnered with Bifrost and Moonbeam, and hosted events like Game Jam with DOT is DED Games.

5. **Funding Allocation**: The requested $321,640 will cover development, design, and marketing efforts, including full-stack developers, a substrate developer, a generative artist, and community management.

6. **Payment Details**: The funds will be allocated in DOT based on the 7-day average rate and sent to a multisig address managed by team members LUI5, Moonix, and Pv.

7. **Contact**: For inquiries, contact the manager via Telegram (@Luis1x), Discord (lui5), or email (luis@dotins.io).

DOTins Multisig proposes to create PolkaMAPS, a decentralized, community-driven project to visualize and navigate the Polkadot ecosystem. They request $321,640 USD to complete the project within ~60 days. The funding will enable them to deliver an AAA experience.

PolkaMAPS, a DOTins project

SHITTY PROPOSAL SORRY 

- **Date:** 5th March 2024
- **Proposer:** DED Tech Midwife (DOTisDED team)
- **Recipient:** DED Tech Multisig (Decentration Trust Company)
- **Requested DOT:** 31,200
- **Proposal:** Continuation of the fair distribution plan for DED tokens.
- **Update:** Proposal withdrawn; community sentiment led to a DED Bounty Fund strategy.
- **Decision:** Vote NAY on this proposal; support Referendum #556 instead.
- **Rationale:** A DED Bounty Fund offers better chances for success and retains fair distribution.

WHO: DED Tech Midwife (part of DOTisDED team)

WHAT: Proposal for funding the distribution of Existential Deposits (EDs) to all DED recipients + fees and technical value provided.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requested DOT: 31,200. Version 0.2.1. However, the proposal has been cancelled in favor of a DED Bounty Fund.

[VOTE NAY] DED Token birthing phase: "EDs" and technical proposal | On-Demand Governance for Assets on Asset Hub. 

Replaced by Proposal #551 Amharic Chain Polkadot Academy to Small Spender Track

- **Referendum Proposal**: A proposal by Starlay Finance to address a significant hacking incident.
- **Incident Summary**: A hack compromised all DOT and LDOT deposits, with the attacker exploiting a flaw in the USDC pool's liquidity index calculation.
- **Amount at Risk**: Approximately 200,000 DOT.
- **Hacker's Addresses**: Identified on the Relay Chain, with details available in a shared spreadsheet.
- **Exploit Details**: The attacker manipulated the liquidity index, allowing them to withdraw more than their initial deposit.
- **Pool Inactivity**: The USDC pool was inactive for 20-25 days, leading to an abnormally large liquidity index.
- **Initial Oversight**: The USDC pool was neglected at the protocol's launch, setting the stage for the exploit.
- **Request for Support**: Starlay Finance seeks community assistance to transfer DOT from the hacker's account to their own.

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WHO: Starlay Finance

WHAT: Seeking support from the Polkadot community to explore viable measures to transfer all the DOT from the hacker's account to Starlay's account, following a significant hacking incident compromising Starlay Finance.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Request for transferring all the DOT from the hacker's account to the Starlay's account

- The call initializes the Polkadot side of the Polkadot-Kusama bridge.
- It sets XCMv3 between:
  - Polkadot AH and Polkadot BH
  - Polkadot BH and Kusama BH
  - Polkadot AH and Kusama AH
- It configures the Kusama on-chain light-client on the Polkadot Bridge Hub.
- The action was whitelisted by a fellowship referendum.

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WHO: Polkadot

WHAT: Initialize the Polkadot side of the Polkadot<>Kusama bridge by calling `forceXcmVersion` on system parachains and `bridgePolkadotGrandpa::initialize()`

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Initialize Kusama GRANDPA light-client running on Polkadot BridgeHub

- **Talisman Wallet** is a multi-chain wallet and web app for Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems.
- It aims to simplify the user experience by abstracting complex multi-chain architecture.
- The wallet focuses on user-centric design, security, and community-driven development.
- Key features include diverse hardware wallet support, account management, and worldwide usability improvements.
- Talisman has over 80,000 users and has contributed over 6 million DOT to nomination pools.
- The proposal requests $742,750 USD worth of DOT for retroactive funding from March 2023 to September 2023.

WHO: Talisman Wallet

WHAT: Seeks retroactive funding for feature development, UX improvement, and QA testing for Talisman Wallet over May to Sept 2023, and Talisman Portal from March to Sept 2023. 

PRICE: $742,750 USD worth of DOT

TIMEFRAME: March 2023-Sept 2023

Talisman Unified Retroactive Proposal #2

### Proposal Summary: Retroactive Small Tips for Content

- **Proponent:** 15hmSqyRkSW7BSKXWkosqA2KY3SULFksdqAQK8eLY9X6VEiA
- **Date:** 02/03/2024
- **Requested DOT:** 200 DOT
- **Description:** Pitcoin, a Polkadot senior ambassador and Astar Network Ecosystem Agent, requests funds for 14 retroactive content pieces.
- **Content:** Includes 7 articles and 7 Twitter threads on topics like Mandala Chain, Polkadot Voting Collectives, and Polkadot Airdrop Season.
- **Statistics:** High engagement metrics on Twitter and Polkaverse, with some threads reaching over 11,000 views.
- **Contact:** Marco Antonio Guimarães da Rocha (Email: mguimares.darocha@gmail.com, Telegram: @pitcoin777, Discord: pitcoin.spacelabs.astr)
- **Full Proposal:** [Google Docs Link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QuoQqEaiCISuNQXj5vMcxg0EfHknSisyuMKxNYAMiYE/edit?usp=sharing)

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Retroactive Small Tips for Content (February)

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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.