### 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

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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.

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.

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.

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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.

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. 

Siyu Liu is applying to be the Polkadot Head Ambassador. Here are some key points about her:

- She has a master's degree in finance and graduated from the Polkadot Blockchain Academy in Hong Kong.
- Siyu has been in the web3 industry since 2017 and founded Web3Link, helping blockchain projects with funding and marketing.
- She wants to bring more Chinese projects and developers to Polkadot.
- Siyu has connections with major investment organizations that can help fund Polkadot projects.
- She plans to offer training courses for project founders to improve their skills in technology and business.
- She has a large community of Chinese influencers to enhance Polkadot's visibility.
- Siyu also wants to launch the "Postman Protocol," a new email service that uses blockchain to improve security and privacy.
- Her goal is to grow Polkadot's presence and support in China.

WHO: Siyu Liu

WHAT: Applying for the position of Polkadot Head Ambassador. Plans to represent Polkadot in China and ASEAN, hold monthly technology meetings, establish a Polkadot China Incubator, develop mature blockchain projects into the Polkadot ecosystem, and connect Polkadot with the Hong Kong government.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Polkadot Head Ambassador Application with focus on China Market - Siyu Liu

- A new update is happening for the People Chain in two steps.
- The first step is an immediate upgrade to version 1.2.7.
- This allows people to use a special function called `reap_identity`.
- The function helps to remove identities and prepare for the People Chain.
- The second step is a scheduled upgrade 3 days later for public use.
- This gives time for everyone to move their identities.
- More information can be found in the release notes and the plan. 
- The update will start on July 25.

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WHO: Polkadot Fellowship

WHAT: Upgrade authorization of Relay Chain to v1.2.7 and scheduled upgrade of People Chain 3 days later to unblock calls for public use.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified. 

ENACTMENT: Set for 25 July.

People Chain Migration and Release

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Dustin Plantholt is a media professional and blockchain advocate who wants to be the Head Ambassador for the Polkadot community. He has a TV show called "Free Your Voice" that many people watch, and he has talked to many important people like Justin Sun and Tim Draper. Dustin has also been in some movies and TV shows about cryptocurrencies and blockchain. He has won awards for his work in the blockchain world and teaches others about cryptocurrency finance. He wants to help Polkadot by using his TV show, speaking at events, and teaching people about blockchain technology. Dustin can be reached through his website, LinkedIn, Twitter, and email.

Dustin Plantholt proposes to become Head Ambassador for the Polkadot community, leveraging his media reach, global influence, and commitment to blockchain technology. He aims to raise awareness about Polkadot, facilitate discussions with global leaders, introduce unique promotional strategies, and organize events. He offers his TV show, speaking engagements, and teaching experience to educate and engage a broad audience about Polkadot's capabilities and vision. No price, timeframe, or resources are mentioned.

Proposal to the Polkadot Community - Dustin Plantholt for Head Ambassador

Please vote nay, thank you!

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