Cancelled

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[Whitelisted Caller] Referendum #211: Upgrade Polkadot v1,000,000

Executed

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### Dotinsights Summary

- **What is Dotinsights?**  
  Dotinsights is a research and data platform by SubWallet, focusing on the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. It provides:
  - Ecosystem maps
  - Quarterly deep dive reports
  - Staking reports

- **Achievements:**  
  - Published 6 deep dive reports and 1 staking report
  - Launched an ecosystem map in Feb 2023
  - Reached 17,000 unique users and 2 million impressions on social media

- **Community Impact:**  
  - Recognized by the Polkadot community and ecosystem teams
  - Credited on the Polkadot wiki and support page
  - High engagement rates and positive feedback

- **Notable Campaigns:**  
  - High reach campaigns for report launches
  - Videos and social media interactions

- **Community Feedback:**  
  - Positive testimonials from community members and leaders
  - Found helpful and engaging by users

- **Problems Addressed:**  
  - Data fragmentation in the Polkadot ecosystem
  - Lack of comprehensive reports and ecosystem maps

- **Solutions:**  
  - Regularly published deep dive reports
  - Interactive ecosystem maps
  - In-depth staking reports

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Dotinsights, a research and data-focused initiative by SubWallet, is seeking funding from the Polkadot Treasury for Milestones 1, 2, and 3, covering the period from June 2022 to August 2023. Dotinsights aims to become a trusted research hub and data platform for the Polkadot and Kusama Ecosystem, offering an exhaustive list of projects building in the ecosystem, quarterly reports, and in-depth staking reports. The project targets everyone interested in the ecosystem, with a proposed budget of $1,200,000.

[Retroactive Funding] Dotinsights - A Research Hub & Data Platform for Polkadot & Kusama Ecosystem

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[Root] Referendum #208

- A proposal was made to request $90,750 for maintenance of a project related to Polkadot.
- The money will help support the project from August 2021 until the end of 2023.
- Regular updates are needed for the GSRPC library used by over 500 other projects.
- Since September 2021, Centrifuge has helped fix problems and support users without any cost.
- They have fixed a number of issues and completed many updates to the project.
- The main tasks include maintaining documentation, answering questions, fixing bugs, and helping other developers. 
- They plan to address new features in the future but will not include it in this request.
- The proposal clarifies a previous mistake about the amount requested.

WHO: Proponent 12wWLUd5qMzLFGqBsMnHLVFeTuYJwuo5ygMAxuSywrBX1XSF

WHAT: Requesting a maintenance grant of $90,750 in DOT for retroactive and future maintenance until end of 2023 for the GSRPC library used by more than 500 Github Go Modules.

RESOURCES: Centrifuge has been providing support since September 2021 with 197 merged PRs and 103 closed issues. Maintenance responsibilities include documentation, bug fixes, PR reviews, and community engagement.

Go-Substrate-Rpc-Client - Retroactive Maintenance Grant (Sept 2021 to Dec 2023)

- There was a problem with a referendum asking for too much money.
- The amount requested was 100 times higher than what was wanted.
- It asked for more than 24 million DOT, which is too high.
- Users should ignore this referendum because it won't happen.
- Instead, people should vote on Referendum 207.
- Thanks to Coinstudio for helping to notice the mistake quickly.
- The team apologizes for any trouble this caused.

The proposal has been superseded by Referendum 207 due to the requested amount being 100 times higher than desired. Users are advised to ignore this referendum and vote on Referendum 207 instead.

Please ignore or disapprove!

- The Totem Kapex Parachain Team is asking for a loan of 2,250,000 USD from the Polkadot Treasury.
- They will give 5% of their token to everyone who votes, both for and against the proposal.
- The team promises to return 2,700,000 USD, including interest, in about two years.
- They will lock up some of their tokens as collateral, which means they can't sell them.
- The money will be used to grow the team, pay for partnerships, and cover costs to stay in the Polkadot network.
- This loan is seen as a new way to help teams without traditional funding.
- The community is encouraged to talk and think carefully before voting on this proposal.

Rejected

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Totem Kapex Parachain Team requests a 2x collateralized loan of 2,250,000 USD from the Polkadot Treasury. A 5% airdrop of the native parachain token will be given to all Aye and Nay voters if successful. Loan value repayable to Treasury is 2,700,000.00 USD, with a target repayment date of Month 24. The loan will be primarily used to meet the commitments of recent important new partnerships, to allow them to renew their parachain lease/buy core time, to cover the legal and regulatory aspects of listing, including listing fees, and to cover operational costs for the next 9 months.

Treasury Proposal: Parachain Loan Financing (PLF) Kapex Parachain

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Kill Referendum 203 (Scam Referendum)

Killed

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💎DOT Airdrop on Terra 2.0 ✅

- The Polkadot Ecology Research Institute is a research group from the Chinese Polkadot community.
- They are asking for money to support their work from October 2023 to March 2024.
- Founded in October 2020, they have created 185 articles about Polkadot, totaling over 1 million words.
- Their articles are shared by well-known media outlets and they are the only Chinese group publishing on Polkadot's official Medium.
- They have participated in over 60 events and reached more than 30,000 people in China.
- They support projects in the Polkadot ecosystem and have helped over 100 projects.
- They are applying for funds to cover staff costs, showing their dedication to Polkadot despite market challenges.
- A recent report about Polkadot has gained over 30,000 views in just two days.

The Polkadot Ecology Research Institute, a Chinese research organization, is requesting operating expenses of 28010 DOT (about 104760 USD) for daily personnel expenses from October 2023 to March 2024. They have produced 185 in-depth articles on Polkadot ecology and actively promoted Polkadot in various communities and events. They have also provided content/activity/community support to more than 100 Polkadot ecosystem projects. This is their seventh time submitting a Polkadot Treasury application.

Proposal: The operating cost for the research organization Polkadot Ecology Research Institute for 2023/10-2024/3

KAGOME Treasury Proposal 2 outlines a plan to get more funding for KAGOME, a program written in C++ that helps run Polkadot's relay chain. Here are some key points:

- KAGOME aims to provide a different way to run Polkadot, which helps reduce risks in software problems.
- The Quadrivium team wants to improve security and develop the KAGOME program further.
- Having multiple ways to run Polkadot allows for faster improvements and a bigger community of developers.
- The team is experienced and has been working together for 3-4 years, ensuring high-quality work.
- KAGOME is already helping secure networks like Kusama and Westend.
- This proposal seeks funding for key features like Asynchronous backing and security audits.
- The team hopes to adjust the proposal and complete it faster and at a lower cost than before.

Quadrivium seeks funding for the development and security audit of KAGOME, a C++ Polkadot Host implementation, to increase client diversity in the ecosystem. The proposal includes implementing BEEFY, Async backing, and WasmEdge integration, as well as general maintenance and minor improvements. The requested DOT is 168432, and the proposal duration is 4 months. SRLabs will conduct the security audit, and Quadrivium will handle DevOps and QA.

KAGOME – the C++ implementation of Polkadot Host milestone 2

- Tribe/AngelHack is asking for $99,000 to help pay for travel grants.
- This money will support people who are eligible for the Polkadot Relayers program.
- The program was approved in July 2023 and helps builders create apps on Polkadot.
- In 2022, the first Polkadot Relayers was successful in bringing developers together.
- This year, the program will offer more help to project teams needing mentorship and support.
- The proposal shows that feedback from last year is used to make improvements.
- The money will mainly go to travel grants for participants involved in the program.

Tribe/AngelHack 13Ghf2T883ZobjngC1BAgR1BWvK2P7qP37gGxHDVFf3fjbmw requests USD$99,000.00 | 26,281.38 DOT for the second milestone of the Polkadot Relayers program. The budget is mainly for the travel grants that are disbursed to all participating stakeholders. The proposal aims to nurture committed project teams looking for mentorship, investment, and ecosystem support whilst they build on Polkadot.

Polkadot Relayers 2023 Milestone 2

- A proposal from a group is asking for $6,500 to help improve the dotappstore for Polkadot.
- The dotappstore is designed to help people find and learn about different Polkadot projects more easily.
- Currently, there is no easy way for users to explore projects, leading to confusion with other websites.
- The funding will be used for features like user sign-up, app recommendations, and safety reporting.
- The dotappstore will include detailed app pages that show images, user reviews, and ways to contact developers.
- The project is open-source, meaning anyone can see or contribute to its code.
- The creators believe this app store will make it easier for people to find good projects and help grow the Polkadot community.

WHO: Batman, Polkadot

WHAT: Development costs for Dynamic App Pages, featuring user authentication flow, upvote feature, claim feature, and report feature for dotappstore.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 1,800 DOT (~$6,500) requested on 13 Oct 2023. Codebase is fully open-source and available on Github.

Polkadot Ecosystem App Store - Dynamic App Pages & Project Reputation System - dotappstore.com

- Verbo da Sabedoria is a Brazilian educational YouTube channel that shares content with Portuguese speakers.
- The team includes John Rhodel (Parachainboy), Carlos Sawaki (CJ), and Gabriel Bonugli (Gabekoin).
- They are asking for funding to support 11 videos they created about the Polkadot ecosystem.
- Brazil's economy is strong, with a GDP of BRL 9.9 trillion in 2022 and over 10 million cryptocurrency investors.
- Brazil is one of the largest cryptocurrency markets globally, ranking fifth in ownership.
- The channel aims to inform viewers and share news while growing its online community.
- Viewers are mostly young, with high internet usage, making crypto a popular investment among Brazilians. 
- For more information, you can check their social media and contact details.

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Verbo da Sabedoria, a Brazilian channel, requests retroactive funding of 700 DOT for 11 videos produced between July 26th and October 10th, 2023, about news from the Polkadot ecosystem. They plan to request funds every 4 videos and target Portuguese-speaking communities.

Big Tips for Content in Portuguese - Verbo da Sabedoria Channel

- Polkadot Weigher helps track weight consumption for Polkadot and Kusama parachains.
- It offers a simple user interface to make this easier.
- The project is useful with a new feature called Agile Coretime.
- Agile Coretime helps parachains see how much they use and adjust their needs.
- The proposal asks for a tip for the work done on the code.
- If approved, a special website domain will be created.

WHO: The proposer
WHAT: Develops a UI for tracking weight consumption over all Polkadot and Kusama parachains and register a custom domain for the website
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requesting a tip for the developed code, no specific amount mentioned.

Polkadot Weigher

- Cervera creates educational videos and interviews about Polkadot and Kusama on the Cryptonitas YouTube channel since April 19, 2021.
- The channel has two main playlists: one for Polkadot and one for Kusama.
- Cervera supports the community by answering questions, speaking at events, and organizing activities like the Decoded 2022 viewing party.
- There is a proposal for funding to make more educational videos about Polkadot.
- The goal is to create a knowledgeable community that uses the network effectively.
- Benefits of the proposal include quality videos in Spanish, user support, and an increase of over 100,000 DOT staked.
- The success of the videos will be measured by the number of users utilizing the network and the increase in staked DOT.

Cervera proposes to produce educational tutorial videos about the Polkadot ecosystem, offer community support, and stake 100,000 DOT. The proposal seeks funding in three installments, and the actions will be demonstrated through freely accessible videos, a form to evaluate the quality of care, and an increase in staked DOT in the Cryptonitas pool. The requested amount is reduced compared to previous proposals.

Educational content maintenance proposal by Cryptonitas

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- Federico Cicciarella is a developer with 20 years of experience, mainly in Microsoft .Net (C#).
- Recently, he became interested in blockchain technology, focusing on the Polkadot ecosystem.
- He received a $4,500 grant for his project called "Tracking Chain."
- The project aims to help companies in supply chain and data certification by offering software demonstrations.
- Federico has scheduled demos with three Italian companies and plans more in early 2024.
- The grant will help cover travel, server costs for demos, and software customization for clients.
- Each demo will last about six working days and aims to teach clients about blockchain and how to use the Tracking Chain software.

WHO: Federico Cicciarella, Microsoft .Net (C#) developer.

WHAT: Introduce "Tracking Chain" to potential clients in the supply chain and data/document certification sectors through demos.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $1,500 per demo (excluding travel expenses and server costs), expected to require a minimum of six working days. $4,500 grant requested to cover travel and meetings with potential clients, server costs for demos, and customization of the software to integrate it with the customer's software.

[TrackingChain] Bring Adoption for Companies: Building Infrastructure for Web2 Integration (Big Tipper Discussion)

- DOTCAST is a podcast created by Nachito and Roco for Spanish speakers.
- It focuses on the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem and has been running for one year.
- They want to make 16 podcast episodes over four months and need 4,395 DOT for funding.
- The podcast episodes will be about 40 minutes long each.
- They aim to improve the podcast quality and increase its visibility.
- DOTCAST also shares interviews, reports, and tutorials related to their main topic.
- The team is looking for feedback from the community to enhance their content.
- You can find more details and share your thoughts through provided links.

**WHO:** DOTCAST, led by Nachito and Roco.

**WHAT:** Deliver 16 weekly episodes of a podcast on the Polkadot & Kusama ecosystem over 4 months.

**PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES:** Requesting 4,395 DOT. Proposal covers a 4-month period.

DOTCAST - Pursuing quality improvement by spreading honest and true awareness.

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- Dwellir helped Polkadot communities by handling over 840 million RPC requests in Q3 2023.
- Their services were provided from special places in Sweden and Tunisia.
- They showed their operational data online for everyone to see.
- On average, they processed about 6.8 million requests each day for Polkadot, and over 616 million total.
- For AssetHub, they managed about 65.7 million requests daily, totaling 65.7 million in the quarter.
- For Westend, they served around 1.8 million requests per day, reaching about 165.8 million total.
- Dwellir aims to provide great services at fair prices.

Dwellir served over 840 million RPC requests for Polkadot communities in Q3 using its decentralized bare-metal infrastructure in Sweden and Tunisia. The company aims to offer top-tier, decentralized RPC services at an equitable price. No specific price, timeframe, or resource information is provided.

Polkadot RPC services Dwellir Q3 2023 (retroactive) 

- A referendum is proposed to reward Alice und Bob for promoting Polkadot's value.
- Polkadot 2.0 introduced OpenGov, allowing initiatives to support the ecosystem.
- The proposal is urgent due to upcoming crowdloan unlocks.
- The initiative aims to rally Polkadot supporters to promote #stakedot.
- More details are available in a GitHub readme.
- Ivy, the proposer, has no official connection with Alice und Bob.
- Vote "Aye" if you think Alice und Bob deserves the reward.

Proposal to tip Alice und Bob for consistent Polkadot bull posting. Polkadot community to coordinate and rally through #stakedot bull posting. No relationship with Alice und Bob. Vote Aye to tip. No mention of price/timeframe/resources.

Recognizing Alice und Bob and #stakedot

Kuma Wallet is a tool that helps people manage and transfer digital money easily. Here are some important points about it:

- Kuma Wallet is making a new update called milestone 5.
- It will add features like SubQuery integration, easy money transfers with Transak, and cross-chain swaps.
- The wallet aims to make it simple to use and manage digital tokens across different platforms.
- It has grown a lot recently, with 1900% more users because of marketing and community support.
- Kuma Wallet listens to its users and includes features they ask for.
- It is working with SubQuery for faster data and with Transak to allow buying and selling using credit cards.
- The wallet will support different cryptocurrencies like Polkadot and Kusama.

Blockcoders proposes Kuma Wallet milestone 5 for SubQuery Integration, Fiat On/Off Ramp with Transak, Cross-chain swaps with HydraDX Omnipool and Community Requested Features support. The wallet aims to make managing assets across multiple chains seamless, secure, and efficient. The proposal includes a detailed description of features and costs.

Kuma Wallet - Milestone 5

- ELLIPAL is planning to connect its hardware wallet to the Polkadot and parachains ecosystem.
- Users will be able to manage DOT, KSM, ASTR, GLMR tokens and more.
- The wallet will have features like easy integration with Polkadot and support for WalletConnect.
- ELLIPAL has a large user base with 800,000 wallet users and over $4 billion in assets.
- The wallet is completely offline and very secure, protecting against hackers.
- It supports over 40 blockchains and allows users to manage NFTs, stake, and swap crypto.
- ELLIPAL is recognized as one of the top cold wallets and operates in over 140 countries.

ELLIPAL proposes to integrate Polkadot and parachains ecosystem with its hardware wallet, offering DOT/KSM tokens, staking, ASTR & GLMR parachains and tokens, DOT/KSM/ASTR/GLMR swap, WalletConnect v2, and Polkadot wallet integration. The proposal aims to expand development to include other Polkadot parachains. The commercial value includes a substantial user base, global reach, vibrant community network, and ease of integration for emerging parachains. The proposal also highlights the features of ELLIPAL hardware wallet and mobile app. The full proposal with detailed costs is available in the provided link.

ELLIPAL Self-custody Cold Wallet 1 Proposal: DOT/KSM Tokens, Staking,ASTR & GLMR Parachains&Tokens,DOT/KSM/ ASTR/GLMR Swap,WalletConnect v2,Polkadot Wallet Integration

Encode Club x Polkadot Initiative is a program that uses three main methods to help people learn and build projects:

- An educational series to teach about the Polkadot platform.
- Hackathons, both online and in-person, where participants can compete and win prizes.
- An accelerator that helps teams turn their projects into real businesses.

The next online hackathon starts in early October and will focus on a special programming language called ink!, meant for creating smart contracts. It includes workshops to help participants learn how to use ink! effectively.

In the last part of the year, the initiative plans to host another online hackathon and an accelerator program beginning on November 28. This will help projects from the hackathons grow into startups.

Previous events, like the Encode x Polkadot Spring Hackathon and Polkadot Decoded Hackathon, successfully engaged many participants, provided learning opportunities, and awarded prizes to winners.

WHO: Encode Club and Polkadot

WHAT: Requesting funding for the second online hackathon prizes, funding for running the third online hackathon, and funding for running the accelerator, totaling £40k in DOT.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Funding allocated for the 4th tranche scheduled for Q4 of 2023 from the initial agreement outlined here. Second online hackathon to commence in early October, third hackathon and accelerator to be completed in Q4.

Encode latest tranche request

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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.