- Max, a Polkadot Ambassador, runs the Cryptozilla YouTube channel dedicated to educating about Polkadot and its technology.
- He has produced 233 videos since August 2021, with a total of over 466,000 views.
- Max is requesting 980 DOT ($4,000) as a tip for making 25 educational videos, including 10 that are already completed.
- The videos will cover topics like Polkadot's technology and comparisons with other blockchain ecosystems.
- He believes that having many content creators helps the Polkadot community grow and improve.
- Max is seeking feedback on why his proposal may not be favorably received to help him improve future requests. 
- His channel is focused on providing trustworthy information and engaging tutorials without sponsored content.

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Max, Polkadot Ambassador and creator of Cryptozilla YouTube channel, requests a tip of 980 DOT ($4,000) from the Polkadot Treasury for the production of 25 English educational videos about the Polkadot ecosystem. The proposal is partially retroactive, as 10 videos have already been delivered. The cost of each video is set at $160. The funds will serve as a reward for the production of 15 more videos about Polkadot on the channel.

Cryptozilla - retroactive and continuation of video content production. (Big Tipper)

Polkassembly is important for the governance of Polkadot and Kusama. Here are the main points about a new payment proposal:

- The proposal asks for money every six months to help maintain and operate Polkassembly.
- This money will be used for general upkeep, upgrades, and costs related to the infrastructure.
- They want support from the Polkadot treasury to keep Polkassembly running smoothly.
- New features include showing voting details and reasons, voting anonymously, and easier access to information.
- Upgrades also include improvements for user experience and better management of data.
- They plan to enhance partnerships and allow moderators to oversee discussions on the platform.
- These updates aim to make Polkassembly more engaging and easier for everyone to use.

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WHO: Polkassembly team

WHAT: Proposing a recurring payment from the Polkadot treasury to cover maintenance, operations, and human resource costs for Polkassembly, including general maintenance, runtime upgrades, and infrastructure costs. The proposal covers costs for Q3 & Q4 of 2023 and aims to enhance user engagement, transparency, and the overall experience on Polkassembly while streamlining development and maintenance processes.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Polkassembly Social Contract | Maintenance proposal Q3 & Q4’23

Ameer Omar is part of the CryptoEQ team. Here are some key points about him and the company:

- CryptoEQ offers research and ratings for digital assets.
- They started in 2020 and help various clients, including companies and investors.
- Ameer is connecting with the Polkadot community to support their projects.
- They want to focus on three topics: XCMv3, OpenGov, and Blockspace.
- XCMv3 looks at how different blockchains can work together.
- OpenGov is about new ways of governance in Polkadot.
- Blockspace deals with how Polkadot creates high-quality blocks.
- Ameer shared resources to help explain their work better.

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CryptoEQ proposes to provide comprehensive fundamental research on three topics to benefit the Polkadot ecosystem and the wider market. The topics include XCMv3, OpenGov, and Blockspace. The proposal's complete details are available at Polkadot | CryptoEQ Proposal. The proposal's resources include a deck showcasing reports, a DOT report, an example of a CORE+ report, and a one-pager providing an overview of the network. The proposal's value and commitment to long-term monitoring of the Polkadot ecosystem are compared to other proposals.

Featured Research Proposal: Empowering the Polkadot Ecosystem [CryptoEQ]

- A new Multi-Wallet user interface and Polkawatch analytics have been created.
- A test integration with the Polkadot Staking Dashboard was successful, helping more people analyze staking choices.
- The team plans to fully connect Polkawatch Analytics to the Staking Dashboard.
- Improvements to the Staking Dashboard Plugin system are underway to involve more community projects.
- A new way to track location data is needed because of changes in the network.
- Support for AURA parachains will help find more funding and reduce reliance on Treasury money.
- The ongoing monthly cost to keep analytics running is about $2.9K. 
- Community feedback is encouraged and a detailed proposal is available for more information.

Polkawatch proposes to fully integrate its analytics service into the Polkadot Staking Dashboard and improve the plugin system for other community projects. They also plan to implement a different GeoLocation strategy and provide support for AURA parachains. The milestone will cost **2.9K USD per month** and will be funded through continued operation and potential parachain support.

Polkawatch, Decentralization Analytics, Continued Operation and Development

- Polkascan wants to improve their block explorer, which shows information about blockchain events.
- They plan to add new features, like a better dashboard and easier-to-understand data.
- The updates will help people who are not very technical to use the explorer more easily.
- Improvements will benefit parachain teams that use the explorer.
- The team is looking for feedback from the community on their proposal.

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WHO: Team Polkascan
WHAT: Extend Polkascan open source block explorer with more features, such as an improved dashboard and user-friendly descriptive representations of events and calls.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Beyond Raw Data: How Polkascan Transforms Subsquid Aggregates into a User-Friendly Polkadot Experience (Polkadot Treasury Proposal)

- The Polkadot Blockchain Academy (PBA) is a program that teaches students about blockchain technology.
- It took place at UC Berkeley from July 10 to August 10, 2023.
- The program had 75 students: 55 learned to be developers and 20 tried a special track for future founders.
- The academy aims to help people learn how to use Polkadot and create new projects.
- They offer in-person classes and are also making online courses available.
- There is a proposal for additional funding to support this program's work.
- More details can be found in the provided link.

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WHO: Polkadot Blockchain Academy (PBA)

WHAT: Requesting retroactive funding for the third wave of the Academy, which educated 75 students in Polkadot development and founding.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Details not provided.

Polkadot Blockchain Academy - retroactive funding for wave 3 of the Academy held at UC Berkeley this Summer.

- Dot Leap is a newsletter that shares news about the Polkadot ecosystem and has been running for three years.
- The newsletter has around 3,390 subscribers and aims to stay ad-free while focusing on growth.
- The growth plan includes updating the website, integrating AI technology, and improving the newsletter format.
- The updated website will offer easy guides, explanations, and allow users to search for past content.
- AI will help automatically summarize information and create social media content for the newsletter.
- The newsletter will be redesigned to make it more engaging, with better explanations of technical topics and interactive elements.
- Goals for growth include reaching 15,000 subscribers and improving open and clickthrough rates over the next year.

Dot Leap proposes to focus on aggressive growth by reviving their website, integrating AI, and reformating their newsletter. They aim to help Polkadot get the necessary userbase and developer base, and to expand global awareness of Polkadot's innovations. The proposal requests a total of $75,000 for 12 months to cover salary funds, website growth, expansion, content, website maintenance, AI tools, newsletter continuation, AI integration, and ad spend. They aim to have 15,000 total subscribers before November 2024, with a 20%+ open rate on emails and 5+% average clickthrough rate.

Dot Leap 2: Let's grow!

- Nicholas Douzinas from Ajuna Network is asking DOT holders for $175,000 to verify a new Polkadot Unity SDK for game developers.
- The SDK aims to help developers create games using the Polkadot network, filling a gap on the Unity Asset Store where Polkadot solutions are currently missing.
- The funds will cover costs for verification ($150,000) and maintenance of the SDK for a year ($25,000).
- Over 20 teams, including Ajuna and Parity Technologies, are collaborating to make this happen, promoting the use of Polkadot in web3 gaming.
- A verified SDK will enhance Polkadot's visibility and trust among game developers, potentially attracting more users to its ecosystem.
- The SDK will be easy to use, allowing developers to integrate their projects with different types of Polkadot chains.
- This project is seen as a major step towards making Polkadot a top choice in the gaming industry.
- Future proposals for marketing and business development will follow if this technical proposal gets approved.

Polkadot Gaming Group proposes to create a verified Polkadot Unity SDK for game developers. They request $175,000 from the treasury, with $150,000 allocated for Unity's verification and publishing process and $25,000 for maintenance. The SDK will be designed to facilitate the rapid generation of customized C# SDKs compatible with various chain types. The group aims to position the Polkadot Unity SDK as a go-to resource within the Unity Asset Store, elevating its stature to that of existing, reputable solutions. The initiative promises several long-term benefits for DOT holders, including user onboarding at scale, increased on-chain transactions and engagement, visibility and competitive standing, ecosystem-wide value capture, and expanded business development and marketing opportunities.

Polkadot Unity SDK proposal to become a Verified Solution (Part 1)

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- SubQuery is asking for $46,122.04 to cover costs for a special tool called the Common API from January to June 2023.
- This tool helps people access important data from the Polkadot network easily.
- The proposal is to continue supporting the partnership with Nova Wallet, which works closely with SubQuery.
- The Common API helps collect data like transaction history, staking rewards, and voting information quickly.
- SubQuery supports 74 networks within the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems.
- The proposal shows how SubQuery is committed to helping the Polkadot community grow.
- More details can be found in the full proposal linked in the document.

WHO: SubQuery

WHAT: Requesting 46,122.04 USD for Q1-Q2 2023 to cover expenses associated with maintaining the SubQuery &lt;&gt; Nova Wallet Common API infrastructure.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 46,122.04 USD for Q1-Q2 2023 (6 months)

SubQuery <> Nova Wallet Common API:  Maintenance Cost For Q1-Q2 2023

- Circle is a company that creates digital money called USDC.
- USDC is a stablecoin, meaning it's always worth the same as a real dollar.
- There are over $25 billion USDC coins being used right now.
- Circle checks and shares how much USDC is backed by real money every week and month.
- The company wants USDC to be used easily on a platform called Polkadot.
- This change would help more people use USDC and do transactions without needing other tokens.
- Making USDC easier to use could help Polkadot grow and attract new projects.

Circle requests Polkadot Relay Chain governance to make USDC sufficient on Polkadot, allowing it to be used to pay transaction fees and exist on accounts without DOT. This proposal can attract mainstream users and simplify user experience, expanding access to USDC liquidity and helping the ecosystem grow. No price/timeframe/resources mentioned.

Proposal for USDC Sufficiency on Polkadot Asset Hub

- Elektro is a professional translator and a fan of Gavin Wood, seeking to help the Polkadot community expand in Italy.
- They want to create high-quality Italian voice-overs for Polkadot content since most information isn't fully available in Italian.
- The current information is often incomplete, out of order, and sometimes incorrect due to language barriers.
- Elektro's proposal aims to solve these issues by providing complete and clear Italian translations.
- They will handle costs related to production themselves and are charging $13.70 per minute, lower than the market average.
- Providing Italian voice-overs can also help blind Italians and make the content more accessible.
- Elektro plans to dub videos from Polkadot Decoded 2023 and is willing to do one for free to showcase their work.

WHO: Elektro, a professional translator and Polkadot enthusiast.

WHAT: Proposing to provide Italian dubbing for the first video of Polkadot 2023 at a price of $13.70 per minute, covering costs of proofreading, audio editing, production, and voice-over recording.

FOR WHAT: To address issues such as incomplete information, chronological order, misinformation, language barrier, lack of content, subtitles, inclusivity, survivorship bias, and to contribute to a multi-lingual Polkadot.

Dubbing Polkadot Decoded 2023 into Italian

### OpenSquare Proposal Summary

- **Beneficiary**: OpenSquare (12sNU8BXivMj1xQmcd4T39ugCyHjmhir8jkPqfAw5ZDESrx4)
- **Date**: 09/18/2023
- **Requested Allocation**: $275,620 (67,438 DOT)

#### Key Points:

1. **Maintenance**: Includes server costs, email services, domains, and labor for code maintenance and bug fixes.
2. **Infrastructure**: Hetzner servers, Ali email service, IPFS pin service, and domain costs.
3. **Code Maintenance**: Focuses on Subsquare, Dotreasury, Statescan, and Off-chain voting products.
4. **New Features**: Development of off-chain discussion decentralization, delegation UI enhancements, on-chain governance deposit management, and more.
5. **Budget Breakdown**: Maintenance costs $65,700, with additional budgets for new features in Subsquare, Dotreasury, and Off-chain voting.
6. **Total Budget**: $275,620, including both maintenance and new feature development.
7. **Long-term Vision**: OpenSquare aims to build a decentralized collaboration network in the Polkadot ecosystem, focusing on infrastructure and data indexing.
8. **User Metrics**: OpenSquare's products attract a significant number of users, contributing to the ecosystem's growth.

OpenSquare infrastructure products maintenance(2023 Q2 and Q3) and a new batch of features development

- The post shares tips for getting rewards for working on Substrate code.
- There are links to helpful websites where you can see more details.
- The information includes a tip that was not executed because of a change in government rules.
- This tip is from an earlier stage of the project.
- It is meant to thank people for their contributions to the code.
- The overall focus is on managing tips and rewards in a coding project.

The proposal suggests checking out a tip for substrate PR, which is a reward for contribution to substrate code. No specific information is given regarding WHO will receive the reward, WHAT the reward is, or the price/timeframe/resources involved.

Get tip for substrate PR

**Coinsider Proposal Summary**

- Kevin, the founder of the Coinsider YouTube channel, is proposing to create three educational videos about Polkadot.
- He is asking for funding of 5,000 DOT, which is about $20,000, to help produce the videos.
- His team includes a researcher, an editor, a designer, and himself.
- The videos will discuss Polkadot’s decentralization, highlight important projects in its ecosystem, and explore future milestones in 2024.
- Each video will include links to the official Polkadot Discord channel to encourage community engagement.
- Kevin aims to deliver high-quality content and believes this campaign could benefit the Polkadot project, especially during the current bear market. 
- He has been consistently producing content and sees potential for growth by covering Layer 0s like Polkadot.

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COINSIDER, a YouTube channel, proposes to create 3 high-quality educational videos about Polkadot and its ecosystem for around $20,000, including fees, in a timeframe of around 6 weeks. The team consists of 1 researcher, 1 editor, 1 thumbnail designer, and the writer/host. The proposal aims to bring exposure to certain parts of Polkadot that will benefit the project and the community.

Coinsider Media Campaign for Polkadot

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- Patrice is a French Polkadot ambassador and runs a blog called Tendances Crypto.
- He wants to create a content hub for the French Polkadot community.
- France has growing interest in web3, but many brands don’t know much about Polkadot.
- His plan includes a newsletter, articles, a chatbot for questions, and LinkedIn posts.
- The goal is to promote Polkadot and help French companies use its technology.
- Patrice is seeking feedback from the Polkadot community before finalizing his proposal.

WHO: Patrice - Tendances Crypto

WHAT: Create a Polkadot content hub for the French community, including weekly and monthly newsletters, thematic articles, a chatbot, and LinkedIn posts.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 5,233 DOT for 44 weeks.

A French content hub for Polkadot Ecosystem

- Polkascan Foundation maintains Python libraries for Polkadot, Kusama, and Substrate-based chains.
- They have developed extensions for Polkascan Explorer and Subsquid, and a new runtime interface.
- They added support for ink! v4 and SCALE type definitions for upcoming Substrate updates.
- They improved contract interface support and updated metadata docs.
- They provided technical support on GitHub, Matrix, and Substrate Stack Exchange.
- They are requesting retroactive funding for their activities from April to September 2023.
- Detailed reports on their activities are available on GitHub.

Polkascan Foundation is requesting retroactive funding of approximately 4135 euro per month for development and tech support activities from April to September 2023. They have maintained Polkadot-related Python libraries, such as py-substrate-interface and py-scale-codec, which are essential for Python developers to interact with any Polkadot, Kusama or other Substrate-based chain. They have implemented new Polkascan Explorer and Subsquid extensions, added support for ink! v4, and provided technical support on Github, substrate.stackexchange.com, and #polkascan:matrix.org channels.

Maintenance & Support Python Libraries (April to September 2023)

- A new proposal has been made to increase the ideal staking rate in Polkadot.
- This is in preparation for a crowdloan unlock on October 24th.
- The proposal aims to keep staking rewards high while accommodating more DOT in the system.
- The new ideal staking rate will be set to 60%.
- The change is a small adjustment to the previous setup.
- The official time for this proposal to take effect is two days before the funds are unlocked.

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Polkadot proposes to increase the ideal staking rate to 60% to accommodate the new DOT being unlocked into the staking system. The enactment time is set to two days before the funds unlock from crowdloans. The proposal is a 1 liner change to the former Polkadot runtime.

Tweak Polkadot's Ideal Staking Rate

- The project is designed to help nominators on the Polkadot network improve their performance through a new tool with AI.
- Nominators help keep the system secure by choosing the best nodes, but they need to be very involved and make smart choices.
- Some nominators are not doing their best and are at risk of losing rewards.
- The research found that there are also very effective nominators who consistently earn rewards by making good decisions.
- They plan to create leaderboards to show how well nominators are performing, which can help everyone learn and improve.
- The system includes dashboards for both nominators and validators that provide helpful insights.
- This will make it easier for new participants to join and understand how the system works. 
- The proposal thanks many people who helped create it over the past months.

Motif proposes to implement nominator leaderboards, dashboards that visualize nominator behavior, offering a comprehensive view of actions and results within the Polkadot system. This tool aims to prompt nominators to act before facing disincentivization, thus softening the tool's impact without compromising its efficacy. The proposed solution will include Nominator, Validator, and Nomination Pool Dashboards. The team has relevant experience with different methods of blockchain research and will implement the interface in the form of a desktop web app.

Polkadot Nominator Insight Hub. Spreading the Best Nominator Strategies through TOP Nomination Leaderboards

- The proposal is about a bounty program to improve how people can buy cryptocurrencies with regular money (fiat) in the Polkadot community.
- It aims to help 20 different parachains and integrate an on-ramp service with the Polkadot Asset Hub.
- There are current challenges like high costs and difficulties for new users to enter the ecosystem.
- A previous bounty for a similar service on Kusama was successful, and now the same idea is being brought to Polkadot.
- The program will involve 15 assets with a total funding request of $326,040.
- This will allow users to easily buy assets and put them straight into their accounts without extra steps.
- The team seeks support from the community to make this idea happen.

Interlay proposes a bounty program to fund the fiat on-ramp service for 20 parachains and on-ramp integration for Asset Hub in the Polkadot ecosystem, costing $326,040. They aim to bridge the gap between traditional payment systems and the Polkadot ecosystem and encourage widespread adoption. The proposal has been successful in Kusama.

Polkadot Parachain Assets Onramp Bounty Program

**Polkadot Live Proposal Summary**

- A proposal is being made to develop an app called Polkadot Live with funding for a full-time software engineer for one year.
- The app will help users interact with Polkadot on their desktop and send notifications directly.
- The goal is to improve user experience and allow quick actions without replacing current applications.
- The proposal was submitted by Joel Kenny, with Ross Bulat overseeing the project.
- They are requesting approximately $100,000 to pay for the developer's salary and management costs.
- The project aims to create the Polkadot Live app for macOS and Windows and share the code on GitHub.
- The plan includes gathering feedback from the community during the beta release.

Polkadot Live development seeks funding for 1 full-time senior software engineer for 12 months. The engineer will report to Ross Bulat and work on the Polkadot Live app, which aims to improve the blockchain user experience. The requested funds are 24,937 DOT ($100k @ $4.01 / 1 DOT), with 15% going to JKRB Investments and 80% for the engineer's salary. The deliverables include an initial release of the app for macOS and Windows and open sourcing of the codebase on Github.

Polkadot Live: Proposal for funding community driven development to initial release.

- Apillon platform plans to grow with new subscription models and free access, supported by Polkadot Treasury.
- They filed a revised proposal to get funds for developing the Web3 platform.
- Apillon will create a Web3 Adoption Bounty to help new builders in the Polkadot community.
- In less than a year, Apillon attracted 951 developers and created over 500 projects.
- Apillon offers many services to Web3 developers, making it easier to build on Polkadot.
- The platform will allow anyone to use its code and simplify payments for various Polkadot services.
- They aim to help more people enter the Web3 space with a "forever" free version of their services.

WHO: Apillon platform

WHAT: Filed a revised proposal for Polkadot Treasury funding to cover the technical development of the Apillon Web3 development platform. They also propose to establish a Web3 Adoption Bounty to support up-and-coming Web3 projects building in Polkadot or on the Apillon platform.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Apillon Platform Milestone 1 Proposal

- AIWeb3 is a group that helps create Chinese content about Polkadot and web3.
- They are resubmitting their proposal after getting a lot of support from the community.
- They want to grow the Polkadot Chinese community and have 10 active content creators.
- AIWeb3 has held a popular AMA event with over 500 live listeners.
- They provide help in Chinese on Discord channels for new users.
- The group is planning to create a Polkadot Academy in Chinese for better education.
- Their team includes experts in content creation and technology.
- They believe in connecting and supporting the Chinese-speaking audience in the Polkadot ecosystem.

WHO: AIWeb3

WHAT: Resubmitting opengov proposal to foster growth of Chinese content creators, provide Chinese educational content creation, community-building, AMA events in Chinese, native language assistance to ecosystem builders, and more.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Supported by Kusama treasury for initial 6 month period, managed funds judiciously, secured additional funds from parachains and ecosystem projects. Working on possibility of a comprehensive Polkadot Academy in Chinese. Full proposal can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1slcn2X8YYFICwJYLzpHPUSuqTB_Va_MfuWC59ya-IoY/edit?usp=sharing

AIWeb3 Chinese Unit proposal (爱Web3 中文社区提案) - September, 2023 - March, 2024

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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.