- PolkaWorld made changes to their proposal after it was rejected.
- They are asking for funding to help them operate from October 2023 to March 2024.
- The proposal includes their story and important ideas they've followed for four years.
- They have improved their tasks to include content creation and marketing.
- They shared answers to questions the community had.
- People are encouraged to review the proposal and vote.

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WHO: PolkaWorld
WHAT: Proposal for community operational funding from October 2023 to March 2024, including adjustments and optimizations to work tasks and expanded marketing efforts.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

PolkaWorld Ops and Maintenance proposal：2023.10 - 2024.3

Polkadot is a special project in the world of cryptocurrency with many cool features:

- It has a system where everyone can vote on changes, making it a community-driven platform.
- Users enjoy low fees for transactions.
- It can handle lots of transactions at the same time by using different blockchains.
- Polkadot allows people to transfer various types of data or assets between different blockchains, not just money.
- AIRDROP.COM wants to teach more people about Polkadot and its features.

To help spread the word about Polkadot, AIRDROP.COM plans to:

- Create fun quizzes and visuals.
- Make informational videos.
- Buy ads on popular websites.
- Give away DOT tokens to new users.
- Use a system to verify users to avoid cheating.
- Provide support for users.

Their goal is to get **61,000 new users** to learn and use Polkadot.

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AIRDROP.COM proposes to promote Polkadot's features through media buying, creation of content, and DOT airdrops. They aim to reach 61,000 new DOT adopters. The proposal requires a budget of $150,000 and will be implemented over a period of 2 months. They will use IDanalyser for KYC and major platforms like coingecko and etherscan for media buying.

Increase DOT media visibility through media buying and airdrop campaign

### Summary of Polkadot Community Post

1. **Referenda 151**: The community supported Referenda 151, but there was an oversight in the submission process, leading to its failure. The proposal has been resubmitted to the correct track.

2. **Collator Funding**: Collators on System Parachains receive minimal rewards, which may lead to under-resourcing. A proposal aims to fund these collators for their services.

3. **Short-Term Solution**: The proposal seeks to secure 6,075.79 DOT for collators on the Polkadot System Parachains network for services delivered in August-September 2023.

4. **Bounty System**: This proposal is a short-term solution until a more sustainable bounty system is established.

5. **Community Feedback**: The community is encouraged to review and provide feedback on the proposal within one week before it is submitted on-chain.

6. **Update**: Parity Collators are excluded from the funding proposal, and the document has been updated with new verified identities.

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WHO: Polkadot community
WHAT: Resubmitting a proposal to the correct track for funding collators on the Polkadot System Parachains network for services delivered for 2 months (08-09/2023) with a total of 6,075.79 DOT.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 6,075.79 DOT for 2 months (08-09/2023).

Polkadot System Parachain Collators - Tips - Referenda #151 failed to execute

- Lucky Friday wants to get 45,074 DOT from the Polkadot Treasury to help improve their Teddy DAO product.
- They will use the money for development and marketing to attract new users to Polkadot.
- They have partnered with JustGiving, a big donation platform that helps raise money for charities.
- 100% of donations go to charity, except for a small fee for JustGiving.
- So far, Teddy DAO raised nearly $13,000 and gained new users who wanted to learn more.
- They believe Teddy DAO can become a well-known name in charity giving in the Web3 world.

Lucky Friday requests 45,074 DOT from the Polkadot Treasury to improve Teddy DAO product and co-market it with Polkadot brand. The funds will be used for future development and marketing initiatives to attract new users to the ecosystem. Full proposal can be found in the link provided.

Polkadot & Teddy DAO: A New Way to Leverage Charitable Giving in Web3

- Parachains.info helps people learn about projects in the Polkadot network.
- They want $92,160 (which is 22,400 DOT) to keep their website running.
- The money will support operations from December 2022 to August 2023 and pay for September to November 2023.
- They previously worked on similar projects for the Kusama network.
- The website offers unbiased information about parachains and auctions. 
- You can find more info on their website and social media channels.

WHO: Parachains.info
WHAT: Obtain funding for continued operations, maintenance, and development of a central repository of unbiased information regarding parachain projects and auctions in the Polkadot ecosystem.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 92,160 USD (22,400 DOT) for a 9-month period postpaid (December 2022 - August 2023) and 3-month period prepaid (September 2023 - November 2023).

Retroactive and future maintenance/development of Parachains.info

- The Polkadot community is asking for more money to improve OpenBrush, a tool for making smart contracts.
- The first proposal to get funds was approved, but the second one was not.
- OpenBrush helps many projects and developers create smart contracts easily using WebAssembly (WASM).
- WebAssembly is important because it is seen as the future of smart contracts.
- Many teams and projects use OpenBrush, showing it is valuable for the ecosystem.
- The team has created a delivery report showing what they have accomplished so far.
- They want $60,720, which equals about 14,833 DOT for more work on OpenBrush.

WHO: OpenBrush development team
WHAT: Requesting a second allocation of funds for the development of 8-9, 11 milestones of OpenBrush, a core infrastructure product for ink! dApps in the Polkadot ecosystem
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 14833.623 DOT

ink! OpenBrush 8-9, 11 milestone delivery

- KRYPTOSCHAIN, led by Claudio, is asking the Polkadot Treasury for $3,500 to create 15 educational videos about Polkadot Open Governance and news.
- Claudio has been a Polkadot Ambassador and content creator since 2018 and has a following on YouTube and Twitter.
- The plan includes making 10 videos about Polkadot Open Governance at $250 each and 5 videos on Polkadot News at $200 each.
- This proposal aims to help both existing and new DOT holders understand important information easily.
- Videos will be shared on the KryptosChain YouTube channel and Twitter account.
- Claudio plans to continue creating monthly videos if this proposal is approved.
- The discussion is open for 7 days for community feedback.

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WHO: KRYPTOSCHAIN
WHAT: Requesting funding for 15 educational videos covering Polkadot Open Governance & Polkadot News, uploaded to KryptosChain Youtube channel & Twitter profile during September & partially October.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Around $3,500 for roughly 1 month, including slippage fees. $250 per video for 10 Open Governance videos and $200 per video for 5 Polkadot News videos. Team: Just me.

KryptosChain Media Support (Continuation) - Big Tipper Request

- Collators are important for creating blocks on the Polkadot network.
- They currently receive small rewards and fees, which isn't enough to encourage good performance.
- A better funding system for Collators is needed for long-term support.
- In the short term, a bounty from Treasuries can help pay Collators' costs.
- A proposal is asking for 6,075.79 DOT to cover Collators' services for two months.
- The community has one week to give feedback on this proposal before it's submitted.
- An update clarified that Parity Collators will not receive funding from this proposal.

WHO: Collators on the Polkadot System Parachains network

WHAT: Secure 6,075.79 DOT for monthly operating costs of service providers for 2 months (08-09/2023) until a more suitable solution (Bounty) is established.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 6,075.79 DOT for 2 months

Polkadot System Parachain Collators - Tips

- Talisman wants money to help with development and marketing.
- They say they have made more money than they spent (over 8 times more).
- They want most money to be based on how well they do, not just for working on tasks.
- This plan is called **Incentive Pools**.
- Incentive Pools will help Talisman earn money by getting more people to use their services.
- Only 15% of the money is guaranteed; the rest depends on results over 7 months.
- They believe this will make Talisman better for everyone using the Polkadot network.

Talisman requests a bounty for ongoing development and marketing activities on a commission basis for tangible results. The proposal implements Incentive Pools, with less than 15% guaranteed as payment and the rest as a potential commission during the 7-month duration. The Genesis Incentive Pool will provide a commission for acquiring new stakers, generate more demand for the DOT token than it costs, and accelerate Talisman's transition towards sustainability. The proposal can be found at https://talismanwallet.notion.site/Bounty-The-Genesis-Incentive-Pool-356dff7ca1f2488e9134f7c2aab15f14?pvs=4.

Bounty: The Genesis Incentive Pool

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- Notifi Network is a service that helps web3 builders send messages to users quickly.
- It solves the problem of communication between web3 projects and users.
- The platform allows custom notifications like loan alerts and governance proposals.
- Notifi works closely with the Polkadot community and 16 partners have shown interest.
- They are asking for funding to help provide their services to Polkadot's projects.
- Feedback from the Polkadot community is welcomed to decide which projects to start with.

WHO: Notifi Network
WHAT: Providing cross-chain communication and messaging infrastructure for web3 builders, with a highly customizable, white-labelled communication platform that can be embedded natively into web3 dApps. 
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Proposing a grant from the Polkadot Treasury to cover the full cost of providing services to both the Polkadot relay chain and its core ecosystem parachains. 16 parachains, wallets, and ecosystem partners have confirmed their need for Notifi's services and committed support for the proposal.

Notifi - Communication & Notification Tooling for Polkadot's Broader Ecosystem V2 Proposal

Ignore / Nay (Duplicate Ref) 

- KAGOME is a computer program written in C++ that works with Polkadot, allowing it to run efficiently.
- It helps make sure there are different versions of the program to avoid problems if one has bugs.
- The team has added new features like showing quick information and making programs run faster.
- KAGOME became the first live validator on the Westend network.
- The team plans to improve KAGOME with better speed, safety checks, and more features.
- Three groups, Quadrivium, Soramitsu, and SRLabs, are working together to make KAGOME better.
- They need financial help for their plans, asking for a certain amount of money called DOT.

WHO: Quadrivium, Soramitsu, SRLabs, and Web3 Foundation.

WHAT: Prepare KAGOME for upcoming Polkadot features, improve RPC and WASM performance, conduct an external security audit, and perform general maintenance.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requested DOT 253,862. Full proposal with detailed tasks descriptions and price breakdown available at https://docs.google.com/document/d/17ZmueuaMjXY3_SRBHxWtKNHzpLNtSd_KGVfeTII6Nbc/.

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

- Subsquid Lab is asking for money to help continue their work on public data Archives and the Giant Squid API.
- They need a total of about 58,253 DOT, which is worth $233,014.67.
- These Archives help people find important data from blockchains like Polkadot and Kusama.
- Many projects use this data, making it easier for developers and users to access information.
- The Giant Squid API helps gather and analyze information from these blockchains.
- In the second quarter of 2023, they handled over 1 billion queries, showing how much people use their service.
- They plan to keep improving these services to help more projects and users.

WHO: Subsquid Lab Official
WHAT: Development and maintenance costs for public Subsquid Archives and the Giant Squid API
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 58253.66 DOT = $233,014.67

Subsquid - Public data indexing Infrastructure for Polkadot and Kusama (Q2 2023)

- A Brazilian channel called Verbo da Sabedoria shares educational content about Polkadot in Portuguese.
- They found strange comments on their YouTube videos that didn’t match their content, so they decided to pause their proposal.
- Steps they are taking include stopping their marketing agency and halting paid promotions.
- They are asking for funding for 4 videos they produced about Polkadot.
- Brazil is a big economy and many people there are now investing in cryptocurrencies.
- The team includes John, Carlos, and Gabriel, who all have experience in crypto and marketing. 
- They stay active on social media and connect with their community often. 
- Their goal is to keep educating the public about blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.

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Verbo da Sabedoria, a Brazilian channel, requests retroactive funding of 250 DOT for 4 educational videos produced about the Polkadot ecosystem. They will request funds every 4 videos. The team consists of John Rhodel (Parachainboy), Carlos Sawaki (CJ), and Gabriel Bonugli (Gabekoin). They aim to foster the Portuguese-speaking community and be the reference on Polkadot in Brazil. The proposal has been paused due to unusual activity on their account regarding comments on YouTube videos.

Small Tips retroactive for Content in Portuguese UPDATED (Vote Nay - if you set AYE Change your vote to NAY)

- A thank you message to the community for help with closing and refunding deposits.
- Refers to an early treasury proposal (Governance 1.0) that was experimental.
- The group provided content and got support through tips for their videos.
- They believe it's fair to refund deposits like they’ve done for others.
- The proposal requests a refund of 100 DOT to Alex PromoTeam for an original proposal.
- A link is provided to find the rejected proposal. 
- The message expresses gratitude for the community's support.

WHO: Alex PromoTeam 
WHAT: Refund of 100 DOT for a rejected governance proposal 
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 100 DOT, not specified timeframe or resources

Refunding AlexPromoTeam GOV1 Treasury Spend Deposit

### Summary of PVF Execution Memory Limit Proposal

- **Current Limit**: PVF execution has a memory limit of 128MB, same as Cumulus.
- **Issue**: Parachain validators need more memory than collators to load state proofs.
- **Proposed Solution**: Increase the memory limit to 512MB.
- **Previous Success**: A similar proposal was successfully executed on Kusama.
- **Fellowship Vote**: Fellowship will vote to whitelist this proposal.
- **Call Data**: 0x332e040100200000
- **Call Hash**: 0x1c356149b664ec3f7d89eeb56a3469bd5f468ae7fafa2b13f2423618db6c922e

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WHO: The proposal does not mention a specific organization or individual.
WHAT: Increase the memory limit for PVF execution to 512MB.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Increase MaxMemoryPages to 512MB

- The proposal aims to help teams in the Polkadot ecosystem with hiring.
- It provides guidance on best hiring practices and access to a hiring platform called TrufflePig.
- Each team can get at least one new hire and better hiring strategies.
- The program will save teams time and improve their hiring quality.
- The organization has experience and has worked with key players in the Polkadot community.
- Funding is requested to support the talent placement program and improve long-term outcomes.
- The goal is to help teams become more independent in their hiring processes.

Missing Link proposes to guide Polkadot ecosystem teams through a streamlined hiring process, providing access to their hiring platform, and adding up to 7 high-quality hires. The service will be covered by funds from the treasury, costing 1.6 Treasury Income Days Spent. Each participating team will receive consulting and support on hiring best practices, access to TrufflePig, and at least 1 hire using Missing Link's guidance and expertise. The proposal aims to generate long-term hiring success, less monetary and cultural waste, and boost output with experienced talent.

Increasing Hiring Success in Polkadot by Missing Link

- A mistake was made in a proposal about funding; it was labeled wrong and needs a new vote.
- Zhixi from Interlay is sharing a plan to create a bounty program to help with buying and selling digital money on Polkadot.
- This program aims to make it easier for new users to join Polkadot by solving problems with buying and selling different tokens.
- They previously started a successful project on a similar network called Kusama.
- The new target is to help 15 assets on 14 parachains in Polkadot, including popular tokens like DOT and USDT.
- The plan includes integrating a service called Banxa to allow people to buy tokens directly with real money.
- The total cost of this project is 326,040 USD, and they are asking for community feedback and support.

Interlay proposes a bounty program to fund the fiat on-ramp service for 20 parachains and the onramp integration for Asset Hub in the Polkadot ecosystem. The proposal includes 15 assets on 14 parachains, with a total cost of 326,040 USD. The integration of Banxa's fiat onramp service with the Polkadot Asset Hub is a highlight.

(VOTE NAY!!) Polkadot Parachain Assets Onramp Bounty Program 

- Moonbeam's lease on the Polkadot network will end in October 2023.
- They got a new parachain slot that covers from lease periods 13 to 20.
- To keep operating until June 2025, Moonbeam needs to swap lease periods.
- If the swap isn't done by October 2023, Moonbeam will stop working.
- There is a current dummy parachain called Moonelement that occupies the needed lease.
- Moonbeam has a plan and a referendum to finish the swap.
- A mistake made it impossible to start Moonelement, so they've created another referendum to help complete the swap.
- Once both referendums are passed, Moonbeam can keep operating for about 96 weeks.

Moonbeam proposes to extend its lease period on Polkadot network through June 2025 by executing a "swap" of lease periods with Moonelement. Moonbeam has created a referendum to authorize the swap from its side, and another referendum (Polkadot OpenGov Referendum 139) will execute the swap on behalf of Moonelement. The proposal needs to be completed before October 2023, and once the parachains swap leases, the Moonbeam Network will be able to continue operation without interruption for the remainder of the full lease period (approximately 96 weeks from August 1, 2023).

Moonbeam: Swap Leases with Parachain 3342

- OnFinality is a service that helps people create apps for the Polkadot platform.
- They want to provide strong infrastructure so developers can focus on building new projects.
- They are asking for almost $55,000 to cover costs for running their services in the third quarter of 2023 (July to September).
- Public RPC services allow developers to access important data easily and help their apps run better.
- OnFinality aims for high reliability, with almost no downtime, and offers efficient APIs for developers.
- They have many features to support developers making apps, including tools for tracking data and understanding transactions.
- In the last three months, they served billions of API requests and maintained high service reliability.

OnFinality requests USD $54,862.00 (DOT 12,153.7439) for Q3 2023 to cover ongoing costs for running high performance, scalable, and reliable public infrastructure for Polkadot, Statemint, Collectives, Westend, Encointer, Bridgehub Polkadot, and Bridgehub Westend. They provide RPC services with a focus on performance/reliability, providing more value from their Ultimate API service, and cost optimization.

OnFinality High Performance Public Infrastructure (Q3 2023)

- A new project called "Swanky" is being proposed to help people create smart contracts, which are like computer programs that run on a special type of network.
- This project wants to work with groups called Astar Network, AlephZero, and Phala Network.
- Swanky will make it easier for developers to work with a tool called ink! for making smart contracts.
- There are two main parts: Drink library, which helps with how contracts are developed, and drink-cli, which is a user-friendly command tool.
- The goal is to attract more developers by making things simpler and less complicated.
- They are asking for money from a group called Polkadot Treasury to support the project from September 2023 to February 2024.
- The team will work step-by-step and get funding only after showing they have completed each part successfully.

WHO: Astar Network, AlephZero, and Phala Network

WHAT: Development of Swanky, a comprehensive developer tooling solution designed to facilitate and streamline ink! (Rust) smart contract development within the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. 

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Funding from the Polkadot Treasury for work on the Swanky Suite tool, Drink! Tool, ink! examples, and educational content in the period from September 2023 to February 2024. Funding will be released upon the successful completion of each task.

ink!Hub Treasury Proposal 

- The proposed changes in RFC14 help make it easier for blockchain projects called parachains to manage themselves.
- Parachains usually need permission to unlock or change things, which can take a long time.
- This new plan allows parachain managers to lock their parachains only when they choose to or when a block is successfully created.
- The goal is to reduce waiting times and make management simpler for parachain teams.
- It addresses problems like rescuing projects that have issues with their setup without needing extra approval.
- The changes also help with renewing leases for these parachains more efficiently.
- Overall, RFC14 aims to give more control to parachain managers.

WHO: The proposer and the Fellowship. 

WHAT: RFC14 proposes changes to the parachain lock mechanism to allow self-service actions by parachain managers without relying on general public voting. 

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Create & implement RFC14 - Improve locking mechanism for parachains

- The proposal aims to reward Polkadot Moderators for their continuous support to the community.
- The Community Moderation Team started as unpaid volunteers and later received occasional tips from the Kusama treasury.
- In August 2022, a bounty was funded on Kusama, and in January 2023, it was topped up.
- The team consists of 13 members who monitor new community members and protect against fraud.
- The proposal suggests a 6-month budget of $112,320 (25,004.45 DOT) to support 15 hours of work per week per moderator.
- The team plans to extend their activities to the Polkadot forum and Polkassembly.
- Community members are encouraged to review the context and Q&A sections of the proposal for a full understanding.

Polkadot proposes a 6-month budget of $112,320 (25,004.45 DOT) to support 13 moderators to provide 24/7 support to the Polkadot and Kusama communities, including the Polkadot Forum and Polkassembly. Each moderator will work 15 hours per week from August 2023 to January 2024.

Moderation Team Bounty

- The proposal is about a training program to help media understand blockchain better.
- The Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) is leading this proposal, with support from Every.org.
- They are asking for about $234,024 in funding to start the program.
- The funding amount increased by 15% due to inflation since it was first created.
- TRF is an independent charity that promotes media freedom, human rights, and inclusive economies.
- The program aims to educate journalists and others who don’t know much about cryptocurrency and blockchain.
- This is important because many media reports on blockchain issues like the downfall of FTX were not accurate due to lack of knowledge.
- The training program will be developed with input from the Web3 Foundation to make sure it meets the needs of learners.

WHO: Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) and Every.org.

WHAT: TRF proposes a strategic partnership with Every.org to build a better understanding of blockchain across mainstream global media. They aim to educate non-crypto audiences and journalists on a global scale to better understand the fast-evolving blockchain ecosystem.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requested DOT: 53,938.013 ($234,024 @ $4.45/DOT). The pilot program will be delivered iteratively in collaboration with the Web3 Foundation.

Proposal: Building a better understanding of blockchain across mainstream global media

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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.