- The Polkadot community is asking for $72,180 to support activities from June 2022 to June 2024.
- They started the Czech & Slovak Polkadot community in 2020 to create more content about Polkadot.
- They have published almost 300 articles and organized events like meetups and conferences.
- Their activities have gained significant attention, with many followers and views on their platforms.
- They plan to continue creating content, develop a marketing strategy, and organize regular events.
- They will focus on governance by promoting referendums and participating in voting.
- They recently proposed similar funding for Kusama, which did not pass, prompting this new request for Polkadot.
- They are committed to engaging the community with meetups and campaigns.

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Polkadotters are requesting $72,180 for content creation, event organization, and marketing activities for the Polkadot ecosystem from June 2022 to June 2024. They plan to deliver high-quality content, develop a marketing strategy, create monthly ecosystem recap videos, focus on governance, and organize bi-monthly Polkadot meetups in various cities. They also propose an onboarding campaign with rewards on Zealy for the Czech community and more Twitter spaces with various Polkadot projects.

Polkadotters – retroactive and future funding of community powered media for Polkadot & Kusama ecosystem in 2022-2024

- The RadiumBlock team helps provide important services for the Polkadot/Substrate community.
- They are asking for payment for the public RPC services from late 2022 and early 2023.
- The team has served millions of responses per day using their RPC nodes.
- They have updated their services by combining on-premises and cloud computing and adding more locations worldwide.
- They are reducing their costs to about $25,000 per quarter starting in Q2 2023.
- They continue to support other projects and are involved in the ecosystem as an infrastructure provider.

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The RadiumBlock team seeks reimbursement for providing public RPC services for Polkadot networks in Q4 2022 and Q1 2023 at a reduced and fixed cost of ~$25k per quarter. They have expanded to 12 edge locations, including South America, Africa, and India, and have added service to common good chains, Westend and Collectives. They do not collect user data and have one of the highest performance RPC services in the Polkadot ecosystem.

RadiumBlock seeks reimbursement for Polkadot Endpoint Service (Q4 2022 and Q1 2023)

Encointer is working on community currencies to help people by creating a secure way to prove who they are. Here are some key points:

- They have tested a special method called Encointer LoCo with many users in places like the Leu community in Zurich.
- Encointer also has plans for new tools that will help with token launches and community events.
- One of their tools is called BeeDance, which lets people organize events easily while using Encointer's system.
- They believe everyone should have the right to prove who they are online without profit motives.
- Encointer's goals include expanding to new communities and making it easier for people to join.
- They are asking for funding to continue their work for the next few months.

Encointer proposes to be funded by the Polkadot treasury starting from September 2023, with a spend of 423,000 CHF for 4 months. Encointer aims to benefit Polkadot with new products, including a sybil-resistant faucet, a privacy-preserving proof-of-personhood certificate, and BeeDance, a protocol for community engagement at events. Encointer also emphasizes the common good of inclusivity in web3 and the importance of proof-of-personhood as a basic human right.

Encointer Treasury Proposal

- AngelHack wants to hold two hackathons in Europe and APAC in 2023 to help people understand Web3 better.
- They hope to connect more people in the Polkadot community and invite developers from different backgrounds.
- They recently held the Polkadot Hackathon Global Series in Europe and an event called dotSocial in Paris.
- The proposal includes a summary of these events and asks for $55,234.38 to pay for the next steps.
- This is part of their plan to keep people engaged with the community and make it easier for developers to join.

Tribe/AngelHack proposed to run two Polkadot Global Series hackathons in Europe and APAC regions for 2023. They are requesting USD$55,234.38 for their second payment milestone, in accordance with the milestones set out in their initial proposal. The proposal serves two objectives: providing a detailed recap of the recently concluded virtual Polkadot Hackathon Global Series: Europe Edition and providing a budget breakdown and metrics report.

Milestone 2: Polkadot Hackathon Global Series 2023: Europe Edition

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Requesting a return of the submission deposit

- A motion called "motion 420" is being shared to help the Matrix.org foundation get funds.
- The motion was proposed by a council member named Wei.
- It was submitted after the launch of OpenGov, which led to fewer people voting.
- Wei explained why funding is important in a written argument.
- The write-up includes other people's positive comments about the funding need.
- There are links provided for more information on this topic.
- Wei will update the community on any discussions that happen next.

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WHO: OpenGov, Wei, Matrix.org foundation
WHAT: Proposal to provide upstream funding to Matrix.org foundation
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified

OpenGov submission of Motion 420 - Upstream funding Matrix.org Foundation

- Graeme Fox is the CEO of Societal, a platform that helps manage online communities.
- Societal is asking for about $187,000 to develop tools for community operations on Polkadot.
- The Polkadot ecosystem lacks tools for management, so Societal wants to fill this gap.
- They plan to add features like governance and treasury management for these communities.
- Societal has made progress and is seeking funding to finish their product and welcome new users.
- They have attended various Polkadot events and received multiple grants to support their work.
- Societal aims to create a better experience for community management in the Polkadot ecosystem.

WHO: Societal, a parachain that provides community management services.

WHAT: Societal is requesting $187,342.47 USD / 38,249 DOT to complete the final features of their product, including token import, governance, and proposal features, along with the management UI to support them.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The funding will be used to conduct final testing and start onboarding users. Societal has already completed most of the work required to be the homebase for decentralized communities in the Polkadot ecosystem.

Societal - A Homebase for Decentralized Communities

**Motion 377 Summary**

- Motion 377 aimed to fund the development of a cross-platform tip-as-you-go feature by Anagolay.
- The goal was to support verified creators and builders.
- The motion did not receive enough votes from the Council.
- The team decided not to pursue Treasury funding for now.
- They are focusing on other ways to achieve their goals.
- The team is requesting the return of a 500 DOTS deposit for a previous proposal.
- The project is self-funded and grassroots, so recovering the deposit would help.

WHO: Anagolay team
WHAT: Return 500 DOTS deposit for proposal #256
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified

Returning submission deposit for Anagolay proposal, related to rejecting proposal #256 (more info in the desc.)

Requesting a return of the submission deposit related to Motion #405.

[OpenGov] Return of the bond for the rejection of (Gov1) Treasury Proposal #244 (MVP Workshop)

Requesting a return of the submission deposit related to Motion #406.

- OpenZeppelin did a security review of the ink! smart contract language and Substrate’s smart contracts.
- They found 11 issues in the code.
- The Parity team worked well with OpenZeppelin during the process.
- Some problems have already been fixed: 2 from ink! and 7 suggestions from cargo-contract implemented.
- The ink! team is working on fixing the rest of the issues.
- You can read the full report and proposal online.

OpenZeppelin proposes to support the ink! smart contract language & Substrate’s smart contracts pallet for the second time. 11 issues were identified and 7 suggestions have been implemented. The proposal does not mention the price, timeframe, or resources.

Proposal: ink! design security review by OpenZeppelin (treasury proposal 2/2)

Polkassembly helps people in the Polkadot and Kusama communities to work together and make decisions more easily. Here are some key points:

- It aims to create clear rules and a trustworthy system for users to interact.
- On-chain identities help keep people accountable and safe when making requests for funds.
- The current identity verification process is complicated and time-consuming for new users.
- Polkassembly wants to simplify this process by making it faster and more user-friendly.
- The goal is to reduce verification time by over 75%, making it quicker to create an identity.
- They will guide users through the steps to set up their identities, including what information is needed.
- Feedback from the community is welcomed to improve the services offered.

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Polkassembly aims to become a registrar for on-chain identities in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. The objective is to enhance transparency, security, and ease of interaction between participants. The team plans to build an easy and integrated governance experience for all users within Polkassembly, reducing the time required for identity registration and verification by more than 75%. The team will enable users to apply for on-chain identity verification through an interface that allows them to share their social and contact information. The team is seeking feedback and support from the community.

Polkassembly's Registrar Application

- GenesisDAO is a special blockchain for creating and managing groups called DAOs.
- It got $100,000 to help build its main features.
- The team finished the back-end and is working on the front end for better user experience.
- GenesisDAO is currently running on a test network.
- The team's code is open for everyone to see and use.
- They are also making tools that allow other developers to customize their blockchain.
- Deep Ink Ventures is the group behind GenesisDAO, focused on helping blockchain startups.

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GenesisDAO received a $100,000 grant from the W3 Grants Program to develop a Substrate-based blockchain for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). They have completed the backend and Substrate development and are now perfecting the frontend flow. GenesisDAO is already operating on testnet, and the code is open source. They are currently working on a hook point framework to build plug-ins and extensions to customize the core functionality of a substrate-based chain. Within this treasury proposal, they are introducing the first components for this.

Genesis DAO Ecosystem Integration

Ledger Apps Maintenance Proposal (Polkadot, Kusama, Statemine, Statemint)

- This is a proposal to get money back for Subscan's costs from July to December 2022.
- Subscan helps people see what's happening in the Polkadot network.
- It needs a lot of resources like servers and security to work well.
- The last proposal had a problem because of a recent system upgrade.
- They want to get back $190,244 to keep Subscan running smoothly.
- The amount of money needed will be based on the current exchange rate.
- They are asking for support and feedback from the Polkadot community.

WHO: Subscan team

WHAT: Propose reimbursement of operation and maintenance fee for Subscan from July to December 2022 from Polkadot treasury, totaling 190,244 USD.

TIMEFRAME: July to December 2022

RESOURCES: Polkadot treasury

Subscan | Infrastructure Costs of Subscan for Polkadot & Westend & Rococo & Statemint & Rockmine  Networks (from July to December 2022)

- Stakeworld helps make sure that important computers called RPC nodes and bootnodes are always available.
- They share their knowledge on a website called the Polkadot Wiki.
- They are asking for money to help with two big jobs: 
  - Making sure the RPC services for Polkadot and its projects work well.
  - Setting up a bootnode for Polkadot.
- More details can be found in their full proposal online.

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WHO: Stakeworld

WHAT: Setting up and maintaining high availability RPC services and a bootnode for Polkadot and Polkadot Commons.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Funding request for Q2 2023. Full proposal details can be found on their GitHub page.

[Small Spender] Stakeworld's polkadot RPC and bootnode infrastructure - Q2 2023

- **Polkadot Network Upgrade**: Referendum to upgrade Polkadot to version v9430.
- **Release Notes**: Available for both the Relay Chain and System Parachains.
- **Relay Chain Release**: Version [v0.9.43](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/releases/tag/v0.9.43).
- **System Parachains Release**: Version [v9430](https://github.com/paritytech/cumulus/releases/tag/parachains-v9430).
- **Enactment Block**: Scheduled for block [16,450,000](https://polkadot.subscan.io/block/16450000).
- **Expected Time**: Mid-morning on Tuesday, 18 July, European time.
- **Whitelist Proposal**: Available at [collectives.subsquare.io](https://collectives.subsquare.io/fellowship/referendum/1).

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WHO: Polkadot network

WHAT: Upgrade to v9430

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified

[Whitelisted Caller] Referendum #18 Polkadot v9430

- A new proposal is asking for money to help build privacy sidechains for multiple blockchain systems.
- The funding requested is **$39,961**.
- This proposal will help the Polkadot and Kusama networks and all joined chains.
- The sidechains will work without changing existing systems.
- Privacy sidechains will allow everyone to use the code, but this means some companies might take it for free.
- The goal is to decentralize technology, but it needs funding to develop.
- The proposal wants to know if people want the privacy feature available by the end of the year.

Integritee proposes to retroactively cover the first 28 person days of completed work on implementing privacy sidechains for any substrate-based chain for $39,961. This will benefit Polkadot and Kusama relaychains and all their parachains without changing anything in their runtimes. The proposal aims to make the privacy product available by the end of the year.

Privacy Sidechains for all Substrate- Based Chains

- A proposal is being made for a new app to help use Ledger wallets with Polkadot and Kusama.
- The app aims to make it easier for users to manage their assets across different networks.
- Currently, users have to deal with many different solutions, which can be complicated.
- The new app will reduce the need for updates whenever new networks are added.
- Several projects have shown interest in using this app, including Astar and Acala.
- A group has been formed to work with teams on this app’s development.
- The proposal seeks funding to help finish making the app.

WHO: Polkadot community and Parity.

WHAT: Proposal for creating a common hardware (Ledger) wallet app unified to connect with all Polkadot and Kusama parachains.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Retroactive funding is sought to complete the app's development. No specific price or timeframe mentioned.

A Common Ledger App Compatible With All Polkadot And Kusama Parachains [ retroactive funding for development ]

- Subsquid Labs is requesting money to help with ongoing costs for their projects, specifically for Subsquid Archives and the Giant Squid API.
- They need about 49,880 DOT, which is roughly $224,460.03.
- Subsquid Archives allow people to access important data from the Polkadot and Kusama networks. 
- The Giant Squid API helps by providing data for various projects and wallets.
- In the first part of 2023, Subsquid supported 94 different blockchain projects.
- They served over 162 million queries to these projects in just the first quarter of 2023.
- The proposal aims to keep improving and expanding these services for more users.
- For more details, their contact is Subsquid Labs GmbH in Switzerland.

Subsquid Lab Official proposes ongoing development and maintenance costs for public Subsquid Archives and the Giant Squid API for a total of 49880.0 DOT ($224,460.03). The Archives provide access to on-chain data in GraphQL format for all major parachains on Kusama and Polkadot, while the Giant Squid is a set of open-source GraphQL APIs built with Squid SDK and maintained by Subsquid Labs.

Subsquid - Public data indexing Infrastructure for Polkadot and Kusama (Q1 2023)

- The report is asking for money to support two hackathons that have already happened.
- The total funding requested is £95,000 in DOT.
- The funding is split into two parts: £25,000 for April and £70,000 for July.
- The online hackathon prizes are £10,000 and are delayed.
- Running the second online hackathon needs £15,000.
- There is £60,000 needed for an in-person hackathon at Decoded, which is happening earlier than planned.
- An additional £10,000 is needed for prizes for the in-person hackathon.

The proposal requests funding of £95k in DOT for two completed events - an online hackathon and the Decoded hackathon. The funding covers prizes and running costs for both events, with £25k requested in April 2023 and £70k in July 2023. The in-person hackathon has been moved to an earlier date, hence the request for funding at this earlier stage.

Encode Club Tranches 2 and 3

### OpenSquare Proposal Summary

- **Beneficiary:** OpenSquare (12sNU8BXivMj1xQmcd4T39ugCyHjmhir8jkPqfAw5ZDESrx4)
- **Date:** 04/24/2022
- **Requested Allocation:** $168,320 (36,969 DOT)

#### Retroactive Work
- **Collectives Support:** Developed features for Subsquare to support Polkadot Alliance business, including announcements, motions, voting, and member roles.
- **Dotreasury:** Implemented a pie chart to show OpenGov spent proposals by different tracks.
- **Subsquare Enhancements:** Added features like batch seconding of public proposals, nested comments, and collective motion closing.

#### New Features Plan
- **Subsquare:**
  - **Governance Statistics:** Planned to add detailed statistics for OpenGov and democracy referenda, including delegation rankings and turnout trends.
  - **User Governance Participation:** Planned to track user voting activities and manage vote records.
  - **New Design:** Proposed a redesign with improved UI/UX, including a left sidebar navigation and customizable elements.
  - **Other Enhancements:** Planned features like democracy vote extrinsics, image uploads, and scam reporting.
- **Dotreasury:**
  - **Dark Mode:** Proposed to add a dark theme for better night viewing.
  - **Treasury Spend Statistics:** Planned to add charts showing treasury spend trends by periods.
  - **More Filters:** Planned to add sorting and filtering options for easier data access.

#### Budget
- **Total Estimated Hours:** 2,104
- **Fiat Cost:** $168,320

Subsquare and dotreasury new features development plan including governance statistics, dotreasury dark mode, etc

**Aibot Proposal Summary**

- Aibot is a tool designed to help users interact with the Polkadot system using AI technology.
- The proposal aims to improve user experience and knowledge about Polkadot from June to August 2023 with a budget of about $216,700.
- Aibot can automatically answer questions and provide support for different users like developers and Polkadot holders.
- It uses advanced AI technology to give quick and accurate answers to many Polkadot-related questions.
- The goal is to make learning about Polkadot easier and faster for new users.
- Aibot can be integrated by other developers into their applications through open APIs.
- The team behind Aibot has experience with AI tools and has worked with many businesses to provide better services.

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WHO: Aibot team
WHAT: Proposing to provide AI-based customer support and Q&A for Polkadot ecosystem, improving user experience and reducing learning costs. They aim to adapt to the GPT application scheme, provide 7x24 service, and integrate with other AI models. They also plan to establish dedicated databases for different participant identities and open APIs for other developers to integrate aiBot into their applications.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requesting USD 216,700 approx 43663.107 DOT total allocation for June 2023 - August 2023.

Aibot proposal：June 2023 - August 2023

### Summary of the Proposal

1. **Focus on Onboarding**: The proposal aims to improve the onboarding experience for new users.
2. **Gamified Experience**: A tailored user journey in Portuguese will include interactive content, gamification elements, and PFP NFTs to engage users.
3. **Content Creation**: Engaging content in Portuguese will be created across social media platforms to educate and connect with the community.
4. **Social Media Integration**: Platforms like Twitter, Discord, Telegram, YouTube, Instagram, and LinkedIn will be used to keep the community informed and engaged.
5. **Website Development**: A central website will serve as a hub for Polkadot Brasil, providing information and resources, and contributing to SEO efforts.
6. **Community Involvement**: The proposal seeks community support to drive on-chain demand from Brazil.
7. **Detailed Proposal**: The full proposal is available in English and Portuguese on Google Docs.

Polkadot Brasil proposes to focus on the onboarding experience for new users by developing a tailored user journey in Portuguese, creating engaging content in Portuguese, leveraging social media platforms, and developing a website. They aim to drive on-chain demand from Brazil. No specific price, timeframe, or resources are mentioned.

Restructuring of Polkadot Brasil

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Origin for spending up to 10,000,000 DOT from the treasury as well as generally administering it.

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Origin able to spend up to 1,000,000 DOT from the treasury at once.