Polkassembly is a platform for managing voting and governance in Polkadot and Kusama. Here are some important points:

- Polkassembly is improving its user experience to help with governance changes.
- They completed their first milestone in February, focusing on education and an easier user interface.
- The next milestone will make delegating votes simpler and more fun.
- Users will have personalized dashboards showing their voting activity and balances.
- New features will help users find and choose delegates for voting.
- Additional plans include creating easy-to-use proposal tools and enhancing the search experience.
- Security features like two-factor authentication will ensure user safety.

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WHO: Polkassembly
WHAT: Build a user dashboard and delegation experience for agile governance on Polkadot and Kusama
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified. Detailed cost calculations and milestone 3 available in the proposal.

Treasury proposal for New Product Development & OpenGov Deployment

- Tribe is proposing to run a program called Polkadot Relayers in 2023.
- They are asking for $175,000 to help fund this program.
- The program helps people build apps (dApps) on Polkadot's parachains.
- They had a successful launch in 2022, helping many developers and entrepreneurs.
- This year, they want to support dedicated teams with mentorship and investment.
- The proposal includes a full budget and plans for different milestones.
- They aim to improve the program based on feedback from last year.

**WHO:** Tribe/AngelHack 13Ghf2T883ZobjngC1BAgR1BWvK2P7qP37gGxHDVFf3fjbmw

**WHAT:** Run Polkadot Relayers program in 2023, an early-stage incubator program for dApps on Polkadot’s parachains, in collaboration with 7 dedicated parachain teams.

**PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES:** Requesting USD$175,000 for the first milestone of a total treasury funding of USD$291,400 to cover operating expenses, virtual and in-person logistics costs, and travel grants.

Polkadot Relayers Incubator 2023

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[Please reject] Erroneous Referendum Submission

- Notifi Network helps web3 builders communicate better with users.
- They want to get funds from the Polkadot grant program to support their services.
- 16 projects in the Polkadot ecosystem want Notifi's help for notifications.
- Notifi solves the problem of businesses not being able to contact users easily.
- Their platform allows web3 developers to send important alerts to users.
- They can create custom notifications for different needs like loans and voting.
- Improved communication can help keep users active and engaged.
- Notifi wants feedback from the Polkadot community about their proposal.

Notifi Network is seeking a grant from Polkadot to cover the cost of providing its cross-chain communication and messaging infrastructure to Polkadot relay chain and its core ecosystem parachains. The platform aims to bridge the communication gap between web3 projects and its communities by providing a highly customizable, white-labelled communication platform that can be embedded natively into web3 dApps. The grant proposal is supported by 16 parachains, wallets, and ecosystem partners. The proposal aims to solve the pain point of building notifications and alerts within web3 and drive user activation, engagement, and retention.

Notifi Vote RE: #1767 Notifi - Communication & Notification Tooling for Polkadot's Broader Ecosystem

- A proposal was submitted on March 15, 2023, by Pinknode.
- The proposal aims to claim expenses from late 2022.
- Pinknode offers node services for the Polkadot ecosystem.
- They provide free services to help developers work with Polkadot.
- In the last quarter of 2022, they handled millions of requests daily.
- They achieved a reliability rate of 99.88% during that time.
- Enhancements were made to their services to improve user experience.

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Pinknode is claiming 4,246.19 DOT (worth $20,093.46) for running secure, reliable, and scalable public infrastructure for Polkadot, Statemint, and Westend. They provided free RPC services to the Polkadot ecosystem's participants and achieved service reliability of 99.88% for Q4 2022. Pinknode's premium plan, which includes archival data and higher rate limits, is also free for all builders and participants of Polkadot to utilize.

Pinknode Public Endpoint for Polkadot in Q4 2022

- A proposal about nomination pools on Polkadot was not set up correctly.
- The proposal has been reopened for discussion.
- The number of nomination pools is increasing.
- The maximum number of pools will increase from 256 to 512.
- The maximum number of members in a pool will increase from 16,384 to 49,152.
- Pool commissions will be allowed, going from 0% to 10%.
- More information can be found on the Polkadot Forum and GitHub.

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Increase nomination pool settings on Polkadot: `maxPools` from 256 to 512, `maxPoolMembers` from 16,384 to 49,152, and `globalMaxCommission` from 0% to 10%. No price/timeframe/resources mentioned.

Next revision of increasing nomination pool limits & commission

- George is part of the Polkadot community and loves to share knowledge about it.
- He has been studying Polkadot for 1.5 years and started by translating articles.
- Four months ago, he created a YouTube channel to make educational animated videos.
- His videos help explain complicated ideas in an easy way for viewers.
- George wants financial support to create 10 more educational videos about specific projects in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- He is asking for 120 DOT, which is about $600, to help with this project.
- These videos will help both new and experienced people learn more about Polkadot and its features.

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WHO: George, a Dotsama enthusiast.

WHAT: Requesting 120 DOT (worth $600) from the Polkadot Treasury to create 10 educational videos about 10 parachains from DOTSAMA and a Twitter thread on each project.

TIMEFRAME: Not specified.

RESOURCES: 120 DOT (worth $600).

(Small tipper) Funding for AnimatedCrypto channel 

- Claudio is a Polkadot Ambassador and runs the KryptosChain media brand.
- He started creating content about Web3 in 2018 and has been covering the Polkadot ecosystem since its launch in 2020.
- Claudio previously made a proposal to grow a Romanian Polkadot community, which succeeded and was completed.
- He is now asking for funding to make 25 videos in 2 months, covering various Polkadot topics.
- The topics include comparisons with Cosmos, ecosystem news, governance updates, and interviews.
- The funding request is for about 932.45 DOT, valued at approximately $4,625.
- He promises to return any extra DOT if the price increases after the funding is received.

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Polkadot Ambassador Claudio is proposing to produce 25 videos over 2 months, including comparison videos, ecosystem news, open governance news, and interviews with founders. The requested amount is 932.45 DOT, worth approximately $4,625 at today's market price.

(Big Tipper) Small Funding for KryptosChain Media

- A proposal is made to get money for the 2023 Polkadot Summer Hackathon in China.
- OneBlock, a group that organizes hackathons, has done this before and wants to continue.
- They had four successful hackathons from 2021 to 2022.
- The hackathon helps teach and encourage people to use Substrate, a tool for developers.
- The aim is to turn students of Substrate courses into builders who create projects.
- OneBlock is excited about the positive feedback from developers.
- They want financial help to make the summer hackathon happen.

OneBlock proposes to organize the 2023 Polkadot Summer Hackathon in China, in collaboration with Parity Asia, to promote Substrate as an open-source framework for developers. They request financial support for operations and prizes. The proposal follows the success of previous hackathons in 2021-2022. No specific price, timeframe, or resources are mentioned in the summary.

OneBlock The 2023 Polkadot Summer Hackathon proposal

- 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.

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.

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

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)

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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.