- Lark Davis wants to create content about Polkadot.
- He is asking for 5000 DOT for three months to share information on his social media.
- Lark has a large following with over 1.1 million on Twitter and 484 thousand on YouTube.
- He plans to make 12 tweets and 3 detailed Twitter threads about Polkadot.
- The project will also include 3 short promotions during livestreams.
- The funding will help with research and promoting Polkadot in the crypto community.
- Lark aims to educate people about Polkadot and build a community around it.

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WHO: Lark Davis
WHAT: Requesting funding of 5000 DOT for a three-month period to create and disseminate engaging, informative content about Polkadot on social channels.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 5000 DOT for a three-month period. The funding will enable in-depth research and strategic promotion.

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- The Corespace Weigher Proposal aims to help developer teams work better on Polkadot by providing useful data on blockspace utilization.
- To make it easier for teams to know how much blockspace they need, a tool is being developed to track and store this data for parachains.
- The tool includes a web API that helps frontends access the consumption data, and a user interface (UI) will be created for easy analysis.
- The service will require a monthly payment in DOT (a type of digital currency) for parachain registration to cover operational costs, but the data will be free to the public.
- All the code made for this tool will be open source, allowing others to use it if they want to set up their own systems.
- Funding requested will pay for the work already done and for extra design and development tasks.
- The goal is to finish all components of the project within one month after approval.

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RegionX-Labs proposes to build a tool to track and store consumption data for parachains on Polkadot, with a UI for easy analysis. The service will operate on a monthly subscription model, requiring payment in DOT for registering each parachain. The requested tip will cover compensation for work already done, design costs, and a frontend developer's compensation. The goal is to implement all components within one month.

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- Alpha Airdrop is a video content team that creates videos about Polkadot, a blockchain technology.
- They want to make more videos and are asking for $72,000 to create 24 weeks of content.
- Their plan includes making 10 videos and 4 threads each month, focusing on educational and engaging content.
- The team has experience working with other projects like RMRK and Talisman and has made over 160 videos.
- They use platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok to share their content with more people.
- The team members have backgrounds in content creation and marketing, aiming to make Polkadot well-known.
- They want to help others in the Polkadot ecosystem by explaining complex ideas simply and attractively.

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Alpha Airdrop, a video content team from the US, is requesting 13,560 DOT at $5.30 EMA7 via Subscan on 11/30/23 for a 24-week content creation project. The proposal includes 10 videos per month, 4 threads, and distribution across multiple platforms to amplify Polkadot's unique narratives and increase awareness and engagement for Polkadot. The team plans to produce easy-to-understand videos showcasing Polkadot's updates, stories, and infrastructure, emphasizing its leadership in the blockchain industry. The goal is to attract new audiences and grow the ecosystem.

Alpha Airdrop - Polkadot Education Content Creation Proposal (6 months)

- Crypto Sj is a YouTube content creator focusing on cryptocurrencies since November 2020.
- He has over 640,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.
- Crypto Sj wants to promote Polkadot using a marketing grant.
- He will create one video every 15 days until Polkadot's price reaches $55.
- His goal is to make Polkadot's technology understandable to more people.
- He aims to increase awareness of Polkadot in the Indian crypto market.
- You can contact him via email or Telegram.

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WHO: Crypto Sj, a cryptocurrency content creator on YouTube with over 640K subscribers.

WHAT: Creating 1 video every 15 days to promote Polkadot's technology and ecosystem awareness until DOT reaches $55 again.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Funded by the treasury's marketing grant. No specific price or timeframe mentioned.

 Crypto Sj Media proposal - Educational & Awareness  Campaign in India

This proposal aims to grow the Polkadot community in Turkey and India by onboarding developers and keeping them active in the ecosystem. The project is supported by several companies and will focus on training, events, and hackathons. The expected outcomes include onboarding 10,000 developers, creating two quality courses, hosting 10 events and 10 hackathons, and generating 2 million impressions on social and traditional media. Rise In, the organization behind this proposal, has a strong track record in developer training and community building in both countries. They plan to update the current Polkadot Substrate Development course, build a new course about career options, and launch separate bootcamp pages for India and Turkey. The project will also involve marketing, physical events, and connecting developers with job opportunities and further education.

Rise In proposes to create momentum for Polkadot in Turkey and India by onboarding 10,000 developers through bootcamps, courses, events, and hackathons in 2024. Milestone 1 ($112,065) includes updating the current Polkadot Substrate Development course content, building a new course about career options for developers to stay in the Polkadot ecosystem, and launching the bootcamp pages for India and Turkey separately. The expected outcomes include 2M+ impressions on social media and traditional media, 2,500+ new wallet addresses, and 500+ developers building projects in the ecosystem.

Building Developer Ecosystems In Turkey & India

- Real Vision, led by Raoul Pal, wants $225,000 to promote Polkadot through interviews, videos, and events.
- They are a media platform that shares information about finance and cryptocurrency, reaching over 350,000 members.
- In January 2024, they will feature Polkadot in popular podcasts, helping to spread awareness.
- They will also host a discussion on X with over 1 million followers, talking about Polkadot.
- In February 2024, Real Vision will hold an online event about blockchain trends and Polkadot's benefits.
- A second event in March 2024 will gather cryptocurrency experts to discuss new ideas and innovations, highlighting Polkadot.
- In Q2 2024, there will be a private event for VIP influencers to educate them about Polkadot.

Real Vision seeks 42865 DOT ($225,000) for a series of interviews, videos, X space, and events to provide significant value and brand awareness to Polkadot. The deliverables include inclusion in Real Vision Daily Briefing and Raoul Pal JourneyMan, X space hosted by Real Vision, online events, and networking with Real Vision financial and cryptocurrency VIP influencers. The proposal aims to expand reach and awareness worldwide, expand cryptocurrency-focused reach and awareness worldwide, provide thought leadership and learning to cryptocurrency enthusiasts worldwide, and increase awareness and education for Real Vision VIP influencers.

Polkadot Brand Awareness Partnership with Real Vision (Raoul Pal)

**Cheeky Crypto Partnership Proposal Summary**

- Cheeky Crypto is a YouTube channel created by brothers Nick and Chris in 2020 to share insights on cryptocurrency.
- They have over 153,000 YouTube subscribers and a strong community with 7,000 active members on Discord.
- The proposal is for a 12-month partnership focused on expanding awareness about Polkadot, with a budget of 12,000 DOT.
- They plan to publish 52 articles, 100 YouTube videos, and 52 educational tweets focusing on Polkadot updates and guides.
- Cheeky Crypto believes education is crucial for success in crypto trading and aims to help others learn and grow.
- The team has recently expanded to include JB and Steve, enhancing their outreach during market downturns.
- They encourage questions from the community through Discord and other platforms, showing their commitment to accessibility.

WHO: CheekyCrypto team

WHAT: Produce a substantial volume of content over all their channels, including website articles, on-chain data, video content, Twitter threads, podcast, and dedicated news channel within their community, all focused on Polkadot ecosystem updates and news.

PRICE: 12,000 DOT (specific value in USD or other fiat currency can be mentioned based on the current exchange rate)

TIMEFRAME: 12-month partnership from the date of funding receipt.

A 12-Month Strategic Alliance proposal: Polkadot and Cheeky Crypto Partner for Decentralized Innovation

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- Bitskwela is an organization in the Philippines focused on teaching people about cryptocurrency and Web3.
- Many Filipinos are adopting crypto, with 7 million owning it and 1 million owning NFTs.
- Bitskwela has held many fun events and workshops to help people learn about crypto in their local languages.
- The organization has partnered with big companies like GCash and TikTok to spread knowledge about cryptocurrency.
- They recently attended CoinFest 2023 and want to promote Polkadot, a multi-chain platform.
- In the next six months, Bitskwela plans to create educational courses, materials, and community events for Polkadot.
- They are asking for support from the Polkadot community to help with their initiatives.

Bitskwela, in partnership with Polkadot Insider, aims to drive Polkadot's reach and presence in the Philippines through a small-spender funding proposal. The proposal includes initiatives such as localized short courses, educational materials, market research, content marketing, events and workshops, community establishment, and business development assistance for the ecosystem. The full proposal can be found in the link provided.

Bitskwela - Bringing Polkadot to the Thriving Philippine Web 3.0 Community

This proposal is about spending $144,000 on Twitter ads to promote Polkadot from December 2023 to March 2024. The goal is to increase awareness of Polkadot's positive stories and get more people to engage with Polkadot's Twitter account and related projects. The campaign will focus on English-speaking countries and use two systems to manage the ads. This will help show how decentralized marketing can work and benefit Polkadot holders. The proposal asks for 35,395 DOT (about $178,000) and has updates on its progress.

WHO: OpenGov

WHAT: Run $144K in Twitter ads from late Dec 2023-April 2024 to increase awareness of On-brand Polkadot narratives and generate engagements on Polkadot Twitter Account, Polkadot Parachains, and select Polkadot True Believers.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requested amount of 35,395 DOT ($178K with EMA30 $5.029/DOT). Min 6 weeks, max 12 weeks timeframe. Using Twitter Ads and Addressable.io as campaign management systems.

Increase Awareness of Polkadot On-Brand Narratives via Twitter Ads

- NacionCrypto is a team focused on helping the Spanish-speaking community understand blockchain technology, especially Polkadot.
- They want to raise $32,867 through a funding request to support their activities.
- Their plan includes creating a technical study group, producing Spanish-language guides and videos, and hosting local meet-ups.
- They have worked for over three years, creating videos and teaching students about important blockchain topics.
- Their goals include organizing six meet-ups, producing various videos, and hosting 24 discussions on social media.
- The team aims to expand their reach and improve the quality of their content.
- They believe their work will inspire more people to learn about blockchain technology and join their community.

WHO: NacionCrypto team

WHAT: Funding request for continued growth and sustainability, including establishing a technical study group, providing Spanish guides and video content, organizing local meet-ups, and diversifying outreach through non-technical audiovisual content.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 6053 DOT equivalent to $32,867.69 USD requested in November 2023. Allocation of funds prioritizes team training and enhancing skills for high-quality content delivery.

“NacionCrypto” Establishment of Study Group and Development of Technical and Non-Technical Content.

- Federico Cicciarella shared a proposal about his work with blockchain and Polkadot.
- He has finished two demos and plans to finish a third one next week.
- Some companies worry about costs related to using blockchain technology.
- He wants to help these companies understand the benefits of using Polkadot's parachains.
- Starting in January 2024, he will educate companies about blockchain and Polkadot.
- Training sessions will include introductions to Web3 and creating personal parachains.
- Federico is asking for financial support to help cover costs of upcoming demos.
- He believes this will benefit both him and the Polkadot ecosystem.

WHO: Federico Cicciarella

WHAT: Educate companies on the differences between leveraging Polkadot's security and other "blockchains," demonstrating how to create a personalized parachain using Substrate (Polkadot SDK).

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requesting a financial contribution of TIPS to cover part of the expenses associated with ongoing and upcoming demonstration initiatives until June 2022. The rest of the expenses will be covered by Federico Cicciarella.

Bring Adoption for Companies: Empowering BlockSpace with PolkadotSDK as the Core Infrastructure

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- Josep leads the polkadot-api project.
- A recent Pull Request (PR) made a big improvement for dApp development.
- This PR helps to make dApp assets smaller.
- The team values these contributions and has worked on this issue before.
- One team member researched this for a few days.
- The new PR is much better than earlier efforts.
- Josep suggests giving a reward of 80 DOTs to the contributor.
- This reward encourages teamwork and good work in the community.

WHO: Josep, team lead for the polkadot-api project.

WHAT: Proposing to offer a medium tip of 80 DOTs to a contributor for their exceptional work in reducing the bundle sizes of dApp assets.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 80 DOTs as a reward for the contribution. No specific timeframe or additional resources mentioned.

https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-api/pull/200

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Claudio, a Polkadot Ambassador and Crypto Content Creator, wants to improve his reputation in the Polkadot community after some recent issues. Here’s what he proposes:

- He plans to create 8 videos about Polkadot for $600 each, totaling $4,800.
- Each video will also have a small advertisement on X, totaling around $300.
- The videos will cover topics like how to use Polkadot's XCM, AssetHub, Moonbeam Network, Astar Network, Subsocial, HydraDX, Polkadot's Open Governance, and EnergyWebX.
- Claudio has a channel called KryptosChain on YouTube where he has made videos since 2020.
- He is inviting the community to ask questions if they have any concerns about his proposal.

WHO: Claudio, Polkadot Ambassador and Crypto Content Creator.

WHAT: Proposes to create 8 videos on Polkadot ecosystem topics, including XCM, AssetHub, Moonbeam Network, Astar Network, Subsocial, HydraDX, Polkadot's Open Governance, and EnergyWebX. Each video will cost $600, including a professional video editor's cost, and will be published on both Youtube and X. Additionally, approximately $300 will be spent on X ads for each video.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Total cost of $4,800 for the 8 videos. No specific timeframe or resources mentioned.

KryptosChain Short Term Funding

- The Oracle Ecosystem Initiative aims to solve the "oracle problem" in public blockchains, where external data is needed for complex tasks.
- Current oracle solutions often rely on trusted third parties, which isn't ideal for decentralized systems.
- Acurast is a new project that uses secure mobile hardware to provide a safe way to handle data off-chain.
- The goal is to create a universal oracle solution for different environments, including Substrate, EVM, and WASM.
- Acurast plans to provide price information for various crypto assets and real-world items.
- Developers can easily use Acurast's solution to enhance their projects within the Polkadot ecosystem. 
- Feedback has been positive from community leaders about Acurast's potential to improve developer experiences.

Acurast proposes to establish an ecosystem-wide solution for oracles accessible in three distinct environments: Substrate (Polkadot SDK), EVM, and WASM. The proposal aims to provide price feeds for all Polkadot and Kusama assets, other popular crypto assets, and Real-World Assets (RWA), and establish an ecosystem-wide solution with these integrations that can be leveraged by every Polkadot-based project. The proposal also aims to provide support to projects to integrate price feeds into their environments, add support for new asset classes as price feeds, and provide access to larger off-chain compute resources for additional use cases. More details in the full proposal.

Oracle Ecosystem Initiative

- This proposal is about Subscan, an important tool for the Polkadot network that helps people see and analyze block data.
- Subscan needs money to keep running, including costs for servers and staff.
- The proposal asks for money from the Polkadot treasury to pay for Subscan's costs from January to September 2023.
- They have worked hard to lower costs, and expenses have gone down a lot, by over 50%.
- Subscan wants to involve the community in its development starting in November 2023.
- Future changes will focus on what the community wants most.
- More details about this plan will be shared in December.

WHO: Subscan team

WHAT: Proposing reimbursement of operation and maintenance fee for Subscan for January-September 2023 from Polkadot treasury, reducing infrastructure costs, and shifting towards community-developer collaborative model from November 2023.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Subscan | Infrastructure Costs of Subscan for Polkadot & Westend & Rococo & Statemint & Rockmine  Networks (from January to September 2023)

- Talisman is a special wallet that helps people use the Polkadot and Kusama projects easily.
- The goal is to create a friendly experience for users while keeping them safe and informed.
- They want to make using different wallets and accounts simple for everyone.
- Talisman supports many security tools and features to help protect users' money.
- They also introduced features to help users from different countries understand their transactions better.
- Talisman is committed to working with the community and improving their wallet for everyone's needs. 
- As of September 2023, Talisman has over 40,000 users and focuses on providing a better user experience.

WHO: Talisman

WHAT: Retroactive funding proposal for feature development, UX improvement, QA testing and Audit fixes for Talisman Wallet over 14 weeks (Feb-May 2023).

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Talisman Wallet - Retroactive Proposal #1

- DAPP CENTRE is a Crypto Content Creator with a YouTube channel that has over 108,000 subscribers since August 2019.
- They review different crypto brands and tokens, focusing on altcoins and exchanges.
- DAPP CENTRE will create five videos about Polkadot, including a beginner's guide and overviews of wallets and platforms.
- The videos will be released weekly over five weeks after payment.
- The total cost for the project is around $3,000 or 572.63 DOT.
- KryptosChain, a Polkadot Ambassador, introduced DAPP CENTRE and will receive 20% of the earnings. 
- The creator independently decides the content and will not discuss prices.

Dapp Centre, a crypto content creator with over 108k subscribers on YouTube and 88k followers on Twitter, proposes to create five informative videos about Polkadot for $3,000 in around five weeks, with one video per week. The videos will cover topics such as a beginner's guide to understanding Polkadot, Nova Wallet, Talisman, HydraDX, and Moonbeam Network. The creator has complete editorial freedom, and KryptosChain will receive a 20% introducer's fee if the referendum passes.

DAPP CENTRE | Youtube Media Package Funding

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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.

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