Polkadot community members are discussing a proposal to provide funding for collators on System Parachains. Collators currently receive minimal rewards for their work, which may lead to under-resourcing. The proposal suggests that funding should come from the chain in a sustainable way, but in the meantime, it can be provided by Treasuries in the form of a bounty. This short-term solution aims to cover the monthly operating costs of service providers until a more suitable solution is established. The proposal seeks to secure 6,075.79 DOT for collators for a two-month period. The community is encouraged to review and provide feedback on the proposal before it is submitted onchain.

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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.

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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 cross-chain communication and messaging infrastructure for web3 builders. They offer devtools for web3 projects to send real-time alerts to users. Notifi is asking for a grant from the Polkadot Treasury to provide their services to the Polkadot relay chain and its ecosystem parachains. They believe their platform can help increase the use of Polkadot-native platforms.

The problem Notifi is solving is the difficulty of building notifications and alerts within web3 due to the decentralized nature of user onboarding. Notifi's solution is a customizable, white-labeled communication platform that can be embedded into web3 dApps. They can monitor and parse smart contract events to create custom notifications like loan health, governance proposals, and staking alerts.

Notifi has worked with Parity and received interest from 16 parachains, wallets, and ecosystem partners for their notification services. They want to work closely with the Polkadot community and receive feedback on their proposal.

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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 C++ implementation of the Polkadot Host that works with the Relay chain validators and syncing nodes. It helps make Polkadot safer by having different client implementations. The team has done work with the help of a grant and has added features like Parachains protocol integration and support for fast and warp synchronizations. They also made KAGOME better by improving its performance and adding new features.

Now, the team has a new plan to make KAGOME even better for Polkadot's upcoming features. They will work on improving RPC and WASM performance and conduct a security audit to make node operators trust KAGOME more. The work will be done by Quadrivium, Soramitsu, and SRLabs, with help from the Web3 Foundation.

The new plan includes optimizing Merkle storage, improving RPC, adding new features like asynchronous backing and SASSAFRAS, and doing a security audit. The team has asked for 253,862 DOT to complete this plan. You can read the full proposal with more details and prices here: [link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/17ZmueuaMjXY3_SRBHxWtKNHzpLNtSd_KGVfeTII6Nbc/edit?usp=sharing).

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 requesting funds to cover the ongoing development and maintenance costs for public Subsquid Archives and the Giant Squid API. Subsquid Archives provide on-chain data in GraphQL format for all major parachains on Kusama and Polkadot, while the Giant Squid API is a set of open-source GraphQL APIs that cover commonly used data for Polkadot, Kusama, and other parachains. The requested amount is 58253.66 DOT, which is approximately $233,014.67. The funds will be used to support the operation of these services, which are critical to the Polkadot ecosystem and are used by various projects such as Polkassembly, Talisman, RMRK, and others. The proposal includes detailed statistics and costing data, which can be found in the provided links.

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)

Hello Polkadot friends! We are Verbo da Sabedoria, a Brazilian channel that creates educational content for Portuguese speakers. We have noticed unusual activity on our YouTube account and have decided to pause our proposal for now. We will continue making videos about Polkadot and educating the community. We are committed to fostering the Portuguese-speaking community and being a reference on Polkadot in Brazil.

We request retroactive funding for 4 videos we produced about news from the Polkadot ecosystem. We will request funds every 4 videos, keeping delivery our top priority. Our team consists of John Rhodel (Parachainboy), Carlos Sawaki (CJ), and Gabriel Bonugli (Gabekoin). We have a strong presence on social media, with over 3,500 followers on YouTube and a large community on Telegram.

Brazil is an important player in the global economy and has a significant number of cryptocurrency investors. We believe that our content can help educate and inform the Portuguese-speaking community about Polkadot and blockchain technology.

Please vote "NAY" on referendum 144 as we pause our proposal. Thank you for your support!

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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

This proposal aims to help teams in the Polkadot ecosystem by making their hiring process more efficient and effective. The goal is to save time and resources by providing guidance, workshops, and access to a hiring platform. The funds will be used to help find at least 7 talented people for key positions in Polkadot teams. Each team will get support with hiring best practices, a web3 Application Tracking System, and at least one high-quality hire. The proposal has been well-received at Polkadot Decoded 2023, an important event for the Polkadot community. The request for treasury funds is considered an investment in the future of the ecosystem, and the benefits are expected to last beyond the initial expenditure. The proposers are looking forward to feedback and working with more teams in the Polkadot ecosystem.

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 is set to expire in October 2023. To extend the lease through June 2025, a "swap" of lease periods is needed. The Moonbeam Foundation has secured a new parachain slot for lease periods 13 through 20, which is currently occupied by "Moonelement," a dummy parachain created by Moonbeam. To swap leases between Moonbeam and Moonelement, both parachains must authorize the swap. Moonbeam's referendum is expected to confirm this swap, but a misconfiguration in Moonelement's genesis head prevents it from starting. Therefore, the Moonbeam Foundation has created Polkadot OpenGov Referendum 139 to execute the swap on behalf of Moonelement. Once the swap is complete, Moonbeam will continue to operate without interruption for the full lease period.

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 SaaS platform that provides infrastructure services for the Polkadot/Substrate community. They aim to support blockchain developers by providing core infrastructure so they can focus on building decentralized applications (dApps). OnFinality has requested $54,862 to cover ongoing and advanced costs for running high-performance, scalable, and reliable public infrastructure for Polkadot, Statemint, Collectives, Westend, Encointer, Bridgehub Polkadot, and Bridgehub Westend in Q3 (July, August, September).

Public RPC services are important for the Polkadot ecosystem as they reduce barriers to entry for accessing high-performance nodes and allow development teams to focus on innovation. OnFinality provides free public API services for Polkadot, Statemint, Westend, Collectives, and Encointer, and has recently added Bridgehub Polkadot and Bridgehub Westend.

OnFinality focuses on three key areas: performance/reliability, providing more value from their Ultimate API service, and cost optimization. They strive for a minimum of 99.99% reliability, offer advanced features like geolocation insights and Trace API support, and have added support for 14 more Polkadot parachains and various other networks. They also provide advanced rate limiting controls and a 'Paid API Revenue Share Discount' scheme to support service sustainability.

In the last three months, OnFinality's Polkadot API service has served a total of 2.7 billion responses, with a rolling 7-day average of over 21 million responses per day. The 90-day uptime for Polkadot, Statemint, Westend, Encointer, and Collectives was 100%, 100%, 99.66%, 99.99%, and 99.99%, respectively. The total combined running cost for Q3 is $54,862, which is less than requested in Q2 due to ongoing cost optimization efforts.

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)

Hey Builders! We have a proposal for the Polkadot Treasury to create Swanky, a tool to help developers work with ink! smart contracts on Polkadot and Kusama. Swanky has two parts: Drink library and drink-cli command line tool. We want to make it easy for new developers to start and manage projects. We are asking for funding from September 2023 to February 2024. We will show our progress and complete tasks to get the funding. We already talked about our plan with the Astar community. You can find more details in the links below:

- Astar Forum: [link](https://forum.astar.network/t/swanky-roadmap-open-discussion/4801)
- ink!Hub Roadmap: [link](https://github.com/orgs/swankyhub/projects/2/views/1)
- Public discussion: [link](../post/1872)
- Full Proposal: [link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xn87R0VWuB4i3Txxxw-zwaILrk-WV6TSKnZycuLG5MA/edit?usp=sharing)

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 Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) has proposed a project to build a better understanding of blockchain technology in mainstream global media. The project aims to educate non-crypto audiences and journalists about the fast-evolving blockchain ecosystem and its potential applications beyond decentralized finance. The TRF is seeking a grant of 53,938.013 DOT ($234,024 at $4.45/DOT) to fund a pilot training program. The pilot program will be developed in collaboration with the Web3 Foundation and aims to create a robust and needs-driven training methodology that can be scaled in future phases of the partnership. The TRF is an independent charity that works to advance media freedom, foster inclusive economies, and promote human rights.

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

- This proposal is about choosing curators for a project called Bounty 19.
- It wants to officially confirm the six community members as curators and agrees on a payment plan.
- The ink!ubator budget is already set, so no more money is needed.
- In the last five months, 11 projects received grants totaling $762,860.
- The MuFi team works on payments for creators and helps handle many transactions.
- Curators will receive $5,000 each, plus extra for their work, totaling $97,200 for all curators and facilitators.
- You can find more information on their GitHub and website.

The proposal aims to confirm curator candidates and approve fee allocation for Bounty 19. WHO: ink!ubator. WHAT: assign curators and facilitator, request $97,200 USD for rewards. FOR WHAT: Bounty 19. No additional funding is sought.

Election of curation team - bounty 19: Wasm Smart Contracts Bounty

The Nodle Parachain stopped working after a recent upgrade failed. To fix this, the team proposes using a special function on Polkadot to restart the parachain quickly. They want to keep the current state of the parachain and not change any past transactions. The problem was caused by a part of the upgrade taking too long, making the parachain stop making new blocks. The team has made a new version of the code that should fix the problem. They tested this new code and it worked well. They also have a plan to prevent this kind of problem from happening again in the future.

Nodle's Parachain is bricked after a failed upgrade. Proposal to use forceSetCode functionality on Polkadot to restart it. A new runtime has been prepared and tested. Prevention strategy includes improving testing tools and enforcing benchmarking of migration code.

Unbrick Nodle

- SXSW 2023 took place in Austin, Texas from March 12th to 15th.
- The conference had over 40,000 attendees and included 15 different topics like technology, film, and music.
- A key focus was the Tech Industry Track covering new technologies such as AI, blockchain, and robotics.
- Polkadot aimed to connect with startups and leaders in the Web2 world to prepare them for future Web3 changes.
- 11 teams were part of Polkadot's effort at the conference, including Beatport and Moonbeam.
- This event helped increase Polkadot's brand awareness and build important connections.

<strong>Polkadot</strong> aims to increase brand visibility and connections to a Web2 audience of startups, enterprises/brands, thought leaders and influencers, media, and consumers by participating in the <strong>SXSW Conference</strong> in Austin, Texas on March 12th-15th, 2023. The proposal involves 11 ecosystem teams and further details can be found in the provided link.

Polkadot @ SXSW 2023, Austin, Texas on March 12th-15th 2023

Referendum 56 was a vote to fix issues with auctions in Auction Track. The goal was to replace the BadOrigin calls and cancel auctions that failed due to BadOrigin. However, the cancellation was not successful because it needed Root origin. This new proposal aims to clean the scheduler from future failed auctions, leaving only the new schedule. The proposal was submitted on the Whitelisted Caller track, and the Fellowship is voting to whitelist the hash for this call to execute successfully.

Referendum 56 aimed to cancel failed auctions due to BadOrigin, but it required Root origin which was not successful. This proposal aims to clean the scheduler from future failed auctions, leaving only the new schedule on the scheduler. No price/timeframe/resources mentioned.

Cancel Old Auctions Schedule - Replaced by New Schedule After OpenGov Inclusion

Encointer is a project in the Dotsama ecosystem that was not funded in a recent referendum due to its high burn rate. However, it is still considered valuable by many. The project has now proposed a new budget with a 50% lower burn rate to cover expenses from September to December 2023. The proposed budget is CHF 238,000, which is equivalent to 59,895 DOT. The project plans to experiment with more scalable approaches, test a new faucet, and integrate with other platforms like KILT and Polkassembly. You can read the detailed proposal document [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1685yQrxkce_U3p0umdEMYQR_8dHo2ipp3bKS3tOKemE/edit?usp=sharing).

Encointer proposes a budget of CHF 238,000 (USD 270,606) for Sep-Dec 2023 to experiment with scalable approaches, field test Encointer Faucet, and integrate with KILT, Polkassembly, and others. The proposal has a relaxed timescale and a 50% lower burn rate.

Encointer Treasury Proposal (budget halving)

Composable has proposed a plan to expand the use of DOT, the native token of the Polkadot network, in cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi). They want to loan 194,779.899 DOT (about $1 million) to supply liquidity to leading decentralized exchange (DEX) platforms in the Cosmos ecosystem, like Osmosis and Astroport. The main goals are to increase DOT's adoption, make it more accessible, and attract new DOT holders. They also plan to use their cross-chain bridge, Centauri, to move DOT outside of its native network and create more opportunities for DOT in other platforms and users. Composable will promote this proposal through various marketing channels and expects to onboard 10,000 new DOT holders within the Cosmos ecosystem. They believe the potential returns from providing liquidity will offset any losses due to impermanent loss in the liquidity pool. The DOT will be handled by multisig addresses across different chains for security during cross-chain transfers.

Composable proposes to allocate 194,779.899 DOT (approx. $1m) as an indefinite loan to provide liquidity to Osmosis and Astroport DEX platforms within the Cosmos ecosystem. The goal is to encourage cross-chain adoption of DOT, extend DOT accessibility, promote Polkadot visibility, and integrate DOT with Cosmos applications. The loan will initially last over the duration of 1 year and re-evaluated on a 6-month basis thereafter. The proposal outlines explicit instructions for the movement and deployment of DOT received from the Polkadot Treasury, and the expected ROI on swap fee + incentives will outpace losses due to impermanent loss. The goal is to achieve $50,000 of average daily trading volume within the first 3 months and acquire 1,000 new DOT holders within the first 6 months of loan deployment.

Allocate DOT Loan for Use Amongst Cross-Ecosystem DeFi within the Cosmos Ecosystem

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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.

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