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Hey Everyone!

We’re honoured to propose the Polkadot Fast-Grants Bounty.

The purpose of this bounty is to fund the fast-grants programme for early-stage builders on Polkadot. This will be modelled on [Solana’s fast-grants](https://earn.superteam.fun/grants/) model with a similar goal, but for Polkadot: anyone who wants to build on Polkadot can get initial funding to do so.

**The problem (summarised)**

This bounty is a response to the following problems in the Polkadot builder funnel:

1.  Polkadot doesn’t have clear funding opportunities for very early-stage builders; and
2.  There is no fast way for developers inspired about Polkadot to get funding to build.

These are both holding back the Polkadot ecosystem, and other blockchains that have solved this are rapidly growing their developer base.

**The solution (summarised)**

The good news is that the answer to the above problems is simple:

1.  A clear programme for early-stage builders to get funding (up to $10,000 each); and
2.  Approvals made as fast as within 72 hours

**Curators**

The curators have deep, sector-specific experience across the Polkadot and builder ecosystems, and are strongly positioned to steward this bounty. The multisig will be a 3 out of 5:

1.  [Otar Shakarishvili](https://www.linkedin.com/in/otarshakarishvili/) (Project Advisor and Governance Specialist at JUST Open Source, ex-Parity Project Manager)
2.  [Sacha Lansky](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-sacha-lansky/) (Developer Relations at WebZero, ex-Parity Engineering)
3.  [Flavio Bianchi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/flbi/) (Polimec Foundation Council Member, Polimec Marketing and BD)
4.  [Phil Kwok](https://linkedin.com/in/philip-k-building) (Co-Founder of EasyA and the EasyA x Polkadot University)
5.  [Dom Kwok](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dom-k-b73381100/) (Co-Founder of EasyA and the EasyA x Polkadot University)

**Community feedback**

Thank you to everyone who helped shape this bounty, from the discussions we had on our previous post, to those who gave feedback live when we presented on AAG for that earlier discussion post (the recording for which is available [here](https://x.com/TheKusamarian/status/1852636778336760314)).

We’ve reviewed it all in detail as curators, and are delighted to have updated our proposal taking into account your feedback.

The main points/questions from the community were:

1.  How will success be measured
2.  How many projects will be funded (and for how much)
3.  What expertise the curators have to manage the bounty

In summary, we have:

1.  Reduced the bounty size by half (to demonstrate success first)
2.  Clarified the definition of what success looks like
3.  Made clear that this is not an EasyA bounty, but an ecosystem-wide one which will benefit the whole community and has a broad base of support (EasyA is just one of the proponents)
4.  Confirmed the types of projects which will be funded

**Executive summary**

Summarised in 5 points, this bounty is:

1.  **Fast:** Because we don’t want people to dismiss Polkadot for other ecosystems
2.  **Retroactive:** So builders can’t leave with the funds without delivering
3.  **Milestone-based:** So we can ensure developers are building what we want to see on Polkadot
4.  **Low-risk:** If there aren’t enough satisfactory projects to fund, the bounty will simply be returned
5.  **First point of contact:** Designed to open opportunities and a way into Polkadot (not designed to be the last point of contact).

**![image.png](https://i.ibb.co/MpSvVgq/image.png)**

**Full proposal**

As curators, we’ve brainstormed together and refined our approach to maximise the success of the bounty. This is now reflected in our updated full proposal [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hat9Mtj5lnTfySb8wMYj3m_EilBSuL5orwa5LxusDq4/edit?usp=sharing).

This includes more detail on the differences between this Bounty and the others that already exist, how it will work with those ecosystems, success metrics, budget, the Bounty manifesto, and other important information.

This bounty will benefit the whole Polkadot ecosystem, including programmes further downstream, producing top talent for bounties like the Dot Play and Open Source Developer Grants Bounty, with whom we are collaborating closely. Importantly, this bounty is synergistic with, and different from, the other active bounties.

We will be presenting on the upcoming AAGs to share more about our vision for the Fast-Grants Bounty as well as answer any questions the community have, and we would also be delighted to have your feedback here.

We’re looking forward to attracting the best talent to Polkadot with these fast-grants! Especially with smart contracts coming to Asset Hub, JAM on the horizon and so much more coming for builders on Polkadot, the time is now!

**Polkadot Fast-Grants Bounty Summary**

- The Polkadot Fast-Grants Bounty aims to provide funding for early-stage builders on Polkadot, similar to another program on Solana.
- Problems faced by builders include unclear funding opportunities and a slow process to get funding.
- The solution includes a program that gives up to $10,000 to builders with quick approvals within 72 hours.
- Experienced curators will oversee the bounty to ensure it benefits the community.
- The program is designed to be fast, retroactive, milestone-based, low-risk, and a gateway for new builders.

Polkadot Fast-Grants Bounty

**Summary:**

We propose to establish a bounty for legal support of the Polkadot ecosystem to provide uncomplicated and effective assistance to new and existing teams around the globe. To make this as simple as possible for projects, the law firm of Amforc Co-Founder Gianni will serve as single point of contact (guaranteeing attorney-client privilege) and leverage a large international network of lawyers to obtain the best possible support, from choosing the right setup structure to helping with legal issues, such as contract and corporate law, IP law, data protection, regulatory issues and supervisory law as well as providing legal templates.

**!Note!:**

The requested amount is set up as a bounty where costs are all paid retroactively. Full transparency with a detailed breakdown of services at hourly levels, along with clear, predefined rates, ensures clarity and fairness in billing.

 **See the Full Proposal [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eHSn1wD5sgIERqsO7sB6iu7z30O3k6FPSXKjkAHK0Ek/edit?usp=sharing)**

- A bounty program is proposed to provide legal support for the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The goal is to help new and existing teams with legal issues worldwide.
- Amforc Co-Founder Gianni will be the single point of contact for legal assistance.
- They will use a network of international lawyers to offer support.
- Services include choosing business structures, contract law, IP law, data protection, and more.
- Costs will be paid retroactively, with clear hourly rates and transparency.
- The full proposal can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eHSn1wD5sgIERqsO7sB6iu7z30O3k6FPSXKjkAHK0Ek/edit?usp=sharing).

Polkadot Legal Bounty

We propose the establishment of an Open Source Developer Grants Program to support individuals and small teams in developing open-source software for the Polkadot ecosystem. This initiative aims to fund up to 15 projects with grants of up to $30,000 each, focusing on those with a proven background in open-source software development. Projects can include proofs of concept, general-purpose libraries, or full-scale dApps that benefit the Polkadot ecosystem.
The primary goal of this bounty is to streamline the grant process for applicants, providing an alternative to the W3F Grants Program and traditional treasury funding. By consolidating the discussion, evaluation, and processing of technical proposals into the hands of curators, we aim to create a more accountable and effective decision-making process. Unlike the W3F Grants Program, which is managed solely by the foundation, this bounty will feature multiple community curators, offering varied perspectives on funding open-source development. The milestone-based payment system ensures continuous feedback, allowing curators and teams to adapt their work to meet community expectations.
Proposed Curator Set
<ol>
<li>Diogo Mendonca from Ditavia</li>
<li>Tommi Enenkel from Alice und Bob</li>
<li>Otar Shakarishvili from JUST Open Source</li>
<li>Luca von Wyttenbach from Polimec</li>
<li>Sebastian M&uuml;ller from Web3 Foundation</li>
</ol>

For more details on the proposal and to participate in the discussion, please refer to the full proposal <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/15Q5qvdZOBbl1_U2JxEfVyUGeTfEVxj2hRY7_m85_l2w/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>.

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**You can NOW submit applications. To learn more, [start here](https://github.com/PolkadotOpenSourceGrants/apply?tab=readme-ov-file).**

Good to know:

- Payments will be milestone-based and only made after review. We expect applicants to present a long-term perspective on the project.
- Only open-source software development is funded - no tangential costs like marketing, events, audits, etc.
- The beneficiaries of the grant must successfully go through a KYC/KYB check during the application phase to be eligible.
- We do not award grants for projects that have been the object of a successful token sale.
- We do not fund projects that actively encourage gambling, illicit trade, money laundering, or criminal activities in general.

- A new program will give money to people who make free, open computer programs for Polkadot.
- Up to 15 projects can get up to $30,000 each.
- The program wants to make it easier for people to apply for money compared to other ways.
- A group of five people will decide which projects get money.
- Money will be given step by step, not all at once.
- Only open-source software projects can get money, not things like ads or parties.
- People who get money must pass a check to make sure they are real.
- Projects that sell tokens or do bad things like gambling or crime cannot get money.

Open Source Developer Grants Program

Last edit: 2024-11-11 (10:48AM UTC)

**You can find all the information from this bounty in our Notion site:
https://polkadot-ux-bounty.notion.site/**


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**🟣🟣🟣↓ PROPOSAL DETAILS ↓🟣🟣🟣**
Link to the referenda: https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/819

This bounty proposal [was in discussion period](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/2318) since May 22nd. 

**Context of the Proposal**
[Braille](https://braille.wtf/), the [Polkadot UX Guild](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/introducing-the-polkadot-ux-guild-unifying-the-experience-across-the-ecosystem/7647), and [OpenGovWatch](https://opengovwatch.notion.site/User-Experience-Solutions-25ac40a124e34176941e532bee30c30b) have identified a pressing need for improved user experience (UX) within the Polkadot ecosystem. Despite the network's advanced technical capabilities, the user interfaces and overall user experience are not on equivalent with what is currently available on other chains in the web3 space. This discrepancy not only hinders user engagement but also significantly impacts the adoption rates across the ecosystem.


**Objective**
This proposal aims to secure funding to address and resolve existing UX challenges, while also paving the way for innovative solutions that enhance user experience through the capabilities of the Polkadot SDK. Our focus is on elevating the end-user experience to match the network’s technical excellence, ensuring that Polkadot remains competitive and user-friendly.


**Community Involvement**
We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all ecosystem participants are encouraged to contribute. By engaging a broad range of stakeholders, we aim to develop and implement UX standards that meet the community's needs and drive widespread adoption.


**Scope of the Bounty**
This bounty is dedicated to improve the end-user experience. While the technical underpinnings are necessary for such improvements, the primary focus is not on developer experience (DevEx) or backend technical enhancements, but rather on making the Polkadot ecosystem more accessible and intuitive for everyday users.


**Team**
As the bounty operator, Braille will coordinate the entire initiative, ensuring projects progress effectively toward their goals. We have assembled a team of curators, composed of respected ecosystem leaders, who form a 4/6 multisig to oversee and approve all decisions and fund disbursements.

- Braille (Alex and Ben)
- OpenGovWatch (Tommi and Ugur)
- Parity (Remy and Joshua)
- Apillon (Nino)
- SubWallet (DJ Hà Tang)
- Velocity Labs (Nicolas Arevalo)

We think this curator set is well equipped to provide the right expertise and set the right direction for the bounty. These curators will be responsible for allocating funds to tasks, assessing the completion of work, deciding on UX issues prioritization and ensuring that each project adheres to the highest standards of quality and relevance.


👉 Please see the [Full Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m-1pafxMoyhlGCKe2tAN7sG33305_yI9AtCHUGQLxJM/edit#heading=h.e5naxwp3hhoz), and leave your feedback in the comment section below.



**Polkadot UX Bounty Proposal**

- **Objective**: Improve user experience (UX) in the Polkadot ecosystem to match its technical capabilities.
- **Context**: Identified by Braille, Polkadot UX Guild, and OpenGovWatch as a critical need.
- **Community Involvement**: Encourages broad stakeholder participation to develop UX standards.
- **Scope**: Focuses on end-user experience, not developer or backend enhancements.
- **Team**: Led by Braille, with a 4/6 multisig team of curators from various ecosystem leaders.
- **Curators**: Includes representatives from Braille, OpenGovWatch, Parity, Apillon, SubWallet, and Velocity Labs.
- **Proposal Details**: Available on [Notion](https://polkadot-ux-bounty.notion.site/) and [Subsquare](https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/819).
- **Feedback**: Encouraged via the [Full Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m-1pafxMoyhlGCKe2tAN7sG33305_yI9AtCHUGQLxJM/edit#heading=h.e5naxwp3hhoz) document.

Polkadot UX Bounty

**Summary:**
The IBP, a collective of independent infrastructure service providers, aims to become the main ecosystem RPC and 'IT department' by providing infrastructure related services to the Polkadot ecosystem and all parachains. The unique design of the IBP creates a globally distributed and resilient ecosystem service provider. By offering RPC services to parachain teams we want to make it more lucrative for new projects to build on Polkadot and existing teams to purely focus on building.


The program is a specialized initiative to enhance the decentralized infrastructure of the Polkadot and Kusama network. It establishes a resilient, globally distributed setup for the core infrastructure services. All services are deployed on infrastructure owned by its members, removing value extraction by unnecessary intermediaries. 

**!Note!:**
The requested amount is set up as a bounty with 5 Polkadot native curators where costs are only paid retroactively. The charge of the hereby stated proposal only occurs in the case of full Polkadot adoption where the scale of deployment would mean:
- \>1140 RPC nodes (across 15 datacenters)
- \>37 Billion requests a month (across relay and parachains)

RPC services are **all paid retroactively** for delivered services monthly by USD value.

 **See the Full Proposal [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WENGgO1KwJKkLJ_c6AGxRkLtOhhAjd4OW1v_yWaEUqY)**


**Summary:**
- The IBP is a group of independent service providers aiming to become the main infrastructure provider for the Polkadot ecosystem.
- They offer RPC services to make it easier for new projects to build on Polkadot and for existing teams to focus on development.
- The program is designed to enhance the decentralized infrastructure of Polkadot and Kusama networks.
- Services are globally distributed and resilient, deployed on infrastructure owned by members.
- Costs are paid retroactively, only if the full Polkadot adoption is achieved.
- If fully adopted, the plan includes over 1140 RPC nodes and handles over 37 billion requests a month.
- RPC services are paid monthly in USD for delivered services.

Infrastructure Builders Program

Bridges enable transferring data, assets, and more between multiple chains. Due to their pivotal role and high transaction volumes, they have simultaneously become a hotspot for malicious activities. When exploited, these breaches can lead to significant impact including financial losses.

This proposal aims to ensure the utmost security of the bridges and promote community involvement by implementing a Security Bug Bounty Program. While all developers involved work hard to ensure the software and protocols built are bug-free, secure by design, and third-party code audits have been already performed, it is recognised security best practices to complement this. That’s why Polkadot and Kusama need community and bug bounty hunters to help to identify security vulnerabilities that could cause impact from all the severity levels before it is widely used and adopted.

To support this, the Bug Bounty participants are provided with many context details in the full proposal [attached](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j-Nb7FYgSJpChgbvkbkHCM_dsjENhrh4Vqc4rNsmNGY/edit#heading=h.v6is2ta0txr1), including a threat model of the scope.

As a security vulnerability in the bridge can impact both the source and destination blockchains, a mirror bounty is raised on Kusama and Polkadot

Thanks for your time and support to make Polkadot more secure!

- Bridges help move data and assets between different blockchain networks.
- They are important but can also be targets for hackers.
- When hackers exploit these bridges, it can cause big money problems.
- A plan is proposed to make these bridges safer by starting a Security Bug Bounty Program.
- This program encourages community members to find security issues before they become serious.
- Polkadot and Kusama are asking for help from bug hunters to keep the bridges secure.
- Participants in the Bug Bounty Program will get important information to help them. 
- Protecting the bridges is essential for both source and destination blockchains.

POLKADOT <> KUSAMA BRIDGE SECURITY BOUNTY

The purpose of this bounty is to quickly fund meetups for small amounts. The idea is quick turnaround when the amount required is small. The total limit per meetup for this bounty is $2,500 Here is the current list of curators: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hNdflU8hB0J58Kv6VacVVItasnGga\_JeOEuJ98eBkw4/edit?usp=sharing Anyone can still apply for curator by joining this chat: https://t.me/dotmeetups The only rule is that you cannot sign if your beneficiary of the payment

Meetups Bounty

UPDATE:

1) https://x.com/giottodf/status/1755499400598528458?s=20

2) Join the chat:

https://t.me/dotgamesbounty

Very important: Read the pinned message to understand exactly how it works when you join the chat

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The goal of this Bounty is to incentivize and reward indie developers to build games on Polkadot.

The idea is that UNLIKE CLASSICAL STARTUP funding that is usually done by VCs and requires an incredible amount of due diligence and expertise because of:

- the vast scope of potential problems and solutions being tackled by the various startups
- the high uncertainty regarding the reliability and the ability to execute of the team
- the complexity of different business plans based on specific bets on future market trends



DEVELOPING GAMES is a lot more predictable and it is a lot easier to assess what the cost should be and the ability to execute of the team.

Those games can be highly valuable to the ecosystem especially if they are tightly integrated with the chain.

It is easy to assess the ability of a team to produce a game just by looking at previous work. It is also easy to assess the cost because it is only cost of development and not cost of creating a complete business.

It is also easy to pay in small milestones minimizing the risk. You do not need to give large amounts of money at high valuations to people and let them play with the money, you just pay incrementally as the game gets developed and you see the development happening.

Basically classical VC investing is a lot less linear but game development is quite linear, you can really pay as the game is being developed, understand the costs incurred, predict the time to completion, assess the quality objectively, etc

The idea is that game development is a specific niche that does not require the deep expertise of the VCs and can also provide a very strong adoption of the underlying blockchain Polkadot.

I believe that we can seed and fund incrementally indie game developers with minimal risk and potentially high upside for the ecosystem.

The purpose of this bounty is to be able to do this.

The list of curators has not been defined yet and will be defined in the next referendum.

I am discussing with different credible curators and will finalize the list hopefully in 1-2 weeks.

I am posting the bounty just to ensure that we can start deploying capital as soon as possible. Of course the community is always free to reject the list of curators once it is proposed

- A new bounty is set up to help indie game developers create games on Polkadot.
- It focuses on giving rewards for game development, which is easier to evaluate than regular startup funding.
- Game development costs can be more predictable, and teams can be assessed by their previous work.
- Payments will be made step by step as the game is being built, reducing risks.
- This approach aims to strengthen the Polkadot blockchain while supporting indie developers.
- A list of people who will help choose projects (curators) will be decided soon.
- The community will have a chance to agree or disagree with the chosen curators later.

Games Bounty

![](https://i.ibb.co/gSnZX2D/Pase.png)

Currently, there are two testnets in the Polkadot ecosystem, both being paid for, serviced, and run by Parity: Westend, and Rococo. As a result of the decentralization of Parity, Rococo will be decommissioned in 2024 leaving a gap in Polkadot testnet offering. This gave us a chance to reimagine how a community run testnet would operate, who would maintain it, and what support would be available for new and existing developers building in Polkadot.

A dedicated group of ecosystem agents from Portico, Amforc, Dwellir, Paradox, R0GUE, StakePlus, and Zondax played a key role in the testnet's development, spending 2+ months of personal costs in late 2023, leading to its launch on December 22nd, 2023. Portico and R0GUE are made up of individuals from the Parity “Delivery Services” team who have had vast experience running Rococo over the last 2+ years. 

The new developer testnet, ‘Paseo’ has subsequently launched in late 2023 and is seeking 125,018 DOT ($850,000) from the treasury to operate and run for 1 year (Jan 2024 to Dec 2024). These funds will be managed via a bounty and paid to individuals quartlery in advance, over the 12-month funding period.  
  

This testnet is planned to receive updates just before Polkadot, rather than earlier than Kusama - conceptually making it more stable than Westend and closer to Polkadot in terms of code. It will allow new teams an easy environment to build and deploy, where the development environment of the testnet closely matches production (Polkadot). For dapp teams building on existing Parachains, these parachains can test and run their chains on Paseo, giving them greater confidence to deploy to Polkadot, offering greater stability to the dapp teams. Anyone can deploy here, not just parachain teams, opening up the ability for new builders and teams wanting to experiment with building their own appchain.  
  

This proposal outlines a bounty to manage the following:

1.  Setting up and maintaining the testnet - including upgrading the testnet relay chain runtime as per updates from the fellowship.
    
2.  Maintaining required system chains and upgrading the runtime as per updates from the fellowship. The system chains managed will be Assethub, Coretime, and Bridgehub for the initial launch. 
    
3.  Developer community management and technical support
    
4.  Hardware to run the network - collators for system chains, validators, RPC services, logging, etc
    

Please see the full proposal below with a breakdown on costings and Q&A

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1--itI-kZAIPoMCTp377IoA8qNx3isC2FmowhRfkmxYw/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1--itI-kZAIPoMCTp377IoA8qNx3isC2FmowhRfkmxYw/edit?usp=sharing "Paseo Developer Testnet Proposal")

Original discussion post: [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/2100](../post/2100)

- There are two testnets in the Polkadot system: Westend and Rococo.
- Rococo will close in 2024, which creates a need for a new testnet.
- A new testnet called "Paseo" launched on December 22, 2023.
- Paseo is being developed by a group of teams working together.
- They want $850,000 to run Paseo for one year.
- Paseo will help new teams build and test their apps easily.
- It will be updated to be more stable and similar to Polkadot.
- Anyone can use Paseo, not just teams who already have parachains.

Paseo - Developer Testnet Funding

**_Context of the Proposal_**

This proposal is curated by reputable parachain founders and Polkadot builders who have been active contributors to the Polkadot ecosystem since its inception. With the experience of building in Polkadot and a deep understanding of how DeFi works across other ecosystems, we’ve identified two of the most crucial gaps that have dragged Polkadot’s DeFi ecosystem back; the lack of unified infrastructure and tooling in Polkadot.

_Infrastructure_

Parity's BD team, which was previously responsible for bringing essential infrastructure to the ecosystem, was tasked with directing those infrastructure teams (i.e CEXs, Onramps, Oracles, etc) to the Polkadot treasury for their integration fees. However, Polkadot doesn’t present the most compelling business case due to its low liquidity and user numbers in addition to the perceived complexity of integrating Substrate compared to EVM chains. The added challenges of navigating the on-chain treasury as an outsider further compounded the problems of convincing them to join the ecosystem.

This leaves a DeFi ecosystem that lacks channels of entry for liquidity and outside users and prevents teams on Polkadot to reach their full potential.

_Tooling_

In the current state, teams independently approach the treasury through referendums to secure funding for what they believe are the right solutions to the problems they've identified. However, this approach poses numerous challenges such as the unconventional ways to access funding, not implementing the ideal solution to a specific problem, and the misaligned incentives by receiving payment before the work is delivered.

In addition to the above, there are a lot of resources or teams that aren't incentivized to take a stab at solving the biggest ecosystem problems. One example of this is Parity's Delivery Service Partners Program (DSP) which includes more than 15 substrate development teams mostly focused around runtime development and parachain deployments. Unfortunately, their level of activity has remained relatively low given that the parachain pipeline was affected during the bear market. With the right structure in place, these DSP teams could take initiative to tackle some of the most pressing ecosystem gaps with a group of experts that guides them, provides feedback, provides funding and supports them with GTM initiatives to get the tools adopted across the ecosystem. It would help in funnel engineering resources where the ecosystem needs it most and provide the tooling necessary to improve DeFi specific and general UX and DevEx

**_Proposed Solution_**

This bounty proposal aims to empower both builders and infrastructure providers by establishing the right mechanisms and incentive structures to streamline the development and integration of key missing pieces. A curator set, predominantly consisting of technical parachain founders, will provide clear development guidelines for tooling and infrastructure through Request for Proposals (RFPs), review and assess milestones/deliverables and subsequently provide retroactive funding from the treasury upon successful delivery. The success of this bounty not only signifies addressing the tooling and infra gaps but also incentivizes teams from outside our ecosystem to come and contribute to Polkadot's growth.

Velocity Labs will support most of the effort for this bounty and will be accompanied by leaders from the following teams:

-   Velocity Labs (Nicolas Arevalo)
-   Moonbeam (Alberto and Derek)
-   Acala (Bryan Chen)
-   Centrifgue (Lucas Vogelsang and Jeroen Offerjins)
-   HydraDX (Jakub Gregus)
-   Novasama Technologies (Leemo)
-   Giotto

We think this curator set is well equipped to provide the right expertise and set the right direction for the bounty. They will also play a pivotal role in overseeing the solutions and integrations resulting from the bounty and ensuring the proper allocation of funds.

Please see [Link to Full Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RdP1We3jkQeDy0HlA2T_n8whaeGbLZnuSYxPoJ7XLfw/edit) , and leave your feedback in the comment section below!

This proposal is about helping Polkadot's DeFi ecosystem grow by fixing two big problems: not having enough infrastructure and tooling. Infrastructure is like the foundation that supports the whole system, and tooling are the tools people use to build and use the system. 

Right now, it's hard for new teams and users to join Polkadot because it's not easy to get the money and tools they need. Also, teams are not sure how to get money for their ideas, and sometimes they don't fix the right problems. 

The people who made this proposal want to bring in more builders and infrastructure providers by creating a group of experts. This group will give clear instructions on what to build, check if the work is done well, and give money from the treasury if the work is successful. 

The group will be made up of people from different teams, like Velocity Labs, Moonbeam, Acala, and more. They will help make sure the right things get built and the money is spent in the right way. 

You can read the full proposal by clicking on this link: [Full Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RdP1We3jkQeDy0HlA2T_n8whaeGbLZnuSYxPoJ7XLfw/edit).

DeFi Infrastructure & Tooling Bounty

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Some current issues related to marketing proposals:
 
● Insufficiently robust investment in marketing about the Polkadot ecosystem diminishes the general crypto community's interest in the ecosystem, as well as reducing the appeal for developers to engage in building projects.

● Diverse marketing qualities and perspectives within the ecosystem, especially among significant stakeholders, generate unwarranted negativity.

● Varying values presented in different proposals create significant disparities when balancing budgets.

● Low-quality proposals and lack of verification lead to the potential for fraudulent activities.
 
Furthermore, there are certain risks and potential benefits directly impacting the Polkadot ecosystem behind these proposals, which the general community might not spend much time researching, and still make voting decisions, resulting in inefficiencies.
 
 
PROPOSAL OBJECTIVES

The goal of marketing bounty is to reward marketing teams/entities for their effort and bring enormous traction for the whole Polkadot ecosystem, push Polkadot back to the top list and become a real “community protocol".
 
In this proposal, we are proposing a set of 8 main curators who will be responsible to curate marketing-related proposals with different categories:

(1) Approach new target audience/users.

(2) Retain Polkadot ecosystem lovers, daily users.

(3) Educate, and produce tutorial contents for users/developers.

(4) Manage local communities (ecosystem update/users support/developers engagement).

(5) Amplify branding for high-trusted ecosystem agents.

(6) Sponsorship for specific occasions (F1 Race, Super Bowl, etc).

(7) One time campaign (1 specific event generated by several influencers).
 
In this proposal, we are proposing a set of 8 main curators who will be responsible to curate marketing-related activities with multisig using pure proxy via MultiX. We also propose a compensation rate for weekly management. However, within the curator set, some individuals will hold positions as significant investors and they will have the option to return a portion of their received reward from the multisig fund after a specified period.
 
All 8 curators will manage the funds using a multisig with pure proxy via MultiX. The threshold is set to 4 out of 8 for a child-bounty to get released. Conflicts of interests are addressed in the proposals with feedback from various Polkadot core contributors.
 
 
FULL PROPOSAL HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_hkZ6-N-8yt7JVF_ITHKL4tpsC-ZWSSrgT0Sce255RY/edit?usp=sharing
 
Main contact: polkadotmarketingbounty@gmail.com

- The Polkadot ecosystem needs better marketing to attract more interest from users and developers.
- There are problems with different ideas and opinions about marketing among important groups in the ecosystem, causing negativity.
- Some proposals are not good quality, which could lead to fraud.
- The goal is to reward marketing teams to help the Polkadot ecosystem grow stronger.
- Eight main curators will help manage marketing proposals in different areas, like reaching new users and creating educational content.
- These curators will work together using a special system to make sure everything is fair.
- Curators might give back part of their rewards after a while, and decisions will require agreement from most of the group.
- The proposal aims to address potential conflicts of interest with help from Polkadot contributors.

Marketing Bounty Proposal

This bounty is primarily designed to fund Collators on System Parachains with a fixed fiat monthly fee of US$300.00.

Full details on the genesis of this bounty can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H2T1Nx90HkSAYF_CaOPLG-o3LS7h_QAa2WLDdcSJMs0/edit)

Details on monthly spends can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/115s_6a6aMQaQFRKEr9w6XWdZ5aNxnkqwi7H0-8SKLcI)

System Parachains Collator Bounty

_This is a joint-proposal by [BlockOps](https://blockops.network/), [Dwellir](https://dwellir.com), [LuckyFriday](https://luckyfriday.io/), [OnFinality](https://onfinality.io/), [RadiumBlock](https://radiumblock.com/), [RockX](https://www.rockx.com/), and [Stakeworld](https://stakeworld.io/). Valuable input to this proposal has also been made by the proposed curators._

**TL;DR:**

This proposal outlines a procurement strategy for public RPC services in Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems, aiming for high-quality, decentralized, and cost-effective services. It addresses the vital need for reliable RPCs, emphasizing their role in applications like Polkadot.JS and wallets. The strategy focuses on optimizing quality of service, sustainable cost, and decentralization, introducing key definitions and standards. Tenders from RPC providers can follow two models: cost targets or predefined service levels. The proposed budget is $400,000, split between Polkadot and Kusama treasuries.

### Introduction

This proposal aims to implement a procurement strategy for public RPC services in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. The goal is to ensure high-quality, decentralized, and cost-effective services for essential applications like Polkadot.JS and wallets. The need for robust public infrastructure was emphasized during Polkadot Decoded discussions.

### Problem Statement

Reliable public RPC services are crucial for the growth of the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. Existing applications, such as Polkadot.js.org and Nova Wallet, require optimal functioning for an enhanced user experience. The proposal addresses the challenge of balancing service provision with sustainable treasury spending. It acknowledges the evolving role of light clients and the continued need for RPCs and bootnodes.

### Proposed Strategy

The procurement strategy aims to optimize quality of service, sustainable cost, decentralization, and simplicity. Key definitions, such as curators, independent RPC monitoring, system chains, and qualified RPC providers, are outlined. Quality of Service Reports and Service Agreements form essential components, with predefined standards and penalties for non-compliance.

### Tender Submission and Evaluation

A transparent process is proposed for RPC providers to submit tenders, with defined standards of service. Two potential options for tenders are presented: one focusing on cost targets and the other on predefined service levels. The curators, responsible for evaluation, scoring, and public announcement of selected providers, will ensure transparency and community involvement.

### Operations Phase

RPC providers awarded service agreements are obligated to provide services throughout the six-month operations phase. Independent RPC monitoring will assess performance, and metrics will be made public. Providers will be paid monthly in arrears based on the EMA7 day average price of DOT/KSM.

### Budget and Costings

The proposed budget for the program is $400,000, providing a 12-month runway for assessment. Funding will be split between Polkadot and Kusama treasuries, with curator payments of $350 per month from the Polkadot portion. The budget accounts for potential quarterly expense variations based on traffic and evolving requirements.

**Read the [full proposal here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GS4D95fkNjpi9GbXsiW7-9WOeGb30M5CYXEHXWsWRaw/edit).**

We are excited to share this proposal and are eager to hear your thoughts and feedback. Please feel free to comment, share your insights, and make suggestions to help refien this proposal further.

This proposal has been put forward by the following members of the RPC community:

_[BlockOps](https://blockops.network/), [Dwellir](https://dwellir.com), [LuckyFriday](https://luckyfriday.io/), [OnFinality](https://onfinality.io/), [RadiumBlock](https://radiumblock.com/), [RockX](https://www.rockx.com/), and [Stakeworld.](https://stakeworld.io/)_

**Polkadot Bounty**

This specifc bounty is to cover the Polkadot related chains, and Westend & Rococo. This bounty proposal also covers the costs for the stipends to the curators, and also the external monitoring.  EMA7 $5.89/DOT was used to calculate $265,542.86 to 45,083.68DOT.

- A group of companies is proposing a plan to improve public RPC services in the Polkadot and Kusama systems.
- The goal is to provide reliable and cost-effective services that are important for apps like Polkadot.JS and wallets.
- The plan includes setting clear standards and evaluation methods for RPC providers.
- Two types of service offers will be accepted: one focused on costs and the other on specific service levels.
- The budget for this plan is $400,000, shared between Polkadot and Kusama.
- The proposal aims for ongoing monitoring and assessment of the services provided.
- Input from the community is welcomed to help improve the proposal further.

Bounty Proposal for Public RPCs for Relay and System Chains

**The discussion for this proposal was open for 2.5 weeks. The original discussion post can be found** [here](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1875)
This [bounty proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dLvzMgP8-BFg25Y1eK1PF6sv5SpN0SbktGkPvUkPSbk/edit?usp=sharing) aims to provide an incentive to authorized Polkadot Moderators for their round-the-clock contribution and support to the communities.

The Community Moderation Team is a group of Ambassadors from the Polkadot and Kusama communities. The team originated as unpaid volunteers, after which they were occasionally tipped by the Kusama treasury. Later on, a bounty was [requested](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/bounty/14) and [funded](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/motion/528) on Kusama in August 2022) and [topped up](https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/referendum/29) thereafter (in January 2023). Within the original roadmap, there were plans to migrate to Polkadot after the structure and evaluation mechanism matured.

The Community Moderators provide a dedicated daily service, actively monitoring new member joinings to ensure the community is protected from fraudsters. They guide users with first-line direction and support while promptly identifying and regulating or banning obvious scammers to maintain a safe environment for all.

Since the beginning of the bounty on Kusama, the structure and review system of the moderation team activities have improved significantly. A couple of changes have been made to help improve the objectivity of reviews and rewards and better understand how large the team needs to be to sustain the various platforms, etc.

The team comprises thirteen **(13)** members with a significant level of involvement in the ecosystem. This ensures that they are able to keep abreast with recent advancements in the ecosystem and can effectively assist the community as needed. You can find the list of members [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dLvzMgP8-BFg25Y1eK1PF6sv5SpN0SbktGkPvUkPSbk/edit#bookmark=id.2qahdz1n39m1).

In light of extending responsibilities to the Polkadot Forum, this estimates an average of four Moderators per platform per day including overlaps. This implies a **six-hour** shift to attain 24-hour coverage for all the platforms. Despite this, only **two hours** of work per day will be rewarded in line with previous top-ups. We're also extending our moderatorial activities to the Polkadot forum and Polkassembly. Based on the number of platforms that are being (and will be) moderated and given that the aim is to monitor the official channels on a 24/7 basis across all time zones, we have determined that thirteen (13) is the minimum optimal team size.

This bounty proposes a 6-month budget of $112,320 (25,004.45 DOT) to support 15 hours of work per week for each moderator for the period of August 2023 to January 2024. The EMA-7 rate for conversion ($4.492/DOT) was taken on the 26th of August 2023.

The proposal document can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dLvzMgP8-BFg25Y1eK1PF6sv5SpN0SbktGkPvUkPSbk/edit?usp=sharing).

**We strongly encourage community members to at least review the [context](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dLvzMgP8-BFg25Y1eK1PF6sv5SpN0SbktGkPvUkPSbk/edit#bookmark=id.yrw8o1dzdxoq) and [Q&A](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dLvzMgP8-BFg25Y1eK1PF6sv5SpN0SbktGkPvUkPSbk/edit#bookmark=id.x5u4pc1hrko1) sections of the proposal. These parts contain insights and details that contribute to a full understanding of the proposal's intent and structure.**

Transparency, alignment with community values, and a clear focus on fostering a respectful, informed community environment are at the core of this proposal. We look forward to your engagement and feedback.

Thank you.

- The proposal aims to reward Polkadot Moderators for their 24/7 community support.
- The Community Moderation Team started as unpaid volunteers and later received funding from Kusama.
- Moderators protect the community from fraud, guide users, and maintain a safe environment.
- The team has 13 members, ensuring they stay updated with ecosystem developments.
- The proposal suggests a 6-month budget of $112,320 for 15 hours of work per week per moderator.
- The budget covers August 2023 to January 2024 and is based on a DOT conversion rate of $4.492.
- Community members are encouraged to review the proposal's context and Q&A sections for a full understanding.

Moderation Team Bounty

This is a bounty proposal whose proposer address (15BERoWxrWC61cAb4JjpUdM7sy8FAS9uduismDbZ7PURZLto) is shown in on-chain info below. Only this user can edit this description and the title. If you own this account, login and tell us more about your proposal.

This is a Bounty post. It can only be edited by the proposer of the post .

Polkadot Assurance Legion Bounty

[Here](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1491) is the previous community discussion on Polkassembly. 

### TLDR;
The purpose of this bounty is to nurture and develop WebAssembly smart contracts on parachains. As Gavin mentioned in this [CoinDesk article](https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/05/25/polkadots-gavin-wood-webassembly-is-the-future-of-smart-contracts-but-legacy-evm-is-right-now/), WebAssembly is the future of smart contracts. However, even in the Polkadot ecosystem, EVM smart contract is the go-to-market solution now simply because lack of ecosystem toolings and dApps new developers can refer to. To bootstrap the Wasm dApps in the ecosystem, we will fund canary dApps and toolings through this bounty.

### Context of This Bounty
Please see [this post](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/we-need-to-make-ink-showcase-projects/592) first. Currently, based on the data, smart contract Parachains are leading the Polkadot ecosystem in terms of market adoption. More projects are deploying dApps on Polkadot Parachains than making Parachains today and this trend will likely continue due to the high resource requirement to deploy a chain. The core problem is that the Polkadot ecosystem only supports EVM at the time of writing this and we are reproducing something which other L1s/L2s can do. One of Polkadot’s main differentiators and default environments is Wasm. In this bounty, we would like to push Wasm smart contracts adoption. The scope is as follows:

- Create easily accessible and audited ink!/ask! smart contract showcases
- Create ink!ubator - an incubation program to support community projects built with ink! and parachains that want to expose select APIs through contracts-pallet “chain extensions”. We will also help facilitate a smart contract auditing market.
- Develop a React hooks library “useInk” - the missing front-end library for Dapps on Polkadot.

### Bounty Proposal
[Here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y2QECPsXQktVGZIat_yNKTlodviTecMZ6IbiLNQ4NLM/edit?usp=sharing) is the full bounty proposal.

### Curators Candidates
**Sam Ruberti from Parity Technologies (Address: 13zqqP37p8HjLuWr7sha9GcAcYiiDgjqoNS3YbSELtgvaAfb):**  Sam Ruberti is a Senior Rust Developer with ink! and has over twelve years of experience delivering full-stack products for companies including Bloomberg, Peloton, and Clear, and five years of experience building full-stack Dapps in production environments. He has built microservices, DeFi platforms, NFTs, and contributed to open-source libraries for Ethereum.

**Sota Watanabe Astar Foundation (Address: 13VyvkXX3dYyeT7oAmaipZYNHzFJXofC5V8eqMuzd1isXY84):** Sota Watanabe is the founder of Astar Network. He joined the web3 space in 2015 and started developing Astar Network in 2019. Apart from his achievements, he is a director of the Japan Blockchain Association and used to be a blockchain researcher at the University of Tokyo and a task force member of Trusted Web led by the Japanese government. In addition to that, he was chosen for Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia in the IT division and Forbes 30 Under 30 Japan.

**Hernando Castano from Parity Technologies (Address: 15FjwNSxHhaJeknJjbydSo561ti1ea8sf3Y1fA263emujzxW):** Hernando is a Core Developer at Parity Technologies. Hernando joined the blockchain space in 2017, initially curious about the world of smart contracts on Ethereum. In 2019, Hernando joined Parity Technologies to work on the Parity Ethereum client, and has since transitioned to the team working on the ink! programming language.

**Markian Ivanichok 727 Ventures (address: 16FVZ2qVefqbr2zcEGVojEQBgx3nb8GqQCdjKiaq2nSs33T8):** Founder & CEO at 727.ventures, Brushfam & Dedali Metaverse. Web3 entrepreneur, Software Engineer. Brushfam onboards businesses to Polkadot WASM. Projects: Openbrush(Openzeppelin of WASM ink!), Typechain for ink!, sol2ink (transpiler from solidity to ink!), and substrate/ink! contribution itself. Also, WASM conference, was the first web3 WASM conference and gathered ~1000 participants.

**Hang Yin from Phala Network (address: 12BZFbrNksTKwHtaBojnVtoN8BoXKmBFzT3xDnHh7P9t2Cg5):** Co-founder and CTO at Phala Network. 5 years of Web3 core development and entrepreneur experience. Author of Phala Network Technical Whitepaper. Lead the team to build an off-chain computing protocol based on ink! and Substrate with 30k online servers. Ex-Googler on Machine Learning before joining Web3.

**Michał Świętek , Development Lead at Aleph Zero (Address: 5H6AVPSNv8GjEFiDKqhtCd6U494vGMm3r5vkzr5614sbfQnx0) :** For a couple of years, Michał has been fully devoted to the Aleph Zero project. From co-designing novel consensus mechanisms, and writing the first lines of code in core repositories, to the high-level architecture of Aleph Zero node implementation.

- A new bounty aims to develop WebAssembly (Wasm) smart contracts for parachains in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- Currently, EVM smart contracts are more popular, but the focus is switching to Wasm.
- The bounty will fund projects called canary dApps and toolings to encourage Wasm adoption.
- Plans include creating easily accessible smart contract showcases and a support program named ink!ubator for community projects.
- The bounty also aims to develop a new library for building Dapps on Polkadot.
- Several experienced candidates are involved in overseeing this bounty proposal.

Wasm Smart Contracts Bounty

The Events Bounty has been established to fund several activities in the ecosystem:  
  

-   Events (meetups, sponsorships, hackathons, side-events and similar activities within the domain of “events” which contribute to the growth, representation and development of Polkadot)
-   BD and speaker travel
-   Assistance with speaker and BD co-ordination throughout the year
-   Commenting on OpenGov proposals related to events
-   Identifying [key industry events for Polkadot’s presence](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17iSz4oMJixv1CC-CrSgUhWDcFLPs11QOq29YADz6Rs0/edit?usp=sharing "key industry events for Polkadot’s presence")
-   Funding tech integrations and initiatives related to Events

Anyone can apply for funding by filling out a form, document and budget template which meet the bounty guidelines, more information can be found on the [Events Bounty website.](https://dotevents.xyz/ "Events Bounty website.")

Reports by the Events Bounty are issued 1-2 months after every quarter and shared on the Polkadot Forum and  [EB website.](https://dotevents.xyz/about/1 " EB website.")

For any queries, the bounty curators host weekly [office hours](http://meet.google.com/vgu-jaqc-rpi "office hours") 

every Wednesday from 3-4PM CET, and can be reached at [info@dotevents.xyz](mailto:info@dotevents.xyz "info@dotevents.xyz")

All the events bounty proposals (including change of curators and top ups bellow):

-   [Council motion 228](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/motion/228 "Council motion 228")
-   [Council motion245](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/motion/245 "Council motion245")
-   [Events Bounty v2 (change curators)](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/236 "Events Bounty v2 (change curators)") 
-   [Events Bounty v3 (change curators and top up)](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/775 "Events Bounty v3 (change curators and top up)")

The Events Bounty is a program that helps fund activities related to Polkadot, like meetups, hackathons, and other events. It also helps with travel for business and speakers. To get money from the Events Bounty, you need to fill out a form and follow the guidelines. You can find more information on their website.

The Events Bounty shares reports every few months on their website and the Polkadot Forum. If you have questions, you can ask during their weekly meetings on Wednesdays from 3-4 PM CET, or send an email to info@dotevents.xyz. There are also different proposals related to the Events Bounty that you can find on the Polkadot website.

Community Events Reward Bounty with Child-Bounty Distribution

### Purpose of the bounty

Scams are plaguing our ecosystem, as they do the entire industry. However, as a community, we have shown time and again that we take scams seriously and strive to create a safe ecosystem for users. 

This bounty proposal aims to incentivise the community, both individuals and companies, to fight against scams and protect users from falling for them. We believe that anti-scam response should be a community endeavour and this is what this proposal aims to build.

This proposal expands on the community initiative targeting scam sites that has been ongoing for several months now with high levels of success. However, the current initiative is focused only on scam sites, while overlooking other aspects of scam fighting where we could be doing more. 

With this proposal we aim to create a holistic solution that addresses the problem from several aspects, while bringing awareness to the community, and educating users, of both the problems and the efforts to address them. The bounty for this proposal is meant to be open-ended, with the funds being distributed through child bounties that cover several aspects of the anti-scam response.

The tasks described in the child bounties utilise mostly off-chain tools and processes, but it is the goal of this initiative to evolve to bring as much of that as possible on-chain. These tasks came from feedback from the community and the experience garnered from the current initiative.

The child bounties will be opened gradually as potential implementers come forward, and more will almost certainly be added along the way. They are described in this proposal with varying levels of details, but all parameters of each child bounty, in terms of implementation, participation and rewards, will be defined in detail before the child bounty is opened.

And because this is an evolving process, changes to the bounties are almost certain as we gain more experience and get more feedback from the community. But the three main evolution goals of this initiative are:

- To move it on-chain as much as possible
- To have it being driven and coordinated exclusively by the community
- To become an anti-scam umbrella over the broader Polkadot ecosystem, covering parachains, other relay chains and projects 

Finally, all rewards are subject to change as we evaluate the efforts needed, receive feedback from implementers, curators and the community at large, and in case the price of DOT is very low or very high for prolonged periods of time. 

Details on the proposed child bounties and rewards can be found [HERE](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V-39ktdgpvATPpV1cfI8iZlS8_3oBDAHdlcMDd_3jpo/edit?usp=sharing)

- The proposal is to fight against scams that affect users in the community.
- It encourages individuals and companies to help protect people from scams.
- The goal is to improve the community's efforts, moving beyond just scam websites.
- The plan includes different tasks called child bounties to tackle scams.
- These tasks will get more details before starting, and changes may be made based on community feedback.
- The initiative aims to include more on-chain processes and be completely community-driven.
- It seeks to cover many areas in the Polkadot ecosystem related to scams.

Anti-Scam Bounty

![polkadot logo](https://polkadot.network/assets/img/logo-polkadot.svg?v=98f2dafeb1)
## Proposal Abstract: Polkadot Pioneers Prize, an Incentive Prize Program
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We are excited to announce a proposal for a new incentive prize program called the Polkadot Pioneers Prize (“Pioneers Prize”).

The Pioneers Prize is a series of challenges created with the goal of propelling technical innovation on the Polkadot network. The first two of those challenges will be announced later this year and will cover categories including zero-knowledge research and Polkadot infrastructure improvements.

Challenge winners will receive DOT; the total prize funds available at program launch will be split between the first two challenge categories and is projected to be 993286.08 DOT — worth roughly 18 million USD.

The Pioneers Prize will be managed by an elected curator and will likely contain members of the on-chain treasury council, Parity Technologies, the Web3 Foundation, and other external ecosystem partners.

In addition to funding research, the Pioneers Prize and its proposal look to model how the community can achieve greater agency by directing on-chain treasury funds in new and creative ways. 

We hope you’ll join us in being excited about the Polkadot Pioneers Prize and are equally as eager to see what the community comes up with.

Let the challenges begin!


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*If you would like to read the full proposal, you can do so [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tQTh_svJnNSCn4XPBoQW2hOvSBZzKFtKjkj8-sIui2w/edit?usp=sharing)*


- The Polkadot Pioneers Prize is a new program to encourage innovation on the Polkadot network.
- It will have challenges that focus on topics like zero-knowledge research and improving Polkadot's technology.
- Winners of the challenges will get prizes in DOT, a cryptocurrency.
- The total prize money will be about 993,286 DOT, which is around 18 million USD.
- The program will be managed by a group of elected people from different organizations.
- The goal is to help the community use funds in creative ways.
- Excitement is building for the upcoming challenges and what participants will create!

Polkadot Pioneers Prize, an Incentive Prize Program

New Proposal: Polkadot Pioneers Prize, an Incentive Prize Program

Easybuild is a program designed to bring new builder teams into the Polkadot ecosystem and encourage the development of user-centric apps and tools. The program aims to solve the problem of a lack of teams focusing on user-centered solutions within the Polkadot system. 

The Easybuild Bounty is a three-tiered, retroactive reward system for teams that create DOT-focused products. Each stage of the program requires a new level of product development and offers unique support and collaboration within the ecosystem. The program aims to provide a secure developer space, allowing teams to focus on development and integration into the ecosystem.

The program is cohort-based and consists of six-month modules. The targeted outcomes for the EasyBuild Bounty include attracting 10-15 teams per month for six months, propelling 20 teams from prototype creation to public beta testing, and onboarding at least six teams from beta testing to ecosystem integration.

The Easybuild program is not an educational course, incubator, accelerator, or launchpad. It focuses on supporting the development of projects and their integration into the Polkadot ecosystem, with a focus on DOT utilization. Teams can discontinue their journey through the stages at any time without penalty. A "unique solution" is defined as an application or tool that does not have direct analogs in the system and is built around the DOT token.

Easybuild. Fast Path for Future Polkadot Builders committed to building.

**In short:** Easybuild is a chain-bounty program designed to attract and integrate new builder teams into the Polkadot ecosystem. Through a three-tiered retroactive reward system, it incentivizes the development of DOT-focused products, providing clear milestones, integrated support and mentorship, and funding to streamline the innovation process and foster user-centric solutions.

**GOAL:** Influx new builders and new teams into the Polkadot ecosystem and boost the development of user-centric apps, dApps, and innovative toolings.

**PROBLEM:** The Polkadot ecosystem is currently lacking teams that focus on creating user-centered solutions that utilize the system's full potential. More details can be found in the section "The current state of the flow of new teams and their products.

**Relevance:** This is particularly important now as Polkadot introduces innovative solutions (such as Asset Hub DEX, OpenGov, Agile, pallets-nfts, upcoming innovative EVM solutions, XCM, and many more), and changes in system approach to the ecosystem (Coreplay/Corejam), which provide potential new use cases within the Dot token. While current teams focus on utilizing existing concepts, and many seek product-market fit outside the ecosystem (with already existing concepts). Whereas the system needs new innovative builders prepared to test and employ new concepts.

**SOLUTION**: "Easybuild Bounty," a streamlined, swift, retroactive bounty-based track designed to attract and integrate new builder teams into the Polkadot ecosystem.

**Concept overview:** "Easybuild Bounty" is a three-tier cascade of straightforward retroactive bounties, aimed at teams that create DOT-focused products.

![image](https://i.ibb.co/M13MTM5/7263-Nik-1699660310677.png)  
_Graph\_1: Retroactive bounty-based track explanation._

Each stage demands a new level of product development and introduces a unique mode of support and collaboration within the ecosystem. This combination of a cascading structure and short-term milestones helps veil the retroactive nature of the bounty. The blend of checklist and mentorship solutions helps counteract community conservatism and expedite the completion of milestones. ​​Each stage checks the DOT-focus of the project, ensuring funds aren't misallocated to external ecosystems.

**Easybuild Detailed:**  A significant portion of new teams time/org.tasks is directed towards the bounty side, with the aim of relieving new developers from tasks not directly related to their main responsibilities. Sample: Stage1 -> Stage2 detailed transaction flow.  Bounty Flow Detailed can be found in the [full proposal.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eHIWx9BXk0ZfQ3lGJOny25F6_VZZUt8SMAlFhdUnXGw/edit?usp=sharing) 

![image](https://i.ibb.co/0c3Tzg5/7263-Nik-1699660586627.png)  
_Graph\_2: Transaction flow sample._

**Important:** All checks (both by the operator and the community) are reduced to checklists. This helps reduce subjectivity and relieve developers of non-core workloads. Rules do not change for existing cohorts, only with a lag AFTER a cohort (so as not to unsettle those in the funnel).

**Devx prioritization:** The whole track's idea aims to provide a secure developer space with all factors enabling teams to work in an environment that excludes the stress of the unknown outcome, focusing on development and gradually integrating into the ecosystem.

-   The approach allows for immediate action while minimizing the entry threshold.
-   The bounty concept provides a shield from bureaucratic processes and unrelevant activities (for builders) during the transformation of the ecosystem. Just build.
-   At the same time, the bounty concept offers community-friendly implementation through a cascading retroactive bounty system transparent for observation.
-   Stack-free: Teams can operate in any stack.
-   Predictable social contract (for hiring, allocating time). Teams benefit from a predictable action plan: a community agreement in place; do this - get that.
-   Develop innovations in a safe, supportive atmosphere with the best eco-builders.
-   Ensure agility and reduce non-dev activities (such as documentation, presentations, public discussions, podcasts, etc.).

Meanwhile, development direction, track navigation, and funds allocation are managed by tech-savvy experts. In addition, the community can safely support promising teams with minimal risks of overfunding, attracting milkers and scammers, and not behaving aggressively toward new builders and teams.

**Targeted Outcomes for the EasyBuild Bounty:** The program is cohort-based and consists of six-month modules that have a “building lag”.

![image](https://i.ibb.co/N6BqST4/7263-Nik-1699660725483.png)  
_Graph\_3: Cohort overview_

On average, a successful team will take about six months to go through (~3m building, ~3m custdev+org).

![image](https://i.ibb.co/tC0GZTj/7263-Nik-1699660745629.png)  
_Graph\_4: Team full funnel_

Stage 1: Attract 10-15 teams every month for 6 months to present their MVPs and initiate prototype development.  
Stage 2: Propel 20 teams total from prototype creation to public beta testing. (50%\* conversion from Stage 1).  
Stage 3: Onboard at least 6 teams in total, moving from beta testing to ecosystem integration. (50%\* conversion from Stage 2).  
_\*Conversion rates are the subject to/during change after tests._

The full cohort size (with current conversion rates) starts from ~53 teams at stage_1 (from 300+ builder teams at stage_ 0). Every one of these 53 teams will bring some unique MVP. Link to [preliminary calculations](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QEDLgfSqTttviXOQ-3LE62KqWob5aVWoCZSIFNQ3WEk/edit?usp=sharing).

**Scheme of the test cohort:** In our opinion, it's best to conduct a test of this concept by initiating a 3-month intake. This is the minimum intake required to obtain a successful output funnel. After this, we can fully deploy the program.

![image](https://i.ibb.co/2cDsyg7/7263-Nik-1699660857854.png)  
_Graph\_5: Test cohort overview_

We'll discuss the results before the completion of the full funnel (because 9 months is too long for effective iterations). If the community approves, we'll propose to make it a full-scale initiative. [Calculations](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nVTJZLK-wCPEYY3dZIRg5rtS6XCNIr1Ut0g-C0MzEL0/edit?usp=sharing).

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FAQ**

1.  **Are these educational courses?** No, the primary goal of the Easybuild program is to attract new teams with the capability of "creating ready-to-use" products. It is not an educational initiative and does not offer classes, lectures, or seminars. Instead, it provides participants at all stages with the necessary network within the ecosystem. Teams are expected to manage their own learning and development process.
2.  **Is this an incubator? Is this an accelerator?** While a classic incubator targets teams without a formed idea, Easybuild requires entrants to have a functioning MVP ready for further development. This program aligns more closely with an accelerator in structure; however, unlike traditional accelerators, it doesn’t include an educational component. We believe that true builders are capable of self-directed learning.  
      
    
3.  **Is this a launchpad?** The Easybuild program is not a launchpad; it doesn’t involve the distribution of tokens. Instead, it focuses on supporting the development of projects and integration into the ecosystem and DOT utilization.  
      
    
4.  **What if the team decides to discontinue their journey through the stages?** Teams can always stop their staging at any time. They are not penalized or fined for doing so. On the contrary, they gain traction within the eco and can take on a more relevant (as they see it) idea and implement it. In this sense, the bounty serves as a form of public verification that is necessary for further actions within the system.  
      
    
5.  **What is a "unique solution"?** An application/end-user tooling, which at the time of the proposal does not have direct analogs in the system. During the program, its use case must be built around the DOT token (in the mainnet or a derivative asset within other parachains/cores). It's important that the team should not already exist within the ecosystem. For example, another indexer would not fit the program, but an application for quick creation of tokens on AssetHub and airdrops based on specific transactions (with payment in DOT) would.

Thank you for your time! We will be happy to have your feedback. It can be done here, or in the document, or through Matrix: @motifnetwork:matrix.org

### Polkadot Brazil Bounty Summary

- **Objective**: Attract Brazilian businesses to the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Context**: Brazil's growing interest in blockchain technology.
- **Team**: Led by experts in blockchain development and marketing.
- **Milestones**: Contact, qualify, and support businesses over six months.
- **Success**: Exceeded target by securing 9 partnerships instead of 3.
- **Compensation**: Rewards based on achieved goals and successful partnerships.
- **Curators**: Ivy Network, Nick Dunford, Saxemberg, and Zoe Meckbach.
- **Outcome**: Positioned Polkadot as a leading blockchain platform in Brazil.

Business Prospects for Polkadot in Brazil

Bounty Proposal: Business Prospects for Polkadot in Brazil

- Zhixi from Interlay proposed a bounty program to help people easily buy and sell currencies on Polkadot.
- The program targets 20 different projects, called parachains, to make it easier for new users to access these services.
- Research showed that many new users faced challenges like high costs and complicated systems.
- Previously, a similar project on Kusama received strong support and started integration quickly.
- The new proposal aims to add more assets, including DOT and USDT, and allow more parachains to join the service.
- Users will be able to buy digital currencies easily and put them directly into their parachain account.
- The total cost for the program is about $326,040.

Polkadot Parachain Assets Onramp Bounty Program

Dear Polkadot Community,

I am Zhixi from Interlay. This post propose a comprehensive bounty program aimed at funding the fiat on-ramp service for 20 parachains and the onramp integration for Asset Hub in the Polkadot ecosystem.

The on-ramp service has been a prominent concern within the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems, creating barriers to entry for new users. These barriers arise from issues such as fragmented token liquidity, high costs associated with listing on exchanges, and the lack of tailored solutions for substrate chains. To address these challenges, we have diligently researched and engaged in insightful interviews with a diverse range of on-and-off-ramp service providers, and have had extensive conversations with various projects within the ecosystem.

In March 2023, we proposed an [**on-chain bounty on Kusama**](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/bounty/21) to secure funding for the on-ramp of 11 assets on 10 parachains. The proposal outlined a strategic collaboration with Banxa, a leading on-ramp service provider, in the form of a bulk deal between parachains and Banxa. The selection of Banxa was a result of meticulous evaluation, considering factors such as technical expertise, extensive geographic coverage, supported payment methods, and competitive pricing.

I am pleased to report that our previous bounty proposal received overwhelming support across the Kusama ecosystem, and the integration process commenced swiftly. Throughout the implementation, the bounty proposal was carefully supervised by a curator committee comprising experts representing various facets of the ecosystem.

Building on the success achieved within the Kusama ecosystem, we now aim to bring this bounty program to Polkadot. Our proposal includes 15 assets on 14 parachains, notably including DOT and USDT on Statemint. We also request funding for 6 slots to allow parachains that are not already involved to sign up and take advantage of this service. Another highlight is the integration of Banxa’s onramp service with the Polkadot Asset Hub. By adding these assets, we aim to bridge the gap between traditional payment systems and the Polkadot ecosystem.

It is worth mentioning that the integration of Banxa's fiat onramp service with the Polkadot Asset Hub holds significant implications. It would enable users to purchase assets supported by the Asset Hub directly with fiat currencies and then deposit these assets directly into a designated parachain address, without the extra steps of XCM bridging.

We believe that this bounty program represents a pivotal step towards resolving the fiat on-ramp challenge, encouraging widespread adoption, and fostering a dynamic and inclusive ecosystem. We eagerly await your support and cooperation in making this vision a reality for the Polkadot community.

Costs breakdown: — 1st Batch Token 14 Parachains: 147 000 USD — Reserve funding for 6 parachains: 63 000 USD — Asset Hub Integration: 84 000 USD — Management Overhead: 32 040 USD

Total: 326 040 USD

Please see **[Link to Full Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/17IuGI-lLKXpNgjdb5xKiDYCSdMmcQoPJhhv6EfGxiPw/edit?usp=sharing)** , and leave your feedback in the comment section below!  
  
View **[Discussion Post](../post/1891)  
  
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A bounty proposal for the same purpose has been live and running on Kusama, it has achieved both approval and notable success. Should you have an interest, we are pleased to present a report on its performance. [Link to report](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v2ghHhoWcqXN_Om9WXfORZeS99jiTu2j5kyLhuUOC1Y/edit#heading=h.vulu69wz3vlk)

### Polkadot Technical Fellowship Proposal Summary

- **Purpose**: Ensure stable funding for the Polkadot Technical Fellowship.
- **Current Issue**: Need for a predictable financial model to support Fellowship salaries.
- **Proposed Solution**: Accumulate 1.5M USDT through a community-based bounty mechanism.
- **Temporary Nature**: Intended as a short-term solution.
- **Future Step**: Prepares for the launch of Asset Conversion on the Asset Hub.
- **Additional Strategy**: Use HydraDX Omnipool for daily DOT to USDT swaps.
- **Dual Approach**: Combines community bounty and automated swaps for flexibility.
- **Full Details**: Available in [the full proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sYkKQWd6nHJcr026zRO_UUhJ-ktwpuJgOg117AMDj9I/edit?usp=sharing).

Bounty Proposal: Polkadot Treasury USDT Acquisition 

Genesis Incentive Pool

Apillon Platform Bounty

SMS DAO Mobile SMS Protocol integreation 

- The Polkadot Blockchain Academy team is proposing a bounty.
- The bounty aims to help people participate in educational programs.
- Often, the funding goes to running the programs, not to helping attendees.
- This makes it hard for some talented people to join because of money issues.
- The goal is to allow more people to learn about and use Polkadot technology.
- This can help grow the Polkadot community and its technology.
- The proposal is outlined in a shared document.

On behalf of the Polkadot Blockchain Academy team I am posting a bounty proposal as outlined in the document shared below;

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N97IHOtnRG7Djt27rDdi7kjTUIUwzjVvQxQmseLQm_E/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N97IHOtnRG7Djt27rDdi7kjTUIUwzjVvQxQmseLQm_E/edit?usp=sharing)

Some context; up until this point the treasury has funded various educational programs aimed at speeding the adoption of our technology, however, funding has been directed at creating and hosting the programs and has left participants to cover their own costs of attendance/participation. This limits the ability of some talented individuals who happen to live in socio-economically disadvantaged circumstances to participate in such events, which in turn stifles creation and adoption of the Polkadot ecosystem. 

Bounty Proposal: Polkadot Education Bounty

Anti-Scam projects rewards pool. Minimum rewards 5% 

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- There is a proposal for a bounty that can be found online.
- The proposal gives a budget of 100,000 DOT, which is about €1,600,000.
- This budget is for 12 months and helps the foundation with its work in 2022.
- The foundation will use this money for research, engineering, and community support.
- They will also use it for managing their hosted platform.
- The foundation can ask for more money twice a year in the future.
- More details are available in the link mentioned.

Polkascan Foundation Budget | Common Good Organization

Details of the bounty proposal can be found [here](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/924).

The allocation of a 12-month budget of 100.000,00 DOT (~€ 1.600.000,00) for the foundation’s 2022 activities by means of the (Child)Bounty Treasury Spending Instrument. The budget allows for periodic reimbursement of the foundation’s research, engineering, community support activities of its open-source repositories and the budget allows for periodic reimbursement of the foundation’s service management activities of its hosted platform. Future Governance requests are limited to bi-annual budget extensions for subsequent budgeting terms.

More info on the link above. 

Bounty Proposal - Polkascan 12-month budget 

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- There is a bounty to give out up to 100,000 DOT for finding bugs in the Open Runtime Module Library (ORML), which is used by Polkadot and Kusama parachains.
- The ORML helps make creating parachains easier and faster, helping the ecosystem grow.
- If there are bugs in ORML, it can cause problems for the whole network.
- A multisig wallet managed by Acala and Parity will hold the funds to pay for the bug rewards.
- Teams of people from Acala, Parity, and other contributors will help decide on the bugs’ importance and help fix them.
- Acala uses a service called Immunefi to manage the bug program, which helps keep reports private and resolves disputes.
- Rewards for finding bugs will be paid in DOT and depend on how serious the bugs are.
- The plan is for bugs to be fixed quickly to keep ORML safe.

This bounty aims to allocate up to 100,000 DOT for covering bug bounty rewards for [Open Runtime Module Library (ORML)](https://github.com/open-web3-stack/open-runtime-module-library). ORML is a community-maintained collection of Substrate runtime modules, widely used across the Polkadot/Kusama parachains.


# Context of the bounty:

The Open Runtime Module Library is a community-maintained library widely used by parachains across Kusama and Polkadot ecosystems. It’s a set of runtime pallets for commonly used functions that parachains may need. It allows constructing parachains with less time for development and focusing more on unique features. This helps the Kusama/Polkadot ecosystem grow faster.

Vulnerabilities in ORML are a common problem of Kusama/Polkadot community and will affect the whole ecosystem. Acala Foundation is running a bug bounty program that includes the ORML library. We propose to allocate up to 100,000 DOT to cover ORML part of Acala Bug Bounty.

# Problem Statement

ORML is a commonly used library across the Kusama/Polkadot ecosystems, vulnerabilities and security issues of this module will likely affect the whole network.

# Custody of funds

The main curator is suggested to be a multisig wallet controlled by Acala, Parity and potentially other users of ORML. Those who control the multisig wallet will be able to assess the validity and severity of found vulnerabilities, as well as to check their fixing.

# Curator Multisig Candidates (3/5 multisig)

Bryan Chen @ Acala  
Bryan is the co-founder & CTO of Acala as well as the initiator and core contributor of ORML. He is also one of the top community contributors to Substrate and Polkadot.

Shaun Wang @ Acala  
Shaun is one of the core developers at Acala, and core contributor of ORML. He is also an active contributor to Polkadot, Substrate and Cumulus.

Shawn Tabrizi @ Parity  
Shawn is one of the Lead Developers at Parity Technologies working on Substrate, Polkadot, Kusama. He specializes in FRAME, Runtime development, and benchmarking.

Wei Tang @ Parity  
Wei is one of the core developers at Parity Technologies. He maintains Frontier, the Ethereum-compatibility layer for Substrate.

Shumo Chu @ Manta  
Shumo is a co-founder of manta.network, the privacy layer for Web3 using zkSNARK. He was serving as research scientist at Algorand and assistant professor at UCSB before Manta.

# Additional costs

Acala team uses Immunefi as a service for managing bug bounty programs. 
Immunefi charges an additional 10% for each reward paid to whitehat. The service gives the next advantages:
- Manages privacy in submitting reports helps ensure that the vulnerability is fixed before being exposed to publicity;
- Immunefi serves as a third trusted party for resolving conflicts in submitting the same vulnerability by different bug bounty hunters;
- Provides secure communication with whitehats;
- Tracking & filtering out irrelevant reports;
- Exposure to a wide set of whitehat hackers.

# Cost Estimate

It is not possible to precisely estimate costs, as we don't know how many bugs with what severity can be found. Acala is working hard on finding vulnerabilities ourselves and doing frequent security audits. We propose to allocate rewards that will cover ~1.5 of the most severe bugs; and, if necessary, we can propose another allocation.

# Technical Process

Bug bounty rewards for ORML are paid in DOT. Each vulnerability needs separate payment, for which can be created child bounties with reward amount and 10% of Immunefi fee. The child bounty is curated by Immunefi team wallet, with the support and supervision of the on-chain curator,  and they manage to pay out to the whitehat and take their commission.

The following consists of the next steps:
- Whitehat submits bug report to Acala via Immunefi;
- The report will be accessed by the Acala team for its validity and specified level of severity; 
- The bounty details will be disclosed to the relevant party (e.g. Parity and affected parachain teams);
- After the bug is mitigated, the Acala team will determine the bounty value based on severity along with the curator;
- A child bounty will be created by the curator and funds transferred to pay out whitehat + fee to Immunefi for the work completed.

# Measure of Success

Vulnerabilities and security issues of ORML found by whitehat from bug bounty programs are carefully fixed on time.





Security Bug Bounty for Open Runtime Module Library (ORML)

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Safegaurd

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saermas

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democracy

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for freedom of speech

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iiii

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This is a bounty proposal whose proposer address (148Uhj4D58RXkU3FmukqHC2U12tD8QCx8WyYekzfLNfxvRu9) is shown in on-chain info below. Only this user can edit this description and the title. If you own this account, login and tell us more about your proposal.

Shisha

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testicle 

Motion 59 is **now up for vote**: the bounty proposal seems to be spam, or someone testing the mechanism - since no contextual information has been added to the bounty, I am passing this as a `closeBounty` motion (if your vote is positive, you support closing this bounty) - this is to clean up the queue. 

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