### Evius and MIST Proposal

- **Background**: Evius has developed products for multiple blockchains, including Astar, NEAR, Solana, and Bitcoin.
- **Achievements**:
  - Created the first NFT marketplace on Ink! in 2023.
  - Developed Profond.ai, a no-code tool for token and NFT creation.
  - Launched Arkana.gg, an engagement platform on NEAR with 400K users in 3 months.
- **Problem**: Polkadot lacks meta-transactions, which are essential for user-friendly blockchain interactions.
- **Solution**: Proposing MIST, a Meta-transaction Ink! Specification Template to simplify user experience and improve security.
- **Benefits**:
  - Removes the need for users to hold native tokens for transaction fees.
  - Enhances security and scalability.
  - Standardizes meta-transactions across different parachains and smart contracts.
- **Goal**: Improve developer and user experience in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Full Proposal**: Available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cgoyepUw_lHNqCtl8qvS2G5HtJlMRMT6qy80EBwAG3s/edit#heading=h.99csv9je640n).

MIST - Meta-transaction Ink! Specification Template

**Polkadot Relayers 2024 Proposal**

- **Proponent:** Tribe/AngelHack 13Ghf2T883ZobjngC1BAgR1BWvK2P7qP37gGxHDVFf3fjbmw
- **Requested DOT:** USD$359,000.00
- **Objective:** Run the 2024 iteration of the Polkadot Relayers, a community-focused incubator program for dApp builders on Polkadot's parachains.
- **Focus:** Nurture committed project teams in APAC, providing mentorship, investment, and ecosystem support.
- **Past Success:** The program has successfully brought together developers and entrepreneurs in previous editions (2022 and mid-2024).
- **Regional Emphasis:** Concentrate efforts on growing Polkadot's developer presence and community in APAC, believing Asia to be a key region for growth.
- **Funding Use:** Covers operating expenses, travel grants, and in-person event costs for the program.
- **Proposal Link:** [Full Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x2spe2Fs18OzGq_xI7DnpCbk-L32BO27NzbX6txjGKw/edit?usp=sharing)

Polkadot Relayers 2024

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### Rise In Web3 Developer Program

- **Overview**: Rise In helps web2 developers transition to web3 through free bootcamps, courses, and career opportunities.
- **Partnerships**: Collaborated with Polkadot to deliver developer bootcamps in Turkey, with over 2,000 students.
- **Expansion**: Launched web3 programs in India, attracting 8,000 developers.
- **Challenges**: Developers need guidance, success stories, and physical community events to stay committed.
- **Proposal**: Plan to onboard 10,000 developers in Turkey and India by 2024 through online courses, bootcamps, events, and hackathons.
- **Goals**: Aim to have 500 developers building projects and 2,500+ new wallet addresses in the Polkadot Ecosystem.
- **Feedback**: Seeking input on how to effectively implement the proposal.
- **Impact**: Potential to create a strong web3 developer community in Turkey and India.

Activation and retention of developers in Turkey and India for the Polkadot Ecosystem

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- The Polkadot Ecology Research Institute is a Chinese research organization that has been active in the Polkadot community since 2019.
- They have produced over 185 in-depth articles on Polkadot, totaling more than 1 million words.
- Their content has been featured in global media outlets and on Polkadot's official Medium.
- They have participated in over 60 events and reached over 30,000 people in China.
- They have supported over 100 Polkadot ecosystem projects with content, activities, and community support.
- They are applying for 6 months of operating funds, amounting to 28010 DOT (about 104760 USD).
- They recently published a comprehensive 30,000-word report on Polkadot's future development.

Proposal: The operating cost for the research organization Polkadot Ecology Research Institute for 2023/10-2024/3

**Polkadot Learning Community Proposal**

- Aim: Create a Polkadot learning community on Dacade.
- Goal: Foster 10,000 educators and promote Polkadot adoption.
- Supported by: Pendulum Chain.
- Key Metrics (July 2023):
  - Users: 16,228
  - Discord: 5,758
  - Twitter: 954
  - Eventbrite: 3,800
  - Web3 projects: 775
  - Feedback: 1,572+
- Current courses on Dacade: Ethereum, Celo, Internet Computer, Algorand, Tezos, Near.
- Approach: Peer-to-peer learning, custom solutions, community building.
- Full Proposal: [Link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/19JXS23x3L0OQ4l0ScErQGjQhg_XpnRPCwyMr9nzHz6g/edit).

Community-Centric Blockchain Education: Dacade's Commitment to Polkadot's Growth via learning through sharing

- t3rn has created a trustless Ethereum 2.0 light client as a Substrate Pallet.
- This client is compatible with all Dotsama Parachains in the Polkadot Ecosystem.
- The client will be installed on Polkadot and accessible via an API.
- It simplifies integration with smart contracts for process automation.
- The standard pallet interface makes blockchain interactions easier and more efficient.
- t3rn facilitates secure cross-chain transfers and swaps.
- They are seeking support to cover auditing costs before launching the product.

Security Audit of trustless Ethereum 2.0 Light Client, developed as a Substrate Pallet 

Awarded

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SmallTipper

- **Purpose**: Fund an account for common good activities with 1000 DOT.
- **Activities**: Pay staking rewards and refund submission deposits for validators and nominators.
- **Previous Funding**: The account was funded by the Treasury 8 months ago.
- **Current Situation**: The account is running low on funds due to increased payouts.
- **Support Needed**: Requesting community support to keep the account funded.
- **Transparency**: The account has no outbound transfers, and most expenses are transactional.
- **Return**: 80% of fees are returned to the treasury.
- **Author**: Will from Paradox and ParaNodes.

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Tip for an account used for Referendum Deposit Clean-up and Validator Payout Bot

### Summary of Subsquid Lab Proposal

- **Proponent:** Subsquid Lab Official
- **Beneficiary:** Subsquid Lab Official
- **Contact:** Subsquid Labs GmbH, Zug, Switzerland
- **Description:** Ongoing development and maintenance costs for public SQD Archives
- **Requested DOT:** 47,597.91 DOT ($202,291.10)
- **Previous Proposals:** [Referenda 995](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/995)
- **Motivation:**
  - **Archives:** Provide data infrastructure for Polkadot and Kusama, used by major projects like Polkassembly, Talisman, RMRK, etc.
  - **Contribution:** Supported ink! v5 and enabled multi-block migrations.
- **Achievements:**
  - **FireSquid Sunset:** Migrated to ArrowSquid for enhanced processing capabilities.
  - **Decentralizing Archives:** Launched Tethys testnet for improved network stability.
  - **Mainnet Bootstrap:** Successfully launched the mainnet with enhanced features.
- **Statistics:**
  - Served ~1.57 terabytes of data and ~80 million archive requests in Q1 2024.
  - Highest daily data transfer: 313.12 GB.
- **Costing:**
  - Total cost for running Archives and development contributions: 47,597.91 DOT.
  - Detailed costs available [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15uamQhKxC-BBQj9EqXtj2pK00tbpowt6bC95vSzKIIQ/edit?gid=1549354589#gid=1549354589).

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SQD (fka Subsquid) - Public data indexing Infrastructure for Polkadot and Kusama (Q1 2024)

### Summary of Proposal

- **Date:** September 2024
- **Proponent:** Amforc
- **Requested DOT:** 65,000
- **Objective:** Demonstrate Polkadot's scalability by filling blocks with transactions for 30 minutes.
- **Funds Used:** DOTs for transaction fees and temporary existential deposits (EDs).
- **Refunds:** At least 80% of fees will be returned to the treasury. Excess DOTs will also be returned.
- **No Profit:** Amforc will not take a cut from conducting the experiment.
- **Kusama Test:** A parallel referendum on Kusama will be executed first to identify and fix any bugs before proceeding with Polkadot.

WHO: Amforc 
WHAT: Showcase Polkadot's scalability by filling blocks with transactions for 30 minutes, requesting 65000 DOT to pay for transaction fees and temporary financing of existential deposits. 
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: At least 80% of DOT spent in fees will be returned to the treasury. No cut will be taken by Amforc. Full proposal available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YZNxvBqmpiVvHwq0yQ0EmGsnI7eCh1pieyFQ0WoNkAM).

Treasury Proposals