Our team just finished a big project that cost 250,000 and we almost ran out of money. We think we should always have at least 500,000 to make sure we can keep working on marketing. We want to spend more money on marketing in the future to get more people to know about us. We also want to work with big airports in important cities, but we need to pay them many months in advance. So, we need to have some extra money saved up. We are asking for 500,000 more. You can see all our spending and work at this link: https://bit.ly/m/reports

Awarded

big_spender

We just got executed for a refill of 250k and we barely made it before the spending period I believe the marketing bounty should always have a reserve of min 500K to avoid risk of interrupting marketing We expect spending to increase in the coming months and we want to try to take every opportunity for increased exposure during the coming bull market We are also going to do deals with airports in key cities which have to be paid many months in advance and cannot be paid on a month to month basis so it requires some reserves I am requesting a refill of 500k DOT All reports regarding expenses and deliveries will always be available at the following link: https://bit.ly/m/reports

WHO: Unspecified group/individual
WHAT: Requesting a refill of 500k DOT to maintain a reserve for marketing bounties, increase spending, and pay for deals with airports in key cities.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Requesting a refill for marketing bounty number #33

small_tipper

SmallTipper

- Talent Land is a big tech event in Mexico and Latin America.
- It happens every year from April 1st to 4th.
- Over 40,000 people attend each day.
- The Polkadot Mexico team and ambassadors organized a meetup during the event.
- They wanted to spread awareness about Polkadot.
- The meetup took place on April 5, 2024.
- Ambassadors used their own time and money to organize it.
- They shared event details and expenses online.

big_tipper

Polkadot Mexico team and ambassadors organized a meetup during Talent Land, the largest technology event in Mexico and Latin America, due to a lack of time and mismanagement of event bounties. The ambassadors used their own time and money to organize the meetup to spread awareness about Polkadot and engage with the Mexican community. No specific price or timeframe is mentioned.

Retroactive Polkadot Event in Guadalajara Mexico - Talent Land 2024

The Polkadot Blockchain Academy (PBA) is asking for money to run their fifth program. This program will happen from May 20 to June 20, 2024, at the National University of Singapore. They will teach 90 students in person and 50 to 100 students online. The goal is to help more people learn about Polkadot and become good at using it. They teach in person and also make online lessons. You can read more about their plan by clicking this link: [Proposal Details](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K1hkkK7OYxZ1dhpLMC36lJuO5FBlhEe1dMtQYyNcHbQ/edit#heading=h.l03seqnwsavp).

On behalf of the Polkadot Blockchain Academy (PBA) I am posting this treasury proposal for funding of the fifth wave of the Academy. The PBA will run from 20th May to 20th June, 2024 and will be held at the National University of Singapore. The program is selecting 90 in person students and 50 to 100 remote students who will join via video and audio link. The goal of the Polkadot Blockchain Academy is to help speed the adoption of Polkadot by seeding the ecosystem with educated developers and aspiring technical Polkadot ecosystem team founders. Currently we offer in person education such as the previous course held at Cyberport in Hong Kong, we are also creating online content to roll out an asynchronous course and are piloting the remote offering in Singapore Below is a link to the proposal in detail. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K1hkkK7OYxZ1dhpLMC36lJuO5FBlhEe1dMtQYyNcHbQ/edit#heading=h.l03seqnwsavp

WHO: Polkadot Blockchain Academy (PBA)
WHAT: Funding proposal for the fifth wave of the Academy, selecting 90 in-person and 50-100 remote students to speed up Polkadot adoption
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified in the summary, detailed proposal available in the provided link.

Polkadot Blockchain Academy - Wave 5 in person and remote - Singapore 20th May to 20th June 2024

### Summary of Post Content

1. **Validator Dashboard (Cyclops)**:
   - Open-source dashboard developed over a year ago.
   - Used by over 100 validators.
   - Features include nomination pools and reward export tools.

2. **Thousand Validator Program Leaderboard**:
   - Self-hosted leaderboard for 2 years.
   - Helps participants track their positions.

3. **Polkadot Validator Selector Tool**:
   - New unbiased tool developed recently.
   - Considers factors like identity, commission, and active status.
   - Listed in the Polkadot wiki.

4. **Polkadot Guides Blog**:
   - Provides tutorials on topics like liquid staking and compounding.

5. **Costs**:
   - Total request is 889 DOT to cover server costs and development.
   - Estimated costs breakdown:
     - Cyclops: $2500
     - Leaderboard: $1000
     - Selector Tool: $2000
     - Guides Blog: $500
   - Total estimated cost: $6000.

WHO: DecentraDot team

WHAT: Requesting 889 DOT for maintenance and development of their services including validator dashboard, leaderboard, validator selector tool, and Polkadot guides blog.

PRICE: $6000

TIMEFRAME: Not specified

RESOURCES: Server costs, maintenance, and development hours.

Retroactive self-tip Request for Maintenance and Ongoing Development Validator Dashboard and Services

- A person made a proposal for Polkadot, but it didn’t get approved. They didn’t give up and made a new plan.
- The new plan focuses on sharing past content and promoting Polkadot on social media, especially in Brazil.
- They have already created one-third of the content from the first plan and are working hard to share more.
- They want to use Twitter to reach more people and grow the Polkadot community in Brazil.
- The person has been managing the Polkadot Brasil profile and has done things like hosting online events and creating original content.
- They plan to do more events, create more content, and get more followers in the next three months.
- They are asking for 550 DOT to help pay for their work and social media promotion.
- They have already gained over 300 followers and have a good engagement rate on their posts.

WHO: Uai so serious?

WHAT: Revised proposal for retroactive content and social media promotion of Polkadot Brasil on Twitter.

PRICE: 550 DOT from the Polkadot treasury, allocated as 350 DOT for Uai and 200 DOT for X engagement.

TIMEFRAME: Three months, with plans to host a minimum of 3 Spaces, publish original threads, subscribe to X Premium annually, and sponsor posts to expand profile reach.

Retroactive Tip for Portuguese Content Creation

- PolkaWorld requested 907 DOT for a Polkadot event in Hong Kong.
- The event happened on April 5, 2024, at the Fringe Club.
- It included 9 Polkadot projects and 4 venture capital firms.
- The goal was to discuss Polkadot 2.0 and market trends.
- The event wasn't part of their earlier plan, so they asked for funding after it happened.
- They shared details about the event and costs in a document.

**WHO**: PolkaWorld 

**WHAT**: Requesting retrospective funding of 907 DOT for an offline Polkadot event held in collaboration with 9 projects and 4 venture capital firms in Hong Kong on April 5th, 2024.

**PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES**: 907 DOT. No specific timeframe or resources mentioned.

Retrospective Funding Proposal of the Polkadot HK Event

Ink! Analyzer is a tool created by David Semakula that helps analyze ink! smart contracts. It is like rust-analyzer but for ink!, which is a language for making smart contracts. The analyzer helps with understanding the rules of ink! contracts and gives useful features for editing them. It works with many different tools, like Visual Studio Code, and can be used to add ink! support to other tools too.

David is asking for money to update ink! Analyzer so it can work with the newest version of ink!, called ink! v5. He wants to make it better and faster, and also write instructions for people to use it. He has already gotten money from the Web3 Foundation to work on ink! Analyzer before, but he thinks it's time to get money from the treasury instead. David is a software engineer with a lot of experience and has also helped with rust-analyzer and ink! in the past.

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\# ink! Analyzer: Retroactive funding for ink! v5 support Hello, I'm \[David Semakula (@davidsemakula)\]\[me\] - the creator of \[ink! analyzer\]\[ink-analyzer\]. \[me\]: https://github.com/davidsemakula \[ink-analyzer\]: https://github.com/ink-analyzer ## What's ink! analyzer? \[ink! analyzer\]\[ink-analyzer\] is a collection of modular and reusable libraries and tools for semantic analysis of \[ink!\] smart contracts. In short, ink! analyzer is to ink!, what \[rust-analyzer\] is to \[Rust\]. \[ink!\]: https://use.ink \[rust-analyzer\]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer \[Rust\]: https://www.rust-lang.org/ More technically, rust-analyzer is a Rust compiler frontend/semantic analyzer for \[IDEs\]\[IDE\] that's built on a lossless and resilient parser (this part is very important for IDE/editor tooling because the program is essentially perpetually incorrect as you type in an IDE/editor). So rust-analyzer "understands" core Rust language concepts (e.g. that a trait implementation like \`impl MyTrait for MyStruct {}\` must define all the required associated items of the trait), and provides \[intelligent editing features\]\[intellisense\] to help you with those kinds of core Rust language features. However, when it comes to \[Rust syntax extensions/DSLs like ink!'s attribute macros\]\[ink-macros\], when you annotate a \`mod\` item with \`#\[ink::contract\]\`, all rust-analyzer "knows" is that this is a custom attribute, it doesn't "know" that an ink! contract \`mod\` must have exactly one \`struct\` item annotated with \`#\[ink(storage)\]\` or any of the other semantic rules for ink! contracts, so this is where ink! analyzer comes in 🙂. \[IDE\]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated\_development\_environment \[intellisense\]: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/intellisense \[ink-macros\]: https://use.ink/getting-started/creating-an-ink-project/ For a deeper dive on the problems ink! analyzer solves and technical details about its architecture, check out \[this detailed introductory blog post\]\[ink-analyzer-intro\]. You can also check out \[this awesome X/Twitter thread by the ink! lang team\]\[twitter-thread\] for a quick walkthrough of ink! analyzer features. \[ink-analyzer-intro\]: https://analyze.ink/blog/introducing-ink-analyzer \[twitter-thread\]: https://twitter.com/ink\_lang/status/1762795949259448776 ## Adoption ink! analyzer's most user/developer facing component is currently a \[Visual Studio Code extension\]\[vs-code-extension\], which has over \*~350 unique installs\* (first released in Aug/2023). However, ink! analyzer is built with an IDE/editor agnostic architecture to maximize re-usability of it's core components i.e. - \[A modular domain-specific semantic analysis library for ink!\]\[semantic-analyzer\] built on a resilient and lossless parser. - A \[Language Server Protocol (LSP)\]\[LSP\] \[implementation\]\[lsp-server\] built on top of the aforementioned semantic analysis library. !\[ink! Analyzer - LSP based Architecture Diagram\](https://davidsemakula.com/static/images/ink-analyzer/w3f/architecture.png "ink! Analyzer - LSP based Architecture Diagram") \*Figure 1: ink! Analyzer - LSP based Architecture Diagram\* These two components (i.e. the \[semantic analyzer\]\[semantic-analyzer\] and \[language server\]\[lsp-server\]) can be reused to add ink! language support to multiple IDEs, code editors and other development tools. In particular, a large number of IDEs and code editors support LSP servers, these include \[Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Vim / Neovim, Emacs, Atom, Sublime Text, Acme, Lapce, Eclipse and many more\]\[lsp-tools\]. \[semantic-analyzer\]: https://github.com/ink-analyzer/ink-analyzer/tree/master/crates/analyzer \[lsp-server\]: https://github.com/ink-analyzer/ink-analyzer/tree/master/crates/lsp-server \[vs-code-extension\]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ink-analyzer.ink-analyzer \[LSP\]: https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/ \[lsp-tools\]: https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/implementors/tools/ Therefore, ink! analyzer makes it relatively easy for: - Users to enable ink! language support for their IDE, code editor or other development tool if it has either a native/built-in or third-party LSP client that can be configured to launch an LSP server using an executable command (i.e. the path to an \[installed ink! Language Server binary\]\[lsp-server-install\]) and can use stdio (standard in/standard out) as the message transport. - Developers to either build extensions/plugins/integrations that add ink! language support to any tool with robust LSP client libraries/APIs/modules, or add first-class ink! language support to an existing LSP client (e.g. an open-source extension/plugin/integration). \[lsp-server-install\]: https://github.com/ink-analyzer/ink-analyzer/tree/master/crates/lsp-server#installation The latter option typically provides a better user experience as the user doesn't have to manually install (and update) the ink! Language Server as it can be bundled (or installed/updated) by the extension/plugin/integration. The \[Visual Studio Code extension\]\[vs-code-extension\] serves as a showcase and \[reference implementation\]\[vs-code-extension-src\] for this use case/approach. However, ink! analyzer also \[distributes compiled ink! Language Server (\`ink-lsp-server\`) binaries for most of the major platforms/architectures\]\[ink-lsp-server-releases\] for non-VS Code users and developers. \[vs-code-extension-src\]: https://github.com/ink-analyzer/ink-vscode \[ink-lsp-server-releases\]: https://github.com/ink-analyzer/ink-analyzer/releases \*\*NOTE:\*\* While the first version of the \[ink! analyzer VS Code extension\]\[vs-code-extension\] was released in Aug/2023, work on the core components (i.e. \[semantic analyzer\]\[semantic-analyzer\] and \[language server\]\[lsp-server\]) started well before in Mar/2023. ## Proposal Ask This treasury proposal requests \*retroactive funding\* for adding \[ink! v5\]\[ink-v5\] support to ink! analyzer. Requested Amount: $26,500 / 2,812.27 DOT\[^1\] \[ink-v5\]: https://github.com/paritytech/ink/releases/tag/v5.0.0 | Breakdown/Tasks | Hours | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------| | Add architectural foundations for supporting both v4 and v5 language versions across \[IR, semantic analyzer and language server\]\[ink-analyzer-architecture\] | ~24 | | Update IR (Intermediate Representation) and attribute parser to support all v5 syntax and entities (including deeply nested meta-items and @ selector values) while preserving legacy support for v4 (also includes unit tests) | ~80 | | Add diagnostics and quickfixes for v5 entities and related attribute macros and arguments (while preserving legacy support for v4)  

-   Add v5 wildcard and wildcard complement selector validation
-   Add v5 chain extension and associated extension function validation
-   Add support for Events 2.0 (i.e. new \`ink::event\` macro in addition to the existing \`ink(event)\` attribute arguments)
-   Add v5 nested attribute arguments validation and support for e2e backend options
-   Add support for \`ink::scale\_derive\` attribute macro
-   Unit tests

| ~136 | | Add v5 support for completions, code/intent actions, hover content, inlay hints and signature help (while preserving legacy support for v4)  

-   Add support for v5 completions
-   Add support for v5 code actions
-   Add hover content for v5 attribute macros and arguments (while preserving v4 content for legacy support)
-   Add support for v5 inlay hints
-   Add support for v5 signature help
-   Unit tests

| ~96 | | Add v5 codegen (while preserving legacy support for v4) | ~8 | | General maintenance and performance improvements  

-   Suggest unique ids for selectors and extensions in completions, quickfixes and code/intent actions
-   Suggest unique names for ink! constructor, message, extension, test and e2e test \`fn\`s, ink! event \`struct\` and ink! topic field names in quickfixes and code/intent actions
-   Suggest \`ink::env::DefaultEnvironment\` or an ADT that \`impl ink::env::Environment\` for ink! env/environment args in completions, quickfixes and code/intent actions
-   Performance improvements (e.g sharing analysis snapshots to reduce computation and allocation)
-   Unit tests

| ~48 | | Integration tests (across semantic analyzer, language server and VS Code extension) | ~24 | | Documentation | ~8 | | \*\*Total Hours\*\* | \*\*~424\*\* | | \*\*Hourly Rate\*\* | \*\*$62.5\*\* | | \*\*Total Amount\*\* | \*\*$26,500\*\* | \*\*NOTE:\*\* All ink! analyzer components are \[fully open-source\]\[ink-analyzer\] and distributed under \[OSI approved licenses\]\[OSI-licenses\]. \[ink-analyzer-architecture\]: https://github.com/ink-analyzer/ink-analyzer/blob/master/README.md#architecture \[OSI-licenses\]: https://opensource.org/licenses ## Previous Funding All previous work for ink! analyzer was funded by two generous \[Web3 Foundation technical grants\]\[w3f-grants\]. - https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/blob/master/applications/ink-analyzer.md ($30,000) - https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/blob/master/applications/ink-analyzer-phase-2.md ($59,600) However, with the project now relatively mature and having some meaningful adoption, I'm looking to move to a retroactive treasury funding model for future updates. \*\*NOTE:\*\* \[ink! v5\]\[ink-v5\] has only recently been released (13/Mar/2024), and so was outside the scope of the above \[Web3 Foundation\]\[w3f-grants\] technical grants. However, work on ink! v5 support in ink! analyzer started well before the official ink! v5 release. \[w3f-grants\]: https://grants.web3.foundation/ ## Why not Wasm Smart Contracts Bounty / ink!ubator ? Historically, as noted above, all previous work for ink! analyzer was funded by \[Web3 Foundation technical grants\]\[w3f-grants\]. This is partly because \[development of ink! analyzer kicked off in Mar/2023\]\[ink-analyzer-pr\], while the \[ink!ubator: Ecosystem Grants\]\[inkubator-grants\] program \[only started receiving grant applications around ~May/2023\]\[inkubator-pr\] (note that discussions for the \[Wasm Smart Contracts Bounty\]\[wasm-bounty\] started well before this though). In the present, with \[ink!ubator being an incubation program following a cohort schedule\]\[inkubator\], and ink! analyzer now being a relatively mature project with some meaningful adoption, the need to support new \[ink! features and syntax\]\[ink-v5\] as close to release as possible (hence the choice of retroactive funding), means the ink!ubator cohort schedule is not a good fit for this stage of the project. \[ink-analyzer-pr\]: https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/pull/1615 \[inkubator\]: https://use.ink/ubator \[inkubator-grants\]: https://github.com/use-inkubator/Ecosystem-Grants \[inkubator-pr\]: https://github.com/use-inkubator/Ecosystem-Grants/pull/7 \[wasm-bounty\]: https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/bounty/19 ## More about the author. I'm an independent Software Engineer & Systems Architect with over 10+ years of experience. I also \[\*independently\* contribute\]\[ra-contributions\] to \[rust-analyzer\] (a Rust compiler front-end for IDEs). I've also made some \[\*independent\* contributions\]\[ink-contributions\] to \[ink!\]\[ink-repo\]. You can check out my \[GitHub profile\]\[me\] and/or my \[personal website\]\[website\] for more details. \[website\]: https://davidsemakula.com/ \[ra-contributions\]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Adavidsemakula \[ink-contributions\]: https://github.com/paritytech/ink/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Adavidsemakula \[ink-repo\]: https://github.com/paritytech/ink \[^1\]: DOT/USD rate uses EMA30 rate from \[Subscan\](https://polkadot.subscan.io/tools/charts?type=price) retrieved on 27/Mar/2024.

WHO: David Semakula, creator of ink! analyzer.
WHAT: Requests retroactive funding of $26,500 for adding ink! v5 support to ink! analyzer.
TIMEFRAME: Not specified.
RESOURCES: ink! analyzer, modular and reusable libraries and tools for semantic analysis of ink! smart contracts.

ink! Analyzer: Retroactive funding for ink! v5 support

- Polkadot is asking for more money to finish their advertising campaign on the Brave browser.
- They started the campaign with a budget of 58,902 DOT, which was worth $575,000.
- Since the price of DOT dropped a lot, they now need extra funds to continue the campaign as planned.
- They want 87,351 more DOT to keep the campaign running until October 15, 2024.
- So far, their campaign has reached over 63 million people and received almost 500,000 clicks.
- The team believes that getting more money will help them achieve their original goals for the campaign.
- Supporting this request will help the Polkadot community grow and reach more people.

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WHO: Polkadot Awareness Campaign on Brave

WHAT: Requesting a top-up of 87,351 DOT to maintain the originally approved budget of $575,000 for their advertising campaign on Brave.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The campaign started on July 16, 2024, and will end on October 15, 2024. The additional funding is crucial to deliver the full scope and impact of the originally approved campaign.

Polkadot Advertising Campaign on Brave Browser - Top-Up Request 

- A replacement referendum aims to execute the funding from Ref 514.
- Ref 514 failed to pay out at the end of the last spend period.
- The funds will be returned to Treasury Partners Conor Daly and Athelo Group.
- Details are provided in a community update video by The Kusamarian.
- The beneficiary is a multi-sig held by Conor Daly, LearnPolkadot, and The Phunky One.
- DOT holders are urgently asked to support this referendum.
- The deadline for confirmation is April 17, 2024, at ~9PM UTC.

WHO: Polkadot Holding community, Conor Daly, Athelo Group.

WHAT: Execute funding passed in Ref 514 and return donations to Treasury Partners.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Urgent support needed to confirm referendum before April 17, 2024, at ~9PM UTC.

Conor Daly Indy500 Replacement Ref

- A group is requesting 1,000,000 DOT to help a project called StellaSwap.
- The goal is to make more people use and trade on Polkadot.
- StellaSwap is a special trading platform that helps find good prices for assets.
- The money will make the market stronger by increasing the trading options available.
- They want to make Polkadot more popular and active through increased trading. 
- StellaSwap already has a lot of users and high trading amounts. 
- More funding will allow for better services and benefits for users.

StellaSwap requests 1,000,000 DOT to grow DeFi activity on Polkadot by deepening market depth and attracting liquidity. The grant will be used to increase market depth of strategic assets and foster a more efficient marketplace. The goal is to kickstart flywheel effects and increase network activity and exposure.

StellaSwap Incentive Program

**Telenova**

- **Telenova** is a self-custodial Polkadot wallet built directly into Telegram.
- It allows users to manage DOT and KSM tokens easily within the Telegram app.
- Features include sending and receiving tokens, buying and selling DOT and KSM, and viewing balances in fiat currencies.
- The wallet is secured by the user's Telegram cloud and manual backups.
- The project aims to make cryptocurrency management simple for new users.
- It underwent a 2-month research phase and a 4-month development phase.
- The proposal seeks retroactive funding for the research and development of Telenova.
- The wallet is now available to Telegram's 800 million+ monthly active users.

WHO: Telenova

WHAT: Retroactive funding for 6 months of research and development of a self-custodial Polkadot wallet built into Telegram, including testing and release.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Telenova: Polkadot Wallet built into Telegram. Retroactive Funding for 6 months

RegionX is a project that helps teams save money when using the Polkadot network. Here are the key points:

- RegionX reduces costs for current and new projects on Polkadot.
- Polkadot lets projects run by reserving time on computers called cores.
- There are two ways to get this time: Bulk Coretime (for planning ahead) and Instantaneous Coretime (for immediate needs).
- Bulk Coretime can be traded as special tokens called NFTs.
- RegionX will create a marketplace for trading these time tokens.
- The marketplace will allow more flexible options for teams to get the time they need.
- It will also help teams that do not have lots of money to start their projects.  
- The project aims to make it easier for everyone to use Polkadot by promoting fair trading of Coretime.

RegionX proposes a marketplace for trading Coretime on the Polkadot network, offering more flexible procurement methods for existing and new projects. The marketplace will enable the trading of Coretime regions, with a variety of properties, including active and inactive regions. The project aims to reduce deployment and operational costs for projects on Polkadot, enabling more teams to bring their projects to production. The proposal includes three main components: the core of the market, order processor, and reward system. The project will attract Coretime traders, who will compete to make the best offers for Coretime procurement.

RegionX | Coretime Marketplace for Polkadot

### Anti-Scam Bounty Referendum

- **Purpose**: To protect the community from scams by tracking and removing scam activities, supporting victims, and promoting user safety through education.
- **Duration**: The bounty has been running for two years.
- **Current Achievements**: Funded multiple anti-scam tasks. Details can be found [here](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/bounty/11).
- **Proposal**: A top-up to continue and expand anti-scam efforts. More details in the [proposal document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c2gOWkyWkawAh7S-ov4T9QZYY0LsFuc8oylF2KaGaII).
- **Spending Report**: A report on spends since the last top-up is available [here](https://polkadot.antiscam.team/bounty/anti-scam-bounty-spends-report-february-2023-february-2024/).

WHO: Polkadot community

WHAT: Top up the Anti-Scam Bounty to protect the community from scams by tracking/pruning scam activities, supporting scam victims, and promoting user safety via educational initiatives.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Details of the top-up and estimated breakdown can be found in the proposal document.

Polkadot Anti-scam Team Bounty Top-up

- **Tip Request for Expert Report**: A request has been made to tip [@OnlyDeFiGuy](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/user/OnlyDeFiGuy) for his expert report on HydraDX's referendum [#561](https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/referendum/561).
- **Report Details**: The report can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rrx1DX_HURVAFHspC2hSEXqxyTKpsqeDqUabKfHtt_o/edit?usp=sharing) and is described as informative and unbiased, detailing both the pros and cons of the proposal.
- **Controversy and Discussion**: There was some controversy on X, but the resulting discussion is considered valuable.
- **Tip Amount**: The requested tip is 42 DOT, approximately $375 based on today's rate ($8.94) and EMA7/EMA30 ($8.78/$9.1).
- **Purpose of Tip**: The tip is seen as a symbolic compensation for the expert's efforts and to encourage more expert reports on proposals.
- **Author's Note**: The author, kukabi | Helikon, mentions removing their vote due to delegation.

WHO: OnlyDeFiGuy

WHAT: Expert report on HydraDX's referendum #561

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Tip request of 42 DOT, roughly $375 at today's rate, as a symbolic compensation for his efforts.

Tip Request for @OnlyDeFiGuy for the Expert Report on Referendum #561

### Summary
- **Event**: Block & Wine Vienna Meetup on February 6, 2024
- **Presenter**: Polkalytics
- **Content**: 30-minute presentation on Polkadot fundamentals, latest developments, and parachains
- **Audience**: ~50 people unfamiliar with Polkadot
- **Output**: Recorded presentation with subtitles on YouTube
- **Cost**: 1,260 EUR (1,050 EUR + VAT) for preparation and video editing
- **About Polkalytics**: Data-driven reporting and consulting for Polkadot, founded by Tommi Enenkel (Alice und Bob)

WHO: Polkalytics

WHAT: Retroactive proposal for attendance, presentation, and content production for the Block & Wine Vienna Meetup on the 6th of February 2024.

PRICE: 1,260 EUR (1,050 EUR + VAT)

TIMEFRAME: Service rendered before the contract with the W3F came into effect.

Tip for Polkadot Presentation at Vienna Crypto Meetup

- Polkadot wants to participate in the Coindesk Consensus conference in Austin, Texas, from May 29-31, 2024.
- They are asking for $390,000 to cover costs for their event activities.
- Polkadot will have a large booth to showcase their teams and will also have a speaking session on the main stage.
- Conor Daly, a racer sponsored by Polkadot, will be at the event with his racecar for photos and promotions.
- They plan to host a special party called a "bash" for attendees.
- The proposal includes details about how the money will be spent.

Polkadot proposes to spend $390,000 for a Block 3 sponsorship package at Coindesk Consensus conference in May 2024. The package includes a pavilion-style expo booth, a Mainstage Speaking session, branding on conference materials, and the presence of Conor Daly and his racecar/show car for photo ops. The Distractive team will spearhead these efforts.

Polkadot @ Coindesk Consensus

- Polkadot's social media was first managed by one group called Parity.
- Now, many people help manage it, including a group called the Editorial Board (EB) with 7 members.
- The EB members are experts in different areas like marketing and content creation.
- They work for 6 months, and later, community members will vote for new ones.
- The EB aims to improve how Polkadot communicates with everyone.
- There is funding for the EB, and one member decided not to take payment.
- The Auxiliary helps the EB but will only be paid back for one small expense.

The Social Media Editorial Board (EB) will manage Polkadot's social media accounts. The W3F has delegated access to the EB via Evan (ET Public). Evan received a Decentralized Futures grant to create, setup, run and ensure the success of the concept. The requested allocation is 9426 ($90K EMA7 Price: $9.548) + 42 DOT for multisig creation and identity verification reimbursement to the proposer. The funds will be paid to a multisig controlled by all 7 members + the Auxiliary. The funds will then be distributed to 6 of the 7 EB members.

Funding for Decentralized Social Media Editorial Board

Polkadot Music Events Initiative (PMEI) is a project that creates music events with web3 experiences to make the Polkadot ecosystem more accessible. They are planning 3 live events and 1 livestream event for 2024. PMEI worked with Distractive at ETH Denver to increase Polkadot's visibility. They are asking for treasury support to continue driving users into the ecosystem in a fun way. Their last event at ETH Denver was a success, with nearly 2000 substrate wallets and over 5500 attendees. The team behind PMEI has experience in the music industry, event organizing, and Polkadot ecosystem marketing. They believe music and web3 can solve real-world issues and create a better outcome for fans and artists. Their events focus on accessibility, hard and fast implementation, and ownership and perpetuity. The team includes core members and support from other organizations. The events feature gamified ticketing, live auctions, art exhibitions, and more, all incorporating Polkadot technology.

Polkadot Music Events Initiative // {bash} Events — Tranche for \[3 Live Events and 1 Livestream Event 2024\]

PMEI / {bash} produces music events with intuitive web3 experiences, making the Polkadot ecosystem far more accessible. At our events, all attendees engage with Polkadot tech, making it a fun and measurable brand deposit.

We are currently working alongside Distractive to strategically align with the greater Polkadot marketing efforts. At ETH Denver this was paramount in creating 360 degree visibility for Polkadot —

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We are asking for treasury support for **3 full-scale** events, and a **virtual** ([Boiler Room](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBShgx0wWBw) style) event.

Our latest event, {bash} the Official ETH Denver Closing party was a massive success which is why we are looking for treasury support, to continue driving users into the ecosystem in a fun and approachable way.

[Recap Video here.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SHn8ZlBl5g)

**Key metrics:**

Previously, the largest onboarding event was run by another team that was granted ~$150K and drove 98 onboarded wallets. For ETH Denver, {bash} drove home nearly **2000** substrate wallets and over **5500** attendees. We achieved this with only ~$80K from the events bounty.

With proper treasury support for a small group of events, we can focus on doing our absolute best job with integrations, and come back where the community can see the ongoing success and evaluate as we go.

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Proponent: Polkadot Music Events Initiative

Beneficiary: Polkadot Music Events Initiative

Date of Proposal: March, 2024

Requested: **64,329** DOT

Full Budget [here.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-VNC-S7EgRo4vG-DgklQL2mAN2tpYPi6-l3k7Pi8oL4/edit?usp=sharing)

This proposal is for (3) live events held during major crypto conferences and (1) livestream production

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**Live Events**

-   Consensus (Austin, TX) May 2024
-   Polkadot Decoded (Brussels, BE) July 2024
-   Mainnet September (New York City, NY) 2024

**Live Stream Events**

-   TBA, (Ibiza, Spain) August 2024

Context 

Where the live events are becoming a highly-proven model, we believe that there's tremendous opportunity in produced livestreams. Our vision is to partner with large dance music streaming channels, book artists with incredible social reach, and engage with Polkadot teams to create in-stream drops. Based on other successful live streams that our team has been apart of, we anticipate high levels of engagement and will continue to produce more of these in the future. 

**Why Music and Web3?**

On many levels, music is an incredible vertical where blockchain can solve real world issues and create a higher quality and more equitable outcome for the fans and the artists. Polkadot should, and can be a phenomenal arena for music in web3 to grow and incubate necessary advances in technology and culture, alike. Many Polkadot projects already have products that can actively help advance this, directly and immediately, through the experience around live music events. 

We think of these events as a clever way to accomplish a few things that are ultimately required for the growth of the ecosystem- more specifically onboarding new users, new entrepreneurs and new developers. 

How are we accomplishing this?

Glad you asked! Each event will focus on three key elements to funnel into our larger goal for adoption and usage. 

Accessibility - Prioritizing an intuitive experience for ALL attendees

Hard and Fast Implementation - UX/ UI builds and backend abstraction, specific to the event series, but open source for the community. This gives developers a chance to work together on the specific needs of the events while having a vehicle for easy user onboarding.

Ownership and Perpetuity - A focus on creating brand loyalty through community, collectibles, cross-ecosystem collaboration and compounded benefits for ongoing/ repeat attendance. 

These three principles help us define the conditions for success and measure qualitative and quantitative outcomes. 

For our events, the goal is to take measurable and attainable steps in implementing new attendee experiences and advancing the music tech stack.   

Who is on the team?

The PMEI has four core members dedicated to the curation, planning and execution of all twelve events. In addition to these core members, partner teams will provide direct support and resources to create successful outcomes. 

The Core Team

Spencer Zabiela:  Co-founder of MuFi, a music and royalty payments tech stack built on Polkadot. 10 + years of experience in the music industry. Spencer also has a background in media and capital markets and has been a long time participant of the nightlife community and event organizing (most recently the September 19th Mainnet side event with Exiled Racers and Zeitgeist and the official 2024 ETH Denver closing party. 

Walker Music (Jojo Walker):  WM consists of four full-time coordinators, led by Jojo Walker. Jojo is a music industry entrepreneur with 15+ years of experience as a talent buyer and coordinator for the largest global nightlife brands, venues and labels, including Defected Records, Halcyon SF and Avant Gardner/ Brooklyn Mirage. 

Contracted Dev/ TSM: This will be a hybrid role with candidates in mind, but is yet to be hired. The responsibilities for this job will include full-stack development and technical success; working with parachain teams and dapps on strong collaborative outcomes. This candidate will also be managing the communications across entities, and technical expectations between team integrations and Walker Music Services. 

Er-Ti Chen: Previously, Ecosystem Marketing Manager and Global Event Program Manager at Parity Technologies. She has been instrumental in pioneering Polkadot's ecosystem marketing efforts and shaping the global event strategies for Polkadot Ecosystem. She has both spearheaded and provided invaluable support to the Polkadot community in orchestrating successful events throughout Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa.

Direct Support Team

Distractive: Distractive is an agency devoted to fostering the growth of the Polkadot ecosystem and supporting all individuals within it. Distractive can assist in elevating projects to the next level by offering the necessary killer marketing strategies to educate and inspire users. Distractive is dedicated to building a community and nurturing trust, recognizing that these elements are crucial for creating a truly epic ecosystem.

Exiled Studios: Gaming and prediction layer. Exiled Studios will provide technical support, marketing resources and BD support. 

Additional Support

In addition to the core team and support team, we are always engaging with incredible builders in the space.

Some of these teams/ individuals are:

Amplified Strategy 

Drop

RMRK

Nova Wallet

Aleph Zero

Protocol Strategies

Moonbeans

Moonbeam Network

What Happens at a {bash} Event?

A great outcome for us is when an attendee says “that was awesome, but 3% weird”. Sure, there’s always networking and great conversations. Yes, we have great music- our events are designed to feature artists appropriately booked for the venue and conference demographic. However, a key value-add is how uniquely positioned we are as a team and an ecosystem to amplify the attendee experience for high-quality music events.

Ok, so where does Polkadot tech play in? 

An example of an event looks like this:

(Think of these parts as modular)

**Pre-event**

Gamified ticketing access

Digital ticket airdrops

**Event**

Wallet downloads / ticketing

Live auctions

Art Exhibitions

Live Gaming

**Post Event**

Random prize draws

Airdrops (digital twins + DeFi tokens for staking)

Educational followup emails 

Community followup with recap mini-doc

Full Budget can be viewed [here.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-VNC-S7EgRo4vG-DgklQL2mAN2tpYPi6-l3k7Pi8oL4/edit?usp=sharing)

{bash} Events (the PMEI team) - a music and technology sandbox | onboarding users into Polkadot through music

- PolkaWorld is asking for money to work for the next year. 
- They plan to create 288 articles and 60 online livestreams.
- PolkaWorld will also make 48 short educational videos and 12 interviews.
- They manage two social media accounts, one in English and one in Chinese.
- PolkaWorld has successfully received funds from the Polkadot Treasury 11 times.
- They have completed all their work well and shared reports for the last 32 months.
- The proposal includes a story about what PolkaWorld does.

This is a proposal from PolkaWorld requesting operational funds for the coming year.
The proposal encompasses 288 articles, 60 online livestreams, 48 educational short videos, 12 ecosystem interviews, and media channel management ( we are currently maintaining two X accounts, one focused on English content (polkaworldorg) and the other on Chinese content (polkaworldpro)).
The team has successfully applied for funds from the Polkadot Treasury 11 times (from Gov1 to OpenGov) and all work has been completed with high quality, including links to monthly reports for the past 32 months. If you're not familiar with what PolkaWorld is doing, this proposal also offers a story about us.
See full proposals <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X9OOjRp_HhKtJpXGFQ7ysM8wqTIisqJRJ0xmjeYY7C4/edit">here</a>.

PolkaWorld requests operational funds for 288 articles, 60 online livestreams, 48 educational short videos, 12 ecosystem interviews, and media channel management. The proposal highlights their successful track record and offers more details in the provided link.

PolkaWorld Ops and Maintenance proposal：2024.4 - 2025.3

- Messari wants to keep working with Polkadot to create special research reports.
- They plan to make the reports less often, just once every three months, to save money.
- Messari has been working with Parity Data to get good data for these reports.
- The reports will be shared with 350,000 subscribers and big research companies.
- The total cost for this project is $120,000, and it will be paid in DOT.
- There is an extra 10% added to help with price changes.

Messari wants to renew its engagement with Polkadot to provide quarterly institutional-grade research reports for $120k payable in DOT with a 10% premium. Reports will be sent to 350,000 subscribers and traditional research platforms.

Continuation of work through Messari Protocol Services

This is a ReferendumV2 post. It can only be edited by the proposer of the post .

### Summary of Proposal

- **Objective**: Increase DOT liquidity in the HydraDX Omnipool.
- **Requested Amount**: 1,000,000 DOT.
- **Method**: Non-custodial and decentralized, with funds controlled by Polkadot Protocol and OpenGov.
- **Current Liquidity**: Over 690,000 DOT and 560,000 vDOT already in the Omnipool.
- **Benefits**: Better order execution for DOT trades, aiding ecosystem projects and Treasury diversification.
- **Related Proposal**: A parallel proposal suggests 1,000,000 DOT for liquidity incentives.
- **Previous Discussion**: Initial request was 500,000 DOT, increased to 1,000,000 DOT based on feedback.
- **Full Details**: Available in the [full proposal document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f66CtFkJZmvVeAbKc_ivBRrmcR0FnG63QGUgywca_x8/edit).

Polkadot proposes to add 1,000,000 DOT as liquidity into the HydraDX Omnipool in a decentralized and non-custodial manner, with the funds remaining under the control of the Polkadot Protocol and OpenGov. The requested DOT would add to an existing 690k+ DOT (and 560k+ vDOT) which is already LPed into the Omnipool. The proposal aims to strengthen DOT on-chain liquidity and provide better order execution for anyone trading DOT on HydraDX. The requested amount is 1,000,000 DOT, and the proposal was made on 08-03-24.

Treasury Proposals