### Proposal Summary

- **Purpose**: Request to top up the moderation team bounty for Polkadot Moderators.
- **Current Funding**: 3653 DOT (about $24,800) in the bounty account.
- **Team Size**: 13 members actively involved in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Requested Top-Up**: $224,640 (32,528.24 DOT) for one year.
- **Previous Funding**: Covered August 2023 to January 2024.
- **Details**: Includes changes since last top-up, server analytics, and spend breakdown.
- **Discussion Period**: Open for 12 days.
- **Links**: Full proposal and previous spend data available in linked documents.

Awarded

medium_spender

Polkadot proposes to top up the moderation team bounty with USD 224,640 (32,528.24 DOT) for one year to incentivize authorized Polkadot Moderators for their contribution and support to the communities. The proposal document provides details of the spends and analytics of servers and channels under their moderation umbrella.

Polkadot Moderation Team Bounty Top-up

small_tipper

SmallTipper

Polkadot-API is a project that aims to improve upon PolkadotJs. It is a set of libraries that helps developers create decentralized applications. The team is looking for funding to maintain and develop the project. They are asking for feedback on their proposal before submitting it. The proposal details can be found in a Google document. The team consists of Victor and Josep. The project's GitHub repository is currently under the "paritytech" organization but will be moved to the "polkadot-api" organization soon.

WHO: Polkadot-API development team

WHAT: Seeking financing for the maintenance and development of Polkadot-API through treasury proposals.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Details not provided.

Polkadot-API: development financing

### Redot

1. **Project Overview**: Redot is a re-staking layer for Polkadot, designed to bring Polkadot's technology to other ecosystems like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
2. **Purpose**: It aims to use Polkadot as a Data Availability (DA) layer and operate an adapted Polkadot on Bitcoin.
3. **Features**: Redot allows validators to run light clients, supports various DA networks, and approximates the security level of Polkadot.
4. **Milestones**: The project is divided into three milestones, with the first one currently being applied for.
5. **Funding**: The total budget for the first milestone is $45,200, with an estimated delivery time of 10 to 12 weeks.
6. **Benefits**: Redot can enhance Polkadot's security and expand its use cases beyond parachains.
7. **Current Status**: The project has completed a Proof of Concept (PoC) and is working on the first milestone, which includes developing various modules and documentation.

small_spender

WHO: ZeroDAO

WHAT: Developing Redot, a re-staking layer for Polkadot, to bring Polkadot tech stack to other ecosystems, allowing developers to use Polkadot, and operate an adapted Polkadot as a relay chain on Bitcoin and use the native Polkadot as a Data Availability (DA) layer.

PRICE: $45,200 for the 1st milestone, total budget $117,600.

TIMEFRAME: 10 to 12 weeks for the 1st milestone, estimated delivery 7 months for all milestones.

RESOURCES: 2 FTEs, hourly rate $80.

Redot #1: Polkadot Restaking and Enabling Polkadot DA Capabilities

### Summary of Proposal

- **Issue**: A bug caused pool rewards to be sent to the wrong accounts during the unbonding process.
- **Bug Fix**: The bug was fixed in the latest runtime upgrade.
- **Affected Members**: 50 pool members did not receive their rewards.
- **Python Script**: A script was used to identify the affected accounts and the missing rewards.
- **Results**: The findings are available in a shared file for cross-checking.
- **Double Spend**: The rewards were already claimed by pool owners, but contacting them to return the rewards would be difficult.
- **Proposal**: The proposal suggests reimbursing the affected pool members directly.
- **Community Approval**: The community's approval is requested for this proposal.

Polkadot proposes to reimburse 50 pool members for rewards they didn't receive due to a bug in the system. The affected accounts and the rewards they didn't receive were identified using a Python script. The proposal is a double spend and will cost a small amount. The community's approval is sought.

Treasury Proposals