### Proposal Summary
- **Objective**: Increase awareness of Polkadot narratives through Twitter ads.
- **Narratives**:
  - DOT 2.0 focuses on Coretime.
  - DOT 2.0 represents breakthrough technology.
  - DOT ecosystem offers great rewards.
  - DOT is for enterprises.
  - DOT is decentralized like a starfish.
  - DOT supports user and parachain growth.
- **Engagement**: Aim to boost interactions on Polkadot's Twitter account and with key influencers.

### Campaign Summary
- **Ad Spend**: $144K.
- **Strategy**: Experiment-oriented, focusing on cost per follower.
- **Duration**: 6-12 weeks, from late Dec 2023 to April 2024.
- **Target Audience**: English-speaking countries, influencers, and other crypto ecosystems.
- **Tools**: Twitter Ads and Addressable.io for A/B testing.

### Value to DOT Holders
- Enhanced awareness of Polkadot narratives.
- Increased engagement on Twitter and with parachains.
- Demonstration of decentralized marketing.

### Proposal Details
- **Requested Amount**: 35,395 DOT ($178K).
- **Community Involvement**: See full details in the linked document.

### Updates
- Jan 15/22, 2024: Secured legal and security support.
- Jan 30, 2024: Started running ads.
- Feb 10, 2024: First transparency report.
- Apr 2, 2024: Dune Dashboard update until March 31, 2024.
- Apr 27, 2024: Finalized Dune Dashboard update until April 30, 2024.

Awarded

medium_spender

WHO: OpenGov

WHAT: Run $144K in Twitter ads from late Dec 2023-April 2024 to increase awareness of On-brand Polkadot narratives and generate engagements on Polkadot Twitter Account, Polkadot Parachains, and select Polkadot True Believers.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requested amount of 35,395 DOT ($178K with EMA30 $5.029/DOT). Min 6 weeks, max 12 weeks timeframe. Using Twitter Ads and Addressable.io as campaign management systems.

Increase Awareness of Polkadot On-Brand Narratives via Twitter Ads

### Real Vision Proposal for Polkadot Funding

- **Proponent:** Real Vision (Raoul Pal)
- **Date:** November 29, 2023
- **Requested DOT:** 42,865 DOT (USD $225,000)
- **Objective:** To provide interviews, videos, and events to increase Polkadot's brand awareness.
- **Real Vision:** A financial and cryptocurrency media platform with 350,000 members and 1 million YouTube views monthly.
- **Deliverables:**
  - January 2024: Interviews on popular series with 700k monthly downloads.
  - January 2024: X space discussion with 1 million followers.
  - February 2024: Online event on blockchain trends and Polkadot use cases.
  - March 2024: Online Crypto Gathering event.
  - Q2 2024: In-person event for Web 3 and blockchain strategies.
- **Value to Polkadot:** Increased global reach, awareness, and education among cryptocurrency enthusiasts.

Real Vision seeks 42865 DOT ($225,000) for a series of interviews, videos, X space, and events to provide significant value and brand awareness to Polkadot. The deliverables include inclusion in Real Vision Daily Briefing and Raoul Pal JourneyMan, X space hosted by Real Vision, online events, and networking with Real Vision financial and cryptocurrency VIP influencers. The proposal aims to expand reach and awareness worldwide, expand cryptocurrency-focused reach and awareness worldwide, provide thought leadership and learning to cryptocurrency enthusiasts worldwide, and increase awareness and education for Real Vision VIP influencers.

Polkadot Brand Awareness Partnership with Real Vision (Raoul Pal)

### Nova Wallet 5th Proposal Summary

1. **Cloud Backups and Onboarding**: Enhancements to make wallet setup easier.
2. **Push Notifications**: Alerts for important events and updates.
3. **Proxy Wallets**: Allow users to manage funds through delegated accounts.
4. **OpenGov Improvements**: Enhancements to governance features.
5. **Network Management**: Optimize and manage network connections.
6. **Deeplinks & Applinks**: Integrate with other apps for seamless interactions.
7. **Reimbursement**: Compensation for features already delivered.
8. **Community and Open Source**: Continued focus on open-source development and community engagement.

big_spender

Nova Wallet proposes to add Cloud backups, Push Notifications, Proxies, Deeplinks, OpenGov improvements, Network management, and reimbursements for delivered features to their mobile app for the Polkadot ecosystem. The intended outcome is to implement these features for the Nova Wallet iOS and Android apps, with public demos every 2-4 weeks and updates to the AppStore/Google Play every 1-4 weeks. The proposal is funded by the Polkadot, Kusama, Moonbeam, Moonriver, and KILT Treasuries.

Nova Wallet 5th Proposal: Cloud backups, Push Notifications, Proxies, Deeplinks, OpenGov improvements, Network management, Reimbursement

### Summary of Proposal by IBC Group for Polkadot

- **Proponent:** IBC Group (Mario Nawfal)
- **Date:** November 23, 2023
- **Requested DOT:** 47,837 DOT ($250,000)
- **Objective:** Increase Polkadot's brand awareness and user acquisition through social media and marketing strategies.
- **Key Strategies:**
  - Utilize IBC Group's media assets and marketing expertise.
  - Host private Twitter Spaces on Mario Nawfal's and Roundtable accounts.
  - Implement a mass-scale outreach strategy on Telegram and Discord.
- **Milestones:**
  - Preparation phase: 1-2 weeks.
  - Implementation phase: 3 months.
  - Final report: 1 week.
- **Expected KPIs:**
  - Minimum impressions, live listeners, and website visits from Twitter Spaces.
- **Team:** Includes General Manager, Operation Manager, and Head of Partnerships.
- **Why Polkadot:** IBC Group has been following Polkadot's progress and is eager to collaborate.

IBC Group proposes to help Polkadot boost brand awareness and user acquisition through their media assets and marketing expertise. The proposal includes logo positioning, private Twitter spaces, shoutouts, and standalone tweets for a total of 47,837 DOT (USD $250,000) over a 3-month period. The team aims to achieve a minimum of 2.5B impressions per month and 5-15 million weekly listeners on Twitter. The project timeline is 3 months and 2 weeks, with a final report to be delivered within 1 week.

Supercharge Polkadot's Brand: Collaborative Partnership with (Mario Nawfal) IBC Ventures

- **Proposer:** Lunar Strategy
- **Company:** Lunar Holding LDA (PT516253999)
- **Contact:** @LunarStrategy on Telegram (Jack Haldorsson, CMO)
- **Requested DOT:** 1,000 DOT (about $6,510)
- **Campaign Goal:** Spread important Polkadot posts across crypto Twitter
- **Method:** Use KOLs to amplify posts, aiming for 100,000+ impressions
- **Examples:** Posts with 5k to 85k initial impressions boosted to 65k to 165k
- **About Lunar Strategy:** A crypto growth agency since 2019, worked with 150+ projects, and collaborated with 400+ KOLs

big_tipper

Lunar Strategy is requesting 1,000 DOT (6,510 USD) to ensure that important posts from the Polkadot account or community reach all of crypto Twitter. They will collaborate with 50+ leading KOLs on X to amplify relevant news and generate extra reach. Estimated high impact reach is around 100,000+ impressions for valuable posts. Lunar Strategy is an ecosystem growth agency with a team of 20+ people and past projects include OKX, Bitmex, ICP, Rose, Gamestarter, Kodacon, PrimeXBT, and many more.

Amplification of important ecosystem posts on X

### Talisman Wallet Retroactive Funding Proposal

- **Talisman Wallet**: A multi-chain wallet aiming to simplify the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Mission**: Improve user experience (UX) and security through design, storytelling, and engineering.
- **Retroactive Funding**: Seeks support for feature development, UX improvements, QA testing, and audit fixes from February to May 2023.
- **User Growth**: Reached over 40,000 users and garnered contributions of over 3 million DOT.
- **Key Initiatives**:
  - **Hardware Wallet Support**: Added support for Ledger devices and Polkadot Vault.
  - **Account Management**: Improved address book and added folder organization.
  - **Worldwide Usability**: Introduced multi-language and multi-currency support.
  - **Transaction Comprehension**: Enhanced gas management and transaction history clarity.
  - **Multi-Seed Management**: Updated to support multiple seed phrases.
  - **Open Source**: Released under GPL3 license.
- **Ecosystem Feedback**: Positive reviews highlight Talisman's user-friendly interface and security features.
- **Community Focus**: Builds in an open, community-driven manner, aiming to benefit all ecosystem stakeholders.

WHO: Talisman

WHAT: Retroactive funding proposal for feature development, UX improvement, QA testing and Audit fixes for Talisman Wallet over 14 weeks (Feb-May 2023).

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Talisman Wallet - Retroactive Proposal #1

### Summary of Proposal

- **Objective**: Fund the maintenance of the [substrate-api-client](https://github.com/scs/substrate-api-client) from January 2024 to June 2024.
- **Purpose**: The substrate-api-client is a Rust library for connecting to substrate-based nodes via RPC, especially in no-std environments like IoT devices.
- **Comparison**: Similar to [Polkadot-js](https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/polkadotjs) but for Rust, with core functionality from [subxt](https://github.com/paritytech/subxt).
- **Previous Work**: This proposal is a continuation of previous maintenance efforts, with reports available in previous proposal comments.
- **Funding Source**: Seeking funding from the Polkadot treasury to treat the api-client as a common good, ensuring equal service to all users.
- **Alternative**: If funding is rejected, support will still be provided at the normal hourly rate.
- **Requested Funding**: $30,000.
- **Full Proposal**: Detailed information is available in the [full proposal document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x4e2DObj66Xh-DcvxBsDfvDsJX57KE88aMdH1Cvl3Ng/edit?usp=sharing).

small_spender

WHO: The substrate-api-client team. 

WHAT: Funding for maintenance of the substrate-api-client library from January 2024 until June 2024. 

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $30,000.

Maintenance for the substrate-api-client Jan-24 to Jun-24

**Edgar Salinas and Peranto**

- Edgar Salinas is the founder and CEO of Peranto, an identity platform built on the KILT Protocol.
- Peranto has won two hackathons, and Salinas has been working on it for 2.5 years.
- Salinas has no other income source except hackathon prizes, which are invested in Peranto's development.
- He was accepted into the Polkadot Blockchain Academy's Founders track but needs $4,000 to attend, which would cover two months of operations.
- His goals include researching a token economy for the circular economy, building a parachain, and expanding his network.
- Attending the academy would also help him focus on Latin America, particularly Mexico, as a crypto opportunity.
- The requested funds would cover travel, insurance, an emergency fund, and miscellaneous expenses.

WHO: Edgar Salinas, founder and CEO of Peranto.

WHAT: Requesting $4,000 from the Polkadot treasury to attend the Founders track of the Polkadot Blockchain Academy in Hong Kong.

FOR WHAT: To expand knowledge regarding regulations and develop a token economy focused on the circular economy, build a parachain, and expand the network of contacts. The expense breakdown includes roundtrip flight, traveler's insurance, emergency fund, and miscellaneous expenses.

Scholarship for Polkadot Blockchain Academy Founder's Track

### Subscan Proposal Summary

- **Subscan** is a key block explorer and analytics tool for the Polkadot network.
- The proposal seeks reimbursement from the Polkadot treasury for Subscan's operation and maintenance costs from January to September 2023.
- Subscan has reduced its infrastructure costs significantly since July 2023, with a recent decrease of over 50.52% in GCP bills.
- The proposal includes plans to transition Subscan's development to a community-developer collaborative model starting in November 2023.
- This model will prioritize features based on community demand, aiming for more transparent and open development.
- A detailed plan for this transition will be announced in December 2023.
- The full proposal can be viewed [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wLpjsOC1hUjX4eUL7E1AaocwvQZ1ulFiMxQGziEOkr4/edit).

WHO: Subscan team

WHAT: Proposing reimbursement of operation and maintenance fee for Subscan for January-September 2023 from Polkadot treasury, reducing infrastructure costs, and shifting towards community-developer collaborative model from November 2023.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Subscan | Infrastructure Costs of Subscan for Polkadot & Westend & Rococo & Statemint & Rockmine  Networks (from January to September 2023)

- Shawn Tabrizi conducted a Rust, Blockchain, and Polkadot workshop at the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez.
- The workshop aimed to introduce university students to Rust, Blockchain, and Polkadot.
- Participants created their first Rust projects and blockchains using Substrate.
- The workshop was held the weekend before finals, which affected attendance.
- Full workshop content is available online.
- Shawn plans to host similar workshops in the future.

The author conducted a Rust, Blockchain, and Polkadot workshop at the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez for university students. The workshop aimed to introduce students to Rust, Blockchain, and Polkadot, and had people create their first Rust projects and blockchains with Substrate. The workshop was held the weekend before finals, which affected turnout. The author plans to conduct more workshops in the future. No information on price/timeframe/resources.

Polkadot Workshop @ UPR Mayaguez

- Jiro from Bitskwela highlights the significant adoption of cryptocurrency in the Philippines, with 7 million Filipinos owning crypto and 1 million owning NFTs.
- Bitskwela aims to address the lack of crypto education and language barriers in the Philippines through various educational initiatives.
- The company has been featured in major media outlets like CNN, ANC, and Esquire, and has partnered with organizations like GCash, Globe, TikTok, and OKX.
- Bitskwela, in collaboration with Polkadot Insider, seeks to promote Polkadot in the Philippines and requires community support for this initiative.
- The planned initiatives over the next six months include localized courses, educational materials, market research, content marketing, events, and community building.
- The full proposal for these initiatives can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/10otIpZgxgL_ofTixWRcwJs1HdQdK04eaQgVno3q7gXc/edit?usp=sharing).
- Jiro requests support from the Polkadot community to help achieve these goals.

Bitskwela, in partnership with Polkadot Insider, aims to drive Polkadot's reach and presence in the Philippines through a small-spender funding proposal. The proposal includes initiatives such as localized short courses, educational materials, market research, content marketing, events and workshops, community establishment, and business development assistance for the ecosystem. The full proposal can be found in the link provided.

Bitskwela - Bringing Polkadot to the Thriving Philippine Web 3.0 Community

- **Addressable.io** is a marketing tool that helps reach social media users based on their blockchain activities.
- The service charges 15% of ad spends and $800/month for daily audience optimizations.
- Addressable has worked with major blockchain companies like Chainlink, Bancor, and Polygon.
- The team includes CEO Tomer Sharoni, CTO Tomer Shlomo, and Chief Scientist Dr. Asaf Nadler.
- The proposal suggests using Addressable to promote Kusamarian Media to targeted blockchain users.
- The budget includes $100,000 for ads, $17,400 for Addressable fees, and $42,600 for Kusamarian asset development.
- The goal is to gain 200,000 new X followers and 15,000 YouTube subscribers.
- Feedback is welcomed to improve the proposal.

Addressable.io is a marketing tool for outreach to social media users associated with on-chain holdings & activities. The Kusamarian Media proposes to test this service and discreetly slip into the timelines of X users with credible blockchain activity. The proposed budget is $160,000, which includes $100,000 for ad buying, $17,400 for Addressable.io fees, and $42,600 for Kusamarian asset development. The goal is to convert DOT buyers into holders, stakers, governors, and users of Polkadot’s emerging applications.

Holder-targeted Audience Growth w/  Addressable.io & The Kusamarian

### Summary

- **Proposal Goal**: Support Ink! dApp builders with on-chain growth tools and smart contract insights.
- **Challenge**: Ink! dApp builders lack easy access to smart contract data, hindering their development focus.
- **Solution**: Tokenguard proposes **dApp Marvels 💎**, an on-chain analytics tool for Ink! dApps.
- **Team**: Tokenguard has experience with Substrate and Ink! technology, and has consulted with various teams.
- **Poll Results**: 7 Aye votes (100%) and 0 Nay votes (0%).
- **Resources**: 
  - [Completion Report](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D3zrKSdkqv7anok8rEbyZJddZoQRh6EFsWUZvPegb7c/edit#heading=h.v6is2ta0txr1)
  - [Public Github Repository](https://github.com/tokenguardio/dapp-marvels/)
  - [Full Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/118dUGdirM9CIoLZuTwz2waHkY1on2psCOWoIWa8PAYY/)
  - [Public Discussion](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1983)

Tokenguard proposes building dApp Marvels, an on-chain analytics tool for Ink! dApp builders to support their growth and operations through in-depth metrics and analytics of on-chain user behavior. The proposal aims to attract users to the Polkadot ecosystem more effectively and support Ink! creators in infrastructure development. No information is provided about the price, timeframe, or resources required for the project.

dApp Marvels 💎 - Ink! Ecosystem growth tool

### Corespace Weigher Proposal Summary

- **Motivation**: To help parachain teams in the Polkadot ecosystem determine the necessary blockspace for their projects by providing data on current utilization.
- **Proposal**: Develop a tool to track and store blockspace consumption data for parachains, accessible via a web API.
- **UI Development**: Plan to create a user interface for easy analysis of resource consumption data, with wireframes available.
- **Service Model**: Offer the tool as a subscription service, paid in DOT, to cover operational costs, with all data publicly available for free.
- **Open Source**: The tool's code will be open source, allowing anyone to set up their own infrastructure.
- **Compensation**: Request a tip to cover the costs of development, design, and frontend implementation.
- **Timeline**: Aim to complete all components within one month of proposal acceptance.

RegionX-Labs proposes to build a tool to track and store consumption data for parachains on Polkadot, with a UI for easy analysis. The service will operate on a monthly subscription model, requiring payment in DOT for registering each parachain. The requested tip will cover compensation for work already done, design costs, and a frontend developer's compensation. The goal is to implement all components within one month.

Corespace Weigher

### Summary of Polkadot System Parachain Collators Proposal

- **Collator Rewards**: Currently, Collators on System Parachains receive minimal rewards and transaction fees, which may discourage them from acting favorably or adequately resourcing their operations.
  
- **Funding Proposal**: The proposal suggests that Collators should receive funding for their services, ideally provided by the chain itself in a sustainable manner.

- **Medium-Term Solution**: In the short term, funding can be provided by the respective Treasuries through a bounty system, allowing for pre-allocated and independently managed funds.

- **Current Proposal**: This proposal seeks 7,289.03 DOT for Collators on the Polkadot System Parachains network for services delivered from October to December 2023.

- **Future Plans**: Starting from January 2024, future cost compensation will be managed under the "Polkadot System Parachain Collators Bounty."

- **Community Involvement**: The Polkadot community is encouraged to review the proposal and provide feedback or suggestions.

- **Previous Approval**: The previous 2-month operation tip was approved under Referenda #156.

WHO: Collators on the Polkadot System Parachains network.

WHAT: Receive funding for the provision of their services in the form of a bounty.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 7,289.03 DOT for services delivered for 3 months - 10-12/2023. Future cost compensation will be done under the Polkadot System Parachain Collators Bounty starting from January 2024.

Treasury Proposals