On April 16th, James Slusser and Phunky attended FBBA's "Blockchain Day" in Tallahassee to advocate for the Polkadot ecosystem. They networked with legislators, answered questions, and explained Polkadot's features and benefits. They also met with Commissioner Weigel and his staff to discuss legal language for DAOs. Polkadot was recognized in both House and Senate chambers, thanks to DOT token holders joining the FBBA. Phunky and James were not compensated for their advocacy work, and they are requesting a tip to help cover their costs.

Awarded

big_tipper

I would like to propose a tip for James Slusser and myself for our advocacy of the Polkadot ecosystem on Wednesday, April 16th during FBBA's "Blockchain Day" in Tallahassee. We both had an incredible day networking with legislators in both the House and Senate, answering their questions and telling them about Polkadot.

In every meeting we had with legislators and their aides, James went to great lengths to explain : 1) what Polkadot is; 2) how our governance system works; 3) why our security and scalability provide enterprise grade solutions via blockchain technology; 4) that the State of Florida should provide a legal framework for DAOs.

Later in the afternoon, we had an hour long roundtable with Commissioner Weigel and his staff at the Office of Financial Regulation, during which we both encouraged them to continue their work with the Florida Bar to investigate potential avenues to craft legal language that could be used for. a future bill during the next legislative session.

Moreover, thanks to DOT token holders previous decision to join the FBBA (Florida Business Blockchain Association), President Sam Armes made sure that Polkadot was recognized in both chambers before the House and Senate began conducting their legal business for the day.

You can read a longer reflection that I posted on X the next day [HERE](https://x.com/ThePhunky1/status/1912854196627341624).

On a final note, I would like the community to know that neither of us was previously compensated to do this advocacy work. The tip will help defray the costs of getting to the capitol, and spending nearly 10 hours of our time there on behalf of Polkadot.

Thank you in advance for your consideration,

Phunky

![1C91024D-1903-4C42-9469-530FF77952F1.jpeg](https://i.ibb.co/gXMv1nJ/mdx-Editor-Phunky-1745455406608.jpg)

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Polkadot had a problem with its software update, which stopped three staking accounts from getting rewards. A proposal has been made to give these accounts the rewards they missed out on. The proposal looks at how much money was in the accounts when the rewards stopped, how many times they didn't get rewards, and how much the rewards would have been worth during that time. Here are the details for each account:

1. Account 138fZsNu67JFtiiWc1eWK2Ev5jCYT6ZirZM288tf99CUHk8K:
   - Last reward: Era 1400
   - Last balance: 8,556 DOT
   - Missed rewards: 197 eras
   - Average yearly reward: 17.18%
   - Missing rewards: 1,603.46 DOT

2. Account 15bt67qghz8hJxCUPgAXmzVxUBHLpPN41RVm2nwMFyLWByVE:
   - Last reward: Era 1646
   - Last balance: 4,261 DOT
   - Missed rewards: 37 eras
   - Average yearly reward: 12.93%
   - Missing rewards: 587.11 DOT

3. Account 12gmcL9eej9jRBFT26vZLF4b7aAe4P9aEYHGHFzJdmf5arPi:
   - Last reward: Era 1402
   - Last balance: 7,110 DOT
   - Missed rewards: 211 eras
   - Average yearly reward: 16.96%
   - Missing rewards: 1,313.76 DOT

small_spender

**SUMMARY**

The Polkadot runtime upgrade to v1.1.2 introduced an unintentional breaking change that prevented three staking accounts from receiving staking rewards across multiple eras. This proposal seeks to reimburse these accounts for the rewards they should have earned for backing validators and securing the network.

The process was detailed by core developer gpestana in multiple articles compiled in the following Polkadot Forum post:

[Recover corrupted Staking ledgers in Polkadot and Kusama](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/recover-corrupted-staking-ledgers-in-polkadot-and-kusama/9796)

The referendum could not be proposed until the runtime upgrade to v1.4.0, which corrected the balance state of one of the affected accounts ([PR 538](https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/runtimes/pull/538)).

**TIMELINE**

-   2024-02-19 Breaking change introduced in runtime upgrade v1.1.2
-   2024-03-15 Hotfix on runtime upgrade to v1.1.3.
-   2024-10-15 Runtime upgrade to v1.3.3 set the correct ledger/stash status.
-   2025-02-26 The balance issue for one of the accounts was corrected on runtime v.1.4.0.

**PROPOSAL DETAILS**

Each account faced a unique situation, and the analysis took into account the bonded funds at the time rewards ceased, the number of eras the payee account went without receiving rewards, and the average APY during that period.

Below is the information for each affected account:

Affected account: 138fZsNu67JFtiiWc1eWK2Ev5jCYT6ZirZM288tf99CUHk8K

-   Payee account: **12YcbjN5cvqM63oK7WMhNtpTQhtCrrUr4ntzqqrJ4EijvDE8**
-   Last era with rewards: [1400](https://polkadot.subscan.io/extrinsic/20169733-4?event=20169733-1224)
-   Last bonded balance before not receiving rewards (DOT): 8,556
-   Last era with no rewards: [1597](https://polkadot.subscan.io/extrinsic/23007919-2?event=23007919-627)
-   Eras without rewards: 197
-   Average APY during that period (%): 17.18
-   Missing rewards (DOT): **1,603.46**

Affected account: 15bt67qghz8hJxCUPgAXmzVxUBHLpPN41RVm2nwMFyLWByVE

-   Payee account: **15bt67qghz8hJxCUPgAXmzVxUBHLpPN41RVm2nwMFyLWByVE**
-   Last era with rewards: 1646  
    During era 1526, the stash account 14kwUJW6rtjTVW3RusMecvTfDqjEMAt8W159jAGBJqPrwwvC was [wrongly scored with 0](https://polkadot.subscan.io/extrinsic/21972815-4?event=21972815-77) in the 'voterlist'. However, the account 15bt67 kept receiving rewards until era 1646. During era 1683, the account 14kwUJ 'voterlist' score [was updated](https://polkadot.subscan.io/extrinsic/24214751-3?event=24214751-64) and the same account started to receive rewards at era 1684.
-   Last bonded balance before not receiving rewards (DOT): 4,261
-   Last era with no rewards: 1683
-   Eras without rewards: 37
-   Average APY during that period (%): 12.93
-   Missing rewards (DOT): **587.11**

Affected account: 12gmcL9eej9jRBFT26vZLF4b7aAe4P9aEYHGHFzJdmf5arPi

-   Payee account: **12gmcL9eej9jRBFT26vZLF4b7aAe4P9aEYHGHFzJdmf5arPi**
-   Last era with rewards: [1402](https://polkadot.subscan.io/extrinsic/20198278-3?event=20198278-112)
-   Last bonded balance before not receiving rewards (DOT): 7,110
-   Last era with no rewards: 1613
-   Eras without rewards: 211
-   Average APY during that period (%): 16.96
-   Missing rewards (DOT): **1,313.76**

Reimbursement for corrupted staking ledgers

[Small Tipper] Referendum #1524

- The community made big changes to the Educational & Outreach Track based on feedback from members.
- They also updated other tracks for improvement.
- There is a referendum to get more money for the Anti-Scam Bounty, which helps protect people from scams.
- The Anti-Scam Bounty has been active for three years and helps fund safety activities.
- They are asking for $369,610 to help with their budget.
- Thanks to new tools, the budget has been lowered by 46%.
- More details about spending and future goals can be found in a proposal document.

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[Medium Spender] Referendum #1490

- Paseo Network wants to keep doing good work in 2025 and needs money to do it.
- They are asking for $640,000 from the Polkadot treasury to pay for their operations.
- The money will be used to pay for services every three months for a whole year.
- They plan to make it easier to manage money by making some changes.
- These changes include using new helpers, paying at the end of each quarter, and making payments automatic.
- They also want to make sure the people providing services are doing a good job.
- Everyone interested can read more about the proposal and share their thoughts.

big_spender

To sustain and enhance <a href="https://github.com/paseo-network">Paseo Network's</a> impact, this proposal seeks funding to continue operations in 2025, ensuring the same high level of service from a dedicated group of ecosystem contributors.
We are requesting a top-up of $653,500.00 from the Polkadot treasury to cover operational costs for 2025. The funds will be managed via the original <a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/treasury/bounties/37">Paseo Bounty (#37)</a>, with payments distributed quarterly over the 12-month funding period.
Along with this funding request, we are proposing several efficiency improvements to make bounty management more transparent and automated. These include changing the curator set, retroactive payments at the end of each quarter, eliminating the need for manual payout requests, automating validator payouts, and implementing performance-based benchmarks to ensure validators and service providers meet expected reliability standards.
For more information, we encourage ecosystem participants to <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/195BTcx_rz3tx-PWIxc7T5VQjeXaolx09ltT7KxYIQ0k/edit?usp=sharing">review the full proposal</a>&nbsp;

Paseo - Developer Testnet Bounty Top-up Request

- The proposal is about continuing to fund RPC Providers for six months plus one extra month.
- The total funding needed is $171,951.34, which is about $22,142 each month.
- Bounty 31 is a project that helps pay vendors for specific services on Polkadot.
- Service providers will bid for this funding based on the needs set by curators.
- The best providers that meet quality standards will be given the funding.
- This plan helps reduce the need for more proposals and keeps costs fair.
- If providers don't meet the quality, they might lose their funding.

Dear community,
I present this proposal on the authorization of the curators of bounty 31.
This proposal seeks to continue funding of Public RPC Providers for the period of six months plus an additional month's contingency. Funding is issued to bounty 31 which awards vendors for RPC services on the Polkadot relay-chain as well as its system parachains. The total cost for such provision is USD$171,951.34, which represents $22,141.98 per month without contingency and administrative expenses.
Bounty 31 adopts an tender based procurement model in which service providers bid on requirements as set-out by the curators. The tender requirements are aligned to ecosystem needs and can scale up/down depending on usage. Tenders are scored and the highest scoring providers receive funding. Attention is also being placed on quality of service and should service providers fail to meet said quality-standards they will be penalized or lose funding altogether.
This approach has seen a reduction with independent funding proposals for such services and steering of providers to a "market rate".
Further details can be found <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WV7n5HVKtO5s0ub6g4uEQAN4Y7SRNcu56QYFXPgN15I/edit?tab=t.0">here</a>
Kind Regards, Will | Paradox | ParaNodes.io

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Marketing Bounty 2.0 is a proposal to transform the Polkadot ecosystem's marketing efforts. The main points are:

1. The proposal asks for 200,000 DOT per month for 6 months to develop strategic marketing initiatives and expand Polkadot's reach.
2. The mission is to accelerate the growth of the Polkadot ecosystem by funding marketing initiatives and fostering a vibrant community.
3. The organizational structure will change, with active, compensated curators replacing unpaid ones, and new roles for advisors and watchdogs.
4. Curators and specialists will receive competitive compensation to attract top-tier talent and create a trustworthy environment.
5. The proposal emphasizes ethics, transparency, and reporting, with quarterly budget reports and monthly activity reports for the community.
6. Curators and advisors have diverse backgrounds and experience in digital marketing, Web3, and the Polkadot ecosystem.
7. Curators' letters of intent express their dedication to managing the Marketing Bounty effectively and transparently.
8. The requested funds will support essential marketing functions and may increase in the future.
9. The mission statement and scope include implementing a marketing strategy, executing marketing operations, and processing marketing proposals.
10. The operational overview covers agency engagement, compensation models, support functions, routine reporting, and engagement opportunities.
11. Success metrics will be established to measure the effectiveness of marketing efforts and will evolve over time.
12. The closing statement emphasizes the commitment to advancing the Polkadot ecosystem through well-structured and effectively managed marketing strategies.

treasurer

Marketing Bounty 2.0 proposes a new structure with compensated curators and advisors to fund marketing initiatives for Polkadot. They request 200,000 DOT per month for 6 months. The scope of work includes developing strategic marketing initiatives, enhancing transparency, and executing comprehensive campaigns to expand Polkadot's reach and impact. The bounty will abide by the wishes of DOT holders and will operate under high ethical standards and transparency. The success metrics will be flexible and adaptable, with a commitment to continuous improvement.

Marketing Bounty 2.0

- Bearofthenet is a hobby racer from Austria.
- He wants to represent Polkadot, a cryptocurrency, at European racetracks.
- He participates in about 5 racing weekends each year, mostly in Austria and nearby countries.
- Around 200 riders race each weekend, meaning many people will see his special suit.
- He plans to share pictures and videos of his races on social media.
- He needs support to cover the costs of his custom racing suit.
- He loves combining motorsport with technology like web3.

Hello everyone,

On „X“ I am „bearofthenet“.

Im a hobby racer from Austria and would love to represent polkadot on the european racetracks.

In this motorsport you see sponsoring everywhere but i never saw any rider wearing some crypto stuff.  
Just want to say im not a professional attending international races, we are just a group of petrolheads living our dream🔥

I usually attend about 5 race weekends per year, the most tracks are spread over Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia, eventually italy.

About 200 riders attend per wekend, so minimum 1000 riders will see this exclusive suit per year and ill be wearing that suit minimum for 4 Years.

ill post trackpics and reels tagging Polkadot after every event on X and other social plattforms.

The requested amount will be just enough to cover most costs of this tailormade suit.

Hope you find the idea of combining the passion for motorsport and web3 as exciting as i do.

Bear

![](https://i.ibb.co/QvJ5gYc3/s2.jpg)

![](https://i.ibb.co/ds4b4hm3/s1.jpg)

![](https://i.ibb.co/MyTp6M7s/b1.jpg)

Motorsport Sponsoring Superbike / Polkadot Racesuit

- KSM trading started on Hydration after a vote approved funds from the Treasury.
- This allows money to move between Kusama and Polkadot.
- When sending KSM or DOT, if a user lacks enough funds, part of what they're sending is used for fees.
- This makes it easier for users since they don't need extra money for fees.
- However, users can lose more money than expected due to high fees.
- A new proposal aims to provide liquidity by supplying DOT and KSM to help with these transactions.
- Extra tokens returned to their treasuries after use.

Polkadot/ Kusama Asset Hub Liquidity for Bridge Fee Swaps

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[Small Tipper] Referendum #1473

Goku is a solo creator who has been contributing to the Polkadot community for about 5 months. They focus on creating content that educates people outside of Polkadot about the technology, its value, and its place in the broader ecosystem. Goku's content includes deep dives, comparisons, graphics, memes, and debunking misinformation. Over the past 140 days, their content has reached over 1.1 million views and gained over 900 new followers. They have not been compensated for their content, taken sponsorships, or applied for funding.

It’s Goku.

This is my third solo creator tip request for my contribution and impact over the last ~5 months (140 days). The latest one was on October 11, 2024 (for 15K USDT).

Aside from memeposting, my content has typically involved extensive cross-ecosystem research, narrative-building, and positioning Polkadot and telling its story in the most intellectually honest way possible—often by touching on other ecosystem solutions and how they relate to Polkadot.

For tone, I generally target an audience outside of Polkadot, making the content digestible, engaging, and debunking the noise. I avoid preaching or a didactic style, instead mixing insights with a bit of entertainment to push Polkadot’s real value proposition and its contrarian bet.

Over the past 140 days, my content on X has reached over 1.1M views and gained over 900 new followers—organically, steady, and quality over quantity way.

These posts have been leveraged by KOLs, Polkadot ecosystem projects, the community, and other content creators, creating further conversations and engagement.

Now, with Kaito’s mindshare, smart follower, and yap points metrics, we have additional ways to assess impact on X. No metric tells the full story, but it provides some signal nevertheless. The current leaderboard still has farmers, but once adjusted, it will reflect a more accurate measure of influence in the X space. Even in its current form, if you check the 6-month or 12-month range, you’ll find me around the top 15 zone. While that’s not extremely high, I have one of the highest yap points among active Polkadot agents on X, which serves as a soft indicator of attention-grabbing on broader topics with crypto X inner circles—which is exactly where I focus.

Some highlights from this period:  
  
**Polkadot Deep Dives & Comparisons:**  
[Polkadot in 786 words](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1874088419736846530)  
[Crypto governance (Ethereum vs. Polkadot)](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1891949981495595064)   
[Parity hack → OpenGov](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1893668314389397637)   
[Nomt → Polkadot](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1894124945178792085)  
[Polkadot’s bullish case & messaging overview](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1886809755622236200)  
[Polkadot in 2025](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1874475379747938622)  
[Demystifying TPS & what it really means for Polkadot](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1861143060601806921)  
[Revisiting Spammening & addressing misconceptions](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1888356808764326385)  
[Kusama focus](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1892985921173078238)  
[Kaito + Polkadot’s mindshare](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1890138771623923786)  
[JAM Doom](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1895490079159632220)  
  
**Graphics, Short Bangers, Memes, Debunking:  
**

[Polkadot vs. Cardano’s 1M TPS event](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1864329638916345885)  
[Remastered not so scientific chart of JAM positioning (close to Gav’s view)](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1892544540063453443)  
[Polkadot’s roadmap](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1860701862481248336)  
[JAM](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1873006877761798592)  
[Polkadot’s roadmap—meme version](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1868036737311838364)  
[Spammening event](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1864366404943729038)  
[Everything Polkadot](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1859647961346736327)   
[Ethereum in Polkadot](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1886888928516702577)   
[Hydration, Solana, Polkadot](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1882482515237323043)  
[Polkadot’s messaging breakdown](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1888327448330481975)   
[Ethereum rollback & Gav’s take](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1893082975048212557)  
[Ethereum becoming Polkadot](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1884593310460695005)  
[One DOT at a time](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1887976330417115164)  
[ETHDenver](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1895500739281363382)  
  
And many more.

Potential FAQs:  
**Have I ever been compensated for my content, taken sponsorships, or applied for funding?**  
No.

**Marketing Bounty or Kaito?**  
Marketing bounty doesn't do retroactive tips and not meant for requests of this size. (Kaito starts from this month.)

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