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SmallTipper

- The community helped close and refund deposits for governance 1.0 proposals.
- Four proposals were already seeking reimbursement, so they were excluded to avoid double spends.
- Now that these proposals have failed, the author wants to request refunds for their deposits.
- This proposal asks for a refund of 172.387 DOT to PINK NODE for their original proposal.
- The original proposal was rejected and can be found [here](40).
- This refund effort is limited to proposals on the spend queue at the start of Open Gov on Polkadot.
- If you have a proposal outside this scope, you can open an independent referendum.

WHO: The proposer seeks to refund PINK NODE (13EAhGcpe93mqSFZQrQ4P2cfpdAo5txWc5UQVTfEKDoqZjhw).

WHAT: Refund 172.387 DOT for their original proposal.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Refunding Pink Node's GOV1 Treasury Spend Deposit

- The community helped close and refund deposits for governance 1.0 proposals.
- Four proposals were already seeking reimbursement, so they were excluded to avoid double spends.
- Now that these proposals have failed, the author wants to request refunds for their deposits.
- This proposal seeks to refund MIDL.DEV with 212.8825 DOT for their original proposal.
- The rejected proposal can be found [here](10).
- This refund effort is limited to proposals on the spend queue at the start of Open Gov on Polkadot.
- If you have a proposal outside this scope, you should open an independent referendum.

WHO: The proposer seeks to refund MIDL.DEV.
WHAT: Refund 212.8825 DOT for their original proposal.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not mentioned.

Refunding MIDL.DEV's GOV1 Treasury Spend Deposit

**The Kusamarian**

- A media brand focused on Polkadot (DOT) ecosystem.
- Serves as a communication platform for Polkadot builders, nominators, delegators, and enthusiasts.
- Funds its operations through a treasury seeded with DOTs for 42 weeks.
- Produces weekly content including video podcasts, news digests, live chats, and governance forums.
- Aims to inspire DOT holders to participate in the Polkadot network.
- Recently reduced production costs by 31%.
- Values include fair reporting, timely delivery, and community collaboration.

medium_spender

The Kusamarian, a DOT-focused media brand on X, will receive funding from DOTs for at least 42 weeks of media content creation to attract new interest, spotlight Polkadot's development, and provide a forum for discourse and discovery. The media brand will deliver various video podcasts, news digests, live chats, and governance forums each week. The goal is to inspire new and current holders of DOT to nominate, delegate, and join the effort to deliver the Polkadot Network. The Kusamarian recently committed to a 31% reduction of production costs to the treasury over the course of this order.

DOT holders 🤝 & The Kusamarian 🤖❤️

- Smoldot is an alternative Polkadot client designed to use minimal CPU, memory, and bandwidth.
- It can be embedded in web pages, allowing users to connect directly to the Polkadot network.
- Mentioned in recent Polkadot Decoded conference talks and highlighted by Gavin Wood.
- Critical for building a decentralized blockchain.
- Not a prototype; started in December 2019 and funded by treasury proposals since February 2023.
- Fully developed and ready for production use.
- Current treasury proposal seeks to continue funding its development.
- Proposal details and future milestones are outlined in a Google Docs document.

WHO: Smoldot development team
WHAT: Continuation of financing for the development of smoldot, an alternative implementation of the Polkadot client focused on using as little CPU, memory, and bandwidth as possible.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Details of the proposal can be found in the provided link, proposing new milestones for the upcoming quarter year.

Smoldot development financing Q3/2023

- **Staking Rewards Tracking**: It can be hard to keep track of staking rewards from different blockchains and convert them to regular money (fiat).
- **Tax Rules**: Different countries have different rules for taxing staking rewards, often based on the value in fiat when you get the reward.
- **Polkatax Website**: A website called [Polkatax](https://polkatax.com/) helps you see and export staking rewards in your favorite fiat currency for several blockchains.
- **Open Source**: The Polkatax project is open for anyone to see and use.
- **Support**: If you find the website useful, you can support the project.
- **Testing**: The website hasn't been tested by many people yet, so check the results carefully.
- **Future Plans**: If many people use the website, the creator plans to add features for tracking other types of rewards like lending, liquidity, and airdrops.

The proposal is to create a website called polkatax.com that will allow users to easily display and export staking rewards for several substrate chains in their favorite fiat currency. The project is open source and users are advised to verify the results for accuracy. The creator plans to implement a function for finding and exporting token rewards for lending, providing liquidity, and airdrops if the website proves to be helpful. No price, timeframe, or resources are mentioned.

A small tip for a staking rewards calculator

### Summary of OnFinality's Polkadot Q2 2023 Treasury Proposal

- **Proposer:** OnFinality, a SaaS platform providing infrastructure services for the Polkadot/Substrate community.
- **Requested Amount:** 12,455.0830 DOT (USD $66,485.23)
- **Purpose:** To cover ongoing costs for running high-performance, scalable, and reliable public infrastructure for Polkadot, Statemint, Collectives, Westend, and Encointer.
- **Key Achievements:**
  - Provided scalable free public API services for multiple networks.
  - Achieved a 99.99% reliability rate, with minimal downtime.
  - Launched Trace API for enhanced visibility into dApps.
  - Implemented cost optimization measures and revenue-sharing schemes.
- **Service Enhancements:**
  - Added support for new networks and improved health metric collection tools.
  - Delivered geographical insights and clarified IP address handling.
- **Usage Statistics:**
  - Served over 3.4 billion API responses and accumulated over 44,000 GB of data egress.
  - Achieved 100% uptime for Polkadot, Statemint, and Encointer.
- **Cost Breakdown:** Detailed in the full report available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V5S1OPGe7IM91MceJxnWIMTpti9g2SFJ7nsp3c7ryIo/edit?usp=sharing).

**WHO:** OnFinality, a SaaS platform providing infrastructure services for the Polkadot/Substrate community.

**WHAT:** Requesting 12,455.0830 DOT (USD $66,485.23) for ongoing costs of running high-performance, scalable, and reliable public infrastructure for Polkadot, Statemint, Collectives, Westend, and Encointer.

**TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES:** Q2 of 2023.

OnFinality High Performance Public Infrastructure (Q2 2023)

- Polkadot network is upgrading, ending Governance 1.0.
- Deposits from Treasury Spend Proposals will be unlocked.
- Some teams want their deposits back immediately.
- A new rule will slash deposits to avoid double spending.
- Proposers with pending OpenGov proposals might lose deposits.
- Gov 1.0 tips and treasury deposits will also be affected.
- Deposits will be refunded to those not matching the criteria.
- The list of recipients was made with help from Otar.

treasurer

WHO: Polkadot network

WHAT: Proposal to slash treasury deposits and Gov 1.0 tips for proposers who have pending OpenGov proposals requesting or incorporating same, and refund treasury deposits to those not matching criteria.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Treasury Proposals