- Pinknode is a service that helps run important parts of the Polkadot, Statemint, and Westend networks.
- They started in 2021 and offer free services to help developers build on these networks.
- They served over 7 million requests per day in the last quarter of 2022.
- They made some improvements like faster storage and better logging.
- Their service was very reliable, with only one small problem in the last quarter.
- They have a public status page and a detailed report with more information.

Rejected

Pinknode Public Endpoint for Polkadot in Q4 2022

### Web3 Festival Proposal Summary

- **Proposer**: Hao Ding, founder of Web3Go.
- **Projects Involved**: Moonbeam, Phala, SubQuery, Web3Go, Litentry, CESS, and Gear.
- **Event**: Web3 Festival, Asia's largest event with over 10,000 attendees.
- **Objective**: Enhance Polkadot's presence in Asia and showcase ecosystem unity.
- **Activities**: Organize a Polkadot event in Hong Kong, inviting both Polkadot team members and external participants.
- **Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)**:
  1. 300+ registrations.
  2. 200+ attendees.
- **Contact**: Telegram (@hao_ding) and Discord (Hao#8704).
- **Full Proposal**: Available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OFMA8zcKLMNIZAbtfCBlS6xoOn9A3uQZRH7Eqhkl270/edit?usp=sharing).

Polkadot Side Event during Web3 festival in HongKong - treasury proposal #245

- Alex is a Web3 Founder & Business Developer working with MVP Workshop, a leading Web3 & Blockchain company in Europe.
- MVP Workshop has developed over 70 Blockchain products, including projects for Polygon, Parity, and Celsius Network.
- They are currently focusing on building a UI & Front-End for DotSwap, a UniSwap V1-based DEX on Statemint.
- MVP Workshop has experience with DEX development, including projects for Celsius, Bitcoin.com, and Tesseract Finance.
- They have been engaged in the Polkadot ecosystem by creating tools like the Substrate-Starter-Kit and developing a DEX on Moonbeam.
- MVP Workshop is now collaborating with Parity on two major initiatives: Parachain SDK and UI for a DEX on Statemint.
- They are seeking $80,960 or 13,500 DOT for the development of DotSwap's UI & Front-End.
- The proposal includes detailed sections on requirements, company background, project context, scope of work, and project estimates.

[Please reject] MVP Workshop Treasury Proposal: DotSwap UI & Front-End (a DEX on Statemint)

**Summary of Polkadot Ecosystem Improvement Proposal**

- **Problem**: Information in the Polkadot ecosystem is scattered across various websites and social media, making it hard for users to access and understand.
- **Goal**: Create a user-friendly platform that aggregates all Polkadot-related information into a single, easy-to-navigate website.
- **Objectives**:
  1. Provide an intuitive onboarding tool for new users.
  2. Collaborate with ecosystem teams to guide the platform's development.
- **Approach**: Collect and synthesize data from multiple sources to present it in a simple, user-friendly interface.
- **Expected Results**:
  1. Increase website traffic to raise awareness and adoption of Polkadot.
  2. Drive traffic to decentralized applications (DApps) within the ecosystem, helping users fully utilize the platform.

Connect the DOTs

🎁 Airdrop | DOT x Moonbeam

- **Project Name**: Polkanext/NextDream
- **DOT Address**: 12R3eB2g2mg49LizG6qhiTtDcEjcEXkyxu4Rw5SwQnDaMsBz
- **Date**: 18.02.2023
- **Requested Allocation**: $220,000 (30,797.659 DOT)
- **Focus**: Educational materials for tech professionals in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Formats**: On-demand videos, tips, architecture videos, meetups, discussions, bootcamps.
- **Audience**: University developers, industry pros, web2 devs, C-Level execs, newcomers.
- **Goal**: Equip members with knowledge, resources, and networks to thrive in Polkadot.

Milestone1 Proposal: Polkanext Training Community for Polkadot Ecosystem

### Sublab Proposal Summary

- **Objective**: Develop tools for developers in the Substrate ecosystem.
- **Focus**: Create native open-source libraries for mobile platforms in Polkadot and Kusama.
- **Current Work**: Completed 13 Swift and Kotlin repositories for Substrate networks.
- **Next Steps**: Improve existing libraries, collaborate with other projects, and make Kotlin libraries compatible with Kotlin Multi Platform.
- **Milestones**: Two-step plan to reach the current ecosystem state.
- **Features**: Enhance Substrate client, create a manager for multiple clients, support parachains, and develop SDKs for block explorers.
- **Mission**: Support developers by providing infrastructure, aiming for more mobile apps and partnerships.
- **Financing**: Requesting $259,500 for the current milestone, with planned releases and documentation.

Sublab proposal #DOT-1: Substrate client improvements, ecosystem tools, and Kotlinization

### Antwerp Crypto Community

- **Purpose**: To create a consistent and active community in Antwerp, Belgium, focused on Polkadot, crypto, and blockchain technology.
- **Duration**: 6 months, with one event per month.
- **Content**: Events will educate participants about blockchain technology, its global impact, and how to build projects.
- **No Investment Focus**: Events will not promote trading or investing in tokens.
- **Goal**: Empower and educate community members to develop their own projects.
- **Proposal Link**: [Detailed Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v-N2QZh0pq4dNpzx59d2_fTk7l3h7LscX4lSExXwZPc/edit?usp=sharing)
- **Feedback**: Open to suggestions and questions for improvement.

Antwerp Crypto Community

- The RMRK team has been working on developing NFTs (2.0) for Substrate chains for about 1.5 years.
- They aim to make these NFTs accessible across all layer 1 Substrate chains.
- The team is requesting funding from the Polkadot Treasury to support this project.
- They have been accepted into the Substrate Builders Program and have a 9-12 month plan with specific milestones.
- The proposal is available for review and feedback from the community.
- The team welcomes comments and questions to improve the project.
- They are grateful for the support and look forward to integrating community feedback.

Treasury Proposal: Funding Request for Continued Production of RMRK Substrate Pallets

### Proposal Summary

- **Proponent:** 1GuLrJcSi3z9sDewZxNYu9J6muHLRzS3NrXj4FUMWYfNFtx
- **Date:** 31.01.2023
- **Requested DOT:** 1724.13 DOT (equivalent to $10,000 USD)
- **Objective:** Educate Spanish audience about Polkadot through Zumitow, a popular daily newsletter in Spain.
- **Content:** 24 newsletter articles, 12 blog posts, 12 Twitter threads, and 12 short-form videos.
- **Audience:** Mainly Spanish, aged 25-45, interested in blockchain.
- **Timeline:** February 2023 to February 2024.
- **Topics:** Polkadot's tech, ecosystem, governance, and more.
- **Reporting:** Quarterly reports on community forum.
- **Payment:** $10,000 USD upfront, converted to DOT using EMA-30 price.

Educate the Spaniard audience about Polkadot 

### Polkadot Community Hub Proposal

- **Partners**: Crust Network, Oak Network, Gear Technologies, Moonbeam, and Robonomics.
- **Goal**: Create a Polkadot community hub in San Francisco for developers to meet and learn about the ecosystem.
- **Events**: 6 events from January to June 2022, one per month on the last Thursday.
- **Format**: First event is a panel talk, followed by 5 technical talks with networking.
- **Recording**: All educational sessions will be live-streamed and recorded.
- **Promotion**: Booths for each parachain to display merch and promotional materials.
- **Surveys**: Participants will fill out surveys to gather demographics and promote Polkadot's newsletter and Discord.

Polkadot SF Event Tour! 

**Polkadot Swag Shop Proposal**

- **Objective**: Create an online shop for Polkadot-branded merchandise.
- **Purpose**: Allow the Polkadot community to express their affiliation through branded clothing.
- **Current Gap**: No central place for Polkadot community members to buy branded items.
- **Support Needed**: Financial support to produce high-quality merchandise.
- **Community Feedback**: Encouraged for project setup and management.
- **Shop Name**: **polkaverse.shop**
- **Full Proposal**: Available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-D57rVJClUye-tQGinAqhDDHEpbFjabK).
- **Update**: Additional information provided in the last comment.

polkaswag.shop - an online swag shop for Polkadot ecosystem

- OAK Network is planning a Polkadot community meetup in the Bay Area, U.S., in November 2022.
- The event aims to bring together Polkadot and Kusama community members.
- It will introduce new professionals to the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The meetup is part of a series of events for the Polkadot community.
- The target audience includes professionals, students, investors, and creators.
- OAK Network is requesting 470 DOT ($3,000 USD) to cover event costs.
- A detailed budget breakdown is available in the proposal.
- The full proposal can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zTCIKiZZwXstYCK795BQxZzywQic4nYzc4NDVTnMtvs/edit#).

OAK Network San Francisco Polkadot Event Proposal

**Colorful Notion Proposal Summary:**

- Create a public archive of Polkadot and Kusama data.
- Focus on XCM Transfers and Messages.
- Provide data through UI, API, CDN, and BigQuery.
- Index all Polkadot chains for large-scale use.
- Model XCM across Polkadot/Kusama ecosystem.
- Enhance indexing as the ecosystem grows.
- Support new assets and XCM versions.

Polkaholic.io - Polkadot XCM/Multichain Block Explorer (Q2+Q3 2022)

do not use - Replaced by #171

### Ziggurat

- **Ziggurat** is a type of ancient stepped tower.
- It uses precise measurements to support layers above.
- The metaphor can be applied to network testing.
- Network testing has three layers:
  1. **Conformance**: Adherence to network protocols.
  2. **Performance**: Handling throughput under pressure.
  3. **Resistance**: Withstanding malicious behavior.
- **Ziggurat by Equilibrium** is a toolset for testing these layers.
- It helps ensure new releases are bug-free and secure.
- The goal is to prevent network-level hacks in blockchain networks.

Ziggurat: The Network Testing and Stability Framework

### Polkaevent

- **Purpose**: Polkaevent is a platform that lists all community events in the Polkadot ecosystem, making it easier for users to find and participate in them.
- **Features**: It includes a calendar called Dotsama Calendar, which shows events like airdrops, parachain launches, and chain upgrades.
- **Current Limitations**: The current calendar only shows online events and focuses on proposals and chain-related activities.
- **Bounties**: Polkaevent also lists bounties available in the Dotsama ecosystem, helping users find opportunities for rewards.
- **Design**: The platform is in its first draft, so some designs and features may change.
- **Proposal**: For more detailed information, including the team behind Polkaevent and their milestones, you can read the full proposal.

Proposal: Polkaevent - A one stop event discovery platform for the Dotsama ecosystem

- **Purpose**: Design an open-source user interface font for the Dotsama ecosystem and beyond.
- **Features**: Optimized for small screen sizes, with light, regular, and bold weights, matching italics, and a monospaced version for coding.
- **Scripts**: Supports both Latin and Cyrillic scripts.
- **Iconography**: Includes a suite of variable icons.
- **Format**: Packaged as a single, cutting-edge variable font.
- **Comparison**: Different from the Polkadot brand font, which is designed for large sizes.
- **Accessibility**: Aimed at global users, with utility beyond the Dotsama ecosystem.
- **Open Source**: Intended to be freely available for worldwide use.

Opensource UI font for the Dostama ecoysystem

**Polkadot HackerVilla Indore**

- Hosted by Amit Sharma, a member of the Hindi Education Group on Riot and LinkedIn.
- A 2-day event in Indore, India, on March 11-12, 2023.
- Focuses on teaching Web3 fundamentals and building full-stack decentralised applications (dApps) on Polkadot and its parachains.
- Aimed at onboarding 50 students to the Web3 ecosystem.
- Requested budget: 2200 DOT ($10,400), calculated using a 30-day average tool by Subscan.
- Venue: Ace Villa, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
- Detailed proposal, milestones, and budget can be found in this [Google Document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pryz69iywKEWYIkiWLNRNKlZYPI8v-Wihn01fw8AH9M).

Proposal: Polkadot HackerVilla Indore

- OnFinality provides RPC API support for 68 substrate networks.
- They propose funding to support all 38 Polkadot parachains during the crypto winter.
- Each parachain would receive $620 per month for basic service support.
- This funding should cover up to 5 million daily API responses.
- Larger networks would cover additional costs beyond the base funding.
- OnFinality plans to collaborate with other infrastructure providers for a long-term solution.
- They aim to create a "Parachain Infrastructure Bounty" for sustainable ecosystem support.

Awarded

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OnFinality proposes to provide funded complete support for the entire Polkadot ecosystem by allocating US$620 of base funding each month for each parachain’s API service. This will cover the existing 38 Polkadot parachains. The proposal aims to provide immediate relief to cash-starved parachains through the winter and help new emergent chains get started. The total combined running cost for each month is estimated at USD $23,560.00. The initial proposal is for July's cost only. In the long term, the proposal aims to create a new “Parachain Infrastructure Bounty” to provide basic public services for all active parachains for both ecosystems.

Funded High Performance Public Infrastructure for the entire Polkadot Ecosystem (OnFinality)

- **Polkassembly** is a key part of Polkadot and Kusama governance.
- It helps users participate in OpenGov, a new governance system.
- They finished their first milestone by adapting to OpenGov changes by the end of February.
- The next milestone focuses on making delegation easy and fun.
- They have a new user dashboard to help with delegation.
- Users can choose delegates based on their experience and voting power.
- They are also working on making the platform more user-friendly and secure.
- More details are available in their [detailed proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/14hg1lAfeAgrR4YimqxPp-6XGW3gsvGzYAQnowpNGxoE/edit?usp=sharing).

medium_spender

WHO: Polkassembly
WHAT: Build a user dashboard and delegation experience for agile governance on Polkadot and Kusama
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified. Detailed cost calculations and milestone 3 available in the proposal.

Treasury proposal for New Product Development & OpenGov Deployment

### Polkadot Relayers 2023 Proposal Summary

- **Proponent:** Tribe/AngelHack 13Ghf2T883ZobjngC1BAgR1BWvK2P7qP37gGxHDVFf3fjbmw
- **Requested DOT:** USD$175,000 (35,277.535 DOT)
- **Collaborators:** Astar, HydraDX, Interlay, OAK Network, Moonbeam, Zeitgeist, Unique Network
- **Objective:** To run the Polkadot Relayers program in 2023, focusing on nurturing project teams with mentorship, investment, and ecosystem support.
- **Previous Success:** The 2022 edition successfully brought together developers and entrepreneurs, providing a platform for innovative ideas.
- **Improvements:** The 2023 edition aims to build on 2022's learnings, working closely with 7 parachain teams.
- **Budget:** Total funding requested is USD$291,400, with the first milestone requesting USD$175,000 for operating and logistics costs.
- **Full Proposal:** Available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UGK5Go2uPAhpD3txdhJBJaUaxmUSCEvupFbrpPS5mtY/edit?usp=sharing).

**WHO:** Tribe/AngelHack 13Ghf2T883ZobjngC1BAgR1BWvK2P7qP37gGxHDVFf3fjbmw

**WHAT:** Run Polkadot Relayers program in 2023, an early-stage incubator program for dApps on Polkadot’s parachains, in collaboration with 7 dedicated parachain teams.

**PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES:** Requesting USD$175,000 for the first milestone of a total treasury funding of USD$291,400 to cover operating expenses, virtual and in-person logistics costs, and travel grants.

Polkadot Relayers Incubator 2023

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### Polkadot Summer Hackathon 2023 Proposal

- **Event**: Polkadot Summer Hackathon 2023
- **Organizers**: OneBlock and Parity Asia
- **Objective**: Promote Substrate framework and convert learners into builders.
- **Previous Successes**: Four successful hackathons in 2021 and 2022.
- **Feedback**: Positive feedback from developers.
- **Proposal**: Request for funding to support operations and prizes.
- **Details**: Full proposal available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qbPj7MbKHEWC70nZU13Km4VozKOonnyKsu2pdWtsf00/edit?usp=sharing).
- **Comments**: Open for feedback and suggestions.

OneBlock proposes to organize the 2023 Polkadot Summer Hackathon in China, in collaboration with Parity Asia, to promote Substrate as an open-source framework for developers. They request financial support for operations and prizes. The proposal follows the success of previous hackathons in 2021-2022. No specific price, timeframe, or resources are mentioned in the summary.

Treasury Proposals