- 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 prevent 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.

Awarded

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.

Rejecting Gov1.0 Treasury Proposals and Facilitating Bond Reimbursement where applicable

small_tipper

SmallTipper

**Summary**

- Tomi Astikainen is the only Polkadot Ambassador in Finland.
- He has been working to build a local Polkadot community on a voluntary basis.
- Tomi organized a Polkadot Decoded Viewing Party and encouraged others to become Ambassadors.
- He was invited to discuss Polkadot on the Hopium podcast, the first time Polkadot was mentioned in Finnish media.
- The podcast preparation and recording took about ten hours.
- Tomi is asking for a tip of 50 DOT (5 DOT per hour) for his work.
- He believes that media representation and community activation efforts should be incentivized.
- Please vote "Aye" to support his efforts and learning process.

The proposal is for the Polkadot community to tip the author 50 DOT for their work as the only Polkadot Ambassador in Finland, including an eight-hour preparation and two-hour recording for a Finnish language podcast about crypto and blockchain. The reasoning is that those who represent Polkadot in the media and initiate important conversations should receive incentives.

Small tip for Polkadot community activation in Finland

- Polkadotters have successfully finished a project and launched a UI Kit.
- The UI Kit is ready for people to use and make changes to.
- It has been tested on two platforms called Westend and Rococo.
- You can check out the UI Kit on the provided links for live demos.
- There are instructions available if you need help testing it.
- The team is looking for feedback to make the UI Kit even better.
- Dragana is the product manager who will gather ideas for future improvements.

medium_spender

WHO: MVP Workshop

WHAT: Successfully completed the initiative and delivered the MVP for the UI Kit. The pallet has been deployed and tested on Westend and Rococo. They are looking for new opportunities for additional funding and committed to improving the palette based on feedback.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

UI & Front-end for Asset Conversion pallet (referenda68) - Project Status Update - Delivery Completed

This project aims to create a new metadata protocol for offline devices and implement it in important tools like Ledger and Kampela. The project will also develop tools to port the protocol to other wallets and key management devices, including Polkadot Vault. The goal is to improve transaction security and network resilience.

The project is a joint development between Alzymologist Oy and Zondax. The main problems to be solved are the large size of metadata and ensuring its authenticity. The proposed solution includes adding a hash of metadata to signing inputs and reducing the size of transferred metadata.

The project has four milestones:

1. Requirements specifications and metadata review.
2. Offline metadata prototype.
3. Offline metadata specifications.
4. Offline devices implementation.

The total cost of development is €527,200, with an additional 2% for potential price volatility, totaling €537,744, which translates to 110.693,7 DOT. The funds will be deposited into Alzymologist Oy's account, and they will subcontract Zondax AG for 45.5% of the total amount of DOTs to cover their costs.

The project team includes Alzymologist Oy, a multidisciplinary team based in Finland, and Zondax AG, a team with experience in more than 50 blockchains.

big_spender

Metadata for offline signers

- AngelHack wants $55,234.38 to run two hackathons in Europe and Asia for Web3.
- They aim to connect with the Polkadot community to help more developers join.
- The proposal recaps a virtual hackathon and an in-person event in Paris.
- They are asking for money to pay for their second milestone as promised in an earlier proposal.
- More details about their plans and budget can be found in linked documents.

Rejected

Milestone 2: Polkadot Hackathon Global Series 2023: Europe Edition

- OpenZeppelin reviewed the ink! smart contract language and found 11 issues.
- This proposal is for more support for OpenZeppelin’s work.
- The Parity team worked well with OpenZeppelin during the review.
- The final report is available on OpenZeppelin’s blog.
- The ink! team has acknowledged all the issues found.
- Two issues have been fixed, and seven suggestions have been put into action.
- The remaining issues are still being worked on.

ink! design security review by OpenZeppelin (treasury proposal 2/2)

- A proposal is made to get money for the 2023 Polkadot Summer Hackathon in China.
- OneBlock, a group that organizes hackathons, has done this before and wants to continue.
- They had four successful hackathons from 2021 to 2022.
- The hackathon helps teach and encourage people to use Substrate, a tool for developers.
- The aim is to turn students of Substrate courses into builders who create projects.
- OneBlock is excited about the positive feedback from developers.
- They want financial help to make the summer hackathon happen.

OneBlock The 2023 Polkadot Summer Hackathon proposal

- Zeeve provides infrastructure for Polkadot's parachains to help developers build applications.
- The project aims to offer free, secure, and high-performing RPC endpoints for developers.
- There are challenges, such as high costs for running these APIs, which can make it hard for new developers to join.
- Zeeve plans to monitor and support these APIs 24 hours a day to keep everything running smoothly.
- They will also ensure that the infrastructure can handle many requests quickly.
- The funding needed for this project is about 21025 DOT (around $105,336) for six months.
- Zeeve is committed to helping the Polkadot community grow by providing tools and resources for developers.

Zeeve | Infrastructure Costs of Zeeve RPC APIs for 22 Polkadot Parachains - A Treasury Proposal

An error occurred during submission. Please reject.

- GenesisDAO is a special blockchain for creating and managing groups called DAOs.
- It got $100,000 to help build its main features.
- The team finished the back-end and is working on the front end for better user experience.
- GenesisDAO is currently running on a test network.
- The team's code is open for everyone to see and use.
- They are also making tools that allow other developers to customize their blockchain.
- Deep Ink Ventures is the group behind GenesisDAO, focused on helping blockchain startups.

Genesis DAO Ecosystem Integration

- This proposal is about Subscan, a tool that helps people understand the Polkadot network.
- Subscan needs money to keep running, which includes costs for servers, security, and staff.
- The proposal suggests using funds from the Polkadot treasury to pay for these costs from July to December 2022.
- They are asking for a total of $190,244 to help keep Subscan operating.
- This money will be converted to DOT, a cryptocurrency, based on a specific price on submission day.
- The proposal aims to support the growth of the Polkadot network.

Subscan | Infrastructure Costs of Subscan for Polkadot & Westend & Rococo & Statemint & Rockmine  Networks (from July to December 2022)

Duplicate of #292 (Please reject)

- A proposal is being rejected.
- The funds will be returned.
- The project will be moved to OpenGov.
- There is a discussion related to the project.
- More details can be found in a detailed proposal document.
- There is a video about Polkadot Hub in Denpasar.
- People can join the conversation on Matrix, Discord, and Telegram.

Polkadot Hubs - Initiative case-study - Please reject, we are posting this to OpenGov!

- The proposal is called “Boosting Developer Adoption for Polkadot Ecosystem Projects.”
- It is made by Missing Link, a company that helps find workers for blockchain jobs in Europe.
- The goal is to help the Polkadot ecosystem by placing 15 Rust developers in various companies.
- They want to use funds from a treasury to pay for recruiting services.
- They are asking for a total of $360,000 to help with this project.
- The funds will be given in three parts, or tranches, as the project progresses.
- They believe this will help the Polkadot ecosystem grow by providing skilled developers. 
- The proposal is open for community feedback before it is officially submitted.

Treasury Proposal for Missing Link: Boosting Developer Adoption

- This is a proposal for the Polkadot community about getting money back for costs from the DotsamaPrague conference in June 2022.
- The person asking for the money is Damsky, who works for KodaDot.
- They want 4099 DOT, which is about $25,798.
- The conference helped people learn and connect with others in the Polkadot group.
- The proposal was submitted late because the team was busy organizing other events with a small team.
- Damsky promises to submit future proposals on time. 
- They have organized other events like DOTBrno 2022 and a networking event in Lisboa.

Proposal: DotsamaPrague 07.06.2022 Retrospective Costs Reimbursement

- The RadiumBlock team helps provide services for the Polkadot/Substrate community.
- They want to be paid back for their work in late 2022 and early 2023.
- Their goal is to create reliable and secure services for customers.
- They made improvements to their infrastructure, like using both on-premises and cloud computing.
- They expanded their services to more locations worldwide.
- In late 2022, their Polkadot RPC nodes handled a lot of requests each day.
- In early 2023, the number of daily requests dropped but they still served many.

RadiumBlock seeks reimbursement for Polkadot Endpoint Service (Q4 2022 and Q1 2023)

- KusaMint is a tool for artists to create and manage NFTs easily.
- The proposal is asking for money to add new features and reach more NFT creators in the Dotsama community.
- They successfully completed all tasks from their first proposal.
- KusaMint will allow users to create NFTs on mobile devices.
- They want to add advanced tools to manage NFTs better including sales tracking.
- The proposal includes support for different types of NFTs from Ethereum.
- They are asking for about 17,488 DOT (which is about 91,987 dollars) to support their work.

KusaMint - Extension and Further Funding Q2-3 2023

**Dot.alert() Funding Request**

- **Proponent:** 12uokSRn2hmEWPZuzHK1xqnFxRgyoApLtXRBd4jFan2x2T1P
- **Date:** May 13, 2023
- **Amount Requested:** 7,654 DOT (equivalent to $41,402)
- **Purpose:** Funding for Q2 and Q3 2023 operations
- **Description:** Dot.alert() is a knowledgebase for safe asset management in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Previous Funding:** Received funding in Q4 2022 and Q1 2023
- **Discussion:** Available on Polkassembly (Post #1743)
- **Full Proposal:** Detailed plan includes milestones, tasks, and costs for April-September 2023

Treasury proposal: Dot.alert() operational costs – Q2-Q3 2023

- The proposal is about a partnership between the Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) and Every.org.
- TRF is a charity that works to support media freedom, economies, and human rights.
- The project aims to help more people understand blockchain technology and Web3, especially journalists.
- The goal is to educate those who think blockchain is only used for bad things or pollution.
- They want to create a pilot training program to teach these concepts effectively.
- This program will look at important events like the FTX collapse to help journalists report better.
- The partnership will work together to make sure the training fits the needs of the audience.
- The project will plan growth for future phases after the pilot is successful.

Building a better understanding of blockchain across mainstream global media

- Integritee wants to create private transaction sidechains.
- These sidechains will work on Statemine and Statemint.
- The proposal includes two main phases of development.
- They aim to deliver a beta version of these sidechains.
- More information can be found in their blog.
- There is a discussion thread for talking about this proposal.
- A detailed proposal document is available for people to read.

Privacy Sidechains on Statemin*

- Cervera is the creator of a YouTube channel called Cryptonitas.
- He started making educational videos for Polkadot and Kusama since April 19, 2021.
- Cervera helps the community by answering questions online and joining events.
- He organized a special event called Decoded 2022 in Valencia.
- The main goal of his work is to create a knowledgeable and helpful community.
- His new proposal aims to continue making over 85 pieces of content.
- He encourages everyone to read more details in his complete proposal.

Polkadot education content production extension by Cryptonitas

- Polkashots.io is asking for funding for January to April 2023.
- The service will end after this period.
- They created Polkashots as a tool for their own use but opened it to everyone in 2021.
- They provide daily snapshots for the Polkadot and Kusama networks.
- Snapshots help validators quickly set up or fix their systems.
- Their website offers download links and helpful information.
- They also manage problems and ensure their service runs smoothly.

Polkashots.io maintenance January-April 2023

- The proposal aims to improve blockchain by adding privacy and scaling features using special techniques called zero-knowledge proofs and homomorphic encryption.
- It uses Polkadot, a blockchain that can easily upgrade and add new features.
- With new libraries, developers can create projects that keep transactions private and cheap.
- Users can hide how much money they send, making transfers safer.
- The project helps make Polkadot a popular choice for new projects focused on privacy.
- The team wants to work with the Polkadot community to improve their libraries and ideas.
- They hope to create a strong infrastructure together to further enhance blockchain technology.