Rejected

🎁 Airdrop | DOT x Moonbeam

- Polkanext is asking for $220,000 to create educational materials in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- They plan to offer videos, tips, discussions, and bootcamps for learning.
- Their goal is to help tech professionals and newcomers understand technology better.
- Polkanext aims to connect university developers and industry experts with resources and networks.
- They have a strong team of partners with experience in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The educational content will be updated regularly to keep it relevant. 
- Polkanext wants to build a community focused on technology and growth in Polkadot.

Proponent: [DOT Address]: Polkanext/NextDream 12R3eB2g2mg49LizG6qhiTtDcEjcEXkyxu4Rw5SwQnDaMsBz

Date: 18.02.2023

Requested allocation:USD$220.000 | 30,797.659 DOT*

Dot calculated via EMA7 on the day of the official submission, 18.02.2023 at 00.05 UTC time-zone. 1 DOT = 6,494(EMA7)

Short description:
Polkanext endeavors to establish itself as a preeminent provider of educational and learning materials for technology professionals and enthusiasts, with a specific focus on the Polkadot dotsama ecosystem. Our educational materials are offered in a variety of formats, including on-demand videos, concise tips and tricks videos, in-depth architecture videos, interactive meetups, roundtable discussions, and comprehensive bootcamps. Our ultimate objective is to equip our diverse range of target audiences, encompassing university developer communities, industry professionals, current web2 developers, C-Level executives, and newcomers, with the requisite knowledge, resources, and networks to flourish in the tech industry within the Polkadot ecosystem. We are supported by a network of partners, tooling, and developers, who possess a wealth of expertise in the Polkadot ecosystem and are fully committed to helping our members learn, progress, and connect with others in the community. By continually updating our educational materials and offering a wide range of learning and engagement formats, Polkanext strives to cultivate a sense of connection and engagement among our members and establish a community that is committed to driving the future of technology within the Polkadot ecosystem.
Full proposal [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uo7GDueegnCgt87iXznSKHT-Yf5toZwUkFY3DaJww5Y/edit?usp=share_link).

Milestone1 Proposal: Polkanext Training Community for Polkadot Ecosystem

- The Sublab team is creating tools for developers in the Substrate ecosystem.
- They recently finished their first proposal and made 13 libraries in Swift and Kotlin.
- The new proposal aims to improve these libraries and work with popular mobile functions.
- They want to build a special manager to handle multiple clients on mobile devices efficiently.
- The team plans to ensure their libraries work with all existing parachains and create small libraries for accessing block explorers.
- They are asking for $259,500 to support their project and plan to share progress on their GitHub and Telegram.
- Their goal is to help developers create better apps and support existing applications in the ecosystem.

Dear community,

We're proud to present our next proposal from the Sublab team which primary focus is on developing tools for developers in Substrate ecosystem. This proposal is published after 10 days since the discussion was published.

Please feel free to read the full proposal document at this link: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ipyb2_d1d9FCYY4Xp3aRi5CZmZJOzbqBZ50hQMerUI/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ipyb2_d1d9FCYY4Xp3aRi5CZmZJOzbqBZ50hQMerUI/edit?usp=sharing)

![](https://sublab.dev/logo.png)

**Context of proposal**

[sublab.dev](https://sublab.dev) is the California based company designated to develop fully native open-source libraries for mobile platforms in Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems, covering everything with reliable unit-tests and providing rich documentation to the developers community. 

We've recently finished our [very first proposal](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/motion/532) within which we created 13 Swift and Kotlin repositories to operate with Substrate networks. While we have basic functionality, we still need to develop more features to reach current ecosystem state and its functionality. Also, we agreed to collaborate with a couple of projects in ecosystem to develop base SDKs for their services in Swift and Kotlin, and chose extra providers to develop SDKs for, which cover most popular functionality in mobile applications. Furthermore, we now seek to make our Kotlin libraries be written fully in Kotlin and use only Kotlin libraries so that we can make our libraries ready for Kotlin Multi Platform.

This proposal is expected to be a first step out of two in series of milestones to come as close as possible to current ecosystem state. Also next milestone is suppose to cover improvements/fixes to existing libraries and more collaborations.

**What we're trying to accomplish within this milestone**

Most of our efforts are projected to be put into Substrate client we made for Swift and Kotlin. 

Primary purpose is to create pre-created set of models and functionality like popular and common between all networks constants, storage queries, functions and events, so end developer will not need to always write boilerplate code. This potentially saves thousands of hours if we take into consideration multiple teams working with these libraries. Also we want to boost our extrinsic service to have all day-to-day methods in it: fees estimation, transfers, batch requests, and so on.

Secondly, we want to develop special manager which will be capable of handling hundreds of simultaneous clients at the same time. Mobile devices even though they're powerful nowadays still not almighty. Application sandbox is limited, thus in order to work with many networks in parallel we wish to create set of functions and classes which will be responsible for turning on and off all clients depending on current app function optimizing CPU and RAM usage. 

To make this manager it's also needed to have some caching mechanism: we propose to create a database which will be responsible for storing everything from these multiple connections, work with pre-defined common constants, storage queries, functions, and events, combining everything together to speed up and optimize cold and hot starts of Substrate client instances.

Last but not least part of Substrate client improvements in this milestone is to provide support to work with all existing parachains. Every network has their own runtime which sometime differs very much. So we look forward to create as many as possible unit tests to check compatibility of our Substrate client with every existing parachain today. Indeed this would require a lot of internal client changes. So we will do our best to keep our codebase clean and tidy, and at the same time powerful to handle dozens of different networks, and hundreds of connections.

Also, in this proposal we're looking forward to making a set of small libraries to provide SDK interface to most popular block explorers which are used for fetching history and many more: SubQuery, Subsquid and Subscan. For now, we decided to develop basic interface so that we don't dive too deep into all functionality and get burden of supporting it all. In this proposal we want to provide functionality that allows developers to use all of the service features, but maybe with small tweaks. However, we might find some solutions to do later to optimize and avoid this extra customization. As extra, there will be couple of token/fiat exchange rate resolvers to choose from.

In parallel, there are two small projects. Provide Combine interface in our Swift libraries so that Swift developers can choose what asynchronous approach they would like to use in their application. And Kotlinization. This is very special project for us: we have created a few of libraries in Kotlin from scratch like schnorrkel algorithm. And since we still rely on some Java libraries, it is not that easy to make our Kotlin libraries compatible with Kotlin Multi Platform. This technology opens a big opportunity to use our libraries in many different platforms from mobile applications to web, so we're encouraged to make our libraries ready for this bright future.

**Our mission**

We want the Substrate ecosystem developers to just do brand new features to make the ecosystem richer and be recognizable by even more people around the globe, while we can hold their backs by doing a great infrastructural work. We want to see more mobile apps in the ecosystem either from existing parachains to launch their own apps or absolutely new mobile wallets with more innovative functions. Same we want to help existing applications by solving their core issues within our works and help them adopt our products. Also we aim to partner with as much as possible existing networks and/or companies who already deliver their services to ecosystem, so that even their products might be easy accessible via reliable SDKs.

**Proposal financing and deliverables**

We're requesting $259,500 for the current milestone which includes improvements to existing Substrate clients, SDKs for block explorers and currency exchange rate providers, adding Combine interface to Swift libraries and migrating our Kotlin libraries to use only Kotlin, not Java dependencies. Each part is planned to be released separately and sequentially along with publications to public package managers' repositories, as well as on our GitHub for a review. Also we're planning announcements on our Telegram channel and future Medium blog with a brief description of deliverables. And in the end when we finish documentation part we're going to publish on-chain report with appropriate links to the open source code, package managers' repositories, our articles on Medium, and links to documentation website ([https://docs.sublab.dev](https://docs.sublab.dev))

**Epilogue**

We look forward to hearing from you any constructive feedback and/or questions regarding our planned works. Feel free to refer to our [proposal document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ipyb2_d1d9FCYY4Xp3aRi5CZmZJOzbqBZ50hQMerUI/edit?usp=sharing)

Sincerely,
Sublab team

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

- Antwerp Crypto Community is a group of events happening once a month in Antwerp, Belgium.
- The goal is to create an active community focused on Polkadot, crypto, and blockchain.
- There will be a total of 6 events over 6 months.
- The events will not talk about trading or investing in tokens.
- Instead, they will teach people about the technology and its global impact.
- The focus will be on helping people come up with their own project ideas.
- Feedback and questions about the events are welcome.

I propose the creation of Antwerp Crypto Community, a series of events that take place monthly in the city of Antwerp in Belgium. The aim of the Events is to build a consistent and active community in the city of Antwerp around Polkadot, crypto and blockchain.

The proposal is for 6 months and hence it would be a runway of 6 events to be organised in Antwerp. The events will NOT be about investing or trading and will NEVER endorse investments in tokens. Rather, the events would educate community members in depth about the technology as a whole, the impact of it in communities around the world and empower, encourage and educate people to build projects on their own ideas.

The [link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v-N2QZh0pq4dNpzx59d2_fTk7l3h7LscX4lSExXwZPc/edit?usp=sharing) to the proposal:.

Any feedback for improvement, clarification or questions are appreciated and welcome.

Antwerp Crypto Community

- The RMRK team has been working for about 1.5 years on creating special digital items called NFTs.
- They want to make these NFTs easy to use on different platforms.
- They are asking for money to help with this project from the Polkadot Treasury.
- The team is now part of the Substrate Builders Program, which gives them extra resources.
- They have a plan for the next 9-12 months to make their tools better.
- They invite everyone to look at their project details and share their thoughts.
- The team is excited to hear from the community and improve their work based on feedback.

Greetings community!  

We are the RMRK team and for ~1.5 years we've prioritized developing rmrk-substrate-pallets with an intention to make 2.0 NFTs natively accessible across all layer 1 Substrate chains.

To this end, we are requesting funding from the Polkadot Treasury to support the realization of this vision. We are recently accepted into the Substrate Builders Program and with resources newly available we have outlined a 9-12 month plan -complete with deliverables and program milestones- aimed at achieving more general availability of the RMRK lego suite.

Our proposal is available for your review [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JG7iy1_hy6-CQi5vw3Kd3rfrkxjRN-oUknJVHsg3M9k/edit?usp=sharing), and please feel free to leave your comments and feedback below so we can answer your questions.

Thank you so much, Dotsama fam, we look forward to reading and integrating your feedback!

Respectfully,

RMRK Team

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

- A proposal was made on January 31, 2023, requesting $10,000 to educate people in Spain about Polkadot.
- The money would fund 24 newsletter articles, 12 blog posts, 12 Twitter threads, and 12 short videos about Polkadot.
- Zumitow is a popular newsletter in Spain with over 9,500 subscribers and many readers interested in blockchain technology.
- Spain has a lot of developers, and the proposal aims to attract them to Polkadot since most previous efforts focused on Latin America.
- The content will be tailored for the Spanish audience and cover key topics related to Polkadot’s technology and ecosystem.
- The project will start in February 2023 and end in February 2024, with regular updates and reports on progress.
- The total budget includes costs for all types of content created to educate and engage the community.

**Proponent:** 1GuLrJcSi3z9sDewZxNYu9J6muHLRzS3NrXj4FUMWYfNFtx

**Date:** 31.01.2023

**Requested DOT:** 1724.13 DOT which is equal to $10,000 USD, to be converted to DOT using the EMA-30 Dot price from Subscan on the day of the submission

**Short description:** This proposal is intended to fund a series of efforts to educate the audience from Spain about Polkadot through one of the biggest daily newsletters in the country called Zumitow. The proposal covers **24 articles in the newsletter, 12 blog posts, 12 twitter threads and 12 short format videos about Polkadot tech stack and its ecosystem.**

### **Context of the proposal**
Zumitow ([zumitow.com](https://zumitow.com/)) is one of the biggest daily newsletters in Spain, with over 9,500 Subscribers and over 5K daily readers. Most readers (50%+) are eager to learn about blockchain technology and receive news related to the industry. We strive to be the go-to place for financial news in Spain for people between 25 and 35 years old.

Besides our daily newsletter, we have a set of constantly growing channels where we engage with our audience. Among these channels are our blog (with over 500 visits weekly), our [Twitter](https://twitter.com/zumitow) profile (5.3K followers), and our video format channels, [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/zumitow_es/) and [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVMDMmaxo2U7tIVJzJXDuGg). 

So far, 88% of our readers claim to have learned something new from our content, while 10% said they refreshed some knowledge. Our tone is direct and didactic, and we try to be perceived as an easygoing source of information, similar to Morning Brew in the United States. 

### **Problem Statement**
Polkadot has made a considerable effort to get its name out there with initiatives like the Davos conference, Polkadot Decoded in several cities, and more. However, we have detected that much of the effort to promote the Polkadot brand in the Spanish-speaking sphere has targeted Latin America. 

Meanwhile, Spain has a strong developer scene with over 300,000 devs, according to El Confidencial, making it the 5th hub for developers in the 27 countries of the European Union. The number of developers in Spain is considerably higher than those in Argentina (115,000), Mexico (225,000), Colombia (62,000) or Chile (61,000). Moreover, according to Google Trends, Spain is way above all countries in LATAM regarding search interest in blockchain. 

The fact that Polkadot has focused its communications in Spanish so intensely towards LATAM, the Spaniard population has been left a bit behind and, therefore, there’s a missed opportunity to attract developers and community members from this region to the Polkadot ecosystem. 


### **Solution & Proposal Objective**
We will make the Polkadot story closer to the Spaniard population by educating our community and the broader market about the tech, the ecosystem, etc. 
The solution would consist of 4 content hubs:

- **Our newsletter**:We will include 1 article, twice per month, talking about one of the unique characteristics of Polkadot or its latest developments. This will redirect to the Polkadot Newsletter sign up page. 
- **Our Blog**: We will craft 12 dedicated blog posts covering, in full length, 12 topics about Polkadot, including its tech, ecosystem and recent developments. 
- **Our Twitter account**: We will craft 12 Twitter Threads covering Polkadot’s most important developments throughout the year. 
-**Our Instagram, Tiktok and Youtube**: We will post 12 short-form videos educating the audience about Polkadot’s key features and recent developments. 

All of this content will be made available for the public and will be crafted having the Spaniard audience in mind. 

### **Our Audience**
Our audience has the following characteristics: 

- Mainly Spaniards, with over 90% of our readers living in Spain. 
- 80%+ males, 25-45 years old
- 72% are currently working 
- 50%+ are interested in blockchain education and news.

### **Timeline**
The anticipated timeline for this project starts in February 2023 and ends in February 2024.The actual start date may be adjusted depending on the grant date.

**Newsletter Posts**
February 20 & 28
March 14 & 28
April 11 & 25
May 9 & 23
June 6 & 20
July 4 & 18
August 8 & 22
September 5 & 19
October 2 & 24 
November 7 & 21
December 5 & 19 
January 9 & 23
February 6 & 27

**Blog Posts**
February 20
March 14
April 11
May 9
June 6
July 4
August 8
September 5
October 2
November 7
December 5

**Twitter Threads**
February 28
March 31
April 30
May 31 
June 30
July 31
August 31
September 30
October 31
November 30
December 29


**Short-form videos**
February 28
March 31
April 30
May 31 
June 30
July 31
August 31
September 30
October 31
November 30
December 29

### **Topics to be covered**

Here’s an overview of the topics to be covered during the period of the proposal. We will also include topics that develop during the year. 

Our content generation strategy picks a topic and transforms and adapt it into each of the formats to increase the reach. 

- Polkadot’s place in the blockchain industry

- Parachains, Parathreads and the Relay Chain

- Welcome to the Chaos, why Kusama? 

- The Polkadot ecosystem: A quick trip to the parachains. 

- Blockchain trends and how Polkadot is well positioned to capitalize on them: Privacy, DID, RWAs, ZK, Interoperability. 

- Democracy enhanced: Governance v2 

- Securing the network and staying liquid: Polkadot’s Liquid Staking field. 

- Decentralising Social Media: Project Liberty

- Promotion for Official Polkadot Events

- More topics to be added during the year.  

### **Reporting**
We will provide a quarterly report, to be posted on the community forum, with the stats from each of the pieces published.

### **Payment Details**
We are requesting $10,000 USD, to be paid upfront, as this proposal consists of a single milestone. Please see the cost breakdown on the following page.

This will be converted to a quantity of DOT using the EMA-30 Dot price from Subscan on the date of submission.

The EMA-30 price is 5.8 on January 31, 2023. $10,000 / 5.8 = 1724.13 DOT.

### **Budget Breakdown**

**24 Newsletter Posts**
250 USD per post
6,000 USD total 

**12 blog posts**
150 per post 
1,800 USD total

**12 Twitter threads**
12 USD per thread
600 USD total 

**12 short format videos**
134 USD per video 
1600 USD total

**10,000 USD Grand Total**


### **Beneficiary Information**

Fund recipient address: 1GuLrJcSi3z9sDewZxNYu9J6muHLRzS3NrXj4FUMWYfNFtx

Fund manager contact: Hector Perez (hector@zumitow.com)



Educate the Spaniard audience about Polkadot 

- Crust Network, Oak Network, Gear Technologies, Moonbeam, and Robonomics made a proposal.
- They want to create a Polkadot community hub in San Francisco for developers.
- The hub will host 6 events from January to June 2022, one event each month.
- The first event will have a panel talk, and the other five will be technical talks with networking afterwards.
- Events will be recorded and live-streamed for others to learn from.
- There will be booths for parachain teams to showcase their materials.
- Attendees will take a survey to help understand who comes to the events.

Crust Network, Oak Network, Gear Technologies, Moonbeam, and Robonomics have come together to create this proposal! 

The goal of this proposal is to create a Polkadot community hub in San Francisco whereby Polakdot's current and future developers can meet each other, and learn about the other projects in the ecosystem. By hosting consecutive events in San Francisco we hope to increase Polakdot brand awareness, credibility, and community presence which should increase the number of builders on Polkadot and its parachain projects. 


This proposal aims to fund several activities organized by parachain teams during the first half of the year 1/12 - 6/18 2022. With this proposal, we aim to receive a pre-payment to cover costs for the details stated in this proposal. However, we know there is a strict funding process and we are happy to adhere to any requests, or procedures you may enforce. 

Here is a shortened version of our full proposal:

- 6 events, 1 per month, on the last Thursday of each month 

- The first event will be a panel talk and the following 5 will be technical talks with networking after. 

- All educational portions of events will be live-streamed, and recorded for Polkadot to use. We will also have a professional photographer, and booths set-up for each parachain to put their merch and promotional materials. 

- All event participants will fill out a welcome survey so we can determine attendee demographics, and promote Polkadot newsletter/discord. 

Find the full proposal at this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mb_p8bK9xt3xGcyrwLVVy1pw30DwEa6r/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104094751791240618475&rtpof=true&sd=true

This is a video of a previous panel event we hosted in San Francisco with Chainlink: https://twitter.com/CrustNetwork/status/1603994854844903424?s=20&t=H7dTl6kk1d84FJIt31Lt4g

Polkadot SF Event Tour! 

- A person named Sanath wants to create an online shop for Polkadot community merchandise.
- The shop will offer high-quality Polkadot branded items.
- Many communities, like sports or music fans, express their love through wearing branded clothing.
- Currently, there isn’t a main place for Polkadot fans to buy these items.
- Sanath believes that the Polkadot community should be able to show their pride, both online and offline.
- He is asking the community for financial support and feedback on the proposal.
- The project is called polkaverse.shop, and Sanath is excited to hear suggestions for products.

Hello Polkadot community!

I am planning an online swag shop for our community, where we can get merchandise for the whole Polkadot ecosystem. With your support and help, I would like to launch this project.
By this proposal I would like to ask for financial support so that I can create high quality and "nice shit" Polkadot branded merchandise and an online shop for it.

Every community, be it football fans, music fans or any other fan community, wants to express their affiliation and identify with like-minded people and find each other. In the offline world, this is mostly done by choosing and wearing branded clothing of their community.
From the [tweets ](https://twitter.com/danreecer_/status/1549410141275127808?s=20&t=ERTVI3RR-E1_uuJfWn5yGw)of Dan Reecer and Peter Mauric and the reaction of the community to them, it became clear that there is currently no "central place" where our Polkadot community can cover ourselves with branded clothing and fulfill our needs. Our young and rapidly growing Polkadot community should be able to proudly present their affiliation in the crypto world as well as in the offline world.

I ask you to study my proposal and consider how I would like to set up and manage the whole project. I look forward to your constructive feedback and support for **polkaverse.shop**.

**Please see the full proposal [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-D57rVJClUye-tQGinAqhDDHEpbFjabK)** and also share in the comments what products you expect from polkaswag.shop.

cheers!

Sanath

**Update: There is an update to this post. Please read the last comment from me.**

polkaswag.shop - an online swag shop for Polkadot ecosystem

- OAK Network wants to hold a Polkadot community meetup in November 2022 in the Bay Area, U.S. 
- The event is for Polkadot and Kusama community members to connect and meet new people. 
- They hope this will be the first of many events to teach more about Polkadot. 
- They want to invite professionals, students, investors, and creators. 
- The team has experience organizing successful events. 
- They are asking for 470 DOT (around $3,000) to help pay for the meetup. 
- More details about the costs can be found in their proposal.

Our parachain OAK Network is proposing to host a Polkadot community meetup in November, 2022 in the Bay Area, U.S. The event will bring together current Polkadot & Kusama community members to strengthen relationships and introduce new professionals to the Polkadot ecosystem.
Our ambition is for this event to be the first in a series of events for the Polkadot community where a diverse range of new people have access to learning about Polkadot. This includes professionals, students, investors and creators. Our team has significant experience hosting successful and impactful events for the ecosystem.
Our team is requesting 470 DOT ($3,000 USD approximately) to help contribute to the costs associated with running and hosting the San Francisco event. A comprehensive breakdown of expenditure can be found in the later sections of this proposal.
The full proposal can be [found here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zTCIKiZZwXstYCK795BQxZzywQic4nYzc4NDVTnMtvs/edit#)

OAK Network San Francisco Polkadot Event Proposal

- The proposal is from Colorful Notion to support Polkaholic.io, a site that helps explore block data.
- It focuses on indexing information from Polkadot and Kusama networks, especially about XCM Transfers and Messages.
- They plan to create a public archive of all important data like blocks and events, making it available in different ways.
- They will keep updating and indexing all Polkadot chains to help big systems use the information.
- The project aims to understand and model how XCM Transfers work in the Polkadot/Kusama ecosystem.
- They want to improve Polkaholic.io as more new parachains and features come into play.

**Detailed Proposal:**

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_ao-Hk-GxIPUDpWijDK4KXUjst0rglZZBzIuMGG7aVQ/edit#](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_ao-Hk-GxIPUDpWijDK4KXUjst0rglZZBzIuMGG7aVQ/edit#)

**Short Description:**

Support Colorful Notion’s Polkaholic.io open source XCM/Multichain block explorer, indexing of all Polkadot + Kusama + parachain data with a special emphasis on XCM Transfers / Messages, made available in UI/API/CDN/BigQuery form to support  Polkadot ecosystem’s multichain initiatives.

**Proposal Summary:**

Colorful Notion proposes to:
- Expose and maintain public archive of all the raw data indexed by Polkaholic.io (blocks, extrinsics, events and traces) available in CDN form and then in BigQuery form and indexed data (specifically and especially XCM transfers and XCM messages) in API form
- Continue to index all Polkadot chains to the fullest extent possible to generate and maintain the archive with APIs, which may be relied upon by large scale archival systems.  These APIs maintain Value transfers/XCM transfers according to DEX info on top  “defi” parachains
- Model XCM Transfers and Messages across the entire Polkadot/Kusama ecosystem
- Enhance Polkaholic.io indexing as the Polkadot ecosystem expands: New parachains, new pallets generating XCM extrinsics/messages  with new XC Assets, support for ERC20/PSP22/ERC721/PSP34 assets, XCMv3, and new bridges

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

https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/171

do not use - Replaced by #171

- A Ziggurat is a tall, stepped tower made of rectangles.
- It has three important layers for testing networks: Conformance, Performance, and Resistance.
- Conformance checks if the network follows the right rules.
- Performance sees how well the network works under a lot of pressure.
- Resistance checks if the network can handle attacks.
- Tools named Ziggurat help developers test these layers.
- This testing is important to keep networks safe from hacks.

A Ziggurat is a rectangular stepped tower that uses precise measurements to ensure that each foundation can support the layers above.

This metaphor can be applied to network testing by defining three layers:

1. Conformance: adherence to the network protocol
2. Performance: healthy throughput under pressure
3. Resistance: the withstanding of malicious behavior

Ziggurat, by [Equilibrium](https://equilibrium.co/), is a set of tools that allows node developers to test these three layers extensively and ensure that each new release does not introduce bugs, performance bottlenecks, or security flaws.

As mentioned in the conclusion of the recent Trail of Bits report: It’s only a matter of time before a blockchain network is completely toppled by a network-level hack. This proposal will detail why this work is critical, and how we will go about solving it.

For the full proposal, see https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HRhFKo5w73wP5Nz8hg3xtw5GmPseNrzsarJLNNZqDZo/edit?usp=sharing

Ziggurat: The Network Testing and Stability Framework

- Polkaevent is a platform to help people find events in the Polkadot ecosystem easily.
- It lists all events in one place, so users don’t have to search multiple sources like Twitter or Polkassembly.
- The Dotsama Calendar shows events like airdrops, parachain launches, and chain upgrades.
- It also includes referenda dates and other important updates for parachains.
- Polkaevent has a bounties section that lists tasks and rewards in the Dotsama ecosystem.
- The platform aims to make it easier for users to stay updated on Polkadot events.
- It uses social media to promote these events and help the community grow.

### **THE PROPOSAL**

**Description**


One of the key pillars for the growth of a particular technology revolves around community events organised by the technology educators and other members of the community. Even though you have events that happen today in the Polkadot ecosystem, the discovery of these events still remains quite cumbersome. You might find some event details here and there from twitter to Polkassembly, but it's difficult for users to find them without going out of their way to keep up with these channels. 

Polkaevent focuses on bringing these events together by listing all of them on one single platform thereby taking away the pain of discovery from the end user. It also aims to use its social channels to market those events. 

**Dotsama Calendar**


Dotsama calendar showcases everything that’s happening in the Dotsama ecosystem along with the relevant details of the location where that’s happening. So be it an airdrop, a new Parachain launch or just regular news, you can find all the info in the calendar.

The current calendar is limited as in it just shows things around proposals and only has an option for online events. This current calendar is designed to work with the parachains and relay chains where it’ll showcase events around the chain. It will show events around chain upgrades, new parachain launches, airdrops/other events for that chain. In fact it will also show referenda dates for a particular parachain.


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**Bounties**


The bounties section in Polkaevent lists out all the bounties that are part of the Dotsama ecosystem along with their respective details. This is a first draft of the design so please take this with a grain of salt.



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For more details about the team, V1 Design and milestones please read our full proposal:

[Proposal for Polkaevent](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ea4LU0Xo8hgtLlh7IJ6u9Q0PymhpJVGj6uidRRpXJbo/edit?usp=sharing)

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

- A new open-source font is being created for the Dotsama ecosystem.
- It will be made for small screens and will have light, regular, and bold versions.
- There will also be italics and a special coding version of the font.
- The font will include icons and support both Latin and Cyrillic letters.
- It will be packaged as a modern variable font in one file.
- This font is different from the Polkadot brand font, which is for larger sizes.
- The goal is for the font to help users all over the world.

We propose the design and production of an open source user interface font for the Dotsama ecosystem and beyond. The font will be specifically designed for small size screen use, come in light, regular and bold weights with matching italics and a corresponding monospaced version for coding. The font will also come with a suite of variable iconography and cover both latin and cyrillic scripts. We aim to wrap this all up in a single file as a cutting edge variable font, offering both technical and design benefits.

Unlike the Polkadot brand font that was designed for large sizes, this typeface will be built specifically for small size use across the Dotsama ecosystem. As an open source font our aim is that it has utility for users around the world.

[Read full proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KlK51o5JfTAwJQlv7AkZtv5FL5oKDtiUd5GOtKFT5GA/edit#heading=h.v6is2ta0txr1)

Opensource UI font for the Dostama ecoysystem

- Amit Sharma is organizing a Hackerhouse event called "Polkadot HackerVilla Indore."
- The event will happen on March 11 and 12, 2023, in Indore, India.
- Students will learn about Web3 and build a decentralized application (dApp) on Polkadot.
- The goal is to help 50 students start building in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The event will take place at Ace Villa in Madhya Pradesh.
- Funding requested is 2200 DOT, worth about $10,400.
- More details can be found in a linked document.

Hello, my name is Amit Sharma. You can find me on riot as **@amit_hindi_education_group:matrix.org** or [Linkedin](https://in.linkedin.com/in/versatileamit).


Blockchain Prime will host a 2-day, retro-style Hackerhouse called " Polkadot HackerVilla Indore," where students will start by learning the fundamentals of Web3 and complete a series of tasks culminating in the creation of a full-stack decentralised application (dApp) on Polkadot and its parachains.

Our goal with this event is to onboard 50 students to Web3 and empower them to begin building on the Polkadot ecosystem from India.

Date : 11th March & 12th March 2023

Requested Allocation: 2200 DOT ($10,400) (DOT rate calculation will be based on the 30 day average tool by Subscan).

Venue : Ace Villa, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India ([Map](https://goo.gl/maps/uUhbypTbG5n1WpEp8))

Proponent : 15oZs5Ck4itRmNTK7MhtBMNFU6dfKh6pNZFoReAMnms64Zkp

For milestones, budget, wireframes and reasoning behind the proposal please visit this [document here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pryz69iywKEWYIkiWLNRNKlZYPI8v-Wihn01fw8AH9M) .

Please note:
DOT rate calculated based on a 30 day avg tool by [subscan](https://polkadot.subscan.io/tools/charts?type=price).

Proposal: Polkadot HackerVilla Indore

- OnFinality helps support many networks in the Polkadot ecosystem by providing RPC API services.
- They want to help parachains that are struggling by offering funds to cover their API services.
- Each parachain will receive US$620 every month for this service, which will help them run smoothly.
- They've noticed that many smaller networks are having a hard time because they can't afford these services anymore.
- To fix this, OnFinality is asking for money to assist all active parachains so they can thrive.
- They plan to create a "Parachain Infrastructure Bounty" in the future to make services easier for all parachains.
- This allows for better coordination and faster development for new teams in the Polkadot ecosystem.

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. They recently finished their first milestone, which focused on adapting Polkassembly to OpenGov changes. The next milestone aims to make delegation simple and exciting. They have created a user-friendly dashboard to promote agile governance and will provide a list of delegation candidates with their voting experience and activity statistics. They are also working on expanding the list of available delegates, improving the user interface, and deploying all core features for OpenGov to Polkadot. They have also implemented 2-factor authentication for account security. More details about their progress and future plans can be found in their detailed proposal.

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Polkassembly is an integral part of Polkadot and Kusama governance. We have been actively working on making the smoothest governance experience at Polkassembly for OpenGov

In our endeavor to do so, we completed our first milestone with the theme of migrating and adapting Polkassembly to all OpenGov related changes and successfully delivered on the same by Feb end.

The theme of the previous proposal was Technical & Product Based Migration, Education regarding OpenGov & Creation of an appropriate user experience for the large transition governance went through.

The upcoming milestone aims to build Delegation as a simple, intuitive and exciting experience. We have developed our dashboard, with a user first mindset aimed at promoting agile governance. The core goal is to be ecosystem thought leaders and innovators, working with other teams including Nova. We will bring forth a list of delegation candidates, along with their voting experience and activity statistics, in order to enable maximum adoption of delegation.

Details of milestone 1 updates can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/14hg1lAfeAgrR4YimqxPp-6XGW3gsvGzYAQnowpNGxoE/edit?usp=sharing).

**New Product Development & Milestone 2**

## Theme: Delegation

#### Feature: [User Dashboard(Live)](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/delegation)

**Goal:** To allow users to access their wallet level delegation and profile details

**Tasks:**

-   A Web3 wallet based personalized login experience which is linked to your Polkassembly login experience
    
-   Users can edit their bio to allow more users to delegate
    
-   The dashboards shows User’s current available, locked and transferable balance
    
-   Their profile details (sourced and linked to the Polkassembly or on chain profile)
    
-   Tracks for which they have delegated, not yet delegated or received delegations
    
-   A quick overview of track level information
    

#### Feature: [Delegation experience (Live)](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/delegation/root)

**Goal:** To allow users to delegate with ease and in an informed manner

**Tasks:**

-   Users can select a particular track they want to delegate for
    
-   Based on the track selected, users will be able to see the list of available delegates
    
-   They can make a decision based on bio of the delegate, delegations they have received, proposals they have voted upon and total voting power
    
-   In addition to choosing delegates, Users can see active proposals on the track
    
-   If they have delegated, they can also see if the delegated user has casted a vote yet or not
    

#### Feature: Expanding available Delegates List (In Progress)

**Goal:** To allow users to have a wider variety of choice while delegating

**Tasks:**

-   Tie up with those working on delegations across the industry to bring more candidates forward
    
-   Create a native interface for users to submit themselves as delegates across tracks
    
-   Work closely with ecosystem partners like Nova to develop an ecosystem wide product to accept nominations for delegation
    
-   Importing the list of delegates available on the official polkadot delegation website
    

## Theme: Platform Growth & Development

#### Feature: Registrar Application Design (Done)

**Goal:** To allow users to have a supercharged and easy to use on chain verification experience

**Tasks:**

-   Outlined in the following discussion posts
-   Kusama - [https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/2585](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/2585)
-   Polkadot - [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1815](../post/1815)
-   The development for the same will be charged in our maintenance proposal as it is a larger public good effort

#### Feature: OpenGov Proposal Creation (In Progress)

**Goal:** To allow users to create OpenGov proposals via Polkassembly

**Tasks:**

-   Creating proposals via PolkadotJs apps could be overwhelming for users and has scope for lot of errors
    
-   Polkassembly will simplify this experience and make proposal creation simpler by linking the steps of preimage and proposal creation
    
-   The Phase1 of this process is to enable the proposal and preimage creation process from within Polkassembly for treasury proposal. Phase2 will be creation of all proposals which will be a part of the later proposals.
    

**Goal:** Proposal creation from Polkassembly (Process)

**Tasks:**

-   Users will be nudged to create a discussion post regarding their proposal
    
-   After this, the preimage creation process will start. Leveraging the amount of the proposal, beneficiary and creator address, Polkassembly will recommend the track for creation of the proposal
    
-   The preimage will be automatically linked if the user proceeds to the proposal where they can pay the submission deposit and the proposal will be generated on chain. The off chain description will be populated based on whether the discussion is linked or not.
    
-   The users can then pay the decision deposit at any point of time during the voting phase
    

## Theme: Accessibility & Experience

#### Feature: Proposal Listing view changes (In Progress)

**Goal:** To allow users to have a seamless UI while accessing proposal

**Tasks:**

-   A new and upgraded listing view which enables a better platform experience
    
-   Treasury amounts shown upfront for all treasury related proposals
    
-   Tags for Gov1 & OpenGov Proposals (Done)
    
-   Easy filtering of proposals into four parts - All Proposals, Submitted, Voting and Closed(Done)
    

#### Feature: Search (In Progress)

**Goal:** To allow users to experience a top notch unified search experience

**Tasks:**

Search will be broken into two parts - Search - Chain level search

-   Super Search - Site wide search, a very powerful search across all Governance Proposals in Polkadot Ecosystem
-   Search Features:
-   Discussion and Off chain search
-   Users will have the option to search keywords in titles and description of proposals
-   Referendum Level and On chain search
-   Users will have the option to search keywords in titles and descriptions of discussions
-   User level search where users can search by keywords to receive on chain usernames and off chain usernames

## Theme: User Interface Upgrades

#### Feature: New account settings page (In Progress)

**Goal:** To enable easy interactions for various account settings

**Tasks:**

-   Easy interface for password, username or email change
-   Upgraded interface for linking addresses, multisig and proxies in Polkassembly.

#### Feature: Dark mode (In Progress)

**Goal:** To allow users to set their user interface as per their preference

**Tasks:**

-   Sitewide deployment of dark mode to support users who prefer leveraging a dark mode interface
    
-   Modifying all elements across flows including user profiles, on chain governance activity (Gov1 & OpenGov), off chain activity, delegation and overview pages
    
-   Combining the effort of zooming out the interface to make a more comfortable default experience for users
    

#### Feature: Voting interface upgrades(Live)

**Goal:** To allow users to vote on proposals with more options and have a better voting experience

**Tasks:**

-   Clear indication of the last vote casted by the user on the UI
-   The ability to vote using split and abstain as options in OpenGov(Live)
-   A new and improved voting interface(Live)

## Theme: Polkadot OpenGov Deployment

#### Feature: Deploying all core features for OpenGov to Polkadot (Live)

**Goal:** To upgrade Polkassembly’s Polkadot interface to OpenGov

**Tasks:**

-   The list of feature deployed for Polkadot are similar to Kusama as mentioned in the Kusama Proposal: [OpenGov Treasury proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vWOiKBG_lARiy0EXDATxvt0htJ_N_LmtOnzirutAvns/edit).
-   The remaining tech effort spent on the migration for Polkadot has been billed in this proposal
-   Marketing and promotional efforts including the setup of the OpenGov Proposal timer.
-   Announcement: [https://twitter.com/polk\_gov/status/1667146568258969601](https://twitter.com/polk_gov/status/1667146568258969601)

#### Feature: Deploying delegation dashboard for Polkadot (Live)

**Goal:** To allow users to vote on proposals with more options and have a better voting experience

**Tasks:**

Links for reference

-   [Dashboard](../delegation)
-   [Track Level Delegation experience](../delegation/root)

## Theme: Security

#### Feature: 2 Factor Authentication (Live)

**Goal:** To allow users to secure Polkassembly accounts

**Tasks:**

-   2FA authentication integration to provide seamless security upgrade
-   New API provided to all partners in the ecosystem to deliver a more robust and improved performance.
-   This also includes the process of migration of existing Polkassembly APIs to Opengov

**Implementation Gallery**

![image](https://i.ibb.co/r45mWXH/2-premiurly-1687437748485.png)

_The user dashboard interface for delegation dashboard_

![image](https://i.ibb.co/8Kqmy0Y/2-premiurly-1687437809680.png)

_Track level delegation experience_

![image](https://i.ibb.co/y0jXgwh/2-premiurly-1687437843020.png)

_Two Factor Authentication Setup_

Other details about implementation, detailed cost calculations and milestone 3 are available in the detailed proposal [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/14hg1lAfeAgrR4YimqxPp-6XGW3gsvGzYAQnowpNGxoE/edit?usp=sharing).

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

- Tribe is proposing to run a program called Polkadot Relayers in 2023.
- They are asking for $175,000 to help fund this program.
- The program helps people build apps (dApps) on Polkadot's parachains.
- They had a successful launch in 2022, helping many developers and entrepreneurs.
- This year, they want to support dedicated teams with mentorship and investment.
- The proposal includes a full budget and plans for different milestones.
- They aim to improve the program based on feedback from last year.

**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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SmallTipper

- 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 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.

OneBlock The 2023 Polkadot Summer Hackathon proposal

- The Polkadot community is asking for $72,180 to support activities from June 2022 to June 2024.
- They started the Czech & Slovak Polkadot community in 2020 to create more content about Polkadot.
- They have published almost 300 articles and organized events like meetups and conferences.
- Their activities have gained significant attention, with many followers and views on their platforms.
- They plan to continue creating content, develop a marketing strategy, and organize regular events.
- They will focus on governance by promoting referendums and participating in voting.
- They recently proposed similar funding for Kusama, which did not pass, prompting this new request for Polkadot.
- They are committed to engaging the community with meetups and campaigns.

Polkadotters are requesting $72,180 for content creation, event organization, and marketing activities for the Polkadot ecosystem from June 2022 to June 2024. They plan to deliver high-quality content, develop a marketing strategy, create monthly ecosystem recap videos, focus on governance, and organize bi-monthly Polkadot meetups in various cities. They also propose an onboarding campaign with rewards on Zealy for the Czech community and more Twitter spaces with various Polkadot projects.

Polkadotters – retroactive and future funding of community powered media for Polkadot & Kusama ecosystem in 2022-2024

- AngelHack wants to hold two hackathons in Europe and APAC in 2023 to help people understand Web3 better.
- They hope to connect more people in the Polkadot community and invite developers from different backgrounds.
- They recently held the Polkadot Hackathon Global Series in Europe and an event called dotSocial in Paris.
- The proposal includes a summary of these events and asks for $55,234.38 to pay for the next steps.
- This is part of their plan to keep people engaged with the community and make it easier for developers to join.

Tribe/AngelHack proposed to run two Polkadot Global Series hackathons in Europe and APAC regions for 2023. They are requesting USD$55,234.38 for their second payment milestone, in accordance with the milestones set out in their initial proposal. The proposal serves two objectives: providing a detailed recap of the recently concluded virtual Polkadot Hackathon Global Series: Europe Edition and providing a budget breakdown and metrics report.

Milestone 2: Polkadot Hackathon Global Series 2023: Europe Edition

- 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.

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GenesisDAO received a $100,000 grant from the W3 Grants Program to develop a Substrate-based blockchain for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). They have completed the backend and Substrate development and are now perfecting the frontend flow. GenesisDAO is already operating on testnet, and the code is open source. They are currently working on a hook point framework to build plug-ins and extensions to customize the core functionality of a substrate-based chain. Within this treasury proposal, they are introducing the first components for this.

Genesis DAO Ecosystem Integration

- OpenZeppelin did a security review of the ink! smart contract language and Substrate’s smart contracts.
- They found 11 issues in the code.
- The Parity team worked well with OpenZeppelin during the process.
- Some problems have already been fixed: 2 from ink! and 7 suggestions from cargo-contract implemented.
- The ink! team is working on fixing the rest of the issues.
- You can read the full report and proposal online.

OpenZeppelin proposes to support the ink! smart contract language & Substrate’s smart contracts pallet for the second time. 11 issues were identified and 7 suggestions have been implemented. The proposal does not mention the price, timeframe, or resources.

Treasury Proposals