- 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.

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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.

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.

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

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- 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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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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- 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.

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

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Ledger Apps Maintenance Proposal (Polkadot, Kusama, Statemine, Statemint)

- **Proposal**: A tip of 100 DOT is requested for an ecosystem App Store that helps users discover Polkadot projects.
- **App Store**: The MVP is live at [dotappstore.com](https://dotappstore.com) and the code is open-source on GitHub.
- **Purpose**: To create a user-friendly platform for discovering Polkadot projects, addressing the overwhelming nature of current options.
- **Community Response**: The App Store had 112 unique visitors in 24 hours and received positive feedback from the community.
- **Future Work**: Potential features include project search, dynamic pages, user authentication, and community upvotes (not part of this proposal).
- **Funding**: The requested 100 DOT (worth $500) is for the completed development work and is a retro-active funding proposal.

The proposal is to tip 100 DOT for an ecosystem App Store that acts as a "front-page" for discovering Polkadot projects. The MVP is live, and the codebase is open-source. The requested amount is 100 DOT @ 5 USD -> 500 USD, and it is a retro-active funding proposal. Potential follow-on work is also mentioned.

A Polkadot Ecosystem App Store

- This is a proposal to get money back for Subscan's costs from July to December 2022.
- Subscan helps people see what's happening in the Polkadot network.
- It needs a lot of resources like servers and security to work well.
- The last proposal had a problem because of a recent system upgrade.
- They want to get back $190,244 to keep Subscan running smoothly.
- The amount of money needed will be based on the current exchange rate.
- They are asking for support and feedback from the Polkadot community.

WHO: Subscan team

WHAT: Propose reimbursement of operation and maintenance fee for Subscan from July to December 2022 from Polkadot treasury, totaling 190,244 USD.

TIMEFRAME: July to December 2022

RESOURCES: Polkadot treasury

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

We are asking for money (called tranches 2 and 3) to pay for two events: an online hackathon and the Decoded hackathon. We need £95,000 in DOT to cover these events. Here's what the money will be used for:

1. Paying for the first online hackathon prizes (£10,000 in DOT)
2. Running the second online hackathon (£15,000 in DOT)
3. Running an in-person hackathon at Decoded (£60,000 in DOT)
4. Paying for the in-person hackathon prizes (£10,000 in DOT)

We need this money earlier than planned because the in-person hackathon is happening sooner than we thought.

The proposal requests funding of £95k in DOT for two completed events - an online hackathon and the Decoded hackathon. The funding covers prizes and running costs for both events, with £25k requested in April 2023 and £70k in July 2023. The in-person hackathon has been moved to an earlier date, hence the request for funding at this earlier stage.

Encode Club Tranches 2 and 3

- Subsquid Labs is requesting money to help with ongoing costs for their projects, specifically for Subsquid Archives and the Giant Squid API.
- They need about 49,880 DOT, which is roughly $224,460.03.
- Subsquid Archives allow people to access important data from the Polkadot and Kusama networks. 
- The Giant Squid API helps by providing data for various projects and wallets.
- In the first part of 2023, Subsquid supported 94 different blockchain projects.
- They served over 162 million queries to these projects in just the first quarter of 2023.
- The proposal aims to keep improving and expanding these services for more users.
- For more details, their contact is Subsquid Labs GmbH in Switzerland.

Subsquid Lab Official proposes ongoing development and maintenance costs for public Subsquid Archives and the Giant Squid API for a total of 49880.0 DOT ($224,460.03). The Archives provide access to on-chain data in GraphQL format for all major parachains on Kusama and Polkadot, while the Giant Squid is a set of open-source GraphQL APIs built with Squid SDK and maintained by Subsquid Labs.

Subsquid - Public data indexing Infrastructure for Polkadot and Kusama (Q1 2023)

- Nova Wallet has a proposal for new features including a multistaking dashboard, staking pools, and a new asset tab design.
- It is a popular mobile app for the Polkadot and Kusama networks with over 50,000 active users.
- The app supports many cryptocurrencies and has features for staking and governance.
- The team behind Nova Wallet aims to improve the app based on community feedback.
- They will provide public demos and keep updating the app regularly.
- The proposal is part of the plan to expand the wallet's features and enhance user experience.

Nova Wallet proposes to develop a multistaking dashboard, staking nomination pools, WalletConnect v2, new assets tab UI, community requested features, and reimbursements for delivered features. The proposal aims to expand the features of Nova Wallet for the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems, with a 6-month implementation period, public demos, and updates to the AppStore/Google Play. The cost and details of the proposal can be found in the provided link.

Nova Wallet 4th Proposal: Multistaking dashboard, Staking Nomination Pools, WalletConnect v2, New Assets tab UI, Community Requested Features, Reimbursement for delivered features

Dakota Barnett and Gabriel Facco de Arruda are the founders of the InvArch Network. They are proposing a new web application called Saturn Gateway for the Polkadot ecosystem.

- Saturn Gateway will help users manage their digital assets across multiple networks using a single tool.
- It is designed for security and ease of use, focusing on multichain multisig management.
- This project is different from other tools in that it will work with any chain, not just those that fit certain requirements.
- They are asking for $350,400 in DOT tokens to complete the development.
- The team previously received funding to create a multichain multisig SDK for a similar project.
- They have discussed their proposal with the community and have made their code open-source.
- The project aims to enhance the experience of managing and protecting digital assets in the Polkadot ecosystem.

WHO: Dakota Barnett and Gabriel Facco de Arruda, founders of InvArch Network

WHAT: Proposal to create a web application called Saturn Gateway for managing multichain multisigs throughout the Polkadot ecosystem.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Seeking $350,400 equivalent in DOT to continue development. All code is open-source.

Treasury Proposals