- Smoldot is a special program for using the Polkadot network.
- It uses less computer power, memory, and internet data.
- Smoldot can work within a webpage, letting people connect easily.
- It helps create a blockchain that is decentralized, meaning it's not controlled by one person.
- The creator, Tomaka, is asking for money to keep smoldot running and to make it better.
- He wants feedback on this proposal before asking for funds.

Awarded

Treasury proposal: smoldot development financing

- Jörg Oechssler is a professor at the University of Heidelberg in Germany.
- He studies experimental economics and is interested in auction theory.
- He was contacted by researchers to study a special auction used by Polkadot for parachain slots.
- Not much research has been done on this auction format, so he is conducting a laboratory experiment.
- The experiment will involve university students, who will be paid for their participation.
- He is requesting 5720 EUR to pay the students and cover some fees, with no money going to him or his team.
- The goal is to publish the findings in a scientific journal.

Experimental Analysis of the Candle Auction for Academic Research

- Tribe/AngelHack is asking for $302,000 to help with their project.
- They want to use this money to hold hackathons in Europe and Asia-Pacific (APAC) in 2023.
- This project is part of the Polkadot Hackathon series, which has happened before in different places.
- The goal is to help more people learn about Web3 and connect with each other.
- The first hackathon in Europe will be from January 25 to February 17, 2023.
- There will also be a social event in Paris on March 22, 2023.
- The APAC hackathon will take place from June 21 to July 14, 2023, with another event in Seoul on August 9, 2023.

Treasury Proposal: Polkadot Hackathon Global Series 2023

- This document is about a proposal to get money back for work done on a project.
- The project was about making a listing platform for liquidity pools and yield farms, which started on September 26, 2022.
- The work finished on December 20, 2022, and a report was shared on January 2, 2023.
- There are detailed reports and budget breakdowns available to see how money was spent.
- The total cost for two milestones of work was $58,000.
- The proposal asks for payment based on a specific price of the currency used, called Dot.
- The amount requested is about 10,469.314 DOT based on the Dot price on January 16, 2023.

YieldBay Payment Proposal: Milestones 2 and 3 reimbursement for Motion #262

- Blockchain Training Alliance (BTA) offers a course for learning about Polkadot.
- The course helps developers from Web2 understand how to build on Polkadot.
- Students will learn about Polkadot's governance, treasury, and coding through hands-on labs.
- Key technologies in the course include Polkadotjs, Substrate, Rust, and others.
- This course is great for improving blockchain skills or creating solutions that connect different blockchains.
- More information about the course can be found on the BTA website.

Substrate Training Course and Certification

- Unit Masters is a free, 6-week program that teaches about Blockchain.
- It helps people understand Blockchain in a deep way, not just the basics.
- The program allows participants to learn together in groups.
- Participants will learn about blockchain, tokenization, and Web3.
- The goal is to include people from diverse backgrounds and help them contribute to a better economy.
- It supports the United Nations goals for making the world better.
- Participants can use what they learn to create jobs and help their communities grow.

Unit Masters Proposal - Onboarding people to web3 and the Polkadot ecosystem through education

- Snowbridge is a bridge that helps connect the Polkadot and Ethereum networks.
- The proposal is asking for $2,448,000 to support Snowbridge for 28 months.
- This funding will help the team launch their bridge on Polkadot and Kusama.
- Snowbridge aims to make sure transfers between these networks are safe and reliable.
- The team has been working on Snowbridge for over two years.
- They plan to launch the bridge by applying new updates and improvements.
- The proposal includes plans for future development and security checks.

Snowbridge Funding Proposal

### Uptest Funding Proposal

- **Beneficiary**: Rust Syndicate LLC
- **Date**: 31.10.2022
- **Requested DOT**: 9254 DOT ($60000)
- **Contact**: Filip Kalebo (blockchain@firosolutions.com)
- **Purpose**: Develop Uptest, a tool for testing Pallet functionality before and after runtime upgrades in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Background**: Previous work involved upgrading a 16-month old forked Substrate chain, highlighting the need for better testing tools.
- **Problem**: Current tools are insufficient for comprehensive testing of runtime upgrades and storage migrations.
- **Solution**: Uptest aims to simplify the process of writing tests, performing runtime upgrades, and verifying storage migrations, providing detailed test results.

Treasury Proposal by Rust Syndicate: Uptest funding proposal

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### OpenSquare Proposal Summary

**Beneficiary:** OpenSquare (12sNU8BXivMj1xQmcd4T39ugCyHjmhir8jkPqfAw5ZDESrx4)  
**Date:** 01/11/2023  
**Requested Allocation:** $161,920 (33,860 DOT)

**Key Points:**

1. **Subsquare Delivered Features:**
   - **OpenGov Support:** Added features for referenda and fellowship, including voting, delegation, and visualization.
   - **Other Features:** Improved login, proxy account support, and democracy delegation.

2. **Subsquare New Features Plan:**
   - **OpenGov Curve Chart:** Visual aids for understanding referendum thresholds.
   - **Treasury Workflow through OpenGov:** Refactoring to support new treasury processes.
   - **Enhanced Voting and Delegation:** Support for split/abstain votes and fellowship voting.
   - **Notifications and User Profiles:** Email notifications and enhanced user activity tracking.
   - **Delegation Enhancement:** Improved delegation management features.
   - **Calendar and Shortcuts:** Governance event calendar and `cmd+k` shortcut for navigation.
   - **Discussion Post Enhancements:** Labels and proposal linking.
   - **Statistical Summary Panel:** Overview of active proposals.
   - **Unfinalized Proposals View:** Improved handling of unfinalized proposals.
   - **Off-chain Discussion Decentralization:** Plan to decentralize governance discussion data.

3. **Dotreasury OpenGov Support:**
   - **Treasury Applications through OpenGov:** Display and filter treasury proposals, and integrate OpenGov timelines.

4. **Budget:**
   - **Total Estimated Hours:** 2008 hours  
   - **Total Cost:** $161,920

5. **Community Engagement:**
   - **User Growth:** Indicators show increasing user numbers.
   - **Roadmap:** Short-term focus on proposed features, long-term on decentralization and statistics.

Treasury proposal for subsquare/dotreasury new delivered features and development plans

### Polkadot Treasury Proposal Summary

- **Term**: 1 October 2022 - 31 December 2022
- **Purpose**: Extends the maintenance and support contract for the Polkadot Ecosystem.
- **Organization**: Polkascan Foundation, a non-profit that maintains Python libraries for the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Impact**: 176 GitHub repositories currently depend on these libraries.
- **Reports**: Detailed activity reports are available for previous months and quarters.
- **Social Contract**: The maintenance and support are governed by a social contract mechanism.
- **Business Plan**: A detailed business plan is available for further reference.
- **Support**: The team is available to answer questions from the Polkadot Council.

Continuation of Maintenance & Support for Python Libraries

- Dot.alert() is a guide for keeping assets safe in the Polkadot system.
- They want to get 5,705 DOT, worth about $25,712.
- This funding is for their work in the first part of 2023.
- Dot.alert() has made a deal with the Polkadot Treasury for support in the past.
- They have a plan with specific goals and tasks for their work.
- More details and discussions about their funding request can be found online.

Treasury proposal: Dot.alert() operational costs - Q1 2023

- Open Runtime Module Library (ORML) was created by the Acala team in late 2019.
- ORML helps to solve problems and create useful features for developers.
- It is made to be shared with developers in the Polkadot and Kusama communities.
- By late 2022, many teams started using and contributing to ORML.
- Acala is the biggest contributor to ORML's development and upkeep.
- There is a proposal for payment to support ORML from January to October 2022.
- Community members can review the proposal and ask questions.
- People are encouraged to share how ORML helps their projects.

ORML development and maintenance

- IBC Media is working with the Polkadot community to help students learn about coding and technology.
- They have completed the first part of their project and are now starting the second part.
- IBC Media is creating training programs for student developers in India, including bootcamps and hackathons.
- Over 20,000 students are already involved, with many attending sessions and sharing ideas.
- They held a successful event in Hyderabad with 300 students getting hands-on training.
- The programs will include a yearly conference with important leaders from the government and industry.
- IBC Media plans to expand to more states in India, starting with Andhra Pradesh.

Milestone 2 Proposal: International Blockchain Congress 2022-23 by IBC Media

- Nova Wallet is a mobile app for Polkadot and Kusama that helps users with digital currencies.
- The latest proposal aims to improve the app by adding new features like Agile Delegations and better Staking.
- These updates are based on what the community has asked for.
- Nova Wallet supports many networks and allows users to manage their digital assets easily.
- The team plans to share updates every 1 to 4 weeks and have public demos every 2 weeks.
- The app is designed to be user-friendly and secure while being open source.
- Their goal is to keep improving Nova Wallet for everyone who uses it.

Nova Wallet 3rd Proposal: OpenGov Agile delegations, Staking improvements, Community requested features

- This proposal is about an open-source toolset for displaying blockchain data.
- The toolset includes three parts: Editor, Parser, and Management Tools.
- Users can create and manage data widgets easily, even without coding skills.
- It supports many data sources like HTTP API and GraphQL.
- The toolset can help make user-friendly data displays for web projects.
- In the future, there will be free online services based on this toolset.
- The total budget for this project is $201,600, which will be converted into DOT.

Subscan - Data Dashboard Customization Toolset

- The proposal is for a project called Kampela, which will design a special device for the dotsama ecosystem.
- Kampela looks like a credit card and has an e-paper screen, making it easy to carry and use.
- It is a signing tool, not a wallet, meaning it can't track money or make transactions on its own.
- The device will use a type of secure technology to keep private keys safe.
- Kampela will cost less than €100, which is cheaper than some other similar devices.
- The project aims to make it easier and safer for users to sign transactions using their phones.
- This proposal covers early development work but not the actual making of the device yet.

Hardware signer and key storage Kampela: Milestones 3&4

- RadiumBlock helps build Web3 services for DotSama.
- They started their service at the end of March 2022.
- Their main job is to provide fast and reliable internet connections.
- This proposal is to pay for the services they offer from July to September 2022.
- They make sure their services work well all over the world.
- You can read more about their proposal in a detailed document.

RadiumBlock Public Endpoint Service for Polkadot (Q3 2022)

- AngelHack is asking for $165,897.49 to help pay for prizes from a hackathon.
- The hackathon took place from May 30, 2022, until July 11, 2022.
- They originally wanted $297,000 to support the prize pool for the hackathon.
- The money for prizes has already been given to the winning teams.
- AngelHack used its own money to cover the difference in costs.
- They are now asking for the remaining amount they need to get back.
- You can find more information in their full proposal linked in the text.

Polkadot Hackathon: North America prize pool bridging the gap for total amount

- OneBlock wants money to help run the 2022 Polkadot Winter Hackathon in China.
- They have organized successful Polkadot Hackathons before in 2021 and 2022.
- The hackathon helps teach developers about Substrate, which is a tool for building programs.
- They want to turn learners into builders by encouraging them to create projects.
- The previous hackathons received positive feedback from developers.
- OneBlock believes the winter hackathon is important for promoting Substrate in China. 
- They are asking for financial support to make this event happen.

OneBlock The 2022 Polkadot Winter Hackathon proposal

- DotLeap is starting its third year and has shared 104 weekly editions.
- Bruno Škorvc is increasingly handing day-to-day tasks to gbaci, a professional content writer.
- DotLeap's yearly costs are over $50,000, requiring more funding sources besides personal donations.
- The goal is to keep growing the community and help new participants join easily.
- They have submitted a proposal for funding and are getting positive feedback.
- People are encouraged to participate in discussions about the proposal.
- Thanks were given to the community for two years of DotLeap's success!

Pro- and Retroactive Funding for Continuous Production of DotLeap Newsletter

- Pinknode is a service that helps people use the Polkadot network by providing tools and support.
- They started giving free services in 2021 to make it easier for developers to build on Polkadot.
- Pinknode helps with three main areas: Polkadot, Statemint, and Westend.
- They have many users, with millions of requests to their services every day.
- Pinknode made improvements over three quarters, like adding new tools and fixing problems.
- They had a very high reliability rate in Q3 2022, with only one major issue.
- Pinknode aims to keep getting better at providing these services for everyone.

Pinknode Public Infrastructure for Q1,Q2,Q3 2022

- The Gossamer Development Grant is a proposal to help ChainSafe Systems improve its software called Gossamer, which works with the Polkadot blockchain.
- ChainSafe, a company started in Toronto in 2017, has a team of around 100 people and focuses on building technology for various blockchain systems.
- They want $1,998,117.60 to continue Gossamer's development for another year and make it better for users.
- Gossamer helps create blockchain nodes that can connect and communicate with networks like Polkadot and Kusama.
- The proposal includes goals like creating a full-node client, improving how transactions are managed, and supporting new programming languages.
- They plan to hire more engineers and enhance Gossamer's performance to make it more appealing to the community.
- The Web3 Foundation will assist in checking the work done by ChainSafe.

Gossamer Ongoing Development Grant

- PolkaWorld is asking for money to help with community education about Polkadot for three months.
- They want to cover costs from December 2022 to February 2023.
- Since June 2021, they have worked on 6 projects very well.
- Their projects are for the Polkadot ecosystem, which is a special technology community.
- You can see more details about their work and plans online.
- They are looking for advice and feedback from the community.

Treasury Proposals