- Messari wants to keep working with Polkadot by providing research and new governance studies.
- Their team has grown to over 150 people after getting more money for their projects.
- They have improved their research by creating special reports every quarter.
- Messari has also signed deals with big companies like Bloomberg and S&P Global to share their reports.
- They suggest continuing their reports and adding a special study about governance.
- The total cost for this project is $190,000, which will be paid in DOT cryptocurrency.

Awarded

Messari is looking to renew its [existing engagement](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/79) with Polkadot continuing to provide recurring research while expanding the scope and including more governance-specific work.

From this time last year, we have 3x our headcount with a team of over 150 after raising a Seris B led by Brevan Howard Digital. We’ve used that to significantly scale our research, data science, and engineering resources to build out our quarterly reporting and research capabilities. This has enabled us to bring all of our research in-house so we can have dedicated sector-specific analysts assigned to each protocol to cover them each quarter and continue to build up expertise.

We have also been working extensively on growing the distribution of these reports to further their reach and have signed deals with Bloomberg, S&P Global, and Refinitiv three of the largest traditional research platforms which are now distributing our quarterly reports.

We are proposing a continuation of the ecosystem-wide report along with quarterly reports while adding a governance deep dive. The total will be $190k payable in DOT with the same 10% premium to account for market volatility.

You can find more details in the [full proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/14eA2ZQhxru51xY2KeOtzN31Z9cT7blas_4sXWCNKfew/edit#) as well as the [forum discussion](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1521). 

Continuation of work through Messari Protocol Services

- 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.

Hello everyone,

As many of you might already know, smoldot is an alternative implementation of the Polkadot client focused on using as little CPU, memory, and bandwidth as possible. It can be embedded within a web page, and thus allow end users to connect directly to the Polkadot network. Smoldot is a critical component in order to properly fulfill the goal of building a decentralized blockchain.

I am now seeking financing for the maintenance and development of smoldot through treasury proposals. This post is here to gather your feedback on the proposal before submission on chain.

You can find all the details of the proposal here:
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/13MXkfPbxorqUgvKbZfD31HhHcpuXDMRYbIYGjpbCOuA/edit](https://docs.google.com/document/d/13MXkfPbxorqUgvKbZfD31HhHcpuXDMRYbIYGjpbCOuA/edit)

Thank you for reading

Tomaka

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.

Hello everyone

I am [Jörg Oechssler](https://www.awi.uni-heidelberg.de/professuren/with2/joerg_oechssler.html), Professor at the University of Heidelberg (Germany) and I conduct experimental economic research as part of my job. I am generally interested in auction theory and have been approached by W3F researchers some time ago to investigate the exotic candle auction format that is employed by Polkadot to allocate parachain slots. Not much has been done in academia so far to measure this novel approach and how well the mechanism performs. We spent some time preparing a rigorous design to mimic the environment that the auctions take place, while keeping mechanisms and influences controllable.

Our method of choice is to analyze the auction in a laboratory experiment with students from the university. It is common practice in the field of experimental economics to test theories/models with students and pay them to participate.

With this proposal, I request **5720 EUR** (DOT rate to be calculated based on 7 day EMA rate: https://polkadot.subscan.io/tools/charts?type=price)) to pay those participants. **100% of the funds requested are to pay the students** (and to cover some exchange fees). Neither I, nor my team members receive any compensation from this proposal. All remaining funds will be send back to Treasury after the study ends. We are ready to start the experiment as soon as funds arrive. The experimental software is already programmed and we ran a pilot successfully.

The goal of this study is to publish it in a peer-reviewed journal.

Please find much more details on the background, design, and budget --> [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pMbE0TvXfU-f9ZVncXbXeF05my5pfn-NR9lSg9ZLL5s/edit?usp=sharing) <--

Team Members:

* Jörg Oechssler (University of Heidelberg) - Beneficiary of the Proposal
* Jonas Gehrlein (Web3 Foundation)
* Samuel Haefner (University of St.Gallen, formerly Web3 Foundation)
* Florian Franzen (Web3 Foundation) 

- FT rate EUR to USD: EUR 5,720 = USD 6179,80
- 7 day EMA rate for DOT: 5.60 USD
- Total allocation requested: 1103.57 DOT

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.

**Proponent:** Tribe/AngelHack 13Ghf2T883ZobjngC1BAgR1BWvK2P7qP37gGxHDVFf3fjbmw

**Requested Allocation:** USD$302,000

**Conversion:** $302,000 USD ~ 54,151.967 DOT*

*DOT calculated via EMA7 on the day of the official submission, 16 Jan 2023, at 07:54:48 (+UTC) - 1 DOT ~ 5.576 USD.

### **Overview**
Following the successes of Polkadot Hackathon: [APAC](https://docs.google.com/document/d/17pt8-q9s8Q5bxZHCBUY3jQAoUX7OWRiiYyX_Xq8CS4g/edit?usp=sharing) and [North America](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/117) Editions (in collaboration with Web3 Foundation and Parity Technologies) in 2021 and 2022 respectively, AngelHack proposes to launch two Polkadot Global Series in Europe and APAC regions in 2023.

The next edition aims to continue bridging gaps in the Web3 space, by actively engaging the community, forging stronger connections within the ecosystem, as well as onboarding more developers onto Polkadot.

### **Summary of Events**

**Polkadot Hackathon: Europe Edition:** 25 Jan 2023 – 17 Feb 2023

**dotSocial: Paris:** 22 March 2023

**Polkadot Hackathon: APAC Edition:** 21 June 2023 – 14 July 2023

**dotSocial: Seoul:** 9 August 2023


Our full proposal can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1glPH1y0jqL2l6KV6i9nowQHFxKfA1s7VxlUREFIQZWA/edit?usp=sharing).

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.

# **Context**
This is a reimbursement proposal for [Motion #262](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/motion/262), which funded the development of a listing platform for all dotsama liquidity pools and yield farms.

The [original proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fssDqgPtIjdwO0XfJW5po94JHMf1ozdjeLwM2a40zJ8/edit?usp=sharing) was passed by vote of the council on **26th Sep, 2022**.


# **Details**
- The work for the grant was completed on **20th Dec, 2022** and the final delivery report was published on **2nd Jan, 2023**. 

   For details, see:
   - [Milestone 1 and 2 delivery update](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/motion/262#3decb054-04cd-4763-8fd4-9e7fec73dee6)
   - [Milestone 3 delivery update](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/motion/262#61e9b0dc-172e-48f9-b6b4-47f9372cc805).
- We have created detailed reports and budget breakdowns for all milestones, attached below for your perusal:
   - [YieldBay Grant Report - Milestone 1 & Milestone 2](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J71idZi4hgzwyWq_Usz_2ufv8wnyLOFsc2fA0pdR7Y8/edit)
   - [YieldBay Grant Report - Milestone 3](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KC2ZyftLnH7xL34XOeURp0FprslqCQ-mzgtwg-AkevA/edit)
   - [YieldBay - Budget Report](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OGTVO8mtX43wQVdAoaCo2fGfew8j64bFhEB9HrGty14/edit#gid=0)

- As requested in [our original treasury proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fssDqgPtIjdwO0XfJW5po94JHMf1ozdjeLwM2a40zJ8/edit#heading=h.9kb1j02cobrp), this proposal seeks payment to reimburse delivery of Milestones 2 and 3 using the EMA-7 Dot price from [Subscan](https://polkadot.subscan.io/tools/charts?type=price) on the date of submission. 

# **Amount calculation**

- Cost for implementation of Milestones 2 and 3 combined is $36,000 + $22,000 = **$58,000**. See [Budget report](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OGTVO8mtX43wQVdAoaCo2fGfew8j64bFhEB9HrGty14/edit#gid=0) for details.

- The **EMA-7 price** is 5.54 on January 16, 2023. $58,000 / 5.54 = **10,469.314 DOT**

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.

Blockchain Training Alliance (BTA) has created a Substrate-specific course that will allow developers to learn how to effectively build on Polkadot. BTA is requesting the second and final phase of payment. This training and partnership provides new developers from the Web2 space to learn Polkdadot technology and increase developer activity within the Polkadot ecosystem. 

The training course can be found here: [https://blockchaintrainingalliance.com/products/polkadot ](https://blockchaintrainingalliance.com/products/polkadot)

Course Overview: 
In this course students learn how the Polkadot platform works, from an understanding of the governance and treasury process to hands-on lab environments for writing code. Technologies covered in this course are Polkadotjs, Substrate, WASMI, libp2p and Rust and more. Whether students want to add to their blockchain skills for career prospects or want to learn how to build a blockchain solution that has ability to communicate with multiple blockchains into a single network, this course will be the ideal fit. 

Link to proposal: [GOOGLE DOC LINK](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RsaYOijzSRVDQxhrlkMXPt28HF5t3Hqe/view)

Substrate Training Course and Certification

Unit Masters is a 6-week free program that teaches the basics of Blockchain. It helps people understand Blockchain technology deeply and gets them ready for the new economy. The program is for everyone, no matter where they are from or what they do. It follows the United Nations' goals to make the world better and helps people use their new skills to create good jobs and opportunities in their communities.

Unit Masters is a 6 week free high quality masters program which teaches the fundamentals of Blockchain and aims to instil blockchain literacy to anyone who is interested in the technology beyond the superficial understanding and onboarding them to the new economy. Unit Masters is cohort-based giving participants a 360 degree view of Blockchain, Tokenization, the Web3 ecosystem and its latest developments. It is a free program, as it is intended to be a stepping stone towards a zero-exclusive Web3 Economy of tomorrow, in which we have major contributions coming from a diverse group of changemakers from across the globe’s regions, and from all types of gender, ethnicity, disciplines of professional careers. Unit Masters adopts the United Nations SDGs and enables its participants to use their newly acquired blockchain skills for good and to create sustainable economic growth, opportunity and prosperity through job opportunities in their local and global communities. You can find the whole proposal here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1siHqForOAaXMhruLVaA1iioVMQJWxVe1uLbmkRmFQ0s/edit?usp=sharing

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.

- **Treasury Proposal:** Snowbridge Funding Proposal
- **Beneficiary:** 12UDxESUsqUZi5R5MpovTZLpAWZXPVWHJQkEprcT6MVdKh3A
- **Amount:** USD 2,448,000.00 based on EMA7 rate by Subscan
- **Scope:** See the [full funding proposal](https://spinamp.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/QmehcCU8LjXRpj962YZYVJfHzwecvvdxbRH9BMEmiumcb9) for more details

# Overview
Snowbridge is a fully trustless, permissionless and general purpose bridge between Polkadot networks and Ethereum. The proposal covers a request for a 28 months worth of runway for all operations for the Snowbridge team, with the goal to launch as a common-good bridge on Kusama and Polkadot.

Our bridge will launch on the Bridge Hub, a common-good parachain that is being developed by Parity for Kusama and Polkadot.

The proposal includes a motivation for supporting and promoting Snowbridge, a long term roadmap, governance and economic plans as well as incentives for successful execution, launch and long term running of the project.

# Changes
The original Polkassembly post was created 4 weeks ago with extensive community discussion around the project here: [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1341](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1341)

This final proposal is the same as in the above post, though a few small changes have been made:

- Added more details about the bridge hub, with XCMv3 and Statemint XCM as an extra milestone of work on our roadmap
- Add 1 month to the launch date to account for the extra work needed for XCMv3 changes for to bridge hub
- We've extended the runway to 28 months instead of 24 month, but we're keeping the price the same and will cover the additional months with a small reduction in costs

# History
Snowfork is one of the longest running teams contributing to the Polkadot ecosystem. For over 2 years we've been working on Snowbridge, a fully trustless and permissionless bridge to Ethereum. We successfully built and completed an initial version of this bridge in September 2021, based on an Ethereum Proof of Work light client and on Parity's original BEEFY proof system funded by an initial grant from the Web3 Foundation.

# Purpose
Polkadot already has a few live Ethereum bridges across various parachains, but these all compromise on Polkadot's security and trust model. Some are secured by trusted multi-sigs, some are secured by alternative insurance collateral, but none are secured by Polkadot and none of the Ethereum or ERC20 assets that exist in the Polkadot ecosystem today are secured by Polkadot's security and trust model.

We believe that without a fully trustless bridge that is secured by Polkadot itself, the security of the wider Polkadot ecosystem is put at risk and that Snowbridge's trustless design is essential to a healthy ecosystem that can support Ethereum-based assets. Similarly, trustless support for Polkadot assets across the Ethereum ecosystem will be a valuable boon for us all.

Snowbridge is also general-purpose, supporting arbitrary message passing and cross-chain smart contract calls, so any kinds of applications can be developed on top of it beyond plain asset transfer.

Additionally, as a common good service, longer term Snowbridge will be able to provide new value for the DOT token itself and generate an additional source of income for the treasury, or an additional lockup/burn mechanism for reducing the DOT supply.

## Funding Request
This proposal is a funding request for 28 months worth of long term runway for all operations for the Snowbridge team *(16 months retroactive, 12 months in future)*, with the goal to launch as a common-good bridge on the Bridge hub on both Polkadot and Kusama.

The full proposal has been uploaded to IPFS separately, and includes extensive additional details related to further motivation for supporting and promoting Snowbridge, a long term roadmap, governance and economic plans as well as long term economic incentives for successful execution, launch and running of the project.

We request that anyone looking to meaningfully contribute to this discussion also reads through this full proposal.

This initial funding requests will be created alongside a secondary request on Kusama:

- **Requested USD on Polkadot:** USD 2,448,000.00 based on EMA7 rate by Subscan.
- **Requested USD on Kusama:** USD 612,000.00 based on EMA7 rate by Subscan.

There is an additional request for around USD 10,000,000.00 of long term economic incentives tied to key success milestones on the bridge, tied to measurable impact on the Polkadot ecosystem, although this payment will not be part of this first requested allocation.

We're planning to push out this proposal in the next month, and so are looking for early feedback and discussion from the community before going live with the proposal.

## Roadmap
1. Support XCMv3
2. Mint wrapped assets on Statemint
3. Governance and upgradability
4. Dynamic circuit breaker on withdrawals 
5. Security Audits
6. Deploy on Kusama (April 2023)
7. Deploy on Polkadot (July 2023)

See the [full funding proposal](https://spinamp.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/QmehcCU8LjXRpj962YZYVJfHzwecvvdxbRH9BMEmiumcb9) for more details.

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

Rejected

DO NOT USE

### 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.

**Proponent:** 12uokSRn2hmEWPZuzHK1xqnFxRgyoApLtXRBd4jFan2x2T1P

**Date:** 28.12.2022

**Requested:** 5,705 DOT (i.e USD $25,712 calculated from the 7-day EMA price of DOT)

**Short description:** 

[Dot.alert()](https://dot-alert.gitbook.io/dot.alert/) is a knowledgebase that provides practical guidelines for managing assets safely across the Polkadot ecosystem. As part of its mission, Dot.alert() has previously established a social contract with the Polkadot Treasury to fund its quarterly operational costs. 
Dot.alert() is seeking funding for its Q1 2023 operations, so that it can continue to make progress on the objectives laid out in its annual strategic plan. 

You can find the discussion related to this proposal here: [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1495](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1495)

You can find the full details of the proposal (including milestones, tasks, and costs for the period January – March 2023) here: [Polkadot Maintenance Proposal Q1 2023 – Dot.alert()](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gvu4aNTC5ahP8fhiZzNg8N845C4U2o25/edit?rtpof=true&sd=true).


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.

Open Runtime Module Library, or ORML, originally created by Acala's co-founders in late 2019. It is a collection of modules that Acala team created to solve issues that we encountered, to produce features that we wish existed, at the same time making it not specific to our chain but generic, so we can share them with our fellow developers in the whole Polkadot/Kusama community and help in some way.

Fast forward to late 2022, ORML is widely used by many teams in the ecosystem, and is receiving contributions from different teams. Acala remains the biggest contributor in development and maintenance of ORML.

This proposal (link to doc [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BGvDnc_fHgowSUXE83hhPGsDPBF7cHWMbA4a14k_AyM)) is seeking payment to cover development and maintenance of the widely used Open Runtime Module Library between Jan 2022 and Oct 2022.

Community members, please kindly review the proposal and ask questions you may have, we are happy to address questions before moving onto next step. You are also welcome to share how ORML is useful for your project(s). :)

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.

Proponent: 12NCX9ZK1z9fxBfRraD6L4V86EmPipSerHnPcsj1k4hSkszg

### 
In line with the [overall proposal approved](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/motion/207) by the Polkadot community, having successfully completed the first milestone and [its report](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/123#8fe2464a-0e62-4685-9ef1-9f3738663e9e) thereof submitted, IBC Media is now delighted to submit its 2nd milestone proposal to the Polkadot community.

In close association with the Indian state governments, Tech Mahindra, T-Hub (Asia’s largest innovation hub) and skill boards of the Indian states, IBC Media is unleashing a set of programmes designed to build and sustain a thriving developer community for Polkadot ecosystem, by creating a perpetual interconnected tool sets of Education Bootcamps, Hybrid Hackathons, Build sessions with expert trainers, leading to democratization of Polkadot Substrate technology stack to a wider community which consists of student developers from 1000+ engineering schools across India, to start with. IBC Media is also playing an important role in accelerating the creation of new and innovative dApps in the Polkadot ecosystem. 

These programs culminate in a year-end govt-led conference every year for the next 5 years, which will witness the participation from all key govt representatives, leading industry players, the education system leadership, investors, accelerators, startups, developers, students and a host of other dignitaries. 

We are delighted to share the progress achieved so far with over 20,000 student developers onboarded, an on-ground Hackfest successfully organized in Hyderabad, India with 300+ shortlisted student developers from across the Telangana state having been trained on Polkadot technology stack by industry experts along with many more thousands attending online sessions resulting into 1300+ innovative ideas being generated which are now getting built into viable MVPs with the help of expert trainers. To further enhance the development experience, technical speakers/mentors from the Web3 Foundation & Parity team also participated in the program.

IBC Media is currently expanding its reach to the student developers in other Indian states, the next immediate state being Andhra Pradesh with the support of the government to bring the Polkadot ecosystem awareness, enhance Substrate technology skills among these student developers, help them with product idea generation and onboard them into the Polkadot developer ecosystem.
### 
Find the link to the 2nd Milestone proposal [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X4aDPRu5p6TkilBcf4OorTe_PdHjhx7w)

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:**

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eG8xNMVGvTbcXBfOWUN-oxEeXW15y0kofpG0AbihU1E](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eG8xNMVGvTbcXBfOWUN-oxEeXW15y0kofpG0AbihU1E)

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![](https://i.postimg.cc/WbDtR1Yb/Nova-Wallet-3rd-proposal.png)

**Feature set of the proposal (see [proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eG8xNMVGvTbcXBfOWUN-oxEeXW15y0kofpG0AbihU1E))**
- OpenGov Agile Delegations
- Staking improvements
- Community-selected features: Based on requests from community
- Reimbursement for delivered Governance features which were outside the scope of the previous grant

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**Context of the proposal:**
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[Nova Wallet](https://novawallet.io/) is the leading **mobile app for the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem**:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 🌌 **65+** Polkadot networks

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 🔀 **210+** Cross-chain channels

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 🥞 **User-friendly staking**: DOT, KSM, GLMR, MOVR, PDEX, AZERO, TUR, CAPS, KMA

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 🙋🏼‍♀️ **OpenGov** & **Governance v1** support

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 🌐 **DApp browser** with support for the Polkadot JS & MetaMask protocols 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 🖼 Access to RMRK & Statemine **NFTs**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 📱 **Hardware wallets** support for Parity Signer & Ledger Nano X

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 🚀 Polkadot & Kusama **Crowdloans** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 💖 Amazing & Intuitive UX/UI

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ✨ Community-focused

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ⚡️ Fast & Feature-rich

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 🦾 Secure & Open source

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 🙆 **40 000+ active users** on both iOS/Android

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 🎁 **Funded by the Kusama & Moonbeam Treasuries**, working with **110+ teams** in the eco	



&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In May 2022, our previous (2nd) Kusama Treasury proposal was [approved](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/motion/485), and now by November 2022 we have successfully delivered upon all the proposed features. Please refer to [Nova Wallet demo #26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQxR9wrx524) in order to review the features which we have delivered upon.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Our goal** for [Nova Wallet](https://novawallet.io/) is to build and maintain a high quality, open source, community-focused, and feature rich mobile application, which will have no network biases and can function with no limitations/restrictions.


&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Apart from developing the Nova Wallet mobile application, our team is **consistently contributing to the Polkadot ecosystem** by providing open source SDKs, design assets, knowledge-sharing sessions, and infrastructure. Examples include:

- Substrate SDKs for [iOS](https://github.com/nova-wallet/substrate-sdk-ios) and [Android](https://github.com/nova-wallet/substrate-sdk-android) development
- [Nova Utils GitHub](https://github.com/nova-wallet/nova-utils) — metadata & configs for networks, crowdloans, DApps, cross-chain transfers
- SubQuery API projects [developed](https://github.com/nova-wallet/subquery-nova) and [hosted](https://nova-wallet.github.io/subquery-nova/) by Nova Wallet team
- [Nova Assets Figma](https://www.figma.com/community/file/1039874427311142565) — Polkadot eco tokens, networks, DApps
- [Hosted metadata portal](https://nova-wallet.github.io/metadata-portal/#/polkadot) for Polkadot & Kusama ecosystem networks — metadata portal for [Parity Signer](https://www.parity.io/technologies/signer/), ecosystem hardware wallet

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This proposal covers the further development of Nova Wallet as a mobile application for the Polkadot ecosystem, allowing us to** expand upon the already large set of features** contained within Nova Wallet by introducing **Agile Delegations for OpenGov**, improving** Staking features**, and developing **features suggested by the community**.

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**The intended outcomes from this proposal:**

- Implementation of this proposal’s feature set for the Nova Wallet iOS and Android apps (as described in [The feature set of the proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eG8xNMVGvTbcXBfOWUN-oxEeXW15y0kofpG0AbihU1E/edit#heading=h.85ev9ft34nr9) section)
- Public demos: **every 2 weeks** (see [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@NovaWallet))
- Updates to AppStore / Google Play: **every 1-4 weeks**
- Open source iOS and Android mobile apps under **Apache 2.0 license**
- Open source iOS and Android Substrate SDKs under **Apache 2.0 license**

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**Please review the full proposal with a detailed description & costs:**
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eG8xNMVGvTbcXBfOWUN-oxEeXW15y0kofpG0AbihU1E](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eG8xNMVGvTbcXBfOWUN-oxEeXW15y0kofpG0AbihU1E)


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.

This proposal aims to provide ecological users with an open-source toolset, which covers all processes of custom data dashboard and is suitable for mainstream front-end frameworks. Users can use it to conveniently generate, configure, and manage data widgets and inject them into any project that needs to display blockchain data.

The toolset contains three parts: **Editor**, **Parser**, and **Management Tools**. The editor is used to generate and configure data widgets. The parser is used to parse and display widgets. Management Tool is used for widgets management. They all follow the [License apache 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).

We provide it with a wealth of widgets (covering more than 90% of the [Subscan explorer](https://www.subscan.io/) component library) and support commonly used data sources in the blockchain, such as HTTP API, GraphQL, State, LocalStorage, etc. Any developer (even users without a development background) can use it to customize blockchain data views easily. 

1) Using this toolset, users can easily create a user-friendly explorer UI with any open-source explorer solution (such as [Subscan Essentials](https://github.com/subscan-explorer/subscan-essentials)).

2) Using this toolset, you can customize widgets with custom data sources, such as API / GraphQL([Subquery](https://subquery.network/)), that can be integrated into your websites, Dapps, or any other web views.

In the future, Subscan will develop and deploy free online services based on this toolset.  It will enable users to create and submit widgets to Subscan explorer. Our ideal goal is to create a Dune-like data visualization publishing and collaboration platform.

**Total**

The total amount above is $201,600, and the amount of DOT will be converted based on the EMA7 price on the day of the official submission.

2022-12-08 01:55:42 (+UTC), Block #13260191

DOT EMA7 Price ( USD ): 5.421;

Number of DOT: 37,183.847

> EMA 7 Price: https://polkadot.subscan.io/tools/price_converter?value=201600&type=time&from=USD&to=DOT&time=1670464800

> The full proposal is available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NWmpdpaz_uvmHdSI1_wneUetp_OcwwzhVEYxInqRc_A/edit?usp=sharing).

> View previous discussion [here](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1441)



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.

This is proposal for Milestones 3&4.

DOT/EUR exchange rate calculated as 5.2334 by EMA7 (EMA with 168 period frame) by [Kraken](https://trade.kraken.com/snapshot/ce84vn6l6f69360p0elg-kraken-dot-eur
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Our team proposes to design an open source hardware storage for dotsama ecosystem.

[Please see complete proposal on Skiff](https://app.skiff.com/docs/6e1d3e9f-9e2c-4413-9190-9c39cda20763#yJcS2WZZbiuFk4Pe3W5nycQ7vcjEbrXkbfcf2EKIiV4=)

Project name is Kampela, Finnish word for flounder fish. The device is envisioned as flat card mostly consisting of e-paper screen and few controls (and it allows keys to stay safely in depth).

Kampela is a hardware version of Parity Signer. It is a small card-shaped device (ideally comparable to a credit card form factor, to be carried in a wallet when needed) that accepts data through unidirectional NFC port and shows output on a monochrome electronic paper screen. It has cryptographic strongbox with elliptic curves supported by Substrate — which only stores private keys (after initial import) and performs all signing operations on-chip.

Kampela is designed to be a comparatively low-cost (below €100, in contrast to €500+ for a Signer-compatible smartphone) single-purpose device, which would only support a single seed phrase per unit, operated via a drastically simplified user interface. However, it would have all the security features of Parity Signer: a full-featured SURI account derivation system, transactions preview, metadata updates, logging.

As something that supports the same QR code output formats as Signer, it would be able to drop-in replace Signer when providing signatures back to a mobile/desktop wallet. The only challenge would be in transforming the current QR-driven input format of Signer into a suitable NFC payload. Alongside with native support in some apps (which would require software modification) this can also be achieved with a tiny “translator” app for a regular (online, not necessary trusted — one’s usual daily driver) mobile phone: it would snap a QR code with the transaction details and (statelessly, without any extra features or complicated UI) transform that into an NFC payload.

Kampela is a natural (and long-discussed) extension of Parity Signer to leverage the most out of modern hardware-based crypto chips and drastically reduce Signer’s attack surface: no mobile OS, not extra platform features, no unexpected communication methods or airplane mode to take care of.

Kampela is not a wallet! It is a signing tool, it is not able to track on-chain balances, validate things over chain-provided information or generate transactions on itself.

The scope of this proposal does not include actual production, but does result in all preliminary development required for production. Hopefully, many assembly shops would rush in to compete with us and each other!

[Project repository](https://github.com/Alzymologist/Kampela) (check out PRs for more recent WIP)

Project matrix room: #Kampela:matrix.zymologia.fi

[This proposal was prevoiusly posted in Discussions](../post/1227)

[Proposal for milestones 1&2](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/163)

[Milestone 1 report](https://app.skiff.com/docs/2b25845a-4a00-4bf4-aaff-3de4a70d4ad7#zSepFgAI0EetUe7eIp2Tlgu/RnhMjnAJRDecVUiVmhQ=)

[Milestone 2 report](https://app.skiff.com/docs/5dcbeadc-e5f3-4f29-8476-e8fcb7786585#ZNnc%2FdmSz3dYkUNc%2BI%2BiarGsZKa0W9uUN25ZqCySPAg%3D)

Edit: [Milestone 3 report](https://app.skiff.com/docs/a0583eb2-1b44-46f1-b921-4dc4aa8abf68#QczSiY%2BGxi93PTv%2BFAd%2BPuNnfBqh%2BCpqBIFdooAufCo%3D)

Edit: [Milestone 4 report](https://app.skiff.com/docs/984d9ed1-9271-4457-be04-a6eca0f25f39#JZdHE9gfXVn%2BtkTl7EBOqCsxCfo%2F2FRjO%2FnnOJoJM6I%3D)

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 is a Web3 infrastructure provider for DotSama. We have been active in providing a high performance endpoint service for DotSama since the end of Q1 2022.

This proposal is to cover the ongoing costs(Q3 2022) for the running of our low latency, geo-distributed, high performance, scalable, and reliable public endpoint infrastructure for Polkadot.

Our [detailed proposal can be read here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/15pN1pgbPGVciQYGNYEyCxUelnl25pZsM/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114172945417100820622&rtpof=true&sd=true).

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.

**Proponent:** Tribe/AngelHack 13Ghf2T883ZobjngC1BAgR1BWvK2P7qP37gGxHDVFf3fjbmw

**Hackathon Date:** May 30, 2022 - July 11, 2022

**Requested Allocation:** $165,897.49 USD, remaining of $297,000 USD 

*DOT amount calculated via EMA7 on 6 Dec 2022 at GMT+0 0244hrs - 1 DOT ~ 5.508 USD. $165,897.49 USD ~ 30,119.37 DOT

**Short description:**

Referring to the approved proposal [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/117](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/117), AngelHack has requested for an allocation of $297,000 USD to fund the total prize pool of the Polkadot Hackathon: North America Edition. 

The DOT amount calculated via EMA30 on 17 May 2022 at GMT+0 0721hrs was 1 DOT ~ 14.34, where the requested $297,000 USD had a disbursement of 20,711.2971 DOT.

With the allocated DOT disbursed at the end of the spend period, we have swapped the DOT for USD in order to proceed with prize disbursement. The price was at 1 DOT ~ 6.33 where 20,711.2971 DOT ~ $131,102.51 USD.

Prizes have already been disbursed to all the winning teams with AngelHack covering the current difference. The purpose of the proposal is to seek a bridge of the remaining amount that AngelHack had administered to the winning teams of the Polkadot Hackathon: North America Edition.

**Full proposal link** [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MDQrMU9OHSMPXW28uxJTZ482YMt03hL4-knXh9xVXyo/edit?usp=sharing).


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.

This proposal aims provide funding for the 2022 Polkadot Winter Hackathon by Oneblock in China - for operations and winners prizes.

OneBlock, in collaboration with Parity Asia, successfully organized, operated and promoted the three Polkadot Hackathons in March 2021,June 2021 and June 2022. OneBlock propose to continue the Polkadot Hackathon program in winter 2022, an essential part of the Substrate promotion and adoption initiatives in China, to promote Substrate as an open-source framework for developers and convert the Substrate learners from OneBlock’s ongoing Substrate courses to Substrate builders.

The polkadot hackathon in 2021 was a success and it indeed helped to promote Substrate as an open-source framework for developers and convert the Substrate students from our ongoing Substrate courses to actually use Substrate to build projects. Receiving warm feedback from the developers, OneBlock decided to have 2022 polkadot winter hackathon and hereby submit this proposal for the necessary financial support on this event.

here and you can get all details [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f21KdUj8vR64O_c7k8rUTNLnFnavzw41epqwwcsnbDg/edit?usp=sharing).

Please feel free to comments!

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!

DotLeap has officially entered it's third year in production, with 104 weekly editions distributed!

With the growing operations of the RMRK team it has become necessary for Bruno Škorvc to hand day-to-day operations of DotLeap increasingly to gbaci, RMRK's professional content writer and accomplished author of Polkadot for Beginners. 

Additionally, with operating costs in excess of $50,000/year, it has become necessary for DotLeap operating capital to coalesce from sources supplementary to Bruno and gbaci's generous donations of personal financing and time. Production of DotLeap up until this point has been a labor of love.

This proposal serves to secure pro- and retroactive funding for DotLeap so that we may continue to service the growth of our quality community, and so that we may continue to assist the easy entry of new participants in our ecosystem. 

Please review our proposal [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BbpNMmbGU2q-bJlaj8PTscung7h1XUwZwH3hLj2yKwg/edit#) and please view and contribute to discussion in the Discussion forum [here](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1410)

In the 10 days since we submitted this proposal to Discussions, we have received your positive feedback and will answer your questions and make language adjustments to our proposal as needed!

Thanks so much, Dotsama fam, for two full years of DotLeap 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.

Proponent: Pinknode

DOT Account: 13EAhGcpe93mqSFZQrQ4P2cfpdAo5txWc5UQVTfEKDoqZjhw

Date: 17/11/2022

Requested allocation: USD$53,243.06 for 3 quarters

Allocation in DOT: 9084.29

**Proposal Summary: Costs for running secure, reliable, and scalable public infrastructure for Polkadot, Statemint, and Westend**

**Project Summary**

Pinknode is a node-as-a-service platform focused on providing shared API endpoint and node operation services catering exclusively to the Polkadot ecosystem. We launched our MVP in June 2021 and have been providing free RPC services to the Polkadot ecosystem’s participants since Q3 2021. Our mission is to aid the Polkadot protocol in achieving its vision of a multi-chain future by providing easy-to-use, reliable, and scalable infrastructure services which remove an entire layer of complexities for developers to start building on Polkadot/Substrate.

Ecosystem participants can access our free API service by creating their own API Key on [Pinknode Portal ](https://portal.pinknode.io/signup)or using our public endpoints (listed at https://polkadot.js.org/apps). In a bid to reduce barriers to entry and attract more developers to the ecosystem, our premium plan, which includes archive data and higher rate limits, is also free for all builders and participants of Polkadot to utilize. 

- https://public-rpc.pinknode.io/polkadot
- wss://public-rpc.pinknode.io/polkadot
- https://public-rpc.pinknode.io/statemint
- wss://public-rpc.pinknode.io/statemint
- https://public-rpc.pinknode.io/westend
- wss://public-rpc.pinknode.io/westend

**Service Details**

**For Q1/22, from 1st January 2022 to 31st March 2022,**

Pinknode’s Polkadot RPC nodes have served an average of 2,737,933 requests per day, for a cumulative total of 246,413,975 requests for the quarter.

Pinknode’s Statemint RPC nodes have served an average of 159,873 requests per day, for a cumulative total of 14,388,568 requests for the quarter.

Pinknode’s Westend RPC nodes have served an average of 189,120 requests per day, for a cumulative total of 17,020,770 requests for the quarter.

**For Q2/22, from 1st April 2022 to 30th June 2022,**

Pinknode’s Polkadot RPC nodes have served an average of 4,849,336 requests per day, for a cumulative total of 441,289,552 requests for the quarter.

Pinknode’s Statemint RPC nodes have served an average of 174,230 requests per day, for a cumulative total of 15,854,972requests for the quarter.

Pinknode’s Westend RPC nodes have served an average of 230,021 requests per day, for a cumulative total of 20,931,893 requests for the quarter.

**For Q3/22, From 1 July 2022 to 30 September 2022,**

Pinknode’s Polkadot RPC nodes have served an average of 8,708,123 requests per day, for a cumulative total of 792,477,238 requests for the quarter.

Pinknode’s Statemint RPC nodes have served an average of 26,7682 requests per day, for a cumulative total of 24,359,125 requests for the quarter.

Pinknode’s Westend RPC nodes have served an average of 350,008 requests per day, for a cumulative total of 31,850,748 requests for the quarter.

**Enhancements for the past 3 quarters:**

- Configuration of our Kubernetes clusters and auto-scaling mechanism
- Automated snapshot scripts
- Setup health check and monitoring tools
- Launch of Pinknode 1.0
- Enhancement of Pinknode’s proxy service and routing protocol.
- Testing and implementation of service recovery scripts
- Introduction of Pinknode’s Status Page for better visibility
- Automated chain upgrade scripts

Pinknode achieved service reliability of 99.94% for Q3 2022 with one major downtime incident on 12 Aug 2022. This major incident was traced to insufficient resource allocation for Pinknode’s proxy service and the fault was promptly resolved. You can view our status page [here](https://pinknode.statuspage.io/).

Pinknode will continue to improve our service reliability by improvement to our automated service recovery scripts and monitoring processes. We are confident of achieving higher service reliability going forward.

Our full report including raw data and graphs can be viewed [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L7uhTEbFpOJ6xQuvoop6EWCLJP7B8uKUQvd4zl1NmXs/edit?usp=sharing).

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.

Previous discussion: <https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1260>

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- **Treasury Proposal:** Gossamer Ongoing Development Grant
- **Proponent:** AFRI, `1dvvq2sZg55LfLqFmegU493oUaPWxJfjiYysP1eyovkX6hP` (`1413`)
- **Beneficiary:** CHAINSAFE, `14gaKBxYkbBh2SKGtRDdhuhtyGAs5XLh55bE5x4cDi5CmL75`
- **Date:** 09.09.2022
- **Requested amount:** USD 1,998,117.60 in DOT on the day of submission using EMA30 rate by Subscan _(Oct 1st, 2022: EMA30 6.815 USD/DOT)_
- **Scope:** Software development / Protocol 

**Short description:** Gossamer is a Polkadot host written in Go: a framework to build and run nodes for different blockchain protocols compatible with the Polkadot ecosystem, mainly but not limited to the Polkadot and Kusama relay chains. This proposal addresses the Polkadot treasury to consider a grant for the ongoing development by ChainSafe's Gossamer team for another 12 months after the successful collaboration with the Web3 Foundation Grants Program on the initial steps of this development. 

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**Context:** ChainSafe Systems [0], founded in 2017 in Toronto, is a Canadian blockchain development studio with more than 100 employees worldwide. Our vision is to move the various blockchain ecosystems closer, building bridges and increasing client diversity by providing alternative protocol implementations. With a strong emphasis on protocol engineering, we have been engaged by various clients and foundations, among others, in the Ethereum, Polkadot, COSMOS, and Filecoin ecosystems.

Initially funded through a Web3 Foundation grant [1], our protocol team started implementing a Go-Lang Polkadot host in January 2019. Ever since three years and 1300 merged pull requests later, the client has seen more than 40 contributors. As a result, a Gossamer node today can act as an alternative full node for chains such as Polkadot or Kusama. However, it is not yet feature complete. A treasury allocation should cover the pending developments with approval from the community. We want to continue developing and maintaining Gossamer to extend its capabilities further to grow and stabilize the Polkadot ecosystem with an alternative client implementation that is actively used by the community.

The current team consists of seven full-time protocol engineers and a dedicated project manager. The source code is available on GitHub [2] under the terms of an LGPL v3.0 license.

While the Web3 Foundation has entirely covered funding for the development in the past, this will be our first treasury proposal. Hopefully, this will secure our future operations, allow us to scale the team, and continue to broaden our scope while fostering our presence in the Polkadot ecosystem.

**Problem Statement:** The Substrate blockchain framework enables developers to quickly assemble blockchains for many different use cases. However, it is locking the ecosystem down onto a single programming language, Rust, competing for resources in areas where collaboration is desired.

Offering alternative frameworks in other programming languages should be a high-valued goal of the Polkadot community **as it opens up the ecosystem to a larger pool of engineers**. Thus far, Gossamer is not yet a generalized framework for building blockchains in Go; however, this will always be our central mission for the project.

**Objective:** The overall goal is for Gossamer to provide the functionality needed to bring true client diversity to the Polkadot ecosystem. This entails, but is not limited to:
- A **full-node client** capable of peering, synchronizing and seeding the most prominent relay chains and parachains of the Polkadot ecosystems.
- **Block-production and finality** capability for relay chains and parachains (validators, collators).
- **API services** to allow sharing chain and node states through standardized interfaces.
- **Runtimes** generated in alternative programming languages such as Go.

The primary focus of Gossamer development has been implementing the protocols of the Polkadot host, the client architecture that hosts the Wasm runtime of a Polkadot-like relay chain. The first milestone on the Gossamer roadmap is to allow members of the Polkadot community to stake cryptocurrency behind a Gossamer block-authoring node on the Polkadot Network.

**Deliverables:** The objectives of this proposal can be broken down into the following milestones in no particular order.
- **Validator specification:** Gossamer currently runs in single-node development environments or in sync with other Gossamer nodes or older Substrate versions. A desirable goal for the next year would be **implementing the latest validator specification**, which breaks down into three major components.
 - Transaction queue: Gossamer must be able to receive user-submitted extrinsics [3] and deliver them to the network. Furthermore, Gossamer must implement the transaction queue logic [4] to handle user-submitted transactions efficiently.
 - Block production: Gossamer must be able to author blocks using the latest BABE block production protocol [5].
 - Block finality: Gossamer must be able to participate in the latest GRANDPA block finalization protocol [6].
- **Sync modes:** Gossamer can currently conduct a full bootstrap synchronization to the tip of the chain. This means that the node can use the chain specification [7] of a Polkadot-like network to connect to that network and to import and verify the blocks that make up the network's canonical chain; these blocks will be stored in Gossamer's key-value database. A desirable goal for next year's development would be to **update BABE and GRANDPA implementations to the latest specification and provide alternative synchronization modes**. 
 - State Integrity: Gossamer must implement Polkadot's Patricia-Merkle trie [8] and use it to generate proofs correctly.
 - Fork Choice: Gossamer must tip-sync with a Polkadot-like network, which implies tracking multiple candidate forks at the head of the chain and following the best according to the specification.
 - Warp Sync: Besides providing a full-synchronization service, it would be desirable to provide other modes such as warp sync.
 - DB Imports: A Gossamer node should be able to bootstrap with a database snapshot at a given block height.
- **RPC APIs:** Gossamer must implement the same WebSocket JSON-RPC APIs as the Substrate Polkadot implementation (PSP-6, [9]); this means that the Polkadot-JS API [a] should be able to **work seamlessly with a Gossamer host**.
- **Telemetry:** A Gossamer client should be able to natively connect to any Polkadot Telemetry Service [b] to announce its presence. These Go-hosts should be identifiable by the Telemetry UI reporting the existence of alternative clients.
- **Performance:** To make the client attractive, it's crucial to adjust the reality to the user's performance expectations concerning CPU usage, memory usage, and synchronization time. Metrics can be comparable with Parity's implementation.

The focus for the next development cycle is **matching the latest specification to be able to bootstrap a full Polkadot node and participate in consensus**, e.g., on a public testnet such as Westend. Success metrics can be defined by passing the respective test suites provided by the Web3 Foundation; the organization will partner on this proposal as technical advisor and deliverables auditor to ensure the completed milestones are technically sound. If unavailable, an additional deliverable could entail providing test suites for the respective deliverable above.

Please note that funds are requested from the community treasury. The Web3 Foundation technical team has no control over these funds and will not be rewarded as a reviewer of the milestones. The team will serve the sole purpose of evaluating deliverables in alignment with the community approval of this proposal. This role is based on their past participation in this project. It is expected for the ChainSafe team to publish deliverable reports after the Web3 Foundation's technical evaluation and before continuing with subsequent milestones.

**Payment Conditions**: The requested amount for a 12-months ongoing development grant is USD 1,998,117.60 in DOT on the day of submission using the EMA30 rate by Subscan [c]. The allocation is asked for as a single, up-front payment to cover our ongoing development costs and for the team to be able to provide a runway to their developer resources.

The following resource table outlines the expected costs for the Gossamer team. The table consists of:
- the current base cost to operate the team,
- an 18% operational overhead to cover the costs of running the project as a team within ChainSafe Systems (e.g., operations, offices, equipment, tooling, infrastructure, legal, travel),
- the potential to grow the team sustainability by another two engineers over the course of the following year,
- as well as a 3% margin to protect against market volatility of the underlying DOT assets.

```
 | E2* | E3* | E4* | TPM* | Base Cost | Cost +18% overhead |
| ---------- | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ---------------- | ------------------ |
| Month 0 | 3 FTE* | 3 FTE* | 1 FTE* | 1 FTE* | USD 120,000.00 | USD 141,600.00 |
| Month 1 | 3 FTE* | 3 FTE* | 1 FTE* | 1 FTE* | USD 120,000.00 | USD 141,600.00 |
| Month 2 | 3 FTE* | 3 FTE* | 1 FTE* | 1 FTE* | USD 120,000.00 | USD 141,600.00 |
| Month 3 | 3 FTE* | 3 FTE* | 1 FTE* | 1 FTE* | USD 120,000.00 | USD 141,600.00 |
| Month 4 | 3 FTE* | 3 FTE* | 1 FTE* | 1 FTE* | USD 120,000.00 | USD 141,600.00 |
| Month 5 | 3 FTE* | 3 FTE* | 1 FTE* | 1 FTE* | USD 120,000.00 | USD 141,600.00 |
| Month 6 | 4 FTE* | 4 FTE* | 1 FTE* | 1 FTE* | USD 154,000.00 | USD 181,720.00 |
| Month 7 | 4 FTE* | 4 FTE* | 1 FTE* | 1 FTE* | USD 154,000.00 | USD 181,720.00 |
| Month 8 | 4 FTE* | 4 FTE* | 1 FTE* | 1 FTE* | USD 154,000.00 | USD 181,720.00 |
| Month 9 | 4 FTE* | 4 FTE* | 1 FTE* | 1 FTE* | USD 154,000.00 | USD 181,720.00 |
| Month 10 | 4 FTE* | 4 FTE* | 1 FTE* | 1 FTE* | USD 154,000.00 | USD 181,720.00 |
| Month 11 | 4 FTE* | 4 FTE* | 1 FTE* | 1 FTE* | USD 154,000.00 | USD 181,720.00 |
| ---------- | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ---------------- | ------------------ |
| USD Sum | | | | | USD 1,644,000.00 | USD 1,939,920.00 |
| +3% margin | | | | | | USD 58,197.60 |
| ---------- | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ---------------- | ------------------ |
| USD Total | | | | | | USD 1,998,117.60 |
 ====================
```

_[*] Abbreviations: E2 - Engineer II (Mid-level Engineer), E3 - Engineer III (Senior Engineer), E4 - Engineer IV (Technical Lead), TPM - Technical Project Manager, FTE - Full-Time Employee_

The beneficiary of this proposal is ChainSafe Systems Inc, Toronto, Canada. The on-chain address is `14gaKBxYkbBh2SKGtRDdhuhtyGAs5XLh55bE5x4cDi5CmL75`. The funds' manager is Hatcher Lipton, COO at ChainSafe Systems, reachable through <hatcher@chainsafe.io> for any questions regarding the payment conditions.

For any questions about the technical nature of this proposal, you can message me, Afri Schoedon, Head of Protocol Engineering at ChainSafe Systems, at <afri@chainsafe.io>, or Dan Forbes, Technical Project Manager for the Gossamer team, at <dan.forbes@chainsafe.io>.

References:
- [0] <https://chainsafe.io/>
- [1] <https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/blob/master/docs/accepted_grant_applications.md>
- [2] <https://github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer>
- [3] <https://spec.polkadot.network/#_extrinsics>
- [4] <https://spec.polkadot.network/#sect-runtime-txqueue-module>
- [5] <https://spec.polkadot.network/#sect-block-production>
- [6] <https://spec.polkadot.network/#sect-finality>
- [7] <https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/tree/master/node/service/chain-specs>
- [8] <https://spec.polkadot.network/#chap-state-spec>
- [9] <https://github.com/w3f/PSPs/blob/master/PSPs/drafts/psp-6.md>
- [a] <https://github.com/polkadot-js/api>
- [b] <https://telemetry.polkadot.io/>
- [c] <https://polkadot.subscan.io/tools/charts?type=price>

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