- OpenZeppelin is a company that started in 2015.
- They are experts in making smart contracts safe.
- There is a proposal for OpenZeppelin to check a smart contract language called ink!
- They will also review something called Substrate’s smart contracts pallet.
- The goal is to make improvements to security and how easy it is to use.
- After their work, OpenZeppelin will give a report about what they found.
- This helps everyone use smart contracts better and keeps them safe.

Awarded

Proposal: ink! design audit by OpenZeppelin

- Polkassembly helps with the governance of Polkadot and Kusama networks.
- A new plan suggests regular payments every three months for maintenance and operation costs.
- The funds will cover things like upgrades, maintenance, and infrastructure.
- The proposal will alternate between Polkadot and Kusama networks for funds.
- This payment request is for the months of October, November, and December 2022.
- The proposal shares past work and future plans.
- More information can be found in the provided document and discussion links.

Social Contract between Polkassembly and Polkadot Treasury

- Chris Veselinov is the CTO of LimeChain.
- He wants to create a Go Runtime to help with blockchain development.
- The goal is to make it easier and more friendly for beginners.
- They aim to make a framework in Go, which is different from Substrate.
- This framework would allow other developers to reuse parts of it.
- LimeChain has a grant to check if this project is possible.
- They have worked on some challenges and shared their efforts online.
- LimeChain is a company that builds blockchain tools and apps.

Framework for building Substrate-compatible Runtimes in Go (Parachains & Solochains)

- A proposal was made by Centrifuge to get money from the Polkadot treasury.
- They want $172,500 to help develop a tool called FUDGE.
- FUDGE helps people work with the databases of certain blockchains more easily.
- It allows users to build and change blocks without needing to connect to a network.
- This tool is very useful for testing and running commands related to these blockchains.
- Centrifuge has already created an early version of FUDGE and is using it for their own tests.
- More information about the proposal can be found through a link they provided.

Treasury Proposal by Centrifuge: FUDGE - Core library for local integration-tests in Substrate

- The proposal asks for money from the Polkadot Treasury to help a Chinese group.
- This group wants to create better Chinese content about Polkadot, using easier language.
- They plan to help Chinese people learn more about Polkadot and its projects.
- The goal is to get more people interested in Polkadot and its community.
- Since March 2022, they have already received funding to operate.
- They are asking for about $104,760 to cover costs for six months.

Treasury proposal: The 2022/9-2023/2 operating cost for the nonprofit organization Polkadot Ecology Research Institute

- Patika web3 started in March 2022 to help developers in Turkey learn about web3.
- The platform has over 109,000 developers already learning.
- They plan to create a free online training for beginners called "Polkadot Rust&Substrate Practicum."
- Participants will learn together and support each other.
- The goal is to help 2,000 developers join the Polkadot ecosystem.
- They hope for at least 100 project submissions by the end of the training.

Activating developer ecosystem in Turkey for Polkadot

**High Performance Public Infrastructure Proposal**

- The proposal was made on October 6, 2022, for funding of $112,454.80.
- It aims to maintain strong and reliable public infrastructure for Polkadot and its related networks.
- Over the past three months, they provided a free service that helps users access public nodes easily.
- Key goals included making it easier for new projects to join and helping existing projects grow.
- They successfully reduced costs for customers by up to 40% and added new features to improve their service.
- New API services and better data insights have been added to help users understand their applications.
- They achieved a high uptime of 99.94% for Polkadot and expanded their service to include new networks like Avalanche and Juno.

OnFinality High Performance Public Infrastructure (Q3 2022)

- Sequester is a special tool for Polkadot chains to use transaction fees to buy carbon-backed assets.
- This helps make every transaction on Polkadot good for the environment, or "carbon negative."
- Sequester will gather fees, trade them for eco-friendly tokens, and retire carbon offsets quickly.
- Bitgreen is a partner helping with carbon credits in a sustainable way.
- The project will be tested with other teams like Acala and will also be featured in a White Paper.
- It is funded by a grant to create a chain that changes tokens into eco-friendly assets.
- The team will share more information through documents and videos.

Sequester Common Good Chain - Milestone 1

- The proposal is about getting more money to keep working on important computer services for Polkadot.
- The goal is to keep running the Polkadot, Statemint, and Westend services on special computers in Sweden.
- In the third quarter of 2022, Polkadot handled 2,690,000 requests every day.
- Statemint managed 74,300 requests daily, while Westend had 43,700 requests on average each day.
- They also started using a new Polkadot computer that has been tested and is helping the community.
- There is a full proposal that can be read for more details.

 Polkadot RPC services Dwellir Q4 2022

- **Proponent:** NicholasHong/Tribe/StackUp
- **Date:** October 2022
- **Project Allocation:** $80,000 USD
- **Requested Amount:** 4699 DOT (equivalent to $30,000 USD)
- **Project Description:** The StackUp Team conducted a Learn-and-Earn campaign for the Polkadot Hackathon Global Series 2022, aiming to onboard 150 developers into the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Campaign Format:** Developers earned rewards for completing bite-sized learning tasks called "quests."
- **Initial Allocation:** $50,000 USD was already allocated and used for the campaign.
- **Outcome:** The campaign was successful, and the remaining $30,000 USD is now requested to conclude the project.

Request for Second Allocation: Learn-and-Earn for Polkadot Hackathon Global Series 2022

- Polkadot will represent itself at the Web Summit this year.
- They want money from the Treasury to help pay for some of the costs.
- Other costs will be covered by companies that are joining.
- The event has over 70,000 attendees and big tech companies.
- Polkadot aims to promote web3 and get more people interested.
- Their goals include attracting investors and building a strong community.
- They are inviting more projects to join them in this effort.

Treasury Proposal: Polkadot on WebSummit

- A group is working on a grant application for a conference.
- The conference was very successful and exceeded expectations.
- People learned about cryptocurrencies, especially Polkadot.
- The event helped connect communities in the Czech Republic.
- A link to the updated grant application is provided for review.

UTXO.22

### Polkadot Treasury Proposal (July 2022 - September 2022)

- **Term**: 1 July 2022 to 30 September 2022
- **Purpose**: Extension of maintenance & support contract for Polkadot Ecosystem.
- **Organization**: Polkascan Foundation, a not-for-profit infrastructure service provider.
- **Activities**: Maintenance of Python libraries initially funded by Web3 Foundation.
- **Usage**: Python libraries used by projects like LocalCoinSwap, Rotki, and Patract Labs.
- **Reports**: Detailed activity reports available for previous months and quarters.
- **Further Details**: Social Contract Mechanism and Business Plan available for reference.
- **Contact**: Available to answer questions from the Polkadot Council.

Continuation of Maintenance & Support for Python Libraries

- This proposal is from three teams in Polkadot: Bitgreen, Sequester, and Evercity.
- They want to measure the carbon footprint of the Polkadot and Kusama networks.
- The goal is to offset emissions using carbon credits from their own ecosystem.
- The proposal includes creating a dashboard to show electricity use and emissions for each parachain.
- Some parachain teams, like Acala and Astar, support this project and want to help.
- The project will be completed by November and will start in early 2023.
- The information will be available for everyone to see and use.

Greening the Polkadot Network – Step 2 (Network Carbon Audit)

- There will be an NFT event at UNESCO HQ in Paris on November 25-26.
- It will showcase NFT experiences using the Polkadot Network.
- The event includes an exhibition in person, online, and on 1,600 video billboards in France.
- There will be discussions about the environment, art, and blockchain technology.
- Over 8,000 visitors are expected to attend.
- Many important people from 193 countries and various cultural institutions will be there.
- Technologies like Unique, Moonbeam, and RMRK will be part of the experiences.

NFT exhibition about environment at UNESCO HQ, Paris

- Sota, the founder of Astar Network, is organizing the Polkadot Summit.
- The event will take place on November 3rd in San Francisco at the Fort Mason Center.
- There will be two tracks: a business track and a technical track.
- The summit is to educate people about the Polkadot Network's developments.
- Confirmed speakers are from well-known teams like Parity, Astar, and Acala.
- The goal is to raise awareness of Polkadot in the US.
- The event will last all day, from 9 AM to 5 PM.
- The estimated cost for the event is about $47,215, which can be paid in DOT tokens.

Proposal: San Francisco Blockchain Week Polkadot Summit 

- A person named 12uokSRn2hmEWPZuzHK1xqnFxRgyoApLtXRBd4jFan2x2T1P wrote a proposal on December 9, 2022.
- They want to request 2,493 DOT, which is about $18,840.
- The proposal is about the DotSama ecosystem, which has many complex technologies.
- These technologies can be tricky and have risks like mistakes in money transfer and hacks.
- Dot.alert() is a knowledgebase that helps people learn to manage their assets safely in this ecosystem.
- The proposal aims to get funding from the Polkadot Treasury to help keep Dot.alert() running.
- More details about the proposal can be found in a linked document.

Treasury proposal: Dot.alert() operational costs

- YieldBay is a project started 9 months ago to help people who provide money to earn from tokens in the dotsama ecosystem.
- It aims to make it easier for these people and for protocols (projects) to find and join liquidity pools and yield farms.
- Many people have similar questions about finding these pools, so YieldBay wants to help by creating a central platform for listings.
- The project has already built a working example of this platform called YieldBay List, which has attracted over 350 visitors.
- Many protocols, like Tapio and BeamSwap, have requested to be listed on YieldBay List.
- The goal is to reduce confusion and make it easier for everyone involved, helping new projects succeed.

YieldBay Proposal: Listing platform for all dotsama liquidity pools and yield farms

- Sota Watanabe, founder of Astar Network, is asking for $25,000 to help with a Polkadot event in Asia.
- The event is called Token2049, and it's a big deal in Asia with over 3,000 people expected to attend.
- 21 projects, including Astar, Acala, and Moonbeam, are teaming up to make Polkadot more popular in Asia.
- The goal is to make Polkadot stronger and show how everyone in the ecosystem works together.
- They hope to get 300+ people to sign up and 200+ to come to the event.
- The event page is already up, and over 300 people have signed up so far.

Proposal: Polkadot Singapore Event During Token2049

- EasyA is asking for $40,000 for a hackathon they held with Polkadot.
- The event took place in London on July 30-31, 2022.
- 250 students from 30 universities participated and created 27 projects.
- They taught students how to build on the Polkadot platform.
- The hackathon helped many new developers learn about Polkadot.
- EasyA wants the money to give prizes and cover costs for the event.
- They have documented the event for future hackers to learn from.

Milestone 2 Proposal: Polkadot Hackathon for 200 Students and Educators

- The project is called Kampela, named after a Finnish fish.
- It aims to create a low-cost device for secure storage of digital keys.
- The device looks like a flat card and has an e-paper screen.
- It is similar to an existing tool called Parity Signer but is designed to be simpler and cheaper.
- Kampela can read information using NFC and shows results on its screen.
- It does not work like a wallet, as it cannot track money or create transactions.
- The proposal focuses on development, not actual production, hoping for competition in the market.

Hardware signer and key storage Kampela: Milestones 1&2

- SubWallet is proposing to support NFTs on Kusama and Statemine.
- They want to allow cross-chain transactions and show transaction history and staking details.
- They added a donation button to support charities, focusing on Ukraine.
- SubWallet can send and receive NFTs and has integrated with other tools to improve the user experience.
- As of June 2022, SubWallet supports over 60 networks and has more than 5,000 users.
- By August 2022, they increased support to over 70 networks and gained 15,000 installs.
- They are part of the Substrate Builders Program and collaborate with over 70 teams.

Milestone 2: SubWallet Proposes to Build the Web3 Multiverse Gateway for Polkadot & Kusama ecosystem

- PolkaWorld is a community in China that focuses on Polkadot and has over 50,000 followers.
- They have worked with Polkadot and Web3 Foundation since 2019.
- PolkaWorld received a W3F community grant from 2019 to 2021.
- They made a social contract with Polkadot Treasury in June 2021.
- They are asking for money to cover community operation costs from September to November 2022.
- Details about their goals, tasks, and budget are available in a shared document.
- They welcome community advice and feedback.

PolkaWorld Ops and Maintenance proposal：2022.9 - 2022.11

- Polkadot uses special technology called Substrate to create decentralized systems.
- Depending on how these systems are set up, they can be more or less decentralized.
- A tool named Polkawatch helps check how decentralized Polkadot is by looking at different factors.
- Currently, Polkadot's network is quite centralized, with few operators and regions handling most of the work.
- Polkawatch started working in the second quarter of 2022.
- There is a plan to keep improving Polkawatch and its software in the third quarter of 2022.
- The community can provide feedback on these plans through a discussion post.

Polkadot decentralization analytics, Continued Operation and Improvements.

- A proposal was made on August 11, 2022, asking for $100,383.24 to support public infrastructure for Polkadot, Statemint, and Westend.
- The service is focused on providing reliable and high-performance operations.
- There were many activities for Polkadot, with over 224 million responses in one day.
- The uptime for the networks was very high, reaching 99.98% over the last 90 days.
- In total, the Polkadot API served over 12 billion responses.
- For Westend and Statemint, there were also many responses, totaling over 609 million and 353 million, respectively. 
- The goal is to improve service availability to 99.99%, which means less downtime.

Treasury Proposals