- **Supercolony** requested funding for the **first Smart Contracts on Polkadot - WASM conference**.
- The proposal was approved by **motion 152**.
- The conference website is [HERE](https://wasm-conference.com/).
- Organizers moved from Kyiv for safety and lost access to the original funding address.
- A new treasury proposal was suggested to recover the funds.
- New address: [14QZaDL6Pj8TWdjoe2honAsoVKSytSc74rNcTZxfnJqSwaxc](https://polkadot.subscan.io/account/14QZaDL6Pj8TWdjoe2honAsoVKSytSc74rNcTZxfnJqSwaxc).
- Original discussion on recovering funds is [here](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/904).
- The old funds are marked as "Lost" and will be monitored.

Awarded

Helping Supercolony Recover Funds From Treasury Proposal - A new vote on the proposal

### Subscan Summary

- **Subscan** is a blockchain explorer for Substrate-based chains like Polkadot and Kusama.
- It supports mainnets, testnets, and public parachains.
- Subscan has seen a rise in users, leading to higher infrastructure costs.
- They generate revenue from development and O&M fees but aim to keep costs low.
- Subscan's main expenses are on Google Cloud Platform, especially Compute Engine.
- They request 1483 DOT to cover infrastructure costs from September to December 2021.
- Subscan is committed to improving services and supporting the ecosystem.

The Infrastructure Costs of Subscan for Polkadot Network from Sep 2021 to Dec 2021.

### Subscan Cloudflare Enterprise Proposal Summary

- **Subscan** is a blockchain explorer for Substrate-based chains like Polkadot.
- **Previous Proposal**: Subscan integrated with Cloudflare Enterprise on August 16th, 2021, reducing service latencies.
- **Current Proposal**: Requests funds for Cloudflare Enterprise service from January 15, 2022, to April 14, 2022.
- **Total Cost**: $15,300 for the Cloudflare Enterprise plan.
- **Requested Amount**: 85% of the total cost, which is $13,005.
- **Conversion**: 13,005 USD is approximately 671 DOT.
- **Future Plans**: Subscan aims to reduce reliance on external funding over time.

Cloudflare Enterprise Plan for Subscan from January 2022 to April 2022

**BrightTreasury Project Summary**

- **Goal**: Fund new features for the BrightTreasury app, which helps users interact with the Treasury module on Polkadot and Kusama networks.
- **Features**: Plans to integrate with Polkassembly, add user feedback improvements, and include Tips and child-bounties mechanisms.
- **Team**: Bright Inventions, a team of 70 developers, designers, and project managers, with expertise in blockchain, web, and mobile development.
- **Funding**: Initially funded by the Web3.0 Foundation Grants Program, now maintained with Treasury funds.
- **Milestones**: Four phases with specific tasks like sharing proposals on Polkassembly, implementing child-bounties, and adding a Tips mechanism.
- **Cost**: Total budget covers development, design, and management efforts for all milestones.
- **Updates**: After each milestone, a summary and testing guidelines will be posted.
- **Project Link**: [treasury.bright.dev](https://treasury.bright.dev)

BrightTreasury - v. 2.0 improvements & features

**Omni**

- Omni is a desktop app for managing Polkadot.
- It helps users handle complex tasks easily.
- Omni syncs data and supports multi-sig and proxies.
- It combines multiple operations into one transaction.
- Omni manages staking, assets, and voting.
- The Nova Foundation interviewed stakeholders for requirements.
- The first milestone proposal is available for review.

Omni: Polkadot Enterprise desktop app Treasury Proposal - Milestone 1

- PolkaWorld is a Polkadot community in China with over 50,000 followers.
- In 2021, they published 584 articles on Wechat, receiving nearly 1 million views.
- They hosted 43 online broadcasts and 100 videos, attracting over 230,000 views.
- PolkaWorld built a new website with 565 articles and 237 news updates.
- They published 110 videos on YouTube, getting 36,000 views.
- Hosted 9 meetups in 5 cities, with 2,149 registrations and over 50% attendance.
- Organized a Polkadot metaverse meetup in DCL, with 1,300+ participants.

PolkaWorld Ops and Maintenance proposal for 3/2022 - 5/2022

**Smart Contracts on Polkadot - WASM Conference**

- **Purpose**: To bring the Polkadot community together to discuss Smart Contracts and WASM (WebAssembly).
- **Focus**: Discuss why WASM is important for decentralized app development.
- **Organizers**: Supercolony, known for contributions to WASM, ink!, Polkadot ecosystem, and OpenBrush.
- **Event Type**: 1-Day Virtual conference.
- **Platform**: Hopin will be used for streaming.
- **Future Plans**: Aim to organize 3-4 events in the next year, starting with a Polkadot Hackathon.
- **Feedback**: Seeking input on marketing, agenda development, and collaboration with WASM-related projects.

Smart Contracts on Polkadot - WASM conference (Virtual)

- Provided a scalable public API service for Polkadot, Statemint, and Westend.
- Served over 23 billion responses in Q4 2021, a 334% increase from the previous quarter.
- Accumulated 71 TB of data egress, up 313% from Q3.
- Experienced a peak of 515 million responses in a single day during the Polkadot Parachain Auctions.
- Scaled up compute resources due to increased block verification from parachains.
- Observed performance drops when CPU usage exceeded 50%.
- Total running cost for the infrastructure was $101,122.20.

OnFinality - High Performance Public Infrastructure (Q4 2021)

### Stylo Wallet Maintenance Proposal

- **Purpose:** Covers maintenance costs for Stylo Wallet, including upgrades and infrastructure.
- **Networks:** Supports both Kusama and Polkadot, alternating every six months.
- **Duration:** May to October 2021.
- **Amount Requested:** 2,880.00 EUR or 8.90 KSM.
- **KSM Rate:** 323 EUR/KSM (based on monthly average).
- **Frequency:** Submitted bi-annually.
- **Beneficiary:** `ESByNCnB6Q3p5VQVEcEMvQCk6y6ahuSEv22oxxrQ2ybfggr`.
- **Past Info:** Detailed past upgrades and budgets [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/18LI0BB5nnyhQJZW4-SdWOWy_Z6W3kObJUKSv53aU-fg/edit?usp=sharing).

Stylo wallet - recurring payment to cover maintenance costs

**Libwallet Spending Proposal Summary**

- **License:** GPLv3
- **Requested Amount:** 1273.95 DOT
- **Timeline:** 6 weeks
- **Contact:** Email at [contact@virto.team](mailto:we@virto.team) or chat on [#virto-network](https://matrix.to/#/#virto-network:virto.community)
- **Description:** Libwallet is a portable library for creating chain-agnostic crypto wallets.
- **Features:** Easy to use, works in various environments like native apps, browsers, and embedded hardware.
- **More Info:** Detailed discussion available [here](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/825).

 Libwallet treasury proposal

DatDot.org 

### ZKValidator Treasury Proposal Summary

- **Objective**: Raise awareness about privacy and zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP) in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Event Funding**: Requesting €8000 in DOT from the treasury.
- **Key Points**:
  - Privacy is crucial for broader blockchain adoption.
  - Hosting an event promotes privacy awareness and discussion.
  - Events facilitate networking and idea sharing.
- **Previous Events**:
  - Hosted a privacy workshop in 2019.
  - Organized a virtual event in April 2021.
- **Proposal Link**: [View full proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qKy8-dGO8w2GUMDW6qiEalhB0iTUKJsYBYUErnOx28w/edit#heading=h.v6is2ta0txr1).
- **Feedback**: Welcomes support and suggestions.

ZKValidator virtual event for Polkadot

### Bright Treasury Proposal Summary

- **Objective**: Fund maintenance costs for the Bright Treasury app.
- **Automation**: Uses CI/CD for automated tests and deployment.
- **Infrastructure**: Managed with infrastructure as code for easy updates.
- **Features**: A web app and PWA for submitting proposals and viewing Treasury actions on Polkadot and Kusama networks.
- **User Focus**: Designed for regular users, not just council members.
- **Goal**: Attract professionals to contribute ideas and skills to the community.
- **Project Link**: [Bright Treasury](https://treasury.bright.dev)
- **Documentation**: Available on [GitHub](https://github.com/bright/bright-tresury).

Bright Treasury maintenance 01.2022 - 03.2022 (t)

- Polkadot India aims to educate the Indian crypto community about Polkadot and developers about Substrate.
- They have created two programs: DotFriday (guest webinars) and Substrate Saturdays (bootcamps).
- These programs have been running since September 2021.
- The community has been growing rapidly since the programs started.
- They plan to impact 1,500 crypto enthusiasts and 1,000 developers by February 2022.
- More details and metrics are available in the provided links.

6 Polkadot Webinars + 3 Substrate Bootcamps in India 

- Polkassembly is a key part of Polkadot and Kusama governance.
- This proposal asks for quarterly payments to cover maintenance and operational costs.
- Costs include general maintenance, runtime upgrades, and infrastructure.
- Polkassembly supports both Kusama and Polkadot networks.
- Maintenance proposals will alternate between networks every three months.
- This specific proposal covers costs for January, February, and March 2022.
- Funds are requested from the Polkadot treasury.
- The full proposal and discussion can be found in the provided links.

Social Contract between Polkassembly and Polkadot Treasury

### Summary of Polkadot RPC Service Proposal

- **Purpose**: To cover maintenance costs for a new RPC service that helps users connect to the Polkadot network.
- **Location**: The service is hosted in Scandinavia.
- **Decentralization**: This service aims to decentralize the Polkadot network.
- **Current Status**: The service is already available online.
- **Pull Request**: A request to include the service has been submitted to the Polkadot.js Apps repository.
- **Full Proposal**: Detailed information can be found in a Google Docs document.
- **DOT Rate**: The proposal uses a 30-day average DOT rate tool provided by Subscan.

Proposal: Polkadot RPC node Dwellir

### Polkadot Council Treasury Proposal Summary

- **MIDL.dev** is an Estonian company providing blockchain database snapshots for the Polkadot network.
- **Services** include daily snapshots, a website (polkashots.io), and incident management.
- **Snapshots** are essential for node operators and validators to quickly restore or set up their infrastructure.
- **Costs** include labor (1,200 EUR/month) and cloud expenses (with a 50% markup).
- **Usage** shows about 10 downloads per day, benefiting the Polkadot and Kusama networks.
- **Budget** totals 12,919.77 EUR, or 514.24 DOT, for the period.
- **Alternatives** like warp sync are slower and less reliable compared to MIDL.dev's service.

Polkashots.io maintenance

- Messari is proposing Polkadot to join the Messari Hub, a marketplace for crypto research.
- The Hub provides free, high-quality research to users, developers, and investors.
- Messari is asking for $125k in DOT (Polkadot's cryptocurrency) to fund research.
- The funds will cover an initial "ecosystem report" and four quarterly reports.
- Reports will be freely available on Messari and shared via their newsletter and social media.
- The proposal includes a 10% premium to account for market volatility.
- More details can be found in the full proposal document.

Commission research through the Messari Hub

### Patract Labs Summary

- **Patract Labs** develops tools and services for Polkadot's Wasm contract technology.
- They have completed projects like **Redspot**, **Europa**, **Elara**, **zkMega**, and **Metis**.
- **Pallet-Contracts** and **ink!** have undergone significant changes, requiring ongoing maintenance.
- They also maintain the **Jupiter** test chain and provide **Elara** API services.
- **Education** efforts include video and document content for developers.
- Total maintenance costs for 2021 were approximately **1770 DOT**.

Patract Labs' maintenance cost for Polkadot of 2021

- University engagement program includes funding for hackathons.
- Requesting $27,000 for hackathon prizes in the third phase.
- Amount requested is 658.30 DOT, based on a 30-day moving average.
- DOT price is 41.015 according to Subscan.
- Hackathon report and prizewinners list are in the tranche 2 report.
- Link to the engagement program presentation is provided.
- Link to the hackathon report and prizewinners list is also provided.

Encode Polkadot Tranche 3 (hackathon payments)

- **Proposal Date:** 24.11.2021
- **Proponent:** 1ndvErzA6F2gHFXwEqjcPd7qtGnsZDiStpSj4A8LytDJRhf
- **Objective:** Increase the Polkadot Spanish community by creating an Educational Hub.
- **Actions:**
  - Develop a Spanish community webpage.
  - Create guidelines and tutorials about the Polkadot ecosystem.
  - Produce Spanish content like blog posts and papers.
  - Translate Polkadot Wiki and official documents.
- **Budget:** 494.35 DOTs (valued at 39,43 USD/DOT).
- **Milestone:** Focuses on Milestone 2 of the original proposal.
- **Follow-up:** The team will provide a report on the development progress.

POLKADOT EDUCATIONAL HUB IN SPANISH (Milestone 2)

### CryptoLab Staking Website

- **Purpose**: Helps non-technical users manage cryptocurrency portfolios on Polkadot/Kusama networks.
- **Features**:
  - **Portfolio Benchmark**: Helps users choose validators for staking.
  - **Portfolio Management**: Tracks revenue and suggests validator changes to maximize profits.
- **Networks**: Supports both Polkadot and Kusama.
- **Milestones**:
  - **Milestone 1**: Completed and launched on Kusama.
  - **Milestone 2 & 3**: Submitted to Polkadot Treasury for completion.
- **Costs**: Total budget for milestones 2 & 3 and operations is 24,750 USD.
- **Feedback**: Appreciates community input and feedback.

Treasury Proposal - CryptoLab Staking Website (milestone 2&3)

- PolkaWorld is a Polkadot community in China with over 40,000 followers.
- They published 785 articles about Polkadot, Kusama, and Substrate.
- Monthly readings reached between 70,000 and 100,000 in 2021.
- They interviewed 50+ projects and developers from the Polkadot ecosystem.
- Hosted monthly meetups with an average of 150+ attendees each.
- Organized 2-4 online broadcasts per month, totaling 27 so far.
- The proposal seeks funding for community operations from December 2021 to February 2022.

PolkaWorld Ops and Maintenance proposal for 12/2021 - 2/2022

### Summary of Proposal

- **Purpose**: The proposal aims to protect Polkadot community members from scams and illicit activities by providing a monitoring solution.
- **Partnership**: Merkle Science, a blockchain analytics provider, is collaborating with the Web 3 Foundation and Polkadot Council to develop this solution.
- **Timeline**: The solution is planned for launch in December 2021.
- **Features**: It includes phase 1 development and monitoring services subscriptions.
- **Priority Access**: Polkadot ecosystem members will have early access to monitor addresses on the phishing site.
- **Funding**: The proposal includes a calculation of DOT rate based on a 30-day average tool by Subscan.
- **Details**: The full proposal can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wR2hYa20PfBXjntTywm6vp179OL0HzJZYK0afDGy1vg/edit?usp=sharing).

Merkle Science - Proposal: Polkadot Transaction Monitoring

### Summary

- **Service Introduction**: Provided free public API service for Polkadot and Westend nodes from July to September 2021.
- **Objectives**: 
  - Grow the ecosystem by reducing entry barriers.
  - Scale existing projects with reliable infrastructure.
  - Assist network testing by sharing node performance data.
- **Service Performance**:
  - Served over 5.5 billion requests.
  - Accumulated nearly 17 TB of data egress.
  - High daily request peak of 87.5 million.
- **Enhancements**:
  - Improved dashboard for real-time monitoring.
  - Collected and shared metrics to aid network scaling.
  - Enhanced load balancing for scalability.
  - Improved health metrics and recovery scripts.
- **Future Commitment**:
  - Free support for 500,000 daily requests.
  - Accessible via Polkadot.js and specific endpoints.

Treasury Proposals