- Blockchain Training Alliance (BTA) has been teaching about Blockchain since 2017.
- They are creating a new course to help developers learn how to build on Polkadot.
- The course will help students understand how Polkadot works and how to write code.
- Students will learn about tools like Polkadotjs, Substrate, and Rust.
- The course lasts for 20 hours and is free to enroll.
- There will be a test at the end to get a certificate showing the skills learned.
- This course is for people who want to improve their blockchain skills or build new solutions.

Awarded

Substrate Training Course and Certification

### OpenSquare Summary

- **Beneficiary**: OpenSquare (12sNU8BXivMj1xQmcd4T39ugCyHjmhir8jkPqfAw5ZDESrx4)
- **Date**: 07/20/2022
- **Requested Allocation**: $143,760 (18,854 DOT)

#### Delivered Features
1. **Child Bounties**: Implemented for dotreasury and subsquare.
2. **Subsquare Polkadot Integration**: Data indexing and basic setup.
3. **Statescan On-chain NFT Metadata Support**: Added support for on-chain NFT metadata.

#### New Features Plan
1. **Dotreasury**: Web3-oriented development, Dapp features, and more statistics.
2. **Subsquare**: Sync with Polkassembly, subscription and notification, user profile page, and enhancements.
3. **Off-chain Voting**: Space creation and configuration, in-site notifications.

#### Total Budget
- **Delivered Features**: $38,160
- **Dotreasury New Features**: $44,800
- **Subsquare New Features**: $34,560
- **Off-chain Voting New Features**: $26,240
- **Total**: $143,760

OpenSquare treasury proposal for develiered features and new features development for dotreasury, subsquare and statescan

- The proposal is about rewards for an 8-week online hackathon called amsterDOT.
- There were 8 teams and 20 bounties for projects related to Polkadot and Kusama.
- An Open Category allowed any creative project related to Dotsama.
- Total rewards include up to $190,000 from teams and $150,000 from the Polkadot Treasury.
- A jury of 7 teams decided on the prize distribution.
- 13 out of 14 projects got some prize money.
- The winning project was Morph, a tool for easy cross-chain transfers.

AmsterDOT Hack

- The proposal is about getting money back for organizing a big event called amsterDOT Conf.
- The event lasted 4 days from April 20 to April 23, 2022.
- It was held in Amsterdam at 3 different places.
- Ten teams from Polkadot and Kusama helped organize it.
- There were 356 people who attended.
- The event included 32 talks and 13 workshops.
- Many people made new friendships and enjoyed their time there.

AmsterDOT Conf

- Oneblock wants to help evangelists promote the Substrate developer community by providing funding.
- They plan to create a global Substrate Evangelist Program to attract more people and promote the technology.
- Substrate is becoming popular in China's blockchain community and is important for growing Polkadot.
- The program will have ways to encourage evangelists to work hard in sharing and promoting Substrate.
- So far, 125 applicants from 14 different countries have joined the program.
- A kickoff meeting was held with important guests sharing news about Polkadot.
- In recent months, evangelists have been spreading information about the Substrate ecosystem.

Proposal of Substrate Evangelist Program

- This is a proposal about paying costs for the Polkadot network.
- It covers the infrastructure costs from January to June 2022.
- The proposal is for 50,814 US dollars, which will be converted to DOT coins.
- This payment does not include costs for software development or people working.
- It aims to make billing simpler and more organized for everyone.
- In the future, all bills will arrive at the same time, making it easier to keep track.
- The details of the billing can be found in a linked document.

Subscan | Infrastructure Costs of Subscan for Polkadot & Westend & Rococo Networks

- Daniel is a leader in building technology and is working on a project called Fido, which helps people use blockchain more easily.
- Fido is a special wallet designed to make Web3 simple for everyone, avoiding complicated words that might confuse users.
- It uses a friendly chat system to interact with users and can be installed on different devices like computers and small hardware.
- The team wants to build Fido in three stages, focusing on the design, core functions, and then adding more features.
- Their goal is to help people do everyday things, like buying items or ordering food, using blockchain technology without needing to understand all its complexities. 
- They are asking for feedback from early users to improve the software before it's ready for everyone to use.

Fido Wallet(s)

- A proposal is being made to give more money to the Anti-scam Bounty team.
- This team helps protect people from online scams.
- The proposal includes a budget and reports on their work and plans.
- They want to keep finding and taking down scam websites.
- The team is also working on other tasks to educate people about scams.
- Details about the proposal can be found in a document linked in the post.
- The identity of the beneficiary won't be visible on the blockchain, but it can be checked in another place called Subscan.

Treasury Proposal: Anti-Scam Bounty Top-up

- The Omni Enterprise app helps users work with the Polkadot and Kusama networks easily.
- It offers features like multisig accounts, asset management, and supporting various operations in one action.
- The app will use secure communication methods and verify data for safety.
- It aims to simplify things that were hard to do before with the regular Polkadot.js Apps.
- This proposal is about releasing the second part of the app's development after a previous successful phase.
- The app is designed for people who need advanced tools in the Polkadot ecosystem.

Omni: Polkadot Enterprise desktop app Treasury Proposal — Milestone 2 — Public releas

- Talisman is a wallet that helps users easily manage their money in the digital world.
- It supports a network called DotSama, which includes Polkadot and Kusama.
- Talisman aims to make using these networks simple and fun by improving user experience.
- The team is working on a new feature to track transactions across different parts of the network.
- Users want to easily see their money and transaction history, especially for things like taxes.
- They gather feedback from users to make Talisman better and solve problems.
- The wallet helps keep users safe while they use different apps and services.

Talisman Proposal: Cross-Chain Transaction History Service

- This is a new proposal to help pay for the RPC services.
- It will cover costs for keeping them running.
- There is one main goal called Milestone 1.
- Milestone 1 is to keep the Polkadot, Statemint, and Westend RPC services working on special computers in Sweden.
- In the second quarter of 2022, the Polkadot service had about 4 million requests each day.
- The Statemint service had about 218,000 requests a day.
- The Westend service had around 291,000 requests each day.
- The full proposal can be read online.

Polkadot RPC services Dwellir Q3 2022

- Manta.Network has created a privacy solution for DOT/SAMA using zkSNARKs over the last 1.5 years.
- They launched Dolphin Testnet V1, which had over 60,000 transactions and received positive feedback.
- Dolphin Testnet V2 improved performance, making transactions faster.
- OpenZL is an open-source library helping developers use zero-knowledge proof systems more easily.
- The library has three parts: gadget libraries, an embedded language called eclair, and adaptors for different proof systems.
- Various projects, such as Acala and KILT, are interested in using OpenZL.
- The project has a total budget of $1,010,500 for development, security audits, and more.

OpenZL: Common Good Zero-Knowledge-Proof Library for Substrate Builders

- The Polkadot Treasury Proposal extends the maintenance and support contract with the Polkadot Ecosystem from April 1, 2022, to June 30, 2022.
- Polkascan Foundation maintains Python libraries for the Polkadot ecosystem, funded partly by Web3 Foundation grants.
- Notable users of these Python libraries include LocalCoinSwap, Rotki, and Patract Labs.
- Previous activity reports are available from October 2020 to June 2022.
- The proposal includes links to the Social Contract Mechanism, the Python Libraries' maintenance contract, and the Polkascan Foundation's business plan.
- The Polkascan Foundation is available to answer questions from the Polkadot Council.

Continuation of Maintenance & Support for Python Libraries

**Crypto APIs' Proposal for Polkadot Community**

- **Key Management System (KMS):** An open-source SDK for creating blockchain-agnostic wallets, managing keys locally, and signing transactions. No vendor lock-in.
- **Shared Public Nodes:** A pool of at least 3 Polkadot nodes with a Smart Load Balancer, hosted on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Free for the Polkadot community.
- **Block Explorer:** Integration of Polkadot into Blockexplorer.One, a free tool showing on-chain data.
- **Funding Request:** $60,000 USD for development and infrastructure, paid in two installments.
- **Project Plan:** Includes milestones, timeline, roles, and budget.
- **Feedback:** Seeking community input and feedback on the project.

Crypto APIs <> Polkadot - treasury proposal #139

### Speck Wallet

- **Purpose**: A user-friendly web extension for Kusama and Polkadot networks.
- **Browsers**: Compatible with Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Brave.
- **Features**:
  - Sending and receiving funds.
  - Address book.
  - Multi-wallet support.
  - Realtime fiat balance.
  - Access management for apps.
  - Developer documentation.
  - Staking support.
  - Hardware wallet support.
- **Networks**: Initially supports Kusama and Polkadot, with plans to expand.
- **Milestones**: Proposal includes 3 milestones, with payments alternating between Kusama and Polkadot.
- **Feedback**: Open to community feedback and suggestions.

Speck Wallet - A new user-friendly wallet extension for the Polkadot ecosystem

- The Polka Haus team helped organize an event called Decoded 2022 in Buenos Aires.
- They planned to spend $238,992, but only got $182,902 to help cover costs.
- They needed more money to pay for the whole event.
- The team wanted to reimburse a group called PureStake for extra costs.
- The community decided to use a treasury proposal for a bigger amount instead of a small tip.
- The current value of DOT was around $6.97 when the calculations were made. 
- More information about the proposal and budget can be found online.

Treasury proposal to cover difference in DOT rate from approval to transfer of funds for Decoded 2022: BA Chapter

- The PureStake team organized the Decoded 2022 event in New York.
- They planned to spend $500,000 but have only $362,708 available.
- To make up for the missing funds, they need more money in DOT.
- The community decided to use a normal process to reimburse PureStake instead of a quick tip.
- The current DOT rate is about $6.97, but the team received funds at $7.18.
- You can find more details and the original budget on the Polkadot website.

Treasury proposal to cover difference in DOT rate from approval to transfer of funds for Decoded 2022: NY Chapter

- Polkadot is a blockchain ecosystem that needs a good crypto wallet for users.
- Many people find the Polkadot wallet complicated and confusing.
- SubWallet wants to create a user-friendly wallet for Polkadot and Kusama users.
- This wallet will help users easily manage many different crypto activities.
- As of June 2022, SubWallet supports over 60 networks and has thousands of active users.
- They have community members from more than 70 countries.
- The SubWallet team is seeking feedback from the community.

SubWallet Proposes to Build the Web3 Multiverse Gateway for Polkadot & Kusama ecosystem - Milestone 1

- The web3alert team is asking for help with money to keep their service running for Polkadot.
- They want to cover costs for the next 6 months.
- Web3alert is a service that tells users about important events on different blockchain networks.
- It currently works with Kusama, Polkadot, and other networks.
- Users can get notifications through apps like Telegram and Discord.
- More details can be found in their full proposal linked in the message.

Maintenance of web3alert.io Polkadot integration for 6 months

Web3alert Proposal Summary

- The Web3alert team is asking for support to cover costs for adding new features.
- Their goal is to help Polkadot and Kusama users by giving them quick access to on-chain data.
- They are integrating a new tool that sends messages about on-chain events to Telegram and Discord.
- The team has worked hard on research, design, and coding for this project.
- Part of their code is available for anyone to see and use.
- They are requesting help from the community and councilors to move forward.
- More details can be found in their full proposal linked in the message.

Substrate integration in web3alert.io

- This proposal aims to grow the Polkadot Spanish community.
- It wants to create an Educational Hub for Spanish speakers.
- The Hub will offer education, news, and information about Polkadot's development.
- Milestone 1 is a completed webpage for the Spanish community.
- Milestone 2 includes creating video tutorials, articles, and translating the Polkadot Wiki.
- Milestone 3 will continue with more tutorials, translations, and an introduction to a programming language called RUST.
- The project focuses on many activities and building content for the community.

POLKADOT EDUCATIONAL HUB IN SPANISH (Milestone 3)

- Subsquid provides data indexing for the DotSama ecosystem, which includes Kusama and Polkadot.
- Archives help access on-chain data in a user-friendly format called GraphQL.
- These archives support around 35 Substrate blockchains.
- In a recent 3-month period, they handled over 1.2 billion queries.
- Kusama and Polkadot chains are popular, with millions of queries each week.
- The cost to run these archives for Polkadot and its parachains is about $16,044.40.
- A public Archive Registry keeps track of available archives.

Subsquid - Public data indexing Infrastructure for Polkadot (Q2 2022)

- The proposal asks for 2,635 DOT (about $27,300) to create tools for a special online market for graded assets and unique digital items (NFTs).
- Grading helps make sure items like sports cards and diamonds are real and of good quality.
- These graded items can be sold in parts, so more people can own a share.
- The plan includes making a safe place to buy and sell these items with expert verification.
- There will be special forms to help track and manage items like tax credits and leased properties.
- The project will also include easy-to-use websites to help people navigate the marketplace.
- They plan to develop the project in phases, starting with setting up graders and moving to creating the online marketplace.

Graded Assets & Fractional Uniques (Pallet Development)

- EasyA is planning a hackathon for students on July 2-3, 2022.
- They want to get students interested in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The goal is to have 200 new students start developing on Polkadot.
- They hope to create 25 new projects by the end of the event.
- The hackathon will help students learn programming, even if they haven't coded before.
- They want to work with teachers to show how Polkadot can fit into school lessons.
- The event will help more people know about and use Polkadot.

Milestone 1 Proposal: Polkadot Hackathon for 200 Students and Educators

- Unique Network and MantaPay are hosting a side event.
- The event will take place on June 29th at 6 pm.
- It is located near Webster Hall in New York.
- Attendees can enjoy dinner and drinks.
- There will be a talk from a Polkadot ambassador.
- The evening will include an MC and music for fun.
- This event is part of the Polkadot Decoded program.

Treasury Proposals