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SmallTipper

Hello there! We're asking for more money to help with our Polkadot Meetups Bounty #43. Small meetups are important for the Polkadot community because they help people learn, connect, and grow together. We want to use this extra money to reach more places and help people share their knowledge about Polkadot.

We also want to make some changes to the bounty, like giving different rewards to meetup organizers and people who help plan the events. We've looked at the rules for bounties and will make our public documents better and more clear.

Here are some useful links to learn more:
- [Our public page](https://dotmeetup.notion.site/Meetups-bounty-cd57b5990ba443559413dec3b339ab4a)
- [Our Twitter page](https://x.com/DOTmeetups)
- [The bounty on Subsquare](https://polkadot.subsquare.io/treasury/bounties/43)
- [Our public Telegram chat](https://t.me/dotmeetups)

Remember to check out the full proposal [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/13R73Cbk6Edu4aeemhTPKWLJz0EMDfbdBhWBu2fdT5iY/edit?usp=sharing).

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**Summary**

Please read the whole proposal, which can be viewed at [this link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/13R73Cbk6Edu4aeemhTPKWLJz0EMDfbdBhWBu2fdT5iY/edit?usp=sharing). 

Greetings, Polkadot fam.

We are requesting the top-up of our Meetups Bounty #43. We would also like to implement what we learned in the first half-year of our existence. Small meetups strengthen the Polkadot ecosystem and help spread awareness. With a low budget, these meetups can make a significant impact by bringing people together to learn, connect, and grow the Polkadot community—especially in areas that aren’t yet that active. This additional funding will help us reach more regions and support organizers in sharing knowledge about Polkadot.

Besides that, we are proposing **a few changes** to the bounty, such as **changes in rewards for meetup organizers and curators and planned campaigns**. We also took time as curators to go through the [Bounty Compliance Standards](https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1254) that Tommi recently proposed. We will update our public documents and improve reporting to achieve even deeper transparency.

**Useful bounty links**:

-   [Public Notion Page](https://dotmeetup.notion.site/Meetups-bounty-cd57b5990ba443559413dec3b339ab4a)
-   [Twitter page](https://x.com/DOTmeetups)
-   [Bounty on Subsquare](https://polkadot.subsquare.io/treasury/bounties/43)
-   [Public Telegram chat](https://t.me/dotmeetups)

![](https://i.ibb.co/SrKBRS1/photo-2024-11-05-22-23-24.jpg)

Please read the whole proposal, which can be viewed at [this link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/13R73Cbk6Edu4aeemhTPKWLJz0EMDfbdBhWBu2fdT5iY/edit?usp=sharing).

Proposal: Meetups Bounty #43 top-up & changes

Daniel, also known as Polkadot Agent, is an active community member and agent. He works as a lawyer for the Czech Digital and Information Agency, focusing on AI, interoperability, data, EUDIW, and DLT. Daniel is planning to pitch for Czechia's membership in the Europeum-EDIC, a body focused on blockchain use in public services. He aims to introduce Polkadot Cloud and Hub in Czechia.

Daniel is also pursuing a doctorate at University Palackého in Olomouc, researching how Web3 will influence the role of nation-states in the information age. His long-term goal, within two years, is to create an EU-compliant open-source framework for building Polkadot native mobile applications using the Pluto Framework.

He plans to form a DAO called Bohemia Fam, which he has been working on for almost three years on Solana. Daniel aims to use it as a bridge between Solana and Polkadot, focusing on Prague and its independent entrepreneurs and businesses.

Daniel is offering 500 DOT for onboarding people into the DAO, with 5 DOT per open account. He will work with the Polkadot Roots initiative to monitor the spending of these DOTs. He also seeks 500 DOT as a reward for his ongoing contributions and initial funding for his university research.

Daniel is associated with the Deruged NFT Collection, which has a strong identity and is run by community members with web3 experience. The collection tells the story of their derug during the FTX crash and is now managed by a few strong community members. The artwork is created by artist Gringograss, who is also working on the females.

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I am Daniel or you might know me as Polkadot Agent.  
  
I have been an active community member and agent for quite some time. This is to open up a discussion about my plan for Web3 in Prague, Czechia, EU. I am a lawyer working for Czech Digital and information agency. My focus is AI, Interoperability, Data, EUDIW, DLT. Next month I am pitching for membership of Czechia in the Europeum-EDIC. Body focused on the use of blockchain within public services. I plan to introduce Polkadot Cloud and Hub and what it can do through Czechia.  
  
I also started a doctorate on University Palackého in Olomouc with doctoral thesis on the subject of how will web3 influence the role of the nation state in the information age. Part of my research will focus on a DAO not only in theory, but mostly in practice as my long term goal (2 years) with Pluto Framework is to have a working EU compliant open source framework for building polkadot native mobile applications. I have also formed the Polkadot BD TG chat where core of Polkadot growing BD coordinates their efforts.  
  
As part of my university research I plan to form a DAO. Its name will be Bohemia Fam. I have been working on this idea on Solana for almost 3 years now. I have a strong foundation for the DAO there and would like to in time use it as a bridge between Solana and Polkadot. I plan to focus on Prague where I grew up and have many connections with independent enterpreneurs and businesses.

**500 DOT for onboarding people** into the DAO. _5 DOT per open account_. I will work closely with the Polkadot Roots innitiative to monitor the way the 500 DOT is spent.  
  
**500 DOT as reward for my ongoing contribution** and innitial funding for my university research. Bellow you can find one of the NFTs

[Deruged NFT Collection with strong identity](https://magiceden.io/marketplace/bohemia_) [https://magiceden.io/marketplace/bohemia\_](https://magiceden.io/marketplace/bohemia_)  
This is a story of our derug during the FTX crash where the founders left. Now it is run by a few strong community members with a lot of web3 experience. We also have the great artist Gringograss who is behind the amazing artwork you can see bellow. You better check out his instragram as he is working on the females! [https://medium.com/@bohemiadao/bohemia-reborn-path-to-bohemia-23465b44f550](https://medium.com/@bohemiadao/bohemia-reborn-path-to-bohemia-23465b44f550)  
  
X: @BohemiaFam, @BohemiaArtFair, @PlutoFramework, @FrodolBohemian

**![Bohemia NFT](https://i.ibb.co/7XwnKV9/3.png)**

Bohemia Fam and reimbursement for my time

This is a ReferendumV2 post. It can only be edited by the proposer of the post .

Dear community,

I am asking for your help to fund an account that does good things with 1000 DOT. This account is used for:

1. Giving rewards to people who help with something called "staking" for validators.
2. Giving back money to people who make decisions on Polkadot and Collective chains.

The account was given money 8 months ago, and I have been using my own money to keep it going. Now, there are more people doing these things, and it's getting hard to pay for everything.

Remember, this account only sends money for important things and most of the money goes back to the big money box called "treasury."

Thank you,
Will | Paradox | ParaNodes

Dear community,

I would like your support to fund an account used for common good activities with 1000 DOT (the maximum) afforded to the track. The account is used in-part for activities such as:

-   Paying out staking rewards for several validators and their nominators
-   Refunding submission and decision deposits for several referenda on Polkadot and the Collective chains

The account was [previously funded by the Treasury](https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/519) 8 months ago and I've been keeping it afloat with funds from my various acounts. There are now many more payouts per era as more validators are active and it is becoming difficult to keep up with payments (out of pocket).

It is worthwhile noting that the account has [no outbound transfers](https://polkadot.subscan.io/account/153NYWsbLZmFRZbuUk1sYoJPkYXQTiR3Efa5u5CohWQBKKr2?tab=transfer) and most (if not all) expenses on the account are transactional in nature; this means that 80% of the fees are returned to the treasury.

Kind Regards,  
Will | Paradox | ParaNodes

Tip for an account used for Referendum Deposit Clean-up and Validator Payout Bot

Subsquid Lab Official has requested 47,597.91 DOT ($202,291.10) from the Polkadot treasury to cover ongoing development and maintenance costs for public SQD Archives. These archives provide on-chain data access for public chains in the Polkadot ecosystem and are used by major projects like Polkassembly, Talisman, and RMRK. In Q1 2024, SQD transitioned to a paid model for supporting parachains but continues to offer free access to public chains. They also made significant contributions to support ink! v5 and addressed community demands. Achievements include the full migration to ArrowSquid, decentralizing Archives Tethys Testnet, and the mainnet bootstrap. In Q1 2024, they served 1.57 terabytes of data and 80 million archive requests, with the highest daily data transfer being 313.12 Gb.

**Proponent:** Subsquid Lab Official - 13bfKSQXoBn3AMLtZaW6BKv797fqZzsD3PYF6xpJDir3tdoE

**Beneficiary:** Subsquid Lab Official - 13bfKSQXoBn3AMLtZaW6BKv797fqZzsD3PYF6xpJDir3tdoE

**Contact Details:** Subsquid Labs GmbH 6300 Zug, Switzerland [mf@subsquid.io](mailto:mf@subsquid.io)

**Short description:** Ongoing development and maintenance costs for public SQD Archives

**Archive raw data:** [Archive Infrastructure Metrics](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15uamQhKxC-BBQj9EqXtj2pK00tbpowt6bC95vSzKIIQ/edit?gid=1549354589#gid=1549354589) - January, February, March

**Requested DOT:** 47,597.91 DOT = $202 291.10

**Previous proposals:** [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/995](995)

**Motivation**

**A) Archives**

Archives are an important piece of Polkadot and Kusama data infrastructure provided by SQD (formerly Subsquid). They provide access to on-chain data for public chains in the Polkadot ecosystem. They are being used as a data source for Squids and for efficient data exploration and ad-hoc queries.

The Archives, as performant data sources of historical on-chain data, are critical to the operation of backend APIs run by major projects in the Polkadot ecosystem (the list is not exhaustive):

-   Polkassembly
-   Talisman
-   RMRK
-   SubWallet 
-   KodaDot
-   ChainSafe
-   Multix
-   Phala dApp
-   Subsocial + Polkaverse
-   Stellaswap
-   Beamswap
-   Polkascan 
-   Calamar 
-   Moonsama/Exosama
-   Reef
-   Manta Wallet
-   ZooDAO
-   Zenlink

Since the first quarter of 2024, SQD has transitioned to a paid model for supporting parachains. However, public chains continue to be available for free use. Throughout the first quarter of 2024, we provided a free public data indexing service for Substrate blockchains, allowing interested parties to access indexed data on Substrate Events, Extrinsics, Storage Items, and EVM logs. Below is a list of the public chains we currently support at no cost:

-   polkadot
    
-   kusama
    
-   asset-hub-kusama
    
-   asset-hub-polkadot
    
-   collectives
    
-   collectives-polkadot
    
-   rococo
    
-   statemine
    
-   statemint
    
-   westend-collectives
    

As of Q1 2024, SQD has sunsetted support for Giant Squid, with LimeChain taking over its further development, detailed in the proposal at [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/758](../treasury/758)

**B) Contribution**

During the first quarter of 2024, we made significant contributions to support ink! v5 and address actual use cases that were highly demanded by the community:

-   We updated @subsquid/ink-typegen and @subsquid/ink-abi to support ink! v5.
    
-   We enabled handling of multi-block migrations in subsquid/substrate-processor.
    

**Achievements**

-   **FireSquid Sunset and Full Migration to ArrowSquid:** With the launch of ArrowSquid, we have significantly enhanced our processing capabilities by enabling the ingestion of unfinalized blocks directly from network nodes. This advancement allows for bypassing the initial need for archiving, facilitating near real-time responses to on-chain activities with subsecond latency. ArrowSquid’s capability to handle forks and rewrite database contents when orphaned blocks are indexed, along with its support for detailed transaction execution receipts, traces, and state diffs, marks a significant step forward in our technology. **Following the complete sunset of FireSquid, all consumers successfully migrated to ArrowSquid by Q1’24**
    
-   **Decentralizing Archives Tethys Testnet:** Following the successful sunset of the Panthalassa testnet, which had initially launched in partnership with CoinList with over 40,000 participants, we have now launched the Tethys testnet. The Panthalassa testnet, renowned for deploying several thousand indexers to index substrate chains including Polkadot and Kusama chains, has paved the way for its successor. The Tethys testnet introduces significant enhancements, including improved query execution, increased network stability, and enhanced communication between nodes.
    
-   **The mainnet bootstrap:** Following the successful testnets, we have bootstrapped the mainnet. Throughout these test phases, we gathered valuable insights on enhancing quality, query execution speed, and reliability. These advancements have been fully implemented in the mainnet, ensuring a robust and efficient network.
    
-   The biggest Polkadot projects have fully migrated or are in the process of finishing the migration from FireSquid to ArrowSquid, including: Polkassembly, Subsocial, HydraDX, KodaDot, Talisman, Multix Multisig,  RMRK, Apillon, StellaSwap
    

**Statistics and data**

![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXct8Ueshl4T9TyUcT4fM777T4A6SOR9PWqB_yYkg1IMq7-WHn8etKhRSrZufAjwYh2UBv1wAA2SFpM54FDrcNNo2iKfbQkCZovjSC29PPjrbx4G7YOGHs5nARHxYgKiE6gcDFXwJKHJPCjTaZaTGCR17vmu?key=bpPDTfu4iLZsv2HymaQIfA)

![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXen39QH_0MXnoYsKHOH4RcJAdf2Su9is8sQkaKnUswYjOZirIafeTPOaiYCXQgmqrILXiiQmsOsxKW5ZWY4HSoyOjyh0HCqjHNPwv9GncPrjOj7vCWLd8j10fakEz6bZ0pn3w5h6AYPID2uTJRfCxNMU1tD?key=bpPDTfu4iLZsv2HymaQIfA)

Over the course of Q1 2024:

-   Served a total of **1,725,006,525,189** (~1.57 terabytes) of data from the substrate based archives in Q1 2024
    
-   Served ~ **80m** archive requests from substrate based archives in Q1 2024
    
-   The highest daily total data transfer recorded for Substrate was **313.12 Gb** within a single 24-hour period.
    

**Costing**

This proposal encompasses the combined costs for running Archives for Polkadot, Kusama, and other public chains, along with the development contributions, amounting to a total of 

47,597.91 DOT — Raw data for Archives can be seen [here.](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15uamQhKxC-BBQj9EqXtj2pK00tbpowt6bC95vSzKIIQ/edit?gid=1549354589#gid=1549354589)

The proposal is submitted towards the Polkadot treasury. Here is a summary of the running costs for Archives, in a tabular format:

![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcn1azdDaI1JwcT8hbqukcifTY1muRrsXIUmVKVLXG1MCF3NqGRDmn7iwF40eyNIrPxeqt7pLQl6EHDiCCkXa0KGZ5R_wAkHDTP6DQjEz3_nMy6BJQUkgL0KGb0srnEmEgSQq70HWxMNjc9Vf5Kt1IFYdTc?key=bpPDTfu4iLZsv2HymaQIfA)

Contribution costs:

![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdYkCz3suarGN06qhVWLTlOlLdU5C8Dkon35ewgRiqHKqMNq9CvHSfqM60RRuksixnweKZHbAmyEQlxzydsjhbQu0G7KbQP8ck9-To_uRc_wQigUXw9LGmuAujxHlZxWw_cCunXKMHZzzyNJ4QapDzV8XzH?key=bpPDTfu4iLZsv2HymaQIfA)

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