- Lumos Labs held a successful online event called Polkadot Buildathon India.
- This event lasted for 9 weeks, from March 2021 to May 2021.
- It helped many people learn how to build on blockchain and meet others in the community.
- There were over 1230 applications, with 695 submissions in total.
- Three teams won prizes from a total of $14,000 in grants.
- Lumos Labs is now planning the next steps to help developers in India.
- They discussed starting an Incubator program and hiring a Developer Evangelist.

Awarded

Polkadot India Incubator Launch and Evangelist Hiring Proposal - Lumos Labs (Phase 1)

- The university program is asking for £30,000 in funding to support a hackathon.
- They want to receive 2210.70 DOT, which is money based on a recent price.
- Their goal is to have 500 people sign up for the hackathon.
- They hope that 100 teams will complete the hackathon.
- The proposal has full details available in a linked document.
- Only the person who posted the proposal can make changes to it.
- The proposal includes special code information related to its creator.

Encode Polkadot Club - Tranche 2 proposal

- PolkaWorld is the biggest Polkadot community in China.
- This proposal is to request money for running costs for September, October, and November 2021.
- For two years, PolkaWorld was funded by the Web3 Foundation.
- They help by translating articles and organizing events to teach about Polkadot.
- In June 2021, they made a contract with the Polkadot Treasury for funding.
- Monthly reports are available to see their progress.
- They have a budget for the next three months available for review.

A Social Contract between PolkaWorld and Polkadot Treasury - Ops and Maintenance proposal

- OneBlock wants to organize a Summer Polkadot Hackathon in Hangzhou, China.
- The hackathon will need funds for operations and prizes for winners.
- OneBlock helps teach Substrate technology and has trained over 1200 developers since 2019.
- Many students from OneBlock have become important leaders in the Polkadot projects.
- The first Polkadot hackathon in March 2021 was very successful.
- The summer hackathon aims to attract more people to learn about Substrate and join the Polkadot community.
- The goal is to create high-quality projects and a strong Substrate ecosystem.

@OneBlock The second Polkadot Hackathon Proposal 

- Winkrypto proposed a plan to help Polkadot become more popular in the Asia-Pacific region.
- They want to use media and marketing to reach more people interested in blockchain technology.
- Winkrypto will work with ChainNews, a well-known blockchain media company.
- The plan includes promoting Polkadot events, projects, and strategies to grow its audience.
- They will create articles and news about Polkadot activities and projects.
- Winkrypto is asking for 2041 DOTs, which is about $30,000, to fund this project.
- This plan aims to help Polkadot gain more visibility and community support.

Marketing and PR Proposal for Polkadot in APAC

- Subscan is a special tool that helps people explore Substrate-based blockchains like Polkadot and Kusama.
- They have been growing in users but faced problems with attacks called DDoS.
- To stop these attacks, Subscan started using a special system called Cloudflare as a firewall.
- Cloudflare helps protect Subscan from harmful traffic and keeps it running smoothly.
- Subscan wants to upgrade to Cloudflare's enterprise plan for better support and features.
- This upgrade will help make the service faster and more reliable, especially for users in China.
- The financial support for this upgrade is requested from the Polkadot treasury, costing 967 DOTs over three months.

Cloudflare Enterprise Plan for Subscan from August 2021 to October 2021

- The person has connected Kusama with DotScanner.com.
- They want to start working on parts 2 to 6 of a plan.
- These features will help both Polkadot and Kusama.
- They are asking for $854 for extra costs related to hosting.
- They request a total of 626 DOT to cover development and hosting.
- The money includes $8,400 for development work and extra fees.
- The current price of DOT is important for their budget.

DotScanner.com Kusama Integration & Extra Features Milestones 2-6

- The proposal is for rewarding the Polkadotters community, started in August 2020, for all their activities.
- The community is the largest Polkadot group in the Czech/Slovak region and aims to expand internationally.
- The author has left their job to promote Polkadot and Web 3.0 as an ambassador.
- They share updates on social media: Facebook (4.3k members), Twitter (1.5k followers), and Medium (600 followers).
- The group has created over 60 articles in Czech and English and has 20k YouTube views on their videos.
- Other activities include founding the DOT Validator Alliance, educating others, and participating in events and hackathons.
- They are asking for 2,736 DOT (about $41,280) to cover their contributions to the community.
- The author welcomes feedback and is open to adjusting the proposal.

 Funding of Polkadotters community

Metis is a special library being developed by Patract Labs to help build smart contracts with Wasm technology. Here are some key points about it:

- Metis aims to create a library like Openzeppelin, which is popular for Solidity contracts, making it easier for developers.
- It will include common contract components that are well-tested and secure, such as tokens and access control.
- Metis will help solve existing problems in current contract development by providing better tools and support.
- The library will adapt features to match different programming languages like Rust, which is used for Wasm contracts.
- Metis has a structured plan with several milestones to gradually add new features and support for developers.
- The first phase focuses on creating essential components and testing them to ensure they work well.
- By using Metis, developers can create smarter contracts more efficiently and with less confusion.

Patract's treasury proposal about Metis M1 (ink! and Ask! Standard Library)

- MIDLDEV OÜ is a company in Estonia that provides blockchain database snapshots for Polkadot.
- They make new snapshots at least once a day to help node operators and validators.
- A website, polkashots.io, hosts these snapshots along with download links and information.
- The service has been running for 6 months and is the only one of its kind, helping validators recover quickly from issues.
- They plan to request funding from the Polkadot treasury every 6 months to cover their operating costs.
- The total monthly cost for their service is around 1,450 EUR, which includes labor and cloud expenses.
- The proposal will switch to a different snapshot method if new technology is available that works better.
- Payment will be adjusted based on the price of Polkadot on the day of submission.

Polkashots.io maintenance + improvements

- The proposal asks for money from the Polkadot Treasury to help a Chinese non-profit group.
- The group's goal is to create better Chinese content about Polkadot.
- They want to explain complex ideas in a simple way for Chinese users.
- They plan to keep everyone updated on important Polkadot projects.
- The goal is to help more people learn about Polkadot and get involved.
- They are asking for about 1,883.18 DOT for three months to cover costs.
- The funds will help Polkadot grow and succeed in China.

Treasury proposal: The June/July/August operating cost for the nonprofit organization Polkadot Ecology Research Institute

- Subscan is a website that helps people explore and check information on blockchain networks like Polkadot and Kusama.
- They have seen more users using their service since last August.
- However, the increased number of users makes it hard to keep everything running smoothly and costs a lot of money.
- Subscan wants to become financially independent but needs help right now.
- They are asking for financial support from the Polkadot Treasury to improve their services.
- They spent around $18,000 on costs related to Polkadot in a recent time period.
- They are requesting 780 DOT (a type of currency) to help cover these costs.

The Infrastructure Costs of Subscan for Polkadot Network from March 2021 to May 2021

- Polkassembly is important for the Polkadot and Kusama networks.
- A proposal is being made for money to cover costs every three months.
- The money will help pay for maintenance, upgrades, and other expenses.
- The proposal will share costs for July, August, and September 2021.
- Funds are requested from the Polkadot treasury.
- The proposal will alternate between Kusama and Polkadot every three months.
- Links are provided to view the full proposal and discussions.

Social Contract between Polkassembly and Polkadot Treasury

- **Proponent:** Figment  
- **Date:** June 8, 2021  
- **Requested DOTs:** 1,300 DOTs  
- **Purpose:** To grow the Polkadot developer ecosystem.  
- **Platforms:** Figment Learn (education) and DataHub (infrastructure).  
- **Goal:** Help developers learn Web 3 and build apps for free.  
- **Incentives:** All DOTs go to developers; Figment keeps 0 DOTs.

Figment Treasury Proposal: Figment Learn & DataHub Milestone 5

- Polkadot Ecology Research Institute is a nonprofit group in China. 
- They have written 16 articles about Polkadot that many people have read.
- They want help from the national treasury for their work.
- With the support, they plan to create more good content about Polkadot.
- They also want to reach more people through different media.
- More information about their proposal is available in a document.
- They welcome any questions or feedback from councillors.

Treasury proposal: The April operating cost for the nonprofit organization Polkadot Ecology Research Institute

- Patract Labs created the Patract Open Platform to help with Wasm contract technology in Polkadot.
- Many projects, like Europa, are using this platform for development.
- Europa is a testing environment for running special contracts called Pallet-Contracts.
- Europa enables developers to debug their code and offers useful tools for contract development.
- The future plan for Europa includes making it easier to use and adding a new user interface.
- Europa will show more information about how contracts run and their connections with other accounts and actions.
- It will also package everything together to help developers set it up without trouble.
- The team plans to finish updates for Europa by June 17.

Patract's Treasury proposal for Europa v0.3 (contract and runtime sandbox)

- PolkaWorld wants to make a plan called a **Social Contract** with the Polkadot Treasury.
- PolkaWorld is the first Polkadot community in China and has been running for two years.
- They have helped the community by writing articles and organizing events to teach people about Polkadot.
- Now, they want financial support from the Polkadot Treasury to keep helping the community.
- They are asking for about **1885.98 DOT** for the months of June, July, and August.
- This funding will help them build a strong and fair Polkadot community in China.
- Everyone is welcome to share their thoughts or comments on this proposal!

Encode Club helps students learn about blockchain technology. Here are some important points:

- They work with 75 universities around the world.
- Encode Club organizes events like educational programs and hackathons.
- They want to start a new program to involve students in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The program includes learning series, a special hackathon, and an accelerator.
- They are asking for money in five steps to support their projects.
- The first step needs about £30,000 to help 50 universities and 1000-2000 students.

Encode Club - university engagement programme - Phase 1 (out of 5)

- OnFinality is a platform that helps people build on the Polkadot blockchain.
- They have a new service called a shared node API, which was recently launched.
- The service helps developers by providing important tools they need.
- OnFinality has recorded over 1 billion requests for this service.
- They offer a free plan allowing 500,000 requests each day for users.
- You can create a free account to use their public API service.
- Their goal is to support all types of developers, from beginners to big teams.

High Performance Public Infrastructure (Ongoing Costs for Q2 2021)

M1-1: Private Assets

Redspot is a tool that helps people create special contracts using something called Wasm. Here are some important points about it:

- Redspot makes contract development easier by hiding complicated technical details.
- Several teams, like Acala and Plasm, are already using Redspot to build applications.
- Redspot has finished different versions, with the latest one being v0.3 which helps more developers join.
- In the upcoming version (v0.4), Redspot plans to support multiple contracts and create a user-friendly web interface.
- It will also allow users to compile contracts using Docker, making it easier for different computer systems to work together.
- There will be new features like plugins that make coding easier, such as using easy-to-read amounts for transactions.
- The goal is to make Redspot helpful for both new and experienced developers in building contracts smoothly.

Patract’s treasury proposal for Redspot v0.4 (Wasm contract scaffold)

- The project has finished the first part (M1) and it was approved.
- They will now work on the second part (M2).
- M2 has five main tasks to do.
- The first task is to let users manage multiple accounts.
- The second task adds notifications for important events.
- The third task customizes notifications based on user roles.
- The fourth task allows users to customize notification details.
- The fifth task improves the governance dashboard with new views.

Milestone 2 of Governance-focused Mobile App for all Substrate-based networks 

- Dotreasury is a project funded by Kusama that provides accounting information and allows community comments on expenses.
- The team plans to integrate Polkadot into Dotreasury and make improvements, like better code for supporting multiple chains and a price tracker.
- They will show fiat values of tokens instead of just amounts and will deploy a Polkadot archive sync node for better performance.
- The total cost for the project is $11,300, which includes expenses for developers and server fees.
- The team expects to deliver the updates within a month.
- They want to discuss the credit model for future work and have plans to share a draft document for it soon.

OpenSquare's treasury proposal for doTreasury polkadot integration

- PolkaWorld is asking for help to improve their website for the Polkadot Chinese community.
- They are the biggest Chinese community on WeChat but can only share one article each day.
- Many important articles are not shared quickly because of this limit.
- Currently, their information is only available on WeChat, which makes it hard for more people to learn about Polkadot.
- They want to add new features like real-time news and videos to their website to share content better.
- They are requesting 647.07 DOT to support the changes for the first three milestones.
- More details about the project and budget are in a provided link.

PolkaWorld treasury proposal: a website development for Chinese Community

- Figment wants to use 2380 DOTs to help developers grow in the Polkadot community.
- The DOTs will be given to developers as rewards for their work.
- Figment does not keep any DOTs for itself; all are for developers.
- They have two main platforms: Figment Learn and DataHub.
- Figment Learn helps developers learn about Web 3 development with easy-to-follow tutorials.
- DataHub gives developers access to tools to build their applications for free.
- This proposal aims to make it easier for developers to create and improve their projects.

Treasury Proposals