OpenZeppelin has submitted a proposal to help develop secure parachains in the Polkadot ecosystem. They have made progress since their last approval, including launching an EVM Runtime Template for Solidity smart contracts, creating a developer guide for migrating contracts, and collaborating with R0gue to integrate Pop CLI. In this fourth phase, they are requesting funding for:

1. Creating "meta pallets" to simplify development and speed up time-to-market.
2. Making their templates compatible with Tanssi to improve the developer experience and launch time.
3. Improving zombienet-sdk for easier local chain testing.
4. Including support for Snowbridge, a bridge between Polkadot and Ethereum.
5. Developing guides for using meta pallets and new features.

OpenZeppelin aims to maintain transparency and welcome community feedback to strengthen the Polkadot network.

OpenZeppelin x Polkadot Ecosystem Growth Phase M4

Subcoin, a Bitcoin full node project, received a grant from Web3 Foundation to create a decentralized Bitcoin fast sync mechanism using the Polkadot SDK framework. However, they faced issues with Substrate's inability to import large states during state sync, leading to Out-of-Memory errors. This problem affects other Substrate-based projects as well. The main issues are:

1. Out-of-Memory issue when importing large states.
2. Lack of persistent state sync support.

To address these problems, a follow-up grant proposal was submitted to Web3 Foundation, but they recommended treasury funding instead. The goal is to improve Substrate's state sync capabilities by resolving the OOM issue and implementing persistent state sync, allowing Substrate-based projects to use advanced sync strategies regardless of chain state size. Some fast sync-related bugs have also been identified and fixed to improve Substrate's sync mechanisms.

Treasury Proposal: Funding for Enhancing Substrate Fast Sync for Large Chain States

Apillon is a leading Web3 development platform for Polkadot. They have proposed a new project called Milestone 3, which aims to improve the platform and make it more user-friendly. The project will take 8 months and needs 809,600 USDT. Here are some of the things they plan to do:

1. Add new services like POP Network, KWIL, CESS, and Prosopo.
2. Improve existing features like embedded wallets, IPNS, NFT Wizard, and Unique Network's token-creation functionalities.
3. Make templates for Polkadot projects to make them more visible.
4. Do a security audit after reaching a certain point in the project.

The goal of Milestone 3 is to make Web3 technology easier to use for developers and businesses. They want to make Polkadot parachains and Apillon's tools more accessible and useful. By doing this, they hope to help the Polkadot ecosystem grow and attract more users.

Apillon Milestone 3 Proposal: Core Integrations and Service Enhancements for Polkadot Ecosystem Growth

- A request for $4,533.88 is made to cover travel and stay costs for attending the WebSummit in Lisbon from November 11-14.
- The event is very big, with over 70,000 people and 3,000 startups attending.
- The meeting aims to see if Web2 companies want to use blockchain to solve their problems.
- Polkadot hopes to help these businesses with their needs.
- At the event, they found interest from 2 government organizations and 2 IT companies in working with Polkadot.
- The request is based on an earlier discussion from October 10.

Web Summit: Targeting Web2 companies to explore Polkadot's solutions to solve their problems. 

- ArtemisAnalytics is a trusted data provider used by big investors in crypto.
- They want to spend $200,000 to help build tools for Polkadot, a crypto project.
- The funds will be used to integrate Parachains into Artemis's products and create custom project pages.
- Sharing important data will help investors understand Polkadot better, especially with Polkadot 2.0 coming soon.
- This project aims to educate investors about the Polkadot ecosystem and its many parachains.
- The total integration process is estimated to take about 60 days, or 2.5 to 3 months.

Artemis Analytics proposes to spend $200k to integrate Polkadot Parachains into their product and build Custom Project Analytics pages for 10 parachains. This will help educate investors on important KPIs for the Polkadot ecosystem. The estimated integration timeline is 2.5-3 months.

Artemis Analytics Integration: Integrate Polkadot and Polkadot Ecosystem Data Into Artemis, The Most Used Crypto Analytics Platform by US Institutional Investors

KodaDot is a leading NFT marketplace on Polkadot Asset Hub that has successfully delivered over 40 generative art drops and processed nearly 9,000 NFT mints. They are seeking long-term maintenance funding to sustain their public infrastructure and expand their services. Their objectives include implementing secure peer-to-peer NFT trading through atomic swaps, enabling a flexible offer system for any NFT, and maintaining robust infrastructure. They propose three major developments: atomic swaps, an offers system, and infrastructure enhancement. The $280,000 budget is divided into five milestones, with clear deliverables and success metrics. This funding will help KodaDot continue to serve as a public good for the Polkadot ecosystem, maintaining and expanding essential NFT infrastructure that benefits the entire community.

Infrastructure Funding for Polkadot Asset Hub #3 - Atomic swaps, Offers, Maintenance

Talisman Wallet is a user-friendly, open-source wallet for the Polkadot ecosystem. It offers advanced portfolio management and account organization features, and supports transaction signing on Substrate and EVM blockchains. Talisman Portal is a web application that helps users discover and access Polkadot ecosystem activities easily. This proposal requests $690,600 USD for maintenance and new feature development from October 2023 to September 2024. Talisman has achieved 130,000 active installs and received over 8 million DOT in its nomination pools. The team has experience in crypto, finance, development, UI design, and product management. They aim to provide the easiest Polkadot experience for beginners and advanced users. Talisman has a history of executing treasury proposals and contributing to the Polkadot ecosystem. The proposal covers features in the wallet, portal, and chaindata. The team requests payment in USDT on Polkadot Asset Hub to focus on development rather than DOT price speculation.

Talisman requests $690,600 USDT on Polkadot Asset Hub for feature development, UX improvement, and QA testing for Talisman Wallet and Portal over Oct 2023 - Sep 2024. The proposal covers in-wallet staking, Ledger support, foreign assets support, cross-chain swaps, and ongoing UX/UI and performance improvements. All features have been released and integrated into Talisman's open-source wallet and web application.

Talisman Wallet and Portal Retroactive Funding

- A group in Mexico, including six people, is promoting Polkadot in Web3 communities.
- They are hosting events to connect with developers and tech fans.
- In 2024, they attended different tech events to grow the Polkadot community.
- They are asking for $12,000 to support their team's work and community growth.
- The money will be shared among the members for their efforts.
- They are dedicated to expanding Polkadot professionally and effectively in Mexico.

TIP for the activities made by the Polkadot Mexican Collective

A small spender request of 32,500 USDT has been made for a documentary on blockchain gaming, focusing on Polkadot's ecosystem. The goal is to educate non-crypto-native game developers about the benefits and challenges of blockchain gaming. The documentary is already completed and has been self-funded, including international flights, hotels, and other expenses. It targets gaming developers who are curious about blockchain but skeptical. The documentary is honest and accessible, featuring interviews with Polkadot native teams and other participants. If approved, the documentary will be promoted by Polkadot distribution partners such as Dot Play, Kusamarian, and Distractive. The documentary aims to provide objective information to indie developers as they begin their research on blockchain, helping them onboard to Polkadot without negative bias.

Publishing and promoting the documentary, “Blockchain Gaming,” by the Polkadot community.

- A proposal is asking for 50,000 USDT to help Polkadot work with the Florida Blockchain Business Association (FBBA) at a big level.
- The goal is to make Polkadot better known in the U.S. and connect with important people in business and government.
- Florida has a large population of about 22.95 million people and a strong economy.
- Florida is the third-largest state by population and the fourth largest economy in the U.S.
- The proposal is led by Angela Dalton and aims to learn from previous efforts to improve Polkadot's presence.
- There will be a discussion for two weeks where the community can give feedback before the final submission.
- A link to the draft proposal is available for everyone to read and review.

WHO: FBBA account 131S1zdnMfhF1hB4sWornxLvX5SY3c8GhtFPPePUTvhphQRM on behalf of Polkadot
WHAT: Requesting 50,000 USDT to sponsor Polkadot's involvement with the Florida Blockchain Business Association at the Enterprise level to enhance Polkadot's presence in the US, leveraging connections with blockchain policy advocates, businesses, and government officials to foster growth, improve regulatory engagement, and explore new integrations.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 50,000 USDT, referendum submission after two weeks of pre-proposal discussion.

Florida Blockchain Business Association (FBBA) Sponsorship to Improve Polkadot’s Presence In the U.S.

Polkadot's social media management is decentralized, with contributions from ET90266, the Polkadot Social Media Editorial Board (EB), and Distractive. The EB has five members, and there is a proposal to fund their salary for a 6-month term. Each member would receive 2,500 USDT per month. The Web3 Foundation legally owns Polkadot's social media accounts and has entrusted ET90266 to manage them. The EB works with ET90266 and Distractive for content creation and brand alignment. The first EB had impressive growth in reach and engagement. The second EB was selected through an application and interview process, and its members have backgrounds in business development, content creation, social media, copywriting, marketing, and other Web3 areas. They aim to increase Polkadot's social media engagement and reach. The funds will be paid to a 4/6 multisig controlled by the 5 members and ET90266, and distributed in 3 tranches over 6 months. ET90266 will not be compensated from this proposal.

Continued Management of Polkadot’s 𝕏 Account

- A person wants to get recognized for their work on making Bounties information easier to find for everyone in the Polkadot community.
- They created a dashboard on Dune to help track Bounty data better.
- They also made a landing page and opened a profile on X for sharing updates and news.
- They believe OpenGov is the best way to reward their work since it helps the whole community.
- This isn't just marketing; it's about continuous improvement and transparency.
- They want to help newcomers learn about Bounties and avoid repeating ideas.
- They are asking for 1250 USDT to support their efforts.

Tip Request for Work Related to Bounties on Polkadot

### Subsquare Proposal Summary

- **Objective**: Retroactive funding for 12 months (2023.10.01 - 2024.09.30) of maintenance and feature development in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Infrastructure Costs**: Includes servers, domains, email services, IPFS, and OpenAI, totaling $1,845.1.
- **Maintenance**: Daily server monitoring, code refactoring, bug fixes, user support, and collaboration with other teams.
- **Development Highlights**:
  - **Referendum Enhancements**: Detailed statistics, vote status, call view improvements, and stable coin support.
  - **Track Status Page**: Visualization of referenda queues and their status.
  - **Preimages Management**: Features for creating, filtering, and managing preimages.
  - **Account and Profile Enhancements**: Deposit management, delegation status, and history tracking.
  - **Treasury and Asset Support**: Features for managing treasury spends and assets.
  - **Bounty Enhancements**: Features for curators, child bounties, and claiming bounties.
- **Development Cost**: Estimated at $338,400 for 3,760 hours of work.
- **Total Cost**: $469,845.1, including infrastructure, maintenance, and development.
- **User Statistics**: Approximately 175K monthly unique visitors and 10K daily unique visitors.
- **Future Plans**: Expanding features like identity management, discussion data decentralization, and research on quadratic funding.

WHO: Subsquare

WHAT: Seeks retroactive funding for the past 12 months maintenance and common features development for the Polkadot ecosystem, including server deployment maintenance, codebase maintenance, and enhancements to referendum detail page, referenda track status page, new referenda and templates, preimages management, account and profile page, treasury spends and multi-assets treasury support, asset hub basic features, and bounty enhancement.

PRICE: $469,845.1

TIMEFRAME: 12 months (2023.10.01 - 2024.09.30)

RESOURCES: 15 FTE equivalent work per month.

[Retroactive] Subsquare 12 months maintenance and common features development

Dotmemo is a decentralized platform on Polkadot Asset Hub that lets people create digital memories of events. These memories, called POAPs, are like special tokens that show you were part of an event. Before Dotmemo, there wasn't an easy way to make these tokens on Polkadot without using other services.

The people who made Dotmemo want to get money to keep making it better. They have four main parts to their plan:
1. An Indexer to track POAP activities.
2. A Backend to manage POAP logistics.
3. A Frontend with a landing page and pages to claim and create POAPs.
4. Maintenance to keep the app running and add new features.

They are asking for $42,000 to do this. They have already made over 3,000 POAPs, helped more than 10 events, and had over 3,000 users. They have also worked with big events and universities in the Polkadot world.

You can read more about their plan and give your thoughts here: [Full Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UY8veod8yXqKqVILi1274XlKyGX1n0C9tWYsylzmF_E)

WHO: Damsky, Founder of dotmemo.xyz
WHAT: Secure retroactive funding of $42,000 in USDT for the development and deployment of dotmemo, a Polkadot-native dApp for creating and collecting digital memories of events.
TIMEFRAME: Not specified
RESOURCES: Indexer Development, Backend Development, Frontend - Landing Page, Frontend - Claim and Create Pages, Maintenance (6 months)

Retroactive Funding for Dotmemo - Onchain Event Memories for Polkadot

BuildOnDot is a website that helps developers and businesses find ideas for Polkadot. The website needs money to keep running until 2025. People can give ideas for Polkadot on the website and help maintain the list of ideas. The website costs money for hosting, domain, and work. The total cost is $500.

BuildOnDot 1 Year Infrastructure Cost - Domain + Hosting

Goku is a Polkadot community member who has been contributing valuable content for the past seven months. His work focuses on cross-ecosystem research, narrative-building, and engaging with a wide audience. Goku's content has been viewed over 2.4 million times, and he has doubled his follower count organically. He has created various highlights, including discussions on Polkadot's blockspace, JAM, and inflation, as well as engaging visuals and memes. Goku has also been an active participant in debunking myths and misconceptions about Polkadot. He is seeking retroactive compensation for his contributions and has chosen USDT as a neutral form of payment, requesting $15K based on his self-assessment of the impact he has made.

Goku, a Polkadot ecosystem agent, is requesting retroactive compensation for his content creation and engagement activities. He has not been compensated before and is requesting $15,000 in USDT for his contributions over the past 7 months. He highlights his content's reach and engagement and suggests that a partial vested DOT approach would be ideal for future compensation.

Retroactive Tip For Solo Content Creation-2

Mandala Chain is a blockchain network built on Polkadot that aims to integrate government and enterprise applications with public and retail services. The project focuses on Indonesia, where it has formed strategic partnerships and resources to create a strong foundation for expansion into broader markets. Mandala Chain has been working on real-world blockchain applications such as digital identity, banking, IP protection, SmartGov, and tokenized assets, with the goal of onboarding the next 100 million users with Polkadot.

The project has participated in major industry events like the Bali Blockchain Summit and Coinfest Asia 2024, showcasing Mandala Chain and Polkadot to a wide audience, including government officials and industry leaders. Mandala Chain is now seeking to scale development capacity to meet the urgent demand for use cases already in the pipeline, with the aim of onboarding millions of users to Polkadot from Indonesia and beyond.

The project's goals include facilitating massive adoption by onboarding large populations through real-world use cases and government/enterprise partnerships. Mandala Chain is working on a portfolio of real-world use cases, onboarding new non-crypto users who will be accessing essential on-chain services, and is on track to bring millions of users into the Polkadot ecosystem.

The requested budget of $763,000 will contribute to the incubation section of Mandala Chain's four-step framework to facilitate massive active user adoption through real-world use cases. The funds will be used for development, testing, user experience refinement, and public showcasing events.

Supporting Mandala Chain through this treasury proposal will enable the Polkadot ecosystem to gain new active users, growth in on-chain activity, and increased liquidity, as mainstream Web2 users are brought into the Web3 space. This will help Polkadot expand into new regions and industries, starting with Indonesia, and solidify its leadership in the Web3 space.

Mandala Chain requests 763,000 USDT for the urgent delivery of 4 government use cases to onboard millions onto Polkadot. The proposal aims to drive significant user adoption into the Polkadot ecosystem, opening the door for real-world use cases and accelerating Polkadot's growth across emerging markets. The timeframe is nine months, and the budget covers all costs for development, testing, user experience refinement, and public showcasing events. The proposal is critical to establish Polkadot as a global leader in the Web3 space and capture the next wave of users.

Delivery of 4 Government Use Cases to Onboard Millions onto Polkadot

Polkadot Community Foundation and Ledger are partnering for a social media giveaway of 50 Ledger Flex devices. Participants must follow both Polkadot and Ledger's accounts and repost the giveaway to enter. The goal is to increase followers and create excitement around Polkadot and Ledger Flex. The giveaway will be announced within three weeks of funding, run for two weeks, and winners will be contacted within a week after the promotion period. Winners will be randomly selected and must meet all entry requirements. They will receive a voucher to order their Ledger Flex, covering shipping costs. Ledger does not ship to all countries, and a list will be provided in the terms and conditions. The funds will be converted to fiat for payment to Ledger, and after payment, Ledger will share the voucher codes with the Polkadot Social Media Editorial Board to commence the giveaway.

Polkadot Community Foundation and Ledger will partner to run a Ledger Flex giveaway (50pcs) on social media. The objective is to drive tens of thousands of crypto-enthusiasts to follow the @Polkadot and @Ledger 𝕏 Accounts, raise awareness and create excitement around Polkadot and the new Ledger Flex device, and give back to the community. The proposal requests 11,506 USDT for 52 Ledgers + up to 9,000 USDT for legal fees. The giveaway will be announced within three weeks of funds being distributed, and the promotion period will be two weeks from the announcement date. Winners will be randomly selected, and 50 vouchers will be distributed to 50 unique winners. The funds will be distributed to the Polkadot Cayman Foundation, and then converted to fiat for payment to Ledger.

Polkadot Community Foundation <> Ledger - Giveaway to Increase 𝕏 Followers

DaBlock is an information portal for the Polkadot ecosystem that provides resources on DApps, major initiatives, organizations, and insights from events like Sub0 and Decoded. It aims to complement the Polkadot Wiki by focusing on key elements rather than technical concepts. The project began with proposal #240 and has produced two main outputs: dablock.com, a comprehensive ecosystem portal with over 600 URLs, and DOT Brain, a directory with over 1,000 curated and categorized items. These resources are used by creators, agencies, and media teams as a valuable reference, reducing content generation time.

DaBlock is seeking support for proposal #1240 to continue expanding their efforts in the ecosystem. They are requesting 8,400 USDC to sustain and advance their work, with plans to complete the following tasks in the next two months:

1. 100% Open-Source Migration: Migrating the Dablock portal to a Static Site Generator solution (Astro) and changing the domain to polkadotecosystem.com.
2. Multi-Language Version: Introducing a multi-language version to enable content publication in multiple languages.
3. Portal Restructuring: Reorganizing the portal structure to prevent duplicate content and improve user navigation.
4. Directory & Content Updates: Updating directories with new information and refreshing main content pages.
5. Sub0 Reset: Making all talks, summaries, and related resources from Sub0 and Decoded events available on the new polkadotecosystem.com portal.

With this support, DaBlock aims to increase the visibility and accessibility of its resources and continue advancing the Polkadot ecosystem.

DaBlock seeks support for proposal #1240 to expand their information portal for the Polkadot ecosystem. They request 8,400 USDC to complete tasks such as migrating to a Static Site Generator solution, introducing a multi-language version, restructuring the portal, and updating directories and content. The migration is expected to be completed between early and mid-November, with ongoing development and expansion planned in the following months.

Dablock: Open-Source Migration & Operations [October - January]

- A proposal is asking for 2,400 USDT to help Polkadot join the Alan B. Levan Center of Innovation.
- This membership will allow Polkadot to have a physical space in South Florida for business meetings and events.
- The goal is to connect with businesses and organizations to grow and increase awareness about Polkadot.
- The proposal mentions that Florida has a large population and a strong economy, making it a good place for Polkadot to expand.
- Polkadot plans to host events like MeetUps and Hackathons at this location.
- The proposal was made by James Slusser and is open for community feedback before a vote.

WHO: James Slusser, on behalf of Polkadot
WHAT: Requesting 2,400 USDT to sponsor Polkadot's 6-month membership to the Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation at the Reserved Desk level, providing Polkadot with access to a physical space in South Florida for Business Development meetings, MeetUps, and Networking with other member organizations.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 2,400 USDT for 6-month membership.

Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation Membership

Submerge.io is an open-source platform for the Polkadot ecosystem that provides indexing, analysis, Know Your Transaction (KYT), and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance. Developed by Helikon, it aims to address the lack of alternatives to Subscan and limited data analysis tools in the Polkadot ecosystem. Submerge is divided into two milestones, with the first focusing on core functionalities such as the data repository, indexer, analyst, notification manager, and KYT/AML. The second milestone will build upon the first, adding an API, web application, real-time analytics, and sentinel. The platform offers benefits such as ecosystem resilience, seamless onboarding, enhanced security, compliance, and transparency, and a Stake-to-Access (S2A) utility for the DOT token. Helikon has a proven track record in delivering high-quality open-source projects within the Polkadot ecosystem.

WHO: HELIKON
WHAT: Open-source Indexer, Analysis, KYT, and AML Compliance Platform for the Polkadot Ecosystem
PRICE/TIMEFRAME: $180,000 USDT for Milestone 1 (3 months)

submerge.io: Open-Source Indexer, Analysis, KYT, and AML Compliance Platform for the Polkadot Ecosystem

The @noble/curves package is a secure and audited JavaScript library for elliptic curve cryptography. It is part of the noble cryptography suite and is used in many modern web3 protocols and platforms. The Polkadot ecosystem needs a well-maintained and audited sr25519 npm package in pure JavaScript/TypeScript. The @noble/curves package can help fill this gap and provide a reliable and efficient way to work with sr25519 in native JS/TS. This will benefit developers and improve the Polkadot ecosystem's reputation and visibility. Edgetributor SubDAO is curating the proposal and taking care of the administrative work. The budget for the project is 18,000 USD, and the total amount, including the fee buffer for fiat conversion, is 19,800 USDT.

WHO: Paul Miller, Edgetributor SubDAO
WHAT: Develop and audit a pure JavaScript/TypeScript implementation of the sr25519 curve for the Polkadot ecosystem using @noble/curves package. 
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $18,000 for development, 1-2 weeks; audit cost not specified, but to be done by Cure53 or another auditing firm. Payment through Github Sponsorships using prepaid Visa/Mastercard cards.

Development of @noble/curves/sr25519 package by Paul Miller and audit sponsorship (1/2)

Polkadot Music Events Initiative (PMEI) has proposed a plan to bring the music industry onto the Polkadot network. They want to use blockchain technology to help the music industry, which is worth $100 billion. PMEI has a contract with Billfold, a company that helps with payments at live events. 

Here are the key points about the proposal:
- They are asking for $1.133 million to pay for the contract with Billfold, marketing, and legal expenses.
- The plan is to bring 3 million users from Billfold to Polkadot.
- These users will make 4.5 transactions each per year, which means 22.5 million transactions per year on Polkadot.
- Billfold is a payment system for live events, like selling food, drinks, and merchandise. They want to use Polkadot to make their payments faster and more secure.
- The proposal will help Polkadot grow by adding more users and transactions.
- PMEI's goal is to help music companies use Polkadot to solve problems with traditional finance.
- The team behind PMEI has experience in the music industry, web3 technology, and software development.

If the proposal is approved, PMEI will start working on integrating Billfold into Polkadot and marketing the project. They expect to finish the project in about eight months.

PMEI proposes to onboard Billfold to Polkadot for $1.133M, covering contract terms, marketing, and legal expenses. The deal will bring 3M+ users to Polkadot and drive billions of dollars in transactions. The proposal covers the cost to integrate and market onboarding 3 million active user accounts via Polkadot custodial wallets, streamlining crypto-native payments, and loyalty reward tools for brands, venues, and artists. The initial user onboarding will be completed within a 3-month timeline from when the deal finalizes, and the full scope of this integration is expected to be completed within an eight-month timeframe.

Growing the Music Vertical on Polkadot: Onboarding Billfold

WagMedia is a content creation and media hub that supports storytellers in the Polkadot ecosystem. They have been active since 2021 and focus on quality content and impact. In the past 5 months, they have published 26 weekly newsletters, opened 41 content bounties, and retroactively rewarded impactful content. They also have a website and X account for media publishing and aggregate all content. WagMedia has had a significant impact, with some content receiving up to 120,000 views and being shared by Polkadot and its teams. Many ecosystem agents and initiative leaders started their journey with WagMedia. They aim to continue serving as a content creator hub and evolve into a media hub that curates content from Polkadot creators. They request a one-year budget to continue their services, upgrade their website, and sustain growth on X.

WagMedia proposes to continue nurturing and incentivizing content creators within the Polkadot ecosystem through weekly newsletters, content bounties, retroactive rewards, and a website. The one-year budget request is $1,500,000 for upgrading the website, sustaining growth on X, and continuing existing services. The main challenge is the stagnation in the number of new creators approaching Polkadot.

WagMedia - Collective Content Creation for 52 Weeks

The Treasury Proposal is about creating an ink! Alliance to help Polkadot, a blockchain protocol, become more successful. Polkadot wants to make smart contract development easier and more accessible. Ink! is a special language that helps build secure and decentralized technology. It is important because it is made for Polkadot and shares its security and resilience. 

The ink! Alliance will have different teams working together to make Polkadot and ink! better. They will teach people about ink!, make it easier to use, and keep improving the code. They also want to get more people to use ink! and make Polkadot stronger. 

The alliance has some goals, like making good tutorials, being active on social media, and helping at events. They also want to keep making ink! better and support people who use it. They are asking for $520,000 to do this work for 6 months.

WHO: ink! Alliance, consisting of Michael Müller, Polytope Labs, R0GUE, and Virto, along with EasyA, Encode Club, WebZero, Distractive, core ink! engineers, and dApp developers.

WHAT: Form an alliance to accelerate growth and broaden the developer pool for Polkadot by promoting ink!, a Polkadot native smart contract language.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requesting a budget of $520,000 USDC for 6-months of support for ink!, controlled via a multisig of trusted members. See "Deliverables & Budget" section in the full proposal for a breakdown of this amount.

Treasury Spends