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**Polkadot Runtime Upgrade (v28)**

- **Vote:** Motion 62 is up for voting to upgrade Polkadot to version 28.
- **Treasury Tips:** Introduces slashing for treasury tips.
- **Council Governance:** First-time participants can join Council governance for free.
- **Treasury Pallet:** Refactored to improve functionality.
- **Validators:** Session keys updated to support parachains.
- **Account Providers:** Introduced reference counting for account existence providers.
- **Multiaddress Format:** Extended to all runtimes for better address handling.
- **Details:** Full release notes and changes are available on [GitHub](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/releases/tag/v0.8.28).

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Upgrade of Polkadot Runtime to v28

### Summary of Proposal for Milestone M8.2

- **Project Goal**: TEE-validated sidechains development.
- **Previous Milestone (M8.1)**: Completed with more effort than estimated.
- **Current Milestone (M8.2)**: Estimated cost is 20,700 CHF.
- **Team**: 1.3 Full-Time Equivalents (FTE) will work on it.
- **Timeline**: Expected to be delivered within 3 weeks after approval.
- **Currency Exchange**: DOT is currently valued at 18.12 USDT.
- **Risk Margin**: A 10% volatility risk margin is included.
- **Proposed Treasury Spend**: 1,405 DOT.

SubstraTEE scalability M8.2

### PolkaStats Proposal Summary

- **Project**: PolkaStats is a Substrate block explorer focusing on Proof of Stake chains.
- **Location**: Developed in La Colmena, a crypto community in Sevilla, Spain.
- **Features**: Specializes in staking and economic data, using JavaScript, Vue.js, and Nuxt.js.
- **Metrics**: 8,100 unique users and 13,000 sessions from 133 countries in the last month.
- **Previous Funding**: Last proposal approved in September 2020, covering operational costs.
- **Current Proposal**: Requests 37,08 DOT for operational expenses from December 21, 2020, to March 21, 2021.
- **Usage**: Funds will be used to pay for server rentals on Hetzner and Digital Ocean.
- **Details**: Full proposal includes monthly budget and can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/18T0U-dJq_UtmK-K1YbGs4R49wVM1hHWlK1RPf5DibqE).

PolkaStats treasury expense proposal - operation costs for Polkadot, 21.12.2020 to 21.03.2021

Bounty proposal #1: spam/testing - passed to council as closeBounty

**Motion Proposal for Gradual Validator Increase**

- A proposal to gradually increase the number of validators in the network.
- The plan is to add 1 validator per day for 100 days.
- This will result in a total increase of 100 validators.
- The goal is to avoid sudden changes and follow expert recommendations.
- The process can be canceled at any time for further review.
- Network metrics will be monitored during and after the increase.
- The proposal is open for voting by the Council and the community.
- A detailed preimage of the proposal can be found [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1idocvPtKKMQA36lzG4Upxcb4OXGMUeBW/view?usp=sharing).

Gradual increase in the number of validators

**Fearless Wallet**

- Mobile app for iOS and Android.
- Developed by SORAMITSU with Kusama Treasury support.
- First native app for Kusama and Polkadot ecosystems.
- Non-custodial, directly communicates with the blockchain.
- Stage 3 focuses on Staking, app improvements, and library expansion.
- Proposal includes budget, milestones, and timeframe.
- Total cost split between Polkadot and Kusama treasuries.

Fearless Wallet - Stage 3 Proposal - Staking, Libraries expansion, App Improvements 

Upgrade to Polkadot runtime v27

### Polkawallet Treasury Proposal Summary

- **Proposal**: Verification of Milestone 1 (M1) completion.
- **Milestone 1**: 
  - **A. Social Recovery Pallet**: Features include observer mode, account recovery settings, and agent operations.
  - **B. Offline Signature Support**: Includes QR code functions, sending signed transactions, and compatibility with Polkadot-js web wallet.
- **Duration**: 2 weeks, **Costs**: 1403 KSM.
- **Verification**: 
  - Download the beta version from [polkawallet.io](https://polkawallet.io/#download) for Android and iOS.
  - Follow guides on [Medium](https://medium.com/@polkawallet/the-guidance-of-social-recovery-in-polkawallet-4dea03e8b07b) and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/polkawallet/status/1270644948447051776?s=20) for social recovery.
  - Watch offline signature videos on [YouTube](https://youtu.be/-QKpUNin0aI) and [YouTube](https://youtu.be/cy1HvXhMhQo).
- **Funding**: Proposal for Kusama treasury funding, address: `EyWJe5kRSpDXLSaUxE3WcoDSgSos2TpRL2rSSd45R61YRqH`.
- **Polkawallet Info**: 
  - Website: [polkawallet.io](https://polkawallet.io)
  - Twitter: [@polkawallet](https://twitter.com/polkawallet)
  - Email: [hello@polkawallet.io](mailto:hello@polkawallet.io)
  - Riot: @0xthreebody:matrix.org
  - Github: [polkawallet-io](https://github.com/polkawallet-io)

Polkawallet Treasury Proposal - M1

**Fearless Wallet**

- Mobile app for iOS/Android.
- Supported by Kusama Treasury.
- Developed by SORAMITSU.
- First native app for Kusama and Polkadot.
- Non-custodial, direct blockchain communication.
- Stage 3 focuses on Staking, app improvements, and library expansion.
- Budget split between Polkadot and Kusama treasuries.

OnFinality is a platform that helps developers build blockchain apps by providing infrastructure services. They recently launched a free API service for Polkadot, which has already served over 3.2 million requests in one day. They are asking for funding to keep this service running for three months, which costs about $1,101.60 per month. They plan to keep a free tier for up to 500,000 requests per day and might offer paid tiers in the future. They also provide a one-click deploy service for those who need more resources. You can access their service by creating a free account or using Polkadot.js.

Treasury Proposal - High Performance Public Infrastructure (Ongoing Costs for Q1 2021)

### Summary of OneBlock's Substrate Hackathon Proposal

- **Proponent:** 15UkSSYN7pkPSdiHSzjeMZSi1sKmukCkijFrZ8aWaKudCwZV
- **Date:** December 29, 2020
- **Requested DOT:** 5786
- **Objective:** Organize a high-quality Hackathon for Substrate developers in China to enrich the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Event Details:** 30-day online Hackathon followed by a 2-day offline Demo Day in Q1 2021.
- **Background:** OneBlock is a leading blockchain developer community in China, focusing on Substrate technology.
- **Issues Addressed:** Lack of deep participation in Substrate technologies and few innovative projects in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Solution:** A Hackathon to convert theoretical Substrate knowledge into practical projects, fostering innovation and development.
- **Budget:** Detailed budget plan available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AilrLogHhsx60mqD_aAhQBUIorkVDsUD5MWqiVYAUkA/edit?usp=sharing).

@Oneblock Substrate Hackathon Proposal

- A motion proposes a multisig group as the curator for a Polkadot bounty.
- The group includes Bette Chen, Katie Butler, Iggy Albero, and Kaye Han.
- They have expertise in product design, marketing, and branding.
- The motion was proposed by Katie Butler.
- The bounty has no expected reward, but a 1 DOT fee is proposed.
- The motion is open for voting for 6 days.
- The bounty's scope of work can be found on Polkassembly.

The 1st bounty curator: proposing 4 parties multisig as curator for the Polkadot Brand Update Immersion Phase bounty

### Governance-Focused Mobile App Proposal

- **Proposer**: Hanwen Cheng (Litentry)
- **Date**: 17.12.2020
- **Requested DOT**: 6132
- **Objective**: Develop a mobile app to enhance on-chain governance participation in substrate-based networks.
- **Features**:
  1. **Identity Registration**: Verify user identities and display governance activity dashboards.
  2. **On-Chain Governance**: Support native governance actions and push notifications.
  3. **Identity Dashboard**: Customizable notifications and integration with Polkassembly.
  4. **Governance Score**: Integrate lottery and highlight important proposals.
- **Benefits**: Increase voting participation, improve governance statistics, and encourage identity registration.
- **Payment**: 438 hours of work, split between DOT and KSM for different milestones.

Governance-focused Mobile App for all Substrate-based networks

- A proposal was submitted by Koto Studio to develop the first phase of a Polkadot rebrand strategy.
- The goal is to meet the network's evolving needs using input from various stakeholders.
- Koto consulted with W3F before structuring the proposal.
- The proposal uses on-chain governance, treasury, tokens, and the blockchain network.
- The first phase, called "Immersion," is the focus of the bounty.
- More details on the tasks can be found in the provided document.
- The full description of the bounty by Koto is available in the linked document.

The First Polkadot Bounty: Polkadot Brand Update Immersion Phase For a Rebrand Strategy

Reduce court yearly inflation to 0.1%

### Europa Summary

- **Europa** is a sandbox environment for Substrate Runtime, focusing on debugging `ink!` contracts.
- It provides detailed debugging information by modifying the `FRAME Contracts pallet` and the `wasmi` interpreter.
- Europa removes all WASM components, allowing `std` code for experimental purposes.
- Future plans include improving error messages, enhancing development experience, and extending compatibility with other runtime modules.
- Europa aims to provide better contract debugging tools, including log printing and backtrace functions.
- Development plans for v0.2 include forking `FRAME Contracts pallet` and `wasmi`, and integrating these changes.
- The estimated cost for v0.2 development is 7560 DOT.

Patract Hub's treasury proposal for Europa (sandbox) v0.2

- A previous referendum to lower inflation to 1.5% was rejected.
- Token holders felt 1.5% was too low.
- Inflation still needs to be reduced.
- A new referendum proposes lowering inflation to 2.5%.
- This would result in a stake APR of about 10%.
- Monthly collator revenue would be around $205.

Set yearly inflation caused by the collation system to 2.5%

Register GLMR (Moonbeam)

- The proposal is to register the campaign asset `WSX` for the "Washington Stock Exchange" campaign.
- `WSX` is a foreign asset without a `MultiLocation`, so it cannot be transferred via XCM.
- Fees can still be paid using `WSX` because the runtime can handle fees for foreign assets.
- Token symbol: `WSX`
- Existential deposit: `1,000 WSX`
- Relative value for fee payment: `1 WSX = 0.00005 ZTG`
- Funded wallet address: `dE4MuhyTywNEKvF2axfhwL5DDjKh1HYaxfUqwTWJZ47kYhZsS`
- Funding amount: `22,000,000,000 WSX`
- This is a temporary solution; a new asset system for campaign assets is being reviewed.

Register campaign asset WSX and fund wallet

Upgrade to v0.5.0 (spec_version 53)

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On chain democracy proposal

- Current inflation from the collation system is 5% per year.
- The proposal aims to lower this inflation to 1.5% per year.
- This change would reduce monthly revenue for collators from $300 to $85.
- Delegators' annual return would drop from 20% to 6%.
- The saved inflation will be used for a new Court system.
- The proposal considers hardware costs and other parachain staking returns.
- More details are available in the "Collator System Inflation Document."

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Set yearly inflation caused by the collation system to 1.5%

- The proposal aims to register a new token called WSX for a campaign.
- WSX is similar to ZTG and can be used to pay fees.
- This makes it easier for people to join the campaign using just WSX.
- The proposal will give 10,000 WSX to Zeitgeist, which can be used for 400,000 transactions.
- WSX is not a foreign asset, but this is the only way to create a token for fees now.
- After the campaign, all WSX will be cleaned up and removed.
- The tech team is working on a better system for future campaigns.

Council Motions