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### Proposal Summary

- **Previous Motion**: Motion #495 limited Kusama's nomination pools to 64 pools with 16 members each to prevent a reward payout bug.
- **Bug Fix**: Runtime 9271 fixed the bug, and no further issues have been observed.
- **New Proposal**: This proposal aims to lift the previous limits.
- **New Limits**: The new limits would be 256 total pools and 1024 members per pool.
- **Safeguard**: These limits are just a precaution; in practice, there is no actual limit.
- **Review and Vote**: Please review the proposal details and vote as needed.
- **Preimage**: The preimage for the proposal has already been submitted.

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Update to Nomination Pools on Kusama

### Sublab Proposal Summary

- **Objective**: Develop tools for developers in the Substrate ecosystem.
- **Team**: 3 engineers, including a Senior iOS Engineer, a Support Engineer, and a former Technical Lead from Fearless Wallet.
- **Focus**: Create open-source libraries for mobile platforms in Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems.
- **Current Project**: Implement the SCALE codec and Substrate client libraries.
- **Challenges**: Lack of ready-to-use tools for mobile developers in the ecosystem.
- **Goal**: Lower the entry barrier for new developers by providing well-documented, reliable libraries.
- **Financing**: Requesting $81,900 for the current milestone.
- **Communication**: Technical support via Telegram and announcements on Medium.

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Sublab proposal #KSM-1: Foundation. Mobile SDKs for SCALE codec, Substrate client, fully covered with tests and provided with documentation

**KusamaHub** is an analytics tool that collects and stores information about NFT projects from the blockchain and other sources like Twitter, Discord, and Telegram. It provides detailed analytics and allows users to communicate and discuss projects with transparency.

- **Features**: Includes tools like a Calendar, News, and widgets for detailed statistics on sales, holders, and more.
- **User Interaction**: Users can vote, comment, and see all information from social media accounts and servers.
- **Creator Tools**: Creators can provide detailed information about their projects and use the Calendar tool to schedule events.
- **Transparency**: Emphasizes user-first approach and transparency in project discussions.
- **Community Feedback**: Welcomes questions and suggestions for improving the project.
- **Resources**: Links to detailed proposals, cost breakdowns, GitHub repository, demo, and Q&A document are provided.
- **Discussion**: Original post can be found on Polkassembly.

KusamaHub

### Kusama Runtime Upgrade Summary

- **Upgrade from version 9260 to 9271**
- **Includes updates from 9270 and 9271**
- **9270 updates:**
  - Fixed bugs and improved features
  - Minor changes like un-deprecating a macro
  - Security fixes for nomination pools
- **9271 updates:**
  - Staking system update
  - Nomination pools update
- **Full details on GitHub**
- **SetCode hash: `0x5e8e9e34cd303305f690a6e977a8a80f955d0177f370b10f04a4b01d32a7202d`**

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Runtime upgrade to 9271 - SUPERSEDED BY MOTION 530, VOTE NAY

Runtime Upgrade to 9271

- The community is proposing a bounty to reward the moderation team for their work on social media platforms like Reddit, Discord, and Element.
- These platforms are used by the Polkadot/Kusama ecosystem for communication and education.
- The moderation team helps prevent scams, keeps discussions respectful, and educates users.
- The bounty is meant as a token of appreciation, not as income.
- The proposal has been discussed for two months with no community objections.
- For more details, you can read the full proposal [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/17bjVgOOprGsz8DGn6D6_thEQyNZRaMSYZbDpsTOud2w/edit#heading=h.kl7lv0cg56u1).

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Bounty #14: Moderation Bounty for Community Comms Channels

- **Event:** Blockchain Rio 2022
- **Date:** Planned for September 1, 2022
- **Location:** Brazil
- **Funding Request:** $244,043.80 USD (3,998.75 KSMs)
- **Key Organizers:** Eduardo Cardoso, Francisco Carvalho, Tiago Lucer
- **Objective:** To establish connections with corporate, institutional, and government decision-makers, and to engage students and professionals in the blockchain ecosystem.
- **Inclusivity:** Open to all, regardless of affiliation with Parachains, Dapps, or Teams.
- **Support:** Received feedback and support from Parity, WEB3 Foundation, the Council, and various ecosystem members.

BLOCKCHAIN RIO /// PROPOSAL /// DOTSAMA ACTIVATION

### Sovereign Nature Initiative (SNI)

- **Purpose**: SNI is a non-profit that helps wildlife conservancies and NGOs protect biodiverse ecosystems using Web3 technology.
- **Partners**: Works with Kusama ecosystem partners like Kodadot, Unique Network, Kilt Protocol, Momentum, and Ocean Protocol.
- **KWT Hackathon**: An online event to find solutions for wildlife identification using computer vision and Web3 protocols.
- **Dates**: October 7 to November 6.
- **Prizes**: 320 KSM (cryptocurrency) for winners, distributed among different teams.
- **Challenges**: Focuses on identifying lions and managing conflicts between predators and farmers in Kenya.
- **Target Group**: Teams with experience in Web3, token engineering, and computer vision for wildlife.
- **Open Source**: All software developed must be open-source.

SNI Hackathon with Kenya Wildlife Trust: Treasury Proposal

Statemine Upgrade to Runtime v9270

- **Statemine Lease Extension**: Proposal to extend Statemine's lease by 2 years (16 periods).
- **Role in Kusama Network**: Serves as an entry point for assets, especially those backed by off-chain reserves.
- **Future Functionality**: Will take on "system level" tasks, like managing KSM balances.
- **XCMv3 Integration**: Will use XCMv3 for asset locking, enabling KSM to be used in other parachains.
- **Longer Lease**: The 2-year lease is longer than typical auction leases, reflecting Statemine's importance to Kusama.
- **Public Referendum**: If approved, the proposal will go to a public vote.
- **Hash**: `0x4272f0f5d52548e488339bf52861af98904a7f7509b5a067c1ba713b4af813e8`
- **Releases**: Available in the [Cumulus repo](https://github.com/paritytech/cumulus/releases).

Statemine Common Good Lease Renewal

### Encointer Parachain Update (Version 1.2.0)

- **Launch and Experience**: Encointer launched its first community in May 2022, gaining valuable insights for improvements.
- **Bug Fixes**: Identified a critical bug that needs a runtime upgrade, currently fixed with a workaround.
- **Community Improvements**:
  - Immediate reward payout after ceremonies.
  - Early registration for the next ceremony.
  - More tolerant meetup validation.
  - Free reward issuance triggering.
  - Endorsement after registration.
  - Added `transfer_all` extrinsic.
  - Enhanced event logging for better accounting.
- **Technical Enhancements**:
  - Refactored meetup validation to prevent attacks.
  - Future feature: Simplified attestations without QR code signing.
  - Upgraded dependencies to Polkadot 0.9.24.
- **Testing**: Successfully tested on Testnet Gesell and Lietaer.
- **Update Process**: Planned runtime upgrade through Kusama governance, with enactment targeted between August 4th-9th or 14th-19th.

Encointer Runtime Upgrade v8

**Motion 522** is a proposal to fund the development and maintenance of **ONE-T**, an application that helps the community visualize network status and validator data. It includes:

- Funding for the development of ONE-T.
- Rejection of a previous incorrect proposal (Treasury Proposal 194).
- Approval of the correct proposal (Treasury Proposal 195).
- The proposal includes budget, milestones, and maintenance details.
- The community can view network status and validator data in real-time.
- @paulo is available to answer questions.
- Voting is open for the community to review and participate.

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ONE-T Web Insights Treasury Proposal

### Summary of Polkawatch Proposal for Kusama

- **Objective**: To measure the decentralization of Kusama's validation process.
- **Tool**: Polkawatch is an analytic tool designed for this purpose.
- **Scope**: The proposal aims to implement Polkawatch specifically for Kusama.
- **Potential**: Kusama and Substrate-built blockchains have significant potential for decentralized computing.
- **Decentralization Impact**: The level of decentralization depends on how the community deploys and operates the system.
- **Detailed Proposal**: A more comprehensive proposal is available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f7ZWZ0W6Njp5r3qnEVnh4vulBGDBHrQ7Fgzmpqazrl4/edit?usp=sharing).

Proposal for roll-out of Kusama Decentralization Analytics

### Summary of Proposal

- This proposal is for paying the infrastructure costs of the Polkadot network and its testnets.
- It covers costs from January 1st to June 30th, 2022, for services like GCP, Datadog, and Cloudflare.
- The goal is to simplify the billing process and make it easier for community management and supervision.
- The total amount requested is 13,091 USD, to be paid in KSM based on the EMA7 price on the submission date.
- The KSM amount calculated is 217.632.
- Detailed billing information is available in a linked document.

Subscan | Infrastructure Costs of Subscan for Kusama Network

Parallel-Heiko lease swap before the LP22 ends

### Summary of Chrawnna Corp. Activities (Q1-Q4 2022)

- **Q1 2022**: Chrawnna Corp. started 5 weekday Dotsama news videos and created WagMedia, a Discord reward system.
- **Q2 2022**: Launched The Kusamarian brand, gained 1,000+ Twitter followers, and expanded the team to 8 members. Produced high-quality content, including the 19-video Polkadot Decoded Reloaded series.
- **Q3 & Q4 2022**: Proposed to reduce content output slightly and reintroduce a tutorial show. Aimed to spend 14% less than Q2.
- **WagMedia Development**: Proposed to spend 14% of 8002.8 KSM on WagMedia, focusing on translation, marketing, and decentralizing award distribution.
- **Treasury Involvement**: Connected multiple treasuries to WagMedia, including Polka Häus, Astar/Shiden, RMRK, and the Kusama Treasury.
- **Content and Reports**: All content and detailed spending reports are publicly available.
- **Future Goals**: Expand translation services, open a marketing department, and develop The Concierge bot for WagMedia.
- **Community Engagement**: Encouraged community feedback and support for The Kusamarian and WagMedia projects.

The Kusamarian 6 Month Maintenance Proposal

- A slashing event occurred in era 3995.
- The slashing has not been applied yet.
- The operator requests cancellation due to node errors.
- A proposal post explains the issue: [Link](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/1730).
- A motion is open for Council members to decide.
- The Staking team's opinion is included in the decision.
- More details and Github issues are available in the proposal post.
- Council members and the community are invited to review and vote.

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Cancellation of slash or in era 3995 - At operator's request

### Governance Participation Rewards Project Summary

- **Duration**: 4 months
- **Participating Wallets**: Increased by 700%
- **Turnout % (KSM)**: Increased by 100%
- **Proposal**: Covers past operational expenses and funds website development
- **Website Features**: Includes a quiz and vote module
- **Side Projects**: Miscellaneous related projects are also funded
- **Full Proposal**: Available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l4M16KKLkHxtbgklZR8fA6TjwETvupGnImlO0Aujg1s/edit?usp=sharing)

Funding Governance Participation Rewards

### Summary of Liquidity Treasury Proposal

- **Purpose**: Attract liquidity to Genshiro's money market and DEX.
- **Incentives**: Encourage KSM and EQD market liquidity and margin trading.
- **Benefits**: Enhance KSM network effects and introduce margin trading and borrowing.
- **Voting**: Requires council and community approval to be executed.
- **Team**: Proposed by the Equilibrium/Genshiro team.
- **Details**: Full proposal and discussion available [here](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/1630).

 Liquidity funding proposal for Genshiro Money Market and DEX

- **RadiumBlock** aims to be a Web3 infrastructure provider for **DotSama**.
- They focus on providing **RPC nodes** for clients to connect to the **Kusama network**.
- The proposal is for covering ongoing costs (Q2 2022) for their infrastructure.
- Their infrastructure is **low latency**, **geo-distributed**, **high performance**, **scalable**, and **reliable**.
- They believe high-quality RPC services are crucial for a decentralized network.
- The detailed proposal can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i0qCZTA9tL1zh7Z-cO_-aPaDJp88dyYy/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114172945417100820622&rtpof=true&sd=true).

RadiumBlock Public Endpoint Service for Kusama (Q2 2022)

Kusama runtime upgrade v9260

REJECT - Kusama runtime upgrade to v9260

### Pendulum's Polkadot Decoded Viewing Event

- **Event**: Exclusive viewing party for the Polkadot Decoded program.
- **Organizer**: Pendulum.
- **Attendees**: Expected over 400 from the DotSama ecosystem.
- **Activities**:
  - Live-streamed Polkadot Decoded talks.
  - Networking with key players in the DotSama ecosystem.
  - Additional Polkadot-themed talks and panels by Pendulum.
  - Access to a coworking space, food, and beverages.
  - Afterparty with DJs, drinks, and fun activities.
- **Registration**: Available via Eventbrite.

Polkadot Decoded: Pendulum Hub Viewing Party Berlin

### Encointer Financing Proposal Summary

- **Objective**: Encointer seeks funding to continue its activities until September 2022.
- **Amount Requested**: CHF 340,000 (USD 350,892 or KSM 6271.63).
- **Current Status**: Encointer is a common-good parachain on Kusama, launched in January 2022.
- **Community Growth**: A real community in Zurich has grown to 130 users with nearly 800 transactions in 40 days.
- **Main Goals**:
  - Expand the Zurich community to prove the protocol's viability.
  - Onboard new communities globally, especially in less developed regions.
  - Integrate with other parachains for sybil-defense and one-person-one-vote democracy.
- **Financial Strategy**: Encointer has relied on DOT and KSM tokens, private donations, and pro bono work.
- **Current Challenge**: Market corrections have reduced Encointer's financial runway to about 2 months.
- **Funding Source**: Encointer relies on grants and donations as it cannot promise returns on investment.

Encointer Growth Treasury Proposal

**ParisDotComm 2022 Proposal**

- **Proposal 185** is for funding **ParisDotComm 2022**.
- It's a 3-day conference with workshops.
- Organized by Polkadot and Kusama projects.
- Event aims to bring together the Dotsama Ecosystem.
- Focuses on Parachains and cooperation in blockchain.
- Includes an agenda and budget details.
- Proposal 184 had a mistake, so it was rejected.
- Review and vote on the proposal!

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