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Fellowship Candidate Contextual Summary

- **Polkawatch** provides decentralization analytics for Kusama.
- Recently improved observability using Node-Red and shared updates in a blog post.
- Added support for Parachains, including those using Aura consensus, and shared details in another blog post.
- Found and reported 2 issues in Polkadot/substrate, collaborating with developers to resolve them.
- Implemented community feedback by adding Scaleway as a redundant IPFS endpoint.
- Seeking 9 months of continued operation for Polkawatch.
- Proposal created with a constrained Treasury, deferring new developments and claiming operational costs after 50% delivery.
- Detailed proposal available for review and feedback.

Treasury Proposal: Kusama decentralization analytics, 9 months Continued operation (50% already delivered)

### Better Treasury System Project Proposal

1. **Treasury System Audit**: Analyze current tools, research the market, and gather insights.
2. **User Research**: Explore community needs through interviews and create customer journey maps and personas.
3. **Review Summary**: Organize findings, prioritize issues, and create a public research report.
4. **Design Workshops**: Collaborate with the community to design and test improvements in chosen areas.

**How to Contribute**:
- Review the full proposal [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ctwm5Tn6WsxJvL9cxhe9f7nxgZPl6TQ6WgaYinATjI0/edit?usp=sharing).
- Share feedback in comments or directly with the project team.

**Purpose**: Improve the user experience of the treasury system by involving the community in the process.

Better treasury system - invitation to review a project

- **Proposal**: Maintenance bounty for ParaSpell XCM SDK & XCM UI to enhance the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Funding**: Previously supported by Kusama treasury, Basilisk Parachain team, and Web3 Foundation.
- **Purpose**: Improve and maintain XCM SDK & XCM UI to simplify dApp development.
- **Repositories**: XCM SDK and other related repositories are hosted on GitHub.
- **Impact**: Unifies diverse XCM pallets, making integration easier and faster for developers.
- **Metrics**: SDK is used by KodaDot, a major Polkadot NFT marketplace.
- **Discussion Period**: Open for 7 days until May 27, 2023, with an invitation for community questions.

Treasury proposal: ParaSpell XCM SDK Maintenance funding for 5months

**KusamaHub Summary**

- **KusamaHub** has released a Beta Version: [beta.kusamahub.com](https://beta.kusamahub.com/)
- The team aims to expand and develop the platform over the next 6 months.
- They plan to provide tools and bots to help projects improve awareness and information availability.
- A full proposal is available: [KusamaHub 2' Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kr9HZk1sG9cFW2eTCNiKJLMbuDA0M2KCPChfo_Hl0iQ/edit?usp=sharing)
- Costs breakdown is detailed here: [Costs Breakdown](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jVC8S_7UrxzQVFmiWkDITrNCKOwazQcqsNRNY8XmXyM/edit?usp=sharing)
- They are making development more transparent with a public Trello account (coming soon).
- Projects needing help can request assistance via a Google form: [Form](https://forms.gle/fXLv4xBmm2dMupBw8)
- Community feedback is encouraged to improve **KusamaHub**.
- Contact details include Twitter, Email, and Telegram.

Treasury Proposal: KusamaHub 2' Proposal for Continued Operations and Development

- The proposal aims to create an Italian Content Hub for the Polkadot ecosystem.
- It involves developing content and a Web3 blogging platform using Polkadot technologies.
- The goal is to attract more Italian-speaking users to the Polkadot network.
- The hub will provide localized content in Italian for better user engagement.
- It will serve as a reliable source of information for the Italian community.
- The project aims to unite various Italian communities and ambassadors.
- The hub will empower the Italian community to contribute to Polkadot.
- The full proposal can be read [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RwOWrLDKXmP3_0QkwRfQnG6w0eKDd4ZYWoygHM6hTkk/edit).

Creation of the Italian Content Hub

### Polkadot Fellowship Summary

- The Polkadot Fellowship is a group of experts focused on the Polkadot protocol.
- It uses blockchain technology to manage its members.
- The Fellowship helps with the design and maintenance of the Polkadot network.
- New members go through a 2-step process: first, a proposal is made, and then they are promoted.
- There's a plan to make it easier for new members to join.
- The process for accepting new members is explained in a document.
- Feedback is welcome to improve the process.

Technical Fellowship, Candidacy Initiation And Promotion: A Step By Step for New Members

### Polkascan and Subsquid Collaboration Proposal

- **Partnership**: Polkascan and Subsquid are collaborating to enhance the Polkascan Explorer.
- **Objective**: Integrate Subsquid's blockchain data archivers and public APIs (Squids) into the Polkascan Explorer.
- **Benefits**: Expand the data library and improve the explorer's capabilities.
- **Proposal**: A detailed plan has been created to facilitate this integration.
- **Community Involvement**: Seeking feedback and discussion with the Kusama community.
- **Details**: Full proposal document is available on GitHub.
- **Engagement**: Open to answering questions from the community.

Subsquid integration with Polkascan block explorer (upcoming Treasury Proposal)

**Chrawnna Corp.** is a company that creates content about Dotsama, a blockchain ecosystem. Here's a summary of their activities in 2022:

- **Q1 2022**: They made 5 news videos each week and started **WagMedia**, a system to reward content creators on Discord.
- **Q2 2022**: They created the **Kusamarian** brand, which gained over 1,000 Twitter followers. They also grew their team to 8 members and produced more content, including the **Polkadot Decoded Reloaded** series.
- They connected several treasuries to **WagMedia**, including Polka Häus, Jam’s Cave, and the Kusama Treasury.
- **Q3 & Q4 2022**: They plan to reduce content production slightly and reintroduce a tutorial show. They also want to develop **WagMedia** further, including expanding translations and opening a marketing department.
- They are requesting funds to continue their work and improve **WagMedia**.

**Chrawnna Corp.** aims to create high-quality content and connect content creators with funding, helping to tell the story of Dotsama.

The Kusamarian 6 Month Proposal

- Polkadot Decoded is a big yearly conference about Polkadot, hosted by the Web3 Foundation.
- This proposal wants to bring together the Polkadot community in Damongo, Ghana, with other web3 fans, investors, and builders.
- Ousmane Abudu, a Polkadot ambassador, wants to host Polkadot meetups in Ghana.
- A full proposal can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Wv8otWSUF32oPUuf-KviOlS8IoQHuGtwvOcaCHGGLY/edit?usp=drivesdk).

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