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big_spender

Curator Resubmission for POLKADOT <> KUSAMA BRIDGE SECURITY BOUNTY

### Summary of Coretime Pricing Issue

- **Current Problem**: The coretime price adapter on Kusama is driving prices down to nearly 0 KSM/month due to low demand, which is unrealistic compared to the actual cost of validating work.
- **Side Effect**: Low prices encourage hoarding of cores, making it inconvenient for new builders who need them.
- **Proposed Solution**: Implement a better pricing system that considers market demand and blockspace usage.
- **Temporary Fix**: Set a minimum price for coretime to prevent it from dropping too low.
- **Suggested Minimum Price**: 10 KSM, which is reasonable for builders and deters excessive hoarding.
- **Implementation**: Changes to the Polkadot SDK and Kusama runtime will be handled by the author or a trusted developer.

Deciding

wish_for_change

Minimum coretime price

Approved

whitelisted_caller

[Whitelisted Caller] Referendum #297: Upgrade Kusama v1,000,000

small_tipper

WHO: Proponent 16JVrgg7t6m5UXAtDBM7jYp9XjAxALRVFP6GuKVFmi9HLw8d (Batman, Polkadot)

WHAT: Funding for further development of the dotappstore, including Dynamic App Pages with user authentication, upvote feature, claim feature, and report feature.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 1,800 DOT (~$6,500) requested on 13 Oct 2023. Codebase is open-source and available on Github.

WHO: The proposer.

WHAT: Develop a UI for tracking weight consumption over all Polkadot and Kusama parachains.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requesting a tip for the developed code. Will register a custom domain for the website if approved. No specific price, timeframe, or resources mentioned.

### Kusama OpenGov Improvement Proposal

1. **Continuation of Milestones**: This proposal builds on two previous milestones aimed at enhancing Kusama's OpenGov system.
2. **Milestone 0**: Addressed OpenGov issues by creating proposal and audit templates, initiating community discussions, and producing audit reports.
3. **Milestone 0.5**: Expanded by onboarding additional proposal auditors to improve decentralization and accuracy.
4. **Milestone 1**: Focuses on continuing on-chain proposal audits, expanding auditor tasks, and introducing Auditor and Reviewer roles.
5. **Audit Process**: Moves the audit process to the Kusama community, compensating auditors through post-paid OpenGov Tips.
6. **Milestone 1.5**: Continues education and onboarding of community auditors, building on a previous proposal extension.
7. **Grading System**: Uses a standardized grading system to evaluate project proposals objectively.
8. **Community Involvement**: Ensures transparency and community involvement in the audit process.

small_spender

Kusama OpenGov proposes to continue on-chain proposal audits, expand auditor tasks, and introduce auditor and reviewer roles in Milestone 1. The goal is to deliver audit reports for 60 treasury proposals over two months, with all work being post-paid through self-submitted tips. The proposal aims to ensure transparency and community involvement by transferring the audit process to the Kusama community. The proposal also includes a continuation of Referenda #67 - Proposal Extension to onboard additional community auditors.

OpenCommunity Governance - Proposal Audit Reports

### Substrate-API-Client

- **Purpose**: Connects to a Substrate-based node via RPC.
- **Alternative**: Alternative to `subxt`.
- **Importance**: Essential for Rust developers working with Substrate parachains.
- **Features**:
  - Supports `no_std` environments.
  - Facilitates extrinsic creation in trusted hardware (e.g., Intel SGX).
  - Potential for IoT applications.
- **Interface**: Easy-to-use with practical examples.
- **Proposal**:
  - Maintenance and support for 3 months (Nov-22 to Jan-23).
  - Evaluation and design of two new features:
    - CLI wallet implementation.
    - Full `no_std` compatibility.

For more details, see the [discussion](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/1923) and [full proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1miIIMyHsNzdoZejVdBiV_u3NLyj7CHsr9uWBdKonrtQ/edit?usp=sharing).

WHO: The proposal is made by the substrate-api-client team.

WHAT: The proposal aims to fund maintenance and support for the substrate api client over 3 months, along with the evaluation and design of two new features: CLI-wallet implementation and full no_std-compatibility.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The funding is required for 3 months (Nov-22 until Jan-23). The cost is not mentioned in the summary.

Treasury Proposal: Maintenance for the substrate-api-client Nov-22 to Jan-23

- The post requests a top-up for the Moderation Team Bounty.
- The top-up is needed due to current market conditions.
- Changes have been made to the initial proposal.
- Details and spending analysis are available in a linked document.
- The original bounty top-up post is also linked for reference.
- The community is thanked for their attention.

treasurer

WHO: The community.

WHAT: Requesting a top-up to the Moderation Team Bounty to continue funding their contributions and support.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Details can be found in the proposal linked.

Treasury Proposal: Moderation Team Bounty Top-up

### Summary of Math Crypto's Batch Delegation Guide

- **Purpose**: Provides a guide and tool for delegating all Gov2 tracks on Kusama to a single account in one transaction.
- **Resources**: Includes a [steps guide](https://www.math-crypto.com/opengov/batch-delegate/) and a [web page](https://backend-opengov.math-crypto.com/) with a delegation hash generator.
- **Benefit**: Simplifies the process for users who want to delegate multiple votes at once.
- **Proponent's Action**: The guide's proponent plans to use the new Gov2 system for a tip in an unused track.
- **Status**: Gov2 is operational and ready for use on Kusama.

big_tipper

WHO: Math Crypto

WHAT: Provides a batch delegation guide and web page with a delegation hash generator for OpenGov/Gov2 on Kusama.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Gov2 - Batch delegation step guide

### Summary of OpenGov Referendums

1. **Referendum 1 and 2**: Initially proposed but found to be unsuccessful due to the use of `treasury.ApproveProposal`, which requires root origin.

2. **Resubmitted Proposals**: The teams resubmitted their proposals using the `Treasurer` and `Big spender` tracks with the call `treasury.Spend`.

3. **New Referendums**:
   - **Referendum 3**: Funds the development of **Snowbridge**.
   - **Referendum 5**: Supports **Polkawatch**'s decentralization analytics and Parachain operations.

4. **Cancellation Service**: Uses the Referenda Canceller track to cancel Referendums 1 and 2, replaced by Referendums 5 and 6.

referendum_canceller

WHO: OpenGov
WHAT: Resubmitted Referendum 3 and 5 to fund Snowbridge and Polkawatch's operations respectively, using treasury.Spend call. Also cancelling Referendum 1 and 2.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Referendum aiming to cancel two invalid Referendums (1 & 2)

### Polkawatch Proposal Summary

- Polkawatch recently launched decentralization analytics on Kusama and added Nomination Pools support.
- The community is increasingly aware of the importance of decentralization, sparked by a recent deplatforming event of Solana nodes.
- Other teams, including wallets, parachains, and data scientists, are interested in accessing Polkawatch data to raise awareness in the ecosystem.
- Parachains, while secured by the relay chain, are still vulnerable to censorship from dishonest collators, network operators, or regulatory changes.
- This proposal aims to extend Polkawatch support to parachains, continue service operations, and make minor improvements.
- The proposal has been discussed and feedback has been incorporated.
- A detailed version of the proposal is available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ljvYDuazbNBgjf94yFUbUEdeyBN5ixG6BXAEKxuxmL4/edit?usp=sharing).
- An extraordinary fee for re-submission costs has been included.

Polkawatch proposes to bring parachain support to their decentralization analytics service, following interest from other teams in the ecosystem. The proposal includes continued operation of the service and minor improvements, with an extraordinary fee included for re-submission costs. No specific price, timeframe, or resources are mentioned.

[Replacement for Referenda #2] Polkawatch Decentralization Analytics Parachain Support and Continued Operation. 

### Ordum: Public Good Grants Aggregator

- **Purpose**: Ordum aims to create a public good grants aggregator for the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems, focusing on R&D funding.
- **Current Issue**: Existing grant management tools like Gitcoin are insufficient for the needs of web3 ecosystems, leading to scattered information and difficulties in tracking funding.
- **Problem**: Treasuries and foundations have excess funds due to a lack of projects, and grant information is hard to find and manage.
- **Solution**: Ordum proposes a decentralized application (dapp) to index and manage grants, including features like custom APIs, light clients, and integration with Github.
- **Milestone Certificates**: Non-transferable NFTs will be minted to certify completed milestones, enhancing transparency and accountability.
- **Transparency**: Grant applications, funding, and milestones will be displayed on team profiles for public viewing.
- **User Experience**: Surveys and feedback will be used to optimize the UX for managing treasury grants.
- **Funding Request**: Ordum seeks $78,804 for development, with a Kusama rate of 25.24 as of November 24, 2022.

Ordum proposes to build a public goods grant aggregator for the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems to solve the scattered information and lack of software for managing grants. They plan to create a dapp, mint non-transferable NFTs, display milestones and funding on a team's profile, and issue surveys for optimal grant management. They request funding of 78,804 USD and aim to deliver a V1 POC of the aggregator.

 Treasury Proposal: Ordum | Public Good Grants Aggregator for Polkadot and Kusama 

TimedOut

Test

- Kusama Relay Chain and System Chains are updated to their latest versions.
- Kusama Asset Hub was not updated in v1.3.3, so other chains were delayed.
- Kusama Asset Hub and Encointer are updated to v1.3.4.
- Relay Chain, Kusama Bridge Hub, People Chain, and Coretime Chain are updated to v1.3.3.
- v1.3.4 fixes the issue with Kusama Asset Hub.
- v1.3.3 is the most recent version for the other chains.
- Both versions are part of the fellowship release.

Executed

[Whitelisted Caller] Upgrade Kusama to 1.3.4

### Summary

- **Bifrost** is a Liquid Staking app-chain on Polkadot, enabling users to earn staking rewards and DeFi yields across multiple chains.
- It has a high Total Value Locked (TVL) of over $70M and supports liquid staking for various networks like Kusama (vKSM), Ethereum (vETH), and more.
- Bifrost is requesting 50,000 KSM from the Kusama Treasury for 18 months to provide liquidity for KSM and vKSM pairs.
- This proposal is similar to successful previous requests in 2022 and 2023, which brought substantial income to the Kusama Treasury.
- Bifrost plans to repay the loan with interest, enhancing Kusama's network security and user participation in staking.
- The proposal includes plans for new features like Leveraged Staking and Chain Abstraction for KSM liquid staking.
- Bifrost aims to facilitate capital flow in KSM staking and empower KSM staking across Kusama and Polkadot.

Rejected

Treasury proposal: KSM liquidity subsidy for KSM liquid staking token - vKSM

### Kreivo Proposal Summary

- **Goal**: Decide if Kreivo, the DAO Hub, should become a system parachain on Kusama.
- **Kreivo**: A parachain that helps create and manage DAOs, uses KSM as its native token, and offers a user-friendly experience.
- **System Parachain**: Kreivo could integrate more deeply with Kusama's governance, making DAOs more efficient and benefiting the entire Kusama ecosystem.
- **DAO Alliance**: Kreivo currently has a governance system controlled by a collective of DAOs. If it becomes a system parachain, upgrades would go through Kusama's OpenGov.
- **Benefits**: Kreivo already supports DAO creation with just 1 KSM, uses KSM for transactions, and works well with Kusama's governance.
- **Future**: If approved, Kreivo would change its root origin to Kusama, but still keep some control with the DAO Alliance.
- **Feedback**: The team is looking forward to community feedback and votes on this proposal.

WHO: Virto team and Kusama community.

WHAT: Proposal to determine whether Kreivo, the DAO Hub, should become a system parachain.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Make the DAO Hub Kreivo a system chain

### ONE App Summary

- **Purpose**: Designed for Spanish-speaking communities to easily understand and engage with blockchain ecosystems.
- **Features**:
  - **Ecosystem Visibility**: Intuitive design to explore blockchains and protocols.
  - **Educational Videos**: Short videos explaining blockchain basics to advanced functions.
  - **Reward-Based Missions**: Missions with token incentives for completing blockchain tasks.
- **Sections**:
  - **Vision**: Categorizes blockchain protocols and displays Web3 Intelligence cards.
  - **Tour**: Guides users through blockchain actions with short videos.
  - **Missions**: Allows users to earn rewards by participating in blockchain campaigns.
- **Problems Addressed**:
  - Limited Spanish-language resources.
  - Difficulty in onboarding new users to Kusama.
  - Technical complexity of Kusama.
- **Proposal**:
  - Increase Kusama's visibility and onboarding experience.
  - Create educational resources and promote user engagement through missions.
- **Milestones**:
  - Integrate Kusama into Vision, Tour, and Missions sections.
  - Publish educational videos and launch a Kusama on-chain identity mission.
- **Success Criteria**:
  - Achieve specific user engagement metrics on the ONE app, YouTube, and TikTok.
  - Reach a target number of verified on-chain identity users.

medium_spender

WHO: e-Dolphin

WHAT: Create ONE app to empower Spanish-speaking communities with educational experience to discover and understand blockchain ecosystems. Enhance Kusama's visibility and knowledge of its ecosystem, improve onboarding experience, create more educational resources, and promote a campaign to encourage users to engage with the network.

PRICE: Requesting 27,700 $ from the treasury.

TIMEFRAME: Milestone 1 (2-3 weeks), Milestone 2 (12-14 weeks), Milestone 3 (5-6 weeks).

KUSAMA x ONE: Educating Users & Enhancing Ecosystem Visibility in Latam.

- **Request**: Asking Parity/W3F to fulfill a promise to transfer 10 million DOT to the Kusama treasury.
- **2019**: Mentioned in a video at 9:00 minutes.
- **2021**: Mentioned in a video at 3:13 minutes.
- **2023**: Mentioned in a video at 92:02 minutes.
- **2024**: Mentioned in a live video at 51:11 minutes.
- **Purpose**: To ensure the promised transfer of DOT tokens to the Kusama treasury is completed.
- **Relevance**: These videos document the history and commitment of the transfer.

Wish for Change. Asking parity/w3f to fulfill the promise to hand over 10M dot into kusama treasury. 

- **Request**: Ask Parity/W3F to fulfill the promise of transferring 10M DOT to the Kusama Treasury.
- **2019 Video**: [Link](https://youtu.be/SOPqrCjhiUg?si=EavInWVlWb7gYCTX&t=540)
- **2021 Video**: [Link](https://youtu.be/VmSoHbVGo4k?si=JtXMTQOI2donT3eM&t=193)
- **2023 Video**: [Link](https://youtu.be/RvbsSq1a_8g?si=xqIOPBrJwbZgb02S&t=5522)
- **2024 Video**: [Link](https://www.youtube.com/live/War1weBu7yU?si=0bSQ5aVDb1ZEdvgf&t=3071)
- **Update**: Vote on the correct preimage using system remark instead of remark with event.
- **Referendum Link**: [Link](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/462)

Wish for Change. Asking parity/w3f to fulfill the promise to hand over 10M dot into kusama treasury.

- The AMI Bounty program was dissolved, leaving the Dotgraphic project without funding.
- The project had successfully completed the first milestone, achieving 60K views and 300 followers.
- Despite the funding cut, the team continued working on the second milestone using their own funds, resulting in 223K views and 600 followers in three months.
- The team is now seeking funding from the Polkadot Treasury to continue their work.
- Their goal is to produce daily infographics, curated articles, and updates on governance and parachains over the next four months.
- The project aims to reach 1 million impressions, a 7% engagement rate, and 5,000 followers.
- The full proposal and milestone reports can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/17OsASWuS1qWNz91HzrbV1gTc0JUNa9glFToO1q0VcHc/edit?usp=sharing).

Dotgraphic seeks funding through Polkadot Treasury to continue producing daily infographics, curated articles, and regular updates on governance and parachains. They aim to increase awareness and understanding of the Polkadot ecosystem, with a target of 1 million impressions, 7% engagement rate, and 5k followers. They are looking for retroactive and future support for their upcoming milestones, with a timeframe of four months. Full proposal and milestone reports can be found in the provided link.

Dotgraphic First Proposal: Infographics and Educational Content for the Polkadot and Kusama Ecosystem

- A proposal was made to cancel a "deferred" slash for era 7126, which was scheduled for era 7154.
- The slash was due to a bug, and historically, deferred slashes caused by bugs have been canceled.
- The issue involved a node experiencing downtime and then issuing a pre-vote based on an outdated block, leading to an equivocation.
- The node should have recognized that the pre-vote was no longer necessary.
- This scenario could potentially affect any operator who restarts their node with a pre-vote "in queue."
- The proposer has already compensated the slashed parties and is working on additional payouts for those affected by the downtime.
- The community is asked to consider the deferral in solidarity.

staking_admin

WHO: Will | Paradox
WHAT: Submitting a proposal to cancel a "deferred" slash for era 7126 which would be applied in era 7154 due to a bug-related issue resulting in downtime.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified. Will has compensated the slashed parties and is working on another payout for those affected by any offline time.

Cancel Deferred Slash 7126 - Due to application bug

Cancel Deferred Slash - Era 7126 - Vote Nay

### Fixing The Total Issuance

- A bug caused the Total Issuance (TI) to differ from the actual sum of all account balances on Kusama.
- The issue was fixed, but the TI still needs to be adjusted to match the actual balances.
- A script was used to measure the difference between the expected and actual TI.
- The difference is 56.331363194817 KSM, which needs to be subtracted from the TI.
- A whitelisted call will be made to adjust the TI using a specific function.
- This adjustment will be first tested on Kusama before being applied to Polkadot.
- The goal is to ensure the TI accurately reflects the total amount of existing tokens.

WHO: The author of the proposal.
WHAT: Proposes a whitelisted call to re-align the Total Issuance tracking with the actual Issuance on Kusama and Polkadot.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Fix TotalIssuance

- **Date:** September 2024
- **Proponent:** Amforc
- **Requested KSM:** 2860
- **Objective:** Test Polkadot's scalability by filling blocks with transactions for 40 minutes.
- **Test Location:** Kusama network.
- **Funding Use:** Transaction fees and temporary existential deposits.
- **Refund:** At least 80% of KSM spent in fees will be returned to the treasury.
- **No Profit:** Amforc will not take any cut from the experiment.
- **Full Proposal:** Available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YZNxvBqmpiVvHwq0yQ0EmGsnI7eCh1pieyFQ0WoNkAM).

WHO: Amforc 
WHAT: Showcase Polkadot’s scalability by filling blocks for 40 min on Kusama. 
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requested 2860 KSM to pay for transaction fees and temporary EDs. At least 80% of KSM spent in fees will be returned to the treasury. No cut for Amforc. Full proposal available.

Showcasing Polkadot’s Capabilities: The Spammening Test Run

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OpenGov Referenda

Origin for signaling that the network wishes for some change

Able to spend up to 333,333.3333 KSM from the treasury at once

Managing the composition of the fellowship

Able to spend up to 8.3333 KSM from the treasury at once

Able to spend up to 33.3333 KSM from the treasury at once

Able to spend up to 333.3333 KSM from the treasury at once

Able to spend up to 3,333.3333 KSM from the treasury at once

Able to spend up to 33,333.3333 KSM from the treasury at once