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# Kusama Coretime Referendum

## What is this?
This is a vote about who helps run **Kusama Coretime**, a part of the Kusama network.

## What is changing?
- Kusama Coretime is called a **Tier-2** chain, which means it is somewhat important.
- It will have **4 special collators** (helpers) paid by the community.
- It will also have **2 open slots** anyone can apply for.

## New helpers being added
- STKD
- Chris-Staking
- HYPERSPEED
- TUXEDO

## Helpers being removed
- CoinStudio
- YellowFin / Bluefin Tuna
- Turboflakes
- LuckyFriday
- Mile
- The previous invulnerable helper

## What stays the same?
- None of the old helpers are kept in the new group.

## Final list of helpers
- STKD
- Chris-Staking
- HYPERSPEED
- TUXEDO

## Who wrote this?
Will from Paradox (ParaNodes.io).

Deciding

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Kusama Coretime — Invulnerable Collator Set Adjustment

# Kusama People Referendum

This is a vote about **Kusama People**, a blockchain in the Kusama network.

- Kusama People is a **Tier 1** chain. That means it is very important.
- It will have **8 special collators**. Collators are computers that help run the chain.
- These 8 collators are paid by the community.
- There will also be **4 open slots** for anyone to become a collator.
- **6 new collators** are being added to the team.
- **6 old collators** are being removed.
- **2 collators** are staying: CoinStudio and Stakeworld.

The goal is to pick collators who have done a good job for a long time.

Kusama People — Invulnerable Collator Set Adjustment

# Kusama Bridge Hub Referendum

## What is this?
This is a vote to change the special computer helpers for Kusama Bridge Hub.

## What are the changes?
- Kusama Bridge Hub is a **Tier 1** chain. That means it is very important.
- It will have **8 special helpers** paid by the community.
- It will have **4 open slots** for other helpers.

## Who is joining?
- BESTVALIDATOR / Zurich
- CoinStudio
- MathCrypto
- openbitlab
- Staker Space
- Faraday

## Who is leaving?
- Four old helpers are being removed.

## Who is staying?
- YellowFin / Bluefin Tuna
- Mile

## Why does this matter?
- The goal is to pick helpers who are reliable and have been around a long time.
- The change also keeps the open helper slots from being too many compared to the special helpers.

Kusama Bridge Hub — Invulnerable Collator Set Adjustment

**Kusama Asset Hub Collator Referendum**

- This is a vote about who helps run **Kusama Asset Hub**.
- Kusama Asset Hub is very important, so it is called a **Tier 1** chain.
- It will have **8 special collators** that the community pays for.
- It will also have **4 open spots** for anyone to join.
- Two collators are **being added**: **MegaTron / Eric** and **DPSTK / Dapestake**.
- Three old collators are **being removed**.
- Six collators are **staying**.
- This plan helps keep the important chain safe and working well.

Kusama Asset Hub — Invulnerable Collator Set Adjustment

Preparing

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# Kusama System Parachain Collator Funding Top-Up

- Kusama wants to give more money to help run small computer helpers called "collators."
- This money will pay for seven months, from July 2026 to January 2027.
- It will pay for 30 helpers on five different Kusama projects.
- It will also pay 3 people to watch over the work and pay for computers and internet.
- The total cost is about $60,725, which is about 17,262 KSM.
- They need this money sooner than planned because KSM is worth less now.
- The plan is the same as before, and nothing costs more than last time.

Executed

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Kusama System Collator Bounty 2nd Top-up - 2026

# Kusama Shield Audit

Kusama Shield is a project that keeps people's digital money safe and private on Kusama, Polkadot, and Paseo.

- The project is one of the first to use special "Zero Knowledge" tech on the network.
- It was paid for by the community's treasury.
- The team now needs a security expert to check their code, because real people's money is involved.
- They are asking the community to pay about 56,605 US dollars for this safety check.
- There is only one step (milestone) in this plan.
- The team says their price is much lower than other similar audits.
- People have already used it: about 4,000 to 5,000 private transactions on Paseo, and around 200 on Polkadot.
- Two earlier proposals were liked by the community, with 99% and 89% voting yes.

Rejected

Kusama Shield Audit

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Runtime Upgrade 2.3.2

- dotID wants to be the boss of `.id` usernames on Kusama.
- This already happened on Polkadot, and now it's asked for Kusama.
- dotID helps people manage their online identity without charging money.
- It checks social accounts, email, and gives special badges.
- It also watches for fake or bad identities.
- `.id` usernames are like readable name tags for people.
- This won't change other usernames like `.dot`.
- No one is forced to get a `.id` username.

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.ID username authority registration for the dotID identity registrar

- Kusama validator set will shrink from 1000 to 700.  
- This is the first step in a plan to possibly go down to 120 validators.  
- The change matches Kusama's current need for only 700 validators.  
- It helps validators who struggle to earn enough running a single validator.  
- No more steps will happen until after this change is studied.  
- This vote does not commit to future reductions, only this one.

Validator set reduction to 700

- Bifrost borrowed 50,000 KSM and earned 3,637.98 KSM in interest.
- The interest will be paid back to the Kusama Treasury by June 23, 2026.
- Bifrost wants to borrow the same 50,000 KSM again for another 18 months.
- The new interest rate will be about 2% each year.
- Half of the KSM will be used for staking, and half for trading pairs.
- Bifrost has paid back over 8,000 KSM to the Treasury in previous loans.

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Bifrost KSM Liquidity Loan — Renewal

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- Subscan is a tool to see what happens on Kusama.
- It will work for all of 2026.
- The community pays a small amount each month.
- If service is bad, the community can stop paying.
- The price is lower than before.

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Subscan Enterprise Explorer License - Kusama 2026 Milestone-Based Service

- Subscan is a tool that helps people see what happens on Kusama and Polkadot networks.  
- It asks for money to pay for computer servers it already used for 6 months in 2025.  
- The total request is $141,624, which will be turned into KSM coins.  
- Subscan kept its services running really well, with almost no downtime.  
- It paid for all extra work itself, so the Treasury only pays for basic costs.  
- Past proposals show this is a normal way Subscan asks for payment.

[Invoice] Subscan Explorer - Kusama 2025 Q3-Q4 SaaS Infrastructure Settlement

Runtime Upgrade 2.3

A proposal requests $65,724 to continue the Public RPC Provider service for Kusama for one year. It covers a previous tender period and the upcoming one. A GeoDNS system would connect users to the nearest available provider. Users can still connect directly to any provider.

Funding for Public RPC Providers (Kusama)

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[Small Spender] Set up the Kusama Vision ZKProofs Multi-Asset Bounty

[Small Spender] Set up the Kusama Vision Art and Social Experiments Multi-Asset Bounty

[Small Spender] Set up the Kusama Vision POP Multi-Asset Bounty

- DeServe is a new global RPC service for Kusama.
- It has 8 locations across 5 continents for fast access.
- It is 87% cheaper than the current main provider.
- It already serves over 36 million requests daily on Polkadot.
- The proposal asks for 3,003 KSM to start the Kusama service.
- Services will include Kusama, Asset Hub, and others.
- Performance and costs will be shared publicly every month.
- It is built by Helikon, a trusted Polkadot team.

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DeServe.network Global Kusama Archive RPC Deployment - Proposal #1

- Encointer is a special part of Kusama that helps prove people are real online and lets communities create their own money.
- This request is for money to keep Encointer running for 9 months, like paying for computers and websites.
- Before October 2025, just as many people used Encointer as another important part of Kusama called Asset Hub.
- Encointer helps real people in places like Tanzania and Nigeria by making local money and using solar power for computers.
- The money will pay for important things like computers that make blocks, public websites, and tools to see how the system works.
- This does not pay for making new features or growing the community, just keeping it running.
- Encointer has won awards and helped start new businesses in Africa.
- The team has gotten money from Kusama before to keep things going.

[Medium Spender] Encointer System Chain – Infrastructure Operations (Apr–Dec 2026)

Runtime Upgrade v2.2 For All System Chains

- This is an updated plan to pay people who help run the Kusama network.
- The new plan is simpler and costs less money than the old one.
- It only pays a smaller group of 30 important helpers, not 62.
- Each helper will get $250 a month, which is less than before.
- The plan asks for a total of about 26,796 KSM to cover different months of work.

System Parachain Collator - Top up 2026 - Revised.

System Parachain Collator Bounty - Top up (2026) - Please vote NAY

- **What is Subscan?**  
  Subscan is a tool that helps people see and use data from the Kusama network, like checking transactions, blocks, and votes.

- **What does this proposal ask for?**  
  Subscan is asking for money to keep working for 6 months (July to December 2025) on five parts of Kusama.

- **How much money?**  
  They want $141,624, which will be paid in KSM coins based on an average price.

- **What will the money be used for?**  
  The money pays for basic maintenance, like keeping the data service running, fixing bugs, and updating the system when Kusama upgrades.

- **Why is it important?**  
  Many people in the Kusama community, like developers, validators, and voters, use Subscan to get important information. Without it, their work would be harder.

- **Will costs go down in the future?**  
  Yes! Subscan is working to make their system cheaper. They plan to lower prices starting in 2026.

- **What about past work?**  
  Subscan has been funded by Kusama before to do similar work, and they have a history of completing their tasks.

[Kusama] Subscan 2025 Q3-Q4 Funding Proposal: Basic service fee for the Kusama Relaychain and Kusama public parachain (AssetHub, Coretime, BridgeHub, People)

- This is about keeping the Kusama Technical Fellowship as its own group.
- A new rule says you can't remove or merge it without a special vote by Kusama token holders.
- This rule is being made because some people want to combine it with the Polkadot Fellowship.
- The community that would be affected should get to decide.
- This does not stop the two groups from working together right now.
- It also doesn't mean the Kusama group needs its own separate money.
- It just says you need a vote before making it go away.

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