This proposal requests funding to support the development of Referendum Alert, an open-source Telegram bot that delivers instant notifications when new votes are cast on Kusama and Polkadot referenda.
🌐️ https://www.referendum-alert.com/
🐦 https://x.com/ReferendumAlert
🤖 https://github.com/Grahovacc/ReferendumAlert
The bot addresses a core gap in OpenGov: governance participants currently need to refresh explorers or Polkassembly to track sentiment changes. Since most discussions and coordination happen directly in Telegram groups, a native alert system inside chats is essential. Referendum Alert brings vote events into Telegram in real time, making governance more transparent and easier to follow.
Current Capabilities
Referendum Alert is already live and in use:
- Tracks any referendum by ID using /watch <id> [dot|ksm]
- Works in private and group chats
- Polls every minute with de-duplication
- Shows:
• Vote direction (aye/nay/abstain)
• Voting power (calculated from amount × conviction)
• Address of the voter
• Timestamp in UTC
- Fully open source
Important: Identity is not enabled yet. Alerts currently show only the account address of the voter. Identity resolution will be added in the next phase of development funded by this proposal.
| Task | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Retroactive development (infrastructure, commands, database, vote fetching) | 30h | 2400 |
| Identity implementation | 10h | 800 |
| Referendum Alert frontend (Retroactive) | 8h | 640 |
| Design | - | 300 |
| Total cost: | 46h | 4140 |
Identity Integration
Daily Governance Digest
Future Dashboard Module
This proposal ensures Referendum Alert becomes a reliable governance utility across Kusama and Polkadot.
⚠️ UPDATE:
Identity support is now live!
Votes now display the name tied to the account if the user has an on-chain identity. If not, it defaults to the address. The next step is improving how alerts are grouped so chats don’t get flooded with separate messages.
Here's a simple summary of Referendum Alert:
This proposal requests funding to support the development of Referendum Alert, an open-source Telegram bot that delivers instant notifications when new votes are cast on Kusama and Polkadot referenda.
🌐️ https://www.referendum-alert.com/
🐦 https://x.com/ReferendumAlert
🤖 https://github.com/Grahovacc/ReferendumAlert
The bot addresses a core gap in OpenGov: governance participants currently need to refresh explorers or Polkassembly to track sentiment changes. Since most discussions and coordination happen directly in Telegram groups, a native alert system inside chats is essential. Referendum Alert brings vote events into Telegram in real time, making governance more transparent and easier to follow.
Current Capabilities
Referendum Alert is already live and in use:
- Tracks any referendum by ID using /watch <id> [dot|ksm]
- Works in private and group chats
- Polls every minute with de-duplication
- Shows:
• Vote direction (aye/nay/abstain)
• Voting power (calculated from amount × conviction)
• Address of the voter
• Timestamp in UTC
- Fully open source
Important: Identity is not enabled yet. Alerts currently show only the account address of the voter. Identity resolution will be added in the next phase of development funded by this proposal.
| Task | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Retroactive development (infrastructure, commands, database, vote fetching) | 30h | 2400 |
| Identity implementation | 10h | 800 |
| Referendum Alert frontend (Retroactive) | 8h | 640 |
| Design | - | 300 |
| Total cost: | 46h | 4140 |
Identity Integration
Daily Governance Digest
Future Dashboard Module
This proposal ensures Referendum Alert becomes a reliable governance utility across Kusama and Polkadot.
⚠️ UPDATE:
Identity support is now live!
Votes now display the name tied to the account if the user has an on-chain identity. If not, it defaults to the address. The next step is improving how alerts are grouped so chats don’t get flooded with separate messages.
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