This is a retroactive funding proposal for work I've done over the past 3 months building Kitdot - a TypeScript development toolkit for Solidity on PolkaVM.
Website: https://kitdot.dev/
PolkaVM's success depends on different language stacks (Solidity, ink!, Move) working interoperably within the same runtime. I'm pushing Solidity tooling forward by removing the complexity barrier that keeps developers away from the ecosystem. Since Kusama Asset Hub is the current production environment for Solidity, this work directly benefits Kusama developers.
Forum post: https://forum.polkadot.network/t/kitdot-build-web2-like-apps-on-polkadot/15303
Kitdot is a rapid prototyping toolkit similar to eth-scaffolding but for PolkaVM. It provides:
1. Web2-like authentication
2. Local environment setup
3. AGENTS.md file
Kitdot launched at Latin Hack with strong results:
This work led to an invitation as mentor and judge for Sub0. Across both hackathons, I've seen clear demand for more mature tooling, documentation, and resources for rapid prototyping with Solidity on PolkaVM.
Common hackathon questions I receive:
I've started addressing these gaps. Since oracles are the biggest demand, I deployed one at: https://polkavm-oracle.w3d.community/
I've worked part-time on this for 3 months (~20 hours/week). At my usual ecosystem rate of $66/hour, that's $15,840 USD worth of work.
I'm asking for 1,032 KSM (~$9,999 USD at current prices).
To be clear: I'm going to keep building either way. This proposal is symbolic - it's about getting a green signal from the ecosystem that this work matters and aligns with where the long-term vision is heading. The funding validates the direction more than it compensates the effort.
Future work will follow grant milestones with proper evaluation. I'm developing production-ready templates for PolkaVM:
Both features need a Solidity wrapper for native stablecoins to allow contracts to interact with pallet_assets and let Solidity projects use the stablecoins available on Kusama Asset Hub and Passet Hub. The precompiles for this aren't well documented yet, so I'll create comprehensive examples during development.
Key insight: Solidity without access to native Substrate resources is meaningless to the established EVM market.
Here's a simple summary of the Kitdot project:
This is a retroactive funding proposal for work I've done over the past 3 months building Kitdot - a TypeScript development toolkit for Solidity on PolkaVM.
Website: https://kitdot.dev/
PolkaVM's success depends on different language stacks (Solidity, ink!, Move) working interoperably within the same runtime. I'm pushing Solidity tooling forward by removing the complexity barrier that keeps developers away from the ecosystem. Since Kusama Asset Hub is the current production environment for Solidity, this work directly benefits Kusama developers.
Forum post: https://forum.polkadot.network/t/kitdot-build-web2-like-apps-on-polkadot/15303
Kitdot is a rapid prototyping toolkit similar to eth-scaffolding but for PolkaVM. It provides:
1. Web2-like authentication
2. Local environment setup
3. AGENTS.md file
Kitdot launched at Latin Hack with strong results:
This work led to an invitation as mentor and judge for Sub0. Across both hackathons, I've seen clear demand for more mature tooling, documentation, and resources for rapid prototyping with Solidity on PolkaVM.
Common hackathon questions I receive:
I've started addressing these gaps. Since oracles are the biggest demand, I deployed one at: https://polkavm-oracle.w3d.community/
I've worked part-time on this for 3 months (~20 hours/week). At my usual ecosystem rate of $66/hour, that's $15,840 USD worth of work.
I'm asking for 1,032 KSM (~$9,999 USD at current prices).
To be clear: I'm going to keep building either way. This proposal is symbolic - it's about getting a green signal from the ecosystem that this work matters and aligns with where the long-term vision is heading. The funding validates the direction more than it compensates the effort.
Future work will follow grant milestones with proper evaluation. I'm developing production-ready templates for PolkaVM:
Both features need a Solidity wrapper for native stablecoins to allow contracts to interact with pallet_assets and let Solidity projects use the stablecoins available on Kusama Asset Hub and Passet Hub. The precompiles for this aren't well documented yet, so I'll create comprehensive examples during development.
Key insight: Solidity without access to native Substrate resources is meaningless to the established EVM market.
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