Dear community,

This proposal requests a top-up for Kusama system parachain collators covering seven months, from July 2026 through January 2027.

The programme remains unchanged from Referendum 643:

30 funded community invulnerable collators across AssetHub, BridgeHub, People, Coretime, and Encointer
3 curators at $250 per curator per month
$425 per month for hosting and local infrastructure
No funding for permissionless collators, staking rewards, tool development, or a separate coordinator fee

The total request is $60,725. Using the EMA7 KSM price of $3.5177 from 1 September 2026, this equals approximately 17,262.70 KSM.

This top-up is needed earlier than expected because the lower KSM price has reduced the runway from Referendum #643. The number of funded collators and the monthly funding model have not increased.

New proposal can be found here: https://gist.github.com/paradox-tt/61d47533f8d652c5ee380047e8ed00ac
and an addendum for the updated calculation here: https://gist.github.com/paradox-tt/71aecb6d7ee3084492398aad2a19e201

Regards,

System Parachain Collator Bounty Curator Team

Edited

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.

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