This referendum is part of the Kusama Bounty Cleanup initiative, which aims to clean up stale proposals, close inactive bounties and return unused funds to the Treasury.

It closes bounties #19, #27, #33 and #38. What is left on their accounts, about 8,972.70 KSM in total, returns to the Treasury, and each curator's deposit is returned.

The decisions are independent (Utility.force_batch): if a bounty changes state before enactment, only its decision fails and the others still apply.

Why

These four bounties have had no new work for months, and their remaining funds sit idle on their accounts:

• #19: no payment since 5 Mar 2026; 3,791.66 KSM are left.
• #27: no child bounty was ever created since its funding in March 2024. The full 5,102 KSM are unused.
• #33: no new work since 2 Jul 2025 (its last award, from June 2025, was paid out in October 2026); 58.18 KSM are left.
• #38: no activity since 28 Jul 2025 (milestones 1 to 3 paid, milestone 4 never paid); 20.86 KSM are left.

Closing them returns these funds to the Treasury, where they can be allocated again. Any remaining work can still be funded through a new proposal.

Decisions

Bounty	Amount	Current state	Decision	Effect
#19 Infrastructure Builders Program	52,000 KSM	Active	Close and return the funds	Closed: 3,791.66 KSM go back to the treasury; the curator deposit is returned.
#27 POLKADOT <> KUSAMA BRIDGE SECURITY BOUNTY	5,102 KSM	Active	Close and return the funds	Closed: 5,102 KSM go back to the treasury; the curator deposit is returned.
#33 KSM RFP #2 - RFP Launcher Dapp	945 KSM	Active	Close and return the funds	Closed: 58.18 KSM go back to the treasury; the curator deposit is returned.
#38 KSM RFP #4 - BigTipper	96 KSM	Active	Close and return the funds	Closed: 20.86 KSM go back to the treasury; the curator deposit is returned.

Effect on the treasury

Line	Amount	When
Returned to the treasury	+8,972.7 KSM	at enactment
Net for the treasury	+8,972.7 KSM

For scale: the treasury holds 910,833.26 KSM available at block #22,545,977 (14 Oct 2026, 04:54 UTC); this referendum returns 8,972.7 KSM to it when enacted. It will have moved by enactment.

The bounties today

Read on Kusama Asset Hub at block #22,545,977 (14 Oct 2026, 04:54 UTC); history from our indexer, which re-reads the chain.

#19 Infrastructure Builders Program

State	Active
Value voted	52,000 KSM
Proposer	HERTWZ…ifafdU (bond 0.043667 KSM)
Curator	DDzazS…JYoHte (fee 0 KSM, deposit 0.003333 KSM)
Money	52,000 KSM voted, 3,791.66 KSM left
Payments	300 child bounties paid 48,208.34 KSM, from 6 Feb 2023 to 5 Mar 2026
Child bounties	0 open
Referenda	#51 (approval): approved on 18 Jan 2023; #73 (curator): approved on 31 Jan 2023; #191 (close): timedout on 25 May 2023
History	proposed 3 Jan 2023 → funded 24 Jan 2023 → deadline extended ×13 (25 Apr 2023 to 21 Jul 2025)
Last activity	child #19/54 paid out on 5 Mar 2026

#27 POLKADOT <> KUSAMA BRIDGE SECURITY BOUNTY

State	Active
Value voted	5,102 KSM
Proposer	Fy6erZ…VX33xz (bond 0.047 KSM)
Curator	Gdxia9…jwrrTR (fee 0 KSM, deposit 0.003333 KSM)
Money	5,102 KSM voted, 5,102 KSM left
Child bounties	none ever created
Referenda	#353 (approval): approved on 15 Mar 2024; #363 (curator): approved on 9 Apr 2024; #468 (curator): approved on 22 Nov 2024; #583 (curator): approved on 11 Sept 2025
History	proposed 1 Mar 2024 → approved 16 Mar 2024 (ref #353) → funded 20 Mar 2024 → curator proposed 10 Apr 2024 (ref #363) → curator accepted 30 Jul 2024 → curator removed 1 Nov 2024 → curator proposed 23 Nov 2024 (ref #468) → curator accepted 6 Jan 2025 → deadline extended ×2 (17 Mar 2025 to 6 Jun 2025) → curator removed 11 Sept 2025 → curator proposed 12 Sept 2025 (ref #583) → curator accepted 13 Sept 2025

#33 KSM RFP #2 - RFP Launcher Dapp

State	Active
Value voted	945 KSM
Proposer	E5qFqe…Wvtqrg (bond 0.034333 KSM)
Curator	Fw6jim…eQedrk (fee 0 KSM, deposit 0.003333 KSM)
Money	945 KSM voted, 58.18 KSM left
Payments	7 child bounties paid 953.98 KSM, from 1 Jul 2025 to 13 Oct 2026
Child bounties	0 open
Referenda	#513 (approval + curator): approved on 16 Apr 2025
History	proposed 31 Mar 2025 → approved 17 Apr 2025 (ref #513) → funded 19 Apr 2025 → curator proposed 24 Apr 2025 → curator accepted 29 Apr 2025
Note	paid (953.98 KSM) plus left (58.18 KSM) is 1,012.16 KSM, 67.16 KSM more than voted. This amount reached the bounty outside its votes (a direct transfer to its account or to one of its children's accounts).
Note	the curator's update deadline (relay block 29,435,381) has passed: anyone can now remove the curator
Last activity	child #33/0 paid out on 13 Oct 2026

#38 KSM RFP #4 - BigTipper

State	Active
Value voted	96 KSM
Proposer	E5qFqe…Wvtqrg (bond 0.034067 KSM)
Curator	GBdGQC…q3ygTP (fee 0 KSM, deposit 0.003333 KSM)
Money	96 KSM voted, 20.86 KSM left
Payments	3 child bounties paid 75.14 KSM: 26.24 KSM on 2 Jul 2025, 26.7 KSM on 9 Jul 2025, 22.2 KSM on 28 Jul 2025
Child bounties	0 open
Referenda	#529 (approval with curator): approved on 1 Jun 2025
History	proposed 23 May 2025 → approved 2 Jun 2025 (ref #529) → curator proposed 2 Jun 2025 (ref #529) → funded 7 Jun 2025 → curator accepted 2 Jul 2025
Note	the curator's update deadline (relay block 30,346,925) has passed: anyone can now remove the curator
Last activity	child #38/2 paid out on 28 Jul 2025

Technical details

Item	Value
Chain	Kusama Asset Hub (statemine v2003002), block #22,545,977
Referendum	#670 expected (numbers are assigned on submission)
Track	Treasurer (track 11), origin Origins.Treasurer
Call	Utility.force_batch(calls: [Bounties.close_bounty(bounty_id: 19), Bounties.close_bounty(bounty_id: 27), Bounties.close_bounty(bounty_id: 33), Bounties.close_bounty(bounty_id: 38)])
Proposal	Inline, 15 bytes: 0x2804105f074c5f076c5f07845f0798
Call hash	0x88c918d45eae4192110739c6d52b3d5022f05183a4dfe7e1dcf1b8c1c2f88779 (blake2-256)
Deposits	submission 0.0333 KSM, decision 33.3333 KSM
Timing	2 h preparation, up to 14 days deciding, 2 days confirmation, enactment at least 24 h after approval
Treasury effect	+8,972.7 KSM
Dry run	passed at block #22,545,977

Testing

The exact proposal above was dry-run with DryRunApi.dry_run_call, origin Origins.Treasurer, against the state of live Kusama Asset Hub at block #22,545,977 (14 Oct 2026, 04:54 UTC) (statemine v2003002). Nothing was submitted. A dry run shows what the call would do on the state of that block; it does not guarantee the result at enactment.

Result: Ok, 4 of 4 calls applied.

Effects: 4 × Balances.Unreserved, 4 × Balances.Transfer, 4 × Bounties.BountyCanceled.

#	Event
1	Balances.Unreserved { who: DDzazS9qxXPmm4t8vX8zpCBzFcDuhKD3BNKqmXxtbJYoHte, amount: 0.0033 KSM }
2	Balances.Transfer { from: F3opxRbN5ZbjJNU513biNead6MsJmhobHNZgLUbzKWrHCBh, to: F3opxRbN5ZbjJNU511Kj2TLuzFcDq9BGduA9TgiECafpg29, amount: 3,791.66 KSM }
3	Bounties.BountyCanceled { index: 19 }
4	Balances.Unreserved { who: Gdxia95Ti5REcK1MLjgg681cq3U9fKBvfRZdjKAZ9jwrrTR, amount: 0.0033 KSM }
5	Balances.Transfer { from: F3opxRbN5ZbjJNU513biNg3Zu984LQJ8dH51aQV9bg8boAb, to: F3opxRbN5ZbjJNU511Kj2TLuzFcDq9BGduA9TgiECafpg29, amount: 5,102 KSM }
6	Bounties.BountyCanceled { index: 27 }
7	Balances.Unreserved { who: Fw6jimeopqaUo9A8QdDQ5ZyGY7JTdqcm2ycH3iqnkeQedrk, amount: 0.0033 KSM }
8	Balances.Transfer { from: F3opxRbN5ZbjJNU513biNh9H1E4d1RfY8hx1WMQ24J6LqG8, to: F3opxRbN5ZbjJNU511Kj2TLuzFcDq9BGduA9TgiECafpg29, amount: 58.18 KSM }
9	Bounties.BountyCanceled { index: 33 }
10	Balances.Unreserved { who: GBdGQCQH2Kha4JLtub27VaBqXyw2ZdMqXTgwDomtAq3ygTP, amount: 0.0033 KSM }
11	Balances.Transfer { from: F3opxRbN5ZbjJNU513biNi4NFxr6EcUNiu1qnJpk79Po2cq, to: F3opxRbN5ZbjJNU511Kj2TLuzFcDq9BGduA9TgiECafpg29, amount: 20.86 KSM }
12	Bounties.BountyCanceled { index: 38 }

13 bookkeeping events left out (4 zero-amount releases, 4 emptied accounts and 5 batch markers); the dry run in "Verify it yourself" lists them all.

Not covered: the vote itself, and what may change before enactment: the curator opening a child bounty or awarding the bounty; anyone removing the curator of #33, whose update deadline has passed (the closure should still return the funds, but the curator's deposit is then slashed; not dry-run in that state); anyone removing the curator of #38, whose update deadline has passed (the closure should still return the funds, but the curator's deposit is then slashed; not dry-run in that state). The call is checked again when it runs: a decision whose bounty moved fails alone, the other decisions still apply (Utility.force_batch).

Verify it yourself

1. Decode the call. In Polkadot.js Apps → Extrinsics → Decode, paste the proposal bytes 0x2804105f074c5f076c5f07845f0798. It should read Utility.force_batch(calls: [Bounties.close_bounty(bounty_id: 19), Bounties.close_bounty(bounty_id: 27), Bounties.close_bounty(bounty_id: 33), Bounties.close_bo….
2. Check the state. In Developer → Chain state, query bounties.bounties(19), bounties.bounties(27), bounties.bounties(33), bounties.bounties(38): the state must match "Current state" above.
3. Run the dry run. In Developer → Runtime calls, call dryRunApi.dryRunCall with origin Origins → Treasurer, the call above and XCM version 5: the result should be Ok with the events listed in Testing.

References

	Account	Links
#19 Infrastructure Builders Program: bounty account	F3opxRbN5ZbjJNU513biNead6MsJmhobHNZgLUbzKWrHCBh	Subsquare · Subscan
#19: proposer	HERTWZK4ZpmuXsEgW3UfL5x27XCdT5fE9x4QRbyNWifafdU	Subscan
#19: curator	DDzazS9qxXPmm4t8vX8zpCBzFcDuhKD3BNKqmXxtbJYoHte	Subscan
#27 POLKADOT <> KUSAMA BRIDGE SECURITY BOUNTY: bounty account	F3opxRbN5ZbjJNU513biNg3Zu984LQJ8dH51aQV9bg8boAb	Subsquare · Subscan
#27: proposer	Fy6erZmPp78ZY2cN945FU9KnKdATmxvG2eB9a1kh2VX33xz	Subscan
#27: curator	Gdxia95Ti5REcK1MLjgg681cq3U9fKBvfRZdjKAZ9jwrrTR	Subscan
#33 KSM RFP #2 - RFP Launcher Dapp: bounty account	F3opxRbN5ZbjJNU513biNh9H1E4d1RfY8hx1WMQ24J6LqG8	Subsquare · Subscan
#33: proposer	E5qFqe5g5iS4Byu4hyKLAavayXtCiuuuK4xzuLcnQWvtqrg	Subscan
#33: curator	Fw6jimeopqaUo9A8QdDQ5ZyGY7JTdqcm2ycH3iqnkeQedrk	Subscan
#38 KSM RFP #4 - BigTipper: bounty account	F3opxRbN5ZbjJNU513biNi4NFxr6EcUNiu1qnJpk79Po2cq	Subsquare · Subscan
#38: proposer	E5qFqe5g5iS4Byu4hyKLAavayXtCiuuuK4xzuLcnQWvtqrg	Subscan
#38: curator	GBdGQCQH2Kha4JLtub27VaBqXyw2ZdMqXTgwDomtAq3ygTP	Subscan
Kusama treasury: receives the returned funds	F3opxRbN5ZbjJNU511Kj2TLuzFcDq9BGduA9TgiECafpg29	Subscan