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**Kanary** is an initiative designed to attract new users to the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems by leveraging the popularity of memecoins. It has formed partnerships with memecoin communities from various blockchains like Polygon, Base, BSC, and Solana, and has also collaborated with NFT DAOs. The strategy involves attracting users from outside the ecosystem rather than working internally.

Kanary has launched **Kusama Exploration**, an educational program to guide new users through practical learning and showcase the potential of Kusama and Polkadot. The initiative has received positive reception on platforms like YouTube and other media.

For more information, visit the [Kanary website](https://kanary.site), follow them on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/kanarytoken), or join their [Telegram](https://t.me/kanarytoken).

Rejected

Kanary aims to attract new users to the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem through partnerships with memecoin communities. They propose an educational initiative called Kusama Exploration to guide users through a practical learning process. No information on price, timeframe, or resources.

KANARY - KUSAMA EXPLORATION

The Pink Community has submitted a Medium Spender request for 3,333 KSM to help achieve milestones like a CEX listing and liquidity for a market maker. They believe this capital infusion can help with their memecoin project, which was created without presales or private investors. The full proposal can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/13BjMbDskKxTYDhyOI2JkSW97fXYLL6PCDbwjOKouYSE/edit?usp=sharing).

<img src="https://i.ibb.co/g9bvzPs/D5-C95-AC6-7326-41-DD-8833-FE03-B3-C91-BB3-1-105-c.jpg" alt="" width="236" height="357" />
After the previoius discussion with the community, gathering additional feedback, and providing detailed answers to several questions (all of which are addressed in the <a title="PINK Kusama Treasury Proposal" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/13BjMbDskKxTYDhyOI2JkSW97fXYLL6PCDbwjOKouYSE/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">full proposal here</a>), we have officially submitted a Medium Spender request for 3,333 KSM. TL;DR: creating a memecoin from scratch, without presales, private investors, etc has been extraordinarily difficult. We believe this infusion of capital can help us achieve certain milestones such as a CEX listing, liquidity for a market maker and more.&nbsp; Thanks for your consideration and potential support! Gratefully, The PINK Community

WHO: The PINK Community

WHAT: Submitted a Medium Spender request for 3,333 KSM to create a memecoin from scratch, achieve milestones such as a CEX listing, liquidity for a market maker and more.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Potential Funding for PINK

- A plan to fund a bridge between two systems (P<>K) was cancelled.
- The bridge charges fees from users and pays rewards to relayers.
- The initial funding was supposed to come from the treasury.
- 10000 DOT and 2000 KSM were proposed to start the bridge.
- The bridge should later cover its costs with user fees.
- The funds were to be handled by a trusted Polkadot Fellow.
- If this plan was rejected, a slower funding process would be used.
- The exact details of the funding can be found in a GitHub issue.

TimedOut

Request withdrawn - replaced by whitelisted caller #361

### Proposal Summary

- **Objective:** Create a "DAO factory" in the Kreivo parachain to help users conduct real-world businesses.
- **Duration:** 3 months (Q2).
- **Scope:** Focused on onboarding 5 to 10 new DAOs by the end of Q2.
- **Budget:** 175,500 USD for 9 full-time employees over 3 months.
- **Funding:** 3,333 KSM (equivalent to 168,449.82 USD).
- **Additional Work:** Contribute to the Polkadot protocol through governance improvements.
- **Long-term Goal:** Address social inequality through ongoing experiments and developments.

Executed

Virto proposes a 3-month budget of 175,500 USD to onboard 5-10 new DAOs and build the most powerful DAO factory in the ecosystem. The funds will also be used to contribute to the core Polkadot protocol via the technical Fellowship. They are asking for 3,333 KSM, equivalent to 168,449.82 USD.

Virto team Q2

- **ParaSpell** is a set of tools for XCM (cross-chain messaging) in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems.
- It includes **XCM SDK**, **XCM API**, and **XCM Router** to make cross-chain communication easier for developers.
- **XCM SDK** is the core tool, allowing transfers between 50 different chains with simple code.
- **XCM API** helps developers build cross-chain apps faster and saves server costs.
- **XCM Router** lets users send one asset and receive another across chains in one step.
- The team has won awards and completed grants to improve these tools.
- They are asking for $30,000 to maintain and improve these tools for 5 months.
- The tools are free, open-source, and designed to help the Polkadot and Kusama communities.

ParaSpell, a team of two, is proposing to maintain and assist other teams in implementing their set of common good XCM tools for the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem. They are seeking $30,000 worth of funding for 5 months of maintenance tasks and assistance, divided into $6,000 per month and $25 per work hour. The proposal aims to keep their tools free for the community and includes their XCM SDK, XCM API, and XCM Router. Voting will take place from February 9th to February 22nd.

XCM ROUTER, XCM API & XCM SDK 5 months of maintenance and server cost coverage proposal

- **Request**: Asking for 3,333 KSM to help people try new ideas on Kusama.
- **Problem**: Many people want to experiment but don’t have enough money to start big projects.
- **Solution**: Create a special fund managed by trusted people to help pay for these experiments.
- **Timeline**: The money will be used for 6 months, then returned to the Treasury.
- **Signatories**: Four experienced people will manage the fund.
- **Goal**: Help more people try new ideas without needing a lot of money.

WHO: Kusama ecosystem agents Eduardo Cardoso, Rafael Yahlomi, Tommi Niemi, and Adam Steeber.

WHAT: Propose funding a multisig-managed governance proxy to place decision deposits on root track referenda or other-track referenda.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requested amount of 3,333 KSM for ~6 months, then refunded back to the Treasury.

Funding a Decision Deposit Sponsor

- The Encointer team is asking for $103,240 from the Kusama Treasury for their work from September to December 2023.
- They are working on creating a self-sustainable economy and have made progress in integrating their technology into the Polkadot network.
- They have improved their mobile app and are growing communities in Tanzania, Argentina, and Zurich.
- Their goal is to keep their parachain running and focus on helping communities in the global south where their technology can make a big impact.
- They appeared on a show called AAG 102 to talk about their work.

We ask the Kusama Treasury for&nbsp;CHF 89&rsquo;000 ≃ USD 103&rsquo;240 ≃ 2706 KSM for the period Sep-Dec 2023 (4 mt)
<span style="font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration- display: inline !important; float: none;">The <a href="https://encointer.org/">Encointer</a> team has scaled down significantly after rejected proposals on Polkadot but continues to deliver:
work done:
<ul>
<li>Conceptualize a <a href="https://forum.polkadot.network/t/towards-encointer-self-sustainability/4195/1">self-sustainable economy</a> which can plausibly be reached within few years.</li>
<li>integrate<a href="https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/runtimes/pull/80"> encointer runtime into fellowship repository (RFC22)</a></li>
<li>stabilize and refactor Encointer mobile app to use <a href="https://github.com/leonardocustodio/polkadart">PolkaDart</a></li>
<li>grow Nyota community in Tanzania</li>
<li>prepare community in Puerto Madryn, Argentina</li>
<li>establish an association of acceptance points in Zurich to grow the network and close economic cycles</li>
</ul>

&nbsp;

outlook:
<ul>
<li>with a minimal but powerful team we aim to keep the Encointer parachain running and well-maintained</li>
<li>we aim to focus on supporting and growing the global south communities where our tech promises the biggest impact at low costs</li>
</ul>

&nbsp;

<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ep0MCQDMr--1y5CSYkIKS09oRwnnuyusDfH2S0j6oCw/edit?usp=sharing">Full Proposal Document</a>
Appearance on <a href="https://twitter.com/TheKusamarian/status/1752037309413793928">AAG 102</a>

Encointer team requests **CHF 89,000** for Sep-Dec 2023 to maintain and grow their self-sustainable economy project on Kusama. They aim to support global south communities and have achieved significant progress in integrating their runtime into the fellowship repository and stabilizing their mobile app.

Encointer Retroactive Funding for Sep-Dec 2023

### System Parachain Collator Bounty on Kusama

- **Purpose**: Fund System Parachain Collators on Kusama, similar to Bounty 20.
- **Coverage**: Asset-Hub and Bridge-Hub System Parachains.
- **Goal**: Incentivize efficient performance, minimize censorship, and ensure ongoing activity.
- **Funding**: Covers infrastructure costs and staking rewards.
- **Duration**: 6 months, starting from 1 January 2024.
- **Amount**: 1954.46 KSM for the two System Parachains.
- **Details**: Available in a [Google Document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/14pRUj8WZPO75DuwDl4HoZU97v_Rmfx0bZ2KFqFW-qkE/edit).
- **Discussion**: Open on [Polkassembly](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/2613).

System Parachain Collators propose funding for Kusama's Asset-Hub and Bridge-Hub System Parachains. They request 1954.46 KSM for infrastructure costs and staking rewards for a 6-month period starting on January 1, 2024.

Funding of Kusama System Parachain Collators

- Stakeworld runs services connected to its RPC nodes, like a database size overview.
- The database size service gets data from archive RPC nodes and is mentioned in the Polkadot wiki.
- Funding for RPC services was not approved, so Stakeworld might stop or reduce these services.
- Stakeworld revived its snapshot service, which helps users sync their nodes faster.
- The snapshot service is useful because Beefy, a new feature, temporarily disables warp sync.
- Stakeworld is considering adding RocksDB support to the snapshot service for a few months.
- They hope to continue these services but need funding to do so.
- More details and a funding proposal can be found in their GitHub repository.

Stakeworld plans to scale down/stop some services due to lack of funding, including the database size overview service. They are seeking funding to continue this service and revive their snapshot service, which will include rocksdb for a few months until warp sync gets re-enabled with beefy. See their proposal for more details.

Database size service and temporary snapshot service revival

Please ignore

- Collators on Kusama System Parachains get small rewards for their work.
- They need more funding to do their job well and not cut costs too much.
- A long-term solution is needed to pay Collators fairly.
- For now, the Treasury can help by giving them money through a bounty system.
- This proposal asks for 844.654 KSM to pay Collators for their work from October to December 2023.
- Starting January 2024, a new bounty system will handle payments.
- The community is asked to review and share thoughts on the proposal.

Dear Kusama community,
Collators on System Parachains are provided with minimal rewards for block production and small incentives in terms of transaction fees. This reduces incentives for Collators to act in a favorable manner and they may also be inclined to under-resourcing their hosts to save costs. Collators should receive funding for the provision of their services. Ultimately, this should be provided by the chain in a preferably sustainable manner. Implementation of such a system is a long-term solution. In the medium term, funding for collators can be provided by the respective Treasuries in the form of a bounty. This allows funding to be pre-allocated and independently managed.
This proposal is the final monthly operating costs payment for service providers in Q4 2023. Future cost compensation will be done under the <a href="../post/2613">Kusama System Parachain Collators Bounty 20</a> starting from January 2024.
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UQi_DFP99i-VE8tOEQQHR10xqbIPHLqGHNW0f1imuEE/edit?usp=sharing">Full Proposal</a>
The proposal aims to secure 844.654 KSM for Collators on the Kusama System Parachains network for services delivered for 3 months - 10-12/2023.
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We encourage the Kusama community to review this proposal and provide any feedback or suggestions.
Thank you!

WHO: Collators on System Parachains.

WHAT: Proposal to secure 844.654 KSM for Collators on the Kusama System Parachains network for services delivered for 3 months - 10-12/2023.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 844.654 KSM for 3 months - 10-12/2023. Future cost compensation will be done under the Kusama System Parachain Collators Bounty 20 starting from January 2024.

Kusama System Parachain Collators - Tips Q4/2023

- A recent referendum for the Proof of Chaos project was rejected because it didn’t get enough support.
- The project is now asking for less money (20% less) to keep building.
- Proof of Chaos helps people participate in governance on Polkadot and Kusama by rewarding them with NFTs.
- They have made it easier to vote and earn rewards, and their code is open for everyone to use.
- The project has already worked on Kusama, Rococo, and is now working on Polkadot and other parachains.
- They want to help more people join governance and make the network stronger.
- The team has worked with other projects like Parity, Encointer, Kilt, and Kodadot to improve the ecosystem.
- They are also planning to reimburse the first 10 creators who help with rewards.

Proof of Chaos requests 802KSM ($16842) for retroactive funding and artist subsidies. They aim to increase participation in on-chain governance on Polkadot and Kusama. The requested amount is reduced by 20% from their previous proposal. Passing this proposal is a prerequisite for further implementation of their roadmap.

Proof of Chaos Funding

- **Project Name:** Proof of Chaos  
- **Goal:** Encourage more people to participate in governance on Polkadot and Kusama.  
- **What They Built:**  
  - A system where anyone can mint NFTs for participating in governance and earn royalties.  
  - A new website and codebase for faster updates and multi-chain support.  
  - Tools for voting and rewarding governance participants.  
- **Funding Request:** 1172KSM ($20,420) for past work and future plans.  
- **Future Plans:**  
  - Reimburse the first 10 creators who reward governance participants.  
  - Focus on marketing and expanding the project.  
- **Open Source:** Their code is available for others to learn from and use.  
- **Ecosystem Impact:** They work with other teams to improve the Polkadot and Kusama networks.

Proof of Chaos is requesting 1172KSM ($20420) for retroactive funding, artist subsidies, and to reimburse the first 10 reward creators. The project aims to bring more participants to on-chain governance on Polkadot and Kusama to secure the network through increased decentralization. The proposal includes a revamped codebase, multi-chain support, a referenda sendout UI, and a voting UI with unique features. Passing the proposal is a prerequisite for further implementation of the roadmap.

- Stakeworld is asking for funding to keep their public RPC services running for Kusama, Westend, and Encointer in Q3 2023.
- They provide important services like RPC endpoints, validators, collators, and bootnodes for the Polkadot ecosystem.
- In the last 30 days, they handled over 218 million RPC requests for Kusama and 24 million for Westend.
- They scaled back some services after a previous funding request was rejected.
- Stakeworld is an active participant in the Polkadot ecosystem, contributing to validators, collators, and the wiki.
- They need funding to continue maintaining their RPC services.
- More details are available in their full proposal.

Stakeworld requests retroactive funding for maintaining public rpc services for Kusama, Westend, and Encointer in Q3 2023, including commons, for which they served 218.360.781 Kusama and 24.120.290 Westend rpc requests in the previous 30 days. They are active participants in the dotsama ecosystem and hope for positive funding outcomes. No specific price/timeframe/resources mentioned.

Public rpc services for kusama, westend and encointer including the common chains in Q3 2023

### LightSpell XCM API

- **First XCM API** in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem.
- **Winner** of the Polkadot Hackathon Global Series APAC 2023.
- **Advantages**: Simplifies XCM message construction, reduces call time, and prevents user errors.
- **Free and Open Source**: Available under the MIT license.
- **Live API**: Accessible at [https://api.lightspell.xyz](https://api.lightspell.xyz).
- **Team**: Comprised of Dušan Morháč and Michael Absolon, with experience in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Proposal**: Seeks funding for server costs and maintenance from October 1st to February 1st.
- **Documentation**: Comprehensive guides available at [https://paraspell.github.io/docs/](https://paraspell.github.io/docs/).

WHO: LightSpell team

WHAT: Maintain the first XCM API in Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem, including its core component - XCM SDK, for free for the community from 1st October to 1st February.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

XCM API & XCM SDK 5 months of maintenance and server cost coverage proposal

Total KSM requested: 437.9976 KSM
This batch of spends will compensate Bridge Hub collators $300 per month (block weighted) on Kusama from late June through August, plus my time and effort required to collect and process data and compile the reports.
All context can be found in <a href="273" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the referendum 273 post here</a>.
&nbsp;

[RESUBMISSION OF REF 273] Bridge Hub Collator Compensation for June, July, and August

- Chaos Labs is creating an NFT project called Polkadot Punks.
- They are building an open-source NFT minting app on Polkadot Asset Hub.
- Features include:
  - Whitelist mint (cost: 100 KSM) for selected wallets.
  - Free mint (cost: 100 KSM) with no extra fees.
  - Revealable mint (cost: 100 KSM) where NFTs are revealed after minting.
- They are also developing a wallet for managing NFTs and assets on Asset Hub.
- The wallet will support features like buying, selling, and swapping NFTs.
- Quick teleport feature (cost: 11 KSM) for fast transfers of DOT and KSM.
- Total budget: 1111 KSM ($19,924.09).
- Estimated time: 6 months.

NFT Mint (Open-source NFT Mint Dapp) Budget: 300 KSM
Chaos labs is building a NFT project called Polkadot Punks and we have successfully implemented our V1 Mint Dapp on Polkadot Asset Hub <a href="https://polkadot-punks.vercel.app/">Checkout Mint Dapp</a>
Further Chaos labs is developing a mint dapp which will be open-source on Asset hub
supporting
<ol>
<li>Whitelist mint cost: 100ksm : whitelist mint will allow selecting specific wallet for the mint to overcome mint botting risks&nbsp; and community guaranteed mint</li>
<li>Free mint cost: 100ksm : Free mint is the one the most popular thing currently in NFT so we wanted to add this into the asset hub so there will be variations and each nft minter will only have to pay the mint fee for set metadata which is on-chain and no any extra fees</li>
<li>Revealable mint cost: 100ksm :&nbsp; Reveablable NFT mints are Trending in the nft space where nfts first gets minted then once the mint is done or after a set time the nft will be revealed by setting it's metadata</li>
</ol>
Hub wallet ( Wallet for Assets and NFTs on Asset Hub ) Budget: 811ksm
<ul>
<li>NFTs cost: 400ksm : On nft pallet we'll add all the feature like selling your nft by using your wallet only using list item on nft pallet buring buying offers swapping nfts and many more</li>
<li>Assets cost: 400ksm :&nbsp;On Asset pallet Hub wallet will support all Functionality like buring sending receving gifting and many more</li>
<li>Quick Teleport on each Transaction cost: 11ksm&nbsp;: Using this way we'll be able to teleport our dot , ksm to asset hub quickly on each transaction and won't have to put our whole balance on asset hub</li>
</ul>
Currently 1111ksm is equal to $19924.09
Estimated time&nbsp;
6 month
cost per hour = $10
1 hour a day &times; 182.5 days = 2190 hours = $21900 but approximately we need $19924.09
&nbsp;
Make sure to discuss&nbsp;
Polkadot Punks <a href="https://twitter.com/polkadot_punks?t=roM6EGLp6HfjS3jrLjgDcg&amp;s=09">twitter</a>

Chaos Labs proposes to build an open-source NFT Mint Dapp on Polkadot Asset Hub for a budget of 300 KSM. The project includes three types of mints: whitelist, free, and revealable. Additionally, they propose to build a Hub wallet for assets and NFTs on Asset Hub for a budget of 811 KSM, which includes features like buying, selling, and swapping NFTs, and sending, receiving, and gifting assets. The estimated time for completion is six months, with a cost of $10 per hour.

Open-source Mint Dapp and Hub wallet for Asset hub

- The Polkadot & Kusama community is working on OpenBrush, a tool for smart contracts.
- OpenBrush helps developers build apps on the Polkadot and Kusama networks.
- Nineteen teams and three parachains are already using OpenBrush.
- They are asking for more funds to continue developing OpenBrush.
- Some planned work was canceled, but they did extra work to fix unexpected issues.
- A detailed report about their work is available online.
- They calculated the new funding amount based on the work done and extra costs.

WHO: The team behind OpenBrush
WHAT: Requesting a second allocation of funds for the development of 8-9, 11 milestones of OpenBrush, a core infrastructure product for WASM smart contracts.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $60720, as calculated in the proposal, for the remaining development work. No specific timeframe or resources mentioned.

OpenBrush 8-9, 11 milestone delivery

- DrCAO is a community manager for Polkadot projects and leads the AIWeb3 Chinese community.
- AIWeb3 helps Chinese creators make content about Polkadot and Web3.
- They make videos, translations, and original articles about Polkadot.
- In 6 months, they made over 600 original works and 28 translations.
- They work with 20+ teams and have partnerships with projects like Neurolauncher and Bluez.
- AIWeb3 has over 1,900 Twitter followers and 500+ Discord members.
- They created a Discord bot with AI and a game about Polkadot.
- They want support to keep growing and helping creators.

WHO: AIWeb3 Chinese community led by DrCAO
WHAT: Renewal of the community and seeking support for the next six months to nurture Chinese content creators and bridge different parachain projects in DotSama
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified

AIWeb3 Chinese Unit proposal II (爱Web3 中文社区提案 II)

- A follow-up request for funds from Polkadot Safari 2023 is being made.
- The delay in updating the request was due to waiting for approval.
- A previous request had an error, and the value of funds changed due to currency fluctuations.
- The total amount needed decreased from $55,186 to $24,400.
- The remaining $24,400 is needed to pay the organizers.
- All conference expenses were paid before paying the organizers.
- A report and request for funds are provided in a linked document.

WHO: Polkadot Safari 2023 organizers WHAT: Requesting $24,400 from the second allocation of funds from Kusama for conference expenses PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified

POLKADOT SAFARI '23 (Request for second allocation of funds)

- Dwellir is asking for $18,765 to fund their RPC services for Q3 2023.
- They served over 300 million RPC requests for Kusama, Statemine, and Westmint in Q2.
- Their services use decentralized infrastructure in Sweden and Tunisia.
- They provide transparent operational data at https://stats.dwellir.app/.
- Key stats: 
  - Kusama RPC nodes served 275,795,145 requests last quarter.
  - Statemine RPC nodes served 68,146,379 requests last quarter.
  - Westmint RPC nodes served 9,264,542 requests last quarter.
- The proposal includes running public RPC endpoints and a highly available boot node.

Dwellir requests $18,765 for Q3 funding to cover expenses of Q2, during which they served over 300 million RPC requests for Kusama, Statemine, and Westmint communities. The proposal is to further fund the development of RPC services and cover maintenance costs. The proposal includes two milestones: operate fully managed public RPC endpoints and run a highly available boot node. Dwellir offers top-tier, decentralized RPC services at an equitable price.

Kusama RPC services Dwellir Q3 2023

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- Sianoi is from HER DAO Kenya (HDK) and Safari DAO.
- They are asking for the second part of funds for organizing Polkadot Safari in March/April.
- The amount requested is KSM 2,372.28 EMA 30.
- A report about the event was shared in April.
- The second payment is to fully pay the organizers.
- The organizers worked without full pay for months to build trust.

WHO: Safari DAO and HDK
WHAT: Requesting second allocation of funds for organizing Polkadot Safari in March/April 2021, to fully pay off organizers for their work.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: KSM 2,372.28 EMA 30. No specific timeframe or resources mentioned.

POLKADOT SAFARI '23 (Request for second allocation of funds) UPDATE: PLEASE CAST NAY

- The **substrate-api-client** is a Rust library for connecting to Substrate-based nodes using RPC.
- It works in environments where the Rust standard library (std) is not available, like IoT devices or IntelSGX.
- It helps developers interact with Polkadot or Kusama chains, similar to tools like Polkadot-js.
- Unlike **subxt**, another popular Rust RPC client, it works in no-std environments.
- This proposal seeks funding for maintenance from August 2023 to October 2023.
- It continues previous funding efforts for the project.
- The goal is to keep the library updated and functional for developers.

WHO: The proposer
WHAT: Funding maintenance of substrate-api-client Rust library from August 2023 to October 2023
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified, but a continuation of previous maintenance proposals with ongoing funding sought. Full proposal available.

Maintenance for the substrate-api-client Aug-23 to Oct-23

- Stakeworld is asking for money to keep their RPC services and bootnodes running for Kusama and Westend networks.
- They served over 133 million RPC requests for Kusama and 37 million for Westend in the last 30 days.
- This is a follow-up to their previous funding requests for maintaining infrastructure.
- They want funding at the start of the period instead of after, due to concerns about treasury spending and the future of RPC services.
- Stakeworld believes their services are valuable, RPC services are still needed, and diversity in providers is important.
- They have a good track record and will use the funding responsibly.
- The full proposal is available on their GitHub page.

Stakeworld.io requests funding for maintaining public RPC services and bootnodes for Kusama, Westend and other chains for a reasonable price. They served 133.390.042 Kusama and 37.080.656 Westend RPC requests in the previous 30 days. The proposal is a follow-up of their previous Infrastructure Maintenance Bounty requests and is more pre-funded. They believe that rpc services are still needed as accessing the network by light nodes is not mainstream yet and smaller rpc providers should have a place in the ecosystem.

[33] Origin: MediumSpender