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- **What is Sol2Ink?**  
  Sol2Ink is a tool that helps developers move their projects from Solidity (used in Ethereum) to ink! (used in Polkadot).

- **Why is it important?**  
  It makes it easier for developers to switch to Polkadot by reducing the time and effort needed to learn new tools.

- **What does the proposal do?**  
  It asks for funding to improve Sol2Ink and make it even better for developers.

- **Two main goals:**  
  1. Research how much people want to use Sol2Ink and teach them how to use it.  
  2. Make Sol2Ink produce code that works perfectly with little extra work from developers.

- **Who is behind it?**  
  The team at Brushfam, who are working to make Polkadot easier for developers.

- **How much funding is needed?**  
  The proposal asks for 1,868 KSM (a type of cryptocurrency) to fund the work.

- **Why should people care?**  
  It helps more developers join Polkadot, which can make the ecosystem stronger and more popular.

Rejected

Brushfam proposes to develop milestones 3 and 4 of Sol2Ink, an infrastructure product that transpiles Solidity smart contracts to ink! smart contracts. The proposal aims to decrease the barrier of entrance for Solidity developers coming into ink! and expand the ink! market to existing Solidity/EVM markets. The price is 1868.22684662 KSM, and the roadmap includes market research, tutorials, and upgrading Sol2Ink to produce fully compilable contracts. See the full proposal for more details.

Sol2Ink Milestones 3 & 4 development (WASM smart contracts)

- A new proposal is made to fund RPC services for Kusama, Statemine, and Westmint.
- The community decided not to extend the previous program, so this is a treasury proposal instead.
- The proposal includes one milestone: running RPC services on dedicated hardware in Sweden and Tunisia.
- Kusama RPC node served 3,476,205 requests per day on average last quarter.
- Statemine RPC node served 584,707 requests per day on average last quarter.
- Westmint RPC node served 127,295 requests per day on average last quarter.
- The full proposal can be read in a linked document.

Executed

WHO: Team Dwellir
WHAT: Fund development and maintenance of RPC services for Kusama, Statemine and Westmint
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: One milestone to run RPC services on dedicated hardware in Sweden and Tunisia. Full proposal available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cNak64BEFB0nv9dZx05eN9VhQXDx_k5XkmsGL9bGriY/edit?usp=sharing).

Kusama RPC services Dwellir Q2 2023

- A proposal to cover costs for Parasnaps, a tool for fast snapshots, used from August 2022 to March 2023.
- Parasnaps was created to quickly restore validators, reducing time from ~40 minutes to a few minutes.
- Discussions led to moving forward with the proposal.
- Parasnaps was decommissioned in March 2023 as it is no longer needed with warp sync available.
- The proposal aims to retroactively cover costs for the last 8 months of Parasnaps' operation.

WHO: The proposal is made by Parity Technologies on behalf of Parasnaps.

WHAT: The proposal aims to retroactively cover the costs and work generated by Parasnaps from August 2022 until its decommissioning in March 2023.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The cost and resources required are not specified in the summary.

[Medium Spender] Retroactive parasnaps.io maintenance

- Max asked the Kusama community for feedback after his treasury proposal was rejected.
- He wanted funding for his Cryptozilla YouTube channel to create 40 educational videos in 4 months.
- Max has been making videos about Polkadot and Kusama for almost 2 years.
- He asked for $12,800 (400 KSM) to make the videos, costing $320 per video.
- His videos include tutorials, project reviews, and explanations of Polkadot's role in Web3.
- Max shared past performance data and promised to track progress in a public spreadsheet.
- He believes his proposal offers good value and will help the Kusama ecosystem.

Max, the creator of the Cryptozilla Youtube channel, is proposing a 4-month funding of $12,800 (400 KSM) from the Kusama treasury to produce 40 educational videos about Polkadot & Kusama networks and ecosystem projects. The cost of one video is set at $320. The proposal includes KPIs and ROI calculations, and Max will provide a performance report once all 40 videos are delivered.

4-Month funding for Cryptozilla YouTube channel

KusaMint is a development kit for NFT artists, creators, and the Kusama community. They have reached all milestones in their previous proposal and are now seeking funding for new functionality and expansion to new NFT standards.

**Key Points:**
- KusaMint Enhancement: Access to NFTs on Statemine, mobile support for minting and managing NFTs.
- Public API: REST API and GraphQL API for various use cases like crypto games, marketplace integrations, and DAOs.

**Requested Amount:** 1584 KSM/48987 USD (Proposal 2: 1190 KSM + Proposal 1 Difference*: 394 KSM)

**KSM Price:** 30.91 USD (Coingecko data on 21st of April 2023)

**Total Team Hours:** 780 Hours

*Proposal 1 Difference - during their first proposal, the KSM price dropped significantly, resulting in a loss of over $12,000. They decided to apply for the remaining funds in their next proposal.

KusaMint requests 1584 KSM/48987 USD to enhance their development kit for NFT artists and creators. They aim to provide access to NFTs on Statemine, mobile support, and public API for Dotsama community. The requested amount will cover 780 hours of work.

KusaMint - Extension and Further Funding Q2 2023

- A project called **Polkadot Discovery Portal** was created to help people find information about Polkadot and Kusama projects.
- It started because a developer had trouble finding important files and details for testing.
- The portal helps users discover parachains, wallets, apps, and other tools in the ecosystem.
- It allows users to verify and update data, ensuring accuracy.
- The data is available in JSON format for easy access and use.
- The goal is to make it easier for everyone to find and share information, helping the ecosystem grow.
- The team is asking for funding to cover 60% of the development costs.

**WHO:** GHm6gp6khjcxQvnbnSsHdYejsFK1nNVxcGyGAsbDfsymtLr

**WHAT:** Retroactive payment for 60% of development costs for Polkadot Discovery Portal PoC, a comprehensive directory for Polkadot & Kusama ecosystem & all its actors.

**PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES:** Requested KSM: 598. No specific timeframe or resources mentioned.

Retroactive Funding for Polkadot Chain & Pallet Discovery Portal

### OpenSquare Treasury Proposal Summary

- **Proponent**: OpenSquare (ESgz7GLVW7BL5DhRgpVnxSXVwaKt4ytWcrf52TY1GQD1cEb)
- **Date**: 03/22/2023
- **Requested Allocation**: $71,718.37 (1987.8 KSM)
- **Purpose**: Maintenance of governance tools, explorers, and dashboards in the Polkadot/Kusama ecosystem.
- **Infrastructure Costs**: Includes server hosting, email services, and domain registrations.
- **Maintenance Work**: Involves server deployment, codebase updates, bug fixes, and collaboration with other teams.
- **Products Maintained**: Subsquare, Dotreasury, and Statescan.
- **Total Cost**: $71,718.37, to be paid in KSM based on the EMA7 price as of 04/18/2023.

WHO: OpenSquare team
WHAT: Proposing a treasury proposal to cover the cost for the maintenance of dotreasury, statescan, and subsquare for 2022 Q4 and 2023 Q1.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $71,718.37, including servers, email service, domains, and maintenance work. Payment conditions: $69,000 for 138 FTE maintenance cost and 1987.8KSM with EMA7 price in 04.18.2023.

Subsquare, dotreasury and statescan retroactive maintenance for 2022 Q4 and 2023 Q1

- RadiumBlock wants reimbursement for RPC services for Kusama networks in late 2022 and early 2023.  
- They had no failures for over a year on their Kusama endpoint.  
- They are investing money to provide reliable and secure services at a fair cost.  
- They improved their infrastructure by using a mix of on-premise and cloud computing.  
- They added more edge locations and upgraded security.  
- Costs were reduced each quarter.  
- They are switching to a fixed pricing model, cutting costs by about 40%.  
- A detailed report is available online.

RadiumBlock seeks reimbursement for RPC services for Kusama networks in Q4 2022 and Q1 2023. They offer high-quality infrastructure services with significant investment and innovation, including a fixed SaaS pricing model from Q2 2022, resulting in a 40% cost reduction.

Reimbursement for RadiumBlock's High performance multi-geography RPC services for Kusama - Q4 2022 and Q1 2023

- Polkadotters are asking for $59,820 to support their work in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- They started in 2020 and created content, organized events, and promoted Polkadot.
- They have 1591 followers on Medium and 5k on Twitter.
- Their articles have 150k views, and videos have 15k views.
- They organized meetups and co-organized a big crypto conference.
- They plan to create more content, focus on governance, and organize 6 more meetups.
- They apologized for mistakes in their proposal process.

Polkadotters are requesting $59,820 for content creation, event organization, and marketing activities for the Polkadot ecosystem from June 2022 until the end of 2023. They plan to use the funds to deliver high-quality content, develop a marketing strategy, organize meetups, and focus on governance. They have already published almost 250 original articles and organized two local Polkadot meetups.

Polkadotters – funding of community powered media for Polkadot & Kusama ecosystem in 2022-2023

REPLACED!!! Polkadotters – funding of community powered media for Polkadot & Kusama ecosystem in 2022-2023

- A team from Robonomics Network wants to teach people about web3 and blockchain.
- They noticed most courses focus only on money or are too hard for beginners.
- They plan to make easy-to-understand videos and materials about Polkadot and Kusama.
- The course will show how web3 can make everyday tasks safer and easier.
- They will use real projects like Statemine, Robonomics, and Moonriver as examples.
- The course will have two versions: one for Kusama and one for Rococo testnet.
- They will create videos, text materials, and a simple app for learning.
- They are asking for $27,572.5 (843 KSM) to complete the project in 5 months.

Robonomics Network proposes to create an educational course for beginners on Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. The course will showcase several parachains that solve common web2 tasks and demonstrate real projects and everyday examples. The project is designed for 5 months and requests a total of $27,572.5 (843 KSM) for YouTube video lectures, GitHub texts and source code, and a dapp with learning management system elements.

[Medium Spender] Kusama — From Theory to Practice Course

- **What is DOTCAST?**  
  DOTCAST is a project creating videos (podcasts, interviews, and tutorials) for Spanish-speaking people to learn about Polkadot and Kusama.  

- **Who is behind it?**  
  Nachito and Roco, who are Polkadot Ambassadors, started DOTCAST seven months ago.  

- **What do they do?**  
  They make videos, interview developers, and share news about Polkadot and Kusama in Spanish.  

- **What’s the goal?**  
  To help Spanish speakers understand Polkadot and Kusama better and encourage them to join the community.  

- **What’s special about DOTCAST?**  
  It’s made by the community, for the community, and focuses on real solutions, not just price talk.  

- **What do they need funding for?**  
  To make more videos, attend events, improve their website, and pay for design work.  

- **Why not use a Bounty?**  
  DOTCAST has already grown past the Bounty stage and needs steady funding to keep improving.  

- **How much funding?**  
  They are asking for 1,599.73 KSM (about $53,487) to fund six months of work.

DOTCAST proposes to produce 48 videos (podcasts, interviews, and tutorials) in Spanish for the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem. They aim to increase awareness and provide reliable information to the Spanish-speaking community. The proposal includes brand development, event attendance, and stability for the team. The requested KSM is 1,599.73 (7 days EMA) ($53,487.00 USD) for a timeframe of 6 months (May to October 2023).

“DOTCAST” brand development and content production for Spanish speaking community.

### Impulse DAO Proposal Summary

- **Date:** 06.04.2023
- **Requested KSM:** 1807 KSM ($60,800)
- **Objective:** Develop on-chain WebAssembly (WASM) games to attract more developers to the Polkadot/Kusama ecosystem.
- **Problem:** Limited number of WASM developers and lack of products showcasing WASM vs. EVM.
- **Solution:** Fund and support five teams to build WASM games, host tournaments, and make all projects open-source.
- **Deliverables:** Five 100% on-chain WASM games and a final report detailing learning outcomes and tournament results.
- **Success Criteria:** Engage 20+ developers, receive user-generated logic for gameplay, and have 40-60 survey respondents.
- **Examples:** Existing 100% on-chain WASM games made by Impulse DAO core members.

WHO: Impulse DAO

WHAT: Fund and support five teams to build fully-functioning dApps, featuring WASM smart contracts, front-end, and design. Host online and offline WASM tournaments for developers.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 1807 KSM / $60,800 paid after approval. Three-month project duration.

Impulse DAO - WASM developers community growth

Retracted proposal

- Interlay is choosing curators for a bounty program called "Parachain Assets Onramp Support."
- Curators will manage the program and get rewards for their work.
- The curators are chosen to represent everyone involved in the bounty.
- A document explains the curators' jobs and rewards.
- The curators are from different companies like Interlay, Talisman, SubWallet, OpenDive Technologies, and HydraDX & Basilisk.
- Each curator has a special address for the program.

Interlay proposes a list of candidates for the curator position to oversee the "Parachain Assets Onramp Support" bounty program, which will be curated by a Multisig. The curators will receive a reward for their time and effort. The proposal provides information on the curators' backgrounds, responsibilities, and the reward scheme.

 Bounty Curator Candidacy for Parachain Assets Fiat Onramp Support Bounty

- SubQuery helps make Web3 apps by organizing and finding data from blockchains.
- In 2022, they made special tools called Dictionaries to help developers work faster.
- These Dictionaries helped over 1 billion times in 2022.
- SubQuery wants to make more Dictionaries for more blockchains in 2023.
- They aim for 99.99% uptime and to help 10 billion times in 2023.
- SubQuery's Dictionaries are open for anyone to use and improve.
- They are working to make it easier for new blockchains to join and use their tools.

**WHO:** SubQuery

**WHAT:** Requesting 1012.9419 KSM for ongoing costs in 2022 to run public-good SubQuery Dictionary Projects that serve pre-computed indexes of each block for most Polkadot and Kusama parachains, which enable teams to increase data indexing speed of their SubQuery projects by up to 10 times.

**PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES:** 1012.9419 KSM for the whole of 2022 (01/01/2022 - 31/12/2022). Future targets include adding 20 more dictionaries to their suite of tools in 2023 and hitting a target of 10 billion requests to their dictionaries.

High Performance Data Indexing Tool (2022)

- A proposal called "Substrate in Bits" aims to help developers working with Substrate by creating detailed technical content.
- The content will focus on solving common problems faced by developers and will be easy to understand.
- It will be hosted on GitHub, allowing others to contribute and keep the content updated.
- The goal is to create 40 pieces of content, with priority given to the most common issues.
- Success will be measured by how many developers use the content and find it helpful.
- The project also includes monthly updates and a channel for developers to discuss the content.
- The full proposal and discussion can be found in the provided links.

**WHO:** The proposer aims to support ecosystem developers by creating technical content for Substrate developers.

**WHAT:** The proposal aims to create 40 pieces of technical content, called "Substrate in Bits", to address common issues faced by Substrate developers.

**PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES:** The proposal does not mention a specific price or timeframe, but the technical content will be housed on GitHub and will be collaborative, allowing engineers from the community to make contributions. The proposer also plans to run a "Substrate in Bits" channel and monthly analytics of the content's impact.

Treasury Proposal - Substrate in Bits

- Web3alert.io is asking for 545 KSM to maintain and develop their service for Kusama and Polkadot in 2023.
- Web3alert sends notifications for on-chain events on Kusama and Polkadot.
- They support Telegram, Slack, and Discord for notifications.
- In the past 6 months, they updated their service, added new features, and maintained high uptime.
- Plans for 2023 include keeping the service updated and adding new features.
- The proposal is for maintenance costs from January 2023 to January 2024.

Web3alert.io proposes to cover the maintenance costs and further development of Kusama and Polkadot integrations for the entirety of 2023 at a rate of 600 EUR/month per network, alternating between treasuries. They request 545 KSM, which is equivalent to 17,712 EUR, for this proposal.

Maintenance of web3alert.io Kusama and Polkadot integrations for 12 months

- **What is the proposal about?**  
  A bounty program to help Kusama parachains add fiat on-ramp support for their native tokens using Banxa, a payment service provider.

- **Why is this important?**  
  It makes it easier for new users to buy native tokens, which is currently a big challenge in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem.

- **Who is involved?**  
  Interlay and Banxa are working together to create this program.

- **What does the bounty cover?**  
  - Support for 9 Kusama parachains and their native tokens.  
  - Support for Statemine, Kusama's native stablecoins, and KSM.  

- **How much does it cost?**  
  $10,500 per parachain, with a total budget of $105,000 USD in KSM.

- **What’s next?**  
  The community is invited to review the full proposal and share their thoughts.

Interlay proposes a bounty program with Banxa to help Kusama parachains integrate fiat on-ramp support for their native assets. The bounty cost is $10,500 per parachain, with a total requested budget of $105,000 USD of KSM. The program aims to provide an affordable on-ramp service tailored for Polkadot and Kusama assets to improve the user acquisition process for the ecosystem.

Parachain Assets Fiat Onramp Support Bounty Program

- A new Curator is being chosen after a previous attempt failed.
- Three people are proposed to be Curators: FrankyWild, Tim Jansen, and Husni.
- They need 2 out of 3 signatures to make decisions.
- These people are part of teams that help keep the community safe.
- They have experience in managing bounties and meet the required criteria.
- They have already made templates for reporting issues.
- The community can see these templates online.

WHO: Kusama community
WHAT: Assigning a Curator for referendum 108
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Assigning Curators for Bounty 20 (System Parachain Collators)

Sara has a proposal to fund the translation and dubbing of the "Sub0, the Polkadot Developer Conference" 2022 playlist into Spanish. The goal is to help the Spanish-speaking community access the official content of the ecosystem Dotsama and its new technology in Spanish. Sara has been working on a YouTube channel called "Polkadot y Kusama - Doblaje al Español" since December 2021. The proposal includes a team of 3 community members: 2 translators and an editor. The videos will be accessible through the YouTube channel and can be shared on other platforms. The full proposal can be read here, and the original post discussion is here.

The proposal aims to fund the translation and dubbing costs of the "Sub0, the Polkadot Developer Conference" 2022 playlist into Spanish. The videos will be accessible to any user through the "Polkadot y Kusama - Doblaje al español" channel. The deadline for submitting the proposal is 5 months from its approval. The proposal does not mention the price or resources required.

Please, reject

- This proposal wants to fund collators (helpers) on the Statemine network for 6 months.
- Collators will get $300 each month and some money back for past work.
- The proposal was shared with important people, and they liked it.
- Three curators (helpers) are chosen to manage the bounty (reward).
- The goal is to make sure the network works well and stays active.
- The proposal asks for 1,873.69 KSM to test this idea for 6 months.
- After 6 months, they will check if it worked and decide if they need more money.

WHO: Will | Paradox
<br/>
WHAT: Establish a framework for Collators on System Parachains to incentivize efficient performance. Requesting 1,873.69 KSM to fund a bounty to incentivize Collators on the Statemine network for six (6) months.
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PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: USD$300.00 per month for 6 months. Reimbursement for work previously provided. Bounty to be re-evaluated before further funding is provided. Full proposal can be accessed [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H2T1Nx90HkSAYF_CaOPLG-o3LS7h_QAa2WLDdcSJMs0/edit?usp=sharing).

Establishing a bounty for Collators of System Parachains.

- **Project Name**: Subledgr  
- **Goal**: Create tools for managing and reporting across multiple chains and tokens.  
- **Problem**: Managing tokens across different chains is hard, and current tools are expensive or not suitable.  
- **Solution**: Build a platform like QuickBooks for crypto, helping users track and report their funds easily.  
- **Key Features**:  
  - Track all transactions and categorize them.  
  - Create Profit & Loss reports.  
  - Export data to spreadsheets for tax or analysis.  
- **Success**: Users can log in, manage portfolios, and generate reports.  
- **Requested Funds**: 1,430 KSM (~£50k).

WHO: Subledgr

WHAT: Develop a quickbooks-style accounting & reporting platform for multi-token fund management, accounting & reporting, including portfolio management and reporting features for working with multiple chains and accounts.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requested allocation of 1,430 KSM (~£50k @ £35/KSM 21-Feb-2023, EMA7 for KSM/USD, EMA7 for USD/GBP). MVP (Minimum Viable Product) Phase 1 includes report on all transactions/extrinsics, categorization, profit & loss report, exchange rates integration, and export to CSV/spreadsheet.

Subledgr is a platform for multi-token fund management, accounting & reporting

TimedOut

WHO: Subledgr

WHAT: Develop a quickbooks style accounting & reporting platform for multi-token fund management, accounting & reporting on multiple chains.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 1,730 KSM (~£50k @ £29/KSM 07-Feb-2023), Phase 1 MVP with features such as report on all transactions/extrinsics, categorization, profit & loss, exchange rates, and export to CSV/spreadsheet.

DO NOT VOTE / REJECT, incorrect KSM value

**Polkadot.study**

- **Purpose**: An educational platform for developers to learn about the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Problem**: Lack of organized, interactive learning resources for developers.
- **Features**:
  - Searchable landing page with good user experience.
  - Interactive quizzes and open-source tutorials.
  - Automatic builds via GitHub CI.
  - Tutorials editable via GitHub pull requests.
  - Funding for initial tutorials.
  - Filtering tutorials by tags.
- **Funding**: Requests 1492 KSM, with 80% upfront and 20% on completion.
- **Full Proposal**: Available [here](https://crustipfs.info/ipfs/QmRa9uSW2gFRrEXtyGECAr18BqNMqizAaBCeihjLz67eTw).
- **Discussion**: Original discussion on [Polkassembly](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/2163).

Polkadot.study proposes an online learning platform for developers in the Polkadot ecosystem. They request 1492 KSM split into 80% upfront and 20% on completion, with the first payment of 1193 KSM. The platform will have interactive learning quizzes, open-source tutorials, and a search engine optimized react landing page. The proposal also asks for funding for ten initial written tutorials to kickstart the process.

[33] Origin: MediumSpender