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Able to spend up to 33,333.3333 KSM from the treasury at once

big_spender

Rejected

CANCELLING + RESUBMITTING - PLS IGNORE.

Polkadot sponsored Coindesk Consensus conference, held from April 26-28, 2023, in Austin, Texas. The proposal includes a 20 x 40 booth, participation of **15 ecosystem teams**, branding on conference materials, and main sponsorship of the Coindesk anniversary event. The proposal also covers Polkadot’s participation in the Coindesk Consensus hackathon, called the “HackerEarth Web3athon”, which occurs between April 17th and June 30th, with **seven ecosystem teams** participating. The proposal aimed to cover the costs of Polkadot's participation. More information can be found on the provided link.

- Encointer is seeking funding for its common-good parachain lease.
- The first funding proposal for Q1 and Q2 2023 was approved in December 2022.
- Kusama's Treasury has faced issues with unsustainable spending.
- Encointer now plans to seek funding from both Kusama and Polkadot (DOT) Treasuries.
- This proposal requests CHF 213,000 (USD 234,000) for July and August 2023.
- A future proposal will be submitted to the DOT Treasury after OpenGov is implemented on Polkadot.
- Encointer opposes retroactive funding, arguing it discourages investment and growth.

Executed

Encointer proposes to cover their expenses for July and August 2023 from the KSM treasury, amounting to CHF 213,000. They also plan to submit a proposal to the DOT treasury to cover their expenses from September onwards. They oppose retroactive funding but highlight the founder's unpaid work as pre-investment.

Encointer Lease2 Treasury Proposal 2/2

WHO: Encode Club and Polkadot.

WHAT: Requesting funding for the second online hackathon prizes, running the third online hackathon, and running the accelerator. 

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Total of £40k in DOT, utilizing the funding allocated for the 4th tranche scheduled for Q4 of 2023 from the initial agreement outlined. Second online hackathon in October, third online hackathon and accelerator in Q4 of 2023.

### Web3 Group Hackathon and Conference in Mexico

- **Proponent:** Web3 Group
- **Main Event:** Hackathon and conference in Mexico City on June 16-18, 2023
- **Smaller Events:** Four regional hackathons in Campeche, Guadalajara, Ensenada, and Monterrey from June 1-11
- **Education Bootcamp:** Online from May 1-30
- **Funding Request:** 4,701 KSM (approximately $140,000 USD)
- **Objective:** Educate students about the Substrate ecosystem, Rust, and Gear Protocol
- **Expected Participants:** 300 students and 600 conference visitors
- **Partners:** Gear Foundation, Zona3, and several Mexican universities
- **Budget:** $140,000 USD for side hackathons and main event, with additional support from Gear Foundation

Web3 Group proposes to organize a series of hackathons and a conference in Mexico City to educate students about the Polkadot ecosystem, with a budget of 4.701 KSM (140,000 USD) based on EMA7 value 29,78 on the 04/05/2023. The events will be held from June 1-18, 2023, and will include four regional hackathons, a mega hackathon, and a conference. The proposal aims to enhance awareness and comprehension of the DotSama Ecosystem and its Parachains, build a community of skilled developers, and create new minimum viable products (MVPs) for all participating Parachains using decentralized applications.

Proposal for Mega Web3 DotSama Bootckathons 

TimedOut

WHO: Quadrivium, Soramitsu, SRLabs, and Web3 Foundation
WHAT: Prepare KAGOME for upcoming Polkadot features, improve RPC and WASM performance, conduct external security audit, and conduct general maintenance
PRICE: Requested DOT 253,862
TIMEFRAME: Not specified
RESOURCES: Quadrivium C++ developers, Soramitsu for DevOps, QA, and security services, SRLabs for security audit, and Web3 Foundation as technical advisor.

- The Infrastructure maintenance bounty helps teams maintain and develop their projects funded by the treasury.
- It has been running for about a year and has supported multiple infrastructure proposals.
- The bounty aims to reduce work and time constraints for teams and improve community involvement in treasury spending.
- A report on approved child bounties has been delivered.
- A top-up request for the Infrastructure maintenance bounty is being made to continue its efforts.
- The proposal document includes details of achievements, future goals, and a breakdown of the requested top-up.
- The bounty's success can be seen in the spreadsheet linked in the report.
- The proposal document is available for review and can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x-KWa7U0oqFuXh_adA5e5BNYqz3ILCdqoDCGE2A5FuY/edit?usp=sharing).

WHO: The proposal is made by a team. 

WHAT: They aim to request a top-up of the Infrastructure maintenance bounty to aid teams that have been funded by the treasury before for the development of their ideas, to maintain infrastructure and perform continued operations. 

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The details of the requested top-up can be found in the proposal document.

Infrastructure Maintenance Bounty Top-up request 

**KusamaHub Summary**

- **KusamaHub** has released a Beta Version: [beta.kusamahub.com](https://beta.kusamahub.com/).
- The team plans to expand and develop the platform for the next 6 months.
- They aim to provide tools and bots to help projects improve awareness and information availability.
- A new, transparent development format will be introduced using Trello.
- Project owners can request help with bot setup or development through a Google form.
- The team encourages community feedback for future improvements.
- Contact details include Twitter, Email, and Telegram.

WHO: KusamaHub team

WHAT: Expand the team to provide a product ready for use by anyone in the community while helping projects with development tools and bots to improve awareness, interest, and availability of information related to their projects.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Costs breakdown available in the proposal document for the next 6 months of development.

Treasury Proposal: KusamaHub 2' Proposal for Continued Operations and Development

### Summary of OpenBrush Proposal

- **Purpose**: Develop OpenBrush, a core infrastructure for WASM smart contracts, to grow the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Background**: WebAssembly (WASM) is seen as the future of smart contracts, but lack of tools limits its adoption.
- **Current Use**: OpenBrush is used by 12 production-grade teams and 3 parachains.
- **Challenges**: Polkadot lacks native dApps; most are Ethereum forks.
- **Proposal**: Continue developing OpenBrush milestones 8-9 and 11-12.
- **Roadmap**: Includes creating educational materials, establishing new standards, and enhancing OpenBrush features.
- **Support**: The proposal aims to make ink! smart contracts more accessible and widely adopted in Polkadot.

Brushfam proposes to develop the 8-9 and 11-12 milestones of OpenBrush, a core infrastructure product for ink! smart contracts in the Polkadot ecosystem. The proposal aims to create educational materials, establish new standards for smart contracts, contribute to the development of ink! smart contract language, and introduce new features to make OpenBrush more flexible. The price for the proposal is 3404.65 KSM.

OpenBrush 8-9, 11-12 milestones development (WASM smart contracts)

Please reject! Incorrect request amount specified 

- A proposal was discussed on Polkassembly and improved.
- The project's full scope is available in a Google Docs document.
- The proposal is now a referendumV2.
- The proposer's address is E5oiBDNmhArBxBXK3C7phyGY9HB5zqtrVFxfeMzD9UV1hoa.
- Only the proposer can edit the description and title.
- If you own the account, you can log in and provide more details about the proposal.

WHO: The proposer address E5oiBDNmhArBxBXK3C7phyGY9HB5zqtrVFxfeMzD9UV1hoa.

WHAT: A treasury vote for a proposal discussed on Polkassembly.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Elixir Docs

### Polkagate Extension

- **Purpose**: A user-friendly browser extension for interacting with Polkadot/Substrate blockchains.
- **Features**:
  - Manage accounts, transfer funds, and view balances.
  - Support for Crowdloans, staking, and Ledger devices.
  - Detect phishing websites and manage proxies.
- **Availability**: Available on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge.
- **Milestone 1**: Completed with various functionalities.
- **Milestone 2**: Planned features include identity management, OpenGov integration, light client support, social recovery, and miscellaneous updates.
- **Budget**: Requested allocation of 6,533.71 KSM (approximately 210,000 USD).
- **Full Proposal**: Detailed information can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IOe8dNXycpu4RTmktVBeH9RAV-QW3jeUTHPxMw2rp6M/edit?usp=sharing).

Polkagate extension/wallet allows users to interact with Polkadot/Substrate based blockchains through a browser. The budget of **210 kUSD** is requested for the development of milestone 2, which includes adding identity management, OpenGov features, light client integration, social recovery, and other updates.

PolkaGate 2nd milestone

### HackaDOT 2023

- **Location**: East Asia
- **Objective**: Promote Substrate technology and Polkadot ecosystem
- **Format**: Combines online and offline phases
- **Duration**: 2.5 months (March 22 to June 11, 2023)
- **Components**: Includes workshops and hackathon events
- **Aims**:
  1. Promote Substrate framework
  2. Guide local developers into Polkadot
  3. Showcase Polkadot ecosystem use cases
- **Related Events**: Official side event of Buidl Asia 2023
- **Full Proposal**: Available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KT2EaGNAhdKvD1dv7AtlYFkN3wcvN7oSsshPROptvf8/edit?usp=sharing)

**WHO**: The organizers propose the FIRST-EVER hackathon in East Asia to unite blockchain engineers and promote the Substrate technology and Polkadot ecosystem.

**WHAT**: The HackaDOT 2023 aims to promote Substrate as an open-source framework, navigate local developers into the Polkadot Ecosystem, and showcase how Polkadot live-ecosystem leaders are building use cases using their technology.

**PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES**: The hackathon will be held both online and offline from 22 March to 11 June 2023, with 2.5 months of execution. The full proposal can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KT2EaGNAhdKvD1dv7AtlYFkN3wcvN7oSsshPROptvf8/edit?usp=sharing).

POLKADOT HACKATHON EAST ASIA Edition - HackaDOT 2023

Incorrect Proposal. Please Reject

### Italian Polkadot Ecosystem Hub Proposal

1. **Objective**: Create an Italian Polkadot Ecosystem Hub to increase community engagement and content availability in Italian.

2. **Content Creation**: Produce Italian-language content to educate and engage the Italian community about Polkadot.

3. **Decentralized Blogging**: Implement a decentralized blogging platform using Subsocial Network, promoting Web3 principles.

4. **Community Engagement**: Organize events, social media activities, and live shows to connect with Italian crypto influencers and communities.

5. **Transparency Tools**: Develop reporting and analytics tools to provide transparent updates on activities.

6. **Mission**: Establish a trustworthy source of information, create a reference point for the Italian community, and empower community contributions.

7. **Polkadot Arena**: An Italian-language project aiming to share knowledge and grow the Polkadot ecosystem in Italy.

8. **Full Proposal**: Detailed information can be found in the [full proposal document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RwOWrLDKXmP3_0QkwRfQnG6w0eKDd4ZYWoygHM6hTkk/edit).

Polkadot Arena proposes to create the Italian Polkadot Ecosystem Hub by producing Italian content, implementing a decentralised blogging platform, community engagement activities, and creating tools for reporting and analytics. The proposal is in line with similar proposals and is based on current market prices. The mission is to increase the availability and quality of content in Italian, establish a trustworthy source of information, become the point of reference for the Italian community, and empower the Italian community to be part of the first Italian Polkadot Ecosystem Hub.

Creation of the Italian Polkadot Ecosystem Hub

- **Event**: 2023 Polkadot Prodigy Hackathon
- **Focus**: Eastern European countries
- **Format**: Online with a closing ceremony in Bulgaria
- **Participants**: Open to developers worldwide
- **Goal**: Promote Substrate technology and Polkadot ecosystem
- **Duration**: 11 weeks from May 1 to July 15, 2023
- **Funding**: Covers operational costs and prizes
- **Objective**: Foster innovation and community building

WHO: Georgi

WHAT: Funding for 2023 Polkadot Prodigy Hackathon, an online event aimed at promoting Substrate technology, attracting more developers to the Polkadot ecosystem, encouraging building and participation across parachains, and creating a strong community.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The proposed funding will cover the operational costs of the event and prizes for the winners. The event will take place over eleven weeks, from 1 May to 15 July 2023.

Kusama & Polkadot Prodigy Hackathon 2023

**Sophia's Update on The Canary Network X Polkadot Network Experience**

- Sophia is the VR curator for The Canary Network X Polkadot Network Experience.
- The team, including aemonk, Mcbeaster, and Yung Beef 4.2, completed M3 one month ahead of schedule.
- The team's commitment helped bring the project closer to completion.
- They are now moving on to the next phase, M4.
- More details about M4 can be found [here](https://www.canarynetwork.eco/ms4).
- Sophia thanks everyone for their consideration and looks forward to feedback.

WHO: The Canary Network X Polkadot Network Experience team led by VR curator Sophia. 

WHAT: Moving onto the next phase of their project, M4, as outlined in the provided link. 

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

3rd time's a charm - Milestone 4 - Canary Network X Polkadot Network Experience - RE-RE-SUBMISSION

### Summary

- Sophia, VR curator for The Canary Network X Polkadot Network Experience, introduces M4.
- The team (aemonk, Mcbeaster, Yung Beef 4.2) completed M3 one month ahead of schedule.
- The team is now ready to move to the next phase, M4.
- A review of the most recent experience is available [here](https://www.canarynetwork.eco/ms4).
- The proposal has a UI error and should be rejected; a re-submission is available [here](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/115).
- Thank you for consideration.

Proposal is about The Canary Network X Polkadot Network Experience's M4 phase. No information is given about WHO wants to do WHAT, for WHAT price/timeframe/resources.

PLEASE REJECT ALSO - RE-SUBMITTAL - Milestone 4 - The Kusama Network X The Polkadot Network Experience

### Summary

- Sophia, VR curator for The Canary Network X Polkadot Network Experience, introduces M4.
- Thanks the team (aemonk, Mcbeaster, Yung Beef 4.2) for completing M3 ahead of schedule.
- The team is now ready to move to the next phase, M4.
- M4 details and a review of the recent experience can be found [here](https://www.canarynetwork.eco/ms4).
- A UI error on the proposal is mentioned, with a request to reject and refer to the re-submission [here](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/115).
- Thank you for consideration.

This proposal is a thank you note and an announcement of the start of the next phase of The Canary Network X Polkadot Network Experience, called M4. No specific actions, price, timeframe or resources are mentioned.

PLEASE REJECT - Milestone 4 - The Kusama Network X The Polkadot Network Experience

### Subsquid Archive Infrastructure Summary

- **Purpose**: Provides high-performance data indexing for Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems.
- **Data Access**: Offers on-chain data in GraphQL format for major parachains.
- **Usage**: Used by Squids and for efficient data exploration.
- **Upgrades in Q4**: Improved TypeScript code, support for polkadotJS types, and expanded network support to 48.
- **Query Statistics**: Served over 128.5 million queries in Q4, with a peak of 1.8 million daily responses.
- **Trend**: Shows a growing trend in daily queries, partly due to new Archive deployments.
- **Future Plans**: Researching and implementing further improvements in Q1 2023.
- **Funding Request**: Seeking 3,594.64 KSM for ongoing costs.

Subsquid is requesting 3,594.64 KSM for ongoing costs to run high performance, scalable, and reliable data indexing infrastructure for most of the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem. The infrastructure provides access to on-chain data in GraphQL format for all major parachains on Kusama and Polkadot. The team has released incremental upgrades to the SDK and deployed new Archives, expanding the list of available networks to 48. Over Q4 2023, the infrastructure served a total of 128.5 million queries, with a growing trend towards the end of the year.

**Proponent**: Subsquid Lab Official - FAyqRVLZmXVUU9pNeG8w8SxS5xRgN8FRGeWLL6u9S32TMHc

### Polkadot Safari Conference

- **Event**: First-ever Polkadot conference in Africa, hosted by Safari DAO.
- **Location**: Naivasha, Kenya, near Nairobi.
- **Dates**: March 30 - April 1, 2023.
- **Attendees**: Expected from Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda, Madagascar, and other African nations.
- **Objective**: Promote Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems, attract developers, and raise awareness.
- **Activities**: Includes a bootckathon, speaker sessions, and networking opportunities.
- **Sponsorships**: 65 local and African scholars will be sponsored to attend.
- **Funding Request**: 6,918.88 KSM (USD $289,900).

Polkadot Safari proposes a 2-day conference in Kenya to promote Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems in Africa. The conference will cost 6,918.88 KSM (USD $289,900) and will take place from March 30th to April 1st, 2023. The event aims to attract new developers, community builders, and users to the ecosystem both locally and in the continent. The conference will bring together developers, researchers, media, investors, and other stakeholders to experience the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems, share knowledge, and discover new collaboration opportunities.

[Big Spender] Referendum #109

### GMI Crypto Media Proposal Summary

1. **Project Overview**: GMI Crypto Media is a podcast series aiming to explore the rise of crypto-media, featuring interviews with industry experts.

2. **Funding and History**: Initially funded by Edgeware, the project now seeks funding from Kusama's treasury. Previous proposals have been approved and failed, with the latest version approved.

3. **Content Focus**: The series aims to provide in-depth discussions on crypto topics, featuring both industry insiders and skeptics, and experimenting with novel forms of public goods funding.

4. **Technical Development**: The project includes technical development to simplify user onboarding, including a wallet-less onboarding process and non-financial incentives.

5. **Distribution Strategy**: The series will be distributed through social media and partnerships with publishers, focusing on organic growth rather than paid media.

6. **Contributors**: The project is led by Decent Partners and includes a team with experience in media production for platforms like Apple Music, Spotify, BBC, and Channel 4.

7. **Budget and Timeline**: The total request is $197,710.20, with a timeline for delivery of episodes within 6-9 months after funding approval.

8. **Success Metrics**: The project aims to drive new and active addresses on Kusama, focusing on qualitative success as a trusted source of information rather than traditional social media KPIs.

Decent Partners proposes to create a network public service podcast series called GMI Crypto Media, featuring established and emerging faces from the crypto community and people from outside the ecosystem. The series aims to present balanced, critical, and informative output that becomes valued by established and emerging publishers and distributors looking for high-quality information sources. The project also funds technical development focused on radically simplifying the onboarding experience for new users, using premium media and strategic distribution to drive new and active addresses on Kusama through experimental wallet-less onboarding. The total request is $197,710.20, and the project aims to conclude within 6-9 months.

Proposal: GMI crypto media, an original network public service podcast series

### Virto Team Proposal Summary

- **Objective:** Develop a developer-friendly stack combining Substrate and Matrix ecosystems.
- **Focus:** Create user-friendly Web3 tools to attract new users to Kusama.
- **Budget:** $282,785.00 or 9,373.05 KSM.
- **Team Vision:** Aim to reduce social inequality and improve public resource allocation.
- **Exclusions:** Hardware wallet prototype and Local Incentives Protocol are not part of this proposal.
- **Community Feedback:** Based on learnings from Referenda 47 and 68.
- **Links:** Full proposal and budget details available in provided documents and videos.

Virto Team proposes to build a developer-friendly stack that brings Substrate and Matrix together to create infrastructure for user-friendly Web3 tools with minimal friction. The proposal costs $282,785.00 or 9,373.05 KSM and aims to bring new users to Kusama ecosystem. The team's long term vision is to reduce social inequality and improve the efficient allocation of public resources. The proposal excludes the development of a hardware wallet prototype and the implementation of the Local Incentives Protocol.

Trial fund for Virto team

### Summary of Proposal 47 Update

- **Superseded by Proposal 77**: The current proposal is no longer being pursued in favor of a "trial run" with reduced funding.
- **Feedback Response**: The Virto team has listened to community feedback and adjusted their proposal accordingly.
- **Focus Change**: The new proposal excludes parachain development and hardware wallet funding.
- **Team Background**: The Virto team has a strong track record in the Polkadot ecosystem, having built multiple projects with previous funding.
- **Objective**: To create user-friendly Web3 tools and infrastructure to increase decentralized technology adoption.
- **Funding Request**: Originally seeking 20,000 KSM, the new proposal requests a smaller amount for a shorter period.
- **Impact**: The team aims to reduce social inequality and improve resource allocation through their Local Incentives Protocol.
- **Additional Resources**: The team has provided detailed documents and videos explaining their proposal and addressing community questions.

The Virto team proposes to build a developer-friendly stack to increase decentralized technology adoption in Kusama and Polkadot ecosystems. They request 20,000 KSM in funding to continue their work towards reducing social inequality and improving the efficient allocation of public resources. Their vision is to empower local communities with autonomous micro-economies through their Local Incentives Protocol (LIP).

Developer friendly stack to build Impactful Web3 Infrastructure for Kusama (funding the Virto team)

### Virto Network Proposal Summary

1. **Virto Team**: A creative and capable group with a track record of building projects in the Polkadot ecosystem.
2. **Past Projects**: Successfully completed projects include `Sube`, `Scales`, `orml-payments`, `libwallet`, and `Fido`.
3. **2023 Goals**: Focus on making blockchain technology accessible to non-crypto-native users.
4. **Key Projects**: 
   - **Summa**: Integrates Substrate with Matrix for decentralized communication.
   - **Hardware Wallet**: A prototype of a wallet that can be lost without losing funds.
   - **Kreivo**: A tokenless sister chain for real-world payments.
   - **FiDOS Super App**: A decentralized app for managing blockchain interactions.
5. **Technology Stack**: Developed a lightweight, WASM-friendly stack to make blockchain technology more accessible.
6. **Team and Budget**: A team of 12+ members with a budget request of 20,000 KSM (approximately 470,000 USD).
7. **Challenges**: Building in the crypto space can be unpredictable, with potential for financial losses due to market fluctuations.

The Virto team proposes to be supported to continue building their projects for the ecosystem, with a focus on making blockchain technology extremely accessible to the non-crypto-native 99% of the population. They have several exciting projects lined up for 2023, including Summa, a lightweight multi-chain capable node extensible with WebAssembly plugins, integrated with Matrix, and a hardware wallet prototype. The team consists of 12+ people, and the requested 20,000 KSM at a price of 23.5USD/KSM would equal 470,000 USD, minus 10K of operational costs and leaving a 20% buffer, they are left with 368,000 USD.

[34] Origin: BigSpender