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- This post is about a new referendum to replace Referenda 10.
- The goal is to give more money (top-up) to the Moderation Team Bounty.
- The team helps support the community.
- The top-up is needed sooner because of current market conditions.
- Some changes were made to the original proposal.
- You can find all the details and changes in a document [HERE](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aFniLjcaNHc4ehJyIy0zQbWJJsEHqWuCRxX0szggPxk).
- The original top-up post is [HERE](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/bounty/14#a22a560c-fc0d-4d3c-8ff3-5890e08b79af).
- Thank you for reading!

Executed

WHO: The community of Kusama.

WHAT: Requesting a top-up to the Moderation Team Bounty to continue funding their contributions and support to the community.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified. Details can be found in the provided links.

Big Spender Proposal: Moderation Team Bounty Top-up

- **Describedot** creates educational videos about the Dotsama ecosystem.
- Started a year ago, they have made 34 videos and gained 30,000 views.
- They focus on teaching Polkadot and governance in simple Hindi.
- Received support from Polkadot and Kusama Council Members.
- Aim to help people understand governance and networks through basic videos.
- First milestone covered by WagMedia, now seeking a spending proposal.
- Community can learn more and ask questions through their document.

WHO: Describedot, an educational video creator focusing on the Polkadot stack and governance for Hindi-speaking audiences.

WHAT: Requesting funding support for continuing their work on creating educational videos and weekly updates around the Dotsama ecosystem.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified in the given text.

Describedot Proposal: Production of 45 Dotsama ecosystem tutorial videos

### Substrate API Client Proposal

- **Purpose**: The proposal aims to fund the maintenance and development of the **substrate-api-client**, a Rust library for connecting to Substrate-based nodes.
  
- **Alternative**: It serves as an alternative to **subxt**, another Rust library with similar functionality.

- **Importance**: Having multiple RPC clients is beneficial for Rust developers working with Substrate parachains.

- **Unique Feature**: The substrate-api-client supports **no_std** environments, enabling extrinsic creation in trusted hardware like Intel SGX, which is useful for IoT applications.

- **User-Friendly**: The library has an easy-to-use interface and includes practical examples, making it suitable for new developers.

- **Funding Goals**:
  1. **Maintenance**: Support and maintenance for 3 months (Nov 22 - Jan 23).
  2. **New Features**: Evaluation and design of two new features:
     - CLI wallet implementation
     - Full **no_std** compatibility

- **Details**: For more information, see the [discussion](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/1923) and the [full proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hJzzmimz_pjK-_4TunKvs-i2Zot2_9Ob3qUr7BlzaNo/edit?usp=sharing).

WHO: The substrate-api-client development team

WHAT: Maintenance and support for the substrate api client for 3 months, evaluation, and design of CLI-wallet implementation and full no_std-compatibility.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

[Replacement of Referendum #11] Treasury Proposal: Maintenance for the substrate-api-client Nov-22 to Jan-23

### Encointer on Kusama

- **Encointer** is a common-good parachain on Kusama.
- After its first year, Encointer has been granted another 48 weeks on Kusama.
- The Encointer Association is seeking funding for its activities in 2023.
- The proposed budget for Q1 and Q2 2023 is CHF 610,000 (22,089 KSM).
- The detailed proposal includes:
  1. An overview of Encointer.
  2. Achievements so far.
  3. Plans for 2023.
  4. Past funding sources.
  5. Past expenditures.
  6. Planned expenditures for 2023.
  7. Proposal terms.

Encointer Association seeks funding of CHF 610,000 = 22,089 KSM for Q1 and Q2 2023 to cover planned activities for the new common-good parachain lease period on Kusama. Detailed proposal includes achievements, plans, budget, and proposal terms.

[Big Spender] Encointer lease 2 Treasury Proposal

### Summary

- **Polkawatch Launch**: Introduced decentralization analytics on Kusama and Nomination Pools support.
- **Community Awareness**: Growing interest in decentralization, sparked by a deplatforming event of Solana nodes.
- **Community Involvement**: Teams like Wallets, Parachains, and Data Scientists are seeking access to data to contribute to ecosystem awareness.
- **Parachain Vulnerabilities**: Despite being secured by the relay chain, parachains are still at risk of censorship from various sources.
- **Proposal Aim**: To extend Polkawatch support to parachains, continuing service operations, and making minor improvements.
- **Discussion**: Proposal discussed on Polkassembly and at AAG#11, with community feedback incorporated.
- **Detailed Proposal**: Available for review in a Google Docs document.

Polkawatch proposes to bring parachain support to their decentralization analytics service, following interest from the community. The proposal includes continued operation of the service and minor improvements. Details can be found in the [detailed proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ljvYDuazbNBgjf94yFUbUEdeyBN5ixG6BXAEKxuxmL4/edit?usp=sharing).

[Replacement for Referenda #5] Polkawatch Decentralization Analytics Parachain Support and Continued Operation.

**Ordum Proposal Summary**

- **Purpose**: To create a public good grants aggregator for Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems.
- **Problem**: Current grant management tools (like Gitcoin) are insufficient, leading to scattered information and funding inefficiencies.
- **Solution**: Develop a decentralized app (dapp) to index and manage grants, including tracking milestones and integrating with GitHub.
- **Features**: 
  - Custom APIs for tracking proposals.
  - Integration with GitHub for non-treasury grants.
  - Light clients for quick data retrieval.
  - Login with multiple DID services, GitHub, and wallets.
- **NFT Certificates**: Mint non-transferable NFTs as certificates for completed milestones, stored on Crust.
- **Transparency**: Display milestones, grant applications, and funding on team profiles.
- **Funding**: Requested $78,804 or 2770 KSM.

Ordum proposes to build a public goods grant aggregator for Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. The solution includes a dapp containing all grants, NFTs as "certificates" for completed milestones, and a front-end displaying funding amounts and certificates within a roadmap. The requested funding is 78,804 USD or 2770 KSM.

[Resubmission proposal 4] Treasury Proposal: Ordum | Public Good Grants Aggregator for Polkadot and Kusama

- The InvArch Network team is developing a new multi-signature solution called Saturn for the Dotsama ecosystem.
- Saturn aims to be easily adopted by existing wallets and provide a better experience than external solutions like Gnosis Safe.
- The team has received positive feedback from Parity Technologies and strong interest from the community.
- Current multi-signature solutions in the ecosystem are either limiting or time-consuming to develop.
- Saturn will be open-source and usable with KSM, not requiring TNKR tokens.
- The team believes Saturn will significantly improve Kusama's multi-signature experience.
- Public support for the project has been positive, and the team seeks community backing to proceed.

InvArch Network team proposes to build an open-source multi-signature solution named Saturn, available to every parachain & dApp on those parachains. The solution will be easily adopted by existing wallets in the ecosystem, providing a superior multi-signature solution to the Dotsama ecosystem compared to external solutions such as Gnosis Safe. The proposal is designed to service the entirety of Kusama & its parachains, and the cost breakdown can be found in the provided link.

InvArch Tinkernet - Funding for a Multi-Signature Solution

### Summary of Post Content

- A referendum (#2) was initially unsuccessful because it required a specific permission (root origin) to enact.
- The proposal was resubmitted using a different method (treasury.Spend) and can be found [here](https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/referendum/5).
- Polkawatch, a decentralization analytics tool, was recently launched on Kusama and now supports Nomination Pools.
- The community is increasingly aware of the importance of decentralization, sparked by a recent deplatforming event of Solana nodes.
- Polkawatch aims to add support for parachains, which are secured by the relay chain but still vulnerable to censorship.
- The proposal for parachain support and other improvements has been discussed and can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ljvYDuazbNBgjf94yFUbUEdeyBN5ixG6BXAEKxuxmL4/edit?usp=sharing).
- Community feedback has been incorporated into the proposal.

Rejected

WHO: Polkawatch team

WHAT: Bring parachain support for Polkawatch, continued operation of the service, and other minor improvements.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Polkawatch Decentralization Analytics Parachain Support and Continued Operation. [this proposal will not enact successfully if approved: more info below]

[34] Origin: BigSpender