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### Summary of Acala Foundation's Parachain Issues

- Acala Foundation won a parachain slot auction with Para ID 2233, intending to renew Karura's lease.
- Para ID 2233 is locked and in a bad state, requiring root track management.
- Acala proposed [RFC-14](https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/RFCs/pull/14) to fix the issue and improve the parachain lock mechanism.
- A draft implementation is available at [GitHub PR #7560](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/pull/7560).
- Polkadot Fellowship's takeover of Polkadot runtime is delaying the process.
- Acala wants to perform a lease swap between Karura (Para ID 2000) and Para ID 2233 using root track.
- If RFC-14 is enacted, future lease swaps and state updates could be self-serviced, reducing the need for root track governance.

root

The proposal suggests performing a lease swap between Karura and Para ID 2233 to fix the bad state and improve the parachain lock mechanism. The timeframe and resources required for the implementation are uncertain due to the ongoing process of taking over the ownership of Polkadot runtime.

Perform lease swap for Karura

- Sianoi represents HER DAO Kenya (HDK) and Safari DAO.
- They are requesting a second allocation of funds for Polkadot Safari held in March/April.
- The requested amount is KSM 2,372.28 EMA 30.
- A report from April is attached for more information.
- The second allocation aims to fully compensate the organizers.
- Organizers worked without full pay for months to gain trust.
- Sianoi signs off with "May the sky be your basement."

Rejected

medium_spender

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

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WHO: Polkadot community

WHAT: Create a bounty to attract potential partners and businesses in Brazil to the Polkadot ecosystem, aiming to position Polkadot as the leading blockchain platform in the country.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 168,000 USD using Subscan EMA7 of 10/11/2023 ($5 per DOT) over six months. Curator reward: 10% of allocation divided by all curators.

TEST - PLEASE IGNORE

Tip for N4DRO for his forensic analysis of addresses associated with recent voting behavior

Forensic accounting tip

- **Project**: Maintenance of the [substrate-api-client](https://github.com/scs/substrate-api-client) from August 2023 to October 2023.
- **Purpose**: The library connects to substrate-based nodes via RPC in a no-std environment.
- **Features**: Similar to [Polkadot-js](https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/polkadotjs), it allows developers to interact with Polkadot or Kusama chains.
- **Rust Alternatives**: The most popular Rust RPC client is [subxt](https://github.com/paritytech/subxt), which uses the Rust standard library (std).
- **Unique Value**: The substrate-api-client works in environments where the Rust standard library is unavailable, like trusted execution environments or IoT devices.
- **Previous Work**: This proposal continues previous maintenance efforts from [Nov22-Jan23](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/26), [Feb23-Apr23](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/88), and [May23-Jul23](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/182).
- **Goal**: To seek ongoing funding for the project.
- **Full Proposal**: Available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VP5x4rQAgZr1q_KrHiAzGWfZGIsDOGq3vwWR-uUoWAQ/edit?usp=sharing).

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

### ChaosDAO Proposal Summary

- **Proponent Address:** J7UBNJqKHkRi3NkxMV6Y43cMk1ZjEJWzq4z4XmqmNCcFTfM
- **KSM Requested:** 84.21 KSM (equivalent to $2,000 based on 7-day EMA as of 23-Jul-2023)
- **Objective:** Fund the next stage of development for a Discord bot that facilitates on-chain governance voting.
- **Current Status:** ChaosDAO has already created a Discord bot that pulls data from OpenGov referenda on Subsquare and Polkassembly.
- **New Feature:** The bot will allow Discord communities to anonymously vote on referenda and issue on-chain votes using a Governance Proxy.
- **Scope:** The bot is designed for all organizations, not just ChaosDAO, to participate in on-chain governance through Discord.
- **Full Proposal:** Available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_ch36KMtP_-2gG7MVWqx05TO5vrmhJelZJIfqM1a7Gs/edit?usp=sharing).

small_spender

WHO: ChaosDAO
WHAT: Funding for development of a Discord bot that enables on-chain governance voting on behalf of communities using a Governance Proxy.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 84.21 KSM ($2,000 based on 7d EMA on 23-Jul-2023 when the preimage was submitted). Full proposal available in the provided link.

OpenGov Community Voting Discord Bot

### Stakeworld.io Funding Request Summary

- **Services Maintained**: 
  - Public RPC services for Kusama, Kusama Commons, Encointer, Westend, and Westend Commons.
  - Bootnodes for Kusama and Westend.

- **RPC Requests Served**:
  - 133,390,042 requests for Kusama and common chains.
  - 37,080,656 requests for Westend and common chains.

- **Previous Funding**:
  - Follow-up from earlier requests, now seeking pre-funding instead of post-funding.

- **Reasons for Pre-Funding**:
  - Concerns about treasury spending and the future of RPC services.
  - Need for clarity in funding to plan resources effectively.

- **Service Beliefs**:
  - RPC services are still necessary as light nodes are not yet mainstream.
  - Diversity in providers is beneficial, including smaller ones.
  - Trust earned through a long track record of responsible use of funds.

- **Full Proposal**:
  - Available [here](https://github.com/stakeworld/stakeworld-treasury/blob/master/2023-Q3-kusama.md).

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.

[medium spender] Request for maintenance of Stakeworld's RPC infrastructure and bootnodes

### OnFinality's Kusama Q2 2023 Treasury Proposal

- **Proponent:** ELkVhHcvaP9L43RK9SP6Wn3FBfusEN5EJe2gH7aA2ETiufP
- **Date:** 18th July 2023
- **Requested Amount:** KSM 2,534.3895 (USD $62,110.28)
- **Purpose:** To cover ongoing costs for high-performance, scalable, and reliable public infrastructure for Kusama and Statemine.
- **Key Achievements:**
  - Provided a scalable free public API service for Kusama and Statemine nodes.
  - Launched Trace API for enhanced visibility into dApps.
  - Added geographical insights and automatic storage expansion for nodes.
  - Improved performance and reliability with 99.99% uptime.
  - Optimized costs through advanced rate limiting and revenue-sharing schemes.
- **Service Details:**
  - Served almost 2 billion API responses and accumulated over 31,000 GB of data egress.
  - Supported new networks and improved health metric collection tools.
- **Cost Breakdown:** Total running cost for Kusama and Statemine infrastructure is USD $62,110.28.

**WHO:** OnFinality

**WHAT:** Requesting KSM 2,534.3895 (USD $62,110.28) for ongoing costs of running high performance, scalable, and reliable public infrastructure for Kusama and Statemine.

**TIMEFRAME:** Q2 2023

**RESOURCES:** See full proposal for breakdown of costings and more information.

OnFinality High Performance Public Infrastructure (Q2 2023)

Wrong proposal

- A referendum (number 239) is being held regarding a documentary about Gavin Wood.
- The requested budget for the project is 600 KSM.
- The full project proposal is available in a Google Docs link.
- Gavin Wood will provide consent for the documentary.
- The filmmaker, Lovisa, will be available for questions and suggestions during filming and editing.
- The referendum is not number 240, as previously mentioned.
- Voting is now open for the referendum.

WHO: Gavin Wood and Lovisa Sunesson

WHAT: Gavin Wood documentary

PRICE: 600 KSM

TIMEFRAME: Not specified

RESOURCES: Not specified

VOTE OPEN Treasury Proposal : Funding for Gavin Wood documentary / portrait

- **Polkashots.io** was a snapshot service for validators and node operators since early 2021.
- The service was valuable for ensuring network reliability.
- Warp Sync made snapshot services redundant, leading to the service's shutdown in April 2023.
- The team is seeking reimbursement for 74% of their cloud costs from January to April 2023.
- The remaining costs will be covered by the team.
- This request follows a failed Polkadot referendum (Referendum 10).
- A new proposal seeks 332.5 KSM (Kusama) and 999 DOT (Polkadot) for a total of 13,490 USD.
- More details are available in the provided link.

Polkashots.io, a snapshot service for validators and node operators, is seeking reimbursement of 74% of cloud spend for Jan-Apr period, due to the implementation of Warp Sync. They are proposing a Small Spender proposal for 332.5 KSM, paired with a Polkadot proposal for 999 DOT, totaling **13,490 USD**.

Polkashots.io Cloud Costs January-April 2023

### RadiumBlock Reimbursement Request

- **RadiumBlock** is an infrastructure provider for the **Polkadot/Substrate** community.
- They are requesting **$22,050** for providing **RPC services** for the **Kusama networks** in Q2 2023.
- Services include **Kusama** and **AssetHub/Statemine** RPC endpoints.
- Features:
  - **Archive node** based RPC endpoints.
  - Support for **websocket** and **http** for RPC requests.
  - **12 locations** worldwide.
  - **High availability** hardware in data centers.
  - **Low latency** access globally.
- Usage:
  - **Kusama RPC nodes** served **38 million responses** per day.
  - **Statemine RPC nodes** served **1.5 million responses** per day.
- They also provide services for other chains like **Astar** and **Ajuna**.

RadiumBlock seeks reimbursement of $22,050 for providing RPC services for Kusama and AssetHub/Statemine RPC endpoints in Q2 2023. Their RPC endpoints include archive node-based endpoints, 12 location PoP, and low latency access across the world. They have served an average of 38 million responses per day for Kusama and 1.5 million responses per day for Statemine.

RadiumBlock seeks reimbursement for Kusama Endpoint Service (Q2 2023)

### Summary

- **Bifrost** is a parachain on Kusama and Polkadot that offers liquid tokens for staked assets.
- They are requesting **50,000 KSM** from the Kusama treasury to provide liquidity for KSM and vKSM pairs.
- This proposal is similar to a successful one from last year, which will be repaid on **July 20, 2023**.
- Bifrost aims to improve KSM staking liquidity and expand its use in various DeFi applications.
- They have already grown KSM staked with Bifrost from **70,108 KSM** to **347,823 KSM** in the past year.
- Bifrost has developed new vTokens and improved XCM V3 for better cross-chain communication.
- They plan to use the borrowed KSM on Zenlink and Mangata DEXs to provide liquidity.

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Bifrost requests 50,000 KSM from Kusama Treasury to provide liquidity for vKSM and KSM pair. The loan will be repaid with interest on July 20, 2023. Bifrost aims to facilitate capital flow of KSM staking and enhance the consensus security of Kusama network. The funds will be managed transparently through Kusama and Bifrost governance. Bifrost has achieved significant growth in the past year and has ongoing developments and collaborations.

Treasury proposal: KSM liquidity subsidy for KSM liquid staking token - vKSM

### Kusama Referendum Summary

1. **Referendum Purpose**: A referendum is being proposed to reconfigure Kusama's runtime, specifically the spending tracks.

2. **Changes in Spending Tracks**:
   - **Small Tipper**: Max Deciding changed from 200 to 6, Preparation Period from 1 min to 3 hrs.
   - **Big Tipper**: Max Deciding changed from 100 to 3, Preparation Period from 10 mins to 6 hrs.
   - **Small Spender**: Spend Limit reduced from 333 KSM to 100 KSM, Max Deciding from 50 to 7, Preparation Period from 4 hrs to 24 hrs.
   - **Medium Spender**: Spend Limit reduced from 3,333 KSM to 1,250 KSM, Max Deciding from 50 to 2, Preparation Period from 4 hrs to 24 hrs.
   - **Big Spender**: Spend Limit reduced from 33,333 KSM to 2,500 KSM, Max Deciding from 50 to 1, Min Approval from 50% to 66%, Preparation Period from 4 hrs to 24 hrs, Confirmation Period from 48 hrs to 24 hrs.
   - **Treasurer**: Min Approval from 50% to 66%, Preparation Period from 2 hrs to 48 hrs, Confirmation Period from 3 hrs to 48 hrs, Decision Period from 14 days to 28 days.

3. **Verification**: The changes can be verified using `srtool v0.11.0`.

4. **Github Summary**: A detailed summary of the changes is available [on Github](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/compare/release-v0.9.43...adamsteeber:polkadot:adam-spending-reconfig).

5. **Treasury Discussions**: Discussions about the treasury reconfiguration are available [here](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/kusama-treasury-analysis-reconfiguration/2484) and [here](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/kusama-treasury-follow-up-analysis-continued-budgeting-incompetence/3143).

6. **Video Explanation**: A video explaining the referendum was removed from YouTube but is available on Twitter.

7. **srtool Output**: The runtime was compiled using `srtool v0.11.0` with specific details provided in the output.

WHO: Adam Steeber

WHAT: Prepared a referendum to reconfigure Kusama's runtime spending tracks.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Spending Tracks Reconfiguration - runtime v9431

big_spender

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.

- **Memory Limit Issue**: Parachain validators need more memory than collators to process state proofs, currently both have a 128MB limit.
- **Proposal**: Increase the memory limit for parachain validators to 512MB.
- **Code Change**: The proposed code sets the memory limit to 8192 pages (512MB).
- **Hash**: The hash for the proposed change is `0x1c356149b664ec3f7d89eeb56a3469bd5f468ae7fafa2b13f2423618db6c922e`.
- **Steps**: 
  1. Submit the preimage for a Fellowship referendum.
  2. Open a Fellowship referendum to whitelist the call.
  3. Submit the preimage for a public referendum.
  4. Open a public referendum to dispatch the call.
- **Links**: Provided URLs for submitting and opening referendums on Polkadot.js.

whitelisted_caller

WHO: The proposal is made by an unknown individual or group.

WHAT: The proposal suggests increasing the memory limit for PVF execution to 512MB.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Increase MaxMemoryPages to 512MB

[Whitelisted Caller] Referendum #232: Update Parachain Validation No Show Slots

[Whitelisted Caller] Referendum #231: Open HRMP Channel Between Asset Hub and Bridge Hub

### Summary of Referendum #227 on Kusama

- **Purpose**: Remove pool limits on Kusama to allow nomination pools to grow without restrictions.
- **Changes**:
  - `maxPools` limit removed (currently 141 pools).
  - `maxMembers` limit removed (currently 915 members).
  - `maxPoolMembersPerPool` limit removed.
- **Current Limits**:
  - `maxPools`: 256 -> None
  - `maxMembers`: 65,536 -> None
  - `maxPoolMembersPerPool`: 1,024 -> None
- **Further Reading**:
  - Polkadot Forum discussion.
  - GitHub tracking issue for more details.

WHO: Kusama network

WHAT: Remove pool limits on Kusama, allowing nomination pools to grow without bounds.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

[TAKE TWO] Next revision of increasing nomination pool limits & commission

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Origin for signaling that the network wishes for some change

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