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Open HRMP channels between Integritee and Asset Hub

- Encointer asked for money to keep working until December 2023.  
- They made a plan to keep their project running without needing more money soon.  
- They fixed their phone app and made it better.  
- They helped communities in Tanzania and Argentina.  
- They made a group in Zurich to help more people use their project.  
- They want to keep their project working well with a small team.  
- They will focus on helping places where their work can do the most good.

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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

- This vote removes old, broken keys from storage.  
- 19 keys were from a 2019 upgrade that went wrong.  
- 381 more keys were inactive and couldn't be read.  
- No active validators were affected.  
- The removal was checked by code to be safe.  
- The Fellowship group approved this change.  
- The person who suggested this is verified.

whitelisted_caller

WHO: Polkadot-Fellows

WHAT: Remove undecodable keys from Kusama storage, including 19 undecodable Locks and 381 inactive SessionKeys.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Clean up undecodable Locks and SessionKeys

Upgrade Kusama Asset Hub to Patch Release v1.1.1

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wenbeefy

This project is about making graffiti art with the Kusama logo in big cities, starting with Barcelona. Here's what they will do:

1. Design a template of the Kusama logo.
2. Paint the template with black spray paint in cities.
3. Take a photo of each graffiti piece.
4. Turn the photos into special digital items called NFTs.
5. Put the NFTs on the Kusama blockchain.

In the future, people can use the template to make their own graffiti in different cities. They will be paid by the treasury and upload their work to the blockchain. Each graffiti spot will be marked on a map, so people can visit them like special places during their travels. They should also show respect by kneeling in front of the Kusama logo.

The project is inspired by ideas about power and how people can use art to challenge the way things are. The graffiti will be a symbol of rebellion and change in public spaces.

Here's what they need to do:

- Make a quick template of the Kusama logo.
- Create graffiti, take a photo, and put it on StateMine.
- Mark the graffiti spot on a map for others to visit and kneel.

They have some rules for the first 10 cities:

- Each city must have more than 2,000,000 people or be the most populated city in the country.
- They can't repeat cities.
- They need to take a photo of the NFT, upload it, and mark it on the map.

Descentralized art project

- This referendum is about lowering the minimum balance needed for assets on Kusama's Asset Hub.
- When you pay fees with certain assets, the system still calculates the fee in KSM and converts it.
- If the minimum KSM balance is reduced by 10 times, fees in other assets will increase by 10 times.
- The proposal lowers the minimum balance for assets like USDT, RMRK, and DOT by 10 times.
- It also updates the metadata for bridged DOT, which had an issue before.
- The change will happen at block 21,570,500, just before the Asset Hub updates.

The proposal aims to reduce the minimum balance requirement for all sufficient assets by a factor of 10, preserving the ratio, and update metadata for bridged DOT. The enactment block is set just before the Asset Hub upgrades to the lower ED. No information provided on price/timeframe/resources.

Update Sufficient Asset Minimum Balances

- A referendum is happening to choose curators for Bounty #25 about Public RPCs for Relay and Systems Chains.  
- 5 people are proposed as curators:  
  - Alex Dimitrijevic (works at Parity Technologies)  
  - Ivy Network (a group)  
  - Eric Poh (CEO of Pinknode)  
  - Leemo (works with Nova Wallet, Robonomics, and others)  
  - lolmcshizz (from HydraDX)  
- They will work together using a 3/5 multisig (3 out of 5 must agree).  
- The multisig controls a Pure Proxy account for managing funds.  
- The Pure Proxy account address is provided.  
- The multisig address is also shared.

big_spender

WHO: Alex Dimitrijevic, Ivy Network, Eric Poh, Leemo, lolmcshizz.
WHAT: Proposed as curators for Bounty #25 for Public RPCs for Relay and Systems Chains.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Proposing Curators for Bounty #25

Runtime Upgrade v1,001,000

- Polkassembly helps with governance in Polkadot and Kusama.  
- It wants to make identity verification easier and faster.  
- On-chain identities build trust and accountability.  
- The current system is hard to use, especially for new users.  
- Polkassembly plans to simplify the process in 4 steps.  
- Verification time will drop from 25 minutes to 5 minutes.  
- The team asks for community feedback and support.

WHO: Polkassembly Team
WHAT: Application to become a registrar on Kusama for on-chain identity verification and building an easy and integrated governance experience for all users within Polkassembly
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Polkassembly Registrar Application for kusama

Rejected

treasurer

Onboard Brale and Glo Dollar to Kusama AssetHub

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KusamaFly

### Summary of Recent Developments

- **Issue Identified**: A discrepancy was found in the opening block number for Lease Period 37 (LP37) during the Kusama auctions in 2024.
- **Incorrect Block Number**: The intended opening block number was #22,118,400, but it currently shows #21,118,400.
- **Proposed Solution**: Remove LP37 from the current scheduler and introduce a new one with the correct start time.
- **Correct Start Time**: The new LP37 should start at the originally planned block number, #22,118,400.
- **Additional Information**: For more details on the 2024 auctions, refer to the linked document [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BGjZlOdcj4Jmwn7AToByRVh54RW5s0Rpthj5M3jNoeY/edit#gid=1201445856).

auction_admin

**WHO: Kusama community**
**WHAT: Remove LP37 from current scheduler and introduce a fresh one adhering to the initially planned start time**
**PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified**

Addressing LP37 Opening Block Error in Kusama Auctions

- This referendum tests using a scheduler for managing bounties on the Treasurer track.
- Bounties need approval, funding, curator assignment, and closing, with specific delays between steps.
- Funds will be disbursed to a specific account used for validator payouts and cleanup scripts.
- The referendum uses a batch of three actions: approving a bounty, scheduling curator assignment, and scheduling bounty closure.
- The curator assignment is delayed by 86,400 blocks to match the funding period.
- The bounty closure is scheduled 14 days after approval, allowing time for claims.
- Adjustments to timing can reduce delays, but careful planning is needed.

WHO: Will, Paradox

WHAT: Test use of the scheduler on the Treasurer track by scheduling actions through the lifecycle of a bounty

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Proof of Concept - Using the Scheduler on the Treasurer Track

### 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

- A group of companies (BlockOps, Dwellir, LuckyFriday, OnFinality, RadiumBlock, RockX, and Stakeworld) proposed a plan for better public RPC services in Polkadot and Kusama.
- RPC services are important for apps like Polkadot.JS and wallets to work well.
- The plan aims to make these services high-quality, decentralized, and affordable.
- There are two ways for RPC providers to apply: one focuses on cost, and the other on service quality.
- The budget is $400,000, split between Polkadot and Kusama treasuries.
- Providers will be monitored, and their performance will be shared publicly.
- The plan includes a 6-month operations phase where providers must meet service standards.
- Feedback and suggestions from the community are welcome to improve the proposal.

A joint-proposal by several RPC providers outlines a procurement strategy for public RPC services in Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. The proposed budget is $400,000, split between Polkadot and Kusama treasuries, and aims to ensure high-quality, decentralized, and cost-effective services for essential applications like Polkadot.JS and wallets. RPC providers will be evaluated based on predefined standards and will be paid monthly in arrears based on the EMA7 day average price of DOT/KSM. The proposed budget provides a 12-month runway for assessment.

Bounty Proposal for Public RPCs for Relay and System Chains

- The proposal outlines a schedule for Lease Periods 36 and 37, each with seven auctions.
- It considers the potential integration of Agile cortime.
- If Agile cortime is integrated before the planned auctions, the remaining auctions may be canceled.
- Detailed auction configurations for 2024 and the call hash are available in a linked spreadsheet.

WHO: Not specified
WHAT: Establish a defined schedule for Lease Periods 36 and 37, consisting of seven auctions, with the potential integration of Agile cortime. Option to cancel remaining auctions if Agile cortime is integrated before planned dates.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Proposed Kusama Auction Schedule 2024 on Auction Admin Track

- Rafael lost his crypto wallet's seed phrase.  
- He lost 257 Kusamas (KSM) staked in the Kusama Brazil Pool.  
- He provides proof of ownership with transaction records.  
- He asks the community for help to get his lost funds back.  
- He shows transfers from Binance to his Ledger wallet.  
- He also shows transfers to his Polkadot.js wallet for staking.  
- He offers to send a small amount to prove wallet ownership.  
- He suggests the treasury could reimburse him for the lost funds.

 Reimbursement proposal after a seed phrase has been lost"

root

Deregister 2118

- 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

- Subscan is a tool that helps people explore and understand the Substrate ecosystem.
- It needs money to keep running, like for servers and people who work on it.
- They are asking for money from the Kusama treasury to help from January to September 2023.
- They have worked hard to make it cheaper to run, and costs have gone down a lot.
- They want the community to help decide what new things to work on starting in November 2023.
- They will share more details about this plan in December.
- You can read more about their plan in a special document they made.

WHO: Subscan team

WHAT: Proposing reimbursement of operation and maintenance fee for Subscan for the period January to September 2023 from the Kusama treasury, and a gradual shift towards a community-developer collaborative model starting from November 2023.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Subscan | Infrastructure Costs of Subscan for Kusama & Statemine Networks (from January to September 2023)

### Referendum Summary

- **Purpose**: To promote 6 collators to invulnerables on Asset-Hub Kusama.
- **Previous Referendum**: Referendum #308 intended to promote TurboFlakes, LuckyFriday, ParaNodes, Polkadotters, Stake.Plus, and IcebergNodes.
- **Execution**: Successfully executed on block #20691161, but not all collators were promoted.
- **Issue**: Mistake in creating the preimage led to duplication of two collators and omission of two others.
- **Proposed Fix**: New referendum to correct the error and promote LuckyFriday and ParaNodes to invulnerables.
- **Apology**: Apologies to LuckyFriday and ParaNodes for the oversight in the previous referendum.
- **Community Involvement**: Request for community support and votes to correct the issue.

staking_admin

WHO: Paulo

WHAT: Proposing a new referendum to fix the issue of not promoting LuckyFriday and ParaNodes to invulnerables on Asset-Hub Kusama as intended in the previous referendum.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

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