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- Dwellir is asking for $18,765 to fund their RPC services for Q3 2023.
- They served over 300 million RPC requests for Kusama, Statemine, and Westmint in Q2.
- Their services use decentralized infrastructure in Sweden and Tunisia.
- They provide transparent operational data at https://stats.dwellir.app/.
- Key stats: 
  - Kusama RPC nodes served 275,795,145 requests last quarter.
  - Statemine RPC nodes served 68,146,379 requests last quarter.
  - Westmint RPC nodes served 9,264,542 requests last quarter.
- The proposal includes running public RPC endpoints and a highly available boot node.

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medium_spender

Dwellir requests $18,765 for Q3 funding to cover expenses of Q2, during which they served over 300 million RPC requests for Kusama, Statemine, and Westmint communities. The proposal is to further fund the development of RPC services and cover maintenance costs. The proposal includes two milestones: operate fully managed public RPC endpoints and run a highly available boot node. Dwellir offers top-tier, decentralized RPC services at an equitable price.

Kusama RPC services Dwellir Q3 2023

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SmallTipper

- Acala Foundation won a parachain slot auction for Para ID 2233 to renew Karura's lease.
- Para ID 2233 is locked and in a bad state, needing root track to fix it.
- A proposal called RFC-14 was made to fix the issue and improve the parachain lock system.
- A draft solution was created but is waiting for approval.
- The Polkadot Fellowship is taking over Polkadot runtime, which is causing delays.
- A lease swap between Karura (Para ID 2000) and Para ID 2233 is suggested to fix the issue now.
- Once RFC-14 is approved, future lease swaps won't need root track help.

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

- **Who**: Sianoi from HER DAO Kenya (HDK) and Safari DAO  
- **What**: Requesting second allocation of funds (KSM 2,372.28 EMA 30) for Polkadot Safari event  
- **When**: Event held in March/April, report submitted in April  
- **Why**: To fully pay organizers who sacrificed their pay for months  
- **Report**: More details in the [attached report](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rasHIkiIerXI_4TjXbMMVmlSMPbP8WNp0BmoOSY4kPI/edit)  
- **Note**: Second allocation ensures organizers get their full payment

Rejected

Hello again,

My name is Sianoi form HER DAO Kenya (HDK) and Safari DAO.

Safari DAO and HDK are requesting for the second allocation of funds from organizing Polkadot Safari in March/April this year. Our request is for the remaining amount of KSM 2,372.28 EMA 30. Please find [attached](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rasHIkiIerXI_4TjXbMMVmlSMPbP8WNp0BmoOSY4kPI/edit) the report we submitted in April this year a few days after hosting the conference for more information.

\*\*Please note that the second allocation is supposed to fully pay off the organizers for their work. They sacrificed their full pay at once for many months to gain your trust. \*\*

May the sky be your basement,

Sianoi

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

referendum_killer

This is a ReferendumV2 post. It can only be edited by the proposer of the post .

referendum_canceller

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

This tip is going to N4DRO for providing rapid analysis of addresses that were recently wildly swinging kusama referenda at the last moments with a goal to look to see if it's potentially nefarious in some way. He provided this information in the Chaos Dao discord while these events were on-going. The report: https://github.com/Nadro-J/GovSleuthing/blob/main/%23234%20%26%20243.md

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

This tip is going to N4DRO for providing rapid analysis of addresses that were recently wildly swinging kusama referenda at the last moments with a goal to look to see if it's potentially nefarious in some way. He provided this information in the Chaos Dao discord while these events were on-going. The report: https://github.com/Nadro-J/GovSleuthing/blob/main/%23234%20%26%20243.md Thanks to Paradox for insisting on verified identities as it caught a bad destination address on ref #245.

Forensic accounting tip

- The **substrate-api-client** is a Rust library for connecting to Substrate-based nodes using RPC.
- It works in environments where the Rust standard library (std) is not available, like IoT devices or IntelSGX.
- It helps developers interact with Polkadot or Kusama chains, similar to tools like Polkadot-js.
- Unlike **subxt**, another popular Rust RPC client, it works in no-std environments.
- This proposal seeks funding for maintenance from August 2023 to October 2023.
- It continues previous funding efforts for the project.
- The goal is to keep the library updated and functional for developers.

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 is asking for 84.21 KSM (worth $2,000) to fund a new Discord bot.
- The bot helps communities vote on important decisions using Discord.
- It connects to OpenGov referenda and allows anonymous voting.
- The next step is to make the bot vote on-chain for the community.
- This bot is not just for ChaosDAO; it’s for all groups to join governance.
- You can read the full plan in the linked document.

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 is asking for money to keep their RPC services and bootnodes running for Kusama and Westend networks.
- They served over 133 million RPC requests for Kusama and 37 million for Westend in the last 30 days.
- This is a follow-up to their previous funding requests for maintaining infrastructure.
- They want funding at the start of the period instead of after, due to concerns about treasury spending and the future of RPC services.
- Stakeworld believes their services are valuable, RPC services are still needed, and diversity in providers is important.
- They have a good track record and will use the funding responsibly.
- The full proposal is available on their GitHub page.

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 is asking for $62,110.28 to keep their public API service running for Kusama and Statemine.
- They provide fast and reliable access to blockchain data for developers and users.
- Their service helps grow the ecosystem and supports testing and scaling of networks.
- They have improved their service by adding new features like Trace API and geolocation insights.
- OnFinality has served over 42 billion responses for Kusama since 2020.
- They aim for 99.99% reliability and have achieved 99.93% uptime for Kusama in the last 90 days.
- The funds will cover the costs of running their infrastructure for the next quarter.

**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)

Don't vote on this one! Vote instead on referenda 239 and not 240. Apologies. Link to the vote : https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/239

Wrong proposal

- A decision deposit has been placed for a referendum about a Gavin Wood documentary.
- The referendum is now active and is numbered 239.
- The project is requesting 600 KSM from the treasury.
- The full project proposal is available in a linked document.
- Gavin Wood will give his consent in the comments.
- The person posting will answer questions and take suggestions during filming and editing.
- Voting is encouraged, and everyone is wished a happy voting experience.

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 service for validators and node operators since 2021.
- It helped make the Kusama network reliable.
- Warp Sync made snapshot services like Polkashots.io unnecessary, so it stopped in April 2023.
- The team is asking for 74% of their cloud costs from January to April 2023.
- They are requesting 332.5 KSM from the Kusama community.
- A similar request for 999 DOT is being made to the Polkadot community.
- The total amount requested is $13,490 USD.
- This is a follow-up to a previous proposal that did not pass.

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 provides high-performance RPC services for the Kusama and Polkadot networks.
- They operate archive nodes with both websocket and HTTP support.
- Their services are available in 12 locations worldwide using high-quality hardware.
- They offer low latency and decentralized access.
- In Q2 2023, their Kusama RPC nodes handled 38 million responses daily, and Statemine nodes handled 1.5 million.
- They are requesting $22,050 for their services in Q2 2023.
- RadiumBlock also supports other parachains 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)

- **What is Bifrost?**  
  Bifrost is a blockchain project that helps people use their staked KSM (Kusama) tokens in other ways, like trading or lending, without losing their staking rewards.

- **What is vKSM?**  
  vKSM is a special token created by Bifrost that represents staked KSM. It allows people to use their staked KSM in different apps while still earning rewards.

- **What is the Proposal?**  
  Bifrost is asking the Kusama Treasury for 50,000 KSM to help grow the vKSM market. They will pay it back with interest after one year.

- **Why is this Important?**  
  This helps more people use KSM in different ways, like trading or lending, which makes the Kusama ecosystem stronger and more useful.

- **How Will the Money Be Used?**  
  The 50,000 KSM will be used to create trading pairs (like KSM and vKSM) on different apps, making it easier for people to trade and use their staked KSM.

- **What Happens Next?**  
  Bifrost will follow a plan to borrow the KSM, use it to grow the vKSM market, and then pay it back with interest by July 2024.

- **What Has Bifrost Done Before?**  
  Last year, Bifrost borrowed KSM and successfully grew the vKSM market. They paid it back with interest, and now they want to do it again to keep growing.

- **Why Trust Bifrost?**  
  Bifrost has a good track record, and they have already paid back their last loan with interest. They are working to make the Kusama ecosystem better for everyone.

treasurer

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

- A referendum is being proposed to change how Kusama's spending works.
- Some spending limits and decision-making rules will be updated.
- For example, the "Small Spender" limit will go from 333 KSM to 100 KSM.
- The "Big Spender" limit will change from 33,333 KSM to 2,500 KSM.
- Some decision periods will also be longer, like the Treasurer's preparation period going from 2 hours to 48 hours.
- A video explaining the changes was removed from YouTube but is available on Twitter.
- The changes are detailed on GitHub and discussed in the Kusama community forums.

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.

- PVF execution has a memory limit of 128MB, the same as Cumulus.
- Parachain validators need more memory than collators to load state proofs.
- A proposal suggests increasing the memory limit to 512MB for PVF execution.
- A code snippet shows how to set the new memory limit.
- Links are provided to submit and open referendums for the change.
- The change requires approval through a public referendum.

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.

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