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Kill Referenda 287 & 289 Slashing Decent Partners' Benefactor

- Kusama and Polkadot use groups of 5 validators to check parachain blocks.  
- A new idea suggests reducing the group size to 3.  
- Right now, 2 out of 5 validators must approve a block.  
- With 3 validators, only 2 approvals would still be needed.  
- This keeps the system fair and avoids conflicts.  
- Smaller groups help spread the work more evenly.  
- If some validators are slow, blocks might be skipped slightly more often.  
- But since groups change every minute, this shouldn’t be a big problem.

Executed

whitelisted_caller

WHO: The proposal does not specify a particular organization or individual.

WHAT: The proposal aims to reduce the backing group size on Kusama and Polkadot from 5 to 3.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The proposal does not mention any specific price, timeframe, or resources required for implementation.

Set backing group size to 3

root

Burn the Kusama treasury and turn the canary into the phoenix.

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BigTipper

- **Project Name:** Proof of Chaos  
- **Goal:** Encourage more people to participate in governance on Polkadot and Kusama.  
- **What They Built:**  
  - A system where anyone can mint NFTs for participating in governance and earn royalties.  
  - A new website and codebase for faster updates and multi-chain support.  
  - Tools for voting and rewarding governance participants.  
- **Funding Request:** 1172KSM ($20,420) for past work and future plans.  
- **Future Plans:**  
  - Reimburse the first 10 creators who reward governance participants.  
  - Focus on marketing and expanding the project.  
- **Open Source:** Their code is available for others to learn from and use.  
- **Ecosystem Impact:** They work with other teams to improve the Polkadot and Kusama networks.

Rejected

medium_spender

Proof of Chaos is requesting 1172KSM ($20420) for retroactive funding, artist subsidies, and to reimburse the first 10 reward creators. The project aims to bring more participants to on-chain governance on Polkadot and Kusama to secure the network through increased decentralization. The proposal includes a revamped codebase, multi-chain support, a referenda sendout UI, and a voting UI with unique features. Passing the proposal is a prerequisite for further implementation of the roadmap.

Proof of Chaos Funding

- A Rust programming course is being proposed for a university in Bratislava  
- The course will last 12 weeks with lessons and practice time each week  
- Students will learn to build apps, understand Rust's features, and work on projects  
- The goal is to create skilled Rust developers for the Dotsama ecosystem  
- The course has 7 modules, weekly exercises, and a final project  
- Funding will cover guest teachers and video materials  
- Voting on the proposal will happen in October 2023  
- All course details are in the linked proposal document

small_spender

WHO: Faculty of Informatics and Information technologies, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.

WHAT: Proposal for a 12-week Rust academic course.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Costs of special guests and video covered. Discussion from 9 Oct. 2023 - 15 Oct. 2023, voting from 16 Sept. 2023 - 29 Oct. 2023. Full proposal and delivery document available.

Proposal: 12 Week Rust course at FIIT STU in Bratislava

- **Date**: 16 October 2023  
- **Invoice to**: Kusama common good fund  
- **Summary**: Decent Partners full stack collective  
- **Cost**: £103,000 (Total with VAT: £123,600)  
- **Total KSM**: 9,495  
- **Use of funds**: Working capital, loans, deposits, voting  
- **Voting policy**: Aye for directions, Nay for domains, Abstain for conflicts  
- **Contact**: @lightbulbwelsh:decent.modular.im

big_spender

WHO: Decent Partners
WHAT: Retroactive funding for their full stack collective
COST: £123,600 ($161,000)
TIMEFRAME: Retroactive as of 16 October 2023
RESOURCES: 9,495 KSM, working capital, recoupable loans, decision deposits, and voting.

Funding: Decent Partners full stack on/off chain collective

referendum_canceller

Cancelling initial Decent Partners collective proposal as missing preimage. 

CANCELLING + RESUBMITTING - PLS IGNORE.

- Encointer's lease ends on November 14, 2023.
- They want to extend the lease by 48 weeks.
- Encointer is now officially a system chain, approved by the Polkadot Fellowship.
- The Encointer runtime will move to the fellowship repository soon.
- The Encointer team promises to keep the network running for at least another year.
- They thank their infrastructure supporters: IBP, onFinality, and Stakeworld.

lease_admin

WHO: Encointer Association

WHAT: Proposing to extend Encointer's system chain lease by 48 weeks.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

System Chain Slot Renewal for Encointer

small_tipper

SmallTipper

- Stakeworld is asking for funding to keep their public RPC services running for Kusama, Westend, and Encointer in Q3 2023.
- They provide important services like RPC endpoints, validators, collators, and bootnodes for the Polkadot ecosystem.
- In the last 30 days, they handled over 218 million RPC requests for Kusama and 24 million for Westend.
- They scaled back some services after a previous funding request was rejected.
- Stakeworld is an active participant in the Polkadot ecosystem, contributing to validators, collators, and the wiki.
- They need funding to continue maintaining their RPC services.
- More details are available in their full proposal.

Stakeworld requests retroactive funding for maintaining public rpc services for Kusama, Westend, and Encointer in Q3 2023, including commons, for which they served 218.360.781 Kusama and 24.120.290 Westend rpc requests in the previous 30 days. They are active participants in the dotsama ecosystem and hope for positive funding outcomes. No specific price/timeframe/resources mentioned.

Public rpc services for kusama, westend and encointer including the common chains in Q3 2023

treasurer

Cleanup on aisle 24 - Tech Ed test bounty

W3F Teched Video Tutorial Test - Add Curator to Bounty

W3F Teched Video Tutorial Test - Submit Bounty Proposal

[Root] Referendum #279: NIS Target

### LightSpell XCM API

- **First XCM API** in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem.
- **Winner** of the Polkadot Hackathon Global Series APAC 2023.
- **Advantages**: Simplifies XCM message construction, reduces call time, and prevents user errors.
- **Free and Open Source**: Available under the MIT license.
- **Live API**: Accessible at [https://api.lightspell.xyz](https://api.lightspell.xyz).
- **Team**: Comprised of Dušan Morháč and Michael Absolon, with experience in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Proposal**: Seeks funding for server costs and maintenance from October 1st to February 1st.
- **Documentation**: Comprehensive guides available at [https://paraspell.github.io/docs/](https://paraspell.github.io/docs/).

WHO: LightSpell team

WHAT: Maintain the first XCM API in Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem, including its core component - XCM SDK, for free for the community from 1st October to 1st February.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

XCM API & XCM SDK 5 months of maintenance and server cost coverage proposal

- Encointer released a bugfix update (version 1.5.1).  
- Fixed a counting bug for sufficients.  
- Fixed a cycle gathering assignment bug.  
- Updated to Polkadot v1.0.0.  
- Allowed the Encointer council to set faucet reserves.  
- Users are encouraged to upgrade quickly.  
- Steps for upgrading involve submitting referendum calls.  
- Some calls have already been executed.

Encointer has released a bugfix for its runtime, including fixes for counting and assignment bugs. They urge swift upgrade to avoid undesirable situations. The proposal outlines the steps to authorize and dispatch the upgrade, with no specified price or timeframe.

Encointer runtime upgrade to v16

[RESUBMISSION OF REF 273] Bridge Hub Collator Compensation for June, July, and August

Adam Steeber recently led a community-driven runtime upgrade, documented in a [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlxjSstvsmM).
- He addressed hodler concerns through [Referendum 235](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/235).
- This was the first community-led runtime upgrade.
- A proposal has been made to reward his efforts with a treasury spend.
- The proposed tip is 15.79 Kusama (KSM) tokens.
- The proposal is detailed in [Referendum 274](https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/274).
- The aim is to recognize his hard work in decentralizing the ecosystem.

WHO: The proposer.

WHAT: Proposing a modest tip to recognize Adam Steeber's efforts in addressing hodler concerns and pioneering the first community-led runtime upgrade.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 15.79 Kusama (KSM) tokens through Referendum 274.

[Big Tipper] Advancing Decentralization: @asteeber's Educational Video on Runtime Upgrade

- A request for KSM (Kusama tokens) was made to pay Bridge Hub collators.  
- The payment is for work done from June to August.  
- It also covers time spent collecting and organizing data.  
- The request was first made but failed, so it was resubmitted.  
- A total of 437.9976 KSM is needed.  
- More details are in a linked document and spreadsheet.  
- The payment includes $300 per month for each collator.  
- The proposal was discussed and shared with the community.

WHO: Bridge Hub collators and Adam.
WHAT: Compensation of $300 per month (block weighted) on Kusama from late June through August, plus Adam's time and effort required to collect and process data and compile the reports.
PRICE: 437.9976 KSM.
TIMEFRAME: Late June through August.

[PLEASE DISREGARD] Bridge Hub Collator Compensation for June, July, and August

- Polkadot Punks made a free minting app for Polkadot and Kusama.  
- It helps big NFT collections like Bored Ape and Crypto Punks launch easily.  
- The app has different minting options:  
  - Standard mint (set price).  
  - Free mint (no cost).  
  - Whitelist mint (only approved wallets).  
  - Revealable mint (show NFT details later).  
- It also helps list collections on Kodadot.  
- Cost: 100 KSM (split for each feature).  
- Follow Polkadot Punks on Twitter for updates.

Polkadot Punks proposes to build an open-source mint dapp on Polkadot Asset Hub for different specs, including standard, free, whitelist, and revealable mint. The total cost is 100ksm, and each spec will cost 25ksm. The project will be completed within 7 days after submitting the referenda.

NFT Mint Dapp for Both Asset Hubs Resubmission of Medium Spender #269

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Origin for signaling that the network wishes for some change

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