candidates

members

proficients

fellows

senior_fellows

experts

senior_experts

masters

senior_masters

grand_masters

### Robonomics Network Educational Course Proposal

- **Team**: Led by Professor Alexander Kapitonov from Robonomics Network.
- **Goal**: Create educational materials for beginners to understand web3 technologies.
- **Problem**: Existing courses focus on finance or are for developers, lacking user benefits.
- **Proposal**: Develop a course for Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem newcomers, using real projects and everyday examples.
- **Content**: Video lectures, text materials, and a dapp for task evaluation.
- **Projects**: Focus on parachains like Statemine, Robonomics, Moonriver, Remark, Crust, and Basilisk.
- **Duration**: 5 months.
- **Budget**: 27,572.5 USD (843 KSM).
- **Full Details**: Available in the [full proposal](https://crustipfs.art/ipfs/QmSgQbsSaT4he6BBtaGe3KwyjzZTRMM2FN6g9GCg32Xv3m).

Executed

medium_spender

Robonomics Network proposes to create an educational course for beginners on Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. The course will showcase several parachains that solve common web2 tasks and demonstrate real projects and everyday examples. The project is designed for 5 months and requests a total of $27,572.5 (843 KSM) for YouTube video lectures, GitHub texts and source code, and a dapp with learning management system elements.

[Medium Spender] Kusama — From Theory to Practice Course

**DOTCAST Proposal Summary**

- **Project:** DOTCAST is a Spanish-language content platform for the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems, featuring podcasts, interviews, and tutorials.
- **Goals:** Create valuable content, increase awareness, grow the Spanish-speaking community, inspire involvement, and explain how the ecosystem is being built.
- **Content:** Launches 2 videos weekly for 6 months (May to October 2023).
- **Brand Development:** Includes website creation, SEO, and attending Polkadot events to boost visibility.
- **Problem:** Polkadot can be complex for users, especially newcomers, and lacks quality Spanish content.
- **Solution:** Produce user-friendly, original content to help the community understand and engage with the ecosystem.
- **Funding:** Requests 1,599.73 KSM ($53,487.00 USD) to support the project for 6 months.
- **Unique Aspect:** Focuses on empowering the Spanish-speaking community and encouraging governance participation.

Rejected

DOTCAST proposes to produce 48 videos (podcasts, interviews, and tutorials) in Spanish for the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem. They aim to increase awareness and provide reliable information to the Spanish-speaking community. The proposal includes brand development, event attendance, and stability for the team. The requested KSM is 1,599.73 (7 days EMA) ($53,487.00 USD) for a timeframe of 6 months (May to October 2023).

“DOTCAST” brand development and content production for Spanish speaking community.

### Impulse DAO Proposal Summary

- **Date:** 06.04.2023
- **Requested KSM:** 1807 KSM ($60,800)
- **Objective:** Develop on-chain WebAssembly (WASM) games to attract more developers to the Polkadot/Kusama ecosystem.
- **Problem:** Limited number of WASM developers and lack of products showcasing WASM vs. EVM.
- **Solution:** Fund and support five teams to build WASM games, host tournaments, and make all projects open-source.
- **Deliverables:** Five 100% on-chain WASM games and a final report detailing learning outcomes and tournament results.
- **Success Criteria:** Engage 20+ developers, receive user-generated logic for gameplay, and have 40-60 survey respondents.
- **Examples:** Existing 100% on-chain WASM games made by Impulse DAO core members.

WHO: Impulse DAO

WHAT: Fund and support five teams to build fully-functioning dApps, featuring WASM smart contracts, front-end, and design. Host online and offline WASM tournaments for developers.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 1807 KSM / $60,800 paid after approval. Three-month project duration.

Impulse DAO - WASM developers community growth

Retracted proposal

TimedOut

big_spender

WHO: Quadrivium, Soramitsu, SRLabs, and Web3 Foundation
WHAT: Prepare KAGOME for upcoming Polkadot features, improve RPC and WASM performance, conduct external security audit, and conduct general maintenance
PRICE: Requested DOT 253,862
TIMEFRAME: Not specified
RESOURCES: Quadrivium C++ developers, Soramitsu for DevOps, QA, and security services, SRLabs for security audit, and Web3 Foundation as technical advisor.

### Summary of the Referendum Proposal

- **Objective**: Increase the Treasury's revenue by ~43,000 KSM per year.
- **Method**: Use 9 pure proxies controlled by the Treasury to stake 270,000 KSM across 9 nomination pools.
- **Funds Source**: 
  - 120,000 KSM from the Society.
  - 150,000 KSM from the Treasury.
- **Rewards**: Pay out rewards to the Treasury every 6 days, starting around May 6th.
- **Expected Revenue**: Projected to increase Treasury revenue by ~50%.

root

Kusama Treasury Staking Configuration

- The Infrastructure maintenance bounty helps teams maintain and develop their projects funded by the treasury.
- It has been running for about a year and has supported multiple infrastructure proposals.
- The bounty aims to reduce work and time constraints for teams and improve community involvement in treasury spending.
- A report on approved child bounties has been delivered.
- A top-up request for the Infrastructure maintenance bounty is being made to continue its efforts.
- The proposal document includes details of achievements, future goals, and a breakdown of the requested top-up.
- The bounty's success can be seen in the spreadsheet linked in the report.
- The proposal document is available for review and can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x-KWa7U0oqFuXh_adA5e5BNYqz3ILCdqoDCGE2A5FuY/edit?usp=sharing).

WHO: The proposal is made by a team. 

WHAT: They aim to request a top-up of the Infrastructure maintenance bounty to aid teams that have been funded by the treasury before for the development of their ideas, to maintain infrastructure and perform continued operations. 

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The details of the requested top-up can be found in the proposal document.

Infrastructure Maintenance Bounty Top-up request 

- The user is learning Polkadot and Substrate code and is interested in their design and implementation.
- They prefer using Neovim over traditional IDEs like VSCode, CLion, and IntelliJ IDEA.
- Neovim is customizable, resource-efficient, and has a large user base.
- The user created an out-of-the-box IDE for Substrate development using Neovim plugins.
- The IDE includes features like file search, code navigation, debugging, fuzzy search, LSP, and GIT.
- The project, called "subNvim," aims to help Neovim users learn the Polkadot ecosystem faster.
- The user is applying for Polkadot community treasury funds to improve the IDE and create more tools.
- Project link: [subNvim](https://github.com/punkMux/subNvim)

small_spender

WHO: The proposer, who is interested in learning polkadot and substrate-related codes and wants to create an out-of-the-box IDE for developing substrates using Neovim editor.
WHAT: Create an IDE tool with integrated functions such as file search, code navigation, DAP debugging function, fuzzy search, LSP, GIT, etc.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Applying for funds from the polkadot community's treasury incentives. No specific amount or timeframe mentioned.

[Small Spender] Referendum #143

**KusamaHub Summary**

- **KusamaHub** has released a Beta Version: [beta.kusamahub.com](https://beta.kusamahub.com/).
- The team plans to expand and develop the platform for the next 6 months.
- They aim to provide tools and bots to help projects improve awareness and information availability.
- A new, transparent development format will be introduced using Trello.
- Project owners can request help with bot setup or development through a Google form.
- The team encourages community feedback for future improvements.
- Contact details include Twitter, Email, and Telegram.

WHO: KusamaHub team

WHAT: Expand the team to provide a product ready for use by anyone in the community while helping projects with development tools and bots to improve awareness, interest, and availability of information related to their projects.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Costs breakdown available in the proposal document for the next 6 months of development.

Treasury Proposal: KusamaHub 2' Proposal for Continued Operations and Development

### Summary of Bounty Curator Candidacy Announcement

- **Purpose**: Announcement of candidates for the curator position in the "Parachain Assets Onramp Support" Bounty Program.
- **Program Overview**: The bounty will be managed by a Multisig account to oversee the program effectively.
- **Curator Committee**: The committee will be rewarded for their time and effort in managing the bounty.
- **Candidates**:
  - **Alexei Zamyatin**: Co-founder of Interlay.
  - **Jonathan Dunne**: CTO of Talisman.
  - **Ryan Dinh**: Head of Business Development of SubWallet.
  - **Irvin Cardenas**: Co-founder and CEO at OpenDive Technologies.
  - **Jakub Greguš**: Co-founder of HydraDX & Basilisk.
- **Multi-sig Account**: Fc2PupM7xp2yefw97D3yDhEWMXcWPWkYUdpTSf8Gj8St1B7.
- **Additional Information**: Detailed information on the curators' backgrounds and responsibilities can be found in the [Bounty Curator Candidacy Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yCJiz2wWuIuY0YA--fE7QihPiW5F1D9mcOVDekUWIlA/edit?usp=sharing).

Interlay proposes a list of candidates for the curator position to oversee the "Parachain Assets Onramp Support" bounty program, which will be curated by a Multisig. The curators will receive a reward for their time and effort. The proposal provides information on the curators' backgrounds, responsibilities, and the reward scheme.

 Bounty Curator Candidacy for Parachain Assets Fiat Onramp Support Bounty

- A referendum was proposed to open HRMP channels between GM (a community project) and MangataX (a DEX).
- The goal is to allow community members to add liquidity for the FREN coin, which is currently not listed.
- The proposal includes transferring 10 KSM from the Treasury to Statemine and opening HRMP channels between MangataX and GM.
- This is a fun experiment for the creator, who has never made such a request before.
- The challenge is finding someone willing to block 333.33 KSM as a decision deposit for 14 days.

whitelisted_caller

WHO: Claudio
WHAT: Proposing to open up HRMP channels between GM parachain and MangataX DEX for adding liquidity for FREN coin.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Forcetransfer of 10 KSM from Treasury, forceopenhrmpchannel from MangataX to GM and vice versa. Decision deposit of 333.33 KSM for 14 days.

Opening up HRMP Channel between GM & MangataX Parachains

### Summary of BigTipper #7 Resubmission

- **Proposal**: Resubmission of BigTipper #7, previously approved by the community.
- **Purpose**: To compensate MathCrypto for work on a batch delegate webpage.
- **Context**: Submitted through OpenGov during its initial phase in Kusama, with a high submission deposit of 100 KSM.
- **Issue**: Enactment period was set incorrectly, leading to cancellation by Referendum #122.
- **New Proposal**: Includes reimbursement for the submission deposit and the original tip.
- **Details**: 
  1. 5 KSM for MathCrypto (original tip).
  2. 100 KSM for TurboFlakes (submission deposit reimbursement).
- **Request**: Community votes and feedback are welcome.
- **Submitted by**: paulo from TurboFlakes.

WHO: MathCrypto and TurboFlakes
WHAT: Resubmit BigTipper #7 proposal with reimbursement of 100 KSM submission deposit
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 5 KSM for original tip, 100 KSM for reimbursement, through a batch call with two treasury spend calls.

Resubmission of previous proposal [BigTipper #7]

### Summary of OpenBrush Proposal

- **Purpose**: Develop OpenBrush, a core infrastructure for WASM smart contracts, to grow the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Background**: WebAssembly (WASM) is seen as the future of smart contracts, but lack of tools limits its adoption.
- **Current Use**: OpenBrush is used by 12 production-grade teams and 3 parachains.
- **Challenges**: Polkadot lacks native dApps; most are Ethereum forks.
- **Proposal**: Continue developing OpenBrush milestones 8-9 and 11-12.
- **Roadmap**: Includes creating educational materials, establishing new standards, and enhancing OpenBrush features.
- **Support**: The proposal aims to make ink! smart contracts more accessible and widely adopted in Polkadot.

Brushfam proposes to develop the 8-9 and 11-12 milestones of OpenBrush, a core infrastructure product for ink! smart contracts in the Polkadot ecosystem. The proposal aims to create educational materials, establish new standards for smart contracts, contribute to the development of ink! smart contract language, and introduce new features to make OpenBrush more flexible. The price for the proposal is 3404.65 KSM.

OpenBrush 8-9, 11-12 milestones development (WASM smart contracts)

### SubQuery Dictionary Projects

- **Purpose:** Improve data indexing speed for Polkadot and Kusama parachains by up to 10 times.
- **Function:** Pre-compute indexes of each block, reducing the need to search through every block.
- **Usage:** Used by parachain teams and their ecosystems to speed up data indexing.
- **Impact:** Served over 1 billion requests in 2022.
- **Ease of Use:** Adding a dictionary to a SubQuery project is simple and is included by default in starter projects.
- **Future Goals:** Aim to achieve 99.99% uptime and add 20 more dictionaries in 2023.
- **Open Source:** Dictionaries are open source, encouraging community contributions.
- **Target:** Aim to handle 10 billion requests in 2023.

**WHO:** SubQuery

**WHAT:** Requesting 1012.9419 KSM for ongoing costs in 2022 to run public-good SubQuery Dictionary Projects that serve pre-computed indexes of each block for most Polkadot and Kusama parachains, which enable teams to increase data indexing speed of their SubQuery projects by up to 10 times.

**PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES:** 1012.9419 KSM for the whole of 2022 (01/01/2022 - 31/12/2022). Future targets include adding 20 more dictionaries to their suite of tools in 2023 and hitting a target of 10 billion requests to their dictionaries.

High Performance Data Indexing Tool (2022)

Please reject! Incorrect request amount specified 

**Substrate in Bits Proposal Summary**

- **Objective:** Create detailed technical content to help developers using Substrate, a blockchain framework.
- **Content Focus:** Address common developer issues and provide practical solutions.
- **Collaboration:** Encourage community contributions through GitHub to keep content up-to-date.
- **Deliverables:** 40 pieces of content, prioritizing frequently logged issues.
- **Success Criteria:** Reach 100 developers, achieve 30-50% participation in surveys, and ensure 70% find content helpful.
- **Additional Efforts:** Monthly analytics, promoting content, and running brainstorming channels.
- **Discussion:** The proposal has been open for 9 days on Polkassembly.

**WHO:** The proposer aims to support ecosystem developers by creating technical content for Substrate developers.

**WHAT:** The proposal aims to create 40 pieces of technical content, called "Substrate in Bits", to address common issues faced by Substrate developers.

**PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES:** The proposal does not mention a specific price or timeframe, but the technical content will be housed on GitHub and will be collaborative, allowing engineers from the community to make contributions. The proposer also plans to run a "Substrate in Bits" channel and monthly analytics of the content's impact.

Treasury Proposal - Substrate in Bits

### Kusama Upgrade Proposal Summary

- **Upgrade to Relay Chain 9381 and System Parachains 9382**
- **Includes XCM v3 Upgrade**
- **Force Batch Execution**: Even if one call fails, others will still execute.
- **XCM Communication Update**: Relay Chain will start using XCM v3 for Statemine and BridgeHub after 1 hour.
- **Relay Chain Runtime Upgrade**: Scheduled for block 17,335,450, around 11:00 UTC on April 4.
- **Testing**: Extensive testing done on local networks.
- **Caution**: Be careful with fund-related calls during the upgrade.
- **Releases**: Runtime Wasm files from specific GitHub releases.

WHO: Kusama

WHAT: Upgrade to Relay Chain 9381 and System Parachains 9382 releases, including upgrade to XCM v3.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: N/A

Kusama Runtime Upgrade 938*

### Web3alert.io Proposal Summary

- **Service**: Web3alert.io is a notification service for tracking on-chain events on Kusama and Polkadot.
- **Features**: Customizable notifications, supports Telegram, Slack, and Discord.
- **Requested Funds**: 545 KSM (17,712 EUR) for maintenance and development in 2023.
- **Cost Breakdown**: 600 EUR/month per network, alternating between treasuries.
- **Past Achievements**: Updated back-end, high uptime, added Slack and Governance-2 notifications, integrated Statemint, and started user documentation.
- **Future Plans**: Ensure code relevance, compatibility, and develop new features for Kusama and Polkadot.
- **Discussion**: Available on [Polkassembly](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/2453).
- **Full Proposal**: Detailed information [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zu1_S1S8U2HPKHm0Sg7FOjm9SxYfh4D1OmJoXZt2mXY).

Web3alert.io proposes to cover the maintenance costs and further development of Kusama and Polkadot integrations for the entirety of 2023 at a rate of 600 EUR/month per network, alternating between treasuries. They request 545 KSM, which is equivalent to 17,712 EUR, for this proposal.

Maintenance of web3alert.io Kusama and Polkadot integrations for 12 months

- A proposal was discussed on Polkassembly and improved.
- The project's full scope is available in a Google Docs document.
- The proposal is now a referendumV2.
- The proposer's address is E5oiBDNmhArBxBXK3C7phyGY9HB5zqtrVFxfeMzD9UV1hoa.
- Only the proposer can edit the description and title.
- If you own the account, you can log in and provide more details about the proposal.

WHO: The proposer address E5oiBDNmhArBxBXK3C7phyGY9HB5zqtrVFxfeMzD9UV1hoa.

WHAT: A treasury vote for a proposal discussed on Polkassembly.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Elixir Docs

### Summary of Bounty Proposal for Kusama Parachains

- **Proposer:** Zhixi Zhang from Interlay
- **Objective:** Help Kusama parachains integrate fiat on-ramp support for native assets using Banxa, a leading payment service provider.
- **Issue:** Acquiring native parachain tokens is a significant obstacle for new users, and integrating on-ramp services is challenging due to high costs and liquidity requirements.
- **Solution:** A bounty program to provide affordable on-ramp services tailored for Polkadot and Kusama assets.
- **Bounty Cost:** $10,500 per parachain.
- **Coverage:** Support for 9 Kusama parachains and Statemine with on-ramp support for Kusama native USD stablecoins and KSM.
- **Total Budget:** $105,000 USD of KSM.
- **Next Steps:** Review the full proposal and provide feedback.

Interlay proposes a bounty program with Banxa to help Kusama parachains integrate fiat on-ramp support for their native assets. The bounty cost is $10,500 per parachain, with a total requested budget of $105,000 USD of KSM. The program aims to provide an affordable on-ramp service tailored for Polkadot and Kusama assets to improve the user acquisition process for the ecosystem.

Parachain Assets Fiat Onramp Support Bounty Program

- Five parachains requested HRMP channels with Statemine.
- The proposal includes transferring 10 KSM from the Treasury to Statemine.
- It also opens HRMP channels from Statemine to each parachain and back.
- The parachains involved are Amplitude, MangataX, Imbue, Tinkernet, and GM Parachain.
- Each parachain has a unique ID (e.g., Amplitude is 2,124).
- The encoded call details can be found [here](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/extrinsics/decode/0x18041418020c0402006d6f646c70792f747273727900000000000000000000000000000000000000000070617261e80300000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000b00a0724e18093c07e80300004c080000e8030000009001003c074c080000e8030000e80300000090010018020c0402006d6f646c70792f747273727900000000000000000000000000000000000000000070617261e80300000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000b00a0724e18093c07e80300003e080000e8030000009001003c073e080000e8030000e80300000090010018020c0402006d6f646c70792f747273727900000000000000000000000000000000000000000070617261e80300000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000b00a0724e18093c07e803000049080000e8030000009001003c0749080000e8030000e80300000090010018020c0402006d6f646c70792f747273727900000000000000000000000000000000000000000070617261e80300000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000b00a0724e18093c07e80300004d080000e8030000009001003c074d080000e8030000e80300000090010018020c0402006d6f646c70792f747273727900000000000000000000000000000000000000000070617261e80300000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000b00a0724e18093c07e80300004b080000e8030000009001003c074b080000e8030000e803000000900100).

The proposal aims to accept and open return channels for five parachains by executing a batch call for each of them, including a forcetransfer of 10 KSM from the Treasury to Statemine sovereign account. The encoded call can be found in the provided link.

A New Batch Of HRMP Channels: Amplitude, MangataX, Imbue, Tinkernet, GM Parachain.

Remove Old Runtime Upgrade Preimage

referendum_canceller

Cancel Referendum 127

- This proposal updates system parachains to version 9381.
- The main change from version 9370 is the introduction of XCM version 3.
- The version number is 9381 instead of 9380 due to late changes in the release process.
- The Relay Chain will start communicating with system parachains using XCM v3.
- The change is scheduled to happen 600 blocks after the upgrade authorization.
- Release notes are available in the [Cumulus repository](https://github.com/paritytech/cumulus/releases/tag/parachains-v9380).

Cancelled

WHO: The proposal is made by the Cumulus team.

WHAT: The proposal updates system parachains to v9381 and introduces XCM v3.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: No information provided.

System Parachains 9381 Upgrade

**Kusama Papercraft Marketing Initiative**

- **Objective:** Raise awareness about the Kusama network and its community.
- **Product:** 100 papercraft models of the Kusama logo (black canary).
- **Features:** Includes educational files, step-by-step instructions, and an NFT.
- **NFT:** Unique 3D design of the Kusama logo for users to claim.
- **Budget:** Covers design, production, packaging, and distribution.
- **Scalability:** Can be scaled up with non-industrial equipment and fine materials.
- **Distribution:** Packages will be sent to Parity offices for events.
- **Goal:** Expand the Kusama community and network growth.

The proposal seeks funding for a marketing initiative to promote the Kusama network by creating 100 papercraft models of the Kusama logo. The initiative aims to raise awareness, promote the brand, provide an educational experience, and encourage more people to participate. The budget includes papercraft design and production, packaging, educational files, NFT design and minting, distribution, and instructions. The initiative is scalable and can be expanded in the future. The proposal is committed to producing a high-quality product and will deliver packages to Parity offices. The fixed and variable costs of unit production will be calculated after the initial run.

OpenGov Referenda