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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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[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.

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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.

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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.

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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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- A group is asking for 332.9 KSM (about $6,061) from the Kusama community.
- They provided a service called Polkashots.io, which helped validators and node operators since early 2021.
- The service was important for keeping the network reliable.
- A new technology called Warp Sync made their service unnecessary, so they stopped it in April 2023.
- They had a previous request for funds, but it didn’t cover all their costs.
- They are now asking for more money to cover the remaining costs.
- More details can be found in their full proposal document.

WHO: Polkashots.io team
WHAT: Requesting 332.9 KSM ($6,061) compensation for providing a snapshot service for validators and node operators in DOT and KSM ecosystems earlier this year.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 332.9 KSM, timeframe not specified.

Polkashots.io Cloud Costs Remainder January-April 2023

- **NFT Mint Project**: Chaos Labs is creating Polkadot Punks, an open-source NFT project.  
- **Features**:  
  - Whitelist mint (100 KSM) – Only selected wallets can mint.  
  - Free mint (100 KSM) – No extra fees, just pay for on-chain metadata.  
  - Revealable mint (100 KSM) – NFTs are revealed after minting.  
- **Hub Wallet**:  
  - Supports NFTs (400 KSM) – Buying, selling, and swapping.  
  - Supports assets (400 KSM) – Sending, receiving, and gifting.  
  - Quick teleport (11 KSM) – Fast transfers to Asset Hub.  
- **Budget**: 1,111 KSM (~$19,924).  
- **Time**: 6 months.  
- **Social**: Follow Polkadot Punks on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/polkadot_punks).

Chaos Labs proposes to build an open-source NFT Mint Dapp on Polkadot Asset Hub for a budget of 300 KSM. The project includes three types of mints: whitelist, free, and revealable. Additionally, they propose to build a Hub wallet for assets and NFTs on Asset Hub for a budget of 811 KSM, which includes features like buying, selling, and swapping NFTs, and sending, receiving, and gifting assets. The estimated time for completion is six months, with a cost of $10 per hour.

Open-source Mint Dapp and Hub wallet for Asset hub

WHO: Will | Paradox | RCJ
WHAT: Close bounty 23 and bounty 22
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

To close erroneous and spam bounties

- Imbue Network got funding and completed most of their goals.
- They noticed issues with how money is spent and created a system called Imbue Grants to fix it.
- They showed how it works on a test network called Rococo.
- Next, they want to show it on Kusama by giving a grant and then refunding most of the money back.
- They have 5 people who will approve the grant.
- They think the treasury should support XCM transfers for better flexibility.
- They will move money to a special account to make the demo work.
- They want feedback from the community to improve their system.

Imbue wants to showcase their grants process on Kusama by launching a grant for 10 KSM with 2 milestones. The goal is to showcase refunds going back into the treasury. Milestone 1 for 1 KSM will get approved, while Milestone 2 for 9 KSM will get refunded back to the treasury. The demo will be evidence of the need for the treasury to support XCM transfers. Imbue believes their grants process is the best way to ensure accountability and transparency while remaining flexible enough to support different curators for different grants/projects.

Introducing Imbue Grants

CLOSE BOUNTY #23 IT WAS A MISTAKE!

WRONG!! SEE THE PROPOSAL #266

- A person has been making easy-to-understand infographics and articles about Polkadot for two years.  
- They share helpful links about Polkadot tools, timelines, and learning resources.  
- Some topics include how Polkadot works, wallets, and podcasts.  
- They ask the community for support in their work.  
- They also wrote about Jur Network, a Web3 project.  
- The post includes pictures and links to their work.  
- Their goal is to teach beginners about Polkadot in simple ways.

The author has been creating infographics, articles, and threads for the Polkadot community and is seeking support for their initiative. They have shared examples of their work, including timelines, tools, and explanations of various Polkadot features. They have also written an article about Jur Network. No specific price, timeframe, or resources mentioned.

A small tip for the last two years of contribution

- Kusama parachains stopped working because of a block dispute.  
- The chain froze to stop new parachain blocks.  
- A fix called "force_unfreeze" is needed to restart block inclusion.  
- There are links to check the voting details.  
- People are voting to approve the fix.  
- The problem happened because a finalized block couldn't be changed.  
- The chain is currently rejecting new parachain candidates.  
- Voting is happening in both Fellowship and public groups.

The proposal aims to fix the issue of Kusama parachains not including blocks due to a dispute in a finalized block. The proposal includes several submissions with preimages and referendums. The Fellowship is already voting on a proposal that whitelists the hash. No information on the price, timeframe, or resources is provided.

Fixing Inclusion Issues On Parachains Side

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Origin for signaling that the network wishes for some change

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