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- The proposal wants to change how some systems (Kusama Asset Hub and Kusama Bridge Hub) work.
- It was agreed by many people who help run these systems.
- The changes include:
  - Keeping 2 special collators from Parity on each chain.
  - Making 8 community collators on Asset Hub special.
  - Adding 6 new spots on Asset Hub for anyone to join.
  - Doing the same for BridgeHub.
- To join the new spots, new collators need to put down 50 KSM.

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WHO: The proposal is a collective effort by ecosystem collators.

WHAT: Decentralize Kusama Asset Hub and Kusama Bridge Hub by leaving 2 Parity invulnerable collators on each chain, making 8 community collators on Asset Hub invulnerable, and creating an additional 6 permissionless slots on Asset Hub and BridgeHub.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Any new collator can join by placing a bond of 50 KSM once the referendum is enacted. No specific timeframe or additional resources mentioned.

Further decentralize collator set on Kusama system chains

- Kabocha's parachain lease is ending, and they need to move to a new paraid (2268).
- They want to use a root referendum to fix the issue and make some long-term changes.
- The plan includes deregistering the old paraid, registering it under a new account, and swapping paraids.
- They need community support and validation to make sure the process works.
- On-chain remarks from involved accounts will confirm the changes.
- The deposit for registering the new paraid is about 280.3KSM.
- The process is complex but aims to keep Kabocha running smoothly.

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WHO: The proposer is seeking the community's views.

WHAT: The proposer wants to move a parachain from one account to another and resolve other long-term issues.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Moving a paraid to a new manager address - Kabocha

- Encointer is asking for money from the Kusama Treasury to cover costs for July and August 2023.  
- They also plan to ask the Polkadot Treasury for money starting in September.  
- The amount they need is about $234,000.  
- Encointer helps both Kusama and the whole Dotsama ecosystem.  
- Some people want teams to get paid after they finish their work, but Encointer says this is hard for small teams.  
- The founder of Encointer, Alain Brenzikofer, has worked without pay for a long time.  
- They hope people will approve their request because of Alain’s unpaid work.  
- More details are in their proposal document.

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Encointer proposes to cover their expenses for July and August 2023 from the KSM treasury, amounting to CHF 213,000. They also plan to submit a proposal to the DOT treasury to cover their expenses from September onwards. They oppose retroactive funding but highlight the founder's unpaid work as pre-investment.

Encointer Lease2 Treasury Proposal 2/2

- **Polkadot Latam** wants to create a Polkadot and Kusama community in **Honduras**.
- They plan to teach people about blockchain through events and educational content in **Spanish**.
- The goal is to help more people in **Latin America** use and understand Polkadot and Kusama.
- They are asking for **1033.389 KSM** (about $31,005.81 USD) to fund this project.
- The money will be used for events, creating educational materials, and building a community.
- They want to make learning about Polkadot and Kusama easy and fun with videos and 3D models.
- They hope this will help more people in the region use blockchain technology.

Rejected

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Polkadot Latam proposes to create a Polkadot development community in Honduras to promote the adoption of blockchain technology in the region. They request funding of 1033.389 KSM (USD $31,005.81) for organizing events, creating educational content, and building a Polkadot community in Honduras. The goal is to create a robust and accessible community centered on governance, development, and community. They will start by organizing events in educational centers, media, universities, and other interested parties in Honduras to create high-quality educational content in Spanish.

(Polkadot Latam, Start) 

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Please reject

### ParaSpell XCM SDK & XCM UI Maintenance Proposal

- **Project Overview**: ParaSpell proposes maintaining the XCM SDK & XCM UI, tools that enhance the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Previous Funding**: The project has received funding from the Web3 Foundation in three phases.
- **XCM SDK**: Connects 46 Parachains, simplifying XCM integration for developers.
- **Maintenance Needs**: Continued updates are required to support new Parachains and developer needs.
- **Community Support**: Developers actively seek tools like XCM SDK, as seen in Polkadot forum discussions.
- **Pre-Proposal Discussions**: Held on Polkassembly and Subsquare platforms.
- **Current Usage**: The SDK is used by KodaDot, a major Polkadot NFT marketplace.
- **Future Goals**: Improve and maintain the tools to facilitate faster dApp development.

The team behind ParaSpell XCM SDK & XCM UI proposes a maintenance bounty to keep the tool updated and enhance the experience of developers integrating XCM support into their dApps on the Polkadot ecosystem. The proposal seeks continued operations and repository maintenance for an unspecified price and timeframe.

ParaSpell XCM SDK Maintenance funding for 5months

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WHO: Proponent 12wWLUd5qMzLFGqBsMnHLVFeTuYJwuo5ygMAxuSywrBX1XSF, k-f

WHAT: Requesting a maintenance grant to maintain the GSRPC library used by more than 500 Github Go Modules until the end of 2023.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $90,750 in DOT, retroactively since August 2021, until the end of 2023.

The proposal has been superseded by Referendum 207 due to the requested amount being 100 times higher than desired. Users should ignore this referendum as it would never be executed on chain. Please vote on and provide feedback for Referendum 207 instead.

Totem Kapex Parachain Team requests 2.25M USD loan from Polkadot Treasury, offering 10% of their allocation as collateral. Airdrop of 5% of maximum supply to all Aye and Nay voters if successful. Target repayment date: Month 24.

- A proposal to pay for 28 days of work on privacy sidechains for Polkadot, Kusama, and other chains.
- Privacy sidechains help keep information safe without changing existing systems.
- Benefits all chains connected to Polkadot and Kusama.
- Includes links to a detailed proposal, discussion, and a blog post explaining why privacy is important.
- Also features a video presentation about the project.

WHO: The treasury proposal is for any substrate-based chain.

WHAT: The proposal aims to retroactively cover the first 28 person days of completed work on implementing privacy sidechains.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Privacy Sidechains for all Substrate- Based Chains

- A proposal called Referenda #177 was approved but didn't work as planned.
- It was supposed to happen at a specific block number, but something went wrong.
- The problem was that important information (preimage) was removed too early.
- This made the system unable to follow the instructions for the proposal.
- A new proposal is being submitted to fix this issue.
- Everything in the new proposal is the same, except for one small update.
- The person in charge apologized for the mistake and asked for support.
- The community is helping to make sure the new proposal works.

WHO: OpenGov

WHAT: Resubmitting a previously approved proposal (Referenda #177) that failed to execute due to an oversight. All parts of the proposal stayed the same except the update of KSM EMA7 to $25.52.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

OpenCommunity Governance

- Ziggurat is a tool to test blockchain networks for bugs, speed, and security.
- It helps find problems before they happen, especially for Substrate-based chains like Kusama.
- The team includes experts in Rust, blockchain, and network testing.
- Equilibrium, the team behind Ziggurat, has worked with big names in Web3.
- They fix bugs, improve networks, and make them faster and safer.
- The first step is to create a test plan for Kusama.
- The goal is to make blockchain networks stronger and more secure.

Equilibrium proposes to build out Ziggurat to support substrate-based networks, starting with Kusama, to detect network-level attacks before they happen. The proposal is for the first milestone of creating a test plan. The team has experience in bug fixing, implementation, profiling, and network analysis. For a detailed breakdown of price, see the attached proposal.

Ziggurat - Kusama Treasury Proposal - Milestone 1

- Claudio is a Polkadot Ambassador and runs KryptosChain, a media brand on YouTube and Twitter.
- He started making videos about Polkadot in 2020 and has been active in the community.
- In January 2023, he completed a project to grow the Romanian Polkadot community.
- Now, he is asking for funding to make 116 videos over 6 months.
- The videos will compare Polkadot with other ecosystems, share news, and interview founders.
- He is requesting 1,651.17 KSM (around $41,395) for this project.
- If the price of KSM changes, he will adjust the funding accordingly.

Polkadot Ambassador Claudio proposes to produce 116 videos over 6 months, including comparison videos, Polkadot ecosystem news, open governance news, and interviews with founders. The requested amount is 1,651.17 KSM, worth approximately $41,395 @ $25.07 per KSM at today's market price.

Funding for KryptosChain Media Brand - 6 months

- Polkassembly helps with Polkadot and Kusama governance.
- They need money every three months for maintenance and costs.
- This time, they are asking the Kusama treasury for funds for April, May, and June 2023.
- They want to add new features like better notifications, spam control, and partnerships.
- They plan to make it easier to share and find information on the site.
- They will also add tools for users to report problems and see changes.
- The goal is to keep Polkassembly running smoothly and help the community.

WHO: Polkassembly

WHAT: Proposes a recurring quarterly payment to cover maintenance, operations, and human resource costs for Polkassembly, including general maintenance, runtime upgrades, and infrastructure costs. The proposal covers costs for April, May, and June of 2023. 

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The Kusama treasury is requested to provide the necessary funding for this period. The proposal also includes various site-wide improvements, customization, anti-spam features, partnerships, and content & education initiatives. 

150 SYMBOLS LIMIT REACHED.

Polkassembly Maintenance proposal Q2’23

Approved

WHO: Proponent 16JVrgg7t6m5UXAtDBM7jYp9XjAxALRVFP6GuKVFmi9HLw8d (Batman, Polkadot)

WHAT: Funding for further development of the dotappstore, including Dynamic App Pages with user authentication, upvote feature, claim feature, and report feature.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 1,800 DOT (~$6,500) requested on 13 Oct 2023. Codebase is open-source and available on Github.

- Subsocial is creating a way for people to chat on-chain about anything in the Polkadot ecosystem, like proposals, markets, and accounts.
- Right now, discussions happen off-chain in places like Discord and Telegram, which makes it harder for people to engage with dapps.
- Subsocial built Grill.chat to show how easy it is to chat on-chain without needing to create an account first.
- OpenComm will let all governance discussions happen on-chain, making them easy to access from different platforms.
- This can also be used for other things, like discussing NFTs or sports bets directly on-chain.
- Multiple projects are already working to use OpenComm.
- Subsocial shared a full proposal with more details and is asking for feedback.

Subsocial is proposing an Open Communication Layer for the Polkadot ecosystem, consolidating siloed discussions and enabling users to chat on-chain about any entity or resource. This communication layer will be open and accessible by anyone and any application, improving information flow and availability in the ecosystem. The proposal includes a detailed breakdown of milestones, budget, and implementation plans.

OpenComm - The Communication Layer Of Web3 - Milestone 1

WHO: The proposer.

WHAT: Develop a UI for tracking weight consumption over all Polkadot and Kusama parachains.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requesting a tip for the developed code. Will register a custom domain for the website if approved. No specific price, timeframe, or resources mentioned.

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Update `relayVrfModuloSamples` in Parachain Config

- A proposal is asking for $32,640 to monitor public RPC/WSS endpoints and node databases.
- It was previously submitted but failed due to interference.
- Changes made: the proposer is now funding servers, reducing costs by 25%, and lowering slippage from 10% to 5%.
- Extra funds or slippage will be refunded to the treasury.
- Goals: monitor WSS providers and display key metrics on a dashboard, and track database growth and restoration times.

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WHO: The proposer.

WHAT: Resubmitting a proposal for monitoring public RPC/WSS endpoints and node database analytics.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The proposal seeks $32,640.00 for RPC monitoring only. The proposer will fund provision of servers for DB analytics/restoration, reducing the overall cost of the proposal by ~25%. Slippage reduced from 10% to 5%.

Monitoring of public RPC/WSS Endpoints

- A follow-up proposal to Referendum 170 is being made due to a market downturn.
- The original proposal was for retroactive Parasnaps maintenance.
- The market price of KSM dropped below the expected price, causing a large difference in costs.
- The new proposal asks for $5748.15 or 223.02 KSM to cover the remaining costs.
- A screenshot shows KSM was sold at $24.75, lower than the expected price.
- The team provided daily snapshots for both Polkadot and Kusama relay chains.
- They ask users who used the service to confirm their statement about the snapshots.

WHO: The proposer (unspecified)

WHAT: Proposing to cover the remaining $5748.15, or 223.02 KSM at an EMA7 of $25.774 for KSMUSD for the retroactive Parasnaps maintenance proposal.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

[Small Spender] Parasnaps Maintenance Follow-up for Market Correction

### GigMind.App

- **Purpose**: A platform for creating, participating in, and monetizing workshops and sessions within the Kusama ecosystem.
- **Features**: Live audio and video calls, quizzes, promotions, and more.
- **Accessibility**: Multilingual support and user-friendly interface.
- **Testnets**: Available on Rococo and Westend testnets for safe exploration and testing.
- **MasterSubstrate.app**: An exclusive platform for fellowship members, currently in progress.
- **Resources**: Proposal documents, videos, and discussions available for further information.
- **Goal**: To enhance accessibility to quality education and recreational spaces within the Kusama community.

WHO: GigMind.App

WHAT: Seeking support to complete the development of an innovative recreational platform tailored for the Kusama ecosystem, enabling users to create, participate in, and monetize various workshops or sessions.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

GigMind [Medium Spender] Referendum #192

Dwellir served 840 million RPC requests for Polkadot communities in Q3 using decentralized bare-metal infrastructure in Sweden and Tunisia. They aim to offer top-tier, decentralized RPC services at an equitable price. No specific price/timeframe/resources mentioned.

- The proposal is about upgrading the Kusama relay chain and system parachains to runtime v9420.
- It includes changes from v0.9.41 to v0.9.42, with 4 runtime migrations for the relay chain.
- New features include the NFT 2.0 pallet on Statemine and a new instance of the Assets pallet called ForeignAssets.
- A new runtime API allows querying account balances for all fungible assets in one call.
- The proposal is submitted on the Whitelisted Caller track, meaning it needs approval from the Fellowship.
- If approved, the upgrade will happen at block #18,062,739.
- Users are encouraged to vote on the proposal.

The proposal aims to upgrade Kusama relay chain and Kusama System Parachains to runtime v9420, including several changes and migrations. The proposal is submitted on Whitelisted Caller track, and if approved, enactment will happen in block #18,062,739.

Runtime Upgrade v9420 on Kusama and v9420 on System Parachains

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Origin for signaling that the network wishes for some change

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