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- A proposal to create tools for checking how well public WSS (RPC) relay-chain endpoints are working.
- The tools will track uptime, performance, and integrity to help improve services.
- Another part of the project will monitor how fast databases grow and how long it takes to restore them.
- The project will also include growth charts and more database options.
- If successful, it might also track database bloat, RAM/CPU usage, and bootnode availability.
- The proposal is open for public review and has been shared with experts.
- The tools will be open-source, so anyone can use or check the results.
- The project aligns with Kusama's experimental nature and aims to improve transparency.

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WHO: Will/Paradox

WHAT: Develop a technical solution to monitor and report on the uptime, performance, and integrity of public WSS (RPC) relay-chain endpoints and trend database growth rates for twenty-four database configurations.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Full details including budget details can be found in the proposal document.

Proposal for Monitoring of public RPC/WSS Endpoints & Node Database Analytics

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6mths funding for Polkachu's Payout Bot

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Elektro, a professional translator and Polkadot enthusiast, proposes to provide Italian voice-over for the first video of Polkadot 2023. The final price per minute will be $13.70, covering the costs of proofreading, audio editing, production, and voice-over recording. The proposal aims to address issues such as incomplete information, misinformation, and language barriers in the Italian community. Elektro also emphasizes the importance of creating high-quality resources in major world languages for a multi-lingual Polkadot.

- Bifrost is a parachain on Kusama that recently renewed its lease.
- Two parachains (paraid 2259 and 2262) need help to unlock 700 KSM.
- The address used to register these parachains is **J3dfxSNbUHwBbmB4My7DCgrNniQ227uTUNqqf4KB1DhyZkR**.
- Transactions for registration are linked.
- A signature proves the address belongs to Bifrost.
- The message confirms paraid 2259 and 2262 belong to Bifrost.
- A referendum is being submitted to unlock these parachains.

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Bifrost requests community assistance to execute the `remove_lock` function to withdraw the previous 700 KSM locking for two parachains. The registration address is J3dfxSNbUHwBbmB4My7DCgrNniQ227uTUNqqf4KB1DhyZkR.

Remove lock for Bifrost swapped parachain id (2259 & 2262)

- The community decided to reject the top-up request for Referendum 144.
- This marks the end of Infrastructure Maintenance Bounty #13.
- The bounty helped teams funded by the treasury maintain infrastructure.
- It supported teams providing common goods like RPC endpoints, indexers, and block explorers.
- The proposal aims to close the bounty and return remaining funds to the treasury.
- Curator deposits will be unreserved if possible.
- Future maintenance requests must now be submitted through OpenGov.

The proposal aims to end Infrastructure Maintenance Bounty #13, which aided teams funded by the treasury to maintain infrastructure and perform continued operations. The remaining funds will be sent to the treasury, and the curator deposit will be unreserved if possible. All essential infrastructure providers are now asked to submit their maintenance requests via OpenGov.

Formalise the community decision and close the Bounty #13

- A proposal to cover costs for Parasnaps, a tool for fast snapshots, used from August 2022 to March 2023.
- Parasnaps was created to quickly restore validators, reducing time from ~40 minutes to a few minutes.
- Discussions led to moving forward with the proposal.
- Parasnaps was decommissioned in March 2023 as it is no longer needed with warp sync available.
- The proposal aims to retroactively cover costs for the last 8 months of Parasnaps' operation.

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WHO: The proposal is made by Parity Technologies on behalf of Parasnaps.

WHAT: The proposal aims to retroactively cover the costs and work generated by Parasnaps from August 2022 until its decommissioning in March 2023.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The cost and resources required are not specified in the summary.

[Medium Spender] Retroactive parasnaps.io maintenance

- Max asked the Kusama community for feedback after his treasury proposal was rejected.
- He wanted funding for his Cryptozilla YouTube channel to create 40 educational videos in 4 months.
- Max has been making videos about Polkadot and Kusama for almost 2 years.
- He asked for $12,800 (400 KSM) to make the videos, costing $320 per video.
- His videos include tutorials, project reviews, and explanations of Polkadot's role in Web3.
- Max shared past performance data and promised to track progress in a public spreadsheet.
- He believes his proposal offers good value and will help the Kusama ecosystem.

Max, the creator of the Cryptozilla Youtube channel, is proposing a 4-month funding of $12,800 (400 KSM) from the Kusama treasury to produce 40 educational videos about Polkadot & Kusama networks and ecosystem projects. The cost of one video is set at $320. The proposal includes KPIs and ROI calculations, and Max will provide a performance report once all 40 videos are delivered.

4-Month funding for Cryptozilla YouTube channel

KusaMint is a development kit for NFT artists, creators, and the Kusama community. They have reached all milestones in their previous proposal and are now seeking funding for new functionality and expansion to new NFT standards.

**Key Points:**
- KusaMint Enhancement: Access to NFTs on Statemine, mobile support for minting and managing NFTs.
- Public API: REST API and GraphQL API for various use cases like crypto games, marketplace integrations, and DAOs.

**Requested Amount:** 1584 KSM/48987 USD (Proposal 2: 1190 KSM + Proposal 1 Difference*: 394 KSM)

**KSM Price:** 30.91 USD (Coingecko data on 21st of April 2023)

**Total Team Hours:** 780 Hours

*Proposal 1 Difference - during their first proposal, the KSM price dropped significantly, resulting in a loss of over $12,000. They decided to apply for the remaining funds in their next proposal.

KusaMint requests 1584 KSM/48987 USD to enhance their development kit for NFT artists and creators. They aim to provide access to NFTs on Statemine, mobile support, and public API for Dotsama community. The requested amount will cover 780 hours of work.

KusaMint - Extension and Further Funding Q2 2023

A proposal has been made to change the default XCM version on the Kusama Network from version 1 to version 2. XCM v1 has been removed from the network, and it is now considered unsafe. The proposal includes a call data and screenshots to support the change. It is submitted on the Whitelisted Caller track, along with a Fellowship proposal to whitelist the hash for successful execution. There are also preimages and referendums for both the public and Whitelisted Caller tracks. People are encouraged to review and vote on the proposal.

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The proposal aims to update the XCM version from 1 to 2 on the Kusama Network. The proposal is submitted on the Whitelisted Caller track and requires a Fellowship referendum to whitelist the hash for successful execution. The public referendum will dispatch the call. No price, timeframe, or resources mentioned.

XCM to v2 proposal

- A project called **Polkadot Discovery Portal** was created to help people find information about Polkadot and Kusama projects.
- It started because a developer had trouble finding important files and details for testing.
- The portal helps users discover parachains, wallets, apps, and other tools in the ecosystem.
- It allows users to verify and update data, ensuring accuracy.
- The data is available in JSON format for easy access and use.
- The goal is to make it easier for everyone to find and share information, helping the ecosystem grow.
- The team is asking for funding to cover 60% of the development costs.

**WHO:** GHm6gp6khjcxQvnbnSsHdYejsFK1nNVxcGyGAsbDfsymtLr

**WHAT:** Retroactive payment for 60% of development costs for Polkadot Discovery Portal PoC, a comprehensive directory for Polkadot & Kusama ecosystem & all its actors.

**PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES:** Requested KSM: 598. No specific timeframe or resources mentioned.

Retroactive Funding for Polkadot Chain & Pallet Discovery Portal

- A person wants to become an auditor for a community project.
- They have done 10 audits to show they are good at it.
- They are asking the community to let them join the team.
- They also want a small reward for the audits they already did.
- The reward is 1 KSM for each audit, totaling 10 KSM.
- More details about their work and the proposal are in a document.
- The community can discuss and decide if they should join.

WHO: The candidate seeking to join the auditor team.

WHAT: Getting onboarded as an auditor and receiving KSM value as a token of gratitude for the audit work done so far.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 1 KSM/audit for a total of 10 audits. No specific timeframe or additional resources mentioned.

Proposal auditor onboarding for Referenda #67 extension

### OpenSquare Treasury Proposal Summary

- **Proponent**: OpenSquare (ESgz7GLVW7BL5DhRgpVnxSXVwaKt4ytWcrf52TY1GQD1cEb)
- **Date**: 03/22/2023
- **Requested Allocation**: $71,718.37 (1987.8 KSM)
- **Purpose**: Maintenance of governance tools, explorers, and dashboards in the Polkadot/Kusama ecosystem.
- **Infrastructure Costs**: Includes server hosting, email services, and domain registrations.
- **Maintenance Work**: Involves server deployment, codebase updates, bug fixes, and collaboration with other teams.
- **Products Maintained**: Subsquare, Dotreasury, and Statescan.
- **Total Cost**: $71,718.37, to be paid in KSM based on the EMA7 price as of 04/18/2023.

WHO: OpenSquare team
WHAT: Proposing a treasury proposal to cover the cost for the maintenance of dotreasury, statescan, and subsquare for 2022 Q4 and 2023 Q1.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $71,718.37, including servers, email service, domains, and maintenance work. Payment conditions: $69,000 for 138 FTE maintenance cost and 1987.8KSM with EMA7 price in 04.18.2023.

Subsquare, dotreasury and statescan retroactive maintenance for 2022 Q4 and 2023 Q1

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Test Transaction for Community Guide

Polkadot Live development seeks funding for 1 full-time senior software engineer for 12 months. The engineer will report to Ross Bulat and work on the app's notifications and quick actions. The proposal requests 24,937 DOT ($100k @ $4.01 / 1 DOT) for the engineer's salary and management oversight. The deliverables include the initial release of the app for macOS and Windows and open sourcing of the codebase on Github.

MISTAKE - Wrong track, my apologies

Testing Referenda 

- RadiumBlock wants reimbursement for RPC services for Kusama networks in late 2022 and early 2023.  
- They had no failures for over a year on their Kusama endpoint.  
- They are investing money to provide reliable and secure services at a fair cost.  
- They improved their infrastructure by using a mix of on-premise and cloud computing.  
- They added more edge locations and upgraded security.  
- Costs were reduced each quarter.  
- They are switching to a fixed pricing model, cutting costs by about 40%.  
- A detailed report is available online.

RadiumBlock seeks reimbursement for RPC services for Kusama networks in Q4 2022 and Q1 2023. They offer high-quality infrastructure services with significant investment and innovation, including a fixed SaaS pricing model from Q2 2022, resulting in a 40% cost reduction.

Reimbursement for RadiumBlock's High performance multi-geography RPC services for Kusama - Q4 2022 and Q1 2023

Mr / Mrs / Miss HACNArtaeeEkA34S5pBTUbHsDenJ51wrJDsp4Q2WkKiFTy7  - Why are you trolling us? 

AIRDROP.COM proposes to promote Polkadot through media buying, creation of content, and distribution of DOT through airdrop. They aim to reach 61,000 new DOT adopters. The proposal requires a budget of $300,000 and will be implemented within a timeframe of 3 months.

WHO: Polkadot community and Collators on the Polkadot System Parachains network. 

WHAT: Proposal to secure 6,075.79 DOT for Collators on the Polkadot System Parachains network for services delivered for the period of 2 months - 08-09/2023. 

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The proposal aims to post-pay monthly operating costs of service providers until a more suitable solution (Bounty) is established.

- Polkadotters are asking for $59,820 to support their work in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- They started in 2020 and created content, organized events, and promoted Polkadot.
- They have 1591 followers on Medium and 5k on Twitter.
- Their articles have 150k views, and videos have 15k views.
- They organized meetups and co-organized a big crypto conference.
- They plan to create more content, focus on governance, and organize 6 more meetups.
- They apologized for mistakes in their proposal process.

Polkadotters are requesting $59,820 for content creation, event organization, and marketing activities for the Polkadot ecosystem from June 2022 until the end of 2023. They plan to use the funds to deliver high-quality content, develop a marketing strategy, organize meetups, and focus on governance. They have already published almost 250 original articles and organized two local Polkadot meetups.

Polkadotters – funding of community powered media for Polkadot & Kusama ecosystem in 2022-2023

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Cancelling referendum 153

REPLACED!!! Polkadotters – funding of community powered media for Polkadot & Kusama ecosystem in 2022-2023

Tip for Goku

- A referendum was executed on December 12, 2022, to lower the `min_untrusted_score` in Kusama.
- This change was made to address a mass slashing incident.
- The new `min_untrusted_score` was calculated by averaging the last 30 election scores and halving them.
- The proposal updated the minimum untrusted score to more sensible and secure values.
- The change ensures that weak election solutions are not accepted by the network.
- This helps maintain the security and stability of the Kusama network.

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Update elections' minimum untrusted score

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Origin for signaling that the network wishes for some change

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Managing the composition of the fellowship

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