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- A team from Robonomics Network wants to teach people about web3 and blockchain.
- They noticed most courses focus only on money or are too hard for beginners.
- They plan to make easy-to-understand videos and materials about Polkadot and Kusama.
- The course will show how web3 can make everyday tasks safer and easier.
- They will use real projects like Statemine, Robonomics, and Moonriver as examples.
- The course will have two versions: one for Kusama and one for Rococo testnet.
- They will create videos, text materials, and a simple app for learning.
- They are asking for $27,572.5 (843 KSM) to complete the project in 5 months.

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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

- **What is DOTCAST?**  
  DOTCAST is a project creating videos (podcasts, interviews, and tutorials) for Spanish-speaking people to learn about Polkadot and Kusama.  

- **Who is behind it?**  
  Nachito and Roco, who are Polkadot Ambassadors, started DOTCAST seven months ago.  

- **What do they do?**  
  They make videos, interview developers, and share news about Polkadot and Kusama in Spanish.  

- **What’s the goal?**  
  To help Spanish speakers understand Polkadot and Kusama better and encourage them to join the community.  

- **What’s special about DOTCAST?**  
  It’s made by the community, for the community, and focuses on real solutions, not just price talk.  

- **What do they need funding for?**  
  To make more videos, attend events, improve their website, and pay for design work.  

- **Why not use a Bounty?**  
  DOTCAST has already grown past the Bounty stage and needs steady funding to keep improving.  

- **How much funding?**  
  They are asking for 1,599.73 KSM (about $53,487) to fund six months of work.

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

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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.

- A referendum is proposed to increase the Treasury's revenue by staking KSM in nomination pools.
- 120,000 KSM will be moved from the Society to the Treasury.
- 270,000 KSM will be staked across 9 nomination pools using proxy accounts controlled by the Treasury.
- The Treasury will earn rewards from staking, increasing its revenue by ~43,000 KSM per year.
- The first rewards are expected around May 6th.
- This solution is decentralized and doesn’t require a runtime upgrade.
- The community can adjust the plan if needed by proposing new referenda.
- Testing was done to ensure the process works as intended.

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Kusama Treasury Staking Configuration

- A report was shared about child bounties approved by the community.  
- A request is being made to add more funds to the Infrastructure Maintenance Bounty.  
- This bounty helps teams funded by the treasury to maintain their projects.  
- It reduces the need for new proposals and saves time.  
- The bounty has been active for about a year and supported many projects.  
- More funds will help continue this work.  
- Details about achievements, goals, and funding are in a proposal document.

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

- Interlay is choosing curators for a bounty program called "Parachain Assets Onramp Support."
- Curators will manage the program and get rewards for their work.
- The curators are chosen to represent everyone involved in the bounty.
- A document explains the curators' jobs and rewards.
- The curators are from different companies like Interlay, Talisman, SubWallet, OpenDive Technologies, and HydraDX & Basilisk.
- Each curator has a special address for the program.

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 new referendum is proposed to connect two parachains: GM and MangataX.
- GM is a fun community project for sending GMs and GNs.
- MangataX is a decentralized exchange (DEX).
- The connection will allow people to trade FREN coins, which are not listed anywhere yet.
- The plan includes transferring 10 KSM from the Treasury to Statemine.
- Two HRMP channels will be opened between GM and MangataX.
- This is a new experiment for the creator, Claudio.
- A decision deposit of 333.33 KSM is needed for 14 days to make it happen.

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

- **BigTipper #7 Resubmission**: A proposal to resubmit a previously approved tip for MathCrypto's work on a batch delegate webpage.
- **Original Proposal**: Submitted through OpenGov with a high submission deposit of 100 KSM.
- **Issue**: The enactment period was set incorrectly, leading to cancellation by Referendum #122.
- **New Proposal**: Includes the original tip amount plus reimbursement for the submission deposit.
- **Components**:
  1. 5 KSM for the original tip to MathCrypto.
  2. 100 KSM for the submission deposit reimbursement to TurboFlakes.
- **Purpose**: To correct the previous error and ensure the community's approved tip is honored.
- **Request**: Asking for votes and feedback from the community.

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]

- OpenBrush is a tool for making smart contracts in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The proposal asks for funding to develop new features for OpenBrush.
- OpenBrush helps developers create smart contracts more easily.
- The team wants to make educational materials and new standards for smart contracts.
- They plan to work with other projects like Astar, AlephZero, and Phala.
- The goal is to make Polkadot smarter and easier for developers to use.
- The full proposal has more details about their plans.

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 helps make Web3 apps by organizing and finding data from blockchains.
- In 2022, they made special tools called Dictionaries to help developers work faster.
- These Dictionaries helped over 1 billion times in 2022.
- SubQuery wants to make more Dictionaries for more blockchains in 2023.
- They aim for 99.99% uptime and to help 10 billion times in 2023.
- SubQuery's Dictionaries are open for anyone to use and improve.
- They are working to make it easier for new blockchains to join and use their tools.

**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 

- A proposal called "Substrate in Bits" aims to help developers working with Substrate by creating detailed technical content.
- The content will focus on solving common problems faced by developers and will be easy to understand.
- It will be hosted on GitHub, allowing others to contribute and keep the content updated.
- The goal is to create 40 pieces of content, with priority given to the most common issues.
- Success will be measured by how many developers use the content and find it helpful.
- The project also includes monthly updates and a channel for developers to discuss the content.
- The full proposal and discussion can be found in the provided links.

**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 is being upgraded to Relay Chain 9381 and System Parachains 9382.
- The upgrade includes XCM v3, which helps different parts of the network communicate.
- Some changes will happen automatically, even if one part fails.
- Messages will be sent to Statemine and BridgeHub to prepare for the upgrade.
- The XCM version will be updated to 3 after 600 blocks (about 1 hour).
- Be careful with money-related actions during the upgrade.
- The upgrade will happen at block 17,335,450, around 11:00 UTC on April 4.
- The upgrade files are 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 is asking for 545 KSM to maintain and develop their service for Kusama and Polkadot in 2023.
- Web3alert sends notifications for on-chain events on Kusama and Polkadot.
- They support Telegram, Slack, and Discord for notifications.
- In the past 6 months, they updated their service, added new features, and maintained high uptime.
- Plans for 2023 include keeping the service updated and adding new features.
- The proposal is for maintenance costs from January 2023 to January 2024.

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 discussion happened on Polkassembly about a project.
- The project is now up for a treasury vote.
- The full details of the project are in a Google document.
- This is a special vote called "referendumV2."
- Only the person who made the proposal can change its details.
- If you are that person, you can log in and share more about your idea.

WHO: The proposer address E5oiBDNmhArBxBXK3C7phyGY9HB5zqtrVFxfeMzD9UV1hoa.

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

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Elixir Docs

- **What is the proposal about?**  
  A bounty program to help Kusama parachains add fiat on-ramp support for their native tokens using Banxa, a payment service provider.

- **Why is this important?**  
  It makes it easier for new users to buy native tokens, which is currently a big challenge in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem.

- **Who is involved?**  
  Interlay and Banxa are working together to create this program.

- **What does the bounty cover?**  
  - Support for 9 Kusama parachains and their native tokens.  
  - Support for Statemine, Kusama's native stablecoins, and KSM.  

- **How much does it cost?**  
  $10,500 per parachain, with a total budget of $105,000 USD in KSM.

- **What’s next?**  
  The community is invited to review the full proposal and share their thoughts.

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.

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Cancel Referendum 127

- The proposal updates system parachains to version 9381.
- The main change is the introduction of XCM v3.
- It was named "v9381" instead of "v9380" due to late changes.
- The Relay Chain will now use XCM v3 to communicate with system parachains.
- The upgrade is set to happen 600 blocks after authorization.
- Release notes can be found in the Cumulus repository.

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.

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