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- Polkadot Insider is a media site focused on the Dotsama ecosystem, sharing news and supporting projects.
- Started in June 2022, it gained attention on Twitter with simple, professional content.
- By December 2022, it reached over 1 million monthly impressions on Twitter.
- The proposal seeks funding for February to May 2023 to expand content, including YouTube videos and community engagement.
- Plans include creating 30 how-to videos, 8 interview videos, and managing a Crew3 community.
- The budget is reduced by 37.8% compared to the previous proposal.
- Main audience focus is South Asia, with detailed plans and budget distribution provided.
- Weekly updates and a full report will be shared with the community.

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Polkadot Insider seeks funding for the production and development of a media site for the Dotsama ecosystem, including creating insightful content, fast news, and support promoting projects. The proposal requests $61,390 for 4 months (February to May 2023) to expand work to the YouTube platform, create an instructional library, and manage a Crew3 community. The target audience is primarily in South Asia, and the proposal includes a detailed marketing strategy and budget distribution. The full proposal, spending folder, public report, and video YouTube plan are available for review.

Polkadot Insider - Production of Dotsama ecosystem contents [NEW PROPOSAL]

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I submitted wrong track. Please VOTE AGAINST IT!

### Summary of the Proposal

1. **Reward Adam**: Propose to reward Adam Steebar with 8 KSM for his work on Open Governance details and discussions on GitHub.
2. **Test Batch Statements**: Use this proposal to test the use of batch statements for issuing rewards, allowing multiple recipients.
3. **Fund Public Validator Payouts**: Allocate 2 KSM to a public validator payout account as a "finder's fee."
4. **Open Governance Contribution**: Adam compiled and maintained details related to Open Governance, contributing to community discussions on GitHub.
5. **Economics Skill Set**: Adam applied his economics skills to aid the community, regardless of the outcome.
6. **Batch Calls Testing**: This proposal tests the ability to split tips among different parties, which was not possible in the previous governance model.
7. **Public Staking Reward Bot**: 20% of the tip is directed to a public staking reward payout bot, equivalent to a former finder's fee.
8. **Future Model**: If successful, this test could establish a model for future payments requiring multiple recipients.

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WHO: The proposer
WHAT: To provide a reward to Adam (8 KSM), test the use of batch statements to issue rewards, and fund an account used for public validator payouts as a `finder's fee` (2 KSM)
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

For analysis of Open Gov parameters 

- Bounty 12 helps creators learn about Polkadot and Kusama and rewards them with KSM.  
- Directors will now lead their own units to help creators grow.  
- The Paraverse Content Creators group makes content about Polkadot and Kusama.  
- They create videos, articles, and interviews about parachains and governance.  
- Tools to reward and evaluate content have gotten better.  
- The community is discussing the proposal to keep funding this group.  
- They want to share the story of Polkadot and Kusama with more people.

WHO: Paraverse Content Creators, Directors of specific units, and WagMedia.

WHAT: Continuing funding for Paraverse Content Creators to support creators who generate content promoting Polkadot and Kusama.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

6 Month Funding of the Paraverse Content Creators

- A new proposal wants to make parachains safer by checking runtime upgrades before they happen.
- Validators will test and agree on the upgrade before it is used.
- This idea has already been tested successfully on Versi, Rococo, and Westend.
- It helps reduce risks, especially for slashing (penalties for bad behavior).
- Parachains need to support a signal called `go_ahead_signal`.
- Links are provided to review and vote on the proposal.
- The proposal is ready for voting, so people can check and vote when they want.

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The proposal enables pre-checking for runtime upgrade on parachains. Validators must compile and agree on the new runtime before it can be upgraded. This reduces the risk of unjustified slashes and has been successfully tested. Parachains need to support the `go_ahead_signal`. The call to be enacted and the fellowship proposal to be approved are provided.

Setting pvfCheckingEnabled In The Configuration To TRUE

- **Stakeworld's Guide**: Offers a detailed guide on setting up RPC nodes for Polkadot and Kusama.
- **Tip**: Proposes an 8 KSM tip (about 200 USD) for the guide.
- **RPC Nodes vs. Validators**: RPC nodes require more configuration than validators.
- **SSL Proxy Setup**: Explains how to set up an SSL proxy for the nodes.
- **Stress Testing**: Provides instructions on how to stress test the nodes.
- **Documentation Improvement**: Stakeworld improved the official Polkadot wiki documentation.
- **Official Documentation**: The improved documentation can be found on the [Polkadot wiki](https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/maintain-wss).

small_tipper

WHO: Unspecified proposers
WHAT: Propose a tip of 8 KSM (about 200 USD) for Stakeworld's guide on how to set up RPC nodes for Polkadot and Kusama, which also corrected and improved the official documentation on the Polkadot wiki.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 8 KSM, unspecified timeframe and resources.

[Small Tipper] Guide for setting up an RPC node

- A new governance dashboard has been created to measure the impact of governance participation.
- The dashboard shows important statistics, details about specific referendums, and voting behavior of individual wallets.
- The project received funding and was built using a custom SubSquid indexer for real-time data.
- The dashboard was delayed but is now ready, with plans to add more features like OpenGov data.
- The team used a Python framework called Dash for the frontend to speed up development.
- The dashboard helps track governance trends and voting patterns on the Kusama network.
- Future updates may include more decentralized solutions and support for new governance features.

WHO: Proof of Chaos team

WHAT: Requesting 9200 Euros (398.5 KSM) for the remaining funding to build a governance dashboard that presents statistics, displays relevant information for a specific referendum, and provides insights into the voting behavior of a specific wallet.

TIMEFRAME: Delayed from initial projection of July 2022

RESOURCES: Custom SubSquid indexer and Python Framework called Dash were used. Interested in extending the dashboard to include OpenGov (Gov2) data.

Kusama Governance Dashboard

### Bridge Hub (BH) Parachain Proposal

- **Purpose**: To add a Bridge Hub (BH) parachain to Kusama.
- **Function**: Acts as a gateway between Kusama and other networks like Polkadot and Ethereum.
- **Current State**: Contains basic logic but lacks bridge-specific features.
- **Future Plans**: Bridge-specific pallets will be added in future upgrades.
- **Primary Role**: Serves as a message routing system within Kusama and between other networks.
- **Example Use**: Parachains can route messages to the BH for handling cross-network communication.
- **Expected Impact**: Once operational, it will enable more interaction between Kusama and Polkadot.
- **Goal**: To get approval from Kusama stakeholders and establish a "shell" for bridge teams to develop their logic.

The proposal is to add a Bridge Hub (BH) parachain to Kusama, acting as a message routing system between Kusama and other networks. The BH will not contain bridge-specific pallets, but will allow bridge teams to focus on releasing their bridge logic. The goal is to get approval from Kusama stakeholders and launch a "shell" operational. Once operational, a Polkadot<>Kusama bridge will allow more interaction between the networks. No price, timeframe, or resources are mentioned.

[Whitelisted Caller] Referendum #53 - Add Bridge Hub System Parachain

- The Dotsama community is thanked for voting and sharing opinions.
- Subscan is working on new features called `Gov V2` and needs a real test environment.
- A proposal was made on Kusama, but it might not have been the best idea.
- The team is testing and will cancel the proposal soon.
- New features will be released next week for everyone to try.
- Subscan plans to improve identity services in 2023.
- The community is encouraged to give feedback and discuss the new features.

TimedOut

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Subscan is developing Gov V2 functions and needs a "REAL" test environment. They will cancel this proposal after testing. Related functions will be released next week. No price/timeframe/resources mentioned.

Make chaos | for testing some abnormal situation of Gov V2

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[Treasurer] Referendum #51

[Whitelisted Caller] Referendum #50 - Upgrade Statemine v9360

Enable conditional fast-unstake service in Kusama

[Root] Referendum #48: Change genesis wasm for Bittensor parathread

- **Virto Team Proposal**: The Virto team, led by Daniel, is asking for support to continue building projects in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. They have a history of successful projects funded by the community and Web3 Foundation.
  
- **2023 Projects**: They plan to work on several exciting projects, including:
  - **Summa**: A lightweight node that connects Substrate blockchains with Matrix, a messaging protocol.
  - **Hardware Wallet**: A prototype of a wallet that’s easy to carry and use without fear of losing funds.
  - **Valor**: A runtime and developer platform for creating plugins.
  - **FiDOS Super App**: A web app for managing blockchain interactions.
  - **Kreivo**: A tokenless blockchain for real-world payments and community empowerment.

- **Goals**: The team wants to make blockchain technology easy and accessible for everyone, especially people who are not familiar with crypto. They aim to hide complex details like cryptography and make the experience familiar and user-friendly.

- **Team and Costs**: The team has 12+ members, including engineers, designers, and researchers. They are requesting 20,000 KSM (around $470,000) to fund their work for 9 months.

- **Impact**: Their projects focus on simplifying blockchain interactions, creating new hardware, and empowering local communities through decentralized technology.

Rejected

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The Virto team proposes to be supported to continue building their projects for the ecosystem, with a focus on making blockchain technology extremely accessible to the non-crypto-native 99% of the population. They have several exciting projects lined up for 2023, including Summa, a lightweight multi-chain capable node extensible with WebAssembly plugins, integrated with Matrix, and a hardware wallet prototype. The team consists of 12+ people, and the requested 20,000 KSM at a price of 23.5USD/KSM would equal 470,000 USD, minus 10K of operational costs and leaving a 20% buffer, they are left with 368,000 USD.

Funding the Virto team

- Claudio runs a YouTube channel called Polkadot Romania to teach Romanians about the Polkadot ecosystem.
- He started the channel in June 2022 and wants funding to continue making videos.
- He is asking for 1,359.67 KSM (about $33,380) to make 83 videos and host 2 Twitter Spaces each month.
- The goal is to educate more Romanians about Polkadot in their own language.
- There is a vote happening to decide if the funding will be approved.
- If the funding passes, Claudio will also keep making English content but with less quality.
- If it doesn’t pass, he will try again later with a new proposal.

Claudio proposes to continue funding his Polkadot Romania YouTube channel for the education of the Romanian community on the Polkadot ecosystem. The asking amount is 1,359.67 KSM for 83 educational videos and at least 2 Twitter Spaces per month, worth approximately $33,380.

[Medium Spender] - Funding for Video Content for Polkadot Romania

- **Who We Are**: Evrloot, the first RPG game using RMRK NFTs on Kusama.  
- **Gameplay**: Players send "Souls" (in-game characters) to complete missions and earn NFT rewards.  
- **Impact**: Over 90% of RMRK NFTs on Kusama come from our game rewards.  
- **Problem**: Recent fee changes (10x increase) made the game too expensive to run.  
- **Request**: 333 KSM from the Kusama Treasury to cover fees for one month.  
- **Goal**: Keep the game free for players until migrating to Moonbeam.  
- **Players**: Around 120 daily active users, with 2,000 missions started each day.  
- **Future**: Moving to Moonbeam for better scalability with RMRK 3.0.

small_spender

Evrloot, the first RPG based on RMRK NFTs, is requesting 333 KSM from the Kusama Treasury to cover the increased gas fees that resulted from recent changes in fee calculation. The funding would last for approximately one month, during which time the game would continue to operate until it migrates to Moonbeam. The KSM would be used to pay the gas fees required to keep the game running, and the entirety of the funding would go back into the system.

Keep Evrloot running for the players after recent gas calculation changes

- Claudio is asking for 24 KSM (about $605.76) for 3 videos he made.
- The videos are about Polkadot vs Cosmos, Subwallet, and Mangata X.
- One video is dubbed in Spanish.
- WagMedia couldn't pay him because they ran out of funds.
- Claudio already spent time and effort making the videos.
- He shared links to the videos for proof.
- The payment address matches the one in the video descriptions.

WHO: Claudio

WHAT: Requesting 24 KSM (approx $605.76) in tips for 3 videos produced for WagMedia

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 24 KSM, current KSM price of $25.24. No specific timeframe or additional resources mentioned.

[Big Tipper] - Tip request for videos in Spanish

- A new proposal wants to schedule 4 auctions for Kusama.  
- One auction was lost during a migration, and two were left from LP27.  
- The community will vote on a new schedule for 2023.  
- The proposal is part of OpenGov and needs approval from the Kusama community.  
- The Fellowship is voting to whitelist the proposal hash.  
- People are encouraged to vote and ask questions if needed.  
- The proposal hash is `0x85928b2b75ffadbfbd4e321f46183cb33f5a3b68baaca0ebf62d4695a01d0070`.  
- More details can be found in the release notes.

The proposal aims to schedule 4 new auctions and a new schedule for 2023 for the Kusama community to vote on. The proposal is submitted as a referendum in OpenGov and requires approval and whitelisting by the Fellowship. No specific price, timeframe, or resources mentioned.

Proposal replacing the last 4 auctions on Kusama (until LP27) due to them failing on dispatch queue.

- Kusama is upgrading to version v9360.
- The upgrade includes changes from version v0.9.35 to v0.9.36.
- Some updates help with staking and warnings.
- There are fixes for rate limits and logs.
- The community needs to approve the upgrade.
- The Fellowship must whitelist the proposal.
- Everyone can vote on the upgrade.

The proposal suggests upgrading Kusama to v9360, including changes in runtime and miscellaneous areas. The proposal is submitted as a referendum in OpenGov, and the Kusama community needs to approve it.

Runtime Release v9360 for Kusama

- The author is writing an article about **Power of Attorney (PoA)** on the Polkadot blockchain.
- The focus is on creating a legal framework for **on-chain PoA** that works globally.
- The article will use **Swiss law** as an example but aims to help other countries too.
- It will explore how PoA works in the EU and Switzerland, and who can misuse it.
- It will discuss **private keys** and how they give full access, needing extra security.
- The article will look at the idea of a **partially government-controlled blockchain** and if a parachain could help.
- It will propose an **encrypted system** to allow or revoke access, using a user-friendly app.
- The final article will be published in an **open-access journal** for everyone to read.

WHO: The proposer, a researcher.
WHAT: Writing an article on building a legal framework to regulate on-chain Power of Attorney (PoA) with a focus on challenges and promises for a legal system.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The proposal is limited to one article, and the funding amount is not specified. The resulting research article will be submitted to an open-access journal.

On-chain Power of Attorney: case study in the Polkadot ecosystem from a legal perspective.

### 1kv Insights Proposal Summary

- **Objective**: Improve decentralization in Polkadot and Kusama networks by supporting the Thousands Validators Programme (1kv).
- **Dashboards**: Create detailed performance and statistics dashboards for 1kv validators to help nominators and staking pool operators.
- **Questions**: Analyze if the 1kv program enhances decentralization and supports long-term participants.
- **Documentation**: Explain the 1kv scoring mechanism to help validator operators align with program goals.
- **Alpha Site**: An initial version of the 1kv insights page is live with basic metrics, attracting 20-30 daily visitors.
- **Discussion**: The proposal has been open for community feedback since November 2022.
- **Funding**: Requested USD 39,923 or KSM 1,533 based on EMA7 at the time of submission.

1kv Insights proposes to build dashboards with historical performance and statistics of the 1kv validators to encourage decentralization of validators in NPOS networks like Polkadot and Kusama. The proposal intends to optimize the 1kv programme by answering fundamental questions and documenting the inner workings of the 1kv scoring mechanism. The requested funding is USD 39,923 or KSM 1,533, and the proposal has been up for discussion since 10 Nov 2022.

[Medium Spender] 1kv insights - website and analysis

auction_admin

[Auction Admin] Referendum #39

- Claudio wants to make 45 educational videos about Polkadot, Kusama, and their ecosystem.
- The videos will cover parachains and wallets like Nova, Talisman, and Subwallet.
- He is asking for 331.27 KSM (about $8,325) to fund 2 months of work.
- The goal is to help people learn more about Polkadot and its ecosystem.
- Claudio is asking for support and is open to answering questions.

WHO: Claudio (KryptosChain)

WHAT: Funding for 45 educational videos about Polkadot, Kusama, and the ecosystem

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 331.27 KSM (worth approximately $8,325) for approximately 2 months of content

[Small Spender] - Funding for Educational Content about Dotsama

IMPORTANT ***Mistake in KSM input, please reject this proposal***

- A person made two free tools for the Kusama community.
- One tool helps pick the best validators for staking.
- The other tool helps track staking income in a spreadsheet.
- The tools were made because staking was confusing.
- You can try the validator tool [here](https://james-sangalli.github.io/dot-validator-selector/).
- You can try the staking income tool [here](https://james-sangalli.github.io/dot-staking-income-web/).
- The person is asking for a retroactive grant for making these tools.
- The full proposal can be read [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YT2qssdH12AtWFRloRnBanK6H1sGuE6EaX782d4qK40/edit?usp=sharing).

WHO: James Sangalli

WHAT: Retroactive grant for two open source tools - validator selector and staking income spreadsheet generator.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Polkadot/Kusama staking tools proposal

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