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- The AMI Bounty program ended, stopping funding for Dotgraphic.  
- Dotgraphic had success, growing from 10K to 60K views and 300 followers.  
- They kept working with their own money and reached 223K views and 600 followers.  
- Now, they need new funding from Polkadot Treasury to keep going.  
- They make daily infographics and articles about Polkadot.  
- Their goal is 1 million views, 7% engagement, and 5K followers.  
- They want to teach people about Polkadot in a simple way.  
- You can read their full plan in their proposal.

Rejected

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Dotgraphic seeks funding through Polkadot Treasury to continue producing daily infographics, curated articles, and regular updates on governance and parachains. They aim to increase awareness and understanding of the Polkadot ecosystem, with a target of 1 million impressions, 7% engagement rate, and 5k followers. They are looking for retroactive and future support for their upcoming milestones, with a timeframe of four months. Full proposal and milestone reports can be found in the provided link.

Dotgraphic First Proposal: Infographics and Educational Content for the Polkadot and Kusama Ecosystem

- A slash (penalty) for era 7126 was deferred to era 7154 due to a bug.  
- The issue happened because of hardware downtime and a node issuing an unnecessary pre-vote.  
- The node used outdated data, causing an equivocation (double-voting), which is slashable.  
- Historically, slashes caused by bugs have been canceled.  
- The problem was reported quickly, but delays happened in confirming if it was a bug.  
- The operator already compensated affected parties.  
- The community is asked to cancel the deferred slash due to the bug.  
- The operator is also paying for any offline time caused.

Executed

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WHO: Will | Paradox
WHAT: Submitting a proposal to cancel a "deferred" slash for era 7126 which would be applied in era 7154 due to a bug-related issue resulting in downtime.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified. Will has compensated the slashed parties and is working on another payout for those affected by any offline time.

Cancel Deferred Slash 7126 - Due to application bug

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Cancel Deferred Slash - Era 7126 - Vote Nay

### Fixing The Total Issuance

- A bug caused the Total Issuance (TI) to differ from the actual sum of all account balances on Kusama.
- The issue was fixed, but the TI still needs to be adjusted to match the actual balances.
- A script was used to measure the difference between the expected and actual TI.
- The difference is 56.331363194817 KSM, which needs to be subtracted from the TI.
- A whitelisted call will be made to adjust the TI using a specific function.
- This adjustment will be first tested on Kusama before being applied to Polkadot.
- The goal is to ensure the TI accurately reflects the total amount of existing tokens.

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WHO: The author of the proposal.
WHAT: Proposes a whitelisted call to re-align the Total Issuance tracking with the actual Issuance on Kusama and Polkadot.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Fix TotalIssuance

### Summary of Proposal

- **Date:** September 2024
- **Proponent:** Amforc
- **Requested KSM:** 2860
- **Purpose:** To test Polkadot's scalability by filling blocks with transactions for 40 minutes on Kusama.
- **Funding Use:** KSM for transaction fees and temporary existential deposits (EDs).
- **Fund Return:** At least 80% of fees will be returned to the treasury. Excess KSM will also be returned.
- **No Profit:** Amforc takes no cut for conducting the experiment.
- **Full Proposal:** Available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YZNxvBqmpiVvHwq0yQ0EmGsnI7eCh1pieyFQ0WoNkAM).

WHO: Amforc 
WHAT: Showcase Polkadot’s scalability by filling blocks for 40 min on Kusama. 
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requested 2860 KSM to pay for transaction fees and temporary EDs. At least 80% of KSM spent in fees will be returned to the treasury. No cut for Amforc. Full proposal available.

Showcasing Polkadot’s Capabilities: The Spammening Test Run

[Whitelisted Caller] Set AsyncBackingParams.max_candidate_depth to 6

- Four accounts lost funds due to a bug in Kusama's runtime version 1.1.0.
- The bug caused assets to be lost instead of being trapped during cross-chain transfers.
- The lost funds were due to insufficient delivery fees being deducted from the accounts.
- The bug was fixed in Kusama version 1.1.2, after changes from [PR 3085](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/3085).
- The accounts attempted to transfer all their funds, leading to the loss.
- Funds lost due to the bug should be reimbursed.
- Assets that were trapped (not part of this proposal) can be reclaimed.

small_spender

WHO: The proposal does not specify WHO will be responsible for reimbursing the lost funds.

WHAT: The proposal suggests that lost funds due to a bug in the runtime should be reimbursed.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The proposal does not mention the PRICE, TIMEFRAME, or RESOURCES required for the reimbursement.

[Small Spender] Reimburse accounts affected by an XCM bug

- Pablo is a member of the Polkadot fellowship and Virto DAO.
- He is developing the "Confirmation Candle" feature.
- This feature protects against sniping referenda during confirmation periods.
- The feature is currently in a draft stage on GitHub.
- It will first be tested with the KSM Community DAO in Kreivo.
- The testing aims to showcase and possibly adjust the feature.
- After testing, it may be proposed to Kusama via a wish for change.

Retroactive funding: Confirmation Candle (sniping protection)

### Summary of Virto DAO

- **Purpose**: Virto DAO aims to provide the simplest and most advanced DAO infrastructure for organizations and communities in the blockchain ecosystem.
- **Features**: Offers tools for shared decision-making, record-keeping, and global financial services, all on a blockchain-based system.
- **Q3 Focus**: Improving user experience for DAO members, making it easier to manage and participate without needing wallets or fees.
- **MVP Program**: Running a program to provide digital debit cards and on/off ramps for managing expenses and salaries in the Americas region.
- **Virto Stack**: Plans to create a unified solution called the Virto Operating System for autonomous organizations.
- **Funding**: Has raised approximately $671,754 USD, with about $120,000 USD annually for a team of 6-10 members.
- **Accountability**: Maintains transparency with on-chain treasury funds and is open to improving accountability measures.
- **Community Support**: Continues to support Kusama ecosystem by providing essential infrastructure and tools.

big_spender

Virto DAO is building an advanced and easy-to-use DAO infrastructure for modern organizations to operate effectively. They aim to offer a polished end-user experience for members of DAOs to manage and participate in their organizations without the need for wallets or fees. They are running an MVP program with on/off ramps providers in the Americas region to empower organizations with digital debit cards to manage their expenses online and on/off ramps from KSM/DOT to USD in US and Colombian Pesos to pay salaries or perform deals with traditional entities in the Region. They plan to evolve the experience they provide, putting together the tools they've built over the years into a unified solution: The Virto Operating System for autonomous organizations.

Revitalizing Kusama: The DAO Hub

We have a special project to support an artist and honor Gavin Wood. Here's what we want to do:

1. Ask an artist to paint a big picture of Gavin Wood. The artist likes Gavin and has painted famous people before.
2. Make a special digital copy, called an NFT, of the painting for all Kappa Sigma Mu members.
3. Give the real painting to Gavin Wood to say thank you.
4. Share the painting on social media.

This project will help bring people together and show how art and technology can work together. It will cost 506 KSM, which includes paying the artist, sending the painting, and other small costs. We hope you like this idea and support it.

Kappa Sigma Mu proposes commissioning a 130x195cm portrait of Gavin Wood by a renowned artist for $8,000. An NFT of the painting will be created and distributed to members. The total cost is estimated at $9,200 or 506 KSM. The completed painting will be presented to Gavin Wood, and the artist will share it on Instagram. The proposal aims to blend traditional art with modern technology, showcasing the positive impact of blockchain and fostering a vibrant and dedicated community.

Proposal for Honoring Gavin Wood through Art and Innovation

KSM.FUN is a parachain on the Kusama network that aims to provide a space for chaos, experiments, and fun. It offers several features, including:

1. UMP/DMP XCM transfer for parachain runtime to support KSM transfers.
2. Kusama (KSM) as the native currency forever.
3. OpenGov for KSM holders, similar to Kusama's open governance but faster.
4. A native decentralized exchange (DEX) with 0% trade fees.
5. Integration of Assets pallet to prevent rug pulls, allowing token creation only via launchpad extrinsic.
6. A simple user flow to create a new token, create a pool with KSM, deploy liquidity, and buy tokens in one extrinsic.

KSM.FUN won the last parachain slot auction in Kusama history and has since changed its name from Memecoinchain to KSM.FUN to attract more users and activity. The team behind KSM.FUN consists of three developers, two Rust blockchain substrate developers, and one Front-end Web3 developer. They have been actively developing bridges and DeFi for the Polkadot/Kusama ecosystem for the past four years.

The source code for KSM.FUN's parachain is available on GitHub, and a video演示 the functionality of creating new tokens and starting trading immediately can be found on YouTube. The creator welcomes feedback and opinions from the Kusama community.

Rust.dev proposes to deploy KSM.FUN as a parachain on Kusama, with a native currency, open gov for KSM holders, a native DEX, and 0% trade fees. The proposal includes the integration of Assets pallet and a simple user flow to create and trade new tokens. The project has been tested and the team includes 3 developers. The proposal is the first treasury proposal on Kusama and the timeframe and resources required are not specified.

Retroactive funding for development of KSM.FUN. Pre-launch phase on Kusama as parachain.

### Summary of Update 3.9.24

- **Objective**: Develop a new liquidity pool for asset hubs to help early-stage teams bootstrap funding efficiently.
- **Cost Estimate**: $20-40k depending on complexity.
- **Polkadot 1.0**: Focused on parachain onboarding via crowd loans and auctions, with external financing.
- **Polkadot 2.0**: Replaced crowd loans with coretime sales, removing speculative incentives.
- **Asset Conversion Pallet (ACP)**: Simplifies asset swaps but has inefficiencies for new tokens.
- **Liquidity Bootstrapping Pools (LBP)**: A more efficient method for price discovery and token distribution.
- **Proposed Change**: Introduce a bespoke LBP design to Kusama Asset Hub for smoother project launches.
- **Treasury Participation**: Use on-chain governance to support meaningful project adoption.
- **Research Lead**: Daniel from the Virto/Krievo team will lead the research and implementation.

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Polkadot proposes to develop a new liquidity pool for asset hub to enable early-stage teams to bootstrap initial funding in a sustainable manner. This would create tighter economic alignment between the treasury, native stablecoin integrations, and next-gen parachain teams. The proposal suggests introducing a bespoke LBP design to Kusama Asset Hub, which would lower barriers to entry for teams wishing to launch on coretime and smooth their path to liquidity in ACP and eventual CEX listings enabled by AH. The estimated cost for this proposal is $20-40k depending on eventual complexity.

WFC: Add a Liquidity Bootstrapping Pool (LBP) pallet to asset hub to enable initial price discovery and funding for next gen parachains.

- The post talks about Kusama and Polkadot, two blockchain networks.  
- It says the cost to register a new project on Kusama is much higher than on Polkadot.  
- Kusama costs **21,645$**, while Polkadot costs **14,390$**.  
- The writer thinks Kusama should cost **720$** based on market value.  
- They believe high costs are pushing developers away from Kusama.  
- The post asks Parity (the team behind Kusama) to lower prices.  
- A YouTube video link is shared, showing concerns about future costs.  
- The writer warns that Kusama may lose more developers if prices stay high.

The proposal is calling for Parity to reduce the price of registering a new project on Kusama, which is currently 1110 KSM (over $21k), compared to Polkadot's 3300 DOT (around $14k). The author suggests a price reduction to around 120 KSM to attract more developers and projects to Kusama. The proposal also urges KSM holders to take action and prevent Parity from pushing developers towards Polkadot.

Decrease the amount of reserved KSM when register thread id with code/genesis. Warning to all KSM holders and devs!

- OpenGov and treasury help the Kusama community grow by funding projects.
- Kusama wants more parachains to use its system and burn KSM tokens.
- Parachains with more KSM in their accounts should get more rewards from the treasury.
- Example: If 3 parachains have 10K, 70K, and 20K KSM, they get 10%, 70%, and 20% of rewards.
- Rewards can come from treasury funds, monthly collections, or unspent KSM.
- A special tool can automatically check KSM balances and distribute rewards fairly.
- This system encourages real projects and prevents misuse of rewards.
- The goal is to move more KSM to parachains for better development.

Kusama community proposes incentivizing parachains from treasury based on the amount of KSM coins on sovereign accounts. The distribution of KSM incentives to parachain/rollups will be automatic and proportional to the total KSM during the spending period. The proposal aims to drive development activity and real product on Kusama. The cost and timeframe for the proposal are not specified.

Wish for Change. Make Kusama Great Again.

root

nay, wrong track. sorry.

### Proposal Summary

- **Purpose:** Increase funding for Kusama System Parachain Collators.
- **Reason:** Previous proposal failed due to last-minute vote changes and accusations of double spending.
- **Changes:** 
  - Added a video explanation.
  - Revised budget to align with the current market rate.
  - Elected a coordinator (Paradox) to oversee the process.
- **Coverage:** Funds five Kusama System Parachains: AssetHub, BridgeHub, Coretime, People, and Encointer.
- **Duration:** 6 months starting July 1, 2024.
- **Amount:** 7,926.62 KSM.
- **Details:** Includes infrastructure costs and staking rewards. Some budget items are provisional and can be reallocated if not used.

WHO: Kusama System Parachain Collators
WHAT: Proposal for a bounty top-up to cover infrastructure costs and staking rewards for five Kusama System Parachains (AssetHub, BridgeHub, Coretime, People and Encointer) for a 6-month runway, aiming to incentivize the best performance, minimize censorship, and maintain liveliness by securing treasury funding for the operational costs.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Funding amount of 7,926.62 KSM starting from July 1, 2024.

Bounty top-up of the System Parachain Collators funding on Kusama

- Encointer is asking for funding for its work from January to June 2024.  
- They fixed two concerns from a previous rejected proposal:  
  - No duplicate spending happened (explained in a video).  
  - Team members will take a 50% salary cut to lower costs.  
- The new request is for **CHF 49,350 (≈ 3,036 KSM)**.  
- Encointer helps communities create their own local money.  
- In 2024, they grew a community in Tanzania and improved their system.  
- They shared lessons from running a local money project in Zurich.

Encointer requests retroactive funding of CHF 49,350 for its expenses in Jan-Jun 2024. The proposal addresses concerns of duplicated spending and high treasury expenditure by producing a video and waiving 50% of team members' salaries. Encointer aims to build a common-good chain on Kusama for a more democratic and inclusive web3. Main achievements include community development, adoption of Encointer faucet, prototype for democratic community governance, and decentralization of infrastructure.

2nd Encointer Retroactive Proposal Jan-Jun 2024 (Waiving Salaries)

Update Kusama v1.3.0

### Ideal Labs' Onchain Randomness Solutions

- **Objective**: Develop onchain randomness solutions for Substrate-based chains.
- **Projects**: Participated in Web3 Foundation's grant program and the decentralized futures program.
- **Drand Bridge**: Created a Drand bridge pallet for Substrate, enabling verifiable randomness.
- **Arkworks Extensions**: Built a node supporting efficient verification of Drand's pulses.
- **Smart Contracts**: Developed chain extensions and smart contract environments for ink! contracts.
- **Demo Application**: Created a rock-paper-scissors game using the randomness solution.
- **Benefits**: Enhances security, enables timelock encryption, and supports ecosystem growth.
- **Future Plans**: Seek retroactive funding to maintain and expand the pallet, aiming for broader network adoption.

Ideal Labs proposes retroactive funding to develop and maintain a drand to Substrate bridge, bringing verifiable randomness to Kusama. The proposal includes a drand bridge pallet, a node template supporting arkworks host functions, a chain extension, and a contract environment for using randomness in ink! smart contracts, along with a demo dapp. The goal is to provide an easy-to-use module for other networks to acquire secure verifiable randomness and timelock encryption capabilities. Resources and timeline are not specified.

Drand Bridge Pallet | Retroactive Funding

**Alina: Substrate Developer and Content Creator**

- Alina is a Rust/Substrate developer and a graduate of the Polkadot Blockchain Academy.
- She creates beginner-friendly YouTube videos to help developers understand the Substrate environment.
- Her goal is to attract more developers to the Kusama ecosystem.
- She has made three videos:
  1. Explains Polkadot SDK, Substrate, FRAME, and Pallets.
  2. Defines core terms in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems.
  3. Discusses the Balances and Assets Pallets in Substrate.
- Alina is requesting a tip of 110 KSM for her work.

WHO: Alina, Rust/Substrate developer and Polkadot Blockchain Academy alumni.

WHAT: Creating beginner-friendly technical content on YouTube to attract more developers to the Kusama ecosystem.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requesting a tip of 110 KSM for the work already done. No specific timeframe or additional resources mentioned.

Retroactive tips for Rust content to onboard developers into PolkadotSDK

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Polkadot Apps/Dapps Discovery Platform is a project aimed at creating a central hub for discovering apps, blockchains, wallets, and explorers built on the Polkadot ecosystem. The platform will have a user-friendly interface, search and filter options, project profiles, real-time data, and campaign management tools. The goal is to centralize information, simplify understanding, increase accessibility, enhance visibility, and foster engagement within the Polkadot ecosystem. The project is led by Abdul Kabugu, a Polkadot contributor and winner of multiple hackathons. The timeline includes design and prototyping in the first phase and public launch in the second phase.

WHO: Abdul Kabugu, a Polkadot contributor and developer.

WHAT: Create a unified platform for developers and users to discover and engage with apps, blockchains, wallets, and explorers built on the Polkadot ecosystem.

PRICE: $10,000 ($4,700 for Phase 1 and $5,300 for Phase 2).

TIMEFRAME: Phase 1 (Design and Prototyping) - 1.2 months, Phase 2 (Public Launch) - 1 month.

RESOURCES: UI/UX design, prototype development, feedback collection, public release, user feedback, bug fixes, ongoing support, and continuous improvement.

Polkadot Apps/Tools Discovery Platform

This proposal is about changing the burn mechanism in the Kusama and Polkadot protocols. The current system burns 2% of the treasury's funds if they are not spent within a certain time. The proposal suggests allowing OpenGov to change the parameters of the burn mechanism, making it more flexible and easier to control. This would help avoid running up a large balance and encourage spending. The proposal also mentions redirecting 10% of the burn to the Kappa Sigma Mu society account.

Kusama proposes to allow OpenGov to change the parameters of the burn mechanism, which currently burns 2% of treasury funds if not spent. This will enable tokenholders to control the protocol and avoid unnecessary burns. The proposal suggests that it should be quite trivial to make the BurnDestination configurable on runtime/governance as part of the new inflation pallet.

WFC: Allow OpenGov to change the parameters of the burn redirect if not currently possible with upcoming inflation pallet

- **Project Name**: QueryWeb3  
- **Goal**: Create a platform to gather and organize information in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems.  
- **Problem Solved**: Makes it easier to find important data like staking yields, airdrops, and top projects.  
- **Features**:  
  - Find high-yield financial products.  
  - Track wallet activities and big transactions.  
  - Check NFT rewards and airdrops.  
  - Use AI to provide smart information.  
- **Benefits**: Better user experience and faster access to important data.  
- **Equity**: 5% to Kusama treasury, 10% to Polkadot treasury.  
- **Future Plans**: Add more services like investment tools and app chains.

WHO: H1qzURXmYGLfwMsviLpMeN8S9zjAPmc1LBCSeQkCAieKUFs

WHAT: Develop a BI and AI-powered information service platform for the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem to address information fragmentation, improve information retrieval and transaction efficiency, enhance user experience, and increase user satisfaction.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 3270 KSM ($56833) from 2024/08/20 to 2024/11/20. Kusama treasury to receive 5% equity, while Polkadot treasury to receive 10% equity.

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