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UPDATE "Refunding MIDL.DEV's GOV1 Treasury Spend Deposit"

small_spender

wenbeefy

This project is about making graffiti art with the Kusama logo in big cities, starting with Barcelona. Here's what they will do:

1. Design a template of the Kusama logo.
2. Paint the template with black spray paint in cities.
3. Take a photo of each graffiti piece.
4. Turn the photos into special digital items called NFTs.
5. Put the NFTs on the Kusama blockchain.

In the future, people can use the template to make their own graffiti in different cities. They will be paid by the treasury and upload their work to the blockchain. Each graffiti spot will be marked on a map, so people can visit them like special places during their travels. They should also show respect by kneeling in front of the Kusama logo.

The project is inspired by ideas about power and how people can use art to challenge the way things are. The graffiti will be a symbol of rebellion and change in public spaces.

Here's what they need to do:

- Make a quick template of the Kusama logo.
- Create graffiti, take a photo, and put it on StateMine.
- Mark the graffiti spot on a map for others to visit and kneel.

They have some rules for the first 10 cities:

- Each city must have more than 2,000,000 people or be the most populated city in the country.
- They can't repeat cities.
- They need to take a photo of the NFT, upload it, and mark it on the map.

Descentralized art project

- Kusama Shield is a special tool that keeps your money private on the Kusama network.
- It's like a secret pool where you can swap over 40 different types of digital money.
- You can swap one type of money for another with very small fees.
- It uses advanced math called Zero Knowledge to keep everything safe and private.
- The team wants to make it even better and easier for other developers to use.
- They are asking for funding to work on it for about 7 months.
- You can see their work and code online.

big_spender

Kusamas Shield v2, Bounty 32 top up

- This proposal asks for money to keep funding RPC providers for one year.
- RPC services help people use the Kusama network and its parachains.
- The total cost is $112,608, which is less than before.
- Providers must bid to offer these services, and the best ones get chosen.
- If they don't meet quality standards, they can lose funding.
- This system has helped lower costs and reduce extra funding requests.
- More information is available in a linked document.

Awarded

Funding for Public RPC Providers via Bounty 25

Virto Connect is a tool to make using blockchains easier.

- It lets people log in with things they already use, like Google or passkeys.
- Users don't need to buy tokens to pay fees.
- It works with many types of logins, including private ones.
- The team has already built parts of it and had it checked for safety.
- They are asking for funding to finish the project.
- A demo is available to try online.
- It is open for anyone in the Polkadot and Kusama networks to use.

Web3 Without Barriers: Virto Connect

- Subscan is a tool that helps people see and use data from the Kusama blockchain.
- It asks for money to keep running for 6 months in 2025.
- The money pays for computers, storage, and people to keep it working well.
- It helps developers, validators, and users get fast and correct information.
- The cost is based on how much data is stored.
- It needs $112,043 total for two quarters (Q1 and Q2).
- The amount will be paid in KSM coins based on the current price.

Subscan 2025 Q1-Q2 Funding Proposal: Basic service fee for the Kusama Relaychain and Kusama public parachain (AssetHub, Coretime, BridgeHub, People)

- Bloque wants to make Kusama the top network for debit cards, starting in Latin America.  
- They aim for $10M in monthly spending on Kusama Asset Hub.  
- Their team has already moved over $500K on Asset Hub.  
- They plan to issue 20,000 debit cards that work with KSM and other tokens.  
- Users can spend crypto at stores, and Kusama earns fees.  
- Developers can create their own branded cards and earn rewards.  
- Costs include $107K for cards and $72K for engineering.  
- Bloque covers an extra $134K in team costs.

Stage 2: Drive massive adoption with the first 20,000 physical debit cards for LatAm people led by kusama (new 20,000 holders over 1 year)

- Encointer asks for funding for early 2025  
- Total request: 61,592 CHF (~76,713 USD)  
- Started new community "PayNuq" in Nigeria  
- Nyota community grew to over 100 members  
- Businesses in Nyota formed lending groups  
- Communities now vote on treasury spending  
- Leader Malik shared updates in a talk

Encointer Retroactive Proposal for Jan-Jun 2025

- Proposal asks for 10,003 KSM to help Kusama network workers (collators)  
- Collators keep the network safe and working well  
- Needs more money because the network is growing  
- Previous funding helped in 2023, 2024, and early 2025  
- Full details are in a linked document  
- Money will pay workers and cover extra costs  
- 7 past votes show this is an ongoing need  
- Address given to send funds if approved

Kusama System Parachains Collator Bounty #20 Top-Up Proposal - July/2025

- Acuity Index helps make dapps fully decentralized  
- It was funded by Web3 Foundation grants  
- Needs updates for latest Polkadot runtimes  
- Adds important new features  
- Requesting 256 KSM (~$4000)  
- Part of the "Small Spender" track  
- Originally named "Hybrid"  
- More details in the full proposal link

Acuity Index: new features and update to latest Polkadot runtimes

- Asking for 333 KSM to fund community activities for over a year  
- Funds used for staking rewards and refunding deposits on Kusama  
- Account was funded by Treasury 6 months ago, but needs more now  
- No outbound transfers—most fees go back to the Treasury  
- Supports validators and referenda on Kusama  
- Managed responsibly with transparent spending  
- Request is near the upper limit of funding  
- Account balance shown in a graph for transparency

Tip for an account used for Referendum Deposit Clean-up and Validator Payout Bot

- The person helped add support for Polkadot-JS accounts to Subxt.  
- Subxt is a Rust library for Polkadot chains.  
- Many users create accounts with Polkadot-JS.  
- They figured out how Polkadot-JS stores account info.  
- It uses Scrypt and XSalsa20Poly1305 for security.  
- They are asking for a 32 KSM tip.  
- This makes Subxt easier to use for more people.

big_tipper

Tip request for adding Polkadot-JS account support to Subxt

PolkaTalent is a new project by Kunveno and Virto, creators of Kreivo. It is part of the work3spaces vision, a decentralized marketplace to connect freelancers with companies. The project aims to help freelance professionals in Web3. They are recruiting Web3 freelance developers for early user journey interviews to design intuitive UX flows. Interviews will be from April 7 to April 11, and participants will be compensated with 4 KSM for a 45-60 minute call. Apply before April 7 to join and help shape the future of decentralized work.

PolkaTalent: Recruiting Web3 freelance devs for early user journey interviews

This message is about a proposal to give money to help Public RPC Providers for 7 months. RPC Providers help with a computer system called Kusama. The proposal will cost $107,237.98 in total. The money will be given to the best service providers who follow the rules. If the service is not good, the providers can lose money or not get any. This plan has helped to reduce other funding requests and make providers charge a fair price. More information can be found in a link provided.

KSM trading has started on Hydration after referendum #490 approved 33,333 KSM in Treasury LP, allowing liquidity between Kusama and Polkadot chains. When transferring assets between the two chains, if a user doesn't have enough KSM/DOT, a portion of the asset is swapped for the native token to pay fees. However, the current liquidity is not enough, causing users to lose more assets to fees than expected. A new proposal aims to provide 333 KSM to a 2/2 multisig with signers Leemo & lolmcshizz. This will be split between Kusama AssetHub and Polkadot AssetHub to provide a base level of liquidity on each network, ensuring users only pay expected fees when making transfers. Any extra tokens will be returned to their respective treasuries.

Polkadot/Kusama Asset Hub Liquidity for Bridge Fee Swaps

- Bloque helps people in Latin America use debit cards even if they don’t have a bank.  
- It works with Kusama’s blockchain to keep money safe.  
- Businesses can use Bloque to offer their own debit cards.  
- Users can load money with stablecoins and spend it anywhere.  
- Bloque’s first customer is CocoWallet, helping unbanked people in Colombia.  
- Every card swipe helps Kusama’s blockchain grow.  
- Bloque partners with Visa, Pomelo, and banks to make cards easy to use.  
- It plans to help 10,000 more people by 2025.

Empower businesses to launch debit cards and store their value in Kusama.

small_tipper

SmallTipper

- **Requested Amount:** 33,333 KSM  
- **Goal:** Help Kusama and Polkadot work better together by adding KSM to a special pool called Hydration Omnipool.  
- **How it works:** The KSM will be added to the pool to make trading easier between Kusama and Polkadot.  
- **Control:** The KSM will stay under the control of Kusama and OpenGov.  
- **No middleman:** This makes it simple to move value between the two chains without needing a central exchange.  
- **Similar to DOT:** It’s like how 1,000,000 DOT were added to the pool earlier.  
- **Result:** This will create a very liquid and easy way to trade KSM on Polkadot.

Kusama Hydration: Treasury LP

- Encointer is asking for funding for the second half of 2024.  
- They achieved a democratic decision system for their Zurich community.  
- Communities can now decide how to spend their money together.  
- The team won a Swiss blockchain award.  
- A new community started in Nigeria using solar power.  
- The Tanzania community is growing steadily.  
- Total funding requested: 64,300 CHF (70,910 USD).

medium_spender

Encointer Retroactive Proposal for July-Dec 2024

- This is a request for more money to help Kusama's System Parachain collators.  
- Collators keep the network safe and working well.  
- They need 4,116.24 KSM to keep things running.  
- Past funding has helped, but more is needed now.  
- The full details are in a linked document.  
- Previous votes have supported collators since 2023.  
- This helps the network stay secure and decentralized.

Kusama System Parachains Collator Bounty #20 Top-Up Proposal - Jan/2025

- ParaSpell makes tools for moving things between blockchains  
- Their main tools are XCM SDK, XCM API, and XCM Router  
- These tools help developers build apps that work across many chains  
- The team has won awards and published research papers  
- They're asking for funding to keep their tools running for 6 months  
- Their tools are free for everyone to use  
- The team has 2 members who work full-time on the project  
- They've helped many projects in the Polkadot/Kusama ecosystem

ParaSpell✨ XCM Tools - Maintenance & Server cost coverage Q1 & Q2 2025

- Subscan helps people see and use data from Polkadot and Kusama.  
- It got money before to keep working well.  
- Now, it asks for more money to keep running for 5 networks.  
- Costs less now because of better ways to store data.  
- Helps developers, validators, and users with fast, correct info.  
- Uses storage size to decide fair prices.  
- Asks for $133,308.77 but subtracts ad money ($636.23).  
- Thanks the community for help and ideas.

Subscan Q2/Q3/Q4 2024 Funding Proposal: Basic service fee for the Kusama Relaychain and Kusama public parachain (AssetHub, Coretime, BridgeHub, People)

- Bifrost wants to borrow 50,000 KSM for 18 months  
- They will use it to help vKSM (liquid staking token) work better  
- Bifrost has paid back loans before with extra KSM as interest  
- They made 8,370 KSM profit for Kusama Treasury so far  
- vKSM lets users stake KSM and still vote in governance  
- New features help users earn more with vKSM  
- Bifrost plans to connect KSM and DOT soon  
- They will repay 55,437 KSM (50,000 + interest) later

Treasury Proposals