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- **Sovereign Nature Initiative (SNI)** is a non-profit working with Web3 technology to help protect wildlife and nature.
- They are hosting a **KWT Hackathon** to create solutions for wildlife identification and conflict management using computer vision and Web3 tools.
- The hackathon runs from **October 7 to November 6**, with winners announced on **November 7**.
- Prizes include **320 KSM** for winners and runners-up, encouraging teams to build useful tools for wildlife conservation.
- Challenges include **identifying lions using computer vision** and **reducing conflicts between predators and farmers**.
- Teams can use **Web3, data modeling, and citizen science** to create solutions.
- The goal is to help **Kenya Wildlife Trust** and other conservancies protect ecosystems and wildlife.
- All software created during the hackathon will be **open source** for everyone to use.

Awarded

SNI Hackathon with Kenya Wildlife Trust: Treasury Proposal

- ONE-T is a web tool to help people see and understand data easily.
- It will show reports about validators and the Kusama network.
- The tool will have dashboards, charts, and APIs for real-time data.
- It will also cover maintenance and operational costs.
- ONE-T has been sending daily reports since April 2022.
- Over 170 members and 250 validator subscriptions are active.
- It sends more than 600 reports daily to subscribers.
- You can see the full proposal and give feedback [here](https://hackmd.io/@turboflakes/BJ2i1pz3q).

ONE-T Web Insights proposal

- Kusama and Substrate blockchains can be very decentralized or more centralized, depending on how they are used.
- Polkawatch is a tool that helps measure how decentralized the Polkadot/Substrate validation process is.
- This proposal wants to use Polkawatch for Kusama to check its decentralization.
- More details about the proposal are available in a linked document.

Proposal for roll-out of Kusama Decentralization Analytics

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- This proposal is for paying the infrastructure costs of the Polkadot network and its testnets.
- It covers unpaid costs before June 30, 2022, including GCP, Datadog, and Cloudflare services.
- The goal is to simplify the billing process and make it easier for the community to manage and supervise.
- The total amount requested is 13,091 USD, to be paid in Kusama (KSM) based on the EMA7 price.
- The number of KSM needed is 217.632, calculated using the EMA7 price on July 27, 2022.
- This proposal does not include costs for software development or human resources.
- Future bills will have a unified billing time for better clarity and management.

Subscan | Infrastructure Costs of Subscan for Kusama Network

- In 2022, Chrawnna Corp. made 5 Dotsama news videos each week and created WagMedia, a system to reward content creators.
- They started The Kusamarian brand, grew their team to 8, and made over 60 interviews and special series like Polkadot Decoded Reloaded.
- WagMedia connected with many treasuries like Polka Häus, Astar/Shiden, and Kusama Treasury.
- For the next two quarters, they plan to make less content but improve WagMedia, including adding translation and marketing teams.
- They are asking for 8002.8 KSM, with 14% going to WagMedia development.
- They want to decentralize rewards and create a bot called The Concierge.
- They shared a detailed spending report and proof of work for transparency.
- They thanked supporters and invited feedback to keep improving.

The Kusamarian 6 Month Maintenance Proposal

- A project called **Governance Participation Rewards** started 4 months ago.  
- More people are joining, with a **700% increase** in wallets participating.  
- The number of people voting has doubled (**100% increase**).  
- A proposal is being made to cover **past expenses** and fund a **website** with a quiz and voting tool.  
- The proposal also includes money for **side projects**.  
- You can read the full proposal [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l4M16KKLkHxtbgklZR8fA6TjwETvupGnImlO0Aujg1s/edit?usp=sharing).

Funding Governance Participation Rewards

- RadiumBlock wants to help the Kusama network by providing Web3 infrastructure.
- They focus on RPC nodes, which are important for connecting to Kusama.
- Their RPC service is fast, reliable, and spread across different locations.
- They are asking for funding to cover costs for running this service in Q2 2022.
- Their goal is to support a healthy and decentralized Kusama network.
- More details about their plan can be found in their proposal document.

RadiumBlock Public Endpoint Service for Kusama (Q2 2022)

Treasury propoal: KSM initial liquidity subsidy for KSM staking liquidity derivative - vKSM

- Encointer is asking for money to keep working until September 2022.
- They need **CHF 340,000** (about **USD 350,892** or **KSM 6,271.63**).
- Encointer started as a parachain on Kusama in January 2022.
- They have a community in Zurich with 130 users and 800 transactions.
- They want to grow the Zurich community and start new ones, especially in less developed areas.
- They also want to work with other parachains for better security and voting systems.
- Encointer has been using grants and donations to fund their work, but they are running out of money.
- They have a detailed plan in their [Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eTyZGCTCzo7ZGonVtAmJmc5QYYI0qYHab6z8w56B_F0/edit?usp=sharing).

Encointer Growth Treasury Proposal

- Pendulum hosted a special event for the DotSama community during Polkadot Decoded.
- Over 400 people attended to watch live talks and meet important people in the DotSama ecosystem.
- There were extra talks and panels about Polkadot.
- Attendees enjoyed coworking spaces, food, and drinks.
- The event ended with an afterparty featuring DJs and fun activities.
- More details about the event can be found in the provided links.

Polkadot Decoded: Pendulum Hub Viewing Party Berlin

ParisDotComm is a three-day conference and workshop event organized by leading projects in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. It will take place from July 19-21 at the Arab World Institute in Paris. The main goal of the event is to gather the Dotsama Ecosystem during ETHCC 2022, learn about Parachains progress, and create new cooperation efforts between parachains and the blockchain world. The event is led by a strong team, including Elisabeth from Amsterdot-HydraDX, Benjamin from Astar, and David from Polkadot, supported by experienced Parity teams. More than 10 partners are already involved. The event aims to provide an inclusive space for meeting, exchanging thoughts, and potentially starting new collaborations in the blockchain world. More information about the proposal can be found on their website and proposal document.

ParisDotComm 2022 event support - a complete Polkadot event during ETHCC - Paris

Funding Proposal for Polkadot Decoded Event Viewing Party Juba

- A treasury proposal was made by a specific address.
- The event was part of Polkadot Decoded 2022 in Berlin.
- It was a Happy Hour with drinks, food, and music.
- The venue had green trees, music, and graffiti.
- Hosted by Acala, Astar, HydraDX, Interlay, and Manta Network.
- More details are in a linked Google document.
- Event tickets were available on Eventbrite.

 Polkadot Decoded 2022 - Side Event in Berlin, Germany (Happy Hour)

Funding Proposal for Polkadot Decoded New Delhi Edition Event

- BrightTreasury wants to connect with Polkassembly to share ideas and comments.
- This helps new users get feedback from experienced users.
- BrightTreasury is a tool for making proposals on Polkadot and Kusama networks.
- It makes it easier for people to share ideas and skills, even if they're new to blockchain.
- The project has three main goals: sharing ideas, sharing comments, and improving the user experience.
- BrightTreasury focuses on helping regular users, not just the council.
- The project aims to make blockchain more accessible to everyone.

BrightTreasury - further integration with Polkassembly

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- **Fearless Wallet** is a popular mobile app for iOS and Android, used by over 130,000 people worldwide.
- It is non-custodial, meaning users control their own funds, and communicates directly with blockchain nodes.
- The wallet has over 50,000 active users monthly and handles over 1 million daily requests to blockchains like Kusama and Polkadot.
- This proposal requests $318,500 to improve the wallet with new features:
  - Updated UI/UX for better user experience.
  - Support for NFTs (non-fungible tokens).
  - Integration of democracy and governance features.
  - Cross-chain teleports using XCM for moving assets between blockchains.
  - Staking updates, including nomination pools for easier participation.
  - A dApp connector to interact with decentralized apps securely.
- The first milestone includes a new UI/UX, nomination pools, and half of the infrastructure costs.

Kusama Treasury Proposal Fearless Wallet: Wallet UI/UX Update, NFTs, Democracy, Cross-chain teleports (XCM integration), Staking pools, dApp signer

- Web3alert is a service that sends notifications about blockchain events.
- It works with Kusama, Polkadot, and other networks.
- Notifications can be sent to Telegram and Discord.
- The team is asking for funds to cover maintenance costs for 6 months.
- The proposal details are in a linked document.
- Web3alert helps users stay updated on blockchain activities.

Maintenance of web3alert.io Kusama integration for 6 months

- Subsquid provides data indexing for the DotSama ecosystem, including Kusama and Polkadot.
- They offer Archives, which give access to on-chain data in a developer-friendly format.
- Over 3 months, Subsquid served 1.2 billion queries, with a peak of 394 million in one day.
- Kusama and Polkadot chains are the most queried, with millions of requests weekly.
- The cost to run Archives for Kusama and its parachains is $9,771.07.
- Subsquid’s service is free and public, helping developers explore blockchain data easily.
- They track and share detailed statistics about their infrastructure usage.

Subsquid - Public data indexing Infrastructure for Kusama (Q2 2022)

- **Kusamaverse** is a 3D online world for the Kusama community to meet and do activities together.
- **Milestone 2** includes new features like better governance tools, parachain auctions, and staking upgrades.
- **Wallet integration** with Talisman, Fearless, Nova, and SubWallet for easier use.
- **Hackathon arena** for online teamwork and earning rewards.
- **NFTs** can be shown in your profile and spaces in the Kusamaverse.
- **Guided tour** helps new users learn how to use the Kusamaverse.
- **Mobile gatherings** let people meet and chat on their phones.
- The Kusamaverse is live now, and the community launched on May 24.

Building the Kusamaverse - Milestone 2 

- The Polkascan Foundation is asking for funding to work on the Polkascan Calendar.
- This is their second request for funding for this project.
- The calendar is a new tool they are creating to help the ecosystem.
- They want to make more features for the calendar.
- You can read more about their plan in their Business Plan on page 18.
- They have shared more details about what they want to do in a document online.
- They also talked about this idea before on a website called Polkassembly.

Improving functionality of the Polkascan Calendar Application

- The DotSama Experience team finished Milestones 1 and 2 and launched their VR world.
- They are now working on Milestone 3 to build a virtual museum about Kusama and Polkadot.
- During the launch weekend, they held a virtual treasure hunt with Talisman's help.
- Talisman donated 10 spirit keys hidden in the VR world, all found within 24 hours.
- One key finder from the Neos community is now exploring Kusama.
- The team welcomes questions, comments, and feedback.
- You can learn more about their project through their social media links.

Milestone 3 - The DotSama Experience

Polkadot Decoded Opening Party is an upcoming event in Berlin. Polkadot Ambassadors, including Zoé Meckbach, Simon Kraus, and John Wegmann, are working with Phala Network, Centrifuge, Moonbeam, Unique Network, and Parallel Finance to host this pre-event for the Polkadot Decoded Conference 2022. There are two event location options to be discussed by the council. More details can be found in the proposal document.

Decoded Opening Party Berlin by Polkadot Ambassadors, Phala, Centrifuge, Unique, Parallel, Moonbeam

- Polkadot Decoded 2022 is happening in four cities: New York, Berlin, Hangzhou, and Buenos Aires.  
- A viewing party is planned in Kigali City, Rwanda, for those who can't attend in person.  
- The event aims to promote Polkadot and Kusama in a community new to blockchain.  
- The viewing party will be held on June 29th and 30th.  
- The organizer is a Polkadot and Kusama ambassador in Kigali.  
- The audience includes Dotsama fans, Web3 enthusiasts, developers, and entrepreneurs.  
- The event will feature live streaming of Polkadot Decoded 2022.  
- More details are available in the linked proposal.

Treasury Proposals