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- **1KVnode** is a team in North America working on validators and decentralized infrastructure.
- They want to help communities recover faster by providing multiple snapshots (backups) for Polkadot, Kusama, and Westend networks.
- Westend, a test network, is important for testing new apps.
- They plan to create guides for new validators in English, French, Chinese, and Spanish.
- These guides will be shared on social media.
- They aim to make snapshot services more decentralized by involving more providers.
- They welcome feedback from the community and official teams.
- A detailed proposal can be found in the provided link.

Awarded

Kusama/Polkadot Network Snapshot Education and Resiliency

- **BrightTreasury App**: A web app for Polkadot and Kusama networks, helping users submit proposals and manage Treasury actions easily.
- **Team**: A group of 70 experts in web, mobile, and blockchain development, led by a team of 5 specialists.
- **Maintenance Costs**: $16,500 for 3 months, covering hosting, updates, bug fixes, and marketing.
- **Activities**: Regular updates, bug fixes, and educational content like blog posts and tutorials.
- **Payment**: Costs are paid quarterly in advance, with reports provided to Polkadot and Kusama treasuries.

Bright Treasury maintenance 04.2022 - 06.2022

- **What is OpenSquare?**  
  OpenSquare is a tool for voting off-chain, like Snapshot, but for the Polkadot ecosystem. It helps people vote without using gas and supports many types of tokens.

- **What does it do?**  
  It lets users create proposals and vote using their token balances. It supports tokens from different chains, like Kusama, Statemine, Karura, and Moonriver.

- **Why is it useful?**  
  - It allows voting with tokens from multiple chains.  
  - It’s gas-free and offers flexible voting strategies.  
  - It helps communities discuss and vote on ideas before making formal on-chain proposals.  

- **Who uses it?**  
  Projects like RMRK, Kintsugi, and Karura use it for voting on things like NFT collections or community opinions.

- **What’s new?**  
  OpenSquare added support for Statemine assets, multi-chain voting, and ERC20 tokens. They also improved the design.

- **How much does it cost?**  
  They are asking for $30,099 to cover 4 months of work and server costs.

- **Why should they get funding?**  
  The tool helps improve governance in the Polkadot ecosystem, and the funding is for general improvements, not specific projects.

OpenSquare off-chain voting enhancement from 12.2021 to 03.2022

- **Proponent:** ELkVhHcvaP9L43RK9SP6Wn3FBfusEN5EJe2gH7aA2ETiufP  
- **Date:** 27th April 2022  
- **Requested KSM:** 276.29 KSM  
- **Purpose:** To cover costs for running high-performance, scalable, and reliable public infrastructure for Kusama and Statemine.  
- **Key Outcomes:**  
  - Provides free public API services for Kusama and Statemine nodes.  
  - Helps grow the ecosystem and supports existing projects.  
  - Offers valuable data to improve network performance.  
- **Service Highlights:**  
  - Processed 4.9 billion API responses in Q1 2022.  
  - Achieved 99.99% uptime for Kusama and 99.97% for Statemine.  
  - Handled over 1 trillion API responses since November 2020.

OnFinality High Performance Public Infrastructure (Q1 2022)

- A meetup about Polkadot NFTs was planned for 40 people in Brno, Czech Republic on March 28, 2022.  
- The event aimed to explain NFT technology and how it works.  
- KodaDot, an NFT explorer for Polkadot and Kusama, was showcased as a tool for minting and collecting NFTs.  
- Discussions included NFT parachains on Polkadot and Kusama.  
- The meetup was organized by Polkadotters and led by Crypto DamSky, a community manager at KodaDot.  
- The goal was to help people better understand NFTs.  
- More details about the event can be found in the linked proposal.

Rejected

Proposal for organizing an explanatory meetup about Polkadot NFTs and NFT explorers

- Cervera makes educational videos about Polkadot and Kusama on YouTube.
- Started making videos on April 19, 2021.
- Has two playlists: one for Polkadot and one for Kusama, each with 19 videos.
- Videos have over 42,000 views and 1,000 comments.
- Wants to make more videos about Kusama in Spanish to help users learn.
- Plans to create weekly videos from May 2nd to October 10th.
- Goal is to make Kusama easy to understand for Spanish speakers.

Proposal for production of educational video tutorials in Spanish

### Anti-Scam Bounty Proposal Summary

- **Purpose**: Request for additional funds to continue the Anti-Scam Bounty program.
- **Objective**: Protect users from scams in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Previous Work**: Ongoing initiative targeting scam sites for several months.
- **New Tasks**: Expanded to include holistic solutions, awareness, and education.
- **Key Task**: Finding and taking down scam sites (main focus).
- **Progress**: Several tasks are in progress; aim to complete by September 2022.
- **Details**: Full proposal and spending analysis available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/12JAtLuwzQjk5AejR_cxvMgz1xnWGwr90r2L34zBs1v8/edit).
- **Beneficiary**: Address can be checked on [Subscan](https://polkadot.subscan.io/account/13UVJyLnbVp9RBZYFwHYxa6GPKJ2SqkGg4Mo7jG7uLAbPkT8).

Treasury Proposal: Anti-Scam Bounty Top-up

- OpenSquare is asking for 100 KSM to cover costs for maintaining two projects: Dotreasury and Statescan.  
- Dotreasury helps track treasury funds, while Statescan is an explorer for assets on Kusama/Polkadot.  
- They use servers from Hetzner and Contabo for hosting and development.  
- Costs include server expenses and labor for bug fixes, updates, and improvements.  
- They need $16,715 in total for 3-5 months of work.  
- Payment will be split between Kusama and Polkadot for simplicity.  
- The KSM amount is based on the 30-day average price from Subscan.

dotreasury maintenance from 11.2021 to 03.2022 and statescan maintenace from 01.2022 to 03.2022

- A dashboard was made to track the NFT Rewarder project.  
- People in the community liked it and wanted more features.  
- A proposal was created to ask for funding to improve the dashboard.  
- The first post about the project can be found [here](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/1432).  
- The full proposal is [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gj4HMhI4syYFu5tGwR86m_Vqs7HzxneEH4qGETaSaEA/edit?usp=sharing).  
- People are talking about the proposal [here](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/1451).

Referendum Dashboard Proposal - Milestone 0, 1 (50%)

- Polkachu is asking for money from the Kusama community to help with their website for the first part of 2022.
- They made two new things: Node Snapshots and Payout Guards.
- They also take care of other projects like a dashboard for the Thousand Validators Program and a search tool called Scout.
- They talked about their plan on a website called polkassembly before asking for money.
- They fixed two small mistakes in their plan after talking about it.
- They think the amount of money they are asking for is fair.
- They help both Polkadot and Kusama communities but are only asking Kusama for money.

polkachu.com maintenance treasury proposal - Q1 2022

- A new proposal is asking for funds to improve and maintain RPC services for Kusama and Statemine.
- It has two main goals:
  1. Keep running RPC services on better hardware to make them faster.
  2. Keep improving the RPC Performance toolkit, which helps all Substrate-based nodes.
- Last quarter, the Kusama RPC node handled over 5.5 million requests daily.
- A report was published about fixing performance issues, and a toolkit was created to help node operators.
- The toolkit has already made the RPC services more stable and capable.
- The full proposal can be read in a linked document.

Update 2, RPC-node Dwellir

- A video about a news digest project is available online.
- The project helps people get daily news without confusion or bias.
- Many people liked the project and shared their thoughts.
- You can see what people said in a feedback form.
- The full plan for the project is in a document.
- People can share more thoughts in the video comments or on Twitter.
- The project team thanks the council for their time.

Proposal for funding Chrawnna Corp. Q2 Video Production of Dotsama News, Culture, Trends, Tech, & Education.

**PureStake and Decoded 2022: NY Chapter**

- PureStake organized Decoded 2022: NY Chapter with a budget of $500,000.
- They received $362,708 due to market volatility.
- Additional DOT tokens are needed to cover the full cost.
- A tip was initially suggested but later changed to a treasury proposal.
- The current DOT rate used for calculations is $6.969.
- PureStake received the allocation at $7.18 and used a 7-day average rate of $9.90.
- The original treasury proposal details can be found [here](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/127).

Treasury proposal to cover difference in DOT rate from approval to transfer of funds for Decoded 2022: NY Chapter

- **Proposal Name**: Polkadot and Kusama Among the Stars  
- **Proposed by**: MrExcel  
- **Location**: Northern Chile  
- **Goal**: To create a unique experience for the Latin American blockchain community.  
- **Activities**: Talks in schools and universities, NFT contest, visits to astronomical observatories, hybrid meetups, and community bonding.  
- **Dates**: April 1-3, 2021  
- **Requested Funds**: 494.214 KSM (around $59,800 USD).  
- **Purpose**: To promote the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems and connect with the community.

Dotsama Among The Stars - Event Experience

- The first item of the RMRK2 Collection has been sent out to first-time voters.
- Voters get a shelf and an item, with more items added each time they vote.
- The goal is to make the collection self-sustaining without needing Treasury funds.
- The collection was originally planned as pixel art but is now more artistic.
- The change was made possible by working with talented artists.
- The project aims to make voting more fun and interactive.
- The creator hopes the community sees this as an improvement.
- Future plans include improving the collection and encouraging more voting.

Governance Rewarder Proposal - Milestone 2, 3 + General

- Encointer is asking for money to help run its parachain on Kusama.  
- They shared a detailed plan showing their costs from January to March 2022.  
- They also shared how much they spent in 2021 and their future plans.  
- They want to make Web3 more inclusive for everyone.  
- The total cost they need is $42,300.  
- This includes $27,300 for running the parachain and $15,000 for Subscan Indexing.  
- They used a 30-day average KSM rate of $140.155 per KSM.

Encointer parachain infrastructure and maintenance Q1 2022

- **Event Name**: Polkadot and Kusama Among the Stars  
- **Location**: Northern Chile  
- **Dates**: April 22, 23, 24, 2021  
- **Activities**: Talks in schools and universities, NFT contest, visits to astronomical observatories, hybrid meetups (in-person and streaming), and community bonding.  
- **Goal**: To create a unique experience for the Latin American blockchain community and promote Polkadot and Kusama.  
- **Requested Funds**: 439.7 KSM (around $59,800 USD at the time).  
- **Proposer**: MrExcel (Francisco Albornoz).  
- **Contact**: Email: fra.albornoz@gmail.com, Discord: mrexcel#1321.

- A user lost 102 KSM while transferring from Basilisk to Kusama Asset Hub.
- The transfer worked on Basilisk but the KSM never arrived.
- An XCM message error sent the funds to the wrong chain.
- The funds are not recoverable through normal trapped asset methods.
- The Paraspell team helped find the problem and fixed it.
- The only way to get the funds back is through a treasury spend.
- The user asks the community to approve returning the 102 KSM.
- This was an accident during a system migration, not anyone's fault.

small_spender

Reimbursement of 102 KSM Lost Due to Incorrect Reserve Selection in XCM Transfer

- Kusama was a sponsor at the Dark Prague event.
- A community member was asked to help fill the Kusama space at the last minute.
- Some Kusama community members attended, but the event was not very successful for Kusama.
- There were no new updates or products to show people, which made it hard to attract builders.
- Privacy is becoming important in web3, and Kusama should be at these events with better materials.
- The request is for 55 KSM to cover travel and stay costs.
- The person is not asking for food, taxis, or payment for their time.

[Small Spender] Tip for Dark Prague Oct 3-5 2025

- A proposal for a program called "Blockathon DAO pilot" to teach and build public goods.
- Created by Daniel Bar, who works on projects like Bitfwd, MetaPrime, and KodaDot.
- Happens from March 1-20, 2022.
- Asks for 156.90 KSM (worth $50,000) to fund the program.
- A 3-week learning program called "Learn 2 Earn" focused on Substrate (a blockchain tool).
- Ends with a competition called Blockathon.
- Helps Substrate teams find talented people and helps people find jobs in the Substrate ecosystem.
- Goal: Teach people about Substrate and connect them with projects.

Blockathon DAO pilot - Public goods learn + build 2 earn supporting DotSama ecosystem

- Some people want their money back for early proposals on Kusama.
- They paid 100 KSM to submit ideas, but now it only costs 0.0333 KSM.
- Their ideas were not approved, so they lost their money.
- The money is stuck and can't be returned normally.
- This happened because the rules were new and being tested.
- The only way to give the money back is through the community treasury.
- This helps make things fair for those who tried early.

medium_spender

Refund of Early OpenGov Submission Deposits

- Kusama has very low voting rates, often less than 1%.
- Low voting is not good for a democratic and decentralized network.
- A new project rewards voters with NFTs to encourage more participation.
- Voters in recent referenda have already received NFTs.
- The creator is asking for community feedback on the project.
- More details and the full proposal are available online.
- A discussion link is provided for community input.

Governance Rewarder Proposal - Milestone 0, 1

- **Kusamaverse Project**: A 3D virtual world for the Kusama ecosystem where users can connect, participate, and create value together.
- **Activities**: Includes staking, parachain auctions, hackathons, and social gatherings in a shared metaverse experience.
- **Goal**: Make Kusama more accessible and engaging for both technical and non-technical users.
- **Current Issues**: The existing tools are complex and not user-friendly, making it hard for many to participate.
- **Team**: Odyssey, with experience in Web3 and blockchain since 2013, has organized large hackathons and built 3D collaboration tools.
- **Milestone 1**: Focuses on creating the first version of the Kusamaverse.
- **Future Plans**: Milestones 2-4 will build on the initial version, adapting based on feedback and learnings.

Treasury Proposals