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- A new project aims to create a common API for DApps on Polkadot and Kusama.
- It will help apps like wallets and explorers work better with different blockchains.
- The project is a team effort between SubQuery/OnFinality and Fearless Wallet/SORAMITSU.
- First, they will make an open-source tool for sharing data.
- They will also create guides to help developers learn how to use it.
- The goal is to make DApps work better together and attract more developers.
- The first step is to design and share a common API for Kusama.
- They will ask the community for feedback to improve the API.

Awarded

Open-Source DApp API - Milestone 1

Kusama has a proposal to make educational videos about KSM technology and philosophy. The first two videos are done. You can find the proposal and watch the videos on the links provided. People named Bruno and PARACT have commented on the proposal.

Kusama Explainer Video Series - Part 2

The Kusama Council and MIDL.dev, an Estonian company, have proposed a treasury plan to provide blockchain database snapshots for the Kusama network. This will help node operators and validators quickly set up or restore their infrastructure. The service includes daily snapshots, a website with metadata and download links, incident management, and redundant implementation setup. The website polkashots.io has been providing snapshots for validators for six months and is the only provider of this service. The proposal requests funding from the Kusama treasury every six months to cover operational expenses, including labor and cloud costs. The budget is calculated based on the exchange rate of KSM/EUR and includes a 5% slippage and conversion fee. If approved, work will start immediately.

Polkashots.io maintenance + improvements

VLN: Sube v1.0

- **Klever Wallet** is a popular crypto wallet used by over 2.5 million people worldwide.
- It supports 10 blockchains, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tron, with more being added.
- The wallet is available on iOS and Android and offers features like staking, swapping, and buying crypto.
- Klever wants to add support for **Kusama**, a blockchain in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- They are asking for funding to include Kusama in their wallet.
- Klever has 50 developers and a 24/7 support team to help users.
- The wallet is secure, with features like facial recognition and military-grade encryption.
- Klever plans to expand its features into the Polkadot ecosystem in the future.

Klever Mobile Wallet Inclusion of Kusama (Milestone one and two)

The Validator Resource Center and Ranking Website (VRC) has entered Phase 2, which enhances the ranking method to better represent user preferences. The VRC score is now a major factor in the manual selection process, and new metrics have been added to reduce the information load on nominators. A new filtering technique helps to reduce the overall set of validators, making it easier for nominators to make appropriate selections. A staking dashboard has also been introduced, providing visual and numerical information about the network.

The proposal covers the development of milestones 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. The majority of the work for these milestones has been completed, with the team finalizing details on M10 for further development. In Phase 2, the team extended previous work and incorporated three major upgrades:

1. A new manual selection for validators, taking into account custom scoring and a filtering technique to remove quantitatively dominated validators from the overall lists.
2. A dashboard that shows general information and graphs with metrics over time, making it easier to cope with the ever-changing nature of the network.
3. A process for nominators to cultivate their on-chain nominations by comparing past nominations to the most recent era and flagging critical events.

The proposal also includes a way to feature not-elected validators to incentivize their inclusion in the user's validator set. The final part of the VRC Development covers milestones 6 to 10, with a total estimation of EUR 4,000.00. Payment conditions include one submission per milestone, with subsequent milestones to be paid after delivery. The overall timeline is 5 weeks.

Validator Resource Center and Ranking Website for Kusama (Phase 2) - Milestones 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (Final submission)

### Stylo Wallet Maintenance Proposal

- **Purpose:** Covers maintenance costs for Stylo Wallet, including general upkeep, upgrades, and infrastructure.
- **Networks:** Supports both Kusama and Polkadot, alternating every six months.
- **Duration:** Covers May to October 2021.
- **Amount Requested:** 2,880.00 EUR or 8.90 KSM.
- **KSM Rate:** 323 EUR/KSM (based on monthly average).
- **Frequency:** Submitted bi-annually.
- **Beneficiary Account:** `ESByNCnB6Q3p5VQVEcEMvQCk6y6ahuSEv22oxxrQ2ybfggr`.
- **Past Info:** Detailed past upgrades and budgets available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/18LI0BB5nnyhQJZW4-SdWOWy_Z6W3kObJUKSv53aU-fg/edit?usp=sharing).

Stylo wallet - recurring payment to cover maintenance costs

OnFinality is a SaaS platform that helps blockchain developers by providing infrastructure services for the Kusama/Substrate community. They recently launched a shared node API Service and are listed in the Polkadot.js app. They want to get funding to cover the costs of running two pools of Kusama nodes for Q2 2021. In Q1 2021, they served over 252 million requests. They will keep their free tier for users and maintain one-click deploy dedicated node access. You can access their public API service by creating a free account or connecting through Polkadot.js.

High Performance Public Infrastructure (Ongoing Costs for Q2 2021)

CryptoLocally is a global P2P exchange that allows people to trade cryptocurrencies without a middleman. They support many blockchain networks like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more. They make it easy for everyone to use cryptocurrencies and DeFi by offering many ways to buy and sell them. CryptoLocally wants to help Kusama and Polkadot by filling gaps that other exchanges don't cover. They hope to be a part of this ecosystem for a long time. You can read more about their plan by clicking on the link provided.

CryptoLocally Kusama Integration Proposal

### ZKValidator Treasury Proposal Summary

- **Objective**: ZKValidator aims to raise awareness about privacy and zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP) in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Event Funding**: The proposal requests €8000 in DOT from the treasury to fund a virtual event.
- **Privacy Importance**: Privacy is crucial for broader blockchain adoption.
- **Awareness Raising**: The event will highlight the significance of privacy on Polkadot and foster discussions.
- **Networking**: The event will provide a platform for networking and idea sharing.
- **Previous Events**: ZKValidator previously hosted a privacy-focused workshop in 2019 and a virtual event in April 2021.
- **Support and Feedback**: ZKValidator welcomes support and feedback on the proposal.

Rejected

ZKValidator virtual event for Polkadot

This proposal is about making high-quality educational videos to help people understand Kusama's technology and ideas better. The videos will be part of a 5-part series, and this proposal is for the first two videos. The price for the videos is based on the current value of Kusama (KSM) tokens. People have already commented on the proposal and shared their thoughts. The creators are excited to hear more comments and feedback.

Kusama Explainer Video Series

Cyberfuture on Parachains is an online event organized by Bitfwd 比特未来 to educate the community about Polkadot and its latest developments. The event will be held on April 15th and 22nd, 2021, and will be divided into two sessions.

1. First session: Focuses on DeFi use cases and developer components, providing an introduction to Polkadot and Acala, a DeFi parachain on Polkadot. This session aims to encourage newcomers and beginners to get involved as developers on Polkadot and Kusama, and learn about DeFi on Polkadot and data querying.

2. Second session: Focuses on culture, ecosystem building, and crypto entrepreneurship in the Polkadot ecosystem. The session will discuss Art on Kusama and Polkadot, NFT protocols and standards, and the growth of the global open source ecosystem with the Chinese developer community.

Bitfwd 比特未来 is an open-source grassroots crypto community based in Australia that has been facilitating collaborations between academics, entrepreneurs, and governments since 2015. They have supported numerous startups, including SubQuery and DeepDAO, and have experience in running events and producing content.

The event requires 10k USD in KSM for operation costs, including event planning, content creation before and after the event, and promotions in communities. More details about the proposal can be found on the provided Google Docs link.

Cyberfuture on Parachains by bitfwd 比特未来: 15th + 22nd April 

Canonizer, formerly known as PolkadotAssetJS, is a project that aims to create an NFT gallery and developer tools for NFTs on the Kusama network. They have completed their first milestone of displaying NFTs using the RMRK system and are now working towards a full multi-pallets NFT tracking and creation tool. The project includes a library for developers to easily mint, transfer, and integrate NFTs into their DApps or games, as well as an application for artists to mint and manage their NFTs on Kusama. They are seeking feedback on their new milestone submission and have provided links to their progress and feedback document.

NFT for Kusama : PolkadotAssetJS - Canonizer Milestone 2 proposal

- Phase 2 of the Validator Resource Center (VRC) improves ranking methods and adds new features like a staking dashboard.
- New metrics and filtering techniques help users select validators more easily.
- The project includes milestones for backend, UI/UX design, and user interface implementation.
- A development server was rented for 3 months to support the project.
- The team completed tasks like integrating with the Kusama network and upgrading dependencies.
- The backend now uses a database to store and analyze blockchain data.
- The new user interface is being implemented with features like charts and wallet connections.
- The project aims to help nominators manage their validator selections better over time.

Validator Resource Center and Ranking Website for Kusama (Phase 2) - Report for milestones 2, 3, 4 and 5

- **Ask! v0.2** is an update to a tool for writing smart contracts using AssemblyScript.
- It adds new ways to store data, like `spread` and `packed`, to make contracts more efficient.
- New annotations like `@event` and `@dynamic` help with events and cross-contract calls.
- It introduces contract inheritance, allowing contracts to reuse code from other contracts.
- The update will take 10 weeks and cost $93,000, funded by 440 KSM from the treasury.
- Sample contracts will show how to use these new features, including ERC20 and ERC721 examples.

Patract’s treasury proposal for Ask! v0.2 (ink! in AssemblyScript)

DeepDAO is a platform that helps people find and learn about DAOs, which are groups that make decisions together. They use important numbers like how many people are in the group and how much money they have to help rank these groups. DeepDAO tells us about over 100 big DAOs on five different platforms and they want to add more.

The people who made this idea want to add the Kusama Network, which is a way to try out new ideas, to DeepDAO. They think this will help them learn how to organize the information they collect. If they do this, Kusama will be listed with all the other DAOs and ranked based on different things. There will be special sections for each DAO with links and information about them.

You can read more about this idea in a longer document if you want to learn more.

Proposal DeepDAO <> Kusama Integration

OnFinality is a SaaS platform that provides infrastructure services for the Kusama/Substrate community. They have launched a shared node API Service that is free within usage limits and gives access to both the Polkadot and Kusama networks. The second milestone, Geolocation Routing, will help maximize the use of different pools of nodes and quickly switch to alternative pools in different geographic regions if one goes offline. OnFinality served over 17.682 million requests in a single day on February 24, 2021, and plans to maintain a free tier for users with 500,000 requests a day. They may offer additional paid tiers for more usage in the future and continue to provide one-click deploy dedicated node access to Kusama for customers needing more than the API service offers. Users can access the public API service by creating a free account or connecting through Polkadot.js.

Treasury Proposal - High Performance Public Infrastructure (Milestone 2)

- Messari is proposing Polkadot to join the Messari Hub.
- The Hub is a marketplace for independent research by qualified analysts.
- Research will be freely available to users, developers, and investors.
- Reports will be shared through a newsletter and social media.
- Messari is requesting $125k in DOT, with a 10% premium for market volatility.
- The funds will be used for an initial "ecosystem report" and four quarterly reports.
- More details are available in the full proposal.

Commission research through the Messari Hub

Rotki is working on integrating the Kusama Network into its platform. This will allow users to manage their Kusama blockchain accounts, similar to how they handle Ethereum and Bitcoin. The integration will include account imports, balance queries, transaction querying, and staking information. Milestone 2 will focus on:

1. Querying transaction history for imported addresses and displaying it in the Rotki user interface.
2. Detecting if any user addresses are actively staking and showing their profits, both historical and expected.
3. Adding staking information to the Rotki user interface so users can see a breakdown of staking details per address.

Kusama integration in Rotki - Milestone 2/2

PolkaStats is a Substrate block explorer that provides staking and economic data for validators and nominators. It was created in La Colmena, a crypto community in Spain, and focuses on Proof of Stake chains. PolkaStats is different from other explorers because it is JavaScript-based, uses Vue.js/Nuxt.js frameworks, and allows wallet functionalities.

PolkaStats has 2,800 unique users and 4,500 sessions per month, with visitors from 89 countries. The project is asking for funds to cover operational expenses from December 17, 2020, to March 17, 2021, which totals to 6.27 KSM. The funds will be used to pay for server rentals to operate PolkaStats for Kusama and Westend networks.

PolkaStats treasury expense proposal - operation costs for Kusama, 17.12.2020 - 17.03.2021

This proposal is about making Kusama snapshots available on the Polkashots website. The company MIDL.dev wants to provide archive snaps and full node snaps of both Parity and Rocks. They are asking for 325 EUR to do this for one month. If accepted, they will start the project and submit another proposal after one month. The proposal is submitted to the Kusama Council, and they are asking if the council prefers monthly or quarterly proposals. The company MIDLDEV OÜ is from Estonia.

Make Kusama database snapshots available on Polkashots.io

Dotreasury M2 is a proposal to continue the development of the doreasury platform. The main goals for M2 are:

1. Create an account system with registry, login/logout, and binding with web3 addresses.
2. Develop a funded projects list and detail page to provide information on projects supported by treasury funds.
3. Add remarks support on expense and project detail pages from logged-in users and anonymous users.
4. Include a list of burnt records.
5. Show treasury income distribution, possibly with a doughnut chart.
6. Improve previous work by solving issues and adding more documentation and test cases.

The estimated time for M2 is 1.25 months with a cost of 438 KSM. The funds will be used for developers, a designer, server fees, and a cloud MongoDB for stable deployment. The final output will be new features on doreasury.com and updates to the code repository. The team's next plan is to introduce a retrospect mechanism to the treasury workflow and build a reputation system for treasury participators. Integration with Polkadot is planned after M2.

OpenSquare's treasury proposal for dotreasury M2

Fearless Wallet is a mobile app for iOS and Android that works with Kusama and Polkadot. It is made by SORAMITSU and is supported by Kusama Treasury. This wallet lets you talk to the blockchain without any extra steps. 

In the third stage, they want to make the app better and add more features, like staking. They also want to make it easier for other apps to work with Substrate networks. You can read more about their plan and how much it will cost here: [Fearless Wallet Stage 3 Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/13n0VdsXLmMtOvxNmGsKK9RrxeUXFzcHQguxD4r_CedM/edit?usp=sharing). The money for this project will be split between Kusama and Polkadot.

Fearless Wallet - Stage 3 Proposal - Staking, Libraries expansion, App Improvements

### Summary of the Proposal

- **Purpose**: The proposal aims to help scam victims and combat illicit activities in the Polkadot community.
- **Provider**: Merkle Science, a blockchain analytics company, will focus on monitoring the Polkadot protocol.
- **Timeline**: The solution is planned to launch in December 2021.
- **Features**: The proposal includes phase 1 development and monitoring services.
- **Partners**: Collaboration with Michalis (Web 3 Foundation) and RTTI-5220 (Polkadot Council).
- **Monitoring**: Priority access for monitoring addresses on https://polkadot.js.org/phishing/.
- **Funding**: DOT rate calculated using Subscan's 30-day average tool.

Merkle Science - Proposal: Polkadot Transaction Monitoring

OnFinality is a SaaS platform that helps blockchain developers by providing infrastructure services for the Kusama/Substrate community. They recently launched a shared node API Service and are listed in the Polkadot.js app. Their goal is to make it easier for developers to build dApps by providing the necessary infrastructure.

1. They are applying for funding to improve their platform and add more analytics and reporting features.
2. They plan to add geolocation routing to make their service more reliable.

OnFinality served over 5.54 million requests in a single day and will keep a free tier for users with up to 500,000 requests a day. They may offer paid tiers for more requests in the future. They also provide one-click deploy dedicated nodes for customers who need more.

You can access their public API service by creating a free account or connecting through Polkadot.js. More information about their funding proposal can be found in the provided link, and you can also contact them on Telegram.

Treasury Proposals