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### 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.

Awarded

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.

High Performance Public Infrastructure - Milestone 1

This proposal is about creating Kusama tutorials in comic form and sharing them on social media. The goal is to attract new users to the Polkadot ecosystem, teach newcomers, and keep everyone updated with news and educational materials. The project will publish one comic every two to three weeks, explaining Polkadot's technical information and developments.

The team behind this project includes a designer and a copywriter with experience in blockchain and social media marketing. They have been interested in Polkadot since 2019 and want to contribute to the project using their communication skills.

The budget for one comic is $510, and the total estimated duration for the project is 12-14 weeks with a total cost of $3060. The team plans to create unique illustrations for each comic, which will be open source. They will also share additional information related to Polkadot between comic publications.

The team's Twitter account, @PolkadotComics, has gained over 300,000 impressions, 7,000 profile visits, and 1,000 followers without any paid promotion. They have already created some comics, which can be seen on their Twitter account.

Kusama Comics: visual explainers and Polkadot/Kusama blockchain promotion in social media. 

Phase 2 of the Validator Resource Center and Ranking Website (VRC) has improved the ranking method by making the scoring model more customizable to better represent user preferences. The VRC score is now a major metric in the manual selection process. New metrics have been added, such as performance based on historic era data, to reduce the load of information on nominators. A new filtering technique helps to reduce the overall set of validators based on their quantitative properties, making it easier for nominators to make an appropriate selection.

Phase 2 also introduces a staking dashboard that provides important visual and numerical information about the network, allowing comparisons of sets to the state of the network. Users can import their current nominations and check for critical events that happened to nominated validators.

The implementation follows principles such as acting in the interest of the network, the nominator, and objectivity in validator selection. User preferences are valued, and freedom is given while maintaining a trade-off with usability.

Proposal: Validator Resource Center and Ranking Website for Kusama (Phase 2)

- This project is about making a tool called KodaDot better. It will help people explore and trade NFTs (special digital items) on Kusama.
- The tool will let people create, send, and manage NFTs easily, even if they don’t know much about technology.
- The team wants to make it simple for everyone to use, even on phones, and add cool features like AR/VR (augmented and virtual reality).
- The goal is to make a marketplace where people can buy, sell, and trade NFTs without needing to be tech experts.
- The team is working on making KodaDot open-source, so others can use it too.
- The team includes Matej Nemcek and Viktor Valastin, who have experience with blockchain and building apps.
- They’ve already made some prototypes and are testing new ideas, like AR NFTs.
- This project will help more people join the Kusama ecosystem and explore new ways to use NFTs.

KodaDot NFT explorer

**Proposal Summary**

- **Objective**: Increase the Polkadot Spanish community by creating an Educational Hub.
- **Need**: Spanish-speaking community members need easy-to-understand information about the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Actions**:
  - Develop a Spanish community webpage.
  - Create guidelines and tutorials.
  - Produce Spanish blog posts, guidelines, and papers.
  - Translate Polkadot and Kusama Wiki and official documents.
- **Features**:
  - Website with video tutorials, translations, and official information.
  - Submission form for community content.
  - Information on validators and staking.
  - Space to learn Rust and other DOT-related languages.
- **Milestones and Budget**: Detailed in a linked document.
- **Next Steps**: Subsequent parts of the development will be proposed after council review.

POLKADOT EDUCATIONAL HUB IN SPANISH

- **Ask!** is a smart contract language based on AssemblyScript, designed to work with Substrate FRAME Contracts.
- It simplifies writing contracts using annotations like `@constructor` and `@action`, similar to ink!'s `#[ink(constructor)]` and `#[ink(message)]`.
- Ask! uses the `asc compiler` to turn TypeScript files into WebAssembly (WASM) code, making it easier for developers familiar with TypeScript.
- It aims to lower the barrier for contract development and enrich the ecosystem by being more accessible than Rust-based ink!.
- Ask! will include a **Contract Framework** and **Contract PreProcessor** to handle annotations, metadata, and storage interactions.
- A tool called **ask-cli** will help manage Ask! projects, similar to ink!'s `cargo-contract`.
- Future plans include improving compatibility with ink!, adding more tools, and providing examples like ERC20 and ERC721 contracts.

Patract Hub's proposal for Ask! v0.1 (ink! in AssemblyScript)

OnFinality is a platform that helps people build things on the Kusama and Substrate networks. They just started a new service that lets people use a shared node API for free. This makes it easier for people to work on their projects without having to set up their own blockchain infrastructure.

OnFinality wants money to keep their free public API service running for Kusama. They need about $1,189.2 a month to do this. They had over 3.2 million requests in a single day, which shows that many people are using their service.

They will keep offering a free tier for users who need up to 500,000 requests a day. They might also offer paid options for people who need more requests. OnFinality also lets people set up their own dedicated nodes if they need more than what the API service can provide.

You can learn more about their funding proposal and how to use their service on their website and by talking to them on Telegram.

Treasury Proposal - High Performance Public Infrastructure (Ongoing Costs for Q1 2021)

The "Virtual Niche" exhibition is a big art show happening in two places: UCCA Labs in Beijing and JinArt Gallery in Shanghai. It's all about Crypto Art and will happen from March 26th to April 11th, 2021. The goal is to teach artists about Crypto Art and get them to use Kusama Network for their art. There will be workshops, a competition, and a chance for artists to show their work. Some famous artists like Ben Gentill and Mario Klingeman will join. The event will cost a lot of money, so they are asking for help to make it happen. BCA, a company that loves Crypto Art, is planning this event.

"Virtual Niche" - The World's First Crypto Art Exhibition with Kusama Network

- Ramp wants to add Kusama (KSM) to its platform after supporting Polkadot.
- Kusama needs easy access for new users to grow its ecosystem.
- Currently, users must use centralized exchanges, which can be hard for beginners.
- Ramp offers a simple way to buy KSM using cards, bank transfers, or open banking.
- Ramp's SDK lets apps offer KSM purchases without leaving the app.
- Ramp wants to speed up the onboarding process from days to minutes.
- Ramp is asking for treasury support to cover costs and help the ecosystem grow.

Ramp's treasury proposal for adding KSM to Ramp's SDK so that KSM could be bought frictionlessly across multiple dApps and wallets

- **SubBooster** is a tool for Substrate developers to compile projects faster, in about 4.5 minutes.
- It helps developers save time and makes it easier for new people to join the Substrate community.
- The project has two main parts: Milestone 1 (2 months) and Milestone 2 (2 months), with more work after that.
- Milestone 1 focuses on automating the backend and adding onchain features.
- Milestone 2 will add more features and help more users join.
- After the milestones, the team will keep the service running for 2 more months.
- The project needs funding from the treasury to pay for developers and community managers.
- Contact: Kevin and Popeye, with more info on GitHub.

Treasury Proposals