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### Summary

- **Beneficiary and Implementer**: Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF)
- **Proposer**: Every.org
- **Objective**: Educate global media on blockchain technology
- **TRF's Mission**: Advance media freedom, inclusive economies, and human rights
- **Partnership Aim**: Improve understanding of Web3 and blockchain
- **Pilot Program**: Test and develop training for non-crypto audiences
- **Collaboration**: With Web3 Foundation for iterative development
- **Future Phases**: Scale the training methodology globally

Rejected

Building a better understanding of blockchain across mainstream global media

Incorrect Proposal. Please Reject

- **Proposal**: Creation of a ParaSpell XCM SDK & XCM UI Maintenance Bounty.
- **Purpose**: To maintain and improve the XCM SDK and UI for teams previously funded by Basilisk Parachain and Web3 Foundation.
- **Funding**: The bounty will be distributed through child bounties for ongoing development tasks.
- **Tasks**: Include checking XCM support, resolving developer issues, and implementing new ideas.
- **Goal**: To simplify dApp development and improve integration speed in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Repositories**: The SDK and other related repositories are hosted on GitHub.
- **Documentation**: Detailed information on the bounty mechanism and budget management is available in the proposal document.

Bounty Proposal: ParaSpell XCM SDK & XCM UI Maintenance

Testing - Please Reject. Thank you!

**Subsquid Lab Proposal Summary**

- **Purpose**: Fund ongoing costs for high-performance data indexing infrastructure for Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems.
- **Requested KSM**: 1,340.48 KSM.
- **Key Achievements**:
  - Released "Fire Squid" Archives with significant performance improvements.
  - Supported batch requests, boosting indexing performance by 100x.
  - Provided separate gateways for human data exploration and programmatic access.
- **Usage Statistics**:
  - Served over 129 million queries in September 2022.
  - Daily query averages peaked at 5 million and stabilized around 3.3 million.
- **Previous Proposals**: Funded by Polkadot Treasury (Proposal 134) and Kusama Treasury (Proposal 171).

Subsquid - Public data indexing Infrastructure for Polkadot and Kusama (Q3 2022)

**Proposal for Retroactive Grant of Open Source Tools**

- **Tools Created**: Two open-source, free tools:
  1. **Validator Selector**: Helps users choose the best validators for staking.
  2. **Staking Income Spreadsheet Generator**: Tracks staking income in a spreadsheet.

- **Purpose**: These tools were created to address common issues in staking, such as selecting validators and tracking income.

- **Motivation**: The creator, James Sangalli, faced these challenges personally and decided to develop solutions for himself and others.

- **Availability**: Both tools are available online for anyone to use.

- **Full Proposal**: Detailed information can be found in the [full proposal document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YT2qssdH12AtWFRloRnBanK6H1sGuE6EaX782d4qK40/edit?usp=sharing).

- **Request**: The proposal seeks a retroactive grant for the development of these tools.

Polkadot/Kusama staking tools proposal

- Polkawatch launched decentralization analytics on Kusama and added Nomination Pools support.
- The community is increasingly aware of the importance of decentralization.
- A recent deplatforming event of Solana nodes highlighted the need for decentralization.
- Other teams, like wallets and parachains, are interested in accessing Polkawatch data.
- Parachains, despite being secured by the relay chain, are still vulnerable to censorship.
- Polkawatch aims to add parachain support and continue improving its service.
- The proposal is open for discussion on Polkassembly.
- Feedback from the community has been incorporated into the proposal.

Treasury Proposal: Polkawatch Decentralization Analytics Parachain Support and Continued Operation.

### Snowbridge Funding Proposal Summary

- **Project:** Snowbridge, a trustless bridge between Polkadot and Ethereum.
- **Goal:** Launch as a common-good bridge on Kusama and Polkadot.
- **Duration:** 28 months of operations.
- **Funding:** $612,000 requested for Polkadot, with additional requests on Kusama and for long-term incentives.
- **Features:** Supports arbitrary message passing and cross-chain smart contract calls.
- **Roadmap:** Includes support for XCMv3, minting wrapped assets, governance, security audits, and deployments on Kusama and Polkadot.
- **History:** Snowfork has been working on Snowbridge for over 2 years, with an initial version launched in September 2021.
- **Purpose:** Enhances Polkadot's security by providing a fully trustless bridge, benefiting the entire ecosystem.

Snowbridge Funding Proposal

- Hitesh from Describedot creates educational videos about the Dotsama ecosystem.
- They started a year ago and have made 34 videos.
- Their videos have grown by 28% weekly and reached 30,000 views.
- They received support from Polkadot and Kusama Council Members.
- They focus on teaching Polkadot and governance in simple Hindi.
- Users appreciate their videos, which help them understand the Polkadot stack.
- They aim to continue their work with a spending proposal.
- You can learn more about their proposal in the linked document.

Treasury Proposal: Production of Dotsama ecosystem tutorial videos for Hindi audience

- **Name**: Guillitolmo
- **Role**: Polkadot and Kusama Ambassador, Founder of Dotsama Madrid
- **YouTube Channel**: Started in November 2021, focusing on cryptocurrencies
- **Content Focus**: Since March 2022, exclusively on Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems
- **Objective**: Inform the Spanish community about ecosystem events, referendums, new wallets, and utilities
- **Proposal**: Full proposal available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Sl0DzazaSfEVwWhANjvvmXwuUbHT6iBMOLEcf-E8svQ/edit?usp=sharing)
- **Discussion**: Original discussion on Kusama Polkassembly [here](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/1873)

Production of 78 informative videos of Polkadot and Kusama in spanish.

**Fearless Wallet Proposal Summary**

- **Fearless Wallet** is an open-source, non-custodial mobile app for iOS and Android, with over 130,000 users and 50,000+ active users.
- It is funded by the Kusama Treasury and developed by SORAMITSU.
- The proposal aims to create:
  - A browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and other Chromium-based browsers.
  - A desktop application for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
  - Wallet, network, and asset management features.
  - Settings and chain account management tools.
  - dApp connector logic support.
- The first milestone budget is $268,400, equivalent to 6,389.41 KSM.
- The project will be licensed under Apache 2.0.
- Previous grants have been successfully completed, with public demos available.

Fearless Wallet Desktop/Browser Plugin Proposal

**Colorful Notion Proposal Summary:**

- **Polkaholic.io**: An open-source block explorer for Polkadot and Kusama.
- **XCM Transfers**: Special focus on cross-chain transfers and messages.
- **Data Availability**: Raw data and indexed XCM transfers available via CDN, BigQuery, and APIs.
- **Full Indexing**: Continuously index all Polkadot chains for comprehensive data.
- **API Support**: Maintain APIs for value and XCM transfers, useful for large systems.
- **XCM Modeling**: Analyze and model XCM transfers across the Polkadot/Kusama ecosystem.
- **Future Enhancements**: Expand indexing as the ecosystem grows, including new parachains, assets, and XCM versions.

Polkaholic.io - Polkadot+Kusama XCM/Multichain Block Explorer (Q2+Q3 2022)

Liquidity funding proposal for Genshiro Money Market and DEX

On-Chain User Data Telegram Bot

- A bug in Kusama runtime 1000000 caused partially executed XCM transactions and stuck funds.
- The bug was identified and debugged by working with Parity developers.
- A GitHub issue was created to document the problem and suggest action items.
- A Twitter thread explained the bug and provided a workaround for parachain teams.
- A test script was developed to reproduce the issue and verify the fix.
- Future work includes setting up e2e and regression tests for new releases.

Awarded

small_spender

WHO: The proposer and Parity devs.

WHAT: Debugged and identified the root cause of the XCM bug in the new Kusama runtime 1000000, created Github issue, Twitter thread, suggestion to parachain teams, and a test script to reproduce and verify the fix.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Help debug and mitigate Kusama XCM issue

big_tipper

Jungle Inc. and Minus Wells aim to create a video discussing Polkadot mechanics, future vision, and insights into Polkadot 2.0. They will do it in exchange for 3 DOT, challenging the trend of big influencers seeking $51k for average content. The goal is to elevate understanding and awareness for everyone who tunes in. No timeframe or additional resources mentioned.

### Proof of Chaos

- **Project:** Proof of Chaos is a governance participation tool.
- **Goal:** Increase on-chain governance participation on Polkadot and Kusama.
- **Features:**
  - Allows anyone to mint governance participation NFTs and earn royalties.
  - Multi-chain support: Kusama, Rococo, Polkadot, Parachains.
  - Referenda sendout UI and voting UI with unique features.
- **Funding:**
  - Requested amount: 802 KSM ($16,842).
  - Purpose: Retroactive funding and artist subsidies.
- **Value to Ecosystem:**
  - Provides a clean UI for sending NFTs as governance rewards.
  - Collaborates with other ecosystem teams like Parity, Encointer, Kilt, and Kodadot.
  - Offers an additional voting interface for OpenGov referenda.
  - Code is open source, serving as a valuable resource for other builders.

medium_spender

Proof of Chaos requests 802KSM ($16842) for retroactive funding and artist subsidies. They aim to increase participation in on-chain governance on Polkadot and Kusama. The requested amount is reduced by 20% from their previous proposal. Passing this proposal is a prerequisite for further implementation of their roadmap.

Proof of Chaos Funding

**Uai so serious?** is a dedicated manager of the **Polkadot Brasil Twitter account**, contributing significantly over the past four months. His efforts have boosted the account's followers from 400 to over 645 by creating engaging posts, hosting Twitter Spaces, and representing Polkadot Brasil in various events.

- **Twitter Account:** [@polkadot_brasil](https://twitter.com/polkadot_brasil)
- **Key Contributions:**
  - Increased followers from 400 to over 645.
  - Hosted and participated in Twitter Spaces.
  - Represented Polkadot Brasil in community calls.
- **Proposed Reward:** 35 KSM for his dedication.
- **Future Plans:**
  - Upgrade tools for better Twitter management.
  - Improve health with an adjustable desk and comfortable chair.
- **Message to Community:** Appreciates the support and invites others to join in recognizing his contributions.

Polkadot Brasil proposes to reward Uai so serious? with 35 KSM for his contribution to managing the Polkadot Brasil Twitter account for the past four months. Uai so serious? has significantly contributed to the growth of the social media presence by creating engaging posts, hosting Twitter Spaces, and actively participating in other Spaces while representing the Polkadot Brasil account. The proposal includes materials such as the account's performance statistics, recent and upcoming Twitter Spaces, and proof of representing the Polkadot Brasil account during a call with SubWallet team. Uai so serious? plans to use the tip to upgrade his work tools and improve his health by buying an adjustable table and a comfortable chair.

Small Tip for "Uai So Serious?" for managing the Polkadot Brasil Twitter account and other initiatives.

### Rust Academic Course Proposal

- **Objective**: To establish a Rust programming course at the Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.
- **Duration**: 12 weeks, with 1 lecture and 1 tutorial each week.
- **Modules**: The course will be divided into 7 modules.
- **Student Goals**: 
  - Write custom CLI/server applications.
  - Gain practical experience and create their own projects.
  - Develop intermediate-level Rust skills.
  - Understand Rust's purpose and features.
- **Course Structure**: Includes weekly lectures, tutorials, exercise sets, and a final project with a report.
- **Schedule**: 
  - Discussion: October 9-15, 2023.
  - Voting: September 16-October 29, 2023.
- **Documents**: Full proposal and delivery document with additional details and resources.

WHO: Faculty of Informatics and Information technologies, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.

WHAT: Proposal for a 12-week Rust academic course.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Costs of special guests and video covered. Discussion from 9 Oct. 2023 - 15 Oct. 2023, voting from 16 Sept. 2023 - 29 Oct. 2023. Full proposal and delivery document available.

Proposal: 12 Week Rust course at FIIT STU in Bratislava

BigTipper

small_tipper

SmallTipper

### LightSpell XCM API

- **First XCM API** in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem.
- **Winner** of the Polkadot Hackathon Global Series APAC 2023.
- **Advantages**: Simplifies XCM message construction, reduces call time, and prevents user errors.
- **Free and Open Source**: Available under the MIT license.
- **Live API**: Accessible at [https://api.lightspell.xyz](https://api.lightspell.xyz).
- **Team**: Comprised of Dušan Morháč and Michael Absolon, with experience in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Proposal**: Seeks funding for server costs and maintenance from October 1st to February 1st.
- **Documentation**: Comprehensive guides available at [https://paraspell.github.io/docs/](https://paraspell.github.io/docs/).

WHO: LightSpell team

WHAT: Maintain the first XCM API in Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem, including its core component - XCM SDK, for free for the community from 1st October to 1st February.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Treasury Proposals