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- A proposal auditor was onboarded after a referendum passed.
- The auditor has conducted 9 high-quality audits on Kusama treasury proposals.
- Audits were done using a template from Referendum 67.
- The auditor is requesting funding for these audits at a rate of $50 per hour for 2 hours per proposal.
- Only 7 of the 9 audits will be rewarded to stay within treasury guidelines.
- The proposal document contains more details and a list of the audits being rewarded.
- The proposal has been open for discussion for 8 days.

Awarded

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The proposal requests funding for audit reports on Kusama treasury proposals at a rate of $50/hour for 2 hours in each proposal. The proposal has conducted 9 high-quality audits so far and requests tips for 7 of them. More information can be found in the proposal document.

For 7 Kusama treasury proposal Audits

### OpenSquare Bounty Proposal Summary

- **Date:** 08.06.2023
- **Proponent:** OpenSquare
- **Bounty Address:** F3opxRbN5ZbjJNU513biNd7gHacZD1K3wU4M6Yiq3MZxZgf
- **KSM Requested:** 3,100 KSM

**Goals:**
- Create UI for Kusama/Polkadot business visualization.
- Engage more developers through child bounties.
- Facilitate collaboration within the Dotsama ecosystem.

**Achievements:**
- Developed a bounty site for collaboration.
- Released Statescan-v2, supporting multiple chains.
- Created child bounties for identity and vesting pallet scans.

**Budget:**
- Spent: 461.7 KSM (≈$15,000)
- Remaining: 262.77 KSM (≈$6,500)
- Final request: $80,000

**Questions:**
- Bounty site can be used by other bounties.
- Maintenance and development costs are separate.
- Bounties allow open participation and price discovery.

medium_spender

WHO: OpenSquare

WHAT: Implement UI, engage developers, facilitate collaborations in Polkadot ecosystem

PRICE: 3,100 KSM (requested), $80,000 (final request)

TIMEFRAME: N/A

RESOURCES: [Bounty #11](https://kusama.subsquare.io/treasury/bounty/11), [full proposal](https://hackmd.io/@WIq3uV0rRwS6W3GGj2pmyA/Sy9-nCF9t)

Visualize polkadot program phase1 bounty top up

small_tipper

SmallTipper

WHO: The ChaosDAO community.
WHAT: To offer a tip to Leemo, an active member of the community, for his contributions in educating and promoting the OpenGov mechanism for on-chain decisions.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

- Encointer is seeking funding for its common-good parachain lease.
- The first funding proposal for Q1 and Q2 2023 was approved in December 2022.
- Kusama's Treasury has faced issues with unsustainable spending.
- Encointer now plans to seek funding from both Kusama and Polkadot (DOT) Treasuries.
- This proposal requests CHF 213,000 (USD 234,000) for July and August 2023.
- A future proposal will be submitted to the DOT Treasury after OpenGov is implemented on Polkadot.
- Encointer opposes retroactive funding, arguing it discourages investment and growth.

big_spender

Encointer proposes to cover their expenses for July and August 2023 from the KSM treasury, amounting to CHF 213,000. They also plan to submit a proposal to the DOT treasury to cover their expenses from September onwards. They oppose retroactive funding but highlight the founder's unpaid work as pre-investment.

Encointer Lease2 Treasury Proposal 2/2

EasyA requests reimbursement of $220,000 for hosting two in-person Polkadot hackathons at Harvard and in London, as part of their third milestone. The hackathons attracted top developers from within and beyond the Polkadot ecosystem, with over 40,000 developers brought into the ecosystem through their #60DaysOfPolkadot campaign. EasyA is committed to the long-term sustainability of the Polkadot ecosystem and has engaged with ecosystem projects to cover costs and expertise.

### Polkassembly Proposal Summary

- **Purpose**: Request for quarterly funding from Kusama treasury to maintain and operate Polkassembly.
- **Coverage**: Costs for April, May, June 2023.
- **Expenses**: Includes maintenance, operations, and human resources.
- **Features**: 
  - Customizable notifications.
  - Identifiable proposal images.
  - Anti-spam measures.
  - Partnerships for quizzes and anonymous communication.
  - Content and education updates.
  - Proposal audits.
  - Site-wide improvements like better linking, edit history, and sentiment analysis.
- **Full Proposal**: Available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_JYFNEV8Y5l5bzs79zD5u--go225vhsfuXuzMNXrDH8/edit).

WHO: Polkassembly

WHAT: Proposes a recurring quarterly payment to cover maintenance, operations, and human resource costs for Polkassembly, including general maintenance, runtime upgrades, and infrastructure costs. The proposal covers costs for April, May, and June of 2023. 

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The Kusama treasury is requested to provide the necessary funding for this period. The proposal also includes various site-wide improvements, customization, anti-spam features, partnerships, and content & education initiatives. 

150 SYMBOLS LIMIT REACHED.

Polkassembly Maintenance proposal Q2’23

### Summary of Referendum #177

1. **Referendum Approved**: Referendum #177 was confirmed and approved at block [#17860314](https://kusama.subscan.io/block/17860314?tab=event&event=17860314-2).
2. **Scheduled Enactment**: The proposal was scheduled to be enacted 100 blocks later at block #17874714.
3. **Preimage Unnoted**: The preimage was unnoted at block [#17863651](https://kusama.subscan.io/extrinsic/17863651-6), causing a problem with the scheduled execution.
4. **Execution Failure**: The proposal failed to enact at block #17874714 due to the missing preimage.
5. **Resubmission**: The proposal was resubmitted as a new referendum with an updated KSM EMA7 to $25.52.
6. **Acknowledgment**: The proposer took responsibility for the oversight and requested community support for the resubmission.
7. **Full Proposal**: The complete proposal can be found [here](https://github.com/CoinStudioDOT/OpenGov/blob/c850956f861c062a2124ab1224b248fe459de582/Documents/%23203%20OpenCommunity%20Governance%20Proposal.pdf).

small_spender

WHO: OpenGov

WHAT: Resubmitting a previously approved proposal (Referenda #177) that failed to execute due to an oversight. All parts of the proposal stayed the same except the update of KSM EMA7 to $25.52.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

OpenCommunity Governance

### Summary of Proposal

- This proposal is a follow-up to [Referendum 170](https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/referendum/170).
- The market experienced a significant downturn after the original proposal, leading to a large difference between costs and payouts.
- The proposal seeks to cover the remaining $5,748.15, which is equivalent to 223.02 KSM at an EMA7 of $25.774 for KSMUSD.
- A screenshot shows the sale of KSM at $24.75.
- The proposal also addresses concerns about providing snapshots only for Polkadot, stating that daily snapshots were provided for both Polkadot and Kusama.

WHO: The proposer (unspecified)

WHAT: Proposing to cover the remaining $5748.15, or 223.02 KSM at an EMA7 of $25.774 for KSMUSD for the retroactive Parasnaps maintenance proposal.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

[Small Spender] Parasnaps Maintenance Follow-up for Market Correction

### Stakeworld Funding Request Summary

- **Purpose**: Funding for Stakeworld's RPC, snapshot, and bootnode services.
- **Previous Funding**: Previously supported through the Infrastructure Maintenance Bounty program, now ended.
- **Current Request**: Made through OpenGov Treasury.
- **Services Requested**:
  - Maintenance of RPC services for Kusama and Westend.
  - Maintenance of bootnodes for Kusama and Westend.
  - Maintenance of database snapshot services for Kusama (possibly ending after Q2).
- **Additional Contributions**:
  - Updates to the Polkadot wiki on setting up bootnodes and RPC/WSS.
  - Maintenance of a node installer script and a database size history page.
- **Full Proposal**: Available [here](https://github.com/stakeworld/stakeworld-treasury/blob/master/2023-Q2-kusama-maintenance-innovation.md).

Stakeworld is requesting funding for maintaining RPC, snapshot, and bootnode services for Kusama and Westend, along with contributions to the wiki and maintaining a node installer script and a database size history page. The proposal is an OpenGov Treasury request. No specific price/timeframe/resources are mentioned.

Request for funding of Stakeworld's RPC nodes, bootnodes and snapshot service 

- The proposal seeks funding for maintaining the **substrate-api-client** from May 2023 to July 2023.
- **substrate-api-client** is a Rust library for connecting to substrate-based nodes via RPC in a no-std environment.
- It allows developers to interact with Polkadot or Kusama chains, similar to **Polkadot-js**.
- Unlike **subxt**, which uses the Rust standard library, **substrate-api-client** works in environments where the Rust standard library is unavailable.
- This proposal is a follow-up to a previous treasury proposal for maintenance from February to April 2023.
- The team aims to focus on updates needed due to substrate changes.
- The full proposal and discussion details are available in the provided links.

WHO: Substrate-api-client developers
WHAT: Fund maintenance of substrate-api-client library from May 2023 to July 2023
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified, but a smaller proposal focusing on changes needed due to substrate updates due to limited funds in Kusama treasury.

Maintenance for the substrate-api-client May-23 to Jul-23

- OnFinality requested 1,835.806 KSM (about $51,971) for running high-performance infrastructure for Kusama and Statemine.
- They provided a free public API service to help grow the ecosystem and support existing projects.
- In Q1 2023, their Kusama API served over 2 billion responses and had a 99.96% uptime.
- They introduced features like Auto Expand Storage and Geographical Insights to improve service.
- They partnered with POKT network and expanded support to new networks like Ajuna and Polygon.
- Their service helped build cross-chain wallets, block explorers, and index multiple networks.
- They improved health metrics and recovery scripts to maintain a 99.9% service level agreement (SLA).

**WHO:** OnFinality

**WHAT:** Running high performance, scalable, and reliable public infrastructure for Kusama and Statemine, providing free public API service, adding new features, and making stability improvements.

**PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES:** Requested 1,835.806 KSM (USD: $51,971.31) for ongoing costs in Q1 2023.

OnFinality - High Performance Public Infrastructure (Q1 2023)

OneBlock+ proposes to continue the Polkadot Hackathon program from November 2023 to January 2024, with a final demo day in mid-January 2024 in Hong Kong. They request $368,499 USD | 90,540 DOT from the Treasury, with 5/6 of the fee to reward the hackathon winners and 1/6 to reimburse them for operating expenses. The goal is to promote Substrate and encourage developers to create projects and join the Polkadot ecosystem.

### Summary of Proposal

- **Purpose**: To fund the maintenance and development of RPC services for Kusama, Statemine, and Westmint networks.
- **Previous Attempt**: A similar proposal was not extended by the community.
- **New Approach**: This proposal is now a treasury proposal.
- **Milestone 1**: Continue running RPC services on dedicated hardware in Sweden and Tunisia.
- **Usage Statistics**:
  - Kusama RPC: 3,476,205 requests per day, totaling 312,858,450 in the last quarter.
  - Statemine RPC: 584,707 requests per day, totaling 52,623,630 in the last quarter.
  - Westmint RPC: 127,295 requests per day, totaling 11,456,550 in the last quarter.
- **Full Proposal**: Available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cNak64BEFB0nv9dZx05eN9VhQXDx_k5XkmsGL9bGriY/edit?usp=sharing).
- **Questions**: For any queries, please comment in the thread.

WHO: Team Dwellir
WHAT: Fund development and maintenance of RPC services for Kusama, Statemine and Westmint
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: One milestone to run RPC services on dedicated hardware in Sweden and Tunisia. Full proposal available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cNak64BEFB0nv9dZx05eN9VhQXDx_k5XkmsGL9bGriY/edit?usp=sharing).

Kusama RPC services Dwellir Q2 2023

### Kusama Infrastructure Maintenance Bounty Program

- **Purpose**: To cover costs incurred by Parasnaps over the past 8 months.
- **Discussion**: Decision to proceed was made after a week-long discussion.
- **Context**: Parasnaps was created to provide faster snapshot solutions for high-throughput needs.
- **Launch**: Parasnaps was launched in February 2022.
- **Coverage Period**: Costs and work from August 2022 to March 2023 are to be covered.
- **Decommissioning**: Parasnaps was decommissioned in March 2023 due to the availability of warp sync.
- **Full Proposal**: Detailed proposal can be found [here](https://hackmd.io/@tugytur/SyLCDyhfn).

WHO: The proposal is made by Parity Technologies on behalf of Parasnaps.

WHAT: The proposal aims to retroactively cover the costs and work generated by Parasnaps from August 2022 until its decommissioning in March 2023.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The cost and resources required are not specified in the summary.

[Medium Spender] Retroactive parasnaps.io maintenance

6mths funding for Polkachu's Payout Bot

### OpenSquare Treasury Proposal Summary

- **Proponent**: OpenSquare (ESgz7GLVW7BL5DhRgpVnxSXVwaKt4ytWcrf52TY1GQD1cEb)
- **Date**: 03/22/2023
- **Requested Allocation**: $71,718.37 (1987.8 KSM)
- **Purpose**: Maintenance of governance tools, explorers, and dashboards in the Polkadot/Kusama ecosystem.
- **Infrastructure Costs**: Includes server hosting, email services, and domain registrations.
- **Maintenance Work**: Involves server deployment, codebase updates, bug fixes, and collaboration with other teams.
- **Products Maintained**: Subsquare, Dotreasury, and Statescan.
- **Total Cost**: $71,718.37, to be paid in KSM based on the EMA7 price as of 04/18/2023.

WHO: OpenSquare team
WHAT: Proposing a treasury proposal to cover the cost for the maintenance of dotreasury, statescan, and subsquare for 2022 Q4 and 2023 Q1.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $71,718.37, including servers, email service, domains, and maintenance work. Payment conditions: $69,000 for 138 FTE maintenance cost and 1987.8KSM with EMA7 price in 04.18.2023.

Subsquare, dotreasury and statescan retroactive maintenance for 2022 Q4 and 2023 Q1

**RadiumBlock Reimbursement Request**

- RadiumBlock is asking for reimbursement for Kusama network RPC services in Q4 2022 and Q1 2023.
- They have had zero failures in over a year for their Kusama endpoint.
- RadiumBlock is dedicated to the DotSama ecosystem and is investing heavily in infrastructure.
- They aim to provide reliable and secure services at a fixed, reasonable cost.
- Key innovations include a hybrid on-prem and cloud computing strategy, expanded edge locations, and security upgrades.
- They reduced costs quarter over quarter and moved to a fixed SaaS pricing model starting Q2, cutting costs by about 40%.
- A detailed report is available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lU-FVWZpbgv1G1Oz3Lk-VNfXRhociQ5A/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114172945417100820622&rtpof=true&sd=true).

RadiumBlock seeks reimbursement for RPC services for Kusama networks in Q4 2022 and Q1 2023. They offer high-quality infrastructure services with significant investment and innovation, including a fixed SaaS pricing model from Q2 2022, resulting in a 40% cost reduction.

Reimbursement for RadiumBlock's High performance multi-geography RPC services for Kusama - Q4 2022 and Q1 2023

### Onboarding Proposal for Proposal Auditor

- **Referendum 67 Extension**: The proposal aims to extend Referendum #67 to decentralize and improve the auditing process by onboarding new auditors.
- **Candidate's Qualifications**: The candidate has conducted 10 thorough audits, demonstrating their ability to assess treasury proposals objectively.
- **Audit Details**: The candidate's audit work is detailed in Table 1 of the proposal document.
- **KSM Tipping**: The candidate seeks to be onboarded as an auditor and requests a KSM tip as a token of gratitude for their audit work (1 KSM per audit, totaling 10 KSM).
- **Proposal Document**: The full details of the proposal can be found in the linked document.
- **Community Discussion**: The discussion post for this referendum is available for community input.
- **Objective**: The primary goal is to join the auditor team and contribute to the quality assessment of treasury proposals.
- **Gratitude**: The KSM tip is a recognition of the candidate's past audit contributions.

WHO: The candidate seeking to join the auditor team.

WHAT: Getting onboarded as an auditor and receiving KSM value as a token of gratitude for the audit work done so far.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 1 KSM/audit for a total of 10 audits. No specific timeframe or additional resources mentioned.

Proposal auditor onboarding for Referenda #67 extension

### Robonomics Network Educational Course Proposal

- **Team**: Led by Professor Alexander Kapitonov from Robonomics Network.
- **Goal**: Create educational materials for beginners to understand web3 technologies.
- **Problem**: Existing courses focus on finance or are for developers, lacking user benefits.
- **Proposal**: Develop a course for Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem newcomers, using real projects and everyday examples.
- **Content**: Video lectures, text materials, and a dapp for task evaluation.
- **Projects**: Focus on parachains like Statemine, Robonomics, Moonriver, Remark, Crust, and Basilisk.
- **Duration**: 5 months.
- **Budget**: 27,572.5 USD (843 KSM).
- **Full Details**: Available in the [full proposal](https://crustipfs.art/ipfs/QmSgQbsSaT4he6BBtaGe3KwyjzZTRMM2FN6g9GCg32Xv3m).

Robonomics Network proposes to create an educational course for beginners on Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. The course will showcase several parachains that solve common web2 tasks and demonstrate real projects and everyday examples. The project is designed for 5 months and requests a total of $27,572.5 (843 KSM) for YouTube video lectures, GitHub texts and source code, and a dapp with learning management system elements.

[Medium Spender] Kusama — From Theory to Practice Course

Testing Referenda 

AIRDROP.COM proposes to promote Polkadot through media buying, creation of content, and distribution of DOT through airdrop. They aim to reach 61,000 new DOT adopters. The proposal requires a budget of $300,000 and will be implemented within a timeframe of 3 months.

WHO: Polkadot community and Collators on the Polkadot System Parachains network. 

WHAT: Proposal to secure 6,075.79 DOT for Collators on the Polkadot System Parachains network for services delivered for the period of 2 months - 08-09/2023. 

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The proposal aims to post-pay monthly operating costs of service providers until a more suitable solution (Bounty) is established.

Treasury Proposals