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SmallTipper

Adam Steeber recently led a community-driven runtime upgrade, documented in a [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlxjSstvsmM).
- He addressed hodler concerns through [Referendum 235](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/235).
- This was the first community-led runtime upgrade.
- A proposal has been made to reward his efforts with a treasury spend.
- The proposed tip is 15.79 Kusama (KSM) tokens.
- The proposal is detailed in [Referendum 274](https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/274).
- The aim is to recognize his hard work in decentralizing the ecosystem.

big_tipper

WHO: The proposer.

WHAT: Proposing a modest tip to recognize Adam Steeber's efforts in addressing hodler concerns and pioneering the first community-led runtime upgrade.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 15.79 Kusama (KSM) tokens through Referendum 274.

[Big Tipper] Advancing Decentralization: @asteeber's Educational Video on Runtime Upgrade

- Imbue Network got funding and completed most of their goals.
- They noticed issues with how money is spent and created a system called Imbue Grants to fix it.
- They showed how it works on a test network called Rococo.
- Next, they want to show it on Kusama by giving a grant and then refunding most of the money back.
- They have 5 people who will approve the grant.
- They think the treasury should support XCM transfers for better flexibility.
- They will move money to a special account to make the demo work.
- They want feedback from the community to improve their system.

Hey Everyone,
UPDATE:&nbsp; We decided to go down the big tipper track to keep things simple. See <a href="../post/2600#jhMYwkbfxhpPu7PHt7sD">comment</a>
Sam Elamin from Imbue. We have been very busy since receiving funding from the treasury and have shipped almost all our milestones One thing we did notice over the past few months has been the tension around treasury spending. We think Imbue is set up perfectly to solve issues around accountability and funding and have built out the Imbue <a href="https://www.imbue.network/blogs/imbue-grants">grants</a>&nbsp;
We also did a live demo of it on <a href="https://twitter.com/thekusamarian/status/1693704945717870736?s=46&amp;t=zgh35N80b7sSgM--juphNw">AAG</a> with our chain on Rococo
What we want to do next is do a demo of what this process looks like on Kusama.&nbsp;
The goal of the demo is to showcase refunds going back into the treasury&nbsp;
We will be launching a grant for 10 KSM with 2 milestones
1) Milestone 1 for 1 KSM (10%). This will get approved 2) Milestone 2 for 9 KSM (90%). This will get refunded back to the treasury
We have 5 approvers lined up
<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">
<li>Giles, an engineer @ parity and part of the fellowship</li>
<li>Daniel from Parity and part of the SBP</li>
<li>
Bryan: Polkadot fellow and co-founder of Acala
</li>
<li>
Sam: Polkadot fellow and co-founder of Imbue Network
</li>
<li>
Beatrice: Imbue core team member
</li>
</ol>
A demo like this should ideally be going through the small/big tipper track but that is not currently possible because the treasury &mdash; currently - does not support XCM transfers,
We believe the treasury should support xcm transfers going through the different treasury tracks, this demo will be further evidence of that need
Because of this we will have to transfer the funds to the parachain soverign account then do a proposal on Imbue to allocate the funds to the grant escrow addres
We strongly believe this is the best way to ensure accountability and transparency while still remaining flexible enough to support different curators for different grants/projects
Kusama was meant for expermintation and to drive innovation, and this is a perfect example of this.
Imbue grants was built to solve a key community need, as such we would love your feedback on both this proposed demo as well as how we can best serve the community's requirements

Imbue wants to showcase their grants process on Kusama by launching a grant for 10 KSM with 2 milestones. The goal is to showcase refunds going back into the treasury. Milestone 1 for 1 KSM will get approved, while Milestone 2 for 9 KSM will get refunded back to the treasury. The demo will be evidence of the need for the treasury to support XCM transfers. Imbue believes their grants process is the best way to ensure accountability and transparency while remaining flexible enough to support different curators for different grants/projects.

Introducing Imbue Grants

- A follow-up request for funds from Polkadot Safari 2023 is being made.
- The delay in updating the request was due to waiting for approval.
- A previous request had an error, and the value of funds changed due to currency fluctuations.
- The total amount needed decreased from $55,186 to $24,400.
- The remaining $24,400 is needed to pay the organizers.
- All conference expenses were paid before paying the organizers.
- A report and request for funds are provided in a linked document.

medium_spender

WHO: Polkadot Safari 2023 organizers WHAT: Requesting $24,400 from the second allocation of funds from Kusama for conference expenses PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified

POLKADOT SAFARI '23 (Request for second allocation of funds)

- Dwellir is asking for $18,765 to fund their RPC services for Q3 2023.
- They served over 300 million RPC requests for Kusama, Statemine, and Westmint in Q2.
- Their services use decentralized infrastructure in Sweden and Tunisia.
- They provide transparent operational data at https://stats.dwellir.app/.
- Key stats: 
  - Kusama RPC nodes served 275,795,145 requests last quarter.
  - Statemine RPC nodes served 68,146,379 requests last quarter.
  - Westmint RPC nodes served 9,264,542 requests last quarter.
- The proposal includes running public RPC endpoints and a highly available boot node.

Dwellir requests $18,765 for Q3 funding to cover expenses of Q2, during which they served over 300 million RPC requests for Kusama, Statemine, and Westmint communities. The proposal is to further fund the development of RPC services and cover maintenance costs. The proposal includes two milestones: operate fully managed public RPC endpoints and run a highly available boot node. Dwellir offers top-tier, decentralized RPC services at an equitable price.

Kusama RPC services Dwellir Q3 2023

Tip for N4DRO for his forensic analysis of addresses associated with recent voting behavior

- ChaosDAO is asking for 84.21 KSM (worth $2,000) to fund a new Discord bot.
- The bot helps communities vote on important decisions using Discord.
- It connects to OpenGov referenda and allows anonymous voting.
- The next step is to make the bot vote on-chain for the community.
- This bot is not just for ChaosDAO; it’s for all groups to join governance.
- You can read the full plan in the linked document.

small_spender

WHO: ChaosDAO
WHAT: Funding for development of a Discord bot that enables on-chain governance voting on behalf of communities using a Governance Proxy.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 84.21 KSM ($2,000 based on 7d EMA on 23-Jul-2023 when the preimage was submitted). Full proposal available in the provided link.

OpenGov Community Voting Discord Bot

- A decision deposit has been placed for a referendum about a Gavin Wood documentary.
- The referendum is now active and is numbered 239.
- The project is requesting 600 KSM from the treasury.
- The full project proposal is available in a linked document.
- Gavin Wood will give his consent in the comments.
- The person posting will answer questions and take suggestions during filming and editing.
- Voting is encouraged, and everyone is wished a happy voting experience.

WHO: Gavin Wood and Lovisa Sunesson

WHAT: Gavin Wood documentary

PRICE: 600 KSM

TIMEFRAME: Not specified

RESOURCES: Not specified

VOTE OPEN Treasury Proposal : Funding for Gavin Wood documentary / portrait

- Polkashots.io was a service for validators and node operators since 2021.
- It helped make the Kusama network reliable.
- Warp Sync made snapshot services like Polkashots.io unnecessary, so it stopped in April 2023.
- The team is asking for 74% of their cloud costs from January to April 2023.
- They are requesting 332.5 KSM from the Kusama community.
- A similar request for 999 DOT is being made to the Polkadot community.
- The total amount requested is $13,490 USD.
- This is a follow-up to a previous proposal that did not pass.

Polkashots.io, a snapshot service for validators and node operators, is seeking reimbursement of 74% of cloud spend for Jan-Apr period, due to the implementation of Warp Sync. They are proposing a Small Spender proposal for 332.5 KSM, paired with a Polkadot proposal for 999 DOT, totaling **13,490 USD**.

Polkashots.io Cloud Costs January-April 2023

- **What is Bifrost?**  
  Bifrost is a blockchain project that helps people use their staked KSM (Kusama) tokens in other ways, like trading or lending, without losing their staking rewards.

- **What is vKSM?**  
  vKSM is a special token created by Bifrost that represents staked KSM. It allows people to use their staked KSM in different apps while still earning rewards.

- **What is the Proposal?**  
  Bifrost is asking the Kusama Treasury for 50,000 KSM to help grow the vKSM market. They will pay it back with interest after one year.

- **Why is this Important?**  
  This helps more people use KSM in different ways, like trading or lending, which makes the Kusama ecosystem stronger and more useful.

- **How Will the Money Be Used?**  
  The 50,000 KSM will be used to create trading pairs (like KSM and vKSM) on different apps, making it easier for people to trade and use their staked KSM.

- **What Happens Next?**  
  Bifrost will follow a plan to borrow the KSM, use it to grow the vKSM market, and then pay it back with interest by July 2024.

- **What Has Bifrost Done Before?**  
  Last year, Bifrost borrowed KSM and successfully grew the vKSM market. They paid it back with interest, and now they want to do it again to keep growing.

- **Why Trust Bifrost?**  
  Bifrost has a good track record, and they have already paid back their last loan with interest. They are working to make the Kusama ecosystem better for everyone.

treasurer

Bifrost requests 50,000 KSM from Kusama Treasury to provide liquidity for vKSM and KSM pair. The loan will be repaid with interest on July 20, 2023. Bifrost aims to facilitate capital flow of KSM staking and enhance the consensus security of Kusama network. The funds will be managed transparently through Kusama and Bifrost governance. Bifrost has achieved significant growth in the past year and has ongoing developments and collaborations.

Treasury proposal: KSM liquidity subsidy for KSM liquid staking token - vKSM

- Subscan is a tool for exploring and analyzing the Kusama and Statemine networks.
- It helps the Substrate community by providing important information.
- Running Subscan costs a lot of money for servers, security, and people.
- A proposal asks for $60,185 from the Kusama treasury to keep Subscan running from July to December 2022.
- The amount in KSM will be based on the EMA7 price when the proposal is submitted.
- This support will help Subscan continue to work and grow the Kusama network.
- People are asked to support or give feedback on the proposal.

WHO: Subscan team
WHAT: Proposing reimbursement of operation and maintenance fee for Subscan block explorer and analytics tool for Kusama & Statemine network from July to December 2022.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Total of 60,185 USD in Kusama, to be converted based on EMA7 price on day of submission.

Subscan | Infrastructure Costs of Subscan for Kusama & Statemine (from July to December 2022)

- A developer is asking for support to help with the costs of running and building tools for the Kusama and Polkadot communities.
- The tools include:
  - A website to see current and future nominations for 1kv Kusama.
  - A dashboard for 1kv Kusama.
  - A calculator for planck (a small unit of cryptocurrency).
  - A new service that checks 1kv nodes for communication issues and reports them.
- The new service was completed on July 12, 2023, and is now available.
- People who find these tools helpful can vote to support the proposal.
- The developer welcomes any ideas or requests from the community.

The proposer is seeking support from the Kusama & Polkadot community for a toolchain that includes 1kv current & next nominations, a dashboard, a planck calculator, and a micro-service to periodically reach 1kv nodes and report communication issues. The resources are needed for the next 1 year. The 4th micro-service has been delivered on 2023/07/12.

Small Toolchain dev

- Polkawatch helps track decentralization on Kusama.  
- They made updates to improve how it works and shared them in blog posts.  
- Added support for Parachains and Statemine.  
- Found and fixed 2 issues with Polkadot/substrate.  
- Added Scaleway as a backup for IPFS.  
- Asking for 9 months of funding to keep Polkawatch running.  
- Trying to help the Treasury by delaying new projects.  
- Check their proposal for more details and share feedback.

Polkawatch seeks 9 months of continued operation for Kusama decentralization analytics. They have deferred new developments and claim operational costs only after 50% has been delivered. More details in their proposal.

Treasury Proposal: Kusama decentralization analytics, 9 months Continued operation (50% already delivered)

- A person is asking for money to pay for their work checking other people's ideas for Kusama.  
- They have checked 9 ideas so far and did a good job.  
- They want to be paid $50 for every hour they worked, and they worked 2 hours on each idea.  
- They are only asking for money for 7 of the 9 ideas they checked.  
- They followed rules from a past vote to do their work.  
- You can see their work in a special document and a table they made.  
- They are saying thank you to the Kusama community.

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.

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

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 asking for money from the Kusama Treasury to cover costs for July and August 2023.  
- They also plan to ask the Polkadot Treasury for money starting in September.  
- The amount they need is about $234,000.  
- Encointer helps both Kusama and the whole Dotsama ecosystem.  
- Some people want teams to get paid after they finish their work, but Encointer says this is hard for small teams.  
- The founder of Encointer, Alain Brenzikofer, has worked without pay for a long time.  
- They hope people will approve their request because of Alain’s unpaid work.  
- More details are in their proposal document.

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 helps with Polkadot and Kusama governance.
- They need money every three months for maintenance and costs.
- This time, they are asking the Kusama treasury for funds for April, May, and June 2023.
- They want to add new features like better notifications, spam control, and partnerships.
- They plan to make it easier to share and find information on the site.
- They will also add tools for users to report problems and see changes.
- The goal is to keep Polkassembly running smoothly and help the community.

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

- A proposal called Referenda #177 was approved but didn't work as planned.
- It was supposed to happen at a specific block number, but something went wrong.
- The problem was that important information (preimage) was removed too early.
- This made the system unable to follow the instructions for the proposal.
- A new proposal is being submitted to fix this issue.
- Everything in the new proposal is the same, except for one small update.
- The person in charge apologized for the mistake and asked for support.
- The community is helping to make sure the new proposal works.

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

- A follow-up proposal to Referendum 170 is being made due to a market downturn.
- The original proposal was for retroactive Parasnaps maintenance.
- The market price of KSM dropped below the expected price, causing a large difference in costs.
- The new proposal asks for $5748.15 or 223.02 KSM to cover the remaining costs.
- A screenshot shows KSM was sold at $24.75, lower than the expected price.
- The team provided daily snapshots for both Polkadot and Kusama relay chains.
- They ask users who used the service to confirm their statement about the snapshots.

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 is asking for funding to support their services for Kusama and Westend networks.
- They want to maintain RPC services, which help users connect to the blockchain.
- They will set up and maintain bootnodes, which help new nodes join the network.
- They will keep database snapshot services running, which help users sync with the blockchain faster.
- They will contribute to the wiki with guides on setting up bootnodes and RPC services.
- They will maintain a script to help install nodes and a page showing database size history.
- This funding request is being made through OpenGov Treasury since the previous program ended.

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.

Treasury Proposals