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- Polkadot Insider is a media site focused on the Dotsama ecosystem, sharing news and supporting projects.
- Started in June 2022, it gained attention on Twitter with simple, professional content.
- By December 2022, it reached over 1 million monthly impressions on Twitter.
- The proposal seeks funding for February to May 2023 to expand content, including YouTube videos and community engagement.
- Plans include creating 30 how-to videos, 8 interview videos, and managing a Crew3 community.
- The budget is reduced by 37.8% compared to the previous proposal.
- Main audience focus is South Asia, with detailed plans and budget distribution provided.
- Weekly updates and a full report will be shared with the community.

Awarded

medium_spender

Polkadot Insider seeks funding for the production and development of a media site for the Dotsama ecosystem, including creating insightful content, fast news, and support promoting projects. The proposal requests $61,390 for 4 months (February to May 2023) to expand work to the YouTube platform, create an instructional library, and manage a Crew3 community. The target audience is primarily in South Asia, and the proposal includes a detailed marketing strategy and budget distribution. The full proposal, spending folder, public report, and video YouTube plan are available for review.

Polkadot Insider - Production of Dotsama ecosystem contents [NEW PROPOSAL]

- This referendum is part of testing another aspect of OpenGov.
- The specifics of the test cannot be revealed to avoid bias.
- The outcome of the vote is not important for the test.
- The author prefers a successful outcome to continue funding a public staking payout bot.
- For more details on a previous test, see [this link](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/2151).
- The community is encouraged to have fun voting.
- The author sends their regards to the community.

small_tipper

WHO: The proposer (unspecified)
WHAT: Testing an aspect of OpenGov by opening a referendum
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Unspecified, but proposer wants to continue funding an account used by a public staking payout bot

Open Governance Test

- Bounty 12 helps creators learn about Polkadot and Kusama and rewards them with KSM.  
- Directors will now lead their own units to help creators grow.  
- The Paraverse Content Creators group makes content about Polkadot and Kusama.  
- They create videos, articles, and interviews about parachains and governance.  
- Tools to reward and evaluate content have gotten better.  
- The community is discussing the proposal to keep funding this group.  
- They want to share the story of Polkadot and Kusama with more people.

WHO: Paraverse Content Creators, Directors of specific units, and WagMedia.

WHAT: Continuing funding for Paraverse Content Creators to support creators who generate content promoting Polkadot and Kusama.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

6 Month Funding of the Paraverse Content Creators

- A new governance dashboard has been created to measure the impact of governance participation.
- The dashboard shows important statistics, details about specific referendums, and voting behavior of individual wallets.
- The project received funding and was built using a custom SubSquid indexer for real-time data.
- The dashboard was delayed but is now ready, with plans to add more features like OpenGov data.
- The team used a Python framework called Dash for the frontend to speed up development.
- The dashboard helps track governance trends and voting patterns on the Kusama network.
- Future updates may include more decentralized solutions and support for new governance features.

WHO: Proof of Chaos team

WHAT: Requesting 9200 Euros (398.5 KSM) for the remaining funding to build a governance dashboard that presents statistics, displays relevant information for a specific referendum, and provides insights into the voting behavior of a specific wallet.

TIMEFRAME: Delayed from initial projection of July 2022

RESOURCES: Custom SubSquid indexer and Python Framework called Dash were used. Interested in extending the dashboard to include OpenGov (Gov2) data.

Kusama Governance Dashboard

- PolkaGate team did the first fast-unstake on Kusama.
- They were asked to test multiple fast-unstake requests at the same time.
- This helps check a new batching feature.
- It needs some money (0.1 KSM) to start.
- The money might come from the treasury.
- Most money can be returned later.
- It’s suggested to give the money as a gift to PolkaGate for their great work.
- They help a lot with new staking features.

WHO: The proposal is made by an individual to allocate funds from the treasury to the PolkaGate team.

WHAT: The proposal suggests allocating funds to the PolkaGate team to test the batching functionality by submitting multiple fast-unstake requests in parallel.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The proposal does not mention a specific price or timeframe, but suggests allocating initial funds to the PolkaGate team from the treasury.

Tip PolkaGate team for further testing of fast-unstake in Kusama

### Summary of the Proposal

1. **Reward Adam**: Propose to reward Adam Steebar with 8 KSM for his work on Open Governance details and discussions on GitHub.
2. **Test Batch Statements**: Use this proposal to test the use of batch statements for issuing rewards, allowing multiple recipients.
3. **Fund Public Validator Payouts**: Allocate 2 KSM to a public validator payout account as a "finder's fee."
4. **Open Governance Contribution**: Adam compiled and maintained details related to Open Governance, contributing to community discussions on GitHub.
5. **Economics Skill Set**: Adam applied his economics skills to aid the community, regardless of the outcome.
6. **Batch Calls Testing**: This proposal tests the ability to split tips among different parties, which was not possible in the previous governance model.
7. **Public Staking Reward Bot**: 20% of the tip is directed to a public staking reward payout bot, equivalent to a former finder's fee.
8. **Future Model**: If successful, this test could establish a model for future payments requiring multiple recipients.

big_tipper

WHO: The proposer
WHAT: To provide a reward to Adam (8 KSM), test the use of batch statements to issue rewards, and fund an account used for public validator payouts as a `finder's fee` (2 KSM)
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

For analysis of Open Gov parameters 

### Summary of Referendum Proposal

- **Purpose**: The referendum aims to grant 0xTaylor a tip of 8 KSM and test OpenGov's protection against overspending in batched transactions.
- **0xTaylor's Contributions**: 0xTaylor is known for his work on security, including developing a blacklist on Polkassembly to prevent misleading usernames and reporting exploits like the Hasura GQL endpoint.
- **Security Testing**: The proposal tests OpenGov by attempting to spend 16 KSM in two batches of 8 KSM.
- **Execution**: The first 8 KSM is guaranteed to 0xTaylor. If the second batch executes, it goes to a Kusama staking rewards bot.
- **Potential Overspending**: If the second extrinsic executes, it could test the maximum spend per track in a batch.
- **Community Support**: 0xTaylor has support from ChaosDAO and WagMedia communities.
- **Account for Rewards**: The second 8 KSM would go to a specific account for Kusama staking rewards.

WHO: The proposal is made by an anonymous member of the community. 
WHAT: The proposal seeks to grant 0xTaylor a tip of 8 KSM and test OpenGov's coding for multiple spends within a single batched transaction. 
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The proposal seeks to spend 16 KSM in two batches of 8 KSM. No specific timeframe or additional resources mentioned.

To 0xTaylor for security related reports & community founding

- **Stakeworld's Guide**: Offers a detailed guide on setting up RPC nodes for Polkadot and Kusama.
- **Tip**: Proposes an 8 KSM tip (about 200 USD) for the guide.
- **RPC Nodes vs. Validators**: RPC nodes require more configuration than validators.
- **SSL Proxy Setup**: Explains how to set up an SSL proxy for the nodes.
- **Stress Testing**: Provides instructions on how to stress test the nodes.
- **Documentation Improvement**: Stakeworld improved the official Polkadot wiki documentation.
- **Official Documentation**: The improved documentation can be found on the [Polkadot wiki](https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/maintain-wss).

WHO: Unspecified proposers
WHAT: Propose a tip of 8 KSM (about 200 USD) for Stakeworld's guide on how to set up RPC nodes for Polkadot and Kusama, which also corrected and improved the official documentation on the Polkadot wiki.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 8 KSM, unspecified timeframe and resources.

[Small Tipper] Guide for setting up an RPC node

- Claudio runs a YouTube channel called Polkadot Romania to teach Romanians about the Polkadot ecosystem.
- He started the channel in June 2022 and wants funding to continue making videos.
- He is asking for 1,359.67 KSM (about $33,380) to make 83 videos and host 2 Twitter Spaces each month.
- The goal is to educate more Romanians about Polkadot in their own language.
- There is a vote happening to decide if the funding will be approved.
- If the funding passes, Claudio will also keep making English content but with less quality.
- If it doesn’t pass, he will try again later with a new proposal.

Claudio proposes to continue funding his Polkadot Romania YouTube channel for the education of the Romanian community on the Polkadot ecosystem. The asking amount is 1,359.67 KSM for 83 educational videos and at least 2 Twitter Spaces per month, worth approximately $33,380.

[Medium Spender] - Funding for Video Content for Polkadot Romania

### 1kv Insights Proposal Summary

- **Objective**: Improve decentralization in Polkadot and Kusama networks by supporting the Thousands Validators Programme (1kv).
- **Dashboards**: Create detailed performance and statistics dashboards for 1kv validators to help nominators and staking pool operators.
- **Questions**: Analyze if the 1kv program enhances decentralization and supports long-term participants.
- **Documentation**: Explain the 1kv scoring mechanism to help validator operators align with program goals.
- **Alpha Site**: An initial version of the 1kv insights page is live with basic metrics, attracting 20-30 daily visitors.
- **Discussion**: The proposal has been open for community feedback since November 2022.
- **Funding**: Requested USD 39,923 or KSM 1,533 based on EMA7 at the time of submission.

1kv Insights proposes to build dashboards with historical performance and statistics of the 1kv validators to encourage decentralization of validators in NPOS networks like Polkadot and Kusama. The proposal intends to optimize the 1kv programme by answering fundamental questions and documenting the inner workings of the 1kv scoring mechanism. The requested funding is USD 39,923 or KSM 1,533, and the proposal has been up for discussion since 10 Nov 2022.

[Medium Spender] 1kv insights - website and analysis

- The author is writing an article about **Power of Attorney (PoA)** on the Polkadot blockchain.
- The focus is on creating a legal framework for **on-chain PoA** that works globally.
- The article will use **Swiss law** as an example but aims to help other countries too.
- It will explore how PoA works in the EU and Switzerland, and who can misuse it.
- It will discuss **private keys** and how they give full access, needing extra security.
- The article will look at the idea of a **partially government-controlled blockchain** and if a parachain could help.
- It will propose an **encrypted system** to allow or revoke access, using a user-friendly app.
- The final article will be published in an **open-access journal** for everyone to read.

WHO: The proposer, a researcher.
WHAT: Writing an article on building a legal framework to regulate on-chain Power of Attorney (PoA) with a focus on challenges and promises for a legal system.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The proposal is limited to one article, and the funding amount is not specified. The resulting research article will be submitted to an open-access journal.

On-chain Power of Attorney: case study in the Polkadot ecosystem from a legal perspective.

- This post is about a new referendum to replace Referenda 10.
- The goal is to give more money (top-up) to the Moderation Team Bounty.
- The team helps support the community.
- The top-up is needed sooner because of current market conditions.
- Some changes were made to the original proposal.
- You can find all the details and changes in a document [HERE](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aFniLjcaNHc4ehJyIy0zQbWJJsEHqWuCRxX0szggPxk).
- The original top-up post is [HERE](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/bounty/14#a22a560c-fc0d-4d3c-8ff3-5890e08b79af).
- Thank you for reading!

big_spender

WHO: The community of Kusama.

WHAT: Requesting a top-up to the Moderation Team Bounty to continue funding their contributions and support to the community.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified. Details can be found in the provided links.

Big Spender Proposal: Moderation Team Bounty Top-up

### Project Gweihir Proposal Summary

- **Objective**: Develop an open-source Chainlink external adapter for Kusama chaindata and a proof-of-concept dApp.
- **Purpose**: Enable Ethereum smart contracts to use Kusama chaindata.
- **Funding Request**: Approximately 2,811 KSM (~$83,000) based on the EMA14 price from Kraken.
- **Price Calculation**: The KSM price was calculated using a weighted average from December 1-15, 2022, resulting in ~$29.73 per KSM.
- **Enactment Block**: Set for block #16000000 to align with the 2023 tax year.
- **Previous Discussion**: Available on Polkassembly.
- **Technical Adjustment**: The spending limit for medium spenders was increased to 3,333 KSM in v0934.
- **Contact**: Adam Steeber, CTO of Steeber Solutions LLC.

Project Gweihir proposes building an open-source Chainlink external adapter for Kusama chaindata and a proof-of-concept dApp. They request ~2,811 KSM = ~$83,000 using EMA14 on Kraken for enactment at block #16000000 in the tax year of 2023.

Project Gweihir, a Chainlink external adapter for Kusama chain data.

- **Describedot** creates educational videos about the Dotsama ecosystem.
- Started a year ago, they have made 34 videos and gained 30,000 views.
- They focus on teaching Polkadot and governance in simple Hindi.
- Received support from Polkadot and Kusama Council Members.
- Aim to help people understand governance and networks through basic videos.
- First milestone covered by WagMedia, now seeking a spending proposal.
- Community can learn more and ask questions through their document.

WHO: Describedot, an educational video creator focusing on the Polkadot stack and governance for Hindi-speaking audiences.

WHAT: Requesting funding support for continuing their work on creating educational videos and weekly updates around the Dotsama ecosystem.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified in the given text.

Describedot Proposal: Production of 45 Dotsama ecosystem tutorial videos

### Summary

- **Polkawatch Launch**: Introduced decentralization analytics on Kusama and Nomination Pools support.
- **Community Awareness**: Growing interest in decentralization, sparked by a deplatforming event of Solana nodes.
- **Community Involvement**: Teams like Wallets, Parachains, and Data Scientists are seeking access to data to contribute to ecosystem awareness.
- **Parachain Vulnerabilities**: Despite being secured by the relay chain, parachains are still at risk of censorship from various sources.
- **Proposal Aim**: To extend Polkawatch support to parachains, continuing service operations, and making minor improvements.
- **Discussion**: Proposal discussed on Polkassembly and at AAG#11, with community feedback incorporated.
- **Detailed Proposal**: Available for review in a Google Docs document.

Polkawatch proposes to bring parachain support to their decentralization analytics service, following interest from the community. The proposal includes continued operation of the service and minor improvements. Details can be found in the [detailed proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ljvYDuazbNBgjf94yFUbUEdeyBN5ixG6BXAEKxuxmL4/edit?usp=sharing).

[Replacement for Referenda #5] Polkawatch Decentralization Analytics Parachain Support and Continued Operation.

- InvArch Network is creating a new multi-signature solution called Saturn for the Dotsama ecosystem.
- Saturn will work on all parachains and can be used by any dApp on those parachains.
- It will be easy for existing wallets to adopt Saturn.
- Saturn aims to be better than other solutions like Gnosis Safe.
- Current multi-signature options are limited or hard to create.
- Saturn will allow account recovery and adding/removing members easily.
- It will be open-source and usable with KSM, not requiring TNKR.
- The team believes Saturn will greatly improve the multi-sig experience in Web3.

InvArch Network team proposes to build an open-source multi-signature solution named Saturn, available to every parachain & dApp on those parachains. The solution will be easily adopted by existing wallets in the ecosystem, providing a superior multi-signature solution to the Dotsama ecosystem compared to external solutions such as Gnosis Safe. The proposal is designed to service the entirety of Kusama & its parachains, and the cost breakdown can be found in the provided link.

InvArch Tinkernet - Funding for a Multi-Signature Solution

### Summary of Snowbridge Proposal

- **Proposal Resubmission**: This is the final resubmission of a proposal that faced issues in previous attempts due to technical errors.
- **Purpose**: The proposal aims to fund the development of **Snowbridge**, a trustless and permissionless bridge between Kusama/Polkadot and Ethereum.
- **Funding Request**: The request is for 28 months of funding, covering 16 months retroactively and 12 months in the future.
- **Bridge Hub**: Snowbridge will launch on the Bridge Hub, a common-good parachain being developed by Parity for Kusama and Polkadot.
- **Voting**: The proposal is currently up for vote on both Kusama and Polkadot networks.
- **Details**: The full proposal includes extensive details on the project's motivation, roadmap, governance, and economic plans.
- **Links**: The original and second replaced proposals can be found [here](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/treasury/229) and [here](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/3) respectively.

treasurer

WHO: Kusama and Polkadot networks.

WHAT: Vote on funding request for 28 months worth of long term runway for all operations for the Snowbridge team to develop a fully trustless, permissionless and general purpose bridge between Kusama/Polkadot and Ethereum.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

[Replacement for Referenda #1 and #3] Treasury Proposal: Snowbridge Funding Proposal

### Substrate API Client Proposal

- **Purpose**: The proposal aims to fund the maintenance and development of the **substrate-api-client**, a Rust library for connecting to Substrate-based nodes.
  
- **Alternative**: It serves as an alternative to **subxt**, another Rust library with similar functionality.

- **Importance**: Having multiple RPC clients is beneficial for Rust developers working with Substrate parachains.

- **Unique Feature**: The substrate-api-client supports **no_std** environments, enabling extrinsic creation in trusted hardware like Intel SGX, which is useful for IoT applications.

- **User-Friendly**: The library has an easy-to-use interface and includes practical examples, making it suitable for new developers.

- **Funding Goals**:
  1. **Maintenance**: Support and maintenance for 3 months (Nov 22 - Jan 23).
  2. **New Features**: Evaluation and design of two new features:
     - CLI wallet implementation
     - Full **no_std** compatibility

- **Details**: For more information, see the [discussion](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/1923) and the [full proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hJzzmimz_pjK-_4TunKvs-i2Zot2_9Ob3qUr7BlzaNo/edit?usp=sharing).

WHO: The substrate-api-client development team

WHAT: Maintenance and support for the substrate api client for 3 months, evaluation, and design of CLI-wallet implementation and full no_std-compatibility.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

[Replacement of Referendum #11] Treasury Proposal: Maintenance for the substrate-api-client Nov-22 to Jan-23

**Ordum Proposal Summary**

- **Purpose**: To create a public good grants aggregator for Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems.
- **Problem**: Current grant management tools (like Gitcoin) are insufficient, leading to scattered information and funding inefficiencies.
- **Solution**: Develop a decentralized app (dapp) to index and manage grants, including tracking milestones and integrating with GitHub.
- **Features**: 
  - Custom APIs for tracking proposals.
  - Integration with GitHub for non-treasury grants.
  - Light clients for quick data retrieval.
  - Login with multiple DID services, GitHub, and wallets.
- **NFT Certificates**: Mint non-transferable NFTs as certificates for completed milestones, stored on Crust.
- **Transparency**: Display milestones, grant applications, and funding on team profiles.
- **Funding**: Requested $78,804 or 2770 KSM.

Ordum proposes to build a public goods grant aggregator for Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. The solution includes a dapp containing all grants, NFTs as "certificates" for completed milestones, and a front-end displaying funding amounts and certificates within a roadmap. The requested funding is 78,804 USD or 2770 KSM.

[Resubmission proposal 4] Treasury Proposal: Ordum | Public Good Grants Aggregator for Polkadot and Kusama

### Encointer on Kusama

- **Encointer** is a common-good parachain on Kusama.
- After its first year, Encointer has been granted another 48 weeks on Kusama.
- The Encointer Association is seeking funding for its activities in 2023.
- The proposed budget for Q1 and Q2 2023 is CHF 610,000 (22,089 KSM).
- The detailed proposal includes:
  1. An overview of Encointer.
  2. Achievements so far.
  3. Plans for 2023.
  4. Past funding sources.
  5. Past expenditures.
  6. Planned expenditures for 2023.
  7. Proposal terms.

Encointer Association seeks funding of CHF 610,000 = 22,089 KSM for Q1 and Q2 2023 to cover planned activities for the new common-good parachain lease period on Kusama. Detailed proposal includes achievements, plans, budget, and proposal terms.

[Big Spender] Encointer lease 2 Treasury Proposal

- Claudio (KryptosChain) requested 6 KSM for producing two YouTube videos on Parachain news.
- An additional 1.3 KSM was requested as a refund for creating the wrong preimage in a previous proposal.
- The public address linked to the referendum is included in the video descriptions for transparency.
- The first video can be found at [this link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR_iRg1kovE&feature=youtu.be).
- The second video can be found at [this link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUBWRAsqS5U&feature=youtu.be).
- Claudio expressed gratitude in advance for the requested funds.

WHO: Claudio (KryptosChain)
WHAT: Requesting 6 KSM for 2 Youtube videos on Parachain news + 1.3 KSM refund for creating wrong preimage in a proposal
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 6 KSM + 1.3 KSM refund

[Small Tipper] - Request tip for production of 2 videos

**Summary:**

- A tip of 0.000000000008 KSM was mistakenly entered, so please vote for Referendum 31 instead.
- Derek from Metaspan created a dashboard to help check votes and delegations for 1kv validators in OpenGov.
- The dashboard is useful because it simplifies the process of checking votes, which can be complicated otherwise.
- You can access the dashboard by selecting a validator and going to the Referenda tab.
- The correct tip amount for the dashboard is 8 KSM, which is about 200 USD.

WHO: The proposer.
WHAT: Proposing a tip of 8 KSM for the current version of the dashboard created by Derek of Metaspan for checking votes and delegations of 1kv validators.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 8 KSM (about 200 USD at the time of submission). No specific timeframe or resources mentioned.

[Small Tipper] OpenGov referenda dashboard for 1kv validators - wrong amount

**Summary of the Post:**

- Derek from Metaspan created a dashboard for checking votes and delegations of 1kv validators after the launch of OpenGov.
- The dashboard helps validators avoid using cumbersome extrinsics or checking votes one-by-one on Subsquare or Polkassembly.
- The dashboard can be accessed [here](https://metaspan.io/kusama/candidate) by selecting a validator and going to the Referenda tab.
- A tip of 8 KSM (about 200 USD) is proposed for the current version of the dashboard.
- This referendum corrects a previous mistake in Referendum 30 where the tip amount was incorrect.

Metaspan has created a dashboard for checking votes and delegations of 1kv validators after the launch of OpenGov. WHO: Metaspan. WHAT: Create a dashboard. PRICE: 8 KSM (about 200 USD). TIMEFRAME: Not specified. RESOURCES: Not specified.

Treasury Proposals