Showcasing Polkadot’s Capabilities: The Spammening

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excess funds have been returned for both Kusama and Polkadot:

Date: September 2024

Proponent: Amforc
Requested DOT: 65000

Short description:

We propose to showcase Polkadot’s high scalability in a real-world setting by submitting enough transactions to completely fill blocks for ca. 30 minutes. To do so, we require DOT to pay for the transaction fees plus to temporarily finance some existential deposits (EDs).

Note:

At least 80% of the DOT spent in fees through this proposal will be returned to the treasury (see: https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-polkadot-opengov-treasury). We will also return any excess DOT remaining after spamming transactions or DOTs used for temporary EDs.

Amforc takes no cut for conducting this experiment. For full disclosure, as Amforc operates validators on Polkadot, these validators may occasionally collect part of the transaction fees.

Please find the full proposal here

Edit:

Following community feedback, we have decided to submit a parallel referendum on Kusama that would be executed before this referendum. Should any bugs be revealed on the canary network, we will hold off on spamming Polkadot until those are fixed, or return the funds if revealed bugs cannot be fixed until December 20, 2024.

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Summary of Proposal

Date: September 2024
Proponent: Amforc
Requested DOT: 65,000
Purpose: To demonstrate Polkadot's scalability by filling blocks with transactions for about 30 minutes.
Funds Used: DOT will cover transaction fees and temporary existential deposits (EDs).
Funds Returned: At least 80% of spent DOT in fees will be returned to the treasury. Excess DOT will also be returned.
Amforc's Role: Amforc will not take a cut and operates validators that may collect some transaction fees.
Kusama Test: A parallel referendum on Kusama will be executed first to test for bugs before proceeding with Polkadot.

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