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This proposal is about spending $144,000 on Twitter ads to promote Polkadot from December 2023 to March 2024. The goal is to increase awareness of Polkadot's positive stories and get more people to engage with Polkadot's Twitter account and related projects. The campaign will focus on English-speaking countries and use two systems to manage the ads. This will help show how decentralized marketing can work and benefit Polkadot holders. The proposal asks for 35,395 DOT (about $178,000) and has updates on its progress.

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WHO: OpenGov

WHAT: Run $144K in Twitter ads from late Dec 2023-April 2024 to increase awareness of On-brand Polkadot narratives and generate engagements on Polkadot Twitter Account, Polkadot Parachains, and select Polkadot True Believers.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requested amount of 35,395 DOT ($178K with EMA30 $5.029/DOT). Min 6 weeks, max 12 weeks timeframe. Using Twitter Ads and Addressable.io as campaign management systems.

Increase Awareness of Polkadot On-Brand Narratives via Twitter Ads

- The Oracle Ecosystem Initiative aims to solve the "oracle problem" in public blockchains, where external data is needed for complex tasks.
- Current oracle solutions often rely on trusted third parties, which isn't ideal for decentralized systems.
- Acurast is a new project that uses secure mobile hardware to provide a safe way to handle data off-chain.
- The goal is to create a universal oracle solution for different environments, including Substrate, EVM, and WASM.
- Acurast plans to provide price information for various crypto assets and real-world items.
- Developers can easily use Acurast's solution to enhance their projects within the Polkadot ecosystem. 
- Feedback has been positive from community leaders about Acurast's potential to improve developer experiences.

Acurast proposes to establish an ecosystem-wide solution for oracles accessible in three distinct environments: Substrate (Polkadot SDK), EVM, and WASM. The proposal aims to provide price feeds for all Polkadot and Kusama assets, other popular crypto assets, and Real-World Assets (RWA), and establish an ecosystem-wide solution with these integrations that can be leveraged by every Polkadot-based project. The proposal also aims to provide support to projects to integrate price feeds into their environments, add support for new asset classes as price feeds, and provide access to larger off-chain compute resources for additional use cases. More details in the full proposal.

Oracle Ecosystem Initiative

- This proposal is about Subscan, an important tool for the Polkadot network that helps people see and analyze block data.
- Subscan needs money to keep running, including costs for servers and staff.
- The proposal asks for money from the Polkadot treasury to pay for Subscan's costs from January to September 2023.
- They have worked hard to lower costs, and expenses have gone down a lot, by over 50%.
- Subscan wants to involve the community in its development starting in November 2023.
- Future changes will focus on what the community wants most.
- More details about this plan will be shared in December.

WHO: Subscan team

WHAT: Proposing reimbursement of operation and maintenance fee for Subscan for January-September 2023 from Polkadot treasury, reducing infrastructure costs, and shifting towards community-developer collaborative model from November 2023.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Subscan | Infrastructure Costs of Subscan for Polkadot & Westend & Rococo & Statemint & Rockmine  Networks (from January to September 2023)

- Talisman is a special wallet that helps people use the Polkadot and Kusama projects easily.
- The goal is to create a friendly experience for users while keeping them safe and informed.
- They want to make using different wallets and accounts simple for everyone.
- Talisman supports many security tools and features to help protect users' money.
- They also introduced features to help users from different countries understand their transactions better.
- Talisman is committed to working with the community and improving their wallet for everyone's needs. 
- As of September 2023, Talisman has over 40,000 users and focuses on providing a better user experience.

WHO: Talisman

WHAT: Retroactive funding proposal for feature development, UX improvement, QA testing and Audit fixes for Talisman Wallet over 14 weeks (Feb-May 2023).

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Talisman Wallet - Retroactive Proposal #1

- The proposal is about choosing curators for a special bounty program.
- Curators will help manage the Polkadot Parachain Assets Onramp Bounty Program.
- A group called Multisig will oversee the bounty.
- Curators might receive rewards for their work.
- The selection focuses on including different people involved in the bounty.
- More information can be found in the full proposal document.

WHO: Candidates for the curator position for the [#27 Polkadot Parachain Assets Onramp Bounty Program]

WHAT: Oversee the bounty program, curated by a Multisig, and receive a reward for their time and effort.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Bounty 27 Curator Committee Proposal 

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- IBC Group, led by Mario Nawfal, is asking for 47,837 DOT (around $250,000) to help Polkadot grow its brand.
- They can reach 2.5 billion people each month and have many listeners on Twitter.
- The goal is to attract more users to Polkadot's website.
- Their plan includes hosting Twitter Spaces and giving shoutouts to educate people about Polkadot.
- The campaign will last for three months and targets various audience engagement metrics.
- IBC has a strong background, helping over 250 projects since 2017.
- Communication with Polkadot will be quick and regular updates will be provided.
- They believe working with Polkadot will be a great opportunity for both parties.

IBC Group proposes to help Polkadot boost brand awareness and user acquisition through their media assets and marketing expertise. The proposal includes logo positioning, private Twitter spaces, shoutouts, and standalone tweets for a total of 47,837 DOT (USD $250,000) over a 3-month period. The team aims to achieve a minimum of 2.5B impressions per month and 5-15 million weekly listeners on Twitter. The project timeline is 3 months and 2 weeks, with a final report to be delivered within 1 week.

Supercharge Polkadot's Brand: Collaborative Partnership with (Mario Nawfal) IBC Ventures

Easybuild is a program designed to bring new builder teams into the Polkadot ecosystem and encourage the development of user-centric apps and tools. The program aims to solve the problem of a lack of teams focusing on user-centered solutions within the Polkadot system. 

The Easybuild Bounty is a three-tiered, retroactive reward system for teams that create DOT-focused products. Each stage of the program requires a new level of product development and offers unique support and collaboration within the ecosystem. The program aims to provide a secure developer space, allowing teams to focus on development and integration into the ecosystem.

The program is cohort-based and consists of six-month modules. The targeted outcomes for the EasyBuild Bounty include attracting 10-15 teams per month for six months, propelling 20 teams from prototype creation to public beta testing, and onboarding at least six teams from beta testing to ecosystem integration.

The Easybuild program is not an educational course, incubator, accelerator, or launchpad. It focuses on supporting the development of projects and their integration into the Polkadot ecosystem, with a focus on DOT utilization. Teams can discontinue their journey through the stages at any time without penalty. A "unique solution" is defined as an application or tool that does not have direct analogs in the system and is built around the DOT token.

In short, Easybuild is a bounty program to attract new builder teams to the Polkadot ecosystem, incentivizing the development of DOT-focused products through a three-tiered retroactive reward system. The program aims to boost the development of user-centric apps, dApps, and innovative toolings. The program is cohort-based and consists of six-month modules, with a test cohort of three months. The program does not involve educational courses, incubation, or token distribution. The team can stop their staging at any time without penalty.

Easybuild. Fast Path for Future Polkadot Builders committed to building.

- WiseAdvice is looking for $149,000 to create educational content about Polkadot.
- The money requested is for interviews and videos to help grow the Polkadot community.
- This project aims to highlight the importance of the Indian market in blockchain technology.
- Sumit Kapoor leads WiseAdvice, which has worked on projects like Moonriver and Kilt.
- WiseAdvice has a large online following with 526,000 YouTube subscribers and over 125,000 Twitter followers.
- They have previously made videos related to Polkadot.
- You can check their detailed proposal through the provided link.

WHO: WiseAdvice, led by Sumit Kapoor.
WHAT: Orchestrate an educational campaign with a focus on Polkadot's technology, including interviews and videos.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requesting 28,489 DOT (USD $149,000) on 23rd November, 2023. Detailed proposal available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RS22DLxv8oxXCsBcGWKgIpmEiYNdBnmnq7V1kaOdVFQ).

Polkadot's Educational Campaign India: A Wise Advice Initiative

- **Addressable.io** is a marketing tool that helps reach social media users based on their blockchain activities.
- The service charges 15% of ad spends and $800/month for daily audience optimizations.
- Addressable has worked with major blockchain companies like Chainlink, Bancor, and Polygon.
- The team includes CEO Tomer Sharoni, CTO Tomer Shlomo, and Chief Scientist Dr. Asaf Nadler.
- The proposal suggests using Addressable to promote Kusamarian Media to targeted blockchain users.
- The budget includes $100,000 for ads, $17,400 for Addressable fees, and $42,600 for Kusamarian asset development.
- The goal is to gain 200,000 new X followers and 15,000 YouTube subscribers.
- Feedback is welcomed to improve the proposal.

Addressable.io is a marketing tool for outreach to social media users associated with on-chain holdings & activities. The Kusamarian Media proposes to test this service and discreetly slip into the timelines of X users with credible blockchain activity. The proposed budget is $160,000, which includes $100,000 for ad buying, $17,400 for Addressable.io fees, and $42,600 for Kusamarian asset development. The goal is to convert DOT buyers into holders, stakers, governors, and users of Polkadot’s emerging applications.

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- Real Vision, founded by Raoul Pal, focuses on cryptocurrency and finance education through media content.
- They have a large community of 350,000 members and millions of views on their platforms.
- They are asking for funding of 53,724 DOT (about $281,250) to promote Polkadot.
- Their plan includes interviews, events, and online discussions to raise awareness of Polkadot.
- Events will include a Festival of Learning and a Crypto Gathering in early 2024.
- Raoul Pal will promote Polkadot during these events to millions of followers.
- Real Vision's activities aim to connect Polkadot with financial and cryptocurrency influencers.

Real Vision proposes to provide a series of interviews, videos, X space, and events to increase brand awareness of Polkadot. They request 53,724 DOT (USD $281,250) for the project, which will take place between December 2023 and Q2 2024. The deliverables include inclusion in Real Vision Daily Briefing and Raoul Pal JourneyMan, an X space hosted by Real Vision, a Festival of Learning event, a Crypto Gathering event, and a 1-day in-person event.

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- The proposal is about creating content to promote the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The Hill Growth Agency will work with 8 influencers for a 3-month campaign.
- They plan to make videos, educational content, and social media promotions.
- The total cost for the project is 32,841 DOT, which is over $160,000.
- They will have videos and updates every month targeting different audiences.
- The agency has experience in the crypto field and supports10 influencer collaborations.
- They aim to attract more investors to the Polkadot ecosystem.

The Hill Growth Agency proposes a 3-month campaign with 8 high-profile creators to create content and promote Polkadot. The total monthly cost is $51,117.33, with a total cost of 32841 DOT. NoSpec Agency will provide expert guidance to the influencers.

The HGA Marketing Proposal

- A new proposal aims to help Ink! dApp builders by providing tools for better understanding smart contracts.
- This helps builders in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems attract more users and grow their applications.
- Many Ink! builders struggle to access the data they need, wasting time on their own solutions that don’t help much.
- The proposed tool is called dApp Marvels, which will offer important insights and metrics to these builders.
- The Tokenguard team has experience in this area and worked with many Ink! teams to come up with this idea.
- Feedback from the community is encouraged to improve the proposal and support the ecosystem.

Tokenguard proposes building dApp Marvels, an on-chain analytics tool for Ink! dApp builders to support their growth and operations through in-depth metrics and analytics of on-chain user behavior. The proposal aims to attract users to the Polkadot ecosystem more effectively and support Ink! creators in infrastructure development. No information is provided about the price, timeframe, or resources required for the project.

dApp Marvels 💎 - Ink! Ecosystem growth tool

The Educational Campaign in India is a project by Crypto India, a top crypto influencer in the country, aimed at demystifying Polkadot's technology for the Indian audience. The project, which will last for 6 months, focuses on comprehensive technology education and ecosystem awareness. Crypto India is known for its ability to explain complex concepts in simple terms, and they plan to create engaging content to make Polkadot's functionalities accessible to a broader audience.

The project objectives include simplifying technology education, educating about the ecosystem, and promoting innovation by introducing Polkadot as a key blockchain innovator in the Indian market. Over the 6 months, Crypto India will produce 18 videos on Polkadot and its ecosystem projects, feature "Powered by Polkadot" in every video, engage in social media interaction, and reach out to the broader community through Telegram.

Crypto India has a significant reach, with 287K YouTube subscribers, 296k Twitter followers, 297k followers on another Twitter account, 76k members in their Telegram group, and 15k Instagram followers. The expected outcomes of the project are to broaden understanding of Polkadot's technology, elevate its profile in the Indian crypto market, and increase recognition as a notable entity in India's blockchain sphere. The team will provide monthly updates on the campaign's progress and is open to feedback and ideas from the Polkadot ecosystem.

WHO: Crypto India and Being Satoshi
WHAT: Educational campaign to demystify Polkadot's technology in India through high-quality content creation, including 18 videos, social media interaction, and Telegram outreach.
PRICE: 21849 DOT (Approx $115800 with DOT price at $5.3 EMA7)
TIMEFRAME: 6 months

6 months Educational Campaign in India - Crypto India

- Altcoin Daily is a popular YouTube channel about cryptocurrency, especially altcoins, started in February 2018.
- The team, Aaron and Austin, plans to produce three videos about Polkadot with a budget of $110,000.
- The videos will cover what Polkadot is, the top five parachains, and the best mobile wallet for Polkadot.
- They estimate to finish the videos in about six weeks after receiving payment.
- The channel has over 1.3 million subscribers and generates a lot of views per video, even during tough market times.
- They want to help the Polkadot community grow and become more visible.
- PolkaMarketing will help with promoting these videos and has a 10% fee for their services.

WHO: ALTCOINDAILY, a popular YouTube channel and online platform with 1.34M subscribers and 1.4M+ Twitter followers. WHAT: Produce three videos about Polkadot, including an introduction, top parachains, and best mobile wallet. PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $100,000 for approximately six weeks of work, delivering one video every two weeks.

Altcoin Daily - High impact Polkadot media promotion

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This proposal aims to create a bounty to attract potential partners and businesses in Brazil to the Polkadot ecosystem. The goal is to position Polkadot as the leading blockchain platform in Brazil. The team behind this effort includes Luis Fernando Dal Porto, John Rhodel Bartolomé, Gabriel Bonugli, and Carlos Sawaki, who have experience in the blockchain industry. They plan to initiate contact, hold meetings, qualify leads, and provide support to help at least three businesses start their projects on Polkadot over six months. The proposal requests an allocation of 168,000 USD using Subscan EMA7 of 10/11/2023 ($5 per DOT) and offers a 10% curator reward. The legal entity for this proposal is Benshigeru DAO LTDA with CNPJ 42.801.937/0001-06.

Benshigeru DAO LTDA proposes a bounty of $168,000 to attract potential partners and businesses in Brazil to the Polkadot ecosystem over six months. The goal is to establish Polkadot as the leading blockchain platform in the country. The team plans to initiate contact, hold meetings, qualify leads, and provide support to help at least three businesses start their projects on Polkadot. The rewards are based on goals achieved, with multipliers for successful leads and partnerships. Ivy Network, Nick Dunford, Saxemberg, and Zoe Meckbach are proposed as curators.

Bounty Proposal: Business Prospects for Polkadot in Brazil

- Substrate ETL is a big tool for analyzing data from Polkadot and Kusama.
- It allows people to look at information like blocks and transactions from these blockchains.
- A new dataset was added to Google Cloud in September 2023 to help people use this data.
- The dataset includes information about over 70 parachains, which are smaller chains that work with Polkadot and Kusama.
- Many analysts and teams use this tool to help make important decisions and understand how things are growing.
- Plans for 2024 include adding more features and supporting more data analyses for these blockchains.
- Colorful Notion, the team behind this project, has been involved with Polkadot for two years and aims to collaborate with others in the community.

Colorful Notion proposes to continue supporting substrate-etl, a large scale index of Polkadot and Kusama, and their parachains. They plan to extend substrate-etl to support raw and fully-decoded EVM datasets and build support for CoreJam+CorePlay+DA. The requested amount is 99,025 DOT.

substrate-etl Retroactive funding: Q3+Q4 2022-Q1+Q2 2023

MarketAcross is a company that helps with public relations and marketing for businesses, especially those in the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. They have worked with many big names like Binance, Crypto.com, and even Polkadot itself. They want to help Polkadot and its related projects by creating and sharing news, articles, and other information.

MarketAcross has a special service called Chainwire that helps share news about blockchain projects with many different media outlets. They want to use this service to help Polkadot too.

Their plan is to:
1. Write at least 75 unique articles about Polkadot and its projects in just 3-4 months.
2. Share these articles and other information on social media platforms like Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube.

They will also help Polkadot with:
- Sharing news about new products, partnerships, and other important events.
- Helping Polkadot's leaders share their ideas and knowledge.
- Getting Polkadot's message out to people all around the world.

Elad Mor, the CEO of MarketAcross, believes they can help Polkadot be even more successful and is happy to answer any questions.

WHO: MarketAcross, a PR and content marketing agency.

WHAT: Deliver at least 75 unique articles and 20 amplifications on social media platforms over 3-4 months or less. Includes PR, content marketing, growth hacking, and advisory services.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requested DOT: 21,400 DOT (~100K Euro equiv. based on DOT/USD rate of $5.00 EMA7).

PR, Content marketing, Social amplifications proposal

- AngelHack wants $51,227.74 to help run hackathons in Europe and APAC in 2023.
- The goal is to connect more people in the Web3 space and support developers from different backgrounds.
- They have completed the APAC hackathon and the dotSocial: Seoul event in September 2023.
- This proposal includes a recap of the events and a budget report.
- The request is for the final payment for the Seoul event, based on their original plan.
- More details can be found in linked documents about the treasury proposal.

Tribe/AngelHack 13Ghf2T883ZobjngC1BAgR1BWvK2P7qP37gGxHDVFf3fjbmw requests a reimbursement of USD$51,227.74 for the fourth and final payment milestone of event expenses for dotSocial: Seoul. The proposal also includes a detailed recap of the recently concluded virtual Polkadot Hackathon Global Series: APAC Edition and the in-person dotSocial: Seoul event.

 Milestone 4: Polkadot Hackathon Global Series 2023 APAC Edition

Republik Rupiah is a fast-growing blockchain community and education platform in Indonesia. They focus on providing accurate and easy-to-understand information about blockchain, especially for non-English speakers. They have a large social media following and have created a lot of content about Polkadot, a blockchain technology. 

Republik Rupiah wants to get funding of $68,000 USD to support their work in teaching people about Polkadot and creating more content. They have already done a lot of work to help people in Indonesia learn about Polkadot and they want to keep doing this. They don't want to only rely on Polkadot's money for their business, but the funding will help them make more and better content.

Retroactive & Ongoing Funding Rationale: Republik Rupiah - Turning Indonesia into the Polkadot Island's With Education and Community

- PolkaSafe is a tool that helps people manage their digital assets securely in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The team made changes to their proposal after community feedback and reduced their budget.
- They acknowledged a mistake in not giving credit to another team and removed related expenses.
- PolkaSafe improved its app speed by 75%, cutting the loading time from 10 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
- As of October 2023, over 340 wallets use PolkaSafe, managing more than $15 million.
- They plan to grow to $50 million in managed assets soon.
- The team is working with big organizations to help them use PolkaSafe safely.

Polkasafe requests retroactive funding for enterprise-focused, non-custodial tool on Polkadot ecosystem. Budget has been reduced, and the team has made improvements to the app's speed and performance. 340+ wallets are using Polkasafe, managing $15mn+ across networks, with an expected $50mn+ AUM in the next 3-4 months. Proposal document outlines tasks, product features, and timelines.

Retroactive Funding - Polkasafe Revised Proposal

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