**Technical Support Bounty Proposal Summary**

- A new project called the Technical Support Bounty has been approved.
- The goal is to help clients and projects in the Polkadot ecosystem with technical support.
- Curators will review and score the work of technicians to make sure it’s good quality.
- The curators come from different backgrounds to get various opinions.
- The proposal is led by several experienced individuals in the Polkadot community.
- Curators will provide updates and reports to keep everyone informed.
- These reports will show how the budget is used and what work is done.

Executed

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WHO: Curators Kukabi, Georgi, John Rodel, Gautam, Albert, Ravi, and William.

WHAT: Establish robust and efficient technical support for clients and projects within the Polkadot ecosystem.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Curator reward is voluntary. Quarterly reports will be created to track progress and budget spent.

Curators Candidates - Bounty #49

- A parachain (not named) asked for visibility from a marketing bounty.
- The best way to receive this visibility is through a community referendum.
- The referendum would decide if the parachain should be included in the marketing bounty.
- This method is considered the most democratic.
- Moonbeam, a significant parachain, is initiating this process.
- Other parachains should also submit their own referendum requests.
- The goal is to ensure fair and community-driven decisions.

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WHO: Parachains interested in receiving visibility from marketing bounty.

WHAT: Submit a referendum on the track requesting inclusion.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Inclusion of Moonbeam in marketing narratives

- The proposal is about educating developers in Africa about Polkadot's blockchain technology.
- Most developers in Africa don’t know about Polkadot, so the goal is to raise awareness.
- The community plans to organize workshops, training, and hackathons to help developers learn.
- They want to support local startups and creative builders through mentoring and grants.
- A recent event taught over 100 people how to build on blockchain technology.
- The community has helped onboard more than 1,000 developers to the world of web3.
- The team members include skilled individuals experienced in blockchain development.

Rejected

small_spender

Polkadot Dapps over Apps aims to onboard and educate traditional developers, tech enthusiasts, and creatives about web3 and building with Polkadot's blockchain infrastructure. They want to establish sub-communities, organize workshops, educate project founders, build market awareness, support potential unicorn projects, and more. They have successfully onboarded 1,000+ developers and non-developers to web3 and organized several workshops, hackathons, and conferences. They have a team of experienced blockchain engineers and advocates. They are requesting a grant to fund their initiatives.

Polkadot Dapps over Apps (REVISED)

### Augmented Reality Advertising for Polkadot

- **Objective**: Create an augmented reality (AR) advertising campaign for Polkadot and host a Twitter contest.
- **Concept**: Develop an AR experience called "Polkabeach" featuring Polkadot, accessible from anywhere.
- **Budget**: 80 DOT, with 75 DOT for creating and promoting the AR experience, and 5 DOT as a contest prize.
- **Benefits**: Innovative advertising, enhanced engagement, and future improvements based on campaign metrics.
- **Promotion**: Use Twitter to promote the AR experience and run a contest for the most-liked post.
- **Locations**: The AR experience can be viewed in specific OVR lands or through the OVR app, Apple Vision Pro glasses, or a QR code.
- **Support**: Active promotion and maintenance for up to 3 months, with community engagement and future collaboration opportunities.
- **Contact**: For more information, contact cryptovaquita@gmail.com or visit [@cryptovaquita](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/user/cryptovaquita) on Twitter.

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Overthereality proposes to create an augmented reality advertising experience for Polkadot, accessible from anywhere, and host a Twitter contest. The budget is 80 DOT, with 75 DOT for creating the experience and 5 DOT as a contest prize. The AR experience will feature 3D elements promoting Polkadot, and the campaign will last up to 3 months. The project aims to pioneer the use of AR for advertising Polkadot and offer a unique and interactive way to promote the platform.

Presentation on Augmented Reality Advertising for Polkadot by Overthereality

- A proposal is made to get more money because the price of DOT changed.
- The initial request was for $90,000, which was worth 9,355.5 DOT at $9.62 each.
- Instead, they got $62,588.29, which is the same 9,355.5 DOT but at a lower price of $6.69 each.
- They are asking for an additional $30,152.65, which will be 4,015 DOT at $7.51 each.
- This new request has a 10% extra amount included.
- Any remaining DOT will be given back to the treasury.

WHO: The proposer.

WHAT: To request a top-up of $30,152.65, equivalent to 4,015 DOT, due to a 30.46% reduction in funds received from the initial request.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $7.51 per DOT, with remaining DOT returned to the treasury. No timeframe or additional resources mentioned.

DOTCAST /This_is_the_DOT Top Up

### Summary
- **vCISO Initiative**: 0xTaylor and Spearbit/Cantina propose a program to subsidize virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) services for Polkadot parachain teams and top Polkadot Blockchain Academy (PBA) graduates.
- **Service Details**: The program will fund 533 hours of vCISO services, with 128 hours for PBA graduates and 405 hours for parachain teams.
- **Purpose**: To enhance security for early and medium-stage projects, helping them focus on development while ensuring security is prioritized.
- **Cost Savings**: Traditional security services can be expensive, so this initiative aims to make security more accessible.
- **Transparency**: Spearbit/Cantina will provide detailed reports on deliverables and progress to ensure transparency and value.
- **Contact**: For more information, contact Henry Shen (henry@spearbit.com) or 0xTaylor (0xtaylor@chaosdao.org).

The proposal aims to subsidize vCISO services for top Polkadot Blockchain Academy participants and existing Parachain projects. Spearbit/Cantina will provide 533 hours of vCISO services for a limited number of projects. PBA top graduates would receive up to 128 hrs, and Polkadot parachain teams would draw from a bucket of 405 hrs. The program will help projects build with security at the forefront and incentivize their continued engagement with Polkadot. All funds requested will be used for vCISO services and admin costs. Contact Henry Shen or 0xTaylor for further information.

Polkadot Ecosystem vCISO Program w/Spearbit

- Parachains are changing how they manage their time slots, moving to a new system called Coretime.
- It's important for parachains to keep track of when their time slots end so they can renew them on time.
- A dashboard will help parachain teams and users easily monitor Coretime and lease expirations.
- Users need simple ways to check this information even if they are not very technical.
- The Corehub parachain dashboard will help with this transition and make it easier to renew Coretime.
- The dashboard will also support the final steps of launching parachains on Polkadot.
- This aims to make it simpler for teams by providing a clear interface for managing their parachains.

WHO: Corehub

WHAT: Create a dashboard to track Coretime and lease expiry data for parachain teams and their users, and simplify the maintenance of projects by offering tools to monitor Coretime expiry and enable renewal. Also, add a UI for parachain ID reservation and registration as the final steps of the deployment process on Polkadot.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

[Retroactive] RegionX Corehub | Parachain management

- Beamswap Team is planning to ask for 500,000 $DOT for a new program to help people start trading on Polkadot.
- They want to attract new users by creating a trading platform called Beamex for perpetual trading of $DOT.
- Beamex is unique because it has no price impact and offers low fees for traders.
- The money will be used mostly to make it easier for people to trade ($475,000) and for marketing and competitions ($25,000).
- This effort is meant to bring more traders to Polkadot and compete with other trading networks.
- By rewarding those who provide liquidity, they hope more people will use the Beamex platform. 
- This proposal works together with another one that seeks to add more liquidity into Beamex's trading pool.

big_spender

Beamswap Team proposes to onboard new traders to Polkadot by creating a seamless native decentralized perpetual trading experience. They request 500,000 $DOT for 1 year, with 475,000 $DOT for increasing market liquidity and 25,000 $DOT for trading competitions, marketing efforts, and offline events. The primary goal is to onboard new traders to Polkadot, and the secondary goal is to create a significant influx of liquidity providers in the Polkadot ecosystem.

Beamex PERPadot: Liquidity Incentives  program to attract liquidity and onboard new users to the Polkadot ecosystem via Perpetual Trading 

- The post talks about a proposal for the Polkadot ecosystem from the Beamswap team.
- They are asking for 500,000 $DOT to improve trading on their platform, Beamex.
- The money will be used to create a larger liquidity pool, helping users make bigger trades.
- Beamex is a special place where users can trade without affecting the prices too much.
- They want to attract more traders and users to Polkadot by offering better trading options.
- Having more money in the liquidity pool helps ensure trades can happen smoothly, even when prices change quickly.
- This proposal is linked to another program that also aims to improve trading and attract new users.

WHO: Beamswap Team

WHAT: Requesting 500,000 $DOT for one year to create significant $DOT liquidity depth on Beamex by allocating it into Beamex Liquidity Pool (BLP), allowing users to open larger leverage positions natively on Polkadot.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 500,000 $DOT for one year.

Beamex PERPadot: DOT LP Depth Loan, a significant DOT liquidity depth on Beamex Perpetual Exchange

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- The proposal wants to fund the maintenance of a project called substrate-api-client from July 2024 to December 2024.
- Substrate-api-client is a library written in Rust that helps connect to special computer nodes.
- It is useful for devices that cannot use normal software (known as no-std environments) like IoT devices.
- This library helps developers work with two blockchains called Polkadot and Kusama.
- There are similar libraries for other programming languages.
- The aim is to keep the project running and seek ongoing funding.
- They are requesting $33,300 for this maintenance work.

WHO: The proposal is made by the developers of substrate-api-client. 

WHAT: They are requesting funding for maintenance of substrate-api-client library from July 2024 until December 2024. 

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The requested funding is $33,300.

Maintenance for the substrate-api-client Jul-24 to Dec-24

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[Whitelisted Caller] Upgrade Polkadot v1.2.4

- The proposal is for $359,000 to help run an incubator program called Polkadot Relayers in 2024.
- This program helps people create apps on Polkadot's parachains.
- The first Polkadot Relayers started in 2022, and a second one took place in mid-2024.
- The focus will be on helping dedicated project teams in Asia where there is a lot of potential for growth.
- The aim is to provide mentorship, investment, and community support.
- The requested money will cover operating costs, travel grants, and event expenses.
- The proposal is seeking support from the community to begin planning this initiative.

WHO: Tribe/AngelHack 13Ghf2T883ZobjngC1BAgR1BWvK2P7qP37gGxHDVFf3fjbmw 
WHAT: Run the 2024 iteration of the Polkadot Relayers program to grow Polkadot's developer presence and community in APAC. 
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Requesting USD$359,000.00 | 50279.70 DOT for the first milestone, covering operating expenses, travel grants, and logistics costs for virtual and in-person events.

Polkadot Relayers Incubator 2024

- The proposal is to request more funds because the value of DOT changed.
- The original request was for 8,420 DOTs, amounting to $75,500.
- They received only $56,414 because DOT’s price dropped after they applied.
- This left them with a shortfall of $19,086.
- They now want to request an additional 2,960 DOTs to cover the difference and include a buffer.
- The 10% buffer is to prepare for future price changes.
- Any extra funds received will be returned to the treasury.
- Monthly progress reports can be followed on their website.

WHO: The proposal does not specify WHO will be carrying out the top-up request.

WHAT: The proposal is to top up a previously approved request (REF #657) due to the fluctuation of the DOT price, which resulted in a 25.28% shortfall.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The proposal requests 2,960 DOTs (2,691 DOTs + 269 DOTs buffer) based on Subscans EMA30 DOT price of $7.093 (as of May 17th). Any extra amount received will be returned to the treasury. No specific timeframe or resources are mentioned.

Top-up of Proposal 657 due to DOT price change.

- **DED Bounties** is a fun system where people earn DED tokens by completing tasks.  
- It helps the community grow by rewarding members for their time and effort.  
- Short-term goals: Launch a website, get 10 clients, and 50 active members in 3 months.  
- Medium-term goals: Offer 20+ bounties, reach 100 members, and create fun content like videos and memes.  
- Budget includes website costs, ads, payouts, and team work.  
- Risks like scams or spam will be managed with rules and rewards for reporting bad behavior.  
- Success is measured by active users, completed bounties, and happy community members.

WHO: DED community led by John Mullowney WHAT: Create a bounty reward system to encourage community engagement and growth, paid in DED token PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 3000 DOT budget for 6 months, short-term goals include launching a website and attracting 10 bounty clients and 50 active members, medium-term goals include increasing bounty variety and growing the active user base to 100 members.

Proposal for DED Bounties: Revitalizing Community Engagement

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Cancel root ref #693

- A referendum is a vote for the community to decide on a proposal that didn't pass before.
- The last proposal lost by a very small amount, almost 50/50.
- Many people believe it lost because of Democratic Voting (DV), which is a way to have everyone involved.
- The new proposal has improvements that make it better.
- The idea is to have two separate votes: one for the voting method and one for the proposal itself.
- This way, everyone can focus on each topic separately, making the process better and more fair.

WHO: The community

WHAT: Vote on whether it is acceptable to resubmit a proposal that recently failed, split into two referendums - one about the form and one about the substance

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Cancel Chainanalysis ref

We have a new proposal that is very important because it helps with privacy and other big things. We are sharing it again because we think it is a good idea. Here is where you can find more information about it:

- Complete proposal: [link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/13eaYivnnSyxfvFBItl-4u93zraJ1tPoRBGcNj8vvnf4/edit?usp=sharing)
- Previous proposal: [link](684)
- Video about the discussion: [link](https://youtu.be/OKrt2gGe4Cw)
- Questions and answers from before: [link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ULiTo7-pO42GbxBjI0hxMImvkXgEm5KXB09eF0zHwoo/edit?usp=sharing)

We made some changes based on what people said:
1. We will focus more on Moonbeam.
2. We will go from Gold to Platinum support.
3. We will have more help hours, from 200 to 400.
4. More people can learn, from 10 to 30.
5. We will have more licenses for investigating, from 5 to 7.

Cancelled

root

WHO: The proposal does not specify a particular organization or individual.

WHAT: The proposal outlines improvements to a previous referendum, including prioritizing onboarding for Moonbeam, upgrading support tier, doubling ongoing case support hours, tripling training capacity, and increasing investigation licenses.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The proposal does not specify a particular cost or timeframe for implementing the improvements.

Chainalysis analytics solutions on Polkadot Network

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VOTE NAY, WRONG PRE-IMAGE

### Proposal for New Developer Tools Using Polkadot-API

- **Objective**: Create a developer tools application for the Polkadot ecosystem using the Polkadot-API (PAPI).
- **Features**: 
  - Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for rapid prototyping.
  - Seamless exploration of the Polkadot ecosystem.
  - Real-time exploration tools and an intuitive user interface.
- **Technology**: 
  - Front-end built with Next.js.
  - Back-end using NestJS.
  - Infrastructure managed with Kubernetes, Docker, and Grafana.
- **Milestones**: 
  - Application setup, IDE development, real-time block explorer, and more.
- **Future Plans**: 
  - Save, load, and share IDE prototypes.
  - Session sharing and cross-functional integration.
- **Community Involvement**: 
  - Gather feedback to meet evolving developer needs.
- **Success Metrics**: 
  - Achievement of key deliverables and user engagement.

LimeChain proposes to create a next-gen developer tools application using Polkadot-API (PAPI) for seamless exploration of the Polkadot ecosystem. The application will feature an integrated development environment (IDE) for rapid prototyping and will be built using Next.js for the front-end, NestJS for building efficient and scalable server-side applications, and Kubernetes, Docker, and Grafana for infrastructure management and monitoring. The project will be divided into milestones, and future plans include additional features such as saving, loading, and sharing IDE prototypes and session sharing within the IDE. The success of the project will be measured based on the achievement of key deliverables outlined in the milestones, as well as metrics such as user engagement and feedback.

Developer tools for Polkadot-API

- The "Big Tipper" track tip for OnlyDefiGuy is up to 6000 USD with different amounts in USDC and USDT.
- OnlyDefiGuy bravely shared an expert report about a proposal affecting the Dotizens community.
- A multistage payout proposal is being created, which means payments will happen at different times.
- The first payment of 1000 USDC is planned for around May 30, 2023.
- The second payment of 2000 USDT will be around June 27, 2023.
- The last payment of 3000 USDC is expected on July 25, 2023.
- This payout plan can help track payments and ensure milestones are met.
- Some proposals might not pass because they exceed the limits for certain funding tracks.

big_tipper

The proposal suggests tipping OnlyDefiGuy with up to 6000 USD for his expert report on #684. The proposal aims to create a multistage payout mechanism for meeting time-based milestones or product-based milestones. The payout will be made in three stages, and the proposal is expected to pass if it is enacted.

DOT Experts Tip for OnlyDeFiGuy for Proposal #684 Chainalysis analytics solutions in USD

- **OnlyDefiGuy** faced a contentious proposal (#684) on behalf of the community, sharing his expert report.
- A "Big Tipper" tip of up to 999 DOT is proposed, split into three payments at different block heights.
- The tip depends on the passing of another proposal (#741) to move part of the treasury to Asset Hub.
- The multistage payout mechanism could help proposers meet time-based or delivery-based milestones.
- The community is learning about "voiding skills" to potentially cancel payments if needed.
- Proposals #780 and #781 test the track determination logic, with #782 in USD not exceeding the DOT limit.

WHO: OnlyDefiGuy

WHAT: Proposes a multistage payout proposal with three treasury spends of 150 DOT, 300 DOT, and 599 DOT at specific blocks.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: The proposal depends on the passing of #741 and the track determination logic being tested between #780 and #781. The tip is up to 999 DOT.

DOT Experts Tip for OnlyDeFiGuy for Proposal #684 Chainalysis analytics solutions in DOT

Ignore - superceded by 781

### Summary

- **ink! analyzer** is a tool for analyzing [ink!](https://use.ink) smart contracts, similar to how [rust-analyzer](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer) works for Rust.
- It helps developers by providing intelligent editing features and understanding ink! contract rules.
- The tool is available as a [Visual Studio Code extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ink-analyzer.ink-analyzer) with over 415 unique installs.
- It has a modular architecture that allows it to be used in various IDEs and code editors that support the Language Server Protocol (LSP).
- The current proposal requests $56,750 for adding ink! 4.x to 5.0 migration features and other improvements.
- Previous funding for the project came from Web3 Foundation grants and a retroactive treasury proposal.
- The author, David Semakula, is an experienced software engineer and systems architect with contributions to both rust-analyzer and ink!.

WHO: David Semakula
WHAT: Requests retroactive funding of $56,750 for adding ink! 4.x to 5.0 migration features and other major improvements to ink! analyzer.
TIMEFRAME: Not specified.
RESOURCES: ink! analyzer, modular and reusable libraries and tools for semantic analysis of ink! smart contracts.

ink! Analyzer: Retroactive funding for ink! 4.x to 5.0 migration features, and other major improvements (56,750 USDT)

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OpenGov Referenda

Origin able to dispatch a whitelisted call.

Origin for signaling that the network wishes for some change

Origin able to cancel slashes and manage minimum commission.

Origin for spending up to 10,000,000 DOT from the treasury as well as generally administering it.

Origin for managing the composition of the fellowship.

Origin able to spend around 250 DOT from the treasury at once.

Origin able to spend around 1,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

Origin able to spend around 10,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

Origin able to spend around 100,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

Origin able to spend up to 1,000,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

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