- Polkadot faces negative comments on Twitter, making it hard to attract new investors.
- Other cryptocurrencies like Ethereum and Solana have better reputations online.
- The proposal aims to improve Polkadot's image and increase its adoption in the market.
- Objectives include finding out where negativity comes from and analyzing common criticisms.
- The plan also involves providing facts to counter the criticism and encouraging supporters through rewards.
- A bounty program will reward people who post positively about Polkadot on Twitter.
- The total budget requested is 5000 DOT to help with the proposal over three months.

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Polkadot aims to improve its online reputation on Twitter by investigating sources of negativity, analyzing frequent criticism, providing data to counter it, and incentivizing active supporters. The proposal seeks financial support of 5000 DOT for 3 months. The budget allocation is 2,500 DOT for investigation, analysis, preparation of data, and organization of bounty, and 2,500 DOT for the bounty program.

Addressing Polkadot's Negative Image on Twitter

Mason Versluis and his partner Meg are cryptocurrency content creators who want to make videos about Polkadot. They have a big following on YouTube, TikTok, and X. They plan to make 6 videos in total, 3 on each of their channels, and 2 short videos on TikTok. The videos will be about what Polkadot is, the top 3 parachains on Polkadot, and the best Polkadot mobile wallet. They need $27,500 to make these videos and will finish them in about 10 days. PolkaMarketing is helping them with this project and will get 10% of the money if the project happens.

WHO: Mason Versluis and his partner Meg.

WHAT: Produce 3 dedicated YouTube videos on CryptoMason's channel, 3 dedicated YouTube videos on Megbzk's channel, 1 TikTok on CryptoMasun's channel, and 1 TikTok on Megbzk's channel, all promoting Polkadot.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: $25,000 for approximately 10 days of work, delivering an average of one video every three days.

MASON VERSLUIS - Medium to High impact Polkadot media promotion

- 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.

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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

DrCAO is a community manager for the Polkadot parachain project Parallel Finance and leads the Chinese community in AIWeb3. He is also involved in various other Polkadot projects and is a member of Chaos DAO. Since 2022, DrCAO has created over 500 educational videos focusing on the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems, making his channel one of the largest in this niche. He has also developed a Discord bot for the Web3 education and investment channel, which shares updates and organizes community events. DrCAO is requesting funds for his contributions, including the creation of 30 more educational videos in the next three months.

DrCAO is requesting funds for his contributions to the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem through educational tutorial videos, building a Discord bot, and organizing community events. He has already created around 500 videos and plans to create 30 more in the next 3 months. The proposal aims to reward his efforts and support his future contributions.

[Small Spender] Referendum #254: Retroractive funding for Web3 Education and Investment YouTube Channel Proposal

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**DrCAO's Web3 Education and Investment Channel**

- DrCAO is a community manager for Polkadot parachain projects and leads the Chinese community in AIWeb3.
- He has created over 500 educational videos since 2022, focusing on Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems.
- His YouTube channel is the third largest in English for Polkadot/Kusama education with 652 subscribers.
- He manages a Twitter account with 1,623 followers and a Discord community with 117 members, focusing on education.
- DrCAO developed a Discord bot for sharing updates and organizing community events.
- He aims to continue providing educational content and support for the Web3 community.

DrCAO, the community manager of Parallel Finance, is requesting funds for his Web3 Education and Investment Channel, which has produced around 500 educational and technical tutorial videos about the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem in the past two years. He also built a Discord bot and organized three events for his community. He aims to continue making educational videos and helping users with any difficulty of using Polkadot products. The proposal does not mention a specific amount of funds or timeframe.

[Small Spender] Referendum #252: Retroractive funding for Web3 Education and Investment YouTube Channel Proposal

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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

- Cryptor is a content creator for the Russian-speaking crypto community.  
- He supports Polkadot and was the first to talk about Kusama in Russian.  
- He translated and voiced Polkadot videos and got tips from the Treasury.  
- He did two AMAs (Q&A sessions) about Polkadot for big crypto groups.  
- The AMAs covered Polkadot 2.0, PolkaVM, and other updates.  
- The videos got 17,000 views and hundreds of comments in total.  
- He answered community concerns and explained new Polkadot features.

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WHO: Cryptor, a well-known content creator for the Russian speaking crypto community.

WHAT: Conducted two Polkadot-related AMAs for two major crypto communities, DOUBLETOP and COINMETRIKA.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Cryptor. Polkadot AMAs for 2 largest Russian speaking crypto communities.

- 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

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Cancel Referendum 241 (runtime upgrade) due to XCM issue

- 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

This proposal is about teaching people in Latin America how to use POLKADOT decentralized finance (DeFi). Here are the main points:

- **Free Courses:** It will start with free classes for people interested in learning about DeFi using POLKADOT.
- **New Academy:** There will be a second course to test a business model for a POLKADOT DeFi academy.
- **DeFi Book:** A comprehensive book about DeFi will be created and shared with schools and communities.
- **Objectives:** The goals include providing free education, getting more Latin people involved, and promoting POLKADOT.
- **Project Leader:** MacZam, a qualified engineer with experience in finance, is leading the project.
- **Budget:** The project needs $15,000 to cover costs like making the book and running the courses.
- **Empowering Communities:** The aim is to make DeFi education available to everyone to help people in the region.

MacZam proposes to advance DeFi education in Latin America by offering free courses on Polkadot DeFi tools, testing a new business model for a Polkadot DeFi academy, and creating the first comprehensive DeFi book for Polkadot in the region. The budget allocated is $15,000 USD or 3,061 DOT, including book production costs. The proposal aims to increase Latin representation in the Polkadot ecosystem, promote Polkadot, and identify and foster Latin talent beyond existing networks.

PROPOSAL FOR ADVANCING DECENTRALIZED FINANCE EDUCATION IN LATIN AMERICA WITH THE POLKADOT ECOSYSTEM

Hello there! I'm BRA_16-D, an ambassador who makes content about Polkadot and parachains. I've been doing this since February 2022 and have made 150 videos. I also have a Telegram group to help people with their questions. I want to join Polkadot's governance for the first time.

I work with a friend named Isabel who helps translate my videos into Spanish. I'm asking for 4455 DOTS to make 52 more videos in the next 6-7 months. These will include:

- 21 news updates
- 8 interviews
- 6 tutorials
- 17 videos about Polkadot and using DOT/KSM in parachains

You can read more about my plan in the full proposal. I hope I can keep making helpful content for everyone!

WHO: Ambassador BRA_16-D
WHAT: Requesting funding of 4455 DOTS for 52 pieces of content over the next 6-7 months, including news, interviews, tutorials, and explanations about Polkadot technology and the use of DOT/KSM in parachains.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 4455 DOTS, 6-7 months.

BRA_16-D! Quality improvement of content for the Spanish Comunity by BRA_16-D

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

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**WHO:** OnFinality

**WHAT:** Requesting KSM 2,534.3895 (USD $62,110.28) for ongoing costs to run high performance, scalable, and reliable public infrastructure for Kusama and Statemine.

**TIMEFRAME:** Q2 2023

**RESOURCES:** See full proposal for breakdown of costings and more information.

- Juan Lago started a project called DaBlock to help people understand Polkadot technology.
- DaBlock has a team of SEO and content marketing experts who work on creating helpful content.
- The project aims to support Web3 communities and boost their visibility.
- They focus on making easy-to-read information about Polkadot and its uses.
- DaBlock plans to create helpful directories of projects and provide marketing support.
- Feedback from the community is important to improve their work.
- You can find more details through links shared in the proposal.

Juan Lago (LV) is proposing funding for the initial phase of DaBlock, a team of SEO and content marketing professionals creating and collaborating with initiatives in the Polkadot ecosystem. The proposal includes creating quality content, curated directories, and marketing and PR support for creators and Web3 communities. The complete proposal and website structure can be found in the links provided. The team is committed to a feedback-driven approach and remaining a leading force in the future Web3 landscape aligned with the philosophy of Polkadot.

Crafting a Users & Developers Onboarding Funnel

- A new proposal is being made to cancel Referendum 211.
- Referendum 211 wants to upgrade a system called the Polkadot relay chain.
- The cancellation is happening because there’s a mistake in Referendum 211.
- The mistake means that even if people vote for it, it won't work.
- This problem was found because a similar upgrade on another system called Kusama also failed.
- The cancellation does not hurt anyone’s previous votes or money.
- A new upgrade is being prepared for the Polkadot system.

WHO: Polkadot community.

WHAT: Cancel Referendum 211 proposing to upgrade Polkadot relay chain runtime to v1000000 due to an issue with the upgrade call.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Cancel Referendum 211 (runtime upgrade) due to bad call 

- Polkadot is planning a big project to get more developers in India.
- They want to reach 1 million developers by reaching out to students in 25 states.
- The project will include meetups, a certification program, and a big conference.
- They need about 82,140 DOT to make this happen.
- IBC Media has already helped connect with over 388,000 student developers.
- This program aims to create a strong developer community for Polkadot.
- Everyone is encouraged to support this initiative to grow Polkadot.

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IBC Media proposes a developer outreach program in India to cultivate the next generation of Polkadot developers. The program aims to reach 1,600,000 engineering students in 25 states in India and create the largest Polkadot developer community in India. The budget request is 82140.34 DOT. The proposal includes partnerships with the Central Government, Polkadot Lite Certification Program, meetups, and a government-led Polkadot Developer Conference. Funds are disbursed upon approval by both IBC Media and the Polkadot teams.

IBC x Largest Polkadot Developer Outreach Proposal

- 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

- The community is excited about a new proposal for the Polkadot Events Bounty.
- The Events Bounty started on August 12, 2022, and has supported over 100 events.
- Curators are looking to make the event review process better based on community feedback.
- The proposal suggests adding new curators to improve efficiency.
- Changes include increasing curators from 3 to 5 and adding 17 new community members.
- A new event type for 'event sponsorship' will be created.
- Better communication channels will be set up between curators and event organizers.

WHO: The Polkadot Events Bounty curators.

WHAT: Proposing an expansion of the Events Bounty curator set and updating the community on further improvements of the initial bounty proposal from 2022.

PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: Not specified.

Events Bounty V2 Curator Candidacy

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- Polkadot wants to be a sponsor at the Coindesk Consensus conference in Austin, Texas, which happened on April 26-28, 2023.
- They will have a big booth and support 15 teams that are part of their ecosystem.
- Polkadot will also take part in a hackathon called the "HackerEarth Web3athon" from April 17 to June 30.
- Seven teams will join Polkadot to show their projects and prizes at the event.
- Over 20,000 people from different professions, including Web3 creators and blockchain developers, attended the conference.
- By sponsoring, Polkadot can connect with new teams and help grow their community and technology.
- More details about the proposal can be found through a provided link.
- The proposal was posted here because the usual process for events is currently on hold.

Polkadot sponsored the Coindesk Consensus conference, held from April 26-28, 2023, in Austin, Texas, with a 20 x 40 booth, 15 participating ecosystem teams, branding on conference materials, and main sponsorship of the Coindesk anniversary event. The proposal also covers Polkadot’s participation in the Coindesk Consensus hackathon, called the “HackerEarth Web3athon,” which occurred between April 17th and June 30th, with seven ecosystem teams participating. Further information on the proposal can be found on the provided link.

Title: Polkadot @CoindeskConsensus 2023, April 26-28, 2023 in Austin, Texas

- Chainspect is a platform that analyzes blockchain data and wants to help Polkadot.
- They want money from the Polkadot treasury to add all 38 Polkadot parachains to their website.
- Chainspect will show important information, like how many transactions can happen in a second (called TPS).
- This information helps developers and investors decide where to build or invest.
- They have talked to some parachain teams, and they liked the idea.
- Chainspect has experience from a previous project that tracked TPS on Polkadot.
- Their previous project received good feedback from the Web3 Foundation.

Chainspect seeks Polkadot treasury funding to integrate all 38 Polkadot parachains into their blockchain analytics platform, providing users with essential metrics for informed decision-making. The proposal aims to lay the foundation for coverage of Polkadot networks in the Chainspect platform, with a limited scope to TPS and Max recorded TPS, following the guidelines from the Polkadot Treasury. The team has experience developing an open-source tool for measuring TPS across Polkadot parachains.

Enhance analytics solutions for Polkadot: Chainspect's Treasury Proposal

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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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