- Messari wants to keep working with Polkadot by providing research and new governance studies.
- Their team has grown to over 150 people after getting more money for their projects.
- They have improved their research by creating special reports every quarter.
- Messari has also signed deals with big companies like Bloomberg and S&P Global to share their reports.
- They suggest continuing their reports and adding a special study about governance.
- The total cost for this project is $190,000, which will be paid in DOT cryptocurrency.

Awarded

Continuation of work through Messari Protocol Services

- Smoldot is a special program for using the Polkadot network.
- It uses less computer power, memory, and internet data.
- Smoldot can work within a webpage, letting people connect easily.
- It helps create a blockchain that is decentralized, meaning it's not controlled by one person.
- The creator, Tomaka, is asking for money to keep smoldot running and to make it better.
- He wants feedback on this proposal before asking for funds.

Treasury proposal: smoldot development financing

- Jörg Oechssler is a professor at the University of Heidelberg in Germany.
- He studies experimental economics and is interested in auction theory.
- He was contacted by researchers to study a special auction used by Polkadot for parachain slots.
- Not much research has been done on this auction format, so he is conducting a laboratory experiment.
- The experiment will involve university students, who will be paid for their participation.
- He is requesting 5720 EUR to pay the students and cover some fees, with no money going to him or his team.
- The goal is to publish the findings in a scientific journal.

Experimental Analysis of the Candle Auction for Academic Research

- Tribe/AngelHack is asking for $302,000 to help with their project.
- They want to use this money to hold hackathons in Europe and Asia-Pacific (APAC) in 2023.
- This project is part of the Polkadot Hackathon series, which has happened before in different places.
- The goal is to help more people learn about Web3 and connect with each other.
- The first hackathon in Europe will be from January 25 to February 17, 2023.
- There will also be a social event in Paris on March 22, 2023.
- The APAC hackathon will take place from June 21 to July 14, 2023, with another event in Seoul on August 9, 2023.

Treasury Proposal: Polkadot Hackathon Global Series 2023

- This document is about a proposal to get money back for work done on a project.
- The project was about making a listing platform for liquidity pools and yield farms, which started on September 26, 2022.
- The work finished on December 20, 2022, and a report was shared on January 2, 2023.
- There are detailed reports and budget breakdowns available to see how money was spent.
- The total cost for two milestones of work was $58,000.
- The proposal asks for payment based on a specific price of the currency used, called Dot.
- The amount requested is about 10,469.314 DOT based on the Dot price on January 16, 2023.

YieldBay Payment Proposal: Milestones 2 and 3 reimbursement for Motion #262

- Blockchain Training Alliance (BTA) offers a course for learning about Polkadot.
- The course helps developers from Web2 understand how to build on Polkadot.
- Students will learn about Polkadot's governance, treasury, and coding through hands-on labs.
- Key technologies in the course include Polkadotjs, Substrate, Rust, and others.
- This course is great for improving blockchain skills or creating solutions that connect different blockchains.
- More information about the course can be found on the BTA website.

Substrate Training Course and Certification

Unit Masters is a 6-week free program that teaches the basics of Blockchain. It helps people understand Blockchain technology deeply and gets them ready for the new economy. The program is for everyone, no matter where they are from or what they do. It follows the United Nations' goals to make the world better and helps people use their new skills to create good jobs and opportunities in their communities.

Unit Masters Proposal - Onboarding people to web3 and the Polkadot ecosystem through education

- Snowbridge is a bridge that helps connect the Polkadot and Ethereum networks.
- The proposal is asking for $2,448,000 to support Snowbridge for 28 months.
- This funding will help the team launch their bridge on Polkadot and Kusama.
- Snowbridge aims to make sure transfers between these networks are safe and reliable.
- The team has been working on Snowbridge for over two years.
- They plan to launch the bridge by applying new updates and improvements.
- The proposal includes plans for future development and security checks.

Snowbridge Funding Proposal

### Uptest Funding Proposal

- **Beneficiary**: Rust Syndicate LLC
- **Date**: 31.10.2022
- **Requested DOT**: 9254 DOT ($60000)
- **Contact**: Filip Kalebo (blockchain@firosolutions.com)
- **Purpose**: Develop Uptest, a tool for testing Pallet functionality before and after runtime upgrades in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Background**: Previous work involved upgrading a 16-month old forked Substrate chain, highlighting the need for better testing tools.
- **Problem**: Current tools are insufficient for comprehensive testing of runtime upgrades and storage migrations.
- **Solution**: Uptest aims to simplify the process of writing tests, performing runtime upgrades, and verifying storage migrations, providing detailed test results.

Treasury Proposal by Rust Syndicate: Uptest funding proposal

Rejected

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### OpenSquare Proposal Summary

**Beneficiary:** OpenSquare (12sNU8BXivMj1xQmcd4T39ugCyHjmhir8jkPqfAw5ZDESrx4)  
**Date:** 01/11/2023  
**Requested Allocation:** $161,920 (33,860 DOT)

**Key Points:**

1. **Subsquare Delivered Features:**
   - **OpenGov Support:** Added features for referenda and fellowship, including voting, delegation, and visualization.
   - **Other Features:** Improved login, proxy account support, and democracy delegation.

2. **Subsquare New Features Plan:**
   - **OpenGov Curve Chart:** Visual aids for understanding referendum thresholds.
   - **Treasury Workflow through OpenGov:** Refactoring to support new treasury processes.
   - **Enhanced Voting and Delegation:** Support for split/abstain votes and fellowship voting.
   - **Notifications and User Profiles:** Email notifications and enhanced user activity tracking.
   - **Delegation Enhancement:** Improved delegation management features.
   - **Calendar and Shortcuts:** Governance event calendar and `cmd+k` shortcut for navigation.
   - **Discussion Post Enhancements:** Labels and proposal linking.
   - **Statistical Summary Panel:** Overview of active proposals.
   - **Unfinalized Proposals View:** Improved handling of unfinalized proposals.
   - **Off-chain Discussion Decentralization:** Plan to decentralize governance discussion data.

3. **Dotreasury OpenGov Support:**
   - **Treasury Applications through OpenGov:** Display and filter treasury proposals, and integrate OpenGov timelines.

4. **Budget:**
   - **Total Estimated Hours:** 2008 hours  
   - **Total Cost:** $161,920

5. **Community Engagement:**
   - **User Growth:** Indicators show increasing user numbers.
   - **Roadmap:** Short-term focus on proposed features, long-term on decentralization and statistics.

Treasury proposal for subsquare/dotreasury new delivered features and development plans

### Polkadot Treasury Proposal Summary

- **Term**: 1 October 2022 - 31 December 2022
- **Purpose**: Extends the maintenance and support contract for the Polkadot Ecosystem.
- **Organization**: Polkascan Foundation, a non-profit that maintains Python libraries for the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Impact**: 176 GitHub repositories currently depend on these libraries.
- **Reports**: Detailed activity reports are available for previous months and quarters.
- **Social Contract**: The maintenance and support are governed by a social contract mechanism.
- **Business Plan**: A detailed business plan is available for further reference.
- **Support**: The team is available to answer questions from the Polkadot Council.

Continuation of Maintenance & Support for Python Libraries

- Dot.alert() is a guide for keeping assets safe in the Polkadot system.
- They want to get 5,705 DOT, worth about $25,712.
- This funding is for their work in the first part of 2023.
- Dot.alert() has made a deal with the Polkadot Treasury for support in the past.
- They have a plan with specific goals and tasks for their work.
- More details and discussions about their funding request can be found online.

Treasury proposal: Dot.alert() operational costs - Q1 2023

- Open Runtime Module Library (ORML) was created by the Acala team in late 2019.
- ORML helps to solve problems and create useful features for developers.
- It is made to be shared with developers in the Polkadot and Kusama communities.
- By late 2022, many teams started using and contributing to ORML.
- Acala is the biggest contributor to ORML's development and upkeep.
- There is a proposal for payment to support ORML from January to October 2022.
- Community members can review the proposal and ask questions.
- People are encouraged to share how ORML helps their projects.

ORML development and maintenance

- IBC Media is working with the Polkadot community to help students learn about coding and technology.
- They have completed the first part of their project and are now starting the second part.
- IBC Media is creating training programs for student developers in India, including bootcamps and hackathons.
- Over 20,000 students are already involved, with many attending sessions and sharing ideas.
- They held a successful event in Hyderabad with 300 students getting hands-on training.
- The programs will include a yearly conference with important leaders from the government and industry.
- IBC Media plans to expand to more states in India, starting with Andhra Pradesh.

Milestone 2 Proposal: International Blockchain Congress 2022-23 by IBC Media

- Nova Wallet is a mobile app for Polkadot and Kusama that helps users with digital currencies.
- The latest proposal aims to improve the app by adding new features like Agile Delegations and better Staking.
- These updates are based on what the community has asked for.
- Nova Wallet supports many networks and allows users to manage their digital assets easily.
- The team plans to share updates every 1 to 4 weeks and have public demos every 2 weeks.
- The app is designed to be user-friendly and secure while being open source.
- Their goal is to keep improving Nova Wallet for everyone who uses it.

Nova Wallet 3rd Proposal: OpenGov Agile delegations, Staking improvements, Community requested features

- This proposal is about an open-source toolset for displaying blockchain data.
- The toolset includes three parts: Editor, Parser, and Management Tools.
- Users can create and manage data widgets easily, even without coding skills.
- It supports many data sources like HTTP API and GraphQL.
- The toolset can help make user-friendly data displays for web projects.
- In the future, there will be free online services based on this toolset.
- The total budget for this project is $201,600, which will be converted into DOT.

Subscan - Data Dashboard Customization Toolset

- The proposal is for a project called Kampela, which will design a special device for the dotsama ecosystem.
- Kampela looks like a credit card and has an e-paper screen, making it easy to carry and use.
- It is a signing tool, not a wallet, meaning it can't track money or make transactions on its own.
- The device will use a type of secure technology to keep private keys safe.
- Kampela will cost less than €100, which is cheaper than some other similar devices.
- The project aims to make it easier and safer for users to sign transactions using their phones.
- This proposal covers early development work but not the actual making of the device yet.

Hardware signer and key storage Kampela: Milestones 3&4

- RadiumBlock helps build Web3 services for DotSama.
- They started their service at the end of March 2022.
- Their main job is to provide fast and reliable internet connections.
- This proposal is to pay for the services they offer from July to September 2022.
- They make sure their services work well all over the world.
- You can read more about their proposal in a detailed document.

RadiumBlock Public Endpoint Service for Polkadot (Q3 2022)

- AngelHack is asking for $165,897.49 to help pay for prizes from a hackathon.
- The hackathon took place from May 30, 2022, until July 11, 2022.
- They originally wanted $297,000 to support the prize pool for the hackathon.
- The money for prizes has already been given to the winning teams.
- AngelHack used its own money to cover the difference in costs.
- They are now asking for the remaining amount they need to get back.
- You can find more information in their full proposal linked in the text.

Polkadot Hackathon: North America prize pool bridging the gap for total amount

- OneBlock wants money to help run the 2022 Polkadot Winter Hackathon in China.
- They have organized successful Polkadot Hackathons before in 2021 and 2022.
- The hackathon helps teach developers about Substrate, which is a tool for building programs.
- They want to turn learners into builders by encouraging them to create projects.
- The previous hackathons received positive feedback from developers.
- OneBlock believes the winter hackathon is important for promoting Substrate in China. 
- They are asking for financial support to make this event happen.

OneBlock The 2022 Polkadot Winter Hackathon proposal

- DotLeap is starting its third year and has shared 104 weekly editions.
- Bruno Škorvc is increasingly handing day-to-day tasks to gbaci, a professional content writer.
- DotLeap's yearly costs are over $50,000, requiring more funding sources besides personal donations.
- The goal is to keep growing the community and help new participants join easily.
- They have submitted a proposal for funding and are getting positive feedback.
- People are encouraged to participate in discussions about the proposal.
- Thanks were given to the community for two years of DotLeap's success!

Pro- and Retroactive Funding for Continuous Production of DotLeap Newsletter

- Pinknode is a service that helps people use the Polkadot network by providing tools and support.
- They started giving free services in 2021 to make it easier for developers to build on Polkadot.
- Pinknode helps with three main areas: Polkadot, Statemint, and Westend.
- They have many users, with millions of requests to their services every day.
- Pinknode made improvements over three quarters, like adding new tools and fixing problems.
- They had a very high reliability rate in Q3 2022, with only one major issue.
- Pinknode aims to keep getting better at providing these services for everyone.

Pinknode Public Infrastructure for Q1,Q2,Q3 2022

- The Gossamer Development Grant is a proposal to help ChainSafe Systems improve its software called Gossamer, which works with the Polkadot blockchain.
- ChainSafe, a company started in Toronto in 2017, has a team of around 100 people and focuses on building technology for various blockchain systems.
- They want $1,998,117.60 to continue Gossamer's development for another year and make it better for users.
- Gossamer helps create blockchain nodes that can connect and communicate with networks like Polkadot and Kusama.
- The proposal includes goals like creating a full-node client, improving how transactions are managed, and supporting new programming languages.
- They plan to hire more engineers and enhance Gossamer's performance to make it more appealing to the community.
- The Web3 Foundation will assist in checking the work done by ChainSafe.

Treasury Proposals