This proposal is asking for money to pay for work done to help the Polkadot ecosystem from July 1 to November 1, 2024. The person did many things like talking to new teams, helping with events, and making a handbook for Polkadot. They want to be paid $45,000 for working about 25 hours each week during that time. They have done a lot of work to help Polkadot grow and hope that the people in charge see how important their work is. Some of the main things they did include making the Polkadot Handbook, talking to teams that left Polkadot, and helping with business development and community activities.

Retroactive Funding for Ecosystem Activities

dAppForge is an AI-powered plugin designed to help Polkadot developers build decentralized applications, appchains, and parachains more efficiently. The project has completed two of its four milestones, with the aim of reducing development time and making it easier for new developers to join the Polkadot ecosystem.

**Summary of Important Points:**
- A previous treasury proposal was submitted and completed.
- Milestone 2 of dAppForge V1 is now completed, with videos demonstrating the plugin's capabilities.
- The plugin is available on GitHub and can be used for code generation and autocompletion for substrate and ink!.
- The plugin provides insights into the code generated, helping developers understand substrate/ink! better and build faster.
- Two of the four milestones have been completed, with the remaining two focusing on fine-tuning the AI model, integrating Solidity, developing a monetization strategy, and creating a knowledge graph for Rust programming language.

**Overview:**
- Tagline: AI-powered plugin for Polkadot developers that reduces development time.
- Brief description: dAppForge aims to enable Polkadot developers to build better dApps, appchains, and parachains faster, lowering the entry barriers for new developers. The AI model is trained on Substrate and ink! and can be used for code generation and autocompletion.
- Motivation: Substrate and ink! can build great parachains, appchains, and dApps, attracting millions of users, which is crucial for the blockchain industry. dAppForge aims to empower existing developers and make it easier for new developers to join and build on Polkadot, including those familiar with Solidity.

dAppForge Milestone 3 

A problem occurred with a proposal called Ref. 1303, where a Relay Chain Proxy was set to receive AssetHub assets, making them inaccessible. To fix this, a new proposal is needed. The original proposal can be found [here](1303). The preimage was pulled before the confirmation period ended, and you can verify it [here](https://polkadot.subscan.io/extrinsic/0xec8ca6dbcfee1b25201b9e95b61e6eb890f7eee9d4f21aee060da7005d79c42c). Waiting for Pure Proxy Replication to solve this issue is not ideal, as it will take many months. Submitting a Root Ref to replicate the proxy was also considered, but it would take too long and tie up resources. Voting on this new proposal will help fix the payout issue approved in Ref. 1303.

Ratify Payout APPROVED by Ref. 1303 - The Kus

This proposal aims to create a collaborative strategy for Africa to increase awareness, adoption, and growth of Polkadot, a blockchain platform. The plan involves building a supportive community of agents representing Polkadot in Africa, with a focus on developers and content creators. The strategy includes educational sessions, community engagement, ecosystem representation, developer outreach, and encouraging the building of Polkadot native apps and integrations. The plan is divided into four phases: icebreaker events, Rust community activations, developer workshops, and community meetups. The team behind the proposal includes Bekka, Kratista0s, Sanchez, and Victor, who are also responsible for the Polkadot Africa X account. The requested amount for the project is $92,880, with the duration set from January to June 2025. The initiative will primarily focus on Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and Uganda, with a goal to eventually reach out to North and South African regions as well.

Treasury Proposal: Polkadot Africa Community Growth (West and East Africa regions) 

- A new proposal has been created to request funding in USDT.
- The money will be used to maintain a tool called substrate-api-client from January to June 2025.
- The substrate-api-client is a library that helps people connect to special nodes and works well with small devices.
- It is similar to another tool called Polkadot-js and allows developers to work with Polkadot and Kusama chains easily.
- This proposal is part of ongoing efforts to get funding for maintenance.
- The group is asking for $33,200 for the project.
- More information can be found in the full proposal linked in the content.

Maintenance for the substrate-api-client Jan-25 to Jun-25

Asset Decentralized Identifier Communication (AssetDIDcomm) is a project that aims to create a secure, encrypted, and decentralized data storage and messaging system for digital assets. It uses DID verifiable credentials to allow digital asset owners to store and retrieve encrypted data and messages throughout the asset's lifetime. The system will use the Kilt Protocol and Crust for digital identity and decentralized storage, respectively.

Xcavate, a foundational protocol built on Polkadot, focuses on tokenizing real estate assets for community investment and decentralized governance. They plan to launch their blockchain through Agile Core Time on Polkadot and have been accepted into the UK's FCA sandbox for regulatory compliance.

Traditionally, tokenizing real-world assets like real estate involves many third parties and can lead to issues such as data breaches, data manipulation, and lack of accountability. AssetDIDcomm aims to solve these problems by providing a decentralized and secure method for data storage and communication related to digital assets.

The project has gathered support and use cases from various members of the Polkadot ecosystem, including Archisinal, Aventus, and Mandala Chain. They believe that AssetDIDcomm can improve data security, transparency, and efficiency in various industries, including planning, construction, and government projects.

The main problems AssetDIDcomm aims to address are centralized storage, security and access, and data manipulation. By providing a decentralized solution, the project hopes to increase investor confidence, improve accountability, and reduce costs associated with data breaches and forensic investigations.

Creation of an AssetDIDcomm System with AssetDID Credential Verification

This page is about a request for funding to continue the development of ReactiveDOT and DOTConnect. ReactiveDOT is a library for React and Vue, and DOTConnect is a wallet connector UI library. The goal is to release their first stable versions. The plan includes incorporating community feedback, finalizing public APIs, achieving 65% test coverage, providing detailed documentation, creating tutorials, and releasing version 1. The funding request is for 67,600 USDC from December 2024 to March 2025, for 3 months, 65 workdays, and 520 hours of work.

ReactiveDOT: funding request for the first stable version

The Polkadot Virtual Machine (PVM) Debugger is a new tool designed to help developers work with PVM implementations. It has features like breakpoints, memory inspection, and can run programs on multiple PVM clients at the same time. This tool was made because there were no good tools for debugging PVM programs before. It can help find mistakes and make sure PVM programs work the same way on different clients.

The team who made the PVM Debugger, FluffyLabs.dev, is asking for money to help them keep working on the tool. They want to make it better and add more features. The PVM Debugger is already done and can be used by anyone for free. It is on a website called GitHub, where people can see the code and help improve it.

The team has a plan to make sure people use the PVM Debugger and give them feedback. They will talk to people on the internet and make changes to the tool based on what people say. They want to make sure the PVM Debugger stays helpful as Polkadot changes and grows.

Treasury Proposal: Retroactive Funding for PVM Debugger

EasyA is excited to announce the next phase of their collaboration with Polkadot, called #360DaysOfPolkadot. After a successful 2024, they plan to upgrade the in-app EasyA Polkadot course to Polkadot 2.0 and host two hackathons at Harvard University and in London. The timeline for this project is from November 2024 to April 2025, with a requested allocation of USD $392,500. The target metrics include 120,000 developers starting the crash course, 100,000 completing it, 600 in-person hackathon attendees, 100 hackathon projects, and over 10 million social media impressions. The proposal is available for review, and feedback from the community has been incorporated into the final proposal.

Milestone 1: EasyA x Polkadot: In-person hackathons and in-app Polkadot 2.0 crash course (#360DaysOfPolkadot)

We had a successful 2024 program and now we are moving to the next step, called Tranche 2. This will help people who learned in our classes and bootcamp to join a big event called the Polkadot Hackathon. There, they can use their new skills to work on cool projects and help make the Polkadot system better.

So far, we had over 350 people join our classes and bootcamp, and they learned a lot. We want to keep this going by having them join the Hackathon.

For Tranche 2, we need some money to help make the Hackathon happen. We are asking for $385,000, which will be given to us in three parts. We already got the first part in July, and we are waiting for the second part in November, and the last part in early 2025.

You can find more information about our plans in these documents:

- [Proposal for Tranche 2](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KP9f9Xjjcj1TN-p48dVkf2SHWq49zdeSSh5e8Omk-h4/edit?usp=sharing)
- [Original presentation](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Xfg_WM6BDqY2JRdYxaboqdGpebTzZYcTEWwRjG5-cuE/edit#slide=id.g2822edb8ffc_0_6)
- [Original proposal that was approved](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/703)

With Tranche 2, we will help people who finished our classes and bootcamp to join the Hackathon and use their new skills on real projects. This is important to help people grow and make the Polkadot system better.

Encode x Polkadot 2024: Tranche 1 update and discussion ahead of request for Tranche 2

Mimir 2.0 is an upgraded multisig product designed to improve asset management and governance within the Polkadot ecosystem. It offers features like 1/N multisig, batch transactions, staking, and proxy accounts, enhancing flexibility and security. Mimir has onboarded over 230 multisig accounts and served more than 1,400 addresses, supporting 22 networks, including those in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. The proposal requests 134,500 UDST for the development and optimization of Mimir 2.0, which aims to introduce new features and improve existing ones to support the growth of the Polkadot ecosystem.

[Retroactive]Treasury Proposal- Mimir 2.0 - Multisig Optimization And Proxy

The GM Future Polkadot Ambassador Fellowship is a new program with two main goals. First, it will create a group of 13 people called the Ambassador Fellowship Advisory Board. This group will help make decisions for token holders during a temporary time. Second, it will get 640,000 USDT to help the program for four months. The money will be used for important things and to test how the program works. 9 out of the 13 people in the Advisory Board will be in charge of the money. You can read more about the proposal by clicking on this link.

Polkadot Ambassador Fellowship: Initial Funding Request and Validation of the Advisory Board

OpenZeppelin has submitted a proposal to help develop secure parachains in the Polkadot ecosystem. They have made progress since their last approval, including launching an EVM Runtime Template for Solidity smart contracts, creating a developer guide for migrating contracts, and collaborating with R0gue to integrate Pop CLI. In this fourth phase, they are requesting funding for:

1. Creating "meta pallets" to simplify development and speed up time-to-market.
2. Making their templates compatible with Tanssi to improve the developer experience and launch time.
3. Improving zombienet-sdk for easier local chain testing.
4. Including support for Snowbridge, a bridge between Polkadot and Ethereum.
5. Developing guides for using meta pallets and new features.

OpenZeppelin aims to maintain transparency and welcome community feedback to strengthen the Polkadot network.

OpenZeppelin x Polkadot Ecosystem Growth Phase M4

Subcoin, a Bitcoin full node project, received a grant from Web3 Foundation to create a decentralized Bitcoin fast sync mechanism using the Polkadot SDK framework. However, they faced issues with Substrate's inability to import large states during state sync, leading to Out-of-Memory errors. This problem affects other Substrate-based projects as well. The main issues are:

1. Out-of-Memory issue when importing large states.
2. Lack of persistent state sync support.

To address these problems, a follow-up grant proposal was submitted to Web3 Foundation, but they recommended treasury funding instead. The goal is to improve Substrate's state sync capabilities by resolving the OOM issue and implementing persistent state sync, allowing Substrate-based projects to use advanced sync strategies regardless of chain state size. Some fast sync-related bugs have also been identified and fixed to improve Substrate's sync mechanisms.

Treasury Proposal: Funding for Enhancing Substrate Fast Sync for Large Chain States

Apillon is a leading Web3 development platform for Polkadot. They have proposed a new project called Milestone 3, which aims to improve the platform and make it more user-friendly. The project will take 8 months and needs 809,600 USDT. Here are some of the things they plan to do:

1. Add new services like POP Network, KWIL, CESS, and Prosopo.
2. Improve existing features like embedded wallets, IPNS, NFT Wizard, and Unique Network's token-creation functionalities.
3. Make templates for Polkadot projects to make them more visible.
4. Do a security audit after reaching a certain point in the project.

The goal of Milestone 3 is to make Web3 technology easier to use for developers and businesses. They want to make Polkadot parachains and Apillon's tools more accessible and useful. By doing this, they hope to help the Polkadot ecosystem grow and attract more users.

Apillon Milestone 3 Proposal: Core Integrations and Service Enhancements for Polkadot Ecosystem Growth

- A request for $4,533.88 is made to cover travel and stay costs for attending the WebSummit in Lisbon from November 11-14.
- The event is very big, with over 70,000 people and 3,000 startups attending.
- The meeting aims to see if Web2 companies want to use blockchain to solve their problems.
- Polkadot hopes to help these businesses with their needs.
- At the event, they found interest from 2 government organizations and 2 IT companies in working with Polkadot.
- The request is based on an earlier discussion from October 10.

Web Summit: Targeting Web2 companies to explore Polkadot's solutions to solve their problems. 

- ArtemisAnalytics is a trusted data provider used by big investors in crypto.
- They want to spend $200,000 to help build tools for Polkadot, a crypto project.
- The funds will be used to integrate Parachains into Artemis's products and create custom project pages.
- Sharing important data will help investors understand Polkadot better, especially with Polkadot 2.0 coming soon.
- This project aims to educate investors about the Polkadot ecosystem and its many parachains.
- The total integration process is estimated to take about 60 days, or 2.5 to 3 months.

Artemis Analytics proposes to spend $200k to integrate Polkadot Parachains into their product and build Custom Project Analytics pages for 10 parachains. This will help educate investors on important KPIs for the Polkadot ecosystem. The estimated integration timeline is 2.5-3 months.

Artemis Analytics Integration: Integrate Polkadot and Polkadot Ecosystem Data Into Artemis, The Most Used Crypto Analytics Platform by US Institutional Investors

KodaDot is a leading NFT marketplace on Polkadot Asset Hub that has successfully delivered over 40 generative art drops and processed nearly 9,000 NFT mints. They are seeking long-term maintenance funding to sustain their public infrastructure and expand their services. Their objectives include implementing secure peer-to-peer NFT trading through atomic swaps, enabling a flexible offer system for any NFT, and maintaining robust infrastructure. They propose three major developments: atomic swaps, an offers system, and infrastructure enhancement. The $280,000 budget is divided into five milestones, with clear deliverables and success metrics. This funding will help KodaDot continue to serve as a public good for the Polkadot ecosystem, maintaining and expanding essential NFT infrastructure that benefits the entire community.

Infrastructure Funding for Polkadot Asset Hub #3 - Atomic swaps, Offers, Maintenance

Talisman Wallet is a user-friendly, open-source wallet for the Polkadot ecosystem. It offers advanced portfolio management and account organization features, and supports transaction signing on Substrate and EVM blockchains. Talisman Portal is a web application that helps users discover and access Polkadot ecosystem activities easily. This proposal requests $690,600 USD for maintenance and new feature development from October 2023 to September 2024. Talisman has achieved 130,000 active installs and received over 8 million DOT in its nomination pools. The team has experience in crypto, finance, development, UI design, and product management. They aim to provide the easiest Polkadot experience for beginners and advanced users. Talisman has a history of executing treasury proposals and contributing to the Polkadot ecosystem. The proposal covers features in the wallet, portal, and chaindata. The team requests payment in USDT on Polkadot Asset Hub to focus on development rather than DOT price speculation.

Talisman requests $690,600 USDT on Polkadot Asset Hub for feature development, UX improvement, and QA testing for Talisman Wallet and Portal over Oct 2023 - Sep 2024. The proposal covers in-wallet staking, Ledger support, foreign assets support, cross-chain swaps, and ongoing UX/UI and performance improvements. All features have been released and integrated into Talisman's open-source wallet and web application.

Talisman Wallet and Portal Retroactive Funding

- A group in Mexico, including six people, is promoting Polkadot in Web3 communities.
- They are hosting events to connect with developers and tech fans.
- In 2024, they attended different tech events to grow the Polkadot community.
- They are asking for $12,000 to support their team's work and community growth.
- The money will be shared among the members for their efforts.
- They are dedicated to expanding Polkadot professionally and effectively in Mexico.

TIP for the activities made by the Polkadot Mexican Collective

A small spender request of 32,500 USDT has been made for a documentary on blockchain gaming, focusing on Polkadot's ecosystem. The goal is to educate non-crypto-native game developers about the benefits and challenges of blockchain gaming. The documentary is already completed and has been self-funded, including international flights, hotels, and other expenses. It targets gaming developers who are curious about blockchain but skeptical. The documentary is honest and accessible, featuring interviews with Polkadot native teams and other participants. If approved, the documentary will be promoted by Polkadot distribution partners such as Dot Play, Kusamarian, and Distractive. The documentary aims to provide objective information to indie developers as they begin their research on blockchain, helping them onboard to Polkadot without negative bias.

Publishing and promoting the documentary, “Blockchain Gaming,” by the Polkadot community.

- A proposal is asking for 50,000 USDT to help Polkadot work with the Florida Blockchain Business Association (FBBA) at a big level.
- The goal is to make Polkadot better known in the U.S. and connect with important people in business and government.
- Florida has a large population of about 22.95 million people and a strong economy.
- Florida is the third-largest state by population and the fourth largest economy in the U.S.
- The proposal is led by Angela Dalton and aims to learn from previous efforts to improve Polkadot's presence.
- There will be a discussion for two weeks where the community can give feedback before the final submission.
- A link to the draft proposal is available for everyone to read and review.

WHO: FBBA account 131S1zdnMfhF1hB4sWornxLvX5SY3c8GhtFPPePUTvhphQRM on behalf of Polkadot
WHAT: Requesting 50,000 USDT to sponsor Polkadot's involvement with the Florida Blockchain Business Association at the Enterprise level to enhance Polkadot's presence in the US, leveraging connections with blockchain policy advocates, businesses, and government officials to foster growth, improve regulatory engagement, and explore new integrations.
PRICE/TIMEFRAME/RESOURCES: 50,000 USDT, referendum submission after two weeks of pre-proposal discussion.

Florida Blockchain Business Association (FBBA) Sponsorship to Improve Polkadot’s Presence In the U.S.

Polkadot's social media management is decentralized, with contributions from ET90266, the Polkadot Social Media Editorial Board (EB), and Distractive. The EB has five members, and there is a proposal to fund their salary for a 6-month term. Each member would receive 2,500 USDT per month. The Web3 Foundation legally owns Polkadot's social media accounts and has entrusted ET90266 to manage them. The EB works with ET90266 and Distractive for content creation and brand alignment. The first EB had impressive growth in reach and engagement. The second EB was selected through an application and interview process, and its members have backgrounds in business development, content creation, social media, copywriting, marketing, and other Web3 areas. They aim to increase Polkadot's social media engagement and reach. The funds will be paid to a 4/6 multisig controlled by the 5 members and ET90266, and distributed in 3 tranches over 6 months. ET90266 will not be compensated from this proposal.

Continued Management of Polkadot’s 𝕏 Account

- A person wants to get recognized for their work on making Bounties information easier to find for everyone in the Polkadot community.
- They created a dashboard on Dune to help track Bounty data better.
- They also made a landing page and opened a profile on X for sharing updates and news.
- They believe OpenGov is the best way to reward their work since it helps the whole community.
- This isn't just marketing; it's about continuous improvement and transparency.
- They want to help newcomers learn about Bounties and avoid repeating ideas.
- They are asking for 1250 USDT to support their efforts.

Tip Request for Work Related to Bounties on Polkadot

### Subsquare Proposal Summary

- **Objective**: Retroactive funding for 12 months (2023.10.01 - 2024.09.30) of maintenance and feature development in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Infrastructure Costs**: Includes servers, domains, email services, IPFS, and OpenAI, totaling $1,845.1.
- **Maintenance**: Daily server monitoring, code refactoring, bug fixes, user support, and collaboration with other teams.
- **Development Highlights**:
  - **Referendum Enhancements**: Detailed statistics, vote status, call view improvements, and stable coin support.
  - **Track Status Page**: Visualization of referenda queues and their status.
  - **Preimages Management**: Features for creating, filtering, and managing preimages.
  - **Account and Profile Enhancements**: Deposit management, delegation status, and history tracking.
  - **Treasury and Asset Support**: Features for managing treasury spends and assets.
  - **Bounty Enhancements**: Features for curators, child bounties, and claiming bounties.
- **Development Cost**: Estimated at $338,400 for 3,760 hours of work.
- **Total Cost**: $469,845.1, including infrastructure, maintenance, and development.
- **User Statistics**: Approximately 175K monthly unique visitors and 10K daily unique visitors.
- **Future Plans**: Expanding features like identity management, discussion data decentralization, and research on quadratic funding.

WHO: Subsquare

WHAT: Seeks retroactive funding for the past 12 months maintenance and common features development for the Polkadot ecosystem, including server deployment maintenance, codebase maintenance, and enhancements to referendum detail page, referenda track status page, new referenda and templates, preimages management, account and profile page, treasury spends and multi-assets treasury support, asset hub basic features, and bounty enhancement.

PRICE: $469,845.1

TIMEFRAME: 12 months (2023.10.01 - 2024.09.30)

RESOURCES: 15 FTE equivalent work per month.

Treasury Spends