Without a fairly deep and expert-led look at the website/whitepaper/code, it is difficult to distinguish between good and bad players in the ecosystem. I’d like to explore the idea of the **Kusama** and **Polkadot** councils agreeing on a pact as sovereign entities, to **discourage bridging to rival Polkadot-style relay-chains**. This initiative is based on the principle of **_the least number of relay chains_** (link below): a first step aiming to judge new potential relay chains connecting to the overall ecosystem.

The Polkadot and the Kusama Councils **should aim to align efforts in protecting our community and, as representatives of passive stakeholders, make a pact outlining specific actions encouraging community members to support these initiatives**.

In this spirit, the document below frames actionable items related to this goal. This post is open for feedback by the Council and community in general. Please note [**_the principle of least number of relay chains_**](https://gist.github.com/sorpaas/d64a0ff2529058416ce6e223f32d3b1b), originally thought by Wei Tang, is useful to encourage a minimum number of relay chains in the ecosystem and to not spend resources to unnecessarily create new ones. After defining the principle, further points in the document try to define actionable items based on this. The pact is meant as a framework for action against relay chain projects that are not deem necessary at current network conditions: If additional infrastructure is not needed, but existing infrastructure can be used without drawbacks then we should keep using the existing infrastructure, and If something can be connected to an existing relay chain, then we should connect to it instead of creating a new relay chain.

This agreement has the ultimate goal of avoiding using resources from Polkadot and Kusama to develop these chains and providing any type of information to the community about proposals or teams whose roadmap includes this goal, as well as discouraging bridging to these. 

The document can be found [HERE](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1il54_VL1dAHN78t9Dl3qeU3atHmBOpku_dqhJReDClo/edit?usp=sharing).


1. The proposal discusses the “least number of relay chains” principle, meant to judge new potential relay chains connecting to the overall ecosystem. 
2. The Polkadot and Kusama Councils should make a pact outlining specific actions to encourage active and passive stakeholders to support this initiative. 
3. This pact should also outline actionable items to encourage using existing infrastructure instead of unnecessarily creating new ones. 
4. The goal is to avoid using resources from Polkadot and Kusama to develop these chains and discourage bridging to rivals. 
5. A document has been created, which can be found [HERE](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1il54_VL1dAHN78t9Dl3qeU3atHmBOpku_dqhJReDClo/edit?usp=sharing).

#402 Polkadot Alliance Pact: Protecting the Integrity of Our Relay Chains and Parachain Communities