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#1519 [Big Tipper] Referendum #1519
Previously set up the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npnbqnlQtoQInterview that was used as community/ecosystem IP and gained significant traction towards the latter half of 2024.Following up on this, and tapping into my network, I organised Gavins first podcast on https://blockworks.co/, one of the largest crypto data, news and insights platforms in the market with a huge US presence. This podcast was today released on the Blockworks, EMPIRE podcast cohosted by both Yano , the cofounder of Blockworks, and Santiago R Santos, prominent investor in the space and founder of Inversion Capital. Please find the link to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=girZNw51Ro4. This is a tip proposal request for the work that has been done and executed since September 2024 for both initiatives.
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Dear Proposer,
Thank you for your proposal. Our first vote on this proposal is AYE.
The Big Tipper track requires 35% participation and simple majority of non-abstain voters according to our voting policy. This proposal has received four aye and zero nay votes from ten members. Below is a summary of our members' comments:
The voters expressed strong support for the referendum, unanimously casting their votes in favor. They praised the quality of the interviews, particularly highlighting one featuring Gavin, and emphasized the importance of amplifying his voice. Additionally, there was a consensus that the budget was acceptable, further solidifying their approval. Overall, the comments reflected enthusiasm for more such interviews in the future, indicating a desire for continued engagement and dialogue.
The full discussion can be found in our internal voting.
Kind regards,
Permanence DAO
@13znFMMjHyM2UvSewvaKMC2bLUcySRMzcM8BAMTzm1G2P5ju many thanks for the thorough feedback and transparency — appreciate the support.
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We’re stepping back from this proposal.
Over the past few months, we shared parts of our roadmap with many people across the ecosystem. In those conversations, the idea of issuing usernames was occasionally mentioned and, at no point, did anyone raise a concern about it, or about the possibility of multiple authorities being an issue.
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Proponents:
WinterStamp: HnvBKihg27L2n6ijV1hfvYQDESrd9kwnBB7KjSt5boR8iUL
Authority: HurhThD66KBUf2zcE9Zhx46sCqNJXviKhWAct95rBCkPuix (PolkaIdentity)
DOT requested: NONE
If you haven't followed PolkaIdentity progress so far, take a look at:
https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkaidentity-a-friendly-on-chain-identity-service/9702
Inspired by the first username authority proposal made by Parity at https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1177 seeking to provide .DOT usernames through their new upcoming Polkadot mobile application, this proposal aims to make PolkaIdentity also an username authority.
We believe that PolkaIdentity has already demonstrated its success by being the first fully automated platform focused exclusively on identities at People Chain.
With that expertise, we believe we can accelerate the adoption of the usernames through the Polkadot ecosystem, allowing users to register their username and providing the necessary tools and clients for other services like mobile wallets and dApps can start using this feature.
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vexc3tb_h0AklF_ymefvkDRHN6O0Hh0TwV1N6R5esJY
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WinterStamp (Leonardo Custodio)
An accomplished software engineer with ten years of experience, joined the Polkadot ecosystem four years ago. He has recently graduated from the Polkadot Development Program offered by Sunset Labs and PUCPR in 2024 and has also graduated at the Polkadot Blockchain Academy, Wave 6. His active involvement includes participation in the 1KV Program and both cohorts of Decentralized Nodes.
Leonardo is the creator of Polkadart https://polkadart.dev a library designed to simplify the development of hybrid applications using Flutter for Polkadot. His leadership has resulted in over six grants delivered to the Web3 Foundation, promoting easier access for developers.
Additionally, he founded PolkaIdentity https://polkaidentity.com in Q3 2024, focused on enhancing trust within the Polkadot ecosystem through reliable identity solutions. Leonardo's dedication and contributions to the Polkadot community highlight his passion for advancing blockchain innovation.
Jay Stormy (João Pedro Novochadlo)
João is currently the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at DUX/Decentral, a fintech company focused on financial solutions for the creator economy. While rooted in Web2, the company explores Web3-native infrastructure and has received multiple grants—including from the Moonbeam parachain—for its on-chain innovations.
Previously, João was Project Manager for Innovation and Artificial Intelligence at the Secretariat of Economic Development of Curitiba (Brazil), where he led city-level strategies around AI, digital identity, and open innovation.
He also served as Head of Marketing at Socios.com (Chiliz) in Brazil, where he played a key role in expanding the platform’s presence across Latin America.
João is a multi-awarded innovator, with his most recent recognition being the Future Maker award at the 2024 BRICS Solutions Awards, where he represented Brazil among over 1,300 global applicants.
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Proponent: Subsquid Lab Official - 13bfKSQXoBn3AMLtZaW6BKv797fqZzsD3PYF6xpJDir3tdoE Beneficiary: Subsquid Lab Official - 13bfKSQXoBn3AMLtZaW6BKv797fqZzsD3PYF6xpJDir3tdoE
Contact Details: Subsquid Labs GmbH 6300 Zug, Switzerland mf@subsquid.io
Short description: Ongoing development and maintenance costs for public SQD Archives
Archive raw data: Archive Infrastructure Metrics - July, August, September
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Previous proposals: https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1447
Motivation
A) Archives
Archives are an important piece of Polkadot and Kusama data infrastructure provided by SQD (formerly Subsquid). They provide access to on-chain data for public chains in the Polkadot ecosystem. They are being used as a data source for Squids and for efficient data exploration and ad-hoc queries. The Archives, as performant data sources of historical on-chain data, are critical to the operation of backend APIs run by major projects in the Polkadot ecosystem.
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- Talisman Wallet
- Polimec
- Polkassembly
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- Hydration
- Giant Squid API (maintained by LimeChain)
- SubWallet
- FiDi
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- asset-hub-kusama
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- bridge-hub-polkadot
- collectives-polkadot
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- westend
B) Contribution
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- Updated squid templates to the new data decoder interface.
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Increase in Archival Data Demand and Infrastructure Scaling
During Q3’24, archival data demand increased approximately 3.6 times, from 3,265 GiB in Q2 to 11,713 GiB in Q3. We addressed the increasing demand for archival data by enhancing our infrastructure's throughput and redundancy through deploying archives to OVHCloud in addition to GCE, while also empowering our maintenance and engineering teams to support the expanded infrastructure effectively.
Decentralization of the SQD Network Enhancing the Polkadot Ecosystem:
In Q3’24, we continued to empower the SQD Network, driving forward our mission to strengthen the Polkadot ecosystem’s decentralization and resilience. By the end of the quarter, the SQD network had grown to include 1139 active Worker Nodes, securely storing 574TB of data and serving approximately 11TB of data per day. This expanding decentralized infrastructure enhances data processing and storage capabilities, delivering increased security, fault tolerance, and scalability for the Polkadot network.
Statistics and data
Over the course of Q3 2024:
- Served a total of 12,576,410,498,732 (~11.44 TiB) of data from the substrate based archives.
- Served 979,736 archive requests from substrate based archives.
- The highest daily total data transfer recorded for Substrate was 375.57 GiB within a single 24-hour period (2024-09-19).
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This proposal encompasses the combined costs for running Archives for Polkadot, Kusama, and other public chains, along with the development contributions, amounting to a total of $310,592.98.
Raw data for Archives can be seen here.
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