Hey, everyone!

As many of you are aware based on several social media posts, I was tapped by Chris Wade to help represent the Polkadot ecosystem at the University of Miami's 3rd annual "The Business of Blockchain Technology" Conference across three days. Here's where I spoke on a panel about tokenization (still can't upload pics):

https://x.com/ThePhunky1/status/1928563407977881687

UPDATE: Video of me discussing W3F's role in helping educate the SEC about Polkadot

While I am grateful to the Events Bounty for covering my flight and my hotel costs, I have not been compensated for my time or other costs that were incurred by representing Polkadot (e.g. Uber rides to and from the airport). Moreover, considering this was not previously negotiated with the EB and they do not pay retroactively, I am hoping the community will agree that my time is valuable and that I worthy of compensation as an ad hoc / de facto part-time Polkadot Ambassador.

In my part time role with Ardent through my small business blockACE, I charge $100 per hour for my time. Although I spent well over 20 hours as a representative from our ecosystem, I am only asking to be paid for the time I directly interfaced with University of Miami staff or conference attendees. This included 5 hours during Thursday's campus tour, followed by a full 8 hour day for the first day of the conference, and a half day on Saturday.

I respectfully request $1500 (Polkadot gets the friends and family discount) for my time.

Gratefully,

Ryan / Phunky

Additional coverage of the event:

Mid-campus tour:
https://x.com/ThePhunky1/status/1928114833662103952

Video review at EOD:
https://x.com/ThePhunky1/status/1928164341141983337

Video at the outset of Day 1:
https://x.com/ThePhunky1/status/1928436787682136281