Superseded by [Referendum 207](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/207). We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience we may have caused!

Context: The requested amount for this referendum is 100 times higher than desired. Thanks to Coinstudio for pointing this out so quickly. Since the preimage asked for more than 24 Million DOT, users can ignore this referendum as it would never be executed on chain due to exceeding the `MediumSpender` track limit of 100k DOT.

Please vote on and provide feedback for Referendum 207 instead, thank you!

**Proponent:** 12wWLUd5qMzLFGqBsMnHLVFeTuYJwuo5ygMAxuSywrBX1XSF

**Date:** 20.10.2023

**Requested DOT:** $90,750 ~ DOT  24,474.149 ([EMA7](https://polkadot.subscan.io/tools/price_converter?value=90750&type=time&from=USD&to=DOT&time=1697781600))

**Contact:** Cosmin Damian (cosmin@k-f.co)

**Full proposal doc:**: https://centrifuge.hackmd.io/IR9EEugGTK-CsdTCeR8puQ
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The previous [Maintenance Grant](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/motion/12) expired in August 2021. This grant is applying for maintenance retroactively since then, as well as future maintenance until the end of 2023.

Continuous maintenance is required because changes in the Polkadot SDK (Substrate) require regular upgrades of the [GSRPC](https://github.com/centrifuge/go-substrate-rpc-client/) library.

Currently, the repository is used by more than **500** Github [Go Modules](https://github.com/search?q=go-substrate-rpc-client+language%3A%22Go+Module%22&type=code&p=2&l=Go+Module) such as: *Snowbridge*, *Cosmos*, *Chainsafe*, *Chainlink* and *Bifrost* among others.

These users require regular support as well as fixes to the library. Centrifuge has been providing this support at no cost since September 2021, since the previous grant expired.

- Since project inception we have merged [197 PRs](https://github.com/centrifuge/go-substrate-rpc-client/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed)
- And closed [103 issues](https://github.com/centrifuge/go-substrate-rpc-client/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed)

**Maintenance Responsibilities**

k-f as one of the main contributors to GSRPC has been committed to:
- Maintain project's documentation
- Be diligent on answering issues and engage in discussions
- Fix reported bugs
- Review Pull Requests and guide developers on understanding the code promoting community involvement.
 
**Main issues we have fixed:**
- Keep up to date with new Substrate/Polkadot/Cumulus core types used when interacting with a Substrate chain. Please note that this does not include support for new metadata versions. Given the unknown amount of work required for such a task, we plan on tackling those separately, in a following grant.

Go-Substrate-Rpc-Client - Retroactive Maintenance Grant (Sept 2021 to Dec 2023)

Propose and approve a spend of treasury funds.

- `origin`: Must be `SpendOrigin` with the `Success` value being at least `amount`.
- `amount`: The amount to be transferred from the treasury to the `beneficiary`.
- `beneficiary`: The destination account for the transfer.

NOTE: For record-keeping purposes, the proposer is deemed to be equivalent to the
beneficiary.

Referendum 207 is replacing the previous referendum because the requested amount was too high. Users should ignore the previous referendum and vote on Referendum 207 instead.

#206 Please ignore or disapprove!

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