**Introduction**

Polkadot hubs are community-operated spaces, where people who share their interest in the ecosystem meet and work together, learn from each other and organize events. Our research in Q1 2023 proves the interest of 10+ locations all over the world, that are interested in running permanent spaces of this kind (**similar to hackerspaces**).

We are proposing the next steps for this project and based on the **already established physical hub** in Indonesia's Denpasar region. We aim to share our knowledge on how we kickstarted the community, initiate the hub and convinced the local government to choose Substrate as their blockchain technology. Even local universities want to introduce Substrate in their curriculum from next year. **All content is to be dedicated to Polkadot.**

We hope you will appreciate our half year efforts, starting the community and the first physical hub in APAC region. **Our goal is to create a know-how on how to start and run such a hub.**

**Budget**

Based on community feedback, we have updated our budget details and extended the period until the end of the year.
**We support the becoming of all new hubs until the end of the year and our hourly rate is under $21**

**Achievements so far:**

- Head Ambassador Six and Ambassador Gabo secured the location in Denpasar, DNA Creative building, until the end of the year, with zero cost rent and utility for Polkadot.
- Establishment of the hub in Denpasar, called "Polkadot Sanctuary"
- Denpasar initial research is done and community growth is kickstarted. We have 130+ members already in the community.
- Convinced Denpasar government to choose Substrate as their blockchain technology.
- Got request from the collective of 14 universities in Denpasar, to provide blockchain education material, focusing on Polkadot and Substrate.

We already discussed this topic during the last 6 months in many events and started the public Polkassembly discussion as well: [Polkadot Hubs - Initiative case-study](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1774)

**Intro video**

We created a video about the story:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTjL1weAShs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTjL1weAShs)

**Teams and locations that filled our research form, interested in becoming physical Polkadot hubs:**

- SubWork in Bled, by KodaDOT
- Vietnam, by Polkadot Ambassadors
- Ljubljana, by Apillon
- Budapest, by Mosaic/DLabs
- Berlin, by Parity Technologies
- Dubai, by CCTF

Notably, the Spanish "Polkadot Hub" already exists in a hybrid form.

**Details**

Proponent: 123LuJKS65HaBbLSdDS46ByeC7bvQwA1iUhTpmjigQAfUKpK

Requested DOT allocation: 7915 DOT

Proposal updated on: 27.06.2023

For details (the plan, milestones, deliveries, marketing, success metrics, research data, etc.), please refer to the detailed proposal document:
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NjOVn_id2Wy9BcSMBlieKZMVKukRQS_Tmi1SKMJwDSc/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NjOVn_id2Wy9BcSMBlieKZMVKukRQS_Tmi1SKMJwDSc/edit?usp=sharing)

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 Summary:

1. Proposed plan to create a know-how on how to start and run a Polkadot hub community around the world based on a successful initiative in Indonesia. 
2. Budget to support new hubs until the end of the year with a rate of under $21 per hour. 
3. Achievements so far include the establishment of a physical hub in Denpasar, approval from local government to chose Substrate as their blockchain technology, as well as support from 14 universities in the region for Polkadot education. 
4. Teams and locations interested in becoming physical Polkadot hubs include SubWork in Bled, Vietnam, Ljubljana, Budapest, Berlin, and Dubai. 
5. Requested allocation is 7915 DOT. 
6. Proposal document included for more details.

#46 Polkadot Hubs - Initiative case-study, education and support for future hubs (12 months period)

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