The proposal aims to cover the costs for further development of **Gossamer**: a Polkadot host written in Go - a framework to build and run nodes for different blockchain protocols compatible with the Polkadot ecosystem. The timeline of the proposal is 12 months, after the successful collaboration with the Web3 Foundation Grants Program on the initial steps of this development. 

The overall goal is for Gossamer is **to provide the functionality needed to bring true client diversity to the Polkadot ecosystem** Budget, milestones and overall roadmap can be found on [the post](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/motion/267). Please note that this is up for vote as an external motion: after/if the Council approves, this will be up for vote by the community. Make sure to review and vote at your convenience!

Original Treasury post: [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/168](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/168)

Original discussion post: [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1260](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1260)

Approve a proposal. At a later time, the proposal will be allocated to the beneficiary
and the original deposit will be returned.

May only be called from `T::ApproveOrigin`.

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- Complexity: O(1).
- DbReads: `Proposals`, `Approvals`
- DbWrite: `Approvals`
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- The proposal is about developing a program called Gossamer for the Polkadot ecosystem.
- Gossamer will help different blockchain protocols work together.
- The proposal will take 12 months to complete.
- The goal is to make sure Polkadot has different types of clients.
- People can vote on whether they want to support this proposal.

#77 External Motion: #168 Gossamer Ongoing Development Grant

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