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)

Schedule the currently externally-proposed majority-carries referendum to be tabled
immediately. If there is no externally-proposed referendum currently, or if there is one
but it is not a majority-carries referendum then it fails.

The dispatch of this call must be `FastTrackOrigin`.

- `proposal_hash`: The hash of the current external proposal.
- `voting_period`: The period that is allowed for voting on this proposal.
	Must be always greater than zero.
	For `FastTrackOrigin` must be equal or greater than `FastTrackVotingPeriod`.
- `delay`: The number of block after voting has ended in approval and this should be
  enacted. This doesn't have a minimum amount.

Emits `Started`.

Weight: `O(1)`

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`.

# <weight>
- Complexity: O(1).
- DbReads: `Proposals`, `Approvals`
- DbWrite: `Approvals`
# </weight>

- The proposal is about developing a program called Gossamer for the Polkadot ecosystem.
- Gossamer is written in Go and helps build and run nodes for different blockchain protocols.
- The proposal will cover the costs for developing Gossamer for 12 months.
- The goal is to bring diversity to the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The community will vote on whether to approve the proposal.

#58 External Motion: #168 Gossamer Ongoing Development Grant