This last quarter was huge for Polkadot and OnFinality, the demand for their services was unprecedented. For example, back in late April there was a suspected DDOS attack on Parity’s RPC nodes, reason why various teams requested OnFinality to increase their RPC nodes capacity: meaning in a few days they were hit with over 120 million requests each day (1,400 requests each second).

This tip aims to cover the difference in costs in Q1 faced by the team, in general funded by the treasury under Public Infrastructure category. Specifics on the increase in Q1, budget and services provided can be found on [this document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QhYk2fz9TGg5VII9umNsmmPesuHCyoyfu6SmkJZEy1o/edit?usp=sharing).

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- **Problem Statement:** 
  - Highlighting the increased costs faced by Polkadot and OnFinality due to unprecedented demand for services, particularly in response to a suspected DDOS attack on Parity’s RPC nodes.
  
- **Significance:**
  - The significant increase in demand for services led to a surge in costs, impacting the budget allocated under the Public Infrastructure category.

- **Proposed Solution:**
  - The proposal aims to address the difference in costs faced by the team, which were generally funded by the treasury under the Public Infrastructure category.

- **Expected Outcomes:**
  - Understanding the cost disparities in Q1 and the services provided, as detailed in the linked document, to manage future budget allocations effectively.

For high performance public infrastructure (Shortfall Costs for Q2 2021) to OnFinality

No Active Proposals