Hello Community,

Polkadot, and generally speaking Substrate built block-chains have tremendous potential to deliver decentralized computing, however depending on how they are deployed and operated by the community the resulting system can be more or less centralized/decentralized.

When analyzing the degree of decentralization of the Polkadot Rely chain by the following variables: Region, Computing Network and Node Operator, it turns out that the network is very centralized with most of the public validation activity concentrated and a few Operators, Regions and Computing Networks.

Polkawatch is an analytic tool designed to measure effective decentralization of Polkadot’s Validation process. [Polkawatch](https://polkawatch.app/) entered in production in 2022 Q2.

This proposal aims to fund the 2022 Q3 Continued Operation and implement Software Development and infrastructure improvements.

Our detailed [proposal can be found here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hh1Vjn2tPwx2fAPFoY5WfOeltEJy-B-1HlukPSHLTI0/edit?usp=sharing).

Community feedabck to our proposal can be found in the [Discussion Post](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1212).


- Polkadot and Substrate blockchains have potential for decentralized computing.
- Polkadot Rely chain is currently centralized in terms of region, computing network, and node operator.
- Polkawatch is a tool to measure decentralization of Polkadot's validation process.
- Proposal aims to fund continued operation and improvements for Polkawatch in Q3 2022.
- More details can be found in the proposal and community feedback post.

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#159 Polkadot decentralization analytics, Continued Operation and Improvements.