Total Requested: 900 DOT

Contact: DM on [X](https://twitter.com/0xgoku_)


Gm, Gn. It's Goku.

Following the retroactive tipping culture started by Csaint and others, I’m also stepping up to request a retroactive tip for my contributions to the ecosystem from August 2023 until today. This will also let me see how the community reflects on my impact.

Since I began actively writing about 1.5 years ago, I've been bridging tech talk with storytelling across social platforms through posts, threads, memes, videos, and graphics. You may have likely seen me often engaging with other key ecosystem figures and agents.

Besides that, I’ve been nurturing new content creators at WagMedia for a while. Plus, I’ve just joined Polkadot’s social media editorial board.
(I haven't received any tips or compensation for my content during this period from WagMedia.)

### From August to Now:
 
- • I hit 935K views.

-  • Pulled in key followers from all over, from big shots with 772K followers to solid names with around 50K.

### Few Highlights of This Period

[Polkadot 2.0](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1748422048768983457?s=61&t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg) 

[Polkadot Pancakes](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1729459100117832142?s=61&t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg)(reply post)

[Software/Security](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1727009047688200508?s=61&t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg)

[Agile Coretime](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1725946244428697747?s=61&t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg)

[PolkadotSDK](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1720520364386640186?s=61&t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg)

[Governance](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1760311224099541027?s=61&t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg)

### My Other Creative Works:  Graphics, Memes, Videos

[Graphics-Recently exploring how to explain Polkadot with much fewer words](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1766117478050996573?s=61&t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg)

[Governance Memes](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1764637394815291614?s=61&t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg
)

[Polkadot 2.0 vs Rollup narrative](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1676166116849188869?s=61&t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg)

[Crypto Matrix]( https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1728408845666676830?s=61&t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg)

### As a reply guy to back Polkadot or lure to it

[Sometimes tackling intellectually dishonest FUD](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1725473756494090431?s=61&t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg)

[Softening shots fired at Polkadot](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1760748049398206912?s=61&t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg)

[Countering memes with memes](https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1702995212719575340?s=61&t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg)

And many more that I can’t keep track of.

I also cross-post and engage with questions on [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Polkadot/s/nit1QSZFRB).

Hit me up if you’ve got questions or need more info. Thank you for your support and for being here.

Retroactive Tip For Solo Content Creation

It&rsquo;s Goku.
This is my third solo creator tip request for my contribution and impact over the last ~5 months (140 days). The latest one was on October 11, 2024 (for 15K USDT).
Aside from memeposting, my content has typically involved extensive cross-ecosystem research, narrative-building, and positioning Polkadot and telling its story in the most intellectually honest way possible&mdash;often by touching on other ecosystem solutions and how they relate to Polkadot.
For tone, I generally target an audience outside of Polkadot, making the content digestible, engaging, and debunking the noise. I avoid preaching or a didactic style, instead mixing insights with a bit of entertainment to push Polkadot&rsquo;s real value proposition and its contrarian bet.
Over the past 140 days, my content on X has reached over 1.1M views and gained over 900 new followers&mdash;organically, steady, and quality over quantity way.
These posts have been leveraged by KOLs, Polkadot ecosystem projects, the community, and other content creators, creating further conversations and engagement.
Now, with Kaito&rsquo;s mindshare, smart follower, and yap points metrics, we have additional ways to assess impact on X. No metric tells the full story, but it provides some signal nevertheless. The current leaderboard still has farmers, but once adjusted, it will reflect a more accurate measure of influence in the X space. Even in its current form, if you check the 6-month or 12-month range, you&rsquo;ll find me around the top 15 zone. While that&rsquo;s not extremely high, I have one of the highest yap points among active Polkadot agents on X, which serves as a soft indicator of attention-grabbing on broader topics with crypto X inner circles&mdash;which is exactly where I focus.
Some highlights from this period: Polkadot Deep Dives &amp; Comparisons: <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1874088419736846530">Polkadot in 786 words</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1891949981495595064">Crypto governance (Ethereum vs. Polkadot)&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1893668314389397637">Parity hack &rarr; OpenGov&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1894124945178792085">Nomt &rarr; Polkadot</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1886809755622236200">Polkadot&rsquo;s bullish case &amp; messaging overview</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1874475379747938622">Polkadot in 2025</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1861143060601806921">Demystifying TPS &amp; what it really means for Polkadot</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1888356808764326385">Revisiting Spammening &amp; addressing misconceptions</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1892985921173078238">Kusama focus</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1890138771623923786">Kaito + Polkadot&rsquo;s mindshare</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1895490079159632220">JAM Doom</a> Graphics, Short Bangers, Memes, Debunking: 
<a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1864329638916345885">Polkadot vs. Cardano&rsquo;s 1M TPS event</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1892544540063453443">Remastered not so scientific chart of JAM positioning (close to Gav&rsquo;s view)</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1860701862481248336">Polkadot&rsquo;s roadmap</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1873006877761798592">JAM</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1868036737311838364">Polkadot&rsquo;s roadmap&mdash;meme version</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1864366404943729038">Spammening event</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1859647961346736327">Everything Polkadot&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1886888928516702577">Ethereum in Polkadot&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1882482515237323043">Hydration, Solana, Polkadot</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1888327448330481975">Polkadot&rsquo;s messaging breakdown&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1893082975048212557">Ethereum rollback &amp; Gav&rsquo;s take</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1884593310460695005">Ethereum becoming Polkadot</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1887976330417115164">One DOT at a time</a> <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1895500739281363382">ETHDenver</a> And many more.
Potential FAQs: Have I ever been compensated for my content, taken sponsorships, or applied for funding? No.
Marketing Bounty or Kaito? Marketing bounty doesn't do retroactive tips and not meant for requests of this size. (Kaito starts from this month.)

Retroactive Tip For Solo Content Creation-3

It&rsquo;s <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_">Goku</a>. This is my second litmus test to see how my contributions over the last 7 months are valued and recognized, and whether the requested tip amount matches the significance of my impact, by Polkadot stakeholders.
Aside from memeposting and my ecosystem agent activities&mdash;calling out nonsense attacks on Polkadot&mdash;my content typically involves extensive cross-ecosystem research and narrative-building.
Therefore, I don&rsquo;t post very frequently, but when I do, it&rsquo;s usually highly effective&mdash;engaged.
As for the tone, I generally target an audience outside of Polkadot, making it easily digestible, penetrating through the noise, avoiding preaching or didactic tones, and adding a bit of entertainment along with insights into Polkadot-focused key topics: OpenGov, economics, and marketing.
In the last 7 months, my content has been viewed over 2.4M, and I have doubled my follower count in an organic, slow, and steady way&mdash;not by FUD engagement, speculation, or farming OpenGov drama.
Many of these pieces of content have been leveraged by KOLs, crypto media, Polkadot and its ecosystem projects, the community, and other content creators. They&rsquo;ve engaged or attracted new followers beyond the Polkadot circle, including respected KOLs, builders, popular L2 rollup teams, their heads of BD, community leads, and founders.
Hence, it&rsquo;s more important to see what kind of content received these engagements and who the people engaging with it are, beyond just the numbers.
Here are the top highlights from this period: &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1843254842669896078?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Polkadot&rsquo;s blockspace&mdash;most affordable</a>, with graphics &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1836877013459816894?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Blockspace. Cores. Coretime. Agile Coretime. Elastic Scaling </a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1831997848092872979?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">What is JAM</a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1829192640241316084?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Why Ethereum co founder left&mdash;Gavin </a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1826296904176783663?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">WebSummit: Digital individuality </a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1819345580159545612?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Polkadot&rsquo;s inflation</a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1818699255931908248?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">7x increase in transactions</a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1797585967282364505?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Fireside chat between Gavin and Vitalik</a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1784269063046214049?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">AWS x Polkadot </a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1782439703851012321?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">My first JAM take</a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1780940377597350294?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Polkadot&rsquo;s endgame</a>
Since March, I have also continued to play with visuals to explain concepts and ideas behind Polkadot, inspired by the minimalism of VV. &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1766554164513886701?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">OpenGov</a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1765266691804602770?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Integrated. Modular. Polkadot </a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1766117478050996573?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Agile Coretime</a>
Memes? &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1842940629669773578?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Polkadot x Cardano </a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1796522297492386140?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Fireside chat between Gavin and Vitalik </a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1834679332159340582?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">On-chain governance</a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1764637394815291614?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">On-chain governance-2</a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1826540690081186265?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Possibly first memecoin&mdash;deployed by Gavin</a>
Lastly, the other side of ecosystem agenting&mdash;being the reply guy, on time, on point. If you see someone spreading FUD about Polkadot or sharing a misconception, you will probably see me debunking those myths. Sometimes gently. Sometimes neutrally. And sometimes burying it completely. &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1838128246593835309?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Response to nonsense about the relay chain&rsquo;s TPS metric </a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1838631643172536826?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Response to marketing nitpicking</a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1791922303401386300?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Blockchain comparisons, misconception on Polkadot</a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1831299563979763797?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Snowbridge</a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1829279036499247581?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Atom vs DOT</a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1808103924735308067?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Responding to weekly Polkadot FUDders, including existing parachain founders </a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1825547169627017293?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Another one</a> &bull; <a href="https://x.com/camirusso/status/1819477827302932970?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Correcting crypto media</a>
In that sense, on X arena, I can poke the bears as well. <a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1834174723452010739?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">An example. (not Polkadot content)</a>
And many more that I can&rsquo;t put all here, plus engaging in the Reddit community as much as I could spare time with posts and comments.
Potential FAQ:
Have I ever been compensated for any of my content, sponsored, or even applied somewhere for compensation? No.
Why USDT? It&rsquo;s a damned if you do, damned if you don&rsquo;t situation. Some might argue that asking for a retroactive tip in DOT when its value is arguably low seems opportunistic. Others could say that asking for stablecoins eliminates skin in the game. I chose USDT this time as the most neutral way, as it&rsquo;s currently favored by today&rsquo;s community social consensus. And after all, this is retroactive compensation, not for future. Ideally, I believe a better approach will be partial vested DOT for initiatives like this (when it&rsquo;s available), aligning the proposer&rsquo;s future actions with the network.
Why $15K? There&rsquo;s no one concrete way to assess outreach contributions in crypto. It&rsquo;s a mix of subjective judgment, some metrics&mdash;most of which can be gameable&mdash;and a sense of indispensability.
Content creators similar to me, in terms of quality and genuine engagement, can be typically rewarded between $20K to $50K from newly emerging projects through airdrops or from existing ones via retroactive rewards.
But, this is not standardized and varies. Therefore, from my perspective, the best option is to do a heat check&mdash;request the amount and see the response.
Previously in March, I was tipped through OpenGov, receiving close to $10K. This time, I based my retroactive request on a monthly compensation range of $2K to $2.5K. Surely, this range reflects my self-assessment of the impact I believe I&rsquo;ve made here.