Moving the Polkadot Ecosystem Forward with Builder Support
summary
Polkadot and Kusama maintain an on-chain treasury with just under $50M in DOT today and distributions already approved (≈15 Polkadot proposals totaling ~100,000 DOT; ≈35 Kusama proposals totaling ~60,000 KSM), the Web3 Foundation has run grants distributing about $10M from ~400 applications (≈50% accepted, 65 completed, grantees in 20+ countries), Parity’s Substrate Builders Program has taken ~180 applications with 30+ accepted across change, infrastructure and application tracks, plus launch/audit help, delivery services, 400 ambassadors, and a ~$30M ecosystem fund.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:44Overview
- 2:05OnChain Treasury
- 4:31Web3 Foundation
- 7:37Substrate Builders Program
- 11:22Polkadot Support
- 12:31Polkadot Community Support
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