[BS] DOT #1758 - Bounty Proposal for Public RPCs for Relay and System Chains

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Description

https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1758

This proposal asks for money to keep funding RPC services for Polkadot.
RPC services help people use the Polkadot network and its parachains.
The total cost is $209,733.60, which is less than before.
Providers must bid to offer these services, and the best ones get chosen.
If providers don’t meet quality standards, they can lose funding.
This system helps keep costs fair and reduces extra funding requests.
More information is available in a linked document.

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26d ago

8 available members.
🟢 0 • 🔴 2 • ⚪️ 3
3 abstains, more than the simple majority abstain threshold of 2.5 votes.
**Vote #1: ⚪ ABSTAIN
No CoI reported. DV delegation exercised.
https://polkadot.subscan.io/extrinsic/28007786-4
https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1758#8

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Timestamp

Created

Sep 19 2025 15:12

Start date

Sep 19 2025 00:00

End date

Nov 18 2025 00:00

Votes·7

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Abstain

Helikon is a member of IBP, which I think presents a possible competition case with this bounty. Therefore I abstain due to indirect CoI.

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Nay

I'll mirror my comment from the KSM proposal:

More RPC providers is good for the ecosystem in my opinion and are providing an incredibly valuable service to the ecosystem. But I would like to point some attention to the founding document of the bounty where a stipend of 350 USD per month was proposed to the curators for their work. I would expect an adjustment to this obviously as it's been 2 years but I think we have come a long way to 2,000 USD per month, wouldn't you agree?