https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1730

Subsquid Labs Q4 2024 Funding Request

Summary:

• Goal: Request $164,840.20 for maintaining public SQD Archives for Polkadot and parachains in Q4 2024.
• Who: Subsquid Lab Official (based in Zug, Switzerland).
• Why: Public archives are essential free infrastructure for developers, wallets, and parachains.
• Changes: Reduced costs by using community-aligned engineering rates ($27/hour instead of $100/hour).

Key Points:

• Public archives help developers access blockchain data without running their own servers.
• Used by projects like Talisman, Polkassembly, and RMRK.
• In Q4 2024, archives grew to 11.68 TiB of data and served over 2.3 million requests.
• Funding covers only public services, not commercial products.
• Engineering costs were lowered to meet community expectations.

Cost Breakdown:

• Most costs are for cloud services (like Google Cloud and OVHCloud).
• Engineering and maintenance costs were reduced to $14,009.76.
• Total request is $164,840.20, down $143,863.80 from the previous proposal.

Conclusion:

• Work is already done; seeking retroactive funding.
• Supports free, reliable data access for the Polkadot ecosystem.