This referendum proposes allocating 500 DOT from the treasury to establish a Community Building Fund for Bend-PVM, aimed at expanding the contributor base and fostering an active developer ecosystem around this innovative smart contract language optimized for PolkaVM.

## Community-Driven Development Model
Rather than funding a small core team, this proposal takes a decentralized approach by creating incentives for a broader community of developers to contribute to Bend-PVM's evolution. The requested funds will be strategically deployed to nurture a thriving contributor ecosystem through:

- Contributor rewards for merged pull requests and significant improvements
- Hackathons and coding challenges with DOT prizes for specific feature implementations
- Bug bounty program to strengthen the language's security and reliability
- Educational resources and workshops to onboard new contributors

## Funding Allocation
The 500 DOT will be distributed as follows:
- 60% (300 DOT): Direct contributor rewards for code contributions
- 20% (100 DOT): Community hackathons and development challenges
- 15% (75 DOT): Educational content creation and developer workshops
- 5% (25 DOT): Administration and transparent fund management

## Strategic Community Goals
This community-centric approach addresses critical ecosystem needs:
1. Knowledge Distribution: Prevent single points of failure by spreading expertise across multiple contributors
2. Innovation Acceleration: Harness diverse perspectives to solve complex language design challenges
3. Ecosystem Growth: Create pathways for Ethereum developers to become active Polkadot contributors
4. Sustainable Development: Establish a self-reinforcing community that outlasts any single funding round

## Expected Outcomes
- Increase monthly active contributors from current baseline to 25+ within 6 months
- Achieve 10+ educational workshops/events to onboard new developers
- Complete 3 targeted hackathons addressing specific language features
- Establish a transparent contribution tracking system with clear reward criteria

## Governance Transparency
All fund distributions will be publicly recorded and verified through a designated multi-signature account. Monthly reports will detail contributor rewards, event expenditures, and development progress metrics.

## Community Benefits
This community-first approach will:
- Accelerate Bend-PVM development through parallel workstreams
- Create a sustainable pipeline of skilled PolkaVM developers
- Strengthen Polkadot's position as a developer-friendly ecosystem
- Demonstrate the effectiveness of treasury funds in fostering grassroots innovation

## Social 
- https://bend-pvm.aipop.fun
- https://github.com/developerfred/Bend-PVM

We invite all stakeholders to support this referendum to build a vibrant, community-driven development ecosystem around Bend-PVM and position Polkadot as the home for next-generation smart contract innovation.


#1561 Referendum: Community Building Fund for Bend-PVM - Attracting Developer Contributors to the PolkaVM Ecosystem (500 DOT)

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