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1. ## **Context of the proposal:**

As many of you may know, at Polkadot Decoded last year (2024) Björn Wagner [teased the new Polkadot App](https://youtu.be/dvXDTfR_wy0?si=aDLM5BRP4KUUT4vM\&t=763). This is a very exciting product which has been a long time in the making and plans to deliver an easy, beginner-friendly mobile wallet (and more) for newcomers to crypto and Polkadot. This product is published by the [Polkadot Community Foundation (PCF)](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/820).

This proposal seeks to obtain funding for the next 6 months of software development, marketing personnel, tooling and legal costs. This proposal is separate to Ref #1082 which sought for the PCF to own the IP of the Polkadot App, publish the app and to enter into third party relationships with providers where required. This is already in progress.

The funding under this proposal will allow the PCF to release the product, and progress with building future scope to improve the product over the duration of the funding. Whilst the project is behind schedule from when it was originally announced, the app is almost ready and there will be more information coming soon as to the launch date.

Previously all research, design, development and legal costs have been paid directly or indirectly by the Web3 Foundation. Many of these roles and activities will still be covered by the W3F directly or indirectly. This proposal seeks alignment with the community around the ongoing development of the product.

This proposal covers from May 2025 to October 2025

1. ## **Why and who is this important for?**

The Polkadot App will be a key onboarding vehicle for Polkadot, the best place for a beginner to start with Polkadot and crypto in general. 

The Polkadot App will be useful for the existing Polkadot audience and crypto sphere as well due to the ease of use and some of the unique features that the product will bring.&#x20;

he Polkadot App will be a core value proposition for the Polkadot Community to onboard their friends and family and increase the number of DOT holders worldwide. 

1. ## **Proposal & cost breakdown**

The proposal is mostly to cover software development for the project for the next 6 months.

| Allocation | Amount | % of total | Description |
| -------------------- | -------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Software Development | $748,800 | 72.7% | Allocated for Novasama and external PCF Contractors  |
| Operations | $167,000 | 16.2% | Allocated for PCF operations and covers a new security audit, Raise SaaS and customer service costs. |
| Marketing  | $54,000 | 5.2% | Allocated for PCF contractor, a Senior Product Marketing Manager leading Polkadot App related marketing |
| Legal | $50,000 | 4.9% | Allocated for PCF legal fees and is a bucket to draw from where required |
| Tooling | $9,714 | 1.0% | Allocated for PCF tooling and covers Github and other products the PCF uses for app development |

 <img height="278" width="451" title="Chart" src="https://lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfK5uWcjGMuYPxNaSN_7rDmC4tV160tY5E9YPF-GJX5c0F_5HbGuPSFoYDUMdTaW2mmq2XtgYLFIYE-qD6xNTqQTEDvvlxYZrxvp9DMZklGsUatpyG3WgmCr3h7jy5W0_OFfxko9g?key=XWf18HoqbYKYO6H1HBr_WQ" />

A full budget breakdown is available here: [PCF Polkadot App Funding #01 (public)](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17ja_TQQl5SKFaD0XiZn2-CkZmlQalKMfeALBY8B1KeY/edit?usp=sharing)

Some activities are included in the budget but set at $0 as we envisage that some funds are better allocated from existing bounties. E.g. the marketing bounty should fund specific ad spends or engagements that support the product. 

## **6. Built Feature set** 

The following features of the app have already been built:

| **Onboarding** | <img height="395" width="221" src="https://lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXf08T7UfYefOFyjF7iMiPOn8eADNbJjoOd4ZmpzlCPf-D-Z1VgxEKIjkExW4g0VaFS2rAMnYhIbfmQsOH7RdV3GTDf4Lq1UBkZZWWpzOzwzUBU_WusByNPTQlcvAJNtzssRaK9pMw?key=XWf18HoqbYKYO6H1HBr_WQ" /> |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Identity** | <img height="404" width="225" src="https://lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXe77AspZoPE1ZqewAjFinl9DtYLc0TbbJ-gkiBcDYgT7RplRRf9KXEDoBLK71Rssywn6vB74p4xVJWjUvuLUpHQQzqk-lKdnIWFY0_5aKBijAC5S8Yk4nrmSt1-rhllc2OKTjU7bw?key=XWf18HoqbYKYO6H1HBr_WQ" /> |
| **Wallet** | <img height="406" width="224" src="https://lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcxkVdz4eJUm1nYaTIxfGtEu4oEgapePwew9GN-6S7tiTGmUqZkvjtKu3Jt1WWqmlhWOZuWIL7fxy2ZsR5oGQdEZ3gS_3Exo7d5fZ4MQPMT-q-OdPKoeWJBFnbh2WyIGYG3haJc?key=XWf18HoqbYKYO6H1HBr_WQ" /> |
| **Pay** | <img height="415" width="231" src="https://lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXerJdSUdyxBCB7Ix1I4VvnbOVVMtO8Jpyz8ivovy9UfA3ML4qOX3uGkLDO1Cp-CNE6rPWmKkRAomwY1VE-CBSBQJaOrbWwY7mrz01bdbproUXgnxraYjoNEFsqUbQRTOU3m--6_IQ?key=XWf18HoqbYKYO6H1HBr_WQ" /> |
| **Earn (Staking)** | <img height="361" width="231" src="https://lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXd-hhU9R2xhp07ibAYuPjBAiKiq4LEyJp7zfueYbAqnIOTbvtYaKr2DNkEX4XNp6PcxqEXxwK5MejSqqGXHk1WppXo3qypgnUiKuFzIO97wJwuzSEeA5lbMVKG8Kd0HVbPMinCt-Q?key=XWf18HoqbYKYO6H1HBr_WQ" /> |
| **Other** | <img height="362" width="233" src="https://lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcMy4Zf04VlZBXB6zAbyzYEDmk-NoBiDk8LWWaTUwlfi4BiwkxzFiTd0GYa8sptif3SVQXZnNZffMktegGrnJ7zjxjWDiOl5IRSAKzp4P4CLP20odLhPv0z3gs6OSe3FMNV-Zlc?key=XWf18HoqbYKYO6H1HBr_WQ" /> |

## **7. Proposal scope**

This proposal will cover funding to deliver the following:

1. Finishing the app development for v1 launch which includes:
 1. Migrating the mobile app to use Assethub DOT by default
 2. USA launch activities 
 3. Post launch support
2. Future development scope including:
 1. Gifting DOT
 2. Improved onramp experience with the option to buy USDC and improved rates across both DOT and USDC.
 3. Push notifications
3. Rollout into other countries
4. Product research and development of additional onramping & payment features



### **Finishing app development**

App development is very close to finishing, and there is a need  to continue building into the future to deliver some of the exciting features and scope we have planned. This treasury proposal gives the PCF and its contractors the runway to continue building for another 6 months, allowing the Polkadot App to launch and then keep working on subsequent updates. 

### **Future developments**

There are a lot of exciting things planned for the future of the product, adding more assets, better onramps and more community features to say the least. The future scope isn’t 100% locked down and committed as a more fluid approach is preferred to be able to react to market opportunities rather than being locked down on a fixed scope to deliver. However, this treasury proposal means that two more mobile developers can be added to the team and increase the output beyond the team’s current level, meaning delivery will be faster after launch.

### **Rollout into other countries**

While the full rollout plan isn’t finalised, it is expected to follow the regions where Raise is currently live, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe and more. Also where there are  large amounts of Polkadot fans and opportunities to convert crypto curious people into Polkadot users.&#x20;
The first phase of the project is to launch in the USA to test and learn, then the next countries that will be immediately targeted are Canada, UK, Europe.&#x20;


1. ## **Q & A**

**Q What about funding that was received as part of  #1082**

The $50,000 that was provided as part of Ref #1082 has now been spent on legal fees. This covered drafting the EULA (terms of use), privacy policy and all of the contract reviews between 3rd party vendors including the App stores. 

**Q. Why isn't Parity Technologies funded directly through this proposal, given their significant contributions to the Polkadot App?**

Parity Technologies is a key contributor to the Polkadot App, providing technical and strategic direction. However, Parity's involvement is considered part of their ongoing commitment to the Polkadot ecosystem and is supported through their regular business operations and funding from the Web3 Foundation. This proposal is specifically structured to fund the Polkadot Community Foundation (PCF) and Novasama for their work in bringing the app to market, including specific development, operational, marketing, legal, and tooling costs.  Essentially, Parity views their contributions as part of their standard work in support of Polkadot.

**Q. Shouldn’t W3F fund this?**

The idea of the product is that it should be community owned by DOT holders, and there have been several proposals raised already to align the community with this idea. In the long term it makes sense for the community / treasury to cover these costs as they do with many other products. The Web3 Foundation has been very generous with their funding already and have covered a lot of costs to get us to this point. 

**Q. Isn’t the app meant to be live yet?** 

Well… ideally yes! Through the user testing the need and desire to expand the product scope from the original idea was uncovered. This is to improve the user experience and give a great first impression for people using the product.&#x20;
This involved adding Staking (called, Earn), and making a number of quality of life changes which improve the user experience, but unfortunately have meant that more scope and development time was needed before  the app can be shipped to production. 

One of the benefits of this proposal is that more development resources will be added to the Novasama team so development and delivery of all future features can be sped up. 

**Q. When WILL it be live?**

We’re still finishing the final items in order to launch, once we are closer we will be able to set and communicate a launch date, until then we don’t want to keep changing dates or setting bad expectations. We’re aware it’s been coming for a long time and we’re pushing to get it live asap!


**Q. What happens if this proposal doesn’t pass?**

If this proposal doesn’t pass, we will work with the community feedback, and we will resubmit a follow up proposal. If it is not possible to achieve some level of treasury funding, through several rounds of governance proposals, then the project will need to be cancelled.

**Q. Will the mobile apps be open source?** 

Yes, all code will be available on the PCF github organisation after launch. [https://github.com/Polkadot-Community-Foundation](https://github.com/Polkadot-Community-Foundation)

**Q. Is the proponent (Autonomous Projects) getting funds  for submitting this proposal?**
A. No, 100% of funds are going to the PCF. 

**Q. What is Autonomous Projects’ involvement and why are Autonomous Projects submitting this proposal?**
A. As Autonomous Projects is the company in charge of managing day to day operations for the PCF, we (Autonomous Projects) are submitting the proposal to the community for voting.

Propose and approve a spend of treasury funds.

## Dispatch Origin

Must be [`Config::SpendOrigin`] with the `Success` value being at least
`amount` of `asset_kind` in the native asset. The amount of `asset_kind` is converted
for assertion using the [`Config::BalanceConverter`].

## Details

Create an approved spend for transferring a specific `amount` of `asset_kind` to a
designated beneficiary. The spend must be claimed using the `payout` dispatchable within
the [`Config::PayoutPeriod`].

### Parameters
- `asset_kind`: An indicator of the specific asset class to be spent.
- `amount`: The amount to be transferred from the treasury to the `beneficiary`.
- `beneficiary`: The beneficiary of the spend.
- `valid_from`: The block number from which the spend can be claimed. It can refer to
  the past if the resulting spend has not yet expired according to the
  [`Config::PayoutPeriod`]. If `None`, the spend can be claimed immediately after
  approval.

## Events

Emits [`Event::AssetSpendApproved`] if successful.

#1573 Polkadot Community Foundation - Polkadot App - Treasury Funding #01

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