This proposal from Subscan requests funding to cover Q1–Q2 2025 operational costs and reimburse development work completed in Q4 2024 and Q1 2025. Subscan provides core blockchain explorer and indexing services for Polkadot, Westend, and their system parachains, ensuring high availability, accurate data, and reliable APIs used by developers, validators, and governance participants. The funding supports ongoing infrastructure and maintenance across 10 networks while recognizing recent upgrades, including XCM V5 support, DeFi and portfolio visualizations, governance timeline improvements, asset aggregation enhancements, and performance optimizations. Development in Q1 2025 also added refined transfers APIs, cross-chain routing visibility, treasury–referenda linking, and improved monitoring and UX. Costs are calculated through a storage-based fee model tied to infrastructure growth, alongside transparent hourly billing for completed tasks.

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.

#1727 Subscan Q4 2024 – Q2 2025 Funding Proposal: Basic Service Fee & Development Cost for the Polkadot and Westend Ecosystems

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