**Proponent:** 1jdqZ53uEWAVFMGD1FCYsUyu4BpqrbgwRw2NpKpPPPQEG2z  
**Date:** 13th September, 2025   
**Requested:** $39,000 USDT for 6 month of operational work
**Short description:** The Dots is a meme and content production studio founded by two Polkadot fans in January 2024, with the mission to cover the Polkadot universe in a humorous, engaging, and easily digestible way - using our signature humor to attract and retain new users, while driving ongoing community work and maintaining TikTok growth and expansion for the ecosystem.      
**Project Category/Type:** Content Creation/Marketing       
**Previous Proposal:** https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1091

**Who are we?**

• Mantra, a Polkadot Rank III ambassador, Polkadot Community Manager, Meme Lord, professional content creator and ecosystem researcher.

• John Mental, a Polkadot Rank III ambassador, video production adept, professional content creator and contributor to the ecosystem since 2020. Councillor at Basilisk, contributor at Hydration.

**What have we done so far and what’s our goal?**

The Dots now has 5,435+ followers on X and 2,462 on TikTok. Over the past year, we’ve been actively building and engaging the community, collaborating with ecosystem projects, and creating consistent content. In doing so, we identified a strong demand for the Polkadot ecosystem to be showcased through short, digestible videos that make complex topics easy to understand and share.

We successfully launched The Dots as a video production team and have collaborated with a wide range of ecosystem leaders, projects, and builders - including Interview with Bill Laboon, Polkadot UX Bounty, Polkadot Marketing Bounty, Polkadot Blockchain Academy, WUD, Hydration, Mandala Chain, WebZero, DOTPlay (Polkadot Avatars), FIFA Rivals, and Pudgy Thailand, 265Dots.

We’ve proven our dedication and traction in the Polkadot community - not just through content, but through action. Our mix of insights, edgy style, market knowledge, and humor takes Polkadot community building to the next level. We already secured two OpenGov proposals previously and completed all milestones.

The Dots X Analytics over the past year:
![](https://imgur.com/a/N3J91W5)


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.

#1750 The Dots Talks 3rd Proposal: X & TikTok Growth

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