# Infrastructure Funding for Polkadot Asset Hub #4 - Maintenance & Continuation of Public good Polkadot NFT marketplace

### TL\:DR

[Full proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/17x9fdHCVO063m2-NG7-Rcpvy-BTJRbDibDiSOILQ-hk)

This proposal continues from KodaDot's one-year treasury proposal ([<u>#1262</u>](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1262))  which concludes in October 2025. After successfully delivering on that proposal, the founder chose to pursue other ventures. We've been building NFT infrastructure in Polkadot for **5 years.**

Chaotic requests $180,000 USDC to maintain critical NFT infrastructure for the Polkadot ecosystem. This proposal ensures continuity of services previously delivered under KodaDot, which concludes operations in October 2025.

### Background

We're the team that built and ran **KodaDot** for 5 years., the core development team has established Chaotic to ensure uninterrupted service for the ecosystem's NFT infrastructure. This transition preserves critical services that currently support 90,000+ NFTs and process 1.14 million monthly requests.

### Current Infrastructure Status

Our infrastructure currently maintains:

* Our indexers processing 285,000+ weekly requests across AssetHub Polkadot and Kusama
* APIs serving ecosystem projects including Nova Wallet and Dotmemo
* IPFS gateway managing 90,000+ NFT metadata files
* 99.9% uptime with 143ms average response time

### Scope of Work

**Milestone 1: Infrastructure Maintenance ($80,000)**

* Maintain indexer operations and hosting
* Ensure API availability and performance
* Complete KodaDot to Chaotic platform migration

**Milestone 2: Feature Development ($60,000)**

* Mass Mint V2 implementation
* Traits and rarity systems
* Advanced filtering capabilities

**Milestone 3: Platform Support ($40,000)**

* Runtime compatibility updates
* Security patches and bug fixes
* Artist onboarding program ($12,000 allocation)
* PolkaVM research & integration

### Critical Timeline Considerations

The Asset Hub launches November 4th, 2025. Without continued funding, the Polkadot ecosystem will lack NFT marketplace functionality at this critical juncture. Additionally, cessation of our indexing services would require ecosystem projects to develop alternative solutions at significantly higher cost.

### Risk Assessment

Failure to secure funding would result in:

* Immediate cessation of indexing services upon proposal #1262 expiration
* Loss of API access for dependent projects
* Inaccessibility of indexed blockchain data accumulated over 5 years
* Absence of NFT marketplace infrastructure on Asset Hub launch
* No frontend for Polkadot & Kusama NFTs on Asset Hub


[Full proposal ](https://docs.google.com/document/d/17x9fdHCVO063m2-NG7-Rcpvy-BTJRbDibDiSOILQ-hk)

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.

#1768 Infrastructure Funding for Polkadot Asset Hub #4 - Maintenance & Continuation of Public good Polkadot NFT marketplace

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