The proposal aims to cover the costs for further development of **Gossamer**: a Polkadot host written in Go - a framework to build and run nodes for different blockchain protocols compatible with the Polkadot ecosystem. The timeline of the proposal is 12 months, after the successful collaboration with the Web3 Foundation Grants Program on the initial steps of this development. 

The overall goal is for Gossamer is **to provide the functionality needed to bring true client diversity to the Polkadot ecosystem** Budget, milestones and overall roadmap can be found on [the post](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/motion/267). Please note that this is up for vote as an external motion: after/if the Council approves, this will be up for vote by the community. Make sure to review and vote at your convenience!

Original Treasury post: [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/168](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/168)

Original discussion post: [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1260](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1260)

- The proposal is about developing a program called Gossamer for the Polkadot ecosystem.
- Gossamer is written in Go and helps build and run nodes for different blockchain protocols.
- The proposal will cover the costs for developing Gossamer for 12 months.
- The goal is to bring diversity to the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The community will vote on whether to approve the proposal.

#58 External Motion: #168 Gossamer Ongoing Development Grant