Dear community,

On behalf of the system parachain collators, I am resubmitting this funding proposal with a materially revised scope and budget. Since the last version, we have made several changes following earlier steering from W3F and, more recently, feedback discussed with Parity. The updated proposal shifts away from the earlier broader funding model and toward a more constrained structure focused on work already rendered, lower recurring costs, and a tighter funded collator set.

- **Old proposal:** [SPC Topup 01/2026 - Polkadot](https://gist.github.com/paradox-tt/432c8bc5671fdb06d006ffc03b971206)
- **New proposal:** [Proposal to Fund System Parachain Collators (Polkadot)](https://hackmd.io/g9Wc4CckTayRBNUg964PUA)

The main revisions are as follows:

- **The budget structure has been redesigned.**  
  The previous proposal was split into **two parts**:  
  **A)** **January + February** payments for work already rendered, and  
  **B)** **March + 5 additional months** under the revised model.  
  The new proposal keeps the same two-part structure for historical payments, but extends the forward-looking funding window to **March through December (10 months)**.

- **The exchange rate assumption has changed.**  
  The older version used **$1.3526 per 1 DOT**, while the revised proposal is being presented at **$1.47 per 1 DOT**.

- **The tool-development budget has been removed.**  
  The old proposal included a **one-time $4,250** Polkadot allocation for tool development in March. The new proposal removes that budget line entirely.

- **Administrative compensation has been simplified and fixed.**  
  In the old proposal, curators were budgeted under an hourly model at **$300/month per curator** and the coordinator at **$850/month**. In the new proposal, this becomes:  
  - **Curators:** **$250/month per curator** (**$750/month total**)  
  - **Coordinator:** **$1,000/month**

- **The funded collator set has changed.**  
  The old proposal funded **30 collators total** from March onward. The new proposal funds **38 collators total** from March onward.

- **The tiered model has been expanded.**  
  In the old proposal, the March-onward funded set was:  
  - **AssetHub:** 8  
  - **BridgeHub:** 8  
  - **People:** 8  
  - **Coretime:** 4  
  - **Collectives:** 2  
  = **30 total**  
  In the new proposal, **Bulletin** is added as another Tier-1 chain with **8 funded invulnerables**, bringing the total funded set to **38**.

- **The March-onward collator rate has been reduced.**  
  In the old proposal, the March-onward model assumed **$300/month per funded collator**. In the new proposal, this has been reduced to **$250/month per funded collator**.

- **Staking rewards remain excluded.**  
  Both versions explicitly state **no staking rewards**.

- **Hosting remains included at a fixed monthly cost.**  
  The revised proposal continues to include hosting at **$425/month**.

- **The total scope and headline ask have changed significantly.**  
  The older proposal’s total ask was **$101,250.00**, shown as **74,855.83 DOT** at **$1.3526/DOT**.  
  The new proposal’s total ask is **$146,700.00**. At **$1.47/DOT**, this equals **99,795.92 DOT**.

Overall, the revised proposal is intended to reflect current treasury constraints while preserving support for the most critical system-chain collator infrastructure. It pays for already completed work at reduced rates where applicable and reflects a reduced but still secure set of collators.

Kind Regards,
Will | Paradox | ParaNodes

#1044 System Parachain Collator Bounty - Top up (2026)

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