**Proponent**: **12WarfbFeUm5L9Fs5zkTaQQH7L5hqaGPEgM9vQ1UFK8kiUSK** 

**Date**: 16th June 2021

**Requested DOT**: 829 DOT (in 3 installments @ $30.156/DOT using Subscan’s 30 day EMA) = ~$25,000 

**Short description**: Although Ethereum is a much less complicated system, google ‘books on Ethereum’, then google ‘books on Polkadot’. You’ll notice that while there are more than 10 books on Ethereum, Polkadot (the network) has nothing. Of course, this is more a sign of age than anything, but I’m proposing a way to start our journey.

This proposal brings to light the lack of a holistic and easy-to-understand explanation of Polkadot in a book form. It outlines the importance of a book and proposes a solution to create one. But not just another book about blockchains but one focused on Polkadot and written from a totally non-technical perspective.

Please visit this [link to read the full proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/11NT6BzM8nOcbXR7wD1C2IJlsi0XyeJaS5Hv50Wy4rJ0/edit#)

**A first draft has already been drafted** (90% finished). You can view the [first draft here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/15p4Xy-I6_44zexCsPcZXHHlCj7L3Jcddle_8567B3x8/edit#). Please leave your feedback to help shape the second draft.

**The book will be published under a Creative Commons License (CC BY)**

**Edited on 6th Oct 2021.*

- The proponent is requesting 829 DOT (a type of cryptocurrency) worth around $25,000 to create a book about Polkadot.
- The book will explain Polkadot in a simple and non-technical way.
- The proponent has already written a first draft of the book and is seeking feedback to improve it.
- The book will be published under a Creative Commons License.
- The lack of books about Polkadot compared to Ethereum is the reason for this proposal.

#52 Proposal to expand the Polkadot ecosystem with a book for blockchain beginners