For the last four years, Polkascan Foundation has been maintaining the Substrate Python API: [py-substrate-interface](https://github.com/polkascan/py-substrate-interface), [py-scale-codec](https://github.com/polkascan/py-scale-codec) and [several Python bindings](https://github.com/orgs/polkascan/repositories?q=&type=all&language=rust&sort=) for cryptographic RUST crates used by Substrate.

The Substrate Python API is a library, with similar features as [Polkadot-JS API](https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/polkadotjs#polkadot-js-api). With this API, Python developers can build apps that interact with any Polkadot, Kusama or other Substrate based chain. There are [APIs for different programming languages](https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/build-tools-index#rpc-and-api-tools) and our API library is at the moment the only one available for the Python programming language.

As of writing [353 Github repositories and 31 Python packages](https://github.com/polkascan/py-substrate-interface/network/dependents?package_id=UGFja2FnZS04OTc2NTczNTM%3D) are depending on the Python API.

With this treasury proposal, we are asking retroactive funding for our activities in the period January until March 2024.  

Requested funding: 9,831.25 EUR

For more details, see [our full proposal](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-2024Q1.md).

CultureDot proposes the Polkadot IRL Campaign #6 to target professionals in London's financial hub, including Canary Wharf, Bank Financial District, Liverpool St, and Monument. The campaign will use 91 digital screens across 41 buildings, featuring 10-second animations with an 8% share of time over 5.5 months, aiming to expose 47.9K employees to Polkadot advertisements. It focuses on sectors like banking, financial services, asset management, software and gaming companies, and creative agencies, targeting notable companies such as JP Morgan, HSBC, Citibank, Barclays, KPMG, Vanguard, Fitch Ratings, Citadel, Deutsche Boerse, Stripe, Twitch, Pay UK, and Ripple.

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- **Problem Statement:** Polkascan Foundation seeks retroactive funding for maintaining the Substrate Python API, crucial for Python developers interacting with Polkadot, Kusama, and other Substrate-based chains.
- **Significance:** The Python API is the sole available library for Python developers, with 353 Github repositories and 31 Python packages currently dependent on it.
- **Proposed Solution:** Requesting 9,831.25 EUR for funding activities from January to March 2024 to sustain the Substrate Python API.
- **Expected Outcomes:** Continued support for Python developers to build apps interacting with various Substrate-based chains.

#760 Maintenance & Support Substrate Python API (Jan-Mar 2024)

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