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1. Introduction


This report outlines the activities and expenditures of the Polkadot UX Bounty for Q1 2025, covering the period from January 16 to April 4, 2025.

During this quarter, the bounty launched the UX Audit Grants Program, a new initiative designed to help Polkadot projects identify and resolve usability issues through UX audits. The first audit (for SubSquare) has already been delivered.

In parallel, two UXBs were completed and are now in implementation phase:

Finally, the bounty itself underwent a structural evolution to improve execution speed and alignment with community needs — as detailed in this forum announcement.

This reorganization was made to increase agility and better support the ecosystem.

2. Finance Overview


2.1. DOT Holdings


Starting Amount (May 29, 2024 ): 67,678.00 DOT // ≈ 500,000 USD

Remaining Funds (April 29, 2025 ): 51,144.90 DOT // ≈ $219,923.09 USD

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Note: The price of DOT at the time of this report (April 29, 2025) was $4.30.

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⇒ View the DOT Holding sheet

2.2. Q1 Payout Summary