Introduction

This report covers the activities and expenditures related to the Polkadot UX Bounty for Q3 and Q4 2024, spanning from June 23rd, 2024 (date of the creation of the bounty) to January 16th, 2025 (date of the last payouts made for the work on UXB-1 that was done by December).

We are reporting the two quarters (and 16 days of Jan 2025) together as there were no expenses during Q3.

During this period, the bounty initiated four projects aimed at improving Polkadot’s ecosystem UX.

Everything regarding the Polkadot UX Bounty can be found here: Polkadot UX Bounty HQ

Expense Summary

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The projects under the UX Bounty have a minimum timeline of 3 to 4 months.

Payment conditions require payouts upon milestone completion, so while three projects have started in Q4, they haven’t been paid out yet.

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Payouts

• Bounty Operations:
  • Braille for 4 months of admin work (July-Aug-Sept-Oct)
  • Braille for 1 month of admin work (Nov)
• UXB-1 (Unified Address Format):
  • Jakub Panik for project execution (80% paid now, 20% after Phase 2 completion)
  • Michal Samborafor design work
  • Braille for project management work

⇒ View the full payouts sheet here.

Budget Analysis

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The price of DOT at the time of this report (January 23, 2025) was $6.33.

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

Remaining Funds (January 23, 2025 ): 64,647.93 DOT // ≈ $409,221.40 USD

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Cost Breakdown 2024