# Final Report: Polkadot Open Source Grants Bounty

This document provides a short closing summary of the Polkadot Open Source Grants Bounty based on the public record in:

- [PolkadotOpenSourceGrants](https://github.com/PolkadotOpenSourceGrants/)
- [`PolkadotOpenSourceGrants/apply`](https://github.com/PolkadotOpenSourceGrants/apply)
- [`PolkadotOpenSourceGrants/delivery`](https://github.com/PolkadotOpenSourceGrants/delivery/)

## Summary

The Polkadot Open Source Grants Bounty approved **10 projects** with a combined value of **$248,000 USD**.

Of those approved projects, **8 were successfully completed, delivered, and paid in full**.

## High-Level Statistics

- **Project proposals submitted:** 59
- **Approved projects:** 10
- **Successfully finalized projects:** 8
- **Total approved value:** **$248,000 USD**
- **Successfully delivered and fully paid value:** **$188,000 USD**
- **Additional paid milestone value:** **$10,000 USD**
- **Curator compensation:** **$22,500 USD**
- **Total paid out by the program:** **$220,500 USD**

This means:

- approximately **16.9%** of submitted proposals were approved
- **80%** of approved projects were completed successfully

## Successfully Finalized Projects

| Project | Repository / Public Project Link | Value (USD) |
| --- | --- | ---: |
| Opentgov | [mar1/opentgov](https://github.com/mar1/opentgov/) | $15,000 |
| Opentribe | [opentribe-dao/opentribe](https://github.com/opentribe-dao/opentribe) | $30,000 |
| Create Dot App | [preschian/create-dot-app](https://github.com/preschian/create-dot-app) | $10,000 |
| sublua | [MontaQLabs/sublua](https://github.com/MontaQLabs/sublua) | $25,000 |
| OpenGov Voting Tool | [ZelmaCorp/VotingTool](https://github.com/ZelmaCorp/VotingTool) | $23,000 |
| Polkadot Java SDK | [methodfive/jot](https://github.com/methodfive/jot) | $25,000 |
| Swush | [swush-labs/swush-app](https://github.com/swush-labs/swush-app) | $30,000 |
| chroma | [avalix-labs/chroma](https://github.com/avalix-labs/chroma) | $30,000 |
| **Total** |  | **$188,000** |

## Closing Note

The Polkadot Open Source Grants Bounty supported a focused set of open-source projects across the Polkadot ecosystem, including governance tooling, developer SDKs, wallet testing infrastructure, developer tooling, and cross-chain infrastructure. In total, **8 projects were completed successfully**, representing **$188,000 USD** in delivered and fully paid grant value. In addition, the program paid **$10,000 USD** for an approved milestone outside the fully finalized set of projects, and **$22,500 USD** in curator compensation, bringing the total paid out by the program to **$220,500 USD**.

The remaining **427.01 DOT** available in the bounty will be returned to the Polkadot Treasury through a referenda to be submitted on OpenGov.