**Context** - Ongoing costs for the development, operation and maintenance of governance platform for Polkadex

Polkassembly is the governance partner for Polkadex. This submission proposes a recurring payment (quarterly) to cover maintenance costs for Polkassembly, including general maintenance, runtime upgrades changes and could/infrastructure cost.

In this particular proposal, the costs for the newly developed features like Notifications and Search in Polkadex's Polkassembly portal have been included as well. Please refer to this [link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qc879C_f8Gf_3v-EzsERV1i-Is2gVD0AWlO-yqasMpM/edit?usp=sharing) for full details.

Total Cost: USD 3,050

**Cost Breakdown**:
Maintenance Cost (April’23-Jun’23) - $1,050
Search, Notifications and new feature deployment - $2,000


**Important Notes** - 
- The maintenance cost for using Polkassembly will be increased from $350/month to $450/month starting July ‘23. 
- Going ahead, any new maintenance proposal will aim to fund costs for 2 quarters together instead of 1, helping reduce governance burden and optimizing the process further. 


For any queries feel free to contact: hello@polkassembly.io

Zondax team, known for maintaining Ledger apps for Polkadot, Kusama, Statemine, and Statemint, seeks funding from the treasury to continue their services. Their Ledger apps provide secure interaction with substrate chains using Ledger devices. The proposal includes ongoing maintenance, bug fixes, security audits, and project management for these Ledger apps. The budget covers development costs and third-party security audits, ensuring continuous compatibility and security.

Create 48 videos about Polkadot. Including deep-dive tutorials, regular updates and interviews.

- Polkassembly is a governance platform for Polkadex.
- They need money to cover the costs of maintaining and upgrading the platform.
- They also want to add new features like Notifications and Search.
- The total cost is $3,050.
- They will increase the monthly maintenance cost starting in July '23.

#21 Polkassembly Social Contract(Maintenance Cost Q2'23)

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