This report contains activities I consider relevant for public representation of Polkadot (Ambassador Activities)

As stated in my application, I did not intend to receive compensation, as long as I am working under the existing W3F grant. I always opt to maximize synergy between several roles. The activities listed below are either done voluntarily or where marked are done under the contract clauses of the existing DF grant.

July

• Representation
  • Presentation at Polkadot Decoded 2024: A Status Quo and Strategy for Polkadot Ecosystem Development (DF Grant)
  • Polkadot Live: Inflation Debate
  • Major Updates: Polkadot 2.0 Strategy
  • Parity Blog Post: Abstractions, Intents, Strategies: Emerging Web3 Themes
  • Landed the Polkadot Treasury Report in Cointelegraph: Report
  • Twitter: 389k Impressions, 3.9k Likes, 380 Reposts (all organic homegrown)
• Ambassador Program Development
  • Forum Post: Lessons Learned from the Reform of the Ambassador Program (DF Grant)
  • Twitter Space on how to develop the Ambassador Program (DF Grant)
• Further OpenGov work: July Report (specifically weekly OpenGov Office Hours Open Mic sesions)

August

• Representation
  • Web3 Summit: Do we need Network Constitutions?
  • Space Monkeys: DAO Episode
  • Production of OpenDev call replacement shorts: Shawn, Nikos, Gavin, Oliver, Robert K (DF Grant)
  • Twitter: 260k Impressions, 2.8k Likes, 230 Reposts (all organic homegrown)
• Ambassador Program Development
  • Technical coordination of Ambassador Pallet usage with Fellowship members
• Community Development
  • Published a portal to onboard community members into OpenGov: Polkadot OpenGov Portal (DF Grant)
• Further OpenGov work: August Report (specifically weekly OpenGov Office Hours Open Mic sesions)

September

• Representation
  • Token2049 Polkadot Booth next to the Main Stage. Connected ~20 qualified leads with ecosystem agents and/or relevant knowledge/processes.
  • Twitter: 259k Impressions, 3k Likes, 280 Reposts (all organic homegrown)
• Ambassador Program Development
  • Prepared Extrinsics for Ambassador Pallet Configuration
  • Proposed to hold HA votes on-chain instead of Discord. Mario S found this to be an “interesting idea” that we “should keep in the back of our minds”
  • Co-led intervention that freed the Ambassador Program from its stuck state (”the curse of 487”) and unleashed a new creative force to get it reformed