Final Report: Polkadot Open Source Grants Bounty
March 20, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
This document provides a short closing summary of the Polkadot Open Source Grants Bounty based on the public record in:
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 | $15,000 |
| Opentribe | opentribe-dao/opentribe | $30,000 |
| Create Dot App | preschian/create-dot-app | $10,000 |
| sublua | MontaQLabs/sublua | $25,000 |
| OpenGov Voting Tool | ZelmaCorp/VotingTool | $23,000 |
| Polkadot Java SDK | methodfive/jot | $25,000 |
| Swush | swush-labs/swush-app | $30,000 |
| chroma | 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.