Kusama System Collator Bounty 2nd Top-up - 2026
Dear community,
This proposal requests a top-up for Kusama system parachain collators covering seven months, from July 2026 through January 2027.
The programme remains unchanged from Referendum 643:
- 30 funded community invulnerable collators across AssetHub, BridgeHub, People, Coretime, and Encointer
- 3 curators at $250 per curator per month
- $425 per month for hosting and local infrastructure
- No funding for permissionless collators, staking rewards, tool development, or a separate coordinator fee
The total request is $60,725. Using the EMA7 KSM price of $3.5177 from 1 September 2026, this equals approximately 17,262.70 KSM.
This top-up is needed earlier than expected because the lower KSM price has reduced the runway from Referendum #643. The number of funded collators and the monthly funding model have not increased.
New proposal can be found here: https://gist.github.com/paradox-tt/61d47533f8d652c5ee380047e8ed00ac
and an addendum for the updated calculation here: https://gist.github.com/paradox-tt/71aecb6d7ee3084492398aad2a19e201
Regards,
System Parachain Collator Bounty Curator Team
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