Dear Community,

We finally have a [governance dashboard](https://www.kusamagovernance.com/) (currently only includes gov1 data)!

While the [Proof of Chaos](https://www.proofofchaos.app/) project aims to incentivise governance participation, until now there was no way to actually measure the impact of these efforts. We decided to build this dashboard since no alternatives were available and received treasury funding for the undertaking.

*To align interests with a successful outcome and ensure delivery we only asked for approximately **half** (10500 Euros) of the funding up-front ([the original proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gj4HMhI4syYFu5tGwR86m_Vqs7HzxneEH4qGETaSaEA/edit?usp=sharing)). These funds have already been **received** by us through [Proposal 145](https://www.dotreasury.com/ksm/proposals/145). After receiving positive feedback on the related [discussion post](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/2091), we are now creating this proposal for the **remaining funding** (9200 Euros).*

*9200 Euros = 9824 USD*

*Using the EMA7: 24.65 USD/KSM*

*9824 / 24.65 = 398.5 KSM*

#### The dashboard is split into 3 parts

**Main dashboard**

Presents the most important statistics to show insightful trends.
<a href="https://ibb.co/vB1cvPT"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/3s1TYNj/Screenshot-2023-01-01-at-14-22-44.png" alt="Screenshot-2023-01-01-at-14-22-44" border="0"></a>

**Single referendum view**

Displays all relevant information for a specific referendum.
<a href="https://ibb.co/ZgCqT88"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/qgwT1ss/Screenshot-2023-01-01-at-14-51-54.png" alt="Screenshot-2023-01-01-at-14-51-54" border="0"></a>

**Single account view**

Provides insights into the voting behaviour of a specific wallet.
<a href="https://ibb.co/Wy8Gk1h"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/VSnJg81/Screenshot-2023-01-01-at-14-54-36.png" alt="Screenshot-2023-01-01-at-14-54-36" border="0"></a>

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We initially projected delivery to be in July 2022 and sincerely apologise for the **delay**. While work commenced immediately, we were not fully satisfied with previous iterations. Note that this project was largely executed by data analyst Claudia Yuan as to allow the existing devs for the Proof of Chaos project to keep focused on our other efforts.

### Explanation of the design choices:

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For the dashboard we built a custom [SubSquid indexer](https://github.com/Proof-Of-Chaos/indexer) that indexes all relevant governance data in real-time. You can query the data [here](https://squid.subsquid.io/referenda-dashboard/v/0/graphql).

**Drawbacks**:

1. Subsquid indexers are currently still running on **centralized** servers.
2. The indexer needs to be updated each time there is a **runtime upgrade** with **breaking changes** to the existing logic. 

##### *Centralisation*

Currently all Subsquid indexers are running on the company's servers. While Subquery may have a more decentralized product, we still went with Subsquid due to the ease and speed of development with their solution. The support received from the Subsquid team as well as their commitment to the Polkadot Ecosystem also played a significant role in our decision. Note that Subsquid is working towards decentralisation.

##### *Breaking changes through Runtime upgrades*

This should be less of an issue as the Kusama network becomes more stable and runtime upgrades become "less invasive".



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For the [frontend](https://github.com/Proof-Of-Chaos/dashboard) we went with a Python Framework called Dash. While this helped us to build quicker, it limited us in flexibility. This route was chosen due to Claudia's familiarity with Python.

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### Continuation of the project...

We are of course interested in extending the dashboard to also include **OpenGov** (Gov2) data. This would be required to measure the effect of our incentivisation efforts going forward. It would involve updating the indexer to incorporate all OpenGov events + extrinsics as well as adapting the front-end to the new type of data (charts/filtering by tracks etc.).

Feel free to also throw any **feature requests** you may have in the comments of the [discussion post](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/2091). Thank you very much.

- The governance dashboard has been created to measure the impact of governance participation.
- The creators asked for half of the funding upfront and have already received it.
- They are now asking for the remaining funding.
- The dashboard is split into three parts: main dashboard, single referendum view, and single account view.
- The creators apologize for the delay in delivery and explain the design choices they made.

#255 Kusama Governance Dashboard