I do agree that budgeted spending tracks are a good idea. I do not agree that we are currently spending too little. First we need to identity our basic needs (A couple RPC nodes and Subscan and ??) and what those costs are. Anything less than covering basic expenses would be too little. At the current burn rate we are broke in less than 3-years. This is not a good plan. Needs to be less spent or more income to extend the mission.
"The Kusama relay chain exists as a security hub for parachains and for testing / Scaling of Polkadot’s core mechanics:
- Parachains Protocol
- Consensus and Finalization
- Staking
- Governance
- Parachain Scheduling
- etc…" -Paraphrased from a comment by Shawn Tabrizi here: A Kusama Forum - Place for longform debate and healthy discussion - #14 by shawntabrizi
We should manage the treasury with an eye toward extending Kusama’s core mission as long as possible and eliminate spending outside of the scope of Kusama’s reason for existence.