The Kus Public Review & AMA: 2022 - 2025

[ChrawnnaCorp]

This forum post serves as a common point to review contracts delivered by The Kus to Polkadot Treasury since January 2022. We have striven to be THE network leader in radically transparent operations with resources to audit past work publicly available along the way!

The Kus is a battle-tested, full-stack production unit - video, graphics, and visual storytelling experts - delivering mission-critical communications for the Polkadot ecosystem.

Kus Broadcasting maintains the public stages where the network’s consequential conversations
occur. Since January, 2022, we have pushed vital signal to newcomers and veterans alike, by platforming hundreds of top builders, thinkers, and doers.

Contracts represent an evolving relationship spanning 4 Spend Proposals approved by Gov1 Councillors, 5 Spend Proposals approved by OpenGov voters, and 10 Grants managed by Bounties.

A full review of the journey can be explored in this doc (v0.5)!

Kus Broadcasting has frequently over-delivered proposed scope while reducing costs to the network - frequently working with a funding deficit.

Every public referendum has been a vote of satisfaction of delivered work and has received >77% support!

All content has been released under Creative Commons licence and is available (with full production cycle) here!

A smattering of public support for proposed contracts over the years can be enjoyed here.

All movements of Kus Treasury assets can be explored here.

Some treasury & invoice activities reflect contractual work with organizations outside of treasury including: Parity, Scytale Digital, Frequency, and various ecosystem events which are not in scope of this review!

We’d love to expand this post to make it more useful to auditors and future Polkadot historians!

Please feel free to ask any questions and we’ll respond by updating this top post or the review document with answers!

We’re eager to answer all good faith questions that abide by the forum’s Code of Conduct. Reservation to answer replies below that violate these rules should not be construed as an admission of … whatever a bad faith reply may suggest.

If you’ve heard (or would like to initiate) rumours or gossip about Kus activities please feel free to inquire below beginning with “I’ve heard…” and we’ll be glad to set the record straight! Heard something? Just ask!

Serving DOT holders via the Polkadot Treasury thus far has been a great (and thrilling) honour. Thank you for the faithful and warm relationship since 2022!

[guido]

I want to publicly express my support for The Kus and the work they have delivered to the Polkadot ecosystem since day one. Full support.

We need more of The Kus → Vital info for Polkadot People.

[ChrawnnaCorp]

Hello. Looks like you clicked the link showing public support over refs instead of the review of contracts link above it.

[ChrawnnaCorp]

Please take a moment to review the material before posting. Even just a cursory view of the review document provided will reveal deliveries massively over scope with 5 public referendum on past work for future agreements, all over 77% support.

[ChrawnnaCorp]

Thank you for your comment. Please read the document provided.

[ChrawnnaCorp]

Please review the material where you’ll find many of the answers to these questions.

The Kus has been instrumental in exposing & stopping corruption, ecosystem-wide. These other labels suggested: I don’t believe are held in high regard among ecosystem contributors and certainly not among voters who developed The Kus’ relationship with treasury since 2022.

I was an early member of ChaosDAO and still have access to the server. It’s not quite the centre of power anon accounts hype it up to be but it’s an engaging fantasy.

First-time poster, eh?

[polkaflop]

Sorry, but you seem to not be listening. Talking yes, very good. Listening, not so good.

Neither to the community, or to the direct feedback you are getting here.

The current perception of you, and others, is being a grifters. ChaosDAO is certainly bringing the Chaos, I think the more appropriate name for this DAO could maybe be GrifterDAO?

Let us try this again, if you can answer just these two questions:

2.) How do you consider -95% return since you started posting your vids “a success”?

5.) How are you planning to change this perception of you as a grifter? Just by posting more videos saying “ye there has been a lot of grift, but we got to look ahead guys, ahead together with our bags full from our grift?”

[ThomasR]

Another alt accounts shitshow drama with 0 argument to deliver so far.

I’m neutral in this topic, but all questions or attacks about DOT price are just out of topic/context here.
The main issue about DOT price was/is the tokenomics (inflation + infinite supply) and staking rewards.

You can attack OpenGov, all bounties, Kusamarian, it’s just a drop in the ocean compared to staking rewards.

AGAIN,
Staking rewards = 85% inflation
OpenGov = 15% inflation (Kus being a drop of that 15%).

KUS vs Staking Rewards, objectively, what do you really think is the main issue for the DOT price ?

People need to switch their mindset about OpenGov being the pb…
Maths don’t fit with that myth.

Cheers
(You can continue the alt account shitshow)

[ChrawnnaCorp]

Good points. And btw, thanks for your support over the years!

[ChrawnnaCorp]

[sorpaas]

@ThomasR

The main issue about DOT price was/is the tokenomics (inflation + infinite supply) and staking rewards.

This is actually not true, because otherwise, we would expect that the market cap not affected by the tokenomics. After all, there’s no differences in the DOTs sold due to price increase or DOT sold due to staking rewards (same in the stock market, where dividend is usually accounted for no matter it’s growth stock or dividend heavy stock).

But what we see in reality is that the market cap drops heavily as well.

I would be amazed if DOT fixed itself by adopting hard cap. ETC didn’t make it, and they arguably even did it a lot more properly. DOT will probably be of the same fate.

[Yoopey]

Lets be clear here -

The Kus is not responsible for DOTs price. That is a incorrect assertion and i would suggest you take responsibility for where you put your money.

Production does take time and effort - for this there is a cost. Polkadots requirements for ‘Kus’ type activity could be put out to market - this would help people benchmark pricing / value and invite competition.

IMO - I think production quality tends to be good (space monkeys is jewel in crown) and Jay, whatever you think of him, has qualities. I do think views are low though, and that is driven by wider crypto apathy and polkadots status (others are responsible for this) - as such i would not overly promote ‘over delivery’ if i was him.

Items such as kus graphs, gaming updates offer zero value to me and i suspect to others.

I’d like to see KUS step back from all open gov production/open dev and see this managed by web3 foundation with credible figures brought in to manage. The system needs serious overhaul and controls put in place - it is open gov that is driving you nuts I would suggest - its become too cosy for some and lacks challenge and rigour.

Tried to be balanced here. Please dont bother me with any emotional replies.

[w3nerick]

I strongly support The Kus’s dissemination channel. Without a doubt, it is the best program to stay updated on Polkadot, including governance, and to debate ideas publicly. You have all my support if you continue in 2026, as The Kus is essential for OpenGov and live technical updates.

Congratulations on the great work!.
Gavin’s interview on Gray Paper Jam is my favorite

[contexant]

The guy is the voice of Polkadot, his content is quite good, educational and motivational, maybe consider decreasing the funding, but not completely cut it.

[MR_Biggz]

Keep doing your thing JAY! The haters will hate – The people at the head of the eco have made massive mistakes hopefully they can turn it around, also almost every token is down 90+% not just DOT. Space Monkeys is the shit and you are the voice of the eco.

[Daredevil3x7]

Always the same in our world. People give monetary capital much higher value than social capital…crying over prices and giving an institution of the community the cause ofc. Whoever gives KUS and JAY the cause of the problem should really ask himself the question was I really part of this community and what are my motivation in here. If mainly money, then please leave the room you hurting more then you give this ecosystem. Jay was from the beginning I met him in 2022 purely enthusiastic about the ecosystem and gave his heart and sweat to it. The costs for his effort and energy was more than valuable if not underpaid. He gave 3 years of his life to this eco in a way not many can do and you talking about him being the problem ugghh. Sorry but this is nonsense!! People like him let people stay in the ecosystem. I predict that Polkadot losses it’s gathering voice the glue for discurs. It’s sad to see that people with almost no effort just having some DOT or having their emotional dramatic glasses on hurting this community so much. Honor this team and the Jay instead what effort and quality they brought. I hope this will be reavalued by the voices of the community who appreciate the efforts of Jay and the Kus Team. So they still can be a light in this network, bringing people together and sharing good vibes.

To all out there who criticize ask yourself what did you do for Polkadot!!!

Peace out

I hope you amazing Christmas and a good slide into the new year. (Yes also to you you Grinches of this ecosystem)

[darwinsubramaniam]

Kus has delivered all required as a single channel to watch most of the things happening around polkadot ecosystem.

Thanks for all the hardwork and deliverables.

Moving on the to new chapter in Polkadot, I believe eventually The KUS will be back.