I like this idea to acknowledge what Polkadot does for projects! It makes sense and helps a lot in marketing the product.
I think we need to deeply reflect on the meaning of:
- powered
- funded
- secured
Secured should be used for chains and things that are sending data through a Polkadot core.
Powered should be used for applications that use resources of another application. I think in the case of Polkadot, “secured” and “powered” can be used interchangeably, as Polkadot is a Layer 0 (although “secured”, IMO should have priority). For parachains, only “powered” makes sense to me.
Funded is simply used for projects that got funding from the treasury.
Example 1:
Polkadot ← Hydration ← flappywud.lol
Hydration is secured by Polkadot and powers the web3 game flappywud.lol (the game drops WUD and NFTs to players). The game is thus also powered by Asset Hub (and more stuff like graphic engine, etc. that we do not care much).
Example 2:
Polkadot ← Mythical ← Rivals
Mythical Games is secured by Polkadot, and Rivals is powered by Mythical.