We’re excited to officially introduce PolkaTalent, a new project developed by Kunveno in collaboration with the amazing Virto crew—the builders behind Kreivo, one of the most forward-thinking networks in the Kusama ecosystem focused on simplifying the creation and management of decentralised organisations.

All of this feeds directly into our white paper, where we detail how PolkaTalent fits into the broader work3spaces vision—a decentralised marketplace designed to connect freelancers with companies seeking top-tier talent, built on fair reputation, transparent value, and trustless coordination.

PolkaTalent is part of our broader mission to unlock new pathways for freelance professionals in Web3. Think of it as a decentralised talent engine that starts by listening to those who know the industry best—you.

We’re currently recruiting Web3 freelance developers active in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems to join us for early user journey interviews. Your insights will help us design intuitive UX flows tailored to real dev needs and workflows in this space.

📆 Interviews will run from April 7 to April 11.

💰You’ll be compensated with 4 KSM for a 45–60 minute call.

If you are a Web3 developer excited to shape the future of decentralised work and co-create with us from day 1, apply here before April 7.

Let’s build something incredible, together.

This RFP was adapted over several weeks on AAG to turn a treasury proposal in discussion to an RFP with refined scope and oversight.

To apply for the prize pls fill out this form.  

Prize Pool: $43,000
Finder’s Fee: $2,000 **
Supervisors: $5,000

Supervisors (Bounty Curators)

• Flipchan
• Byte (Erin)
• James Slusser

Excess or unused funds will be returned to the treasury by Bounty Curators.

Timeline

Monday, March 17 - AAG Discussion & this forum post! ✅
Monday, March 24 - Single-ref Bounty + Curators ✅
4 Weeks after Bounty Funding - Submission Deadline Thursday
July 31 - Project Completion (Pending Kusama Hub Launch)

Project Scope

Smart Contract Development

• A Solidity-based smart contract deployed on Kusama Hub
• ZK enabled for private deposits & withdrawals
• Compatibility with all Kusama Hub assets

User Interface

• Browser-based, mobile-ready UI hosted on IPFS
• Support for: Deposits, Withdrawals, Transfers, XCM Transfers
• Compatible with popular ecosystem wallets (Nova Wallet, Talisman, Subwallet)

Anti-correlation Attack Mitigations:

• Fixed deposit amounts (e.g. 1, 10, 100, 1000 units)
• Batch payouts for withdrawals to multiple users
  Interoperability
• Ability to receive assets via XCM from any Kusama-connected parachain and transfer them to Kusama Hub for use in shielded pool.

Open-Source Delivery

• All code (smart contracts and UI) published under the MIT license
• Publicly accessible repositories Project updates shared transparently via Polkassembly, Subsquare, or Polkadot Forum from Team with Milestone deliveries
• Developer & User documentation

Milestones

Milestone 1, Initial Pools & Basic UI:
$16,200 USD
1 month

1. Tests - Smart contract test
2. Smart contract - ZK shielded smart contract with KSM and multi asset support on Westend or Paseo
3. Basic UI - A basic UI for interacting with the smart contract

Milestone 2, UI + XCM:
$9,900
1 month

1. Tests - tests for all features
2. User interface design - UI design
3. XCM transfers - XCM transfer assets in UI
4. Fixed amount transfer only - Allow fixed amount transfers in the UI

Milestone 3, Mainnet Deployment:
$16,900
1 - 1.5 months

1. Contract Migration to Kusama Assethub - Migrate contract from Testnet to Kusama Hub
2. Public documentation - Documentation for using Kusama shield and developer integration documentation
3. Test - tests for contract
4. V1 UI - User tested & something we can be proud of

** re: Finder’s Fee: this payment is set aside to incentivize a broad search for the right implementor. Finder’s Fees are paid out at time of team engagement. Teams that submit themselves can collect their own Finder’s Fee at completion of project.