Greetings *,

This is a revised proposal to cover the audit cost of the Zero Knowledge privacy protocol “Kusama Shield”. The project aims to bring in expert help to spot future bugs and security issues, giving the project a proper audit. The price has been squeezed down and everything has been done

Previous feedback:

• Broken unused function in smart contracts(now fixed)
• Ci not up to date(Continuous integration has been fixed and extended to cover majority of low hanging bugs across multiple code basis)
• Retro Active funding
  has now been removed
• Will future funding be requested to cover ui work?
  No, the project simply asks to cover the audit costs so that we can move forward with features that we aim to put in the hands of new users, mostly targeted towards telegram crypto users. The project will enforce a 0.5% tx fee to cover future development. 7 themes have been added to help users have more options.
• Clear guidelines on the files being audited
  Scope has been clearly defined in the proposal

Asked Amount: 39330 USD
Now: 39330 / 4.13 = 9523 KSM
Previous: 56605 / 3.2862 = 17225

Previously 17225 KSM old vs 9523 KSM new, the new proposal is 44.72% cheaper in KSM. EMA30 rate taken at, 2026-09-28 13:00:00 (+UTC), Block #21923279, verify here:
https://assethub-kusama.subscan.io/tools/price_converter?value=1&type=block&from=KSM&to=USD&time=21923279

Budget overview:

Task / hours

Coordinated Trusted Setup
20

Code review by ZK expert
90

Bug fixes and implementation of fixes
150

Together we can bring audited privacy tools to Kusama!

Read full proposal here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yIEtCjgcXViHaNxKVkXYjS0UFhDVVuUsnVMMnuNC3EA/edit?usp=sharing