Dear Community Members,

This bounty is designed to fund System Parachain Collators on Kusama in a similar manner to **[bounty 20 on Kusama](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/bounty/20)**. Funding covers Asset-Hub and Bridge-Hub System Parachains.

This initiative is an extension of the original System Parachain Collator proposal. 
Our goal is to incentivize efficient performance, minimize censorship and ensure ongoing activity on each of System Parachains. We intend to achieve this by securing Treasury funding for operational costs and by associating disbursements against metrics of performance.

**Funding Request:** Infrastructure Costs and Staking Rewards

**Coverage:** Two Kusama System Parachains (AssetHub and BridgeHub)

**[Proposal Details](https://docs.google.com/document/d/14pRUj8WZPO75DuwDl4HoZU97v_Rmfx0bZ2KFqFW-qkE/edit)**

**[Discussion](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/2613)**

**Duration:** 6-month runway. Start Date: 1 January 2024

**Funding Amount:** 1954.46 KSM for Kusama System Parachains

We highly value your input and would greatly appreciate your comments, suggestions and support.


Kind Regards,

🐟BlueFin Tuna🐟, on behalf of System Parachain Collators

Problem Statement:
- The problem is the need to fund System Parachain Collators on Kusama to incentivize efficient performance, minimize censorship, and ensure ongoing activity on each of the System Parachains.

Significance:
- The significance of this problem is to ensure the smooth operation and security of the Kusama System Parachains by providing funding for infrastructure costs and staking rewards.

Proposed Solution:
- The proposed solution is to secure Treasury funding for operational costs and associate disbursements against metrics of performance.

Expected Outcomes:
- The expected outcome is to have a 6-month runway of funding, starting on January 1, 2024, with a funding amount of 1954.46 KSM for the Kusama System Parachains.

#394 Funding of Kusama System Parachain Collators