Argument-0001: Retention at Rank I

Report Date	2025/12/17
Submitted by	David Salami

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Member details

• Matrix username: @web3_smith:matrix.org
• Polkadot address: 15PCbSw1gdtCG9fp1AdLVEQnovPh7LLYWN9krTDAZYhHirSY
• Current rank: 1
• Date of initial induction: Seeded Oct 17, 2022
• Date of last report: N/A
• Area(s) of Expertise/Interest: Trustless Bridges (Hyperbridge)

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Reporting period

• Start date: N/A
• End date: 2025/12/17

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Argument

I am applying for Rank I retention.

My contributions have focused on developing Hyperbridge which is one of two Trustless Bridges serving the Polkadot Ecosystem.

My contributions to Polkadot through Hyperbridge

• Hyperbridge provides the only multichain trustless interoperability protocol for the Polkadot Ecosystem. At launch of the Polkadot Hub Hyperbridge will be immediately available and it will provide the following to applications:

  • Access to liquidity and users from the EVM ecosystem like Base, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Bsc, Polygon, Gnosis and among others.
  • Ability to send and receive arbitary messages and data from EVM networks.

• Hyperbridge maintains a native bridge for the DOT token to the liquidity hubs of the EVM ecosystem, including Ethereum, Bsc, Base and Arbitrum with highly active liquidity pools. This is important to the Polkadot ecosystem for the upcoming Polkadot hub launch as Hyperbridge provides a decentralized access to the DOT token for new users and developers that need to perform actions on the hub. https://blockscan.com/token/0x8d010bf9c26881788b4e6bf5fd1bdc358c8f90b8?chainid=8453 https://app.uniswap.org/explore/tokens/arbitrum/0x8d010bf9c26881788b4e6bf5fd1bdc358c8f90b8?inputCurrency=NATIVE

• My team and I are currently working on a more native Hyperbridge integration for Polkadot Hub that will increase the efficiency and reduce latency of consensus updates to the Polkadot Hub
  https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/10140 - A PR from the Hyperbridge Team which adds an Inherent that would handle Hyperbridge Consensus Updates to the Polkadot Hub

Direct Contributions to Polkadot-sdk

• I have a PR under review for a spec compliant EIP-7702 implementation for pallet-revive. This will enable Polkadot Hub support account abstraction for EOAs - https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/10851

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Voting record

Ranks	Activity thresholds	Agreement thresholds	Member's voting activities	Comments
I	90%	N/A	I have voted on 0 out of 0 referenda in which I was eligible to vote (i.e undefined% voting activity). Out of xx referenda in which members of higher ranks were in complete agreement, I have voted in line with the consensus x times (i.e undefined% voting agreement).
II	80%	N/A
III	70%	100%
IV	60%	90%
V	50%	80%
VI	40%	70%

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