Submitting a Referendum to the Kusama Network

Otar
23 steps
2 minutes

Polkassembly

Navigate to [https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.dwellir.com#/referenda](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.dwellir.com#/referenda)

Click "Governance > Preimages"

Click "Add preimage"

Click here

Click "treasury"

Click here

Select Spend(amount, Beneficiary)

Enter the amount you are requesting in KSM and double-check that it is correct.

Select the beneficiary address. Ideally, it will have an on-chain identity.

Copy the Preimage and its length.

Click "Submit preimage"

Make sure to find your preimage below, expand it and double-check the input.

Once again, please make sure that you copy the correct preimage hash.

Please go ahead and submit the referendum.

Click "Submit proposal"

Here you would have to choose the track you want to utilise. Different tracks have different requirements. For treasury proposals, different categories are defined by the value you are requesting; please make sure to check which category your proposal belongs to carefully.

For further info regarding the tracks can be found below: [https://guide.kusama.network/docs/maintain-guides-opengov/#origins-and-tracks-info](https://guide.kusama.network/docs/maintain-guides-opengov/#origins-and-tracks-info)

Make sure to provide the preimage hash that has been submitted previously and double-check that the length matches.

Please keep these values as sit is indicated.

Double-check everything and click "Submit a proposal"

Once the transaction is successful, you should be able to find your referendum in the list below.

Once you find your referendum, it is essential to provide a deposit so that the proposal can move to the next stage, where it can be either approved or rejected. Click "Decision deposit."

Different tracks would have different deposit requirements. Any account can submit it. Please make sure to click on place deposit and sign.

After the deposit is provided, it is time to include contextual information for governance forums so that the community is aware of what they are voting on. To do so, please click on the arrow.

Select Polkassembly or Subsquare so that you are redirected to their platform. If you are signed with the proposer's address, you will be able to edit the automatic post.

Please make sure to provide the same contextual information as you have provided in the discussion post. Once this is done, please feel free to share the referendum in the Direction channel inviting the community to review and vote. Kusama Direction Channel: [https://matrix.to/#/#Kusama-Direction:parity.io](https://matrix.to/#/#Kusama-Direction:parity.io)

Submitting a Referendum to the Kusama Network

Otar
23 steps
2 minutes

Polkassembly

Navigate to [https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.dwellir.com#/referenda](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.dwellir.com#/referenda)

Click "Governance > Preimages"

Click "Add preimage"

Click here

Click "treasury"

Click here

Select Spend(amount, Beneficiary)

Enter the amount you are requesting in KSM and double-check that it is correct.

Select the beneficiary address. Ideally, it will have an on-chain identity.

Copy the Preimage and its length.

Click "Submit preimage"

Make sure to find your preimage below, expand it and double-check the input.

Once again, please make sure that you copy the correct preimage hash.

Please go ahead and submit the referendum.

Click "Submit proposal"

Make sure to provide the preimage hash that has been submitted previously and double-check that the length matches.

Please keep these values as sit is indicated.

Double-check everything and click "Submit a proposal"

Once the transaction is successful, you should be able to find your referendum in the list below.

Once you find your referendum, it is essential to provide a deposit so that the proposal can move to the next stage, where it can be either approved or rejected. Click "Decision deposit."

Different tracks would have different deposit requirements. Any account can submit it. Please make sure to click on place deposit and sign.

After the deposit is provided, it is time to include contextual information for governance forums so that the community is aware of what they are voting on. To do so, please click on the arrow.

Select Polkassembly or Subsquare so that you are redirected to their platform. If you are signed with the proposer's address, you will be able to edit the automatic post.