Parachains

PAL can provide funding for audits of Polkadot parachains - i.e. chains built on Polkadot-SDK which are secured by Polkadot.

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PAL has suspended funding of Parachain Audit Funding until further notice.

Funding

Parachain projects that apply to any of PAL's funding programs can receive a combine total of up to $100,000 every 6 months.

Through the Audit Funding Program, PAL can cover up to 80% of the costs of an audit, with a hard cap of $100,000, per project, every 6 months.

The maximum payout amount depends on how long the applicant has been producing blocks on the Polkadot network:

# Consecutive Cores	# Blocks produced	Max Payout
1	1 - 403,200	$ 25,000
2	403,201 - 806,400	$ 50,000
3	806,401 - 1,209,600	$ 75,000
4 / Parachain Slot	1,209,601 +	$ 100,000

All funding is paid out in DOT using the 7-day DOT EMA price.

Eligibility Criteria

To receive PAL funding, applications need to satisfy all the following criteria:

• The audit relates to Rust code that is part of the Runtime of a Polkadot-SDK chain or its node host.
• The applicant team is a Polkadot-SDK chain producing blocks on the Polkadot Network secured by Polkadot.
• The requested amount is, at most, the maximum defined in the table above.
• The code is open source.
• The code is production-ready and under development freeze - no new commits are allowed unless agreed with the auditors (fixes of identified bugs).
• The applicant agrees that PAL will make the audit report public (once the team has addressed any open issues).

Application

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Applications are currently not being accepted. PAL has suspended funding of Parachain Audit Funding until further notice.

Follow the steps below to apply for audit funding:

1. Ensure you fulfill the Eligibility Criteria.
2. Determine the audit scope (LOC + refs, excluding tests).
3. Examine the Pre-Audit Preparedness Checklist.
4. Join the PAL Discord - this is where all communication takes place.
5. Request at least two offers for an audit from at least 2 PAL-approved auditors.
6. Decide which offer you wish to proceed with.
7. Submit your funding application using the Application Form.

The usual processing time of applications is 1-2 weeks. We will keep you updated in a dedicated Discord channel.