Summary:
This proposal seeks to secure continued funding for the services the IBP provides to the ecosystem for 12 months starting March 2026. The proposal includes changes as a result of our discussion round and comes with various cost savings, reducing the costs by 58.68%.

Key changes that were implemented:

• Removing parachain support
• Reducing member count from 12 to 8
• Adjusting node redundancy
• Reducing curator payments by 50% and removed Building Fund
• Listing Fellowship runners separately
• No more bulletin validators.

The full proposal can be found here

About the IBP:
The Infrastructure Builders Program (IBP) is a collective of independent infrastructure service providers that supports the Polkadot ecosystem with RPC and ‘IT department’ services. Established in 2022, IBP is a globally distributed and resilient ecosystem service provider, thanks to its unique design.