[HGP-58] Epoch 9 CEX Connectors Poll

Eligible Connectors

A quarterly poll that allocates HBOT to exchange connectors to define the level of maintenance that the Foundation spends on each connector.

The choices for this poll are the current centralized exchanges which have spot or perpetual connectors in the codebase: https://hummingbot.org/exchanges/

Bounty Allocation per Poll

Polls allocate a fixed pool of 1,000,000 HBOT among the top exchanges for each Poll based on their pro-rata voting share. This per-exchange amount would be a public HBOT maintenance bounty allocation which the Foundation uses to fund bounties assigned to community developers for bug fixes and upgrades related to that exchange's Hummingbot connectors.

Connectors Receiving Allocation

For each poll, the top four (4) exchanges, ranked by number of HBOT votes, receive bounty allocations, based on their pro-rata voting share.

Bounty Allocation Cap

The maximum allocation per exchange or chain is 800,000 HBOT.

See the Connector Pots tab in HBOT Tracker for the current allocations for each exchange.

Connector Inclusion Threshold

In each Poll, a connector needs to receive at least 200,000 HBOT in aggregate votes. Otherwise, the exchange's connectors will be removed from the Hummingbot codebase in the following monthly release.