Polkadot Protocol Conformance Tests RFP research grant

[hgergov]

Milestone Delivery Checklist

• The milestone-delivery-template.md has been copied and updated.
• This pull request is being made by the same account as the accepted application.
• I have disclosed any and all sources of reused code in the submitted repositories and have done my due diligence to meet its license requirements.
• In case of acceptance, an invoice must be submitted and the payment will be transferred to the Polkadot/fiat account provided in the application.

Note: The initial application contains an incorrect payment address. Please use the following accurate payment address: 0x050801be60d8535f433d5c15db3129276cc1cc6a (USDT on Ethereum Mainnet)

• The delivery is according to the Guidelines for Milestone Deliverables.

[Noc2]

Could you create a PR to update the payment address in the application? https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/blob/master/applications/Polkadot-Protocol-Conformance-Tests.md Thanks

[semuelle]

Thanks for the delivery, @hgergov. Based on @bhargavbh's review, your milestone is hereby accepted. Congratulations!

[github-actions]

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[github-actions]

🪙 Please fill out the invoice form in order to initiate the payment process. Thank you!

[github-actions]

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[semuelle]

@hgergov, have you submitted an invoice yet?

[hgergov]

@hgergov, have you submitted an invoice yet?

Hey @semuelle we just submitted the invoice — apologies for taking a while!

[semuelle]

Not a problem 😄