This motion aims to approve the [Wasm Smart Contracts Bounty - bounty 19(https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/bounty/19).

Proposed by coalition of teams to encourage and promote the adoption and development of WebAssembly smart contracts on Polkadot parachains, the goal is to create audited Ink!/Ask! smart contract showcases, an incubation program, and a React Hooks library called “UseInk”.  Please note that due to the value requested the proposal has been submitted as an external motion. Meaning, that after/in case of Council approval, the proposal will be up for community vote via Referendum for the final decision. For information on budget, roadmap and scope of work of the bounty, please visit the bounty's contextual information: [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/bounty/19](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/bounty/19). 

Please note the preimage for this proposal is submitted already, however, since the proposal is wrapped on an external motion call to be voted first by the council, the preimage is not noted on Polkadot.js Apps (this is an application issue). If the proposal passes to external queue, then the preimage will pair automatically. 

Proposal hash: `0xad5bd919076c71a6acba8ffafe12dfaf8ef83e40d69a56ee1ae1d5ffaa9f429e`

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Schedule a majority-carries referendum to be tabled next once it is legal to schedule
an external referendum.

The dispatch of this call must be `ExternalMajorityOrigin`.

- `proposal_hash`: The preimage hash of the proposal.

Unlike `external_propose`, blacklisting has no effect on this and it may replace a
pre-scheduled `external_propose` call.

Weight: `O(1)`

Approve a bounty proposal. At a later time, the bounty will be funded and become active
and the original deposit will be returned.

May only be called from `T::ApproveOrigin`.

# <weight>
- O(1).
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- This motion is about approving a bounty for the development of WebAssembly smart contracts on Polkadot parachains.
- The goal is to create audited Ink!/Ask! smart contract showcases, an incubation program, and a React Hooks library called "UseInk".
- The proposal will be voted on by the council and then by the community via Referendum.
- The preimage for the proposal has already been submitted.
- The proposal hash is `0xad5bd919076c71a6acba8ffafe12dfaf8ef83e40d69a56ee1ae1d5ffaa9f429e`.

#327 Approval of Wasm Smart Contracts Bounty - bounty 19