Bill Laboon

Bill's Polkadot Digest

Polkadot News

Referendum 1536, proposing to allocate four additional cores and assign two of these cores directly, is now up for vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1536

Interested in having breakfast with me and discussing Polkadot? I will be at an event with Signum Growth / DOT...

Polkadot Digest 24 Apr 2025

Polkadot News

I will be speaking at Web3 Summit this year. For more details and tickets, see here. https://x.com/Web3summit/status/1915005782619303948

Alice_und_Bob would like to know what Treasury statistics you would like to see for the bi-annual Treasury Report. https://x...

Polkadot Digest 23 Apr 2025

Polkadot News

The PAPI Interactive Console is ready, making it easier to develop web applications that interact with Polkadot. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/introducing-papi-interactive-console-playground/12425

Subscan has introduced their PolkaVM explorer for Westend (Polkadot testnet...

Polkadot Digest 22 Apr 2025

Polkadot News

Referendum 1529, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot Bridge Hub to Runtime 1.4.3, is now up for vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1528

Although Ref 1510 (setting up Snowbridge USDC and USDT assets) passed and executed, there was an error in the call. It has been fixed...

Polkadot Digest 17 Apr 2025

Polkadot News

Interested in hearing from the new Decentralized Voices delegates? There will be AMAs with each of the teams, starting this week with Permanence DAO. https://x.com/Polkadot/status/1911743132896469165

Referendum 1510, setting up wrapped USDC and USDT from Ethereum on Asset Hub, is...

Polkadot Digest 15 Apr 2025

Polkadot News

Referendum 1501, proposing a structured mechanism to add USDT and USDC into the Treasury, is now passing with 92.9% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1501

The staking rate on Polkadot continues to increase and is now at 54.16%. https://staking.polkadot...

Polkadot Digest 11 Apr 2025

Polkadot News

Web3 Foundation is hiring for several roles, including Technical Educator, Growth Operations Manager, and Software Engineer. https://web3.bamboohr.com/careers

Interested in Polkadot governance? Join Attempts at Governance today at 15.25 UTC. https://x...

Polkadot Digest 10 Apr 2025

Polkadot News

Kori Higgins and I were on the Proof of Talk podcast talking about Polkadot, decentralization, and blockchain usability. https://x.com/CryptomatonBlog/status/1907879878340268110

The video from my interview on Roxom TV is also now available: https://x...

Polkadot Digest 4 Apr 2025

Polkadot News

Interested in Polkadot’s on-chain governance? Check out today’s Attempts at Governance at 15.30 UTC. https://x.com/TheKusamarian/status/1907719735745355827

Referendum 1510, setting Snowbridge-wrapped USDC and USDT as sufficient assets and setting their ED to 0.01, is currently...

Polkadot Digest 3 Apr 2025

Polkadot News

Referendum 1501, proposing a structured approach for the Treasury to obtain stablecoins to allow it to pay out expenses in a stable asset, is passing with 80.8% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1501

The staking rate on Polkadot has been increasing lately and...

Polkadot Digest 2 Apr 2025

Polkadot News

Polkadot stable-2412.4 has been released. This is a patch update to the latest stable version stable2412. https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/releases/tag/polkadot-stable2412-4

Interested in chatting about developing with Polkadot SDK? You can chat on Polkadot Developer...

Polkadot Digest 1 Apr 2025

Polkadot Digest 31 Mar 2025

Polkadot News

Referendum 1510, proposing to set up Snowbridge-wrapped USDT and USDC (setting metadata, making sufficient, setting ED of 0.01) is now up for vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1510

Referendum 1501, proposing to add more stablecoins (USDT...

Polkadot Digest 31 Mar 2025

Polkadot News

Referendum 1501, proposing to refill the Treasury with 5 million US% worth of stablecoins (USDC and USDT), is now up for vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1501

Registration for Encode Club’s Polkadot Scalability Hackathon has now started. The Hackathon begins 7...

Polkadot Digest 25 Mar 2025

Polkadot News

The March OpenDev call from the Polkadot Technical Fellowship is available online here. Topics include JAM, BEEFY, and reducing inflation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kpgs7eb95M

Referendum 1486, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot Asset Hub runtime to 1.4.2, is passing almost...

Polkadot Digest 24 Mar 2025

Polkadot News

Interested in quickly creating a Polkadot dapp? Check out the create-polkadot-dapp NPM package. https://x.com/KarimJDDA/status/1881670658314363144

Want to keep track of Treasury Proposals? Check out the OG Tracker, which verifies that they recipients have delivered what they...

Polkadot Digest 21 Mar 2025

Polkadot News

I will be giving a keynote talk on “Smart Contracts on Polkadot” at Aleph/Crecimiento at 17.00 Argentina time (UTC-3) today. https://x.com/crecimientoar/status/1902502303480844554

I was on Decentralized Mic along with Lane Rettig (NEAR Foundation) and Christine Kim (Galaxy) to...

Polkadot Digest 20 Mar 2025

Polkadot News

A KAGOME validator is now live in the active validator set. This is the second implementation of the Polkadot Host to be actively producing blocks on the Polkadot relay chain. https://x.com/qdrvm%5Fio/status/1901697977238077894

I will be talking about on-chain governance with...

Polkadot Digest 18 Mar 2025

Polkadot News

Erin from Parity will lead a workshop on building test infrastructure from the ground up at Protocol Berg in Berlin. https://x.com/protocol%5Fberg/status/1900983174236102786

Referendum 1468, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot Asset Hub and Collectives parachains to runtime 1.4.2...

Polkadot Digest 17 Mar 2025

Polkadot Digest 14 Mar 2025

Polkadot News

Decentralized Voices Cohort 3 is now over, although delegations will last for another few weeks. For more details, see https://x.com/BillLaboon/status/1900466866289610936

Referendum 1468, upgrading the Snowbridge (trustless Polkadot-Ethereum bridge...

Polkadot Digest 14 Mar 2025

Polkadot News

Polkadot stable2412-3 has been released. https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/releases/tag/polkadot-stable2412-3

Awesome DOT has produced an excellent list of new tools for Polkadot released in February. https://x.com/TheAwesomeDOT/status/1897777639794081964

Do you know...

Polkadot Digest 13 Mar 2025

Polkadot News

I will be participating in the Decentralized Mic podcast on X Tuesday 18 Mar, along with Lane Rettig from NEAR and Joyce Siqueira from Parity, to discuss on-chain governance. https://x.com/Polkadot/status/1899535799684624746

Referendum 1468, proposing to upgrade the Snowbridge...

Polkadot Digest 12 Mar 2025

Polkadot News

Gavin Wood demoed running DOOM on JAM last week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJcw5FMSjQs

For a high-level overview of JAM, please see the Polkadot Wiki: https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-jam-chain

Referendum 1484, proposing to increase the size of the validator active...

Polkadot Digest 11 Mar 2025

Polkadot News

The Polkadot Deployment Portal allows you to create and deploy your own rollups on Polkadot from one place. https://x.com/PolkadotDeploy/status/1895518872473911545

Referendum 1468, proposing to upgrade the Snowbridge contract allowing for bridging Polkadot-native assets to...

Polkadot Digest 10 Mar 2025

Polkadot News

Referendum 1459, upgrading the Polkadot runtime to version 1.4.1, has passed and executed. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1459

Daniel Cukier has written a great thread explaining why register-based VMs like PolkaVM are more performant than stack-based VMs like EVM...

Polkadot Digest 6 Mar 2025

Polkadot News

I have posted an overview of the situation with the Parallel Finance hack and attempts via Polkadot governance to fix it. https://x.com/BillLaboon/status/1896539427922690200

Referendum 1424, proposing to force_upgrade the Parallel Finance chain, has passed. https://polkadot...

Polkadot Digest 4 Mar 2025

Polkadot News

Reminder that applications for Decentralized Voices Cohort 4 end tomorrow! https://x.com/0xZendetta/status/1896490050193649857

For more information on the Decentralized Voices program, see the latest announcement on the Web3 Foundation blog: https://medium...

Polkadot Digest 3 Mar 2025

Polkadot News

If you’re seeing a “NotMigrated” error when dealing with Polkadot or Kusama nomination pools, this is due to your account both direct- and pool-staking with the new runtime. Juan has the details on how to fix here: https://x.com/Juanma0x/status/1895124239461593115

Reminder if you...

Polkadot Digest 28 Feb 2025

Polkadot News

Applications for Decentralized Voices Cohort 4 are now open. https://x.com/Web3foundation/status/1894312911515873746

Karam, W3F’s Governance Coordinator, gives an overview of the program’s history and goals in this thread. https://x.com/0xZendetta/status/1894327287795126384

With...

Polkadot Digest 26 Feb 2025

Polkadot News

The official Polkadot Telegram group has been re-opened. https://x.com/Polkadot/status/1893995029930049669

Polkadot version stable2412-2 has been released. https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/releases/tag/polkadot-stable2412-2

This explainer from Basti Köcher describes how...

Polkadot Digest 25 Feb 2025

Polkadot News

Did you know that with Polkadot Vault, you can have the security of a cold hardware wallet that shows you in English-readable text what you are signing? No blind signing or signing long strings of hex. https://vault.novasama.io/

The Polkadot on-chain Treasury has sponsored a...

Polkadot Digest 24 Feb 2025

Polkadot News

Scytale Digital and Polimec Protocol have announced the Polimec x Scytale Academy, empowering Web3 projects to build on Polkadot. Applications are open until 20 Mar. https://x.com/scytaledigital/status/1892922241706541217

The Polkadot parachain and NFT marketplace KodaDot has...

Polkadot Digest 21 Feb 2025

Polkadot News

Daniel Cukier has written a great, in-depth thread on PolkaVM and how it differs from EVM. https://x.com/danicuki/status/1892240092871250159

Referendum 1427, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot relay chain runtime to v1.4.0, has been approved. It will execute at block 24\_899\_075...

Polkadot Digest 20 Feb 2025

Polkadot News

Web3 Summit 2025, taking place 16 - 18 July at Funkhaus Berlin, is now accepting applications to speak. https://x.com/Web3summit/status/1891850314896003274

The next cohort of PBA-X, the online Polkadot Blockchain Academy, begins on 14 April. For details and to sign up, visit https...

Polkadot Digest 19 Feb 2025

Polkadot News

Polkadot Blockchain Academy is launching a course for teaching blockchain to policymakers and politicians. https://x.com/AcademyPolkadot/status/1891545711587549622

I’ve written a quick primer on how Polkadot rollups/parachains work here. https://x...

Polkadot Digest 18 Feb 2025

Polkadot News

Enrollments for the second cohort of PBA-X, the online Polkadot Blockchain Academy, are now open. https://pbax.polkadot.academy/

Referendum 1427, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot runtime and system parachains to v1.4.0, is passing with 99.8% in favor. https://polkadot...

Polkadot Digest 17 Feb 2025

Polkadot News

Referendum 1427, proposing to update Polkadot to runtime 1.4.0, is now up for vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1427

Of note in this runtime upgrade is the ability for members of nomination pools to participate in OpenGov voting and the ability to transfer...

Polkadot Digest 14 Feb 2025

Polkadot News

Messari’s latest Polkadot Q4 2024 report has come out, with interesting statistics such as the tripling of Polkadot transactions from Jan to Nov 2024. https://messari.io/report/state-of-polkadot-q4-2024

Web3 Foundation CEO Fabi Gompf has reported that he is stepping down, with...

Polkadot Digest 7 Feb 2025

Polkadot News

Shawn Tabrizi gave a talk on the future of Web3 and Polkadot Cloud at BUIDL HERE conference in Puerto Rico. The slides are available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nPDGVwVOMpdo103jitZjKx2tD-F54h4W4c7tqdV7h44/edit#slide=id.g2e7c0fb8adf%5F0%5F480

Multix now allows...

Polkadot Digest 6 Feb 2025

Polkadot News

Today is the fifth anniversary (and 1’142nd edition) of the Polkadot Digest!

Referendum 1368, closing Bounty 27, is now confirming with 99.9% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1368

Referendum 1400, registering Ether on the Asset Hub and making it sufficient, as...

Polkadot Digest 5 Feb 2025

Polkadot News

Polkadot stable2412-1 was released. This is a patch upgrade for the latest stable release (stable2412). https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/releases/tag/polkadot-stable2412-1

W3F researchers led by Bhargav Bhatt have released a new paper, “Trustless Bridges via Random...

Polkadot Digest 3 Feb 2025

Polkadot News

Brenzi from Integritee has posted on Polkadot Forum describing how use Incognitee to shield funds and enhance user privacy. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/account-hygiene-a-practical-guide-using-incognitee/11569

The Polkadot staking rate is increasing lately, and now stands at...

Polkadot Digest 30 Jan 2025

Polkadot News

Referendum 1339, proposing to force a runtime upgrade for the Parallel parachain, has passed and executed. https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1339

Referendum 1400, proposing to register Ether as an asset on the Polkadot Asset Hub and lower Snowbridge fees, is passing almost...

Polkadot Digest 29 Jan 2025

If you’re following me on Grillapp, you deserve more Billcoins. Just comment here in the next three days and I’ll send you over a bunch.

Polkadot News

The first block-producing JAM implementation is now running and producing test blocks. https://x.com/jamixir/status/1883817228543631784

Web3 Foundation has released its newly renamed “Ecosystem Development” (previously “Grants”) Wave 24 article. https://medium...

Polkadot Digest 28 Jan 2025

Polkadot News

Referendum 1400, proposing to register Ether as an asset on Asset Hub, make it sufficient, and lower the cost of Polkadot-Ethereum transfers via Snowbridge, is now up for vote. https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1400

Referendum 1394, a Wish-for-Change Referendum to create a...

Polkadot Digest 27 Jan 2025

Polkadot News

Interested in helping the Polkadot community grow by hosting meetups? Polkadot Roots is accepting applications to help you do so. https://x.com/dotevents%5F/status/1881382674515845533

Polkadot Blockchain Academy is coming to Luzern, Switzerland, 24 Mar - 10 April. For more...

Polkadot Digest 23 Jan 2025

Polkadot News

Referendum 1395, topping off the Polkadot system parachain collators Bounty, is now up for vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1395

Referendum 1339, proposing to upgrade the Parallel parachain’s runtime code, is passing with over 99% in favor. https://polkadot...

Polkadot Digest 20 Jan 2025

Polkadot News

Interested in staying on top of everything happening with Polkadot governance? Watch Attempts at Governance - episode 197 was just released - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLGTReiSzRM\&list=PLtyd7v%5FI7PGkXbJmKojrZ1KXwspR1JkpV\&index=1

There are currently 22 Referenda up for...

Polkadot Digest 17 Jan 2025

Polkadot News

Parity has released their 2025 Roadmap for Polkadot. Overview here: https://x.com/Polkadot/status/1879536851540640218

Applications for the next Polkadot Blockchain Academy in Luzern, Switzerland (24 Mar - 10 Apr) are now open. https://polkadot.academy/pba-campus/

Interested in...

Polkadot Digest 16 Jan 2025

Polkadot News

The Open Source Developer Grants Bounty (funded by Ref 1080) has begun. For details, see https://forum.polkadot.network/t/open-source-developer-grants/11427

There are several scam referenda up on Polkadot OpenGov. Please note that there is no DOT airdrop and be careful clicking...

Polkadot Digest 15 Jan 2025

Polkadot News

Referendum 1339, proposing to set the code for the Parallel parachain, is passing with 99.3% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1339

For a good overview of the Polkadot Treasury, as well as other Polkadot metrics, you can check out Parity Data Lake’s page here...

Polkadot Digest 14 Jan 2025

Polkadot News

Referendum 1350, proposing Polkadot branding guidelines, has passed and executed. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1350

For details on coretime consumption, and purchasing coretime, check out the RegionX Coretime Hub. https://app.regionx.tech/?network=polkadot

Web3...

Polkadot Digest 13 Jan 2025

Polkadot News

The Parachain Runtime Builder allows you build your own blockchain Polkadot parachain or Substrate solochain without any coding. https://www.parachain.builders/

Referendum 1350, a Wish-for-change Referendum setting Polkadot Branding Guidelines, is now confirming,. https://polkadot...

Polkadot Digest 10 Jan 2025

Polkadot News

Dotlake-Community is now available, meaning that you can ingest data across all Polkadot and Kusama parachains as well as Substrate-based solochains. https://github.com/paritytech/dotlake-community

WebZero has posted a retrospective on Sub0 Reset @ Devcon in 2024, which brought...

Polkadot Digest 8 Jan 2025

Polkadot News

Referendum 1368, proposing to close Bounty 27 (Parachain Assets Onramp), is passing almost unanimously. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1368

PBA-X, the online Polkadot Blockchain Academy, has begun its first cohort yesterday. https://pbax.polkadot.academy/

The...

Polkadot Digest 7 Jan 2025

Polkadot News

Referendum 1350 on the Wish-for-change track, proposing new Polkadot branding guidelines, is passing with 99.9% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1350

pallet-verifier, a tool for detecting common security vulnerabilities and insecure patterns in FRAME pallets...

Polkadot Digest 17 Dec 2024

Polkadot News

Referendum 1339, proposing an emergency runtime upgrade on Parallel Finance to prevent further exploitation, is now up for vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1339

Referendum 1308, proposing to replicate certain pure proxies from the Relay Chain on Asset Hub, is...

Polkadot Digest 16 Dec 2024

Polkadot News

Referendum 1350, proposing Polkadot Branding Guidelines on the Wish-for-change track, is now up for vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1350

Today at 14.00 UTC, OpenGov.Watch is holding an AMA. https://www.reddit...

Polkadot Digest 13 Dec 2024

Polkadot News

Web3 Foundation has published an article explaining the recent changes to inflation on Polkadot. https://medium.com/web3foundation/polkadots-referendum-on-new-linear-inflation-e17d2d56f053

Looking for a job in the Polkadot ecosystem? Check out https://polkadot...

Polkadot Digest 12 Dec 2024

Polkadot News

Polkadot SDK version stable2407-5 has been released. https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/releases/tag/polkadot-stable2407-5

Referendum 1308, replicating certain pure proxies from the Relay Chain on the Asset Hub, is currently passing with 99% in favor. https://polkadot...

Polkadot Digest 9 Dec 2024

Polkadot News

Referendum 1308, replicating certain pure proxies from the Relay Chain on the Asset Hub, https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1308

Referendum 1267, proposing a new Ambassador Fellowship, has passed and executed. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1267

Referendum...

Polkadot Digest 5 Dec 2024

Polkadot News

Applications are now open for the next Polkadot Blockchain Academy, in Luzern, Switzerland from 24 Mar - 10 Apr. https://polkadot.academy/

Or if you are interested in an online experience, PBA-X begins 6 Jan. https://pbax.polkadot.academy/

Are you still using Polkadot.js App...

Polkadot Digest 3 Dec 2024

Polkadot News

Referendum 1322, proposing to rebond DOT from Parallel Fi accounts, is passing almost unanimously. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1322

Referendum 1267, proposing a new Polkadot Ambassador Fellowship, has less than 24 hours in the Deciding Period and is passing with 84%...

Polkadot Digest 2 Dec 2024

Polkadot News

Referendum 1267, proposing a new Polkadot Ambassador Fellowship, is passing with 83.6% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1267

Referendum 1308, proposing to replicate certain pure proxies with inaccessible funds on Asset Hub, is passing almost unanimously. https...

Polkadot Digest 28 Nov 2024

Polkadot News

Polkadot Treasury net flow was positive this month, for the first time in 2024. https://dune.com/substrate/polkadot-gov

The Messari “State of Polkadot Q3 2024” was released. https://messari.io/report/state-of-polkadot-q3-2024

Referendum 1267, proposing a new Polkadot Ambassador...

Polkadot Digest 27 Nov 2024

Polkadot News

The Polkadot Spammening has been delayed. Details forthcoming. https://polkadot.com/spammening

Interested in building on Polkadot? Check out the W3F Grants Program. https://grants.web3.foundation/

Referendum 1308, proposing to replicate pure proxies with inaccessible DOT on the...

Polkadot Digest 26 Nov 2024

Polkadot News

The “Spammening” Polkadot stress test is tomorrow. https://polkadot.com/spammening

Referendum 1254, proposing bounty compliance standards, has passed and executed. https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1254

The Polkadot staking rate has decreased over the weekend, to 54.4%...

Polkadot Digest 25 Nov 2024

Polkadot News

Web3 Summit is coming back to Berlin, 16 - 18 July 2025. https://x.com/Web3summit/status/1859611727392014806

Referendum 1254, a Wish-for-change referendum establishing bounty compliance standards, is now confirming. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1254

Referendum 1297,...

Polkadot Digest 22 Nov 2024

Polkadot News

Blockdeep Labs has announced Otro, a Substrate-based implementation of Smart Accounts. https://x.com/0xBlockDeep/status/1859259911038804110

Referendum 1308, proposing to replicate pure proxy accounts with inaccessible funds on Asset Hub, is now up for vote. https://polkadot...

Polkadot Digest 21 Nov 2024

Polkadot News

Today at 16.00 UTC, there is a Twitter Space on “Polkadot x Cardano: Exploring Governance and Cross-Chain Opportunities” - https://x.com/Polkadot/status/1858834309169172928

Referendum 1306, proposing to replicate certain Relay Chain pure proxy setups on Asset Hub, is now up for...

Polkadot Digest 20 Nov 2024

Polkadot News

Starting with the era ending yesterday, Polkadot inflation is now linear, going from 10% annually to 8%-and-decreasing. Details: https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-inflation

The first cohort of Decentralized Nodes (the successor to 1KV), has been nominated. https://medium...

Polkadot Digest 19 Nov 2024

Polkadot News

The Polkadot relay chain has updated to runtime 1.3.4, meaning among other things that inflation has been reduced from 10% to 8%-and-decreasing. https://polkadot.subscan.io/extrinsic/23463101-3?event=23463101-32

Referendum 1217, a Wish-for-change to unify the Polkadot ecosystem...

Polkadot Digest 18 Nov 2024

Vonyi

Magyar:

Ebben a videóban megismerhetjük a Polimec-et és a platform mögötti innovatív ötleteket. Az interjúban Ken beszél arról, hogyan képzelik el a decentralizált finanszírozás jövőjét, a projekt indításának motivációjáról, valamint a jelenlegi kihívásaikról és jövöbeni terveikről. Ha érdekel a...

Decoded 2024 Polimec - Az új generációs közösségi finanszírozási platform a blokkláncon

Polkadot News

Radha (Technical Education Lead) will submit a Referendum to re-create specified Relay Chain pure proxies on Asset Hub. If you also need a Pure Proxy replicated, please add details here: https://polkadot.subsquare.io/posts/390

The PAPI Dev Console, for advanced users/developers to...

Polkadot Digest 14 Nov 2024

Polkadot News

Referendum 1271, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot runtime to v1.3.4, has confirmed and will enact at block 23\_449\_000 (17 Nov). https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1271?tab=onChainInfo

Referendum 1217, proposing to unify the Polkadot ecosystem address format, is now...

Polkadot Digest 13 Nov 2024

Polkadot News

Referendum 1271, proposing to upgrade Polkadot Relay Chain and Asset Hub to runtime 1.3.4 has sufficient support and barring any major voting changes, should start confirming today. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1271

Note that this upgrade will change Polkadot’s...

Polkadot Digest 12 Nov 2024

Polkadot News

Referendum 1271, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot Relay Chain and Asset Hub to v.1.3.4, is passing almost unanimously. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1271

Note that this will also modify Polkadot inflation to be in line the outcome of Ref 1139 (constant 120 million...

Polkadot Digest 11 Nov 2024

Polkadot News

HyperBridge, the world’s first verifiable multichain bridge, is now up and running, connecting Polkadot, Ethereum, Optimism, Arbitrum, Base, BNB, and Gnosis. https://hyperbridge.network/

Referendum 1267, proposing a new Polkadot Ambassador Fellowship, is currently passing with 75...

Polkadot Digest 8 Nov 2024

Polkadot News

Referendum 1271, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot Relay Chain and Asset Hub to runtime v1.3.4, is passing almost unanimously. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1271

This upgrade will also set Polkadot inflation to a constant 120 million DOT per year (8% and decreasing...

Polkadot Digest 7 Nov 2024

Polkadot News

Delegates for Cohort 3 of Decentralized Voices were announced yesterday. https://medium.com/web3foundation/decentralized-voices-cohort-3-8acdff31bcb6

Referendum 1254, proposing Bounty Compliance Standards, is passing with 84.8% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly...

Polkadot Digest 6 Nov 2024

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Referendum 1267, proposing a new Polkadot Ambassador Fellowship, is now up for vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1267

The Meetup Bounty has issued its first six-month report. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/meetup-bounty-report/10705

Kusama News

Referendum 464...

Polkadot Digest 5 Nov 2024

Polkadot News

Referendum 1271, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot Relay Chain and Asset Hub to runtime 1.3.4, is now up for vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1271

Referendum 1217, proposing to unify Polkadot addresses across parachains, is currently passing with 99.2% in favor...

Polkadot Digest 4 Nov 2024

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Shawn Tabrizi has written a post on the Polkadot Forum on various ideas around the Polkadot Hub and Polkadot Cloud. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/the-polkadot-cloud/10670

Referendum 1254, proposing a standard for Bounties, is passing with 84.4% in favor. https://polkadot...

Polkadot Digest 31 Oct 2024

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The inflation changes approved via WFC Referendum 1139 have been implemented successfully on the Westend testnet. https://x.com/GehrleinJonas/status/1851227067955790040

Referendum 1217, proposing to unify addresses in the Polkadot ecosystem, is passing with 99.4% in favor. https...

Polkadot Digest 30 Oct 2024

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There is a new forum post on Polkassembly discussing a potential new BD Travel and Speaker Bounty. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/2526

Referendum 1193, proposing to register PolkaIdentity as a Polkadot Registrar, is passing with 89.6% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly...

Polkadot Digest 29 Oct 2024

Polkadot News

Referendum 1217, proposing to unify the Polkadot ecosystem address format, is passing with 99.4% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1217

Erin has written a tool for automating Asset Hub functionality from the command line, polkacli. https://forum.polkadot...

Polkadot Digest 28 Oct 2024

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Joe Petrowski, Polkadot Runtime Lead at Parity Technologies, has published an article “A Roadmap to a More Accessible Polkadot”. https://www.parity.io/blog/polkadot-smartcontract-platform

Referendum 1254, proposing standards for Bounty curation, is now up for vote. https...

Polkadot Digest 25 Oct 2024

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Referendum 1200, proposing to increase the validator set size to 500, is passing with 99.7% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1200

The Polkadot staking rate has decreased slightly over the last week to 56.51%. https://staking.polkadot.cloud/#/overview...

Polkadot Digest 24 Oct 2024

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Distractive has released their Q3 covering activities for marketing of Polkadot. https://distractive.xyz/notes/polkadot-progress-distractives-q3-achievements-and-milestones/

Among their achievements is the new series “People of Polkadot”, covering members in the ecosystem. https...

Polkadot Digest 23 Oct 2024

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A patch release for Polkadot, Stable2409-1, has been released. https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/releases/tag/polkadot-stable2409-1

Referendum 1217, proposing to unify the Polkadot address format across parachains, is passing with 99.4% in favor. https://polkadot...

Polkadot Digest 22 Oct 2024

Polkadot News

Shawn Tabrizi gave a talk at Tech Forum Argentina on the topic “The Resilience of Polkadot”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATGj5vyIrEA

Did you know that Polkadot Vault allows you to see exactly what you are signing on an air-gapped device? https://vault.novasama.io/

Referendum...

Polkadot Digest 21 Oct 2024

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The Polkadot relay chain and system parachains have upgraded to runtime v1.3.3. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1202?tab=timeline

Referendum 1197, proposing to remove the 20 current Head Ambassadors, has passed and executed. https://polkadot.polkassembly...

Polkadot Digest 18 Oct 2024

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Referendum 1217, proposing to unify the Polkadot ecosystem address format, is now passing with 96.6% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1217

There has already been a lot of discussion on the Polkadot Forum about potentially referring to parachains as rollups...

Polkadot Digest 17 Oct 2024

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I have posted a very quick summary of the latest Polkadot Technical Fellowship on Twitter. https://x.com/BillLaboon/status/1846176899803852937

This is a summary of Alice_und_Bob’s summary of the call here: https://forum.polkadot...

Polkadot Digest 16 Oct 2024

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Polkadot News

Referendum 1160, proposing to close the Wasm smart contract bounty, is passing with 96.8% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1160

Referendum 1166, proposing a new Marketing Bounty, is passing with 58.6% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1166...

Polkadot Digest 15 Oct 2024

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Alice_und_Bob have released their 2024-Q3 Polkadot Treasury Report. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/2024-q3-polkadot-treasury-report/10450

The Parity Data Team has published their own “OpenGov Report - Year In Review”, which covers many governance-related metrics. https://forum...

Polkadot Digest 14 Oct 2024

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A new version of Polkadot, stable2407-3, has been released. This is a patch release; if you are already running the latest stable version (stable2409), not update is necessary. https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/releases/tag/polkadot-stable2407-3

Referendum 1200, proposing...

Polkadot Digest 11 Oct 2024

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Referendum 1139 on the Wish-for-change track, proposing to reduce inflation to 8% and reducing, has passed and executed. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1139

In the first round of bulk coretime sales, all five cores have been sold. https://app.regionx.tech/...

Polkadot Digest 7 Oct 2024

## **Polkadot News**

There is a new forum post on Polkassembly discussing a potential new BD Travel and Speaker Bounty. <https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/2526>

Referendum 1193, proposing to register PolkaIdentity as a Polkadot Registrar, is passing with 89.6% in favor. <https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1192>

Interested in being supported to build on Polkadot? Check out the Web3 Foundation grants program. <https://grants.web3.foundation/>

## **Kusama News**

The staking rate has been slowly decreasing on Kusama and now stands at 51.12%. <https://staking.polkadot.cloud/#/overview>