Bill Laboon

Bill's Polkadot Digest

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

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

Polkadot News

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

Polkadot News

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

Polkadot News

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

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...

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

Polkadot News

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

Polkadot News

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

Polkadot News

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

Polkadot News

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

Polkadot News

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

Polkadot News

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

Polkadot News

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

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

Polkadot News

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

Polkadot News

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

Polkadot News

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

Web3 Foundation announces the launch of Decentralized Nodes, for those interested in running validators on Polkadot / Kusama and receiving nominations from W3F. https://medium.com/web3foundation/announcing-the-launch-of-the-decentralized-nodes-program-fb32640cb3fb

Referendum 1139,...

Polkadot Digest 3 Oct 2024

Polkadot News

Coretime sales are currently live on Polkadot, with a current price of ~ 250 DOT for 28 days of bulk coretime. https://app.regionx.tech/purchase?network=polkadot

The MYTH airdrop, covered by Referendum 683 and covering the majority of DOT holders, has occurred. The MYTH token can...

Polkadot Digest 2 Oct 2024

Polkadot News

Polkadot is currently averaging around 1.15 million extrinsics (”transactions”) per day (around 13.3 per second). For details, see https://data.parity.io/parachain-stats?frequency=daily

Referendum 1139, proposing to modify Polkadot’s inflation rate to 8% and decreasing, is...

Polkadot Digest 1 Oct 2024

Polkadot News

Are you looking to make an announcement about your Polkadot project or putting together a Polkadot event? Check out the Ecosystem Resource Center for how to publicize and market it: https://distractive...

Polkadot Digest 26 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

Referendum 1177, proposing .DOT authority registration for the Polkadot App, is passing with 99.3% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1177

Kusama News

Referendum 457, proposing to correct total issuance, is now up for vote. https://kusama.polkassembly...

Polkadot Digest 25 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

Web3 Foundation is looking for an Ecosystem Growth Lead. Job details and application here: https://web3.bamboohr.com/careers/123

Referendum 1172, proposing to correct the price for initial coretime sales, has passed and executed. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1172...

Polkadot Digest 24 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

Referendum 1172, proposing to correct base coretime pricing, is expected to pass within 24 hours. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1172

With ten days left in the Deciding Period, Referendum 1139, proposing to change inflation to 8% and reducing, is winning of the three...

Polkadot Digest 23 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

If any parachains are looking to free up deposits by de-registering unused paraIDs, please message Leemo ( https://x.com/LeemoXD ) as he is coordinating a Referendum for this purpose.

Coretime base price was set incorrectly by using the wrong unit (Plancks instead of DOT) in the...

Polkadot Digest 20 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

Agile Coretime went live today and with it ended the era of parachain lease auctions on Polkadot. There is a Twitter/X Space on the topic here: https://x.com/Polkadot/status/1836704552592310326

A post-mortem on the temporary block production slowdown and finality lag on Polkadot...

Polkadot Digest 19 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

Referendum 1143, upgrading the Polkadot runtime to 1.3.0 and system parachains to 1.3.1, enacted yesterday at ~ 08.00 UTC. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1143

There was a short-lived block production slowdown yesterday (starting at block 22\_572\_487) on the relay...

Polkadot Digest 18 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

With the enactment of Referendum 1129 , Polkadot now has 400 validators in the active set. https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1129

Average stake per validator has come down from 2.9 to 2.2 million DOT (with the lowest at 1.39 million). https://polkadot.js.org/apps/...

Polkadot Digest 17 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

Blockdeep Labs is now providing free Async Backing and and Agile Coretime support for parachain teams. https://x.com/0xBlockDeep/status/1834392572074361193

Interested in seeing Polkadot data? Check out Parity’s DotLake for information about staking, governance, parachain activity...

Polkadot Digest 16 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

Referendum 1143, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot runtime to 1.3.x and stop parachain lease auctions, is passing and expected to execute on 17 Sep. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1143

Referendum 1161, proposing to configure the Coretime chain and begin coretime sales,...

Polkadot Digest 13 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

Alice_und_Bob has written up an article on using Wish-for-change Referenda as a legislative tactic. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/legislation-through-wfcs/9982

Of the several inflation referenda currently up for vote, Ref 1139 is the only one passing, for 8%-and-decreasing...

Polkadot Digest 12 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

The Rococo testnet will be deprecated on 14 October. If you are still using Rococo, please migrate to Westend or Paseo. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/rococo-to-be-deprecated-in-october/8702/3
Of interest to developers: Some significant changes are coming to the polkadot-js...

Polkadot Digest 11 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

A new parachain lease auction has begun and with one day to go before the Ending Period, Acala is in the lead. https://parachains.info/auctions

August saw a further reduction in Treasury spending, but there was still a net decrease of 875’945 DOT. https://dune...

Polkadot Digest 10 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

JAMTON has won the most recent parachain lease auction. https://parachains.info/auctions

Reminder that parachain auctions will be going away soon, assuming the necessary Agile Coretime referenda pass. https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-agile-coretime

Referendum 1143, which...

Polkadot Digest 9 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

There are now three Referenda (1137, 1138, and 1139) up for vote on the future inflation rate of Polkadot - 8% and decreasing, 8% continuous, or no change (10%). https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1139
Note that these are on the Wish-for-Change track; unlike most tracks...

Polkadot Digest 6 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

There will be some name changes coming, including the PJS extension to “Polkadot Developer Signer” and “PJS Apps” to “Polkadot Developer Interface”. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-developers/9788

Interested in integrating your parachain with Asset Hub? Check out our...

Polkadot Digest 5 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

With two days left in the current parachain lease auction, JAMTON is in the lead. However, three other teams have been in the lead during the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auction

OpenGov Tracker has posted their August 2024 report for OpenGov. https://grillapp...

Polkadot Digest 4 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

BlockDeep Labs has produced XCM Tracer, a tool which allows you to easily track cross-chain messages across Polkadot parachains and the Relay Chain. https://x.com/0xBlockDeep/status/1830621087693983754

Referendum 1051 on the Wish-for-change track, proposing an increase in the...

Polkadot Digest 3 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

Referendum 1129, proposing to increase the number of validators in the active set from 297 to 40, is currently passing with 95.1% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1129

Referendum 1127, proposing to update Snowbridge bridge pricing parameters, is passing with 99...

Polkadot Digest 2 Sep 2024

Polkadot News

The next parachain auction begins today (~ 12.00 UTC). https://parachains.info/auctions

The Polkadot staking rate has decreased slightly this week to 58.68%. https://staking.polkadot.cloud/#/overview

Referendum 1127, proposing to update Snowbridge pricing parameters (effectively...

Polkadot Digest 30 Aug 2024

Polkadot News

The next parachain auction begins tomorrow, 30 Aug. https://parachains.info/auctions

I will be debating Mariana de la Roche Wills and Tara Park on the topic “Blockchain: Hype or Revolution?” in Berlin at a Thomson-Reuters event for journalists on 12 Sep. https://x...

Polkadot Digest 29 Aug 2024

Polkadot News

Interested in following along with one of the 27 teams building a JAM implementation? https://graypaper.com/clients/

Remember, there are 10 million DOT available in the prize pool for implementing JAM. For details on the JAM Prize, see https://jam.web3.foundation/

Anonymous...

Polkadot Digest 28 Aug 2024

Polkadot News

Web3 Foundation is looking for a Governance Coordinator for developing governance initiatives and interacting with the community on governance topics. https://web3.bamboohr.com/careers/122

With half a day left in the current parachain lease auction, anonymous parathread ID 3378...

Polkadot Digest 27 Aug 2024

Polkadot News

With one day left in the current parachain lease auction, anonymous parathread ID 3378 has been in the lead the majority of the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions

Referendum 1104, proposing to convert part of the Treasury DOT assets to stablecoins, is passing with 99...

Polkadot Digest 26 Aug 2024

Polkadot News

With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, Polkadex is in the lead. https://parachains.info/auctions

Referendum 1104, proposing to convert part of DOT Treasury assets to stablecoins (USDT and USDC), is passing with 99.7% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly...

Polkadot Digest 23 Aug 2024

Polkadot News

Migration of identities from the Relay Chain to the People Chain is now complete. If you had an identity on the Relay Chain, you will note that your identity deposit (~ 20.5 DOT) is no longer reserved and is now transferrable.

Calls on the People Chain are still blocked for...

Polkadot Digest 26 Jul 2024

Polkadot News

The agenda for Web3 Summit (19-21 August in Berlin) is now available. https://web3summit.com/agenda/

With the Ending Period having just begun, Frequency is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction. https://parachains.info/auctions

Referendum 1002, proposing to upgrade...

Polkadot Digest 25 Jul 2024

Polkadot News

I was the introductory speaker for Encode Club Polkadot Summer, where I gave an overview of Polkadot 2.0. You can register for the whole Polkadot Summer series here: https://www.encode.club/encode-polkadot-summer2024-educate/

I was a guest on Fintech TV yesterday about how Web3...

Polkadot Digest 24 Jul 2024

Polkadot News

A new parachain auction has begun and Frequency is currently in the lead. https://parachains.info/auctions

Treasury outflows were 14x inflows in June. https://x.com/BillLaboon/status/1815335316548407413

I will be giving a talk, “The Prehistory of Blockchain”, at Web3 Summit 19-21...

Polkadot Digest 23 Jul 2024

Polkadot News

Robonomics has won the most recent parachain lease auction. https://parachains.info/auctions

The next parachain lease auction begins today at ~ 20.00 UTC. https://parachains.info/auctions

Jonas Gehrlein, researcher at W3F, has started a thread on Polkadot which has received many...

Polkadot Digest 22 Jul 2024

Polkadot News

With less than a day left in the current parachain lease auction, Robonomics has been in the lead the vast majority of the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions

Referendum 983, to upgrade the runtime of the People Chain parachain and allow the migration of identity...

Polkadot Digest 19 Jul 2024

Polkadot News

Congrats to Distractive for submitting Referendum #1000 on Polkadot OpenGov! https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1000

Interested in seeing more information on Treasury inflow and outflow, along with other OpenGov information? Check out Colorful Notion’s Dune dashboard here:...

Polkadot Digest 17 Jul 2024

Polkadot News

Blockdeep’s release analysis for Polkadot v1.14.0 is now available: https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-release-analysis-v1-14-0/9096

Kian Parmani (Parity) has written up a great article on how JAM works, which is much simpler than the Gray Paper. https://blog.kianenigma...

Polkadot Digest 16 Jul 2024

Polkadot News

Polkadot Decoded is over, but you can watch all of the main stage presentations on the Polkadot Events Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@PolkadotEvents

Shawn Tabrizi has posted an interesting “Price Discovering Treasury Proposal” on the Polkadot Forum. https://forum...

Polkadot Digest 15 Jul 2024

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Today is Day 2 of Polkadot Decoded! If you’re not in Brussels, you can watch the livestream here: https://events.polkadot.network/event/polkadot-decoded-2024/plannings/RXZlbnRWaWV3Xzc5ODQwMw==

Referendum 983, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot Relay Chain runtime to 1.2.7 and...

Polkadot Digest 12 Jul 2024

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Gavin Wood gave a talk on 'Building True Unstoppability' at EthCC yesterday. https://x.com/thewhiterabbitM/status/1811009553565114766

I was a guest on an X Space yesterday comparing and contrasting Polkadot’s and Cardano’s on-chain governance mechanisms. https://x...

Polkadot Digest 11 Jul 2024

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Referendum 972, proposing to onboard People Chain with all identity info taken from the Relay Chain, is now up for vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/972

Referendum 973, proposing to update HRMP channel limits, is now up for vote. This replaces Ref 896 which failed...

Polkadot Digest 10 Jul 2024

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There is an RFC for a flexible unbonding mechanism from Jonas Gehrlein which could significantly reduce unstaking time on Polkadot. https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/RFCs/pull/97

The latest Polkadot-JS extension for Firefox is now available. https://x...

Polkadot Digest 9 Jul 2024

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The Polkadot Ecosystem Resource Center is now available to help Polkadot projects with their Events and Marketing goals. https://distractive.xyz/notes/empowering-polkadot-projects-introducing-the-ecosystem-resource-center/

DotLake put together a nice thread of Polkadot statistics,...

Polkadot Digest 8 Jul 2024

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Polkadot Decoded is next week (11-12 Fri) in Brussels. https://events.polkadot.network/event/polkadot-decoded-2024

And next month, 19 - 21 August, has the return of Web3 Summit in Berlin after five years. https://web3summit.com/

If you’re interested in Polkadot governance, one of...

Polkadot Digest 5 Jul 2024

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Are you interested in submitting a Treasury Proposal to Polkadot OpenGov? Check out this quick overview of the process here: https://x.com/Polkadot/status/1808564172495729047

If you really want to understand the Treasury, you should check out the Polkadot Wiki page on the topic...

Polkadot Digest 4 Jul 2024

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Referendum 832, proposing to fund the Technical Fellowship sub-treasury, is now confirming on the Root track. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/832

After receiving exactly 250 delegations, the Decentralized Futures program application period has ended. https://x...

Polkadot Digest 2 Jul 2024

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Alice_und_Bob has released the 2024-H1 Polkadot Treasury Report, giving an in-depth analysis of Treasury inflows and outflows so far this year. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/2024-h1-polkadot-treasury-report/8862

The /r/dot subreddit has merged with /r/polkadot, and thus shut...

Polkadot Digest 1 Jul 2024

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There is a new release process for Polkadot SDK releases, to ensure that stable releases are produced every three months. For details, see https://forum.polkadot.network/t/stabilizing-polkadot/7175/26

If you are having trouble connecting to the Polkadot Staking Dashboard after the...

Polkadot Digest 28 Jun 2024

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The Polkadot Staking Dashboard has moved. It is now located at https://staking.polkadot.cloud/

Pop has launched a tutorial to set up a Substrate-based chain using the OpenZeppelin Polkadot SDK template. https://x.com/onpopio/status/1805526538592395587

The Polkadot staking rate...

Polkadot Digest 27 Jun 2024

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Distractive has released an article on new messaging for the Polkadot brand. https://distractive.xyz/notes/unveiling-the-essence-of-polkadot/

I was a guest on the Uphold Institutional webinar yesterday. If you missed it live, a recording will be available soon. https://x...

Polkadot Digest 26 Jun 2024

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Reminder that Web3 Summit 2024 is happening 19-21 August in Funkhaus Berlin. https://web3summit.com/

With three days left in the current parachain lease auction, Mosaic Chain is in the lead. https://parachains.info/auctions

The staking rate on Polkadot continues to increase and...

Polkadot Digest 25 Jun 2024

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The Bill Laboon episode of Behind the Code, “The On-Chain Basics of Freedom & the Tech of Ownership” has been released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpCJ0k6pOXM

I will also be on the Uphold Institutional webinar to discuss Polkadot tomorrow, 25 June at 15.00 UTC. https://x...

Polkadot Digest 24 Jun 2024

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Snowbridge, the trustless Polkadot-Ethereum bridge, is now live. https://snowfork.substack.com/p/snowbridge-is-live

I will be on the Uphold Institutional Webinar to discuss Polkadot Tuesday 25 Jun at 15.00 UTC. https://x.com/UpholdOTC/status/1803133205366608379

Jonas Gehrlein...

Polkadot Digest 21 Jun 2024

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Jonas Gehrlein and Alistair Stewart, researchers at W3F, have issued an RFC proposing to significantly reduce unbonding time on Polkadot (variable, but down to a potential minimum of 2 days) https://github...

Polkadot Digest 20 Jun 2024

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Raffael Hueber (Amforc) and Jonas Gehrlein (W3F) have produced a report analyzing the positive impact of the Decentralized Voices program. https://medium.com/web3foundation/empowering-the-community-the-positive-impact-of-decentralized-voices-on-opengov-c681e017628b

Referendum 890,...

Polkadot Digest 19 Jun 2024

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A paper with various W3F co-authors , Efficient Execution Auditing for Blockchains under Byzantine Assumptions will be presented at the Science of (formerly Stanford) Blockchain Conference 2024. https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/961

Rob Habermeier, one of the co-founders of Polkadot...

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