Polkadot News
With 4 days left to vote, Referendum 98, proposing to update the parathread ID in the genesis state Wasm of @bittensor_ parachain, is passing with 99% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/98
Referendum 101, proposing to approve the Wasm smart contracts bounty (Bounty #19) is currently passing unanimously with 26 days left to vote. Approval of Wasm Smart Contracts Bounty - bounty 19 | Polkassembly
The latest Substrate Seminar covered building a voting dapp with ink!, by Brushfam. https://twitter.com/substrate_io/status/1620429723900973056
@Brushfam_io has produced several other ink! smart contract tutorials. See https://youtu.be/Rp5XvMM7ba8 for onboarding to ink!
The Polkadot staking rate has increased slightly to 45.67%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard
Kusama News
A few hours into the Ending Period of the current parachain lease auction, and parathread ID 2256 is in the lead. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
OpenGov Referendum 85, fixing the Kusama auction schedule, is now up for vote. Polkassembly - Referendum #85
OpenGov Referendum 86, to free up KSM that was locked during an earlier migration, is now up for vote. Polkassembly - Referendum #86