Polkadot News
Gavin Wood, along with Basti Köcher and Pierre Aubert, held a Twitter/X Space on the topic of JAM: the next disruptor in Web3. https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1788614918796607848
OpenZeppelin has released a Polkadot Generic Runtime Template, for easily making a new Polkadot parachain. GitHub - OpenZeppelin/polkadot-runtime-templates: Runtime Templates for Polkadot Parachains
The Web3 Foundation Grants Program has announced the Wave 21 grants recipients. https://medium.com/web3foundation/web3-foundation-grants-wave-21-recipients-cb84921761fd
There is a referendum on the Wish for Change to define “Polkadot 2.0” as including agile coretime, async backing, and elastic scaling. Polkassembly - Referendum #747
There is further discussion on the topic on the Polkadot Forum here: Polkadot 2.0 Definition - #3 by gavofyork
There is a referendum on the Wish for Change track proposing to abolish the Decentralized Voices program. Polkassembly - Referendum #752
Kusama News
Referendum 393, assigning a core for the People Chain, is now up for vote. Polkassembly - Referendum #393
Referendum 391, proposing to test the voidSpend functionality for Treasury Payouts, is currently passing unanimously. Polkassembly - Referendum #391
Interested in joining Kappa Sigma Mu, the “human blockchain” secured by Proof of Ink? There’s more information here: https://ksmsociety.io/