Polkadot News
Gavin Wood’s keynote at Sub0 on JAM, the Joint-Accumulate Machine, is now available online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdvqkKdFTlw&t=1s
For a quick overview of the topics covered, see Alice_und_Bob’s thread here: https://twitter.com/alice_und_bob/status/1767454972806074693
Web3 Foundation will shut down the W3F Registrar (Registrar #0) on 1 April. Previous identity verifications will remain valid. Web3 Foundation will shut down the W3F Registrar (Registrar #0) on both Polkadot and Kusama… | by Web3 Foundation Team | Web3 Foundation | Mar, 2024 | Medium
Users wishing to verify their identity can use one of the other Registrars registered on Polkadot and Kusama - Account Identity · Polkadot Wiki
Bryan Chen has posted a thread with more information and thoughts about JAM. https://twitter.com/XiliangChen/status/1768158801298067876
Referendum 545, proposing to initialize the Kusama GRANDPA light client on Polkadot, has now achieved enough support to pass on the Whitelisted track. Initialize Kusama GRANDPA light-client running on Polkadot BridgeHub | Polkassembly
As a reminder, all Referenda on the Whitelisted track require a minimum of all 5% support (i.e., 5% of available DOT must either vote in favor or actively abstain). Polkadot OpenGov Origins · Polkadot Wiki
There are currently 58 Referenda up for vote on Polkadot OpenGov. All Tracks | Polkassembly
Novasama Technologies has announced Telenova, the first-ever Polkadot self-custodial wallet built into Telegram, to be released next week. Details on testing it out here: https://twitter.com/NovasamaTech/status/1767866338477756575
Kusama News
The next parachain lease auction begins on 16 March. Auctions and crowdloans on Polkadot & Kusama networks | Parachains.info
Referendum 354, proposing to initialize the Polkadot GRANDPA client on Kusama, has now achieved enough support to pass on the Whitelisted track. Initialize Polkadot GRANDPA light-client running on Kusama BridgeHub | Polkassembly