Polkadot News
Considering applying to #PolkadotAcademy to learn how to develop on Polkadot? On Thursday 20 Oct at 14.00 UTC, hear from previous Academy students and ask your own questions on this Twitter Space. https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1580926972234190850
With one day left before the Ending Period begins, Crust is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Referendum 77, proposing to approve a grant for development of Gossamer, a Polkadot Host written in Go, is passing by a wide margin with 16 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/77
Referendum 78, proposing to set up nomination pools on Polkadot along with the specific parameters, is currently passing by a wide margin with 14 days left to vote. Polkadot Nomination Pools Initial Configuration | Polkassembly
Referendum 79, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot relay chain to runtime v9291 and the Statemint runtime to v9290, is currently passing by a wide margin with one day left to vote. Runtime Upgrade v9291 on Polkadot + v9290 on Statemint | Polkassembly
Referendum 80, proposing sufficiency for the USDT asset on Statemint, is currently passing with 99% in favor with 26 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/80
There is a discussion on the Polkadot Forum for an alternative UI for exploring node storage and extrinsics. Alternative UI for exploring node storage and extrinsics
There is a discussion on Polkadot Forum for bringing the Kusama Governance rewards project entirely on-chain. Bringing the Governance Rewards on-chain
Robert Habermeier, one of the founders of Polkadot, has released an article “Polkadot: Blockspace over Blockchains”. https://www.rob.tech/polkadot-blockspace-over-blockchains/
Kusama News
Referendum 238, proposing to increase the minimum validator commission to 8.5%, is currently failing with 75% in favor with six days left to vote. YOLO - Setting the Minimum Commission to 8.5% | Polkassembly
Referendum 237, proposing to move funds related to the Mangata X sovereign account, has failed. [READ THE UPDATE - DO NOT VOTE] Return 11,700 KSM from an attackers account back to the Mangata X sovereign account | Polkassembly
To understand why it is failing despite a majority being in favor, see Web3 and Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki