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. Polkassembly
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. 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. Polkassembly
Referendum 80, proposing sufficiency for the USDT asset on Statemint, is currently passing with 99% in favor with 26 days left to vote. Polkassembly
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”. Polkadot: Blockspace over Blockchains | rob.tech
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. Polkassembly
Referendum 237, proposing to move funds related to the Mangata X sovereign account, has failed. Polkassembly
To understand why it is failing despite a majority being in favor, see Governance · Polkadot Wiki