# Polkadot Digest 2 Aug 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Digest\ **Created:** [August 2, 2023, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-2-aug-2023/3599 "2023-08-02T07:36:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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## Polkadot News A new Polkadot parachain lease auction has begun. With twelve hours to go before the Ending Period begins, InvArch is in the lead. [https://parachains.info/auctions](https://parachains.info/auctions) The Polkadot Release Analysis for Polkadot 1.0.0 has been released. [Polkadot Release Analysis v1.0.0](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-release-analysis-v1-0-0/3585) A summary of the Polkadot Summit, bringing together leaders in the Polkadot ecosystem before this year’s Polkadot Decoded, has been posted here: [Polkadot Summit - Volume 3 Retrospective](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-summit-volume-3-retrospective/3584) Want to understand more about how trustless bridges work? Watch this Polkadot Deep Dive to find out - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RuZ6svqcxE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RuZ6svqcxE) Interested in learning more about how XCM works? See the XCM documentation here: [XCM: Cross-Consensus Messaging - XCM Documentation](https://paritytech.github.io/xcm-docs/) Web3 Foundation has already created two EdX courses: Introduction to Blockchain & Web3, and Intro to Polkadot. Two more courses, Intro to Rust and Intro to Substrate, are coming soon. [Online Courses from Web3 Foundation](https://www.edx.org/school/web3x) If you’re looking to dive deeper into the Polkadot ecosystem, check out A Hacker’s Guide to the Polkadot Galaxy to find more information about tools, languages, documents, etc. [https://web3foundation.notion.site/A-Hacker-s-Guide-to-the-Polkadot-Galaxy-902a55db98444aa4b9f3911ce3038f5f](https://www.notion.so/A-Hacker-s-Guide-to-the-Polkadot-Galaxy-902a55db98444aa4b9f3911ce3038f5f?pvs=21) ## Kusama News With two and a half days left in the current parachain lease auction, GM Parachain is in the lead, but Kabocha has also been in the lead during the Ending Period. [https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama](https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama) This means either can potentially win the parachain lease auction. For details, see [Web3 and Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki](https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-auction#mechanics-of-a-candle-auction)