Polkadot News
Parity will be hosting two events at Berlin Blockchain Week on 12 Sep, a Hacker Day and “#BeyondTheChain #1 - The Architecture of Unstoppable Applications”. Eventbrite
Bill Laboon will be giving an AMA today on Reddit from 13.00 - 14.00 UTC. Ask your questions now, get answers then! Reddit - The heart of the internet
The August update for ink! smart contracts has been published! Among other things mentioned in it, the date for ink! 4.0 release is scheduled for October. https://ink.substrate.io/monthly-update/2022/08/
Aventus has been in the lead the entirety of the Ending Period so far, with three days left in the current parachain lease auction. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Referendum 72, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot runtime to v9270, is currently passing unanimously with four days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/72
Kusama News
With three and a half days left in the current parachain lease auction, Snow Network has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Referendum 226, proposing to edit the Snow crowdloan parameters, is failing by a wide margin with two days left to vote. Note that the ICE/SNOW Network team has asked people to vote against this. Update crowdloan configuration to set intended last period to 30 for Snow (paraID 2127) | Polkassembly
The staking rate on Kusama has increased 1.3 percentage points over the last week, to 53.2%, while the ideal staking rate has decreased to 49.5%. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
To understand the mathematics of the staking rate, ideal staking rate, and how they impact staking rewards, see Staking on Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki