Polkadot News
sub0 - Polkadot Developer Conference is on September 19-20 in Lisbon, Portugal (and online). Registrations are now open for speakers and attendees here sub0 Europe 2023 | The Polkadot Developer Conference | Sep 19-20
With the binaries for Polkadot 1.0 released, 2.0 is already in the works: https://twitter.com/rphmeier/status/1681695777993768961
For information on proposed features for Polkadot 2.0, check out the Polkadot Fellow RFCs. Anyone is open to comment and participate: Pull requests · polkadot-fellows/RFCs · GitHub
There are 39 active public referenda up for a vote on Polkadot OpenGov. Polkadot/Substrate Portal Cast your vote or delegate it through the delegation dashboard. https://delegation.polkadot.network/
The staking rate on #Polkadot is now at 44.6% (+0.3%): Polkadot/Substrate Portal
There are currently 22,004 active nominators out of 43,712 (+4 since yesterday). Inactive nominators who are not receiving staking rewards can fast unstake (if eligible) and join nomination pools: Nomination Pools · Polkadot Wiki
Kusama News
Karura is participating in Auction 94 (self-funded). It is currently uncontested: Kusama Auctions and Crowdloans | Parachains.info
There are 10 active public referenda and one fellowship referendum up for a vote on Kusama OpenGov. Polkadot/Substrate Portal (Switch to Kusama on the lefthand tab window).