Polkadot News
Smoldot, a light client for Polkadot and many other Substrate-based chains, allowing users to interact with a chain without an RPC endpoint, has reached version 1.0.0. GitHub - smol-dot/smoldot: Lightweight client for Substrate-based chains, such as Polkadot and Kusama.
Referendum 109, setting the Polkadot auction schedule for the rest of 2023, has passed. Polkadot Auction Schedule 2023 | Polkassembly
Treasury Proposal 227, funding 1TRIBE, an educational initiative with a focus on Africa, has been approved. 1TRIBE: Bridging Africa to the Future with Polkadot | Polkassembly
Treasury Proposal 242, funding the Polkadot Developers’ Conference (sub0) 29 - 30 September in Lisbon, has been approved. Polkadot Developers Conference // sub0 Europe // Milestone 1 | Polkassembly
Treasury Proposal 249, proposing funding Polkadot Developer Bootcamp - India, is under consideration by the Polkadot Council. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/249
A new Treasury Proposal, 250, seeking funding for various improvements to Sub.id, has been proposed. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/250
A new Treasury Proposal, 252, seeking retroactive funding to Acala for Chopsticks, a testing client allowing 1-step recreation of a Substrate-based network, has been proposed. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/252
Ben Greenberg, Developer Relations at Parity, has written an article on testing your Substrate blockchain with Codespaces. https://hummusonrails.hashnode.dev/accelerating-substrate-blockchain-testing-with-github-codespaces
Kusama News
With approximately four days left in the Ending Period, Khala Network has been in the lead the vast majority of the Ending Period, with Aband in the lead for 0.1% of blocks. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama
Referendum 128, cancelling Referendum 127 due to an error, has been approved and executed. Polkassembly - Referendum #128
Treasury Proposal 279, funding Polkadot Safari, a 2-day conference in Kenya, has been approved and executed. POLKADOT SAFARI ~ THE HOME OF POLKADOT AND KUSAMA IN AFRICA | Polkassembly
Reminder that all KSM holders can vote on Treasury Proposals and other network referenda. There are now 12 active OpenGov referenda. Polkadot/Substrate Portal