Polkadot Digest 22 Feb 2024

Polkadot News

The Polkadot-JS set of tools, including Apps and the API, are under new ownership. For details and the roadmap forward, see Polkadot-JS: Moving Forward - #5 by kianenigma

Interested in hearing about upcoming changes to Polkadot on a more technical level? The February Polkadot Technical Fellowship OpenDev core developers call is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqLujRSs6iY&list=PLtyd7v_I7PGlDJCCCLGLjJ0yv33JAEE_-&index=10

Filippo Franchini and I will be part of Raoul Pal’s “Crypto Gathering 2024” today at 17.30 UTC, doing a deep dive into Polkadot. Crypto Gathering 2026 — Miami | Real Vision

A new parachain auction has begun and with one day to go until the Ending Period begins, Polkadex is in the lead. https://parachains.info/auctions

Referendum 516, cleaning up several inactive bounties, is now up for vote on the Treasurer track. Polkassembly - Referendum #516

Kusama News

With three days to go in the current parachain lease auction, anonymous parathread ID 3346 has been in the lead the majority of the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

Referendum 350, closing several inactive bounties, is now up for vote. Polkassembly - Referendum #350