Polkadot Digest 24 Jul 2024

Polkadot News

I was the introductory speaker for Encode Club Polkadot Summer, where I gave an overview of Polkadot 2.0. You can register for the whole Polkadot Summer series here: Register for the Encode x Polkadot Educate Series! — Encode Club

I was a guest on Fintech TV yesterday about how Web3 technologies are changing the world. How businesses are integrating web3 technology with Bill Laboon, Director of Governance Initiatives at the Web3 Foundation | FINTECH.TV

Referendum 983, upgrading the People Chain to runtime 1.2.7, allowing migration of identity from the relay chain, and then unblocking calls for public use, has confirmed. People Chain Migration and Release | Polkassembly

Enactment is tomorrow (25 July, block 21’800’000) and the unblock call will occur three days (43’200 blocks) later.

The staking rate on Polkadot has increased to 58.85%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard | Polkadot Staking (DOT)

Kusama News

Referendum 418, adding PolkaIdentity as a Registrar, is passing with 87.5%. Add PolkaIdentity as Registrar | Polkassembly