Polkadot News
Contribute to the discussion on funding the Polkadot Fellowship sub-treasury here Polkassembly - Funding the Fellowship Sub-Treasury #2324
Async Backing on Polkadot scales parachain throughput by 10X. https://x.com/Polkadot/status/1793669688645583119
The instructions to enable Async Backing on a Polkadot parachain are available on this Wiki doc Async Backing Upgrade - Polkadot Wiki
Some of the key features and updates of Polkadot 1.2.4 release highlighted by Alice Und Bob https://x.com/alice_und_bob/status/1793561624021696914
If you’re interested in helping to improve Polkadot’s UX, check out the newly launched proposal Braille UX collective https://x.com/braille_wtf/status/1793350411912728672
The Polkadot staking rate continues to increase and is now at 56.59%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard
Kusama News
Some of the first Kusama cores have been successfully renewed using the new Agile Coretime model https://x.com/itsbirdo_/status/1793236843703447965
The Kusama staking rate has had a slight decrease to 52.28%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard