Polkadot News
The Web3 Foundation research team has released a formal write-up describing improvements that allow for more efficient verification for BLS signatures for individual as well as aggregated signatures. Efficient Aggregatable BLS Signatures with Chaum-Pedersen Proofs
Joe Petrowski has written a blog post about the roadmap for the Statemint (and Statemine) asset system parachains. Statemint Update / Roadmap
With three days left in the current parachain lease auction, Frequency has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Referendum 85, proposing to update the Kapex parachain runtime code to allow it to upgrade, is currently passing with almost 100% in favor with 16 days left to vote. Polkassembly
Referendum 86, proposing an increase in the (non-pool) nomination minimum of 100 DOT, is passing unanimously with 18 days left to vote. Polkassembly
Referendum 87, to upgrade the Statemint runtime to v9320, is currently passing unanimously with 4 days left to vote. Polkassembly
Kusama News
The Fellowship has been seeded with the first 45 members. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
The Fellowship is essentially a more decentralized version of the Technical Committee, replacing it in OpenGov (Gov2). For more details, see Governance V2 ยท Polkadot Wiki
There are now 6 Referenda going through the OpenGov process - you can see and vote on them here: Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Referendum 247, proposing to upgrade the Statemine runtime to v9320, is currently passing with 99% in favor and 1 day to vote. Polkassembly
Referendum 248, proposing to open an HRMP channel between Picasso and Statemine, is currently passing with 99% in favor and 3 days to vote. Polkassembly
Referendum 249, proposing to fund development of Kagome, a C++ implementation of the Polkadot Host, is currently failing with 20% in favor and 5 days left to vote. Polkassembly
With three days left in the current parachain lease auction, anonymous parathread ID 2236 has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. Polkadot/Substrate Portal