Polkadot Digest 26 Aug 2022

Polkadot News

W3F is open-sourcing a fully succinct BLS signature aggregation achieved using custom SNARKs. This allows one to define and construct accountable light client systems that, in turn, are the core cryptographic primitive used for building bridges between PoS blockchains. For details, see: GitHub - w3f/apk-proofs

There is a post on Polkassembly seeking feedback for the next milestone of Subwallet’s user-friendly wallet. Polkassembly

There is a post on Polkassembly seeking feedback for Kampela, an entirely open-source hardware wallet focused on the Polkadot/Kusama ecosystem. Polkassembly

There is a post on Polkassembly from Sota Watanabe (founder of Astar), seeking feedback for a potential Treasury Proposal for creating a Polkadot Singapore event at the Token 2049 conference. Polkassembly

There is a post on Polkassembly seeking feedback on a potential Treasury Proposal for Ziggurat, a network testing and stability framework. Polkassembly

Reddit user EvilRabbit817 has put together a very comprehensive post with FAQs (and answers) about staking on Polkadot. https://www.reddit.com/r/dot/comments/wx0abm/staking_faqs_answered/

Interested in an overview of what’s been developed on the open-source Polkadot/Kusama Tech Stack? As usual, the information can be found on the Polkadot Wiki: Open Source Stack · Polkadot Wiki

Kusama News

With a little under 3 days remaining in the current parachain lease auction, SubsocialX has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

Referendum 224, to fix the opening of an HRMP channel between Statemine and Robonomics, is passing unanimously with a little under three days left to vote. Polkassembly

Referendum 225, proposing to upgrade the Kusama relay chain to runtime v9271, is passing unanimously with five days left to vote. Polkassembly

Polkadot-JS Plus Extension (”Plus”) is seeking feedback on their first treasury proposal for their user-friendly wallet. Polkassembly

There is a post on Polkassembly seeking feedback for a Treasury Proposal to dub the Polkadot Decoded 2022 talks into Spanish. Polkassembly

There is a post on Polkassembly seeking feedback for a Treasury Proposal funding the parasnaps blockchain snapshot service. Polkassembly