Polkadot News
Attend Polkadot Decoded, the biggest Polkadot event 2024, virtually or in person, in Brussels July 11th-12th. x.com
Check out Gavin’s fireside chat with Vitalik, which will happen at ETH Prague between May 31st and June 2nd. x.com
Curious about JAM and attending ETH Prague? Gavin will be speaking about JAM there too! x.com
Are you a Polkadot validator? Consider participating in the discussion of this RFC, which proposes to raise the minimum core count for validators to 8 [RFC] Increasing recommended minimum core count for reference hardware
XCMv2 (cross-consensus messaging) is deprecated on Polkadot SDK and will be removed once XCMv5 is out. PSA: XCMv2 deprecation
The Polkadot staking rate continues to increase and is now at 56.72%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard | Polkadot Staking (DOT)
Referendum 809 aims to fund the development of an open-source registrar for identity judgements, and is up for vote Proposal for Funding Open-Source Registrar Development Continuity | Polkassembly
Referendum 804 enables an Ecosystem Test Environment Bounty, and is currently passing Ecosystem Test Environment Bounty | Polkassembly
Polkadot will be the title sponsor of Coinfest Asia 2024 Polkadot @ Coinfest Asia 2024 | Polkassembly
Kusama News
The Kusama staking rate has had a slight increase to 52.16%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard | Polkadot Staking (DOT)
Referenda to update Kusama to v1.2.4 is confirmed and will be enacted on June 3rd Update Kusama System v1.2.4 | Polkassembly