Polkadot News
Attend Polkadot Decoded, the biggest Polkadot event 2024, virtually or in person, in Brussels July 11th-12th. https://x.com/PolkadotDecoded/status/1793678556167389547
Check out Gavin’s fireside chat with Vitalik, which will happen at ETH Prague between May 31st and June 2nd. https://x.com/EthPrague/status/1794654471957672099
Curious about JAM and attending ETH Prague? Gavin will be speaking about JAM there too! https://x.com/EthPrague/status/1795012728752337119
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
Referendum 809 aims to fund the development of an open-source registrar for identity judgements, and is up for vote Polkassembly - Referendum #809
Referendum 804 enables an Ecosystem Test Environment Bounty, and is currently passing Polkassembly - Referendum #804
Polkadot will be the title sponsor of Coinfest Asia 2024 Polkassembly - Referendum #720
Kusama News
The Kusama staking rate has had a slight increase to 52.16%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard
Referenda to update Kusama to v1.2.4 is confirmed and will be enacted on June 3rd Polkassembly - Referendum #400