Polkadot News
Interested in trying things out on Rococo, the most popular Polkadot testnet for testing parachains? There is a ROC (Rococo token) faucet available here: Polkadot Faucet
Polytope Labs has announced the alpha release of substrate-ismp, an implementation of the Interoperable State Machine Protocol. This allows parachains to interoperate via state proofs. https://twitter.com/PolytopeLabs/status/1663519460475510787?s=20
Referendum 120, proposing to upgrade the Collectives parachain to runtime v9420, has passed. This will also enable the Polkadot Technical Fellowship on this parachain. Runtime Upgrade for Collectives Parachain To v9420 | Polkassembly
The next parachain lease auction begins at approximately 07.11 UTC tomorrow, at block 15_774_000. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Kusama News
Parathread ID 2267 has won the most recent parachain lease auction. Kusama Auctions #83-89 and Crowdloans | Parachains.info
A new parachain lease auction has begun. With approximately 13 hours until the Ending Period begins, Calamari Network is in the lead. Kusama Auctions #83-89 and Crowdloans | Parachains.info