Polkadot News
Polkadot-API, a project conceived to build upon and improve on the PolkadotJs project, is nearing the release of a stable v1 and has written a status update on the Polkadot Forum. Polkadot-API updates thread
Anonymous parathread 3358 is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction, although Aventus and Integritee have both also been in the lead during the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions
Gavin Wood will hold an X Space on JAM on Thursday at 13.00 UTC. https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1787525518868271557
Copies of the Ethereum Yellow Paper, Polkadot White Paper, and the JAM Gray Paper, signed and annotated by Dr. Gavin Wood, will be going up on a “bid-to-earn” charity auction on 16 May. https://twitter.com/GBMauction/status/1787439631375765935
Reminder that Web3 Summit 2024 will be held 19-21 August at Funkhaus Berlin. https://web3summit.com/
The staking rate on Polkadot has continued to increase and is now 54.53%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard
Kusama News
Referendum 384, proposing to register People Chain and upgrade Coretime chain to runtime v1.2.3, is currently passing with 99.9% in favor. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/384
The staking rate on Kusama is continuing to increase and now stands at 52%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard