Web3alert.io — a crypto alerting service for your blockchain, wallet and dapp. Polkadot / Kusama Messari reports that in Q1 of this year, the usage of Polkadot’s cross-consensus message format (XCM) expanded beyond transfers, with the number of channels increasing by 60%. XCM has transformed the Polkadot network into an…

Web3alert.io — a crypto alerting service for your blockchain, wallet and dapp Polkadot / Kusama Polkadot founder Robert Habermeier has recently joined The Kusamarian podcast as the 100th guest. …

Polkadot / Kusama Polytope Labs published a way of verifying the Ethereum Beacon chain’s consensus proofs using a SNARK-based approach, based on W3F research. This will help with zk-bridges between Polkadot & Ethereum. #PolkadotPrague Twitter Spaces! Join for a discussion featuring Gear Technologies, Vara, Pavel Salas & Katie Voronina. …

Web3alert.io — a crypto alerting service for your blockchain, wallet and dapp Polkadot / Kusama Council Motion 398, proposing to create a Referendum to gradually increase the number of active validators from 297 to 400 on Polkadot, has been executed. The stellar lineup of speakers for the #PolkadotPrague is now…

This issue was prepared with the help and support of Web3alert.io — a blockchain alerting service for your blockchain, wallet and dapp. Polkadot / Kusama The next flagship event for the Polkadot ecosystem is coming up. At Polkadot Decoded 2023 (June 28–29), you will get a chance to learn from…

Polkadot / Kusama Jonas Gehrlein, a researcher at Web3 Foundation, has published a brief analysis of Polkadot nominator behavior. The Polkadot Q1 report is up, and the headline news is some turbo-charged dev stats. Per Santiment’s data, Polkadot was top among all Web3 networks for all three months, peaking with…

Polkadot / Kusama Referendum 113, proposing to reset the genesis block of the Watr parachain, has successfully passed. An excellent overview of what Parity has been working on over the last few months is available here. On April 28, Polkadot founder Robert Habermeier will get on the Consensus 2023 main stage for a…

Polkadot / Kusama Kagome 0.9.0 has been released. It is a Polkadot Host implementation written in C++. This version includes parachain and light client support. Referendum 114, proposing to add a Bridge Hub parachain to Polkadot, is currently passing unanimously with 27 days left to vote. Motion 385, proposing to…

Polkadot / Kusama The Encode Club x Polkadot Hackathon is almost here. Starting on April 11th, explore the Polkadot ecosystem and bring your ideas to life through workshops, challenges, and more. Moonsama has won the most recent Polkadot parachain lease auction. …