Polkadot / Kusama Smoldot, a light client for Polkadot and many other Substrate-based chains, allowing users to interact with a chain without an RPC endpoint, has reached version 1.0.0. Referendum 109, setting the Polkadot auction schedule for the rest of 2023, has successfully passed. Polkadot Bled has announced its upcoming mini-conference. The one-day…

Polkadot / Kusama PolkadotBled, a 3-week hackathon focused on creating groundbreaking NFT solutions and applications in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem, starts on April 17th. In an exciting collaboration, Polkadot and global music powerhouse Beatport are teaming up to bring the vibrant electronic music culture to the Web3 world through a cutting-edge digital…

Polkadot / Kusama Congratulations to t3rn on winning the Polkadot Parachain Auction #41. The platform specializes in hosting smart contracts and allowing trustless cross-chain smart contract execution. Referendum 107, upgrading the Polkadot relay chain to runtime v9370, has passed. PolkadotBled, a 3-week hackathon focused on creating groundbreaking NFT solutions and applications in the…

Polkadot / Kusama The winner of the Polkadot parachain auction #39, which entered the process anonymously, and initially remained nameless after winning its slot on February 9th, has now elected to make itself known. That project is Manta Network, a protocol driving on-chain privacy solutions across Web3. In the third part of the…

Polkadot / Kusama Polkadot 0.9.38 has been released with MEDIUM upgrade priority. Congratulations to Hashed Network, the winner of Parachain Auction #40. Polkadot’s parachain family continues to grow with this exciting enterprise-focused project joining the fold. ink!, a programming language for smart contracts used in the Polkadot ecosystem, has received the next major…

Polkadot / Kusama An article titled “A Year in Parachains, Part 2: System Chains, Smart Contracts, & Social Media” was published on the Polkadot Network blog. Radha, Tech Ed Lead at W3F, gave a talk at Messari Mainnet on the new OpenGov system coming to Polkadot (and already live on Kusama). What is…

Polkadot / Kusama The latest Messari report into Polkadot is out. Among many other data points, it reveals daily active accounts increased by 64%, and new accounts increased by 49% in Q4 2022. An experiment to teach Ethereum XCM, and what’s next for Polkadot system parachains — hear Parity’s Stefan Sopic on a…

Polkadot / Kusama A Parity representative has posted “The Future of Polkadot Staking” on the Polkadot Forum to discuss the future roadmap of staking. The winner of Parachain Auction #38 is confirmed as Aleph Zero, an enterprise-ready and high-performance privacy-enhancing blockchain platform that provides near-instant transaction finality. …

Polkadot / Kusama Referendum 100 on Polkadot has recently started, proposing to enable pre-checking for runtime upgrades on parachains. It is currently passing unanimously. Celebrating the first full year of parachains at Polkadot is a good time to provide an update on the journey so far. …