Polkadot Core
- Kusama’s website now has a validator rankings list.
- Incorrect Slashing on Council Caused by elections-phragmen Pallet Bug on Kusama.
- Substrate API Sidecar v2.0.
- Polkadot.js app v0.68.1 release.
- Participation Lottery Pallet.
- Unify warning and error and add capslock warning.
- Participation Lottery Pallet.
- add “save event to calendar” functionality on calendar page.
- Add polkadot and kusama endpoints hosted by onfinality.
- Node-template: add aura to light block import pipeline.
- Display inflation & stakedReturn info.
- Upgrade to libp2p-0.31.
- Change TRACING_SET to static.
- Remove `RpcMetrics` weirdness.
- Add Key Subcommand to node-template.
Polkadot Referenda
- #42 Patract Hub’s treasury proposal for Megaclite (ZKP support) v0.1 has executed.
- #12 Moves claims is ongoing.
- #37 Adding DOT to Ramp’s SDK and enabling frictionless on-ramping across multiple dapps and wallets is proposed has passed and executed.
- #39 The operating expenses of SUBSCAN (Polkadot network) from December 2020 to February 2021 has passed and executed.
- #40 Patract Hub’s treasury proposal for Redspot v0.3 has passed and executed.
- #41 Cancellation of Proposal 8 has passed and executed.
Polkadot Proposals
- #43 Incorrect Slashing on Council Caused by elections-phragmen Pallet Bug.
- Treasury Proposal: Polkadot Explainer Video on Cryptonauts YouTube Channel.
- #7 Increase the number of Validators to 599.
- #2 Set the new runtime code.
- #4 Increse the number of Validators to 299.
- #5 Increase the number of Validators to 399.
- #6 Increase the number of Validators to 499.
- #8 Increase the number of Validators to 259.
- #41 Cancellation of Proposal 8.
- #10 Send a call through an indexed pseudonym of the sender.
- #22 The operating expenses of SUBSCAN (Polkadot network) from December 2020 to February 2021 is a treasury proposal.
- #41 Cancellation of Proposal 8.
Kusama Proposals and Referenda
- #93 A council proposal to gradually increase the number of validators.
- #239 Incorrect Slashing on Council Caused by elections-phragmen Pallet Bug has executed.
- #38 Redenomination proposal for KSM for better parallel chain slot auction testing.
- #241 Treasury proposal: SubBooster, an open source remote compiling tool for Substrate developers.
Polkadot Community
- Virtual Polkadot Ecosystem Meetup Replay.
- Participation Lotteries on Kusama.
- China’s national blockchain project adds Polkadot support.
- SORAMITSU Releases Fearless Wallet.
Dates of Note
- December 1, 14:01 UTC: Election of new council candidates.
- December 2, 11:46 UTC: Voting ends on motion #43.
- December 2, 12:00 UTC: Substrate Seminar.
- December 3, 14:00 UTC: Polkadot Decoded: The Polkadot Community Conference.
- December 5, 10:01 UTC: Start of next spending period via Treasury.
- December 5, 11:01 UTC: Voting ends on referenda #12.
- December 9, 11:01 UTC: Start of the next referendum voting period.
- January 6, 10:44 UTC: Potential dispatch of referendum 12 (if passed) via Democracy.
- Q1 20201: Bitcoin is coming to Polkadot (PolkaBTC).
Top Youtube Videos of the Week
- Virtual Polkadot Ecosystem Meetup – Moonbeam & Litentry CEOs.
Top Reddit Posts of the Week
- Polkadot Developer Ecosystem Repositories.
Tokens
- Phala Network: Announcing 1605 Race, GK Workshop, and Bounties.
- SORA Validator Reward Token: $VAL.
Upcoming Token & Paracahin Launches
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Crypto Regulation
- China’s national blockchain project adds Polkadot support.
- Binance expected to make US only exchange.
- Chinese Authorities Have Seized a Massive $4 Billion in Crypto From PlusToken Scam.
- Russia to Recognize Bitcoin as Property With Legal Protection.
Developer Related
- Funding your Web3 project in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- Polkadot Substrate Career Training Camp and Settle China Blockchain Center · Hangzhou.
- Visualizing Node Metrics.
Other Crypto Related News
- Ethereum 2.0 Has Enough Staked ETH to Launch on December 1.
- U.S. users have less than 2 weeks to leave Binance.
- New York Times reports on discrimination and racism of employees at Coinbase.
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