Polkadot Core
- Maximum number of Nominators per validator has been adjusted to 128 (It was previously 256.).
- Parachains are set to be released before the end of the year.
- Current medium term goal is to have 100 parachain slots.
- Scheduled tasks can now be rescheduled.
- Upgrade to runtime v25 and introduces Bounties.
- Add ss58 id for nodle.
- Fixes logging of target names with dashes.
- Nominations of less than around 200 DOT are not getting rewards because technical issues that developers are working to fix.
Polkadot Referenda
- Motion 25 passed. There will be an increase in 1 active validator every era for the next 100 eras.
Polkadot Treasury Proposals
- #27 SubstraTEE Scalability Proposal passed.
- #28 Patract Labs’ treasury proposal for Redspot v0.2 passed.
Polkadot Proposals
- #7 Increase the number of Validators to 599.
- #2 Changing the calculation of the commission when sending from a Polkadot wallet.
- #4 Increase 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.
- #9 Exactly as transfer, except the origin must be root and the source account may be specified. (Returning money from a scammer account to original owner account).
- #10 (Wrong proposal. Fixed the proposal in #11).
- #11 Proposal to recover a users lost account.
Kusama Referenda
- #88 A proposal to gradually increase the number of active validators by 1 every era for 400 eras (1 era is 6 hours, and this would increase the total to 1000 active validators.).
- #89 update the Kusama runtime to v2025 and reduce the number of nominators per validator to 128.
Kusama Treasury Proposals
- Voxel Bridge – A Sensory Journey Through the Kusama Network.
Polkadot Community
- Options for Polkadot projects that do not win parachain slot auctions, so they can still continue their project.
- Here is the current recommended path for project development on Polkadot.
- Substrate Developer Community Conference is this week.
- The Rococo testnet endpoint is currently down, so you won’t be able to view it through Polkadot-JS.
- Expect a restart of the Rococo testnet sometime soon.
- Avado: Running a Polkadot Node.
- Gitcoin Virtual Hackathon: Hello World! by Polkadot.
Dates of Note
- October 12, 2020 15:36 UTC: Start of a new staking era 133.
- October 14, 2020 1:56 UTC: Start of the next referendum voting period.
- October 14, 2020 1:56 UTC: Election of new council candidates.
- October 15, 10:00-17:00 UTC: The Substrate Developer Community Conference.
- October 18, 5:08 UTC: Start of next treasury spending period.
- October 29, 22:00 UTC: Polkadot Webinar: Conheça a Web 3.0. O que é Polkadot? (em Português).
Top Youtube Videos of the Week
- WHAT IS THE POLKADOT COIN?! POLKADOT VS ETHEREUM.
- Backing up and restoring your Polkadot and Kusama accounts.
Top Reddit Posts of the Week
- Introducing Hello World! by Polkadot.
- I have questions regarding how any upcoming metamask integration will work.
Tokens
- Polkaswap token PSWAP is not out yet. There are scammers claiming otherwise. Click here for official details on release.
- Celer SGN Beta Testnet Community Event Successfully Completed.
- Phala IPO Strategy on Polkadot Parachain Slots Auction.
- Acala’s Whtie Paper.
Upcoming Token Launches
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Crypto Regulation
- US attorney general releases guidelines for enforcing crypto laws.
- China Central Bank Official Reveals Results of First Digital Yuan Pilots.
- Every single Bitcoin product banned in the UK as regulators crack down on crypto.
- French police arrest terror financing ring that used Bitcoin coupons.
Developer Related
- Substrate Developer Community Conference is this week.
- Gitcoin Virtual Hackathon: Hello World! by Polkadot.
- Add the Contracts Pallet to Runtime.
Other Crypto Related News
- Clipboard Hijacker Targeting Bitcoin & Ethereum Users Infects Over 300,0000 PCs.
- Vitalik Buterin gives presentation on Eth 2.0 highlights.
- Ripple Enters Lending With XRP Credit Lines to Fund Global Payments.
- Ethereum’s fees higher than Bitcoin’s for a record two straight months.
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