Polkadot Digest 14 Sep 2023

Polkadot News

Version 1.1.0 of the Polkadot node software has been released with MEDIUM upgrade priority. https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/releases/tag/polkadot-v1.1.0

This is the first release under the new polkadot-sdk monorepo. More details about the move to the monorepo are here: https://polkadot-public.notion.site/Polkadot-SDK-FAQ-fbc4cecc2c46443fb37b9eeec2f0d85f

As part of this change, the Staking Miner has also been moved to its own repo. This only affects those submitting potential election solutions. https://github.com/paritytech/staking-miner-v2

Jonas Gehrlein, researcher at Web3 Foundation, has suggested a change to the ideal staking rate formula on Polkadot. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/adjusting-polkadots-ideal-staking-rate-calculation/3897

Acala Network has released version 0.8.0 of Chopsticks. Chopsticks allows you to create a “parallel universe” of an active Substrate chain, so that you can test the results of extrinsics against the current state. https://github.com/AcalaNetwork/chopsticks/releases/tag/0.8.0

Confused about the differences between parachains, rollups, and other scaling solutions? The Polkadot Wiki has a good overview of the differences here: https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-comparisons-rollups

The Polkadot Staking Dashboard has now had over 1 million pages visited. https://twitter.com/rossbulat/status/1702184127158714620

Kusama News

Referendum 268, closing erroneous bounties on Kusama, is passing with 99% in favor. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/268