Polkadot Digest 23 Aug 2023

Polkadot News

Reminder that the Substrate, Cumulus, and Polkadot repositories will be merged this Friday, 25 August, into a single Polkadot SDK repo. https://twitter.com/substrate%5Fio/status/1693883811489034613

Referendum 130, canceling the old auction schedule which has already been superseded by a new schedule, is now up for vote on the Whitelisted track. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/130

Looking for an introduction to the Web3 philosophy and Polkadot specifically? My keynote from Blockchance 2023 is now online - https://twitter.com/Web3foundation/status/1694021280154984830

Interested in hearing me speak in person? I will be discussing Polkadot and some proposed upcoming changes at Swiss Web3Fest, 15 September in Zürich.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/crypto-oasis-middleeast%5Fthe-swiss-web3fest-is-honored-to-announce-activity-7100023972091559936-DW%5Fw/

Kusama News

Robonomics has won the most recent parachain lease auction. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

The next parachain lease auction has begun on Kusama, and Bifrost Kusama is currently in the lead. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

Referendum 253, performing a lease swap for Karura, is now confirming. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/253