Polkadot Digest 29 Aug 2022

Polkadot News

Sub0, the Polkadot Developer Conference, is back this year 28-29 November in Lisbon, Portugal and online. https://polkadot.network/blog/sub0-2022/

The Polkadot Forum is now live and open to the public. It is for focused discussion of Polkadot: ecosystem, development, governance, etc. https://forum.polkadot.network/

Shawn Tabrizi has posted an excellent explanation of how XCM will be used with XCMP there. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/how-xcm-will-actually-be-used-with-xcmp/190

And if you are interested in learning more about XCM itself, he has also posted a list of resources: https://forum.polkadot.network/t/best-resources-to-learn-xcm-tech-high-level/192

Kusama News

With one day to go before the ending period starts, Bit.Country Pioneer is leading in the current parachain lease auction. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/parachains/auctions

Referendum 224, to fix the opening of an HRMP channel between Statemine and Robonomics, has passed. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/224

Referendum 225, proposing to upgrade the Kusama relay chain to runtime v9271, is passing unanimously with two days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/225

Referendum 226, proposing to edit the Snow crowdloan parameters, is currently passing unanimously with six days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/226