Polkadot Digest 3 Aug 2023

Polkadot News

Polytope Labs has announced the release of ISMP, a lightweight transport protocol allowing trust-free interoperability between blockchains with HTTP-style GET/POST requests. https://blog.polytope.technology/the-interoperable-state-machine-protocol

With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, InvArch is in the lead, but anonymous parathread ID 3346 has also been in the lead during the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions

Note that InvArch is using a crowdloan while parathread ID 3346 is self-funded. For more information on crowdloans, see https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-crowdloans

Sub0, the Polkadot Developer Conference, is coming to Lisbon 19 - 20 Sep. Register to attend or give a talk here: https://polkadot.network/ecosystem/events/sub0/

The next Polkadot Pioneers AMA is August 8th, covering Web3 gaming. https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1687041577246429184

The closing party for Polkadot Blockchain Academy in Berkeley is open to the public and happening on 9 August. https://twitter.com/AcademyPolkadot/status/1686851970525757440

I was interviewed recently by the Web3 Innovators podcast about Polkadot OpenGov and other topics. https://twitter.com/web3labs/status/1686666637003399169

There are now 24 Referenda up for vote on Polkadot OpenGov. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.dotters.network%2Fpolkadot#/referenda

Kusama News

With one day left in the current parachain lease auction, GM parachain has been in the lead the majority of the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

There are now 5 Referenda up for vote on Kusama OpenGov. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc-kusama.luckyfriday.io#/referenda