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THREAD - @Polkadot Digest 4 Jan 2021
The Polkadot Digest has been off for two weeks, so this will be a high-level review of some VERY exciting times in the Polkadot ecosystem.
The Polkadot Digest has been off for two weeks, so this will be a high-level review of some VERY exciting times in the Polkadot ecosystem.
First, Rococo v1 launched on 22 December. This is the parachains testnet running on the latest Substrate. It is currently running three test parachains - Tick, Trick, and Track. https://polkadot.network/rococo-v1-a-holiday-gift-to-the-polkadot-community/
Today, 4 Jan, it was announced that the Rococo V1 parachain registration opening will occur on 11 Jan 2021. Follow the #rococo: http://matrix.parity.io channel on Matrix for up-to-date information.
On 13 Jan, Bruno Škvorc ( @bitfalls ) will be presenting the state of NFTs on Kusama and explaining how RMRK works. https://www.crowdcast.io/e/metaverse1/register
Bill Laboon's 20-lecture "Blockchain Fundamentals" course has moved to Youtube. The Matrix channel remains open for chatting about it. https://mooc.web3.foundation/
If you missed my conversation with Zoe Meckbach ( @MeckbachZoe ) about Polkadot governance, you can watch it here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/polkadot-conversations-session3
There has been quite a bit of activity on Web3 Foundation's Open Grants Program, even during the break. If you are interested in building on Polkadot, check it out. https://github.com/w3f/Open-Grants-Program/
A bounty for updating the Polkadot brand has been approved. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fcc1-1.polkadot.network#/bounties
On Kusama, there have been a few proposals made for referenda with no details given about what they do. Remember to discuss in Polkassembly! https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/democracy
The Kusama 1KV Program Leaderboard shows that we have many people who want to run validators on Kusama. https://thousand-validators.kusama.network/#/leaderboard
In Substrate news, FRAME v2 was merged to master, making it easier for people to develop their own pallets. https://twitter.com/substrate_io/status/1344735818145955840
If you have questions on FRAME v2, Shawn Tabrizi set up an "AMA" issue here - https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/discussions/7788
In the latest Substrate master, Council can now slash bonds for Treasury tips. https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/pull/7753
Alexandra Heller ( @alxheller ) produced an interesting thread of Polkadot "by the numbers", showing stats since it launched this year. https://twitter.com/alxheller/status/1343667911567810561
Finally, the Polkadot Network blog released a roundup of what's happened to Polkadot in 2020. It's been a busy year. https://polkadot.network/polkadot-2020-roundup/
