Polkadot: Gov2 introduced, BridgePort got the 22nd parachain slot on Polkadot, Kintsugi will be onboarded as Kusama’s parachain, Acala’s IADS has launched, Zenlink is live on Astar, Moonsama integrates Social KYC, Efinity will power Final Fantasy NFT collectibles, Dock’s Web3 IDs are now live, Robonomics x Crust Network, Humanode testnet is now public & public sale whitelist is here, and more!
Biweekly update on the Polkadot ecosystem vol. 42, 14th July — 28th July
TL;DR
- Gov2: Polkadot’s next generation of decentralized governance
- Congratulations to BridgePort on winning Polkadot’s 22nd parachain auction
- Polkadot 0.9.26 has been released with medium upgrade priority
- Referendum 69, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot relay chain to runtime v9250, passed by a wide margin with a few days left to vote
- Motion 235, funding a Treasury Proposal for the Omni Enterprise application, is under consideration by the Polkadot Council
- Congratulations to Kintsugi on winning the last Kusama auction in this batch
- With 3 days left in the current parachain lease auction, Snow Network has been in the lead for the entirety of the Ending Period so far
- Referendum 217, proposing liquidity funding for Genshiro, is currently under passing with 63% of the vote in favor with four days left to vote
- Motion 517, proposing to fund a Treasury Proposal for “The Kusamarian” from WagMedia, is under consideration by the Kusama Council
- Motion 518, to cancel a pending slash, is currently under consideration by the Kusama Council
- You can now connect your Talisman wallet to the Moonbeam & Moonriver app. Moonbeam x Axelar. Moonbeam — Osmosis cross-chain integration is now live via Axelar Network. Project Galaxy now allows Moonbeam-based projects to run their own user-focused campaigns for new and engaging community experiences
- Astar shares something they have been working on. Swanky: the all-in-one WASM tool. Astar integrates with Ledger to secure user wallets. Algem launched nASTR on Astar Network
- Zenlink launched on the Astar network on July 26th, with Farming and Bootstrap being available to the community at that time. Zenlink partners with AstridDAO to drive Astar ecosystem development. The 9th cycle of trade mining has ended and the 10th cycle is live
- cBridge has successfully implemented bridging support for Zenlink. Users can now transfer ZLK between Moonbeam Network and Astar Network, as well as bridge assets from other blockchains to Astar Network via cbridge.celer.network. It’s Celer cBridge’s 1-year mainnet launch anniversary
- Acala’s Interprotocol aUSD Distribution Scheme (IADS) has launched, increasing stablecoin liquidity & efficiency for Polkadot and Kusama. Acala has been integrated into the InfStones platform. Integritee’s token is now live on Karura
- Basilisk launches DEX on Kusama with aUSD as its parachain’s stablecoin of choice
- The CLV Multichain wallet & cross-chain bridge have undergone an upgrade. CLV collaborates with Wanchain for cross-chain interoperability breakthrough
- Composable Finance’s team shared key insights and learnings: in the past few months, they have gathered worldwide to meet innovation leaders across various ecosystems, presenting their philosophy, demo, and innovations at several conferences. Composable’s documentation was updated
- Darwinia introduced EVM-Compatible Darwinia Smart Chain, prompting the building of a hybrid cross-chain network for Polkadot. Darwinia 1230 runtime has been upgraded
- Genshiro is officially distributing GENS rewards to former MM pool contributors. Equilibrium Money Market beta launch offers more assets
- Ledger Wallet support is available in dev mode. Parallel’s Crowdloan Platform 2.0 is live
- Efinity will power Final Fantasy NFT collectibles by Square Enix. The Polkadot-based NFTs will be paired with physical trading cards and toys, which will be released in 2023
- Robonomics & Crust Networks’ strategic partnership announced. Crust partners with Meson Network to offer Web3 industry a turn key solution. Computecoin joins forces with Crust to make decentralized cloud services easier to use
- Dock’s Web3 IDs are now live, a blockchain-based authentication and authorization system that puts user privacy first
- Kiltprotocol successfully swapped parachain slots on Kusama, and is now running on its second lease period. The swap was executed via XCM
- Polkadot-based NFT project Moonsama has announced that it integrated KILT’s SocialKYC on its Multiverse Bridge, allowing users to sign in using their wallets instead of usernames and passwords
- Acentrik, a decentralized data marketplace for enterprises, built on Ocean Protocol — is now in Enterprise Release. Ocean Protocol collaborates with Questbook platform for the Data Bounty Program. Data farming DF4 completed
- COTI Expands Chainlink Keepers integration with Launch Of Armadillo. Bybit integrates over 35 Chainlink Price Feeds to help secure high-volume spot trading. Looking toward the future of DeFi and Chainlink at EthCC 5
- Kylin Network partners with Onfinality. The latest Kylin weekly is here. Updates on the upcoming community AMA, Snapshot update, Pichiu listing, & utility, and much more. Join the team for an upcoming Community AMA featuring Kylin Network core team members on August 4
- Humanode Testnet 3 “Ramiel” is now public. The team announced the whitelist for Humanode public sale on Tokensoft in the upcoming months. The Public Sale whitelist is here. Furthermore, they announced the Fire Element NFT and HMND tokens drop
- Litmus’ first democracy referendum has successfully passed. Litentry Crowdloan rewards have been distributed. The XCM bi-channel between Litmus and Karura was launched. Users can now send LIT from Litmus to the Karura Network (and back), and LIT will go live on Karura Swap very soon
- vsKSM has completed its first repurchase and burn, which will become normalized in the future. The repurchase is funded by 75% of the KSM in the lighting redeem, with the remaining 25% going to Bifrost treasury. Bifrost Analysis Panel goes live, now you can follow the data analysis of TVL, vKSM, vsKSM, vsDOT in real time, and more data are still being added. The Community Call #10 is just around the corner
- Centrifuge Governance Call #7 took place. The team attended EthCC.
- The Interlay team shares iBTC launch status. Watch the recording of Interlay Co-Founder & CEO Alexei talk at Polkadot Decoded 2022
- A weekly newsletter discussing progress updates, events, and governance proposals within the Edgeware ecosystem
- SORA wallet on Android v2.5.0 beta has been released. Ecosystem updates are out
- The Manta team published their ecosystem update for Q1/Q2 of 2022
- Phala Network monthly call will be happening this Friday
- ParisDotComm, a 3 days conference and workshops sessions organized with the leading projects of the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems during ETHCC, took place
- Polkadot is a sponsor of RustConf, the official Rust conference. On August 5th, join the offline conference in Portland, OR, or tune in online to meet Rust developers from around the world to learn and upgrade your Rust dev skills
- Tune the Polkadot Community Call to hear the latest news from Polkadot & Kusama ecosystem, learn about the latest updates, referenda and treasury proposals, and hear from some of the ecosystem teams
- And more!
Latest Polkadot News
- Gov2: Polkadot’s Next Generation of Decentralised Governance: In Gov2 there can be lots of referenda, all happening simultaneously, increasing the number of motions that can be passed at a time.
- Gov2 Twitter thread:
- Polkadot 0.9.26 has been released with MEDIUM upgrade priority.
- Referendum 69, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot relay chain to runtime v9250, passed by a wide margin with a few days left to vote.
- Congratulations to BridgePort on winning Polkadot’s 22nd parachain auction. BridgePort is bringing gaming and blockchain technology platforms together to build the infrastructure on Web3, metaverse space, and the NFT ecosystem globally.
- With 2 days left in the current parachain lease auction, Integritee has been in the lead the entire Ending Period.
- Motion 235, funding a Treasury Proposal for the Omni Enterprise application, is under consideration by the Polkadot Council.
- Last week the Polkadot ecosystem was busy building, deploying, and growing. Check out some of the latest announcements and news from the parachain teams, infrastructure providers, and wallets in this week’s Polkadot Roundup.
Slot Auction Progress:
Kusama
- Congratulations to Kintsugi on winning the last Kusama auction in this batch. This is the second auction Kintsugi has won and this time without a crowdloan. The project is bringing radically open Bitcoin to the Kusama ecosystem.
- With 3 days left in the current parachain lease auction, Snow Network has been in the lead for the entirety of the Ending Period so far.
- Referendum 217, proposing liquidity funding for Genshiro, is currently under passing with 63% of the vote in favor with four days left to vote.
- Motion 517, proposing to fund a Treasury Proposal for “The Kusamarian” from WagMedia, is under consideration by the Kusama Council.
- Motion 518, to cancel a pending slash, is currently under consideration by the Kusama Council.
Slot Auction Progress:
Awareness and Events
- Tune the Polkadot Community Call to hear the latest news from Polkadot & Kusama ecosystem, learn about the latest updates, referenda and treasury proposals, and hear from some of the ecosystem teams:
- Polkadot Decoded Videos and Recap: Among the 157 talks were keynotes from Polkadot founders Dr. Gavin Wood — who announced the next iteration of Polkadot’s on-chain governance in Buenos Aires and presented XCM v3 in New York — and Robert Habermeier, who discussed building the parachain playground in Berlin. Make sure you check out the entire Polkadot Decoded 2002 playlist for all the inspiring talks, workshops and demos from teams building on Polkadot.
- Interested in upgrading your Web3 developer skills? Register for Web3athon, a 3-month virtual event for developers & builders sponsored by Polkadot, and get a chance to win from a prize pool of $800k.
- ParisDotComm, a 3 days conference and workshops sessions organized with the leading projects of the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems during ETHCC, took place.
- Polkadot is a sponsor of RustConf, the official Rust conference. On August 5th, join the offline conference in Portland, OR, or tune in online to meet Rust developers from around the world to learn and upgrade your Rust dev skills: rustconf.com
- Summary of the Centrifuge Substrate Governance Workshop in Berlin: Notes from Centrifuge’s Substrate Governance Workshop in Berlin on 28 Jun are now available.
- Smart Contracts: Past, Present, Future | Polkadot Decoded 2022
New Videos:
- Tune in to the Collision Conference to watch Gavin Wood’s talk: Web 2.0 is dead. Long live Web3
- Polkadot founder Robert Habermeier joined a panel with Billy Rennekamp and 0xbrainjar at Composable Unchained to discuss a multichain vs cross-chain future
- Learn how to build a decentralized version of Twitter in 50 minutes using SubSocial SDK via this Polkadot hackathon workshop
- This Polkadot Hackathon workshop hosted by Theodore Bugnet of Interlay explains how interBTC works and demonstrates how to build a bounty feature on Interlay
- Watch Interlay’s vault workshop at Polkadot Hackathon
- Astar led a workshop on how to Integrate dApp Staking chain-extension on an ink! smart contract
- Catch Composable’s Unchained event to hear from Acala, Centrifuge, Equilibrium, Phala, Subsquid, and other projects from the Polkadot ecosystem.
Finance
Polkadot markets (information from Coingecko)
Polkadot Ecosystem Market Cap (information from Dotmarketcap)
Ecosystem Updates
Bridges
Bifrost
Bifrost has developed an EOS network bridge that enables trustless cross-chain asset transfer by implementing on-chain light nodes with Merkle tree verification.
- vsKSM has completed its first repurchase and burn, which will become normalized in the future. The repurchase is funded by 75% of the KSM in the lighting redeem, with the remaining 25% going to Bifrost treasury.
- Bifrost Analysis Panel goes live, now you can follow the data analysis of TVL, vKSM, vsKSM, vsDOT in real time, and more data are still being added.
- The Community Call #10 is just around the corner
Centrifuge
The ChainBridge allows Centrifuge to move fungible and NFTs between chains, enabling the financing of real-world assets in a variety of DeFi products.
- Centrifuge Governance Call #7 2022–07–14
- Substrate Governance Workshop Berlin
- The team attended EthCC.
Darwinia
Darwinia is building a permissionless non-custodial bridge protocol featuring efficient, low-cost decentralization of cross-chain tokens and Non-Fungible Token (NFT) transfers, as well as other cross-chain operations.
- Introducing EVM-Compatible Darwinia Smart Chain, Prompt the Building of A Hybrid Cross-Chain Network for Polkadot
- Darwinia 1230 Runtime Upgrade
- 「Using Darwinia Tools 3–12」: Darwinia Apps Guide Part V: CRAB/CKTON Transfer Between Crab Chain and Crab Smart Chain
Interlay
Interlay is building a trustless bridge from Bitcoin to Polkadot.
- iBTC Launch Status
- Bringing Radically Open Bitcoin to DeFi: Interlay Co-Founder & CEO Alexei at Polkadot Decoded 2022
- Pendulum Community Call #1
Smart Contracts
CLV (Previously Clover)
- Step into the Web3.0 Era with CLV
- CLV Mobile Wallet And Cross-Chain Bridge Upgrade
- CLV Collaborates with Wanchain For Cross-Chain Interoperability Breakthrough
- Explore Polkadot Ecosystem Via CLV Wallet
Edgeware
- EDG Community Update: July 18th, 2022: A weekly newsletter discussing progress updates, events, and governance proposals within the Edgeware ecosystem.
- EDG Developer Update: July 17 — July 23, 2022: Keeping you up to date on all things technical related to Edgeware and more.
- EDG DAO Financial Bulletin: First Fortnight of July: Provides the community a fair idea about the performance of EDG as compared to the market as well as the peers of EDG.
Moonbeam
- Want to know what are cross-chain connected contracts and why is this idea paving the way for the next generation of Web3 apps? Read Moonbeam’s recent article for a full rundown.
- You can now connect your Talisman wallet to the Moonbeam & Moonriver app.
- Moonbeam x Axelar. “The Axelar protocol has extended the number of networks to be within Moonbeam Network‘s reach by allowing tokens to be bridged between select Cosmos and EVM networks.”
- Moonbeam <> Osmosis cross-chain integration is now live via Axelar Network, enabling one-click swaps between the two chains. This brings together Polkadot & Cosmos — connecting two of the biggest interoperable ecosystems.
- Project Galaxy Integrates with Moonbeam Network: Project Galaxy now allows Moonbeam-based projects to run their own user-focused campaigns for new and engaging community experiences
Scaling
Astar Network (previously Plasm Network)
- Astar shares something they have been working on. Swanky: the all-in-one WASM tool.
- Astar Integrates with Ledger to Secure User Wallets.
- AstarBase for Developers: What is AstarBase and how to use it in your project?
- Algem launched nASTR on Astar Network
Celer
- cBridge has successfully implemented bridging support for Zenlink. Celer Network cBridge provides Zenlink with bridging support. Users can now transfer ZLK between Moonbeam Network and Astar Network, as well as bridge assets from other blockchains to Astar Network via cbridge.celer.network
- Now you can link your TokenPocket wallet on cbridge.celer.network and gain access to quick, secure, and low-cost cross-chain bridging
- Celebrate cBridge’s 1-Year Anniversary with $23,000 in Rewards: It’s Celer cBridge’s 1-year mainnet launch anniversary
- cBridge Referral Carnival
DeFi
Acala
- Acala recently introduced the Interprotocol aUSD Distribution Scheme (IADS), a novel approach to add liquidity to protocols like Taiga via the aUSD protocol. IADS will generate aUSD for deposit into the Taiga 3-pool to improve liquidity efficiency and help the aUSD peg.
- Acala’s Interprotocol aUSD Distribution Scheme (IADS) Has Launched, Increasing Stablecoin Liquidity & Efficiency for Polkadot and Kusama
- Acala has been integrated into the InfStones platform to round out the Kusama ecosystem. Learn more about this exciting partnership here.
- Integritee’s token is now live on Karura. The availability of TEER on another Kusama parachain was made possible thanks to the XCM integration.
- Basilisk launches DEX on Kusama with aUSD as its parachain’s stablecoin of choice
Composable Finance
- Composable Finance’s team shared key insights and learnings: in the past few months, they have gathered worldwide to meet innovation leaders across various ecosystems, presenting their philosophy, demo, and innovations at several conferences.
- Composable’s documentation was updated. Explore their most recent developer guides, information on their parachains (Composable and Picasso), product and tech stack.
Equilibrium
- Genshiro is officially distributing GENS rewards to former MM pool contributors. Maintain an account balance of $5 (according to requirements) to ensure your rewards do not simply vanish once they have been delivered.
- Equilibrium Money Market Beta Launch Offers More Assets
- How EQD Differs from Algorithmic Stablecoins
- How Equilibrium Embeds Bailouts and Mitigates Risks to Stability in DeFi
Parallel Finance
- Ledger Wallet support is available in dev mode
- To increase the liquidity for the trading pair cDOT8–15/DOT, Parallel Finance has added additional PARA rewards.
- Parallel’s Crowdloan Platform 2.0 is live.
- Tokenomics Guide — Parallel Finance
- Parallel Finance appreciates all the contributions made so far to the Heiko Crowdloan. If you have not contributed yet, there is still time.
Zenlink
- Zenlink launched on the Astar network on July 26th, with Farming and Bootstrap being available to the community at that time.
- Zenlink partners with AstridDAO to drive Astar ecosystem development
- Zenlink’s 9th cycle of trade mining has ended and the 10th cycle is live. Claim your rewards on Moonbeam or Bifrost.
Privacy
Phala Network
- Phala French Community Will Hold Workshops and Panels During ParisDOTcomm, PhalaWorld History
- Phala Network in Polkadot Decoded 2022
- Phala Network monthly call will be happening this Friday
Manta Network
- The Manta team published their ecosystem update for Q1/Q2 of 2022. Check out this article which details all of the accomplishments and efforts.
- Manta and MEXC with ZKP advocates
Data
Crust Network
- Robonomics & Crust Networks strategic partnership announced
- Crust Network partners with Meson Network to offer Web3 industry a turn key solution
- Computecoin joins forces with Crust Network to make decentralized cloud services easier to use
Dock
- Dock’s Web3 IDs are now live, a blockchain-based authentication and authorization system that puts user privacy first. All the information about this novelty can be found here.
- Authentication in Web3: Identi3 is a podcast about Decentralized Identity. In this episode, Nick Lambert, Dock’s CEO, is joined by Mike Parkhill
- Last week at Dock:
KILT Protocol
- Kiltprotocol successfully swapped parachain slots on Kusama, and is now running on its second lease period. The swap was executed via XCM.
- Polkadot-based NFT project Moonsama has announced that it integrated KILT’s SocialKYC on its Multiverse Bridge, allowing users to sign in using their wallets instead of usernames and passwords.
- The History of Web3 in a Nutshell
Ocean Protocol
- Acentrik, a decentralized data marketplace for enterprises, built on Ocean Protocol — is now in Enterprise Release
- OceanDAO Round 20 is Live: 85,000 USD in OCEAN available for Web3 data economy projects
- Ocean Protocol collaborates with Questbook platform for the Data Bounty Program: Helping data providers to package, price and market their data
- Data Farming DF4 Completed: Stakers can claim DF4 rewards. DF5 will start when veOCEAN ships.
- A new grantee is joining Shipyard: Brainstem Digital Health
Oracle
Chainlink
- COTI Expands Chainlink Keepers Integration With Launch Of Armadillo
- Looking Toward The Future Of DeFi And Chainlink At EthCC 5
- Exploring Web3’s Climate-Saving Potential At Polygon’s Green Blockchain Summit
- Bybit Integrates Over 35 Chainlink Price Feeds To Help Secure High-Volume Spot Trading
- GeckoCon Panelists Explore Real-World Data’s Growing Significance Within Web3
- Daily Wrap-Up:
Kylin Network
- Kylin Weekly Update #6: Snapshot: The latest Kylin weekly is here. Updates on the upcoming community AMA, Snapshot update, Pichiu listing, & utility, and much more.
- Kylin Network partners with Onfinality
- Join the team for an upcoming Community AMA featuring Kylin Network core team members on Aug 4
Other
Subsocial
- The State Of Subsocial: Where Are We Going?
- Translations for Español and Deutsch have been added to http://Sub.ID
Enjin
- Efinity will power Final Fantasy NFT collectibles by Square Enix. The Polkadot-based NFTs will be paired with physical trading cards and toys, which will be released in 2023.
Humanode
- Humanode Testnet 3 “Ramiel” is now public! Ramiel is the next major step towards the launch of the Humanode Mainnet this summer. The team is focusing on brushing up the system, moving from permissioned Proof of Authority where nodes are supposed to trust each other, to a trustless permissionless system, and bringing EVM compatibility to the Humanode testnet. Test it out!
- The Humanode team shared some long-awaited news about where they are headed. First of all, they announced the whitelist for Humanode public sale on Tokensoft in the upcoming months. The whitelist spots are limited that is why they decided to have three different waves so that more dedicated ecosystem members could get into an earlier wave. Those who partook in the testnets will be allocated to the first wave.
- Furthermore, they announced the Fire Element NFT and HMND tokens drop.
- Humanode Dev Report 28: The Humanode teams shared some bullet points to shine some light on the exciting advancements that they have been working on.
- How biometrics can solve the issues with NFTs
Litentry
- Litmus’ first democracy referendum has successfully passed.
- Litentry Crowdloan rewards have been distributed. You can see them on the WebApp.
- The XCM bi-channel between Litmus and Karura was launched! Users can now send LIT from Litmus to the Karura Network (and back), and LIT will go live on Karura Swap very soon
- Litentry Powers Its Decentralised Identity Aggregation with NodeReal
- Litentry this week
MISC
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