Polkadot Ecosystem Weekly Digest. May 15–21/2023

Polkadot / Kusama

• Polytope Labs published a way of verifying the Ethereum Beacon chain’s consensus proofs using a SNARK-based approach, based on W3F research. This will help with zk-bridges between Polkadot & Ethereum.
• #PolkadotPrague Twitter Spaces! Join for a discussion featuring Gear Technologies, Vara, Pavel Salas & Katie Voronina. Moderated by Koda Dot team.
• Check out the updated Polkadot Wiki featuring a comparison table between Governance V1 & OpenGov, detailed information on track structure, approval & support, and more.
• Did you know that with Polkadot Vault, you can turn almost any old mobile phone into a secure air-gapped signer for Polkadot, Kusama, and many parachains? Learn more.
• Uniswap, the most popular decentralized exchange by daily traded volume, is coming to Polkadot via the Moonbeam parachain, increasing volume & liquidity across the ecosystem.
• Referendum 121, proposing to upgrade the relay chain to runtime 9420 (from 9370), is now up for a vote. Among many other changes, this would enable Polkadot OpenGov.

Acala / Karura

• Acala has partnered with EasyA to bring educational in-app Acala challenges, so users can learn all about building with Acala right from their phones. The crash course has $30k in DOT going to top learners, challenges will drop next week.
• Acala has released cross-chain token library “xtokens” as a cornerstone for liquidity anywhere on any chain with programmable logic seamless for dApps & wallets.

HydraDX / Basilisk

• Referendum #45 is now live for community voting on HydraDX. If passed, it will upgrade HydraDX runtime to v16.3.0 & add 20M HDX to the Omnipool from Treasury.

Ontology

• OpenOcean, a Web3 DEX aggregator, is integrating Ontology’s EVM chain, enhancing interoperability and compatibility for developers.

Energy Web

• Energy Web is excited to release its Digital Spine Toolkit to the public. This toolkit enables utilities, aggregators, and digital solution providers to harness the full potential of distributed energy resources. Read more.

Crust / Shadow

• Crust X Gate.io will be hosting a twitter space together May 22nd at 4pm UTC. 5 random people that ask a question in the comments and 5 that ask a question live will win $300 worth of Gate points.
• Bitstack has integrated the Crust Mainnet and now allows builders to run bespoke RPC nodes for their dApps now

Astar / Shiden

• XCM v3 is now live on Shiden. See how this will move Astar forward towards realization of its multichain vision.
• FiDi introduced Advanced Analytics, offering detailed tracking of delegations, unbonding, and rewards with a cutting-edge UI on Astar.
• Ledger devices now support native dApp staking. This allows ASTR token holders to actively engage with Astar’s dApp portal and Build2Earn program, while still enjoying the superior security of Ledger hardware wallets.
• AEM has seamlessly integrated its user-friendly tracking and record accounting tools for ASTR token transactions.

Interlay / Kintsugi

• Check out this thread from Interlay. It focused on important governance discussions and proposals that require users’ participation.

Moonbeam / Moonriver

• Klever Wallet has added support for Moonbeam & Moonriver networks. Users can now download it as a browser extension or mobile wallet app to access their GLMR & MOVR tokens.
• Moonbeam & EasyA are collaborating for the “60 Days Of Polkadot” challenge to introduce educational in-app challenges for building on the network.
• Between both Moonbeam & Moonriver, there can be many referendums in on-chain governance at any given time. Here is a summary of proposals currently being voted on, including their status.
• Moonbeam is excited to announce its support for Wormhole’s Cross-Chain Ecosystem Fund.

Composable Finance / Picasso

• Composable Finance will collaborate with EasyA to bring educational in-app Composable challenges.
• Composable Finance is concluding its first DotSama <> Cosmos testnet in collaboration with Notional Ventures.

Bit.Country / Pioneer

• Voxel Building on Bit.Country is now free, and you have until 10th June to enter.

Manta / Calamari

• Manta Network welcomes DappBack as a new ecosystem project that will provide unique token-based rewards for completing various tasks from its partners. It is expected that DappBack will leverage Manta’s NPO platform to mint zkSBTs for its users.
• Manta and Aspecta have partnered to deliver privacy-enhanced identity infrastructure for both communities.

Enjin / Efinity

• Enjin has introduced Branded Beam QR codes on its NFT.io platform. Thus, users will be able to customize their QR codes and make them truly authentical.

Equilibrium / Genshiro

• Equilibrium is offering $200 in EQ token rewards for your curiosity. Save your spot at Polka DeFiance, listen to the speeches carefully & leave your question in the chat for a chance to win.

KILT

• KILT has a new tipping mechanism. Now anyone can propose a tip for good work done for KILT Protocol and its ecosystem by putting down a deposit. The tip amount is decided by the tipping committee and comes from the Treasury.

Dock

• Discover how digital credential verification can help organizations reduce their costs and speed up their verification processes in a new blog post from Dock.

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