Polkadot Ecosystem Weekly Digest. October 24th — 30th/2022
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3 min readOct 31, 2022
Polkadot / Kusama
- The second edition of the Polkadot Academy will take place in Buenos Aires from January 10th to February 10th, 2023. Join to become a leading blockchain engineer.
- Congratulations to Crust Network on winning Polkadot’s 30th parachain auction. Its team is building decentralized cloud storage on Polkadot by supporting multiple storage-layer protocols, and exposing instant accessible on-chain storage functions to users.
- Jonas Gehrlein, W3F researcher, has released a preprint on his research on validator selection in Polkadot.
- Polkadot is coming to WebSummit 2022! There will be several Polkadot teams showcasing their innovative solutions. Check the agenda.
Phala / Khala
- PhalaWorld Shell NFT mint will start on Oct 31. The full schedule is available here.
Crust / Shadow
- Brand new Shadow wiki is already online, check it from the official website.
- Crust Files were integrated with Aptos, whose users can use Petra and Martian wallets to log in and experience Crust storage for free.
- Following Crust’s recent win in the Polkadot parachain auction, its contributors will be awarded with 20.000 CRU tokens.
Litentry / Litmus
- Litentry is excited to announce that its Bi-Directional Bridge is live, making ETH <> Litentry Parachain transfers available. The current transaction fee is 16 LIT.
- Litentry Collators Program is open to community application. You can become a Collator and participate in the running and maintenance of the parachain.
Astar / Shiden
- Astar Tech Talks #2 will happen next week to help you learn how to use Swanky when building an NFT dApp based on the RMRK standard.
OAK / Turing
- OAK Network kicked off their Youtube Live Web Series (with Bill Laboon from Web3 Foundation as a guest) for a conversation about Governance. Check out the full episode.
- The OAK team has enabled dev-queue features so that developers can easily test the blockchain.
Centrifuge / Altair
- Here is a fantastic rundown of the huge opportunity that Real World Assets bring to DeFi, featuring Centrifuge as a primary credit protocol building the vital link between digital assets (~$1T) and all global assets (>$600T).
Moonbeam / Moonriver
- Level 3 grant recipients StellaSwap & Moonwell are sparking growth for the entire Moonbeam ecosystem with Moonbeam Ignite, a campaign designed to fuel up the activity of the network in support of DApp builders and users alike. Read more.
- Moonbeam Illuminate/22: your chance to learn from Web3 industry experts, build alongside top devs, and connect with the Moonbeam global community.
- Moonriver Quest 3 will embark just in time for Illuminate/22. Glimpse a preview into the upcoming challenges to obtain your Quest 3 NFT & check back next week for the first set of Mooncrystal locations.
- Bitquery was completely integrated with Moonbeam, bringing access to on-chain data for market analytics, money flows, DeFi, and more across multiple chains.
Manta / Calamari
- Have amazing content related to Manta or Calamari networks? Create and submit it to earn rewards with Manta Challenges.
Equilibrium / Genshiro
- Equilibrium assessed the results following rigorous testing by beta participants. Here is the second installment concerning trading use cases.
Energy Web
- Read this exciting article to learn how Energy Web solutions will accelerate net zero in the aviation sector.
Ontology
- Ontology has announced its first Halloween event, and this is a good opportunity to win some ONG.
Bit.Country / Pioneer
- SubWallet x Bit.Country Airdrop: winners revealed. Congratulations to the 50 luckiest users for winning 200 BIT tokens each.
