Sep 20, 2021
Polkadot Ecosystem Weekly Digest. Sept 13 — Sept 19
Parachain auctions and crowdloans
Top 5 crowdloan participants by the 19 th of August.
- Calamari is officially the winner of the 7th parachain auction slot! The next steps are to enable governance and token transfer. Beyond that, Calamari will be implementing MariPay as its first product. See the roadmap to know more.
- Zenlink SlotVault DApp is integrated with the Bifrost SALP protocol, providing users with the option to release the crowdloan liquidity for Altair and Kintsugi crowdloan.
After contribute to the above two projects, users will receive the corresponding vsKSM and vsBond derivatives (1 KSM=1 vsKSM + 1 vsBond) and release their liquidity locked in crowdloan.
- We’ve posted a series of articles about second batch parachain candidates: their tokenomics, crowdloan terms, rewards and bonuses.
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Polkadot/Kusama
- Watch a replay of “Innovation in Polkadot DeFi” to hear from Kiltprotocol, ParityTech, Centrifuge, Interlay, Manta Network and Parallel Finance.
- Gawin Wood posted a Part 2 of his Polkadot XCM article series, which covers XCM versioning and upgradability. Get it here
Bifrost
- SALP (Slot Auction Liquidity Protocol) offers the opportunity to participate in Crowdloan without lockup, and to receive the reward of bidding on backed projects without losing staked DOT/KSM liquidity. For parachains bidding for slots, SALP attracts more backers who do not wish to lose opportunity costs, increasing the probability of a successful bid. Know more here.
- Bifrost’s Runtime has been updated to v0.8.5 and Sudo have now been successfully removed.
Zenlink
Polkadot News was happy to participate in the closed 2nd beta test of ZenlinkPro Dex on Moonriver network. Everything ran smooth, and interface looks very clear and user friendly. Great job, Zenlink team! More in our article
Robonomics
- The 2nd round of Robonomics grant proposals has begun and will run until early March 2022. The Grant Program invites project proposals on topics including Networked cyber-physical systems, Multi-agent systems, Robot-as-a-Service and other. Learn more
- The project developers have implemented 2 important changes in the operation of the Robonomics parachain. The first is the inclusion of XRT staking, and the second is the launch of the first on-chain governance mechanisms. Learn more
Evanesco
Evanesco will launch AVIS testnet’s second round of node mining. EVA team decided that the second round of testing would not set an upper limit on the number of mining nodes. The expected launching time is September 23.
Darwinia
The new version of Darwinia’s Wormhole also adds test bridge options, including Pangolin <> Ropsten (simulating Darwinia <> Ethereum), and the upcoming test bridge Pangolin <> Pangoro ( Simulate Darwinia Crab <> Darwinia). Learn more
Astar/Shiden
- Shiden deployed Solidity contracts by using Remix, Ethereum IDE. SDN token management on Metamask will be available soon after completing an audit.
- Astar Network announced Astar v2.0 — multi-chain dApp hub supporting Ethereum Virtual Machine, WebAssembly, and multiple layer1 blockchains. Check out this article
- CryptoMoments are partnering with Astar to collaborate on the commemorative NFT collection to celebrate their mainet launch.
Edgeware
- There is an upcoming Wako release (EVM) and subsequent Zien drops. See their new Partners page for the wide range of projects’ EDG supports, funds or works with.
Moonbeam/Moonriver
- Yuser will launch the world’s first NFT social app & token on Moonriver. The new innovative initiative, called Yuser.Network, seeks to benefit both NFT communities and developers. Learn more.
Kilt
KILT partners with OnFinality to offer RPC services at launch. Learn more.
RMRK
- The RMRK token has been minted and distributed. Details and how to check your balance, other FAQs.
