DotLeap 46: Chaos Continues

Polkadot Updates

šŸ”“ ā­•ļø Relay Chain

  • āš ļø New upgrade for relay chain nodes to v0.9.8. This release introduces a new host function, which will be aĀ breaking changeĀ once the corresponding runtime is enacted. If you do not upgrade your nodes before the next runtime upgrade, your node will be unable to sync. The corresponding runtime upgrade forĀ PolkadotĀ is targeted for after Kusamaā€™s upgrade onĀ Monday, July 19. Please plan accordingly.

  • Parity prepared a survey for node operators to improve ease of use and security.

šŸ”“ šŸ› Governance

šŸ§ Nothing to see here

Kusama Updates ā‚‘ā‚“ā‚šā‚‘cā‚œ cā‚•ā‚ā‚’ā‚›

šŸ¦… ā­•ļø Relay Chain

  • āš ļø New upgrade for relay chain nodes to v0.9.8. This release introduces a new host function, which will be aĀ breaking changeĀ once the corresponding runtime is enacted. If you do not upgrade your nodes before the next runtime upgrade, your node will be unable to sync. The corresponding runtime upgrade forĀ KusamaĀ is targeted for roughlyĀ Monday, July 19, with the correspondingĀ PolkadotĀ runtime upgrade happening at some point after that. Please plan accordingly.

* Khala Network wins the fifth parachain slot with over 132,280 KSM locked by 2,759 addresses.

šŸ¦… šŸ› Governance

  • Motion 326Ā is now up for vote: the treasury proposal byĀ Helikon aims to developĀ Subvalt, a native mobile application that provides node operators with tools to help them run their validators on any Substrate-based blockchain network.Ā It includes configurable notifications about the on and off-chain events, node monitoring features, and validator performance reports.Ā 
  • Motion 327 to open the 5th parachain auction slot was approved and the auction has begun.
  • Motion 325 to fix the Moonriver parachains runtime upgrade issue has passed as Referendum 124.
  • Motion 324 funded DotScannerā€™s next milestones.
  • Motion 328Ā is now up for vote: requesting Council members to authorize the minting of three classes of NFTs on Statemine for a campaign commemorating the launch of parachains on Kusama.

ā›“ Parachains, dApps, and others

šŸŒŽ Ecosystem

āš™Core Stack

* A new DoS protection method has been added into Substrate, checking when a validator or collator is too slow to send a collation. This timeout will then select another member of the network instead.

šŸ›  Tools

šŸ‘·ā€ā™‚ļø Jobs in Web 3.0

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A fortnightly-ish newsletter about all things Web 3.0 from the Polkadot side