Kusama Playground Gets an Upgrade: Enter Coretime (Thursday, April 18)

And with the passing of Referendum 375, coretime will be enabled tomorrow (Thursday, 18 April) at block 22_793_600.

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From Crowded Chaos to Fair Play: How Coretime Benefits Kusama

With the passing of Referendum 375, Coretime goes live tomorrow (Thursday, April 18th) at block 22,793,600 on the Kusama Network.

But what exactly is Coretime?

Imagine you have a giant playground with lots of fun things to do, like swings, slides, and a sandbox. This playground is the Kusama Network.

Now, there are only so many kids who can play on the equipment at once, yes? Otherwise, it gets crowded and nobody has fun. Coretime is like having your own special turn on the equipment. It's the amount of time you get to play on the swings, slide down the slide, or dig in the sandbox before it's someone else's turn.

In Kusama, there are special programs called parachains that want to use the network for things grown-ups call "applications." Coretime is how long these parachains get to use the network to do their cool stuff.

Kusama used to be like having a set playtime for everyone, but now it's more flexible. You can choose to have a long turn (bulk coretime) if you know you want to play for a while, or you can just have a quick turn (on-demand coretime) if you're just trying something out. This way, more kids (parachains) can get a chance to play on the fun playground (Kusama Network).

Kusama is known for being a wild canary network where parachains are being battle-tested before going live in Polkadot. Now that Coretime is live, what groundbreaking parachain projects do you expect to see emerge on Kusama first?

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Cheers! 🍺

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“This is a referendum to send a set of calls to the Coretime chain that will configure the Broker pallet and start Coretime sales.”

— Joe