Polkadot Digest 27 Mar 2024

Polkadot News

Reminder to all Polkadot and Kusama validators that they should add BEEFY keys by rotating their session keys. You can see if your validator has done so here: https://paranodes.io/beefy?network=polkadot

For instruction on rotating your session keys, see the Polkadot Wiki: https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/maintain-guides-how-to-validate-polkadot#generating-the-session-keys

Shawn Tabrizi, member of the Polkadot Technical Fellowship, gave an interview with Space Monkeys about the future of Polkadot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXYxnN33VbQ

There will be a Polkadot meetup in Hong Kong with representatives of numerous parachain teams on 5 April. https://twitter.com/polkaworld%5Forg/status/1772150488315892160

The Polkadot Digest focuses on the relay chain and infrastructure, but if you are interested in ecosystem developments, check out the Polkadot Roundup. https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1772599804327018953

Kusama News

A new parachain lease auction has begun, and Integritee Kusama is in the lead with five hours to go until the Ending Period begins. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama