Videos from Supercolony’s Wasm Conference: Smart Contracts on Polkadot are now available online: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5278rH2_UejuHEVvsArvkA
Parathread ID 2046 has won the most recent parachain slot auction. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/parathreads
Gavin Wood was interviewed on Space Monkeys podcast episode 55, discussing his life, building Polkadot and Kusama, and Gov 2.0. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmDRvm84LRc
The organizers of ParisDOTComm are looking for feedback for a potential Treasury Proposal: https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/1688
For more information on the ParisDOTComm, 19 - 21 Jul, see https://parisdotcomm.org/
Interested in the tech stack of Polkadot and what’s been built and being built on it? See https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/blob/master/docs/polkadot_stack.md
There is a Polkassembly post seeking feedback on a new Community Events Rewards Bounty. For details, see https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1071
There is a Treasury Proposal to produce Polkadot-related educational content in Hindi. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/131
There is a Treasury Proposal to fund Polkaevent, an event discovery and booking platform for the Polkadot ecosystem. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1100
With three days left in the current parachain slot auction, InvArch Tinkernet has been in the lead the entire Ending Period so far. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/parachains/auctions
Referendum 212, providing a liquidity subsidy for Bifrost, has proven to be quite controversial, flipping back and forth between passing and failing several times. It is currently passing with 53% in favor. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/212
Motion 506, approving a Treasury Proposal for further BrightTreasury integration with Polkassembly, has passed. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/motion/506
Motion 507, proposing to upgrade the Kusama runtime to v9250, has passed Council vote. It will now become a Referendum to be voted on by all KSM holders. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/motion/507