THREAD - @Polkadot Digest 6 Oct 2020
#Polkadot News
Currently, nominations < ~ 200 DOT are not getting rewards. This is due to technical limitations that devs are working diligently to fix. Off-chain nominating is recommended if you are nominating less than this amount.
#Polkadot News
Currently, nominations < ~ 200 DOT are not getting rewards. This is due to technical limitations that devs are working diligently to fix. Off-chain nominating is recommended if you are nominating less than this amount.
Dr. Fatemeh Shiraz and Bill Laboon will be giving a talk on Blockchain Scalability and Interoperability this evening at 16.30 UTC (18.30 Zug time). https://sebaversity.swiss/events/introduction-to-blockchain-interoperability-scalability/
Reminder that if you are still running sentry nodes, you should be removing them from your setup: https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/issues/6845
#Kusama & Other Network News
Please be sure to vote on Referendum 88 which, if passed, will start the journey to 1'000 validators on Kusama. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/democracy
Please be sure to vote on Referendum 88 which, if passed, will start the journey to 1'000 validators on Kusama. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/democracy
It appears that Kappa Sigma Mu will be moving past 20 members in the near future... https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/society
Substrate News
Today's Substrate Seminar starts at 14.00 UTC (16.00 Central European time). https://www.crowdcast.io/e/substrate-seminar
Today's Substrate Seminar starts at 14.00 UTC (16.00 Central European time). https://www.crowdcast.io/e/substrate-seminar
You can now be alerted via Prometheus when tasks end. https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/pull/7250
The maximum number of nominators per validator has been changed from 256 to 128. https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/pull/1782
Tips and Tricks
Interested in applying for a Treasury Proposal to help develop the Polkadot or Kusama ecosystem? You can find instructions here: https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/en/learn-treasury#creating-a-treasury-proposal
Interested in applying for a Treasury Proposal to help develop the Polkadot or Kusama ecosystem? You can find instructions here: https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/en/learn-treasury#creating-a-treasury-proposal