Kusama

At around 16:33 pm on July 13th, Kusama Network's fourth parachain slot auction ended! Then there was a random end period of 1 hour, and at around 17:29 Phala's Pioneer NetworkKhalaDeadline for posting:

Deadline for posting:

• The fifth slot auction will end at around 16:30 on July 20th

• The highest bidder in the current auction is the Bifrost network, collecting a total of about 132,000 KSM

• 1,300,100 KSM, accounting for 11.52% of the total circulation, is locked in Crowdloan

• The Kusama network has been connected to 5 parachain projects, including Statemine, which was allocated free slots through governance, and Karura, Moonriver, Shiden, and Khala, which won slots through auctions

The Kusama Council voted to pass Motion 326, a proposal proposed by Helikon to develop Subvalt (Substrate validator toolkit) for iOS and Android https://kusama.polkassembly.io/motion/326

On July 13, the Kusama Council voted to pass Motion 327, opening Kusama's fifth auction! Please note that after this auction, the Kusama network will first pause the auction and observe the overall performance of the network before starting the second round of the Kusama slot auction! https://kusama.polkassembly.io/motion/327

To commemorate the launch of Kusama's parachain and to raise community awareness about Kusama, parachains, auctions, and crowdloan, the Web3 Foundation would like to host an event aimed at attracting existing and new members of the Kusama community and building awareness of parachains. awareness and education. As part of the campaign, the first 9,999 people to submit a claim will receive an NFT. To create and mint NFTs on Statemine, the Kusama Council voted Motion328. See this document for more information on the campaign, NFT fragments, preimages, and call hashes. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/motion/328 (The specific collection tutorial PolkaWorld will be launched as soon as the event starts!)

Patract Labs released a treasury application for Ask! v0.3 (AssemblyScript Contract) and is currently awaiting feedback from the Kusama Council and community! Check out the proposed milestones, timeline and budget here: https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/766

Polkadot

The Web3 Foundation released the 10th round of Grant funding list, which includes Open Grant and General Grant. In the second quarter of 2021, a total of 27 new Grant agreements were signed. So far, the foundation has issued more than 300 grants!"Web3 Foundation's 10th round of Grant list is out! Let’s take a look at what these 27 projects are doing.”

Parity is focused on making it easier and more secure for node operators to run their Polkadot and Kusama nodes. If you are running a Polkadot or Kusama node, I hope you can provide feedback here to help us better understand why and how you are running a node. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfv_QqTzAKw-vEaXsSniIOEBm4XvVZJw9v9xLI3kbjqlro0rw/viewform

On July 22, Dr. Gavin Wood will (online) participate in the offline Meetup held by PolkaWorld in Hangzhou. At that time, Dr. Yaoqi, Technical Director of Parity Asia, Patract Labs, Zenlink and the first batch of 5 Kusama parachain projects Karura, Moonriver, Shiden, Khala and the fifth pending parachain project will discuss the multi-chain future with you in Hangzhou! Sign up"Polkadot Hangzhou Gathering | Kusama's First Batch of 5 Parachain Projects Gathered for the First Time"

Parity announced that the Substrate developer conference Sub0 Online will return this fall. Are you using Substrate to innovate and advance the Web3 vision? Send in your talk or workshop proposal and share your experience with thousands of Substrate enthusiasts! https://www.parity.io/blog/sub0-online-take-the-stage-and-share-your-knowledge

Web3 Foundation Research Scientist Samuel Häfner's latest research update! Parachain auctions are an important feature of Kusama and Polkadot, their results determine who gets slots and uses the security of the relay chain! Learn why on-chain auctions are better than off-chain and why candle auctions are used. https://polkadot.network/research-update-the-case-for-candle-auctions/