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Kusama is a scalable multi-chain network for radical innovation and early stage @Polkadot deployments.
Joined June 2019
Are you excited about parachains coming to Kusama? Are you a HODLer of memes and have one saved for every occasion? Say no more. This edition of the KusaMEME #YourWildestMemes competition is for you.
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The first real-world functional parachain Statemine, began processing permissionless transactions after an on-chain upgrade last week. After some smooth running over the weekend, the time has come to move to the next stage: slot auctions.
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BEAKING: Upgrade v0.9.1 passed council and is now a public referendum, fast-tracked to end Friday ~12pm CEST. This upgrade includes the code for parachains, auctions and crowdloans, reduces the min. vested transfer by 100x and reduces fees/deposits by 50x. ₑₓₚₑcₜ cₕₐₒₛ.
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Motion 310 has passed council to open the first parachain auction, and the very first auction on yours truly has now taken flight!.ₑₓₚₑcₜ cₕₐₒₛ.
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A little birdie told me runtime upgrade 9030 was enacted adding some necessary changes for parachains on yours truly. ₑₓₚₑcₜ cₕₐₒₛ.
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The key to my scalable multichain architecture, parachains connect to my network by leasing a slot on the Relay Chain via a permissionless auction. • What are auctions? crowdloans?.• How to participate.• How to avoid scams.• FAQ .and more below🔻.
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And just like that @KaruraNetwork has won the first auction and is now being onboarded as my very first parachain. More than 15,000 network stakeholders locked up KSM in favor of Karura being added to yours truly.
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Since @KaruraNetwork, @MoonriverNW, @ShidenNetwork, #Khala, and @bifrost_finance were onboarded to Kusama, each team has been making strides and writing history as my first parachains. Read about their achievements thus far and what lies ahead:
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It's 2022 and no other ecosystem has decentralized, in-browser light clients.
This is why #Web3 needs light clients like Substrate Connect. Decentralized in-browser light clients are a unique feature of substrate-based networks, like @Polkadot and @kusamanetwork. Allowing users to securely and privately interact with blockchains - without third-parties.
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Referendum 114 has passed, which set the Shell storage to Statemine's genesis and includes a call needed to update the UMP queue configuration to ensure that teleports from Statemine to yours truly will work properly. Up next, upgrading Shell to Statemine. ₑₓₚₑcₜ cₕₐₒₛ.
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Who's going to be the first cₐₙₐᵣy in the coal mine?. ₑₓₚₑcₜ cₕₐₒₛ.
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With the next round of auctions scheduled to begin on September 1st, read about safe participation in crowdloans, and how the crowdloan process on Kusama and @Polkadot works:.
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Hey canaries, check your email if you signed up to receive the first NFT minted by Kusama governance on my common good parachain #Statemine. Codes to claim your free NFT will be sent to all the lucky 9,999 winners this week! 🚀
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A little birdie told me a motion will be opened next Wednesday, October 6th (at the end of auction 10) to immediately begin an 11th auction that same day. Turns out there’s enough buffer time for a potential 11th auction to take place before the current lease period ends.
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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's 5 more auctions!. This KuSummer, I made history with the launch of 6 parachains, made possible by the tech developed for @Polkadot. Those parachains, in order, were Statemine, @KaruraNetwork, @MoonriverNW, @ShidenNetwork, #Khala & @bifrost_finance.
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Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ @BitDotCountry!. After winning the 13th parachain auction, is being onboarded as my 14th parachain [13-auction winning parachains, plus #Statemine]. Over 25.6K network stakeholders locked up KSM in favor!.
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„@MoonriverNW, the Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform developed on Kusama, is full steam ahead with some impressive figures since its launch just three weeks ago. Moonriver has close to 100k wallet addresses on the network and over 650 ERC20 tokens have been created.“.
Moonriver one of several chains helping @Polkadot and @kusamanetwork demonstrate the power of an L0 multi-chain meta-protocol.
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Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ @Kiltprotocol!. After winning the sixth parachain auction, Kilt is now being onboarded as my seventh parachain [6-auction winning parachains, plus #Statemine]. Approximately 8,000 network stakeholders locked up KSM in favor.
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1. Upgrade yours truly to version 0.9. ✔️.2. Deploy Shell parachain. ✔️.3. Governance votes to upgrade Shell to Statemine 24 hours after Shell is deployed. 4. Begin auctions. 5. ₑₓₚₑcₜ cₕₐₒₛ. Read more from @gavofyork:.
And proposition 110 passed! In two hours, the deployment will be completed and if all goes well we'll start seeing the first blocks on a live @kusamanetwork parachain. Here's an article with more details:
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Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ @altair_network!. After winning the 9th parachain auction, Altair is now being onboarded as my 10th parachain [9-auction winning parachains, plus #Statemine]. Over 11.2K network stakeholders locked up KSM in favor!.
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It's been a remarkable year for yours truly. Cheers to 20 parachains (both auction winning & common good) and more to come. Have an extraordi-canary holiday season, and of course, soɐɥɔ ʇɔǝdxǝ 🐦
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With the launch of Statemine and the completion of the first parachain auction, the first parachains have successfully connected to Kusama. Bringing us one step closer to the interoperable multichain vision outlined in the Polkadot whitepaper.
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Motion 304 passed council, has been fast tracked by the Technical Committee, and is now up for vote as Referendum 115. This will upgrade the Shell parachain on yours truly to Statemine. Three hours left to vote on upgrading the first parachain to Kusama.
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Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ @MoonriverNW!. After winning the second parachain auction, @MoonriverNW is now being onboarded as my third parachain. Roughly 6,000 network stakeholders locked up KSM in favor of Moonriver being added to yours truly.
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The Kusama Council just passed Motion 377 to schedule the next 48 auctions on yours truly. At block #9,777,777 on Oct. 23, 2021, the 12th auction on Kusama will commence, and continue on a weekly basis for the next 48 weeks.
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Two years ago I was given life to pave the way for @Polkadot. Since birth I have test-flown every upgrade and feature for my sensible cousin Polkadot, and still am today with the launch of parachains. Cheers to another flight around the sun and more parachains to come!
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The following is Parity's recommendation to the Kusama Council for the next parachain auctions:.𓅌 Auction 6 - Sept. 1, 2021.𓅌 Auction 7 - Sept. 8, 2021.𓅌 Auction 8 - Sept. 15, 2021.𓅌 Auction 9 - Sept. 22, 2021.𓅌 Auction 10 - Sept. 29, 2021.
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Anyone else notice something extraordi-canary when they opened @brave today?. ᴱˣᵖᵉᶜᵗ ᶜʰᵃᵒˢ.
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From June 15 - July 20, 2021 history was made when 18 teams registered crowdloans on yours truly in hopes of winning one of the first five auctions. The arrival of slot auctions on Kusama marks an exciting time for the entire @Polkadot ecosystem and for blockchain as a whole.
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Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ @CalamariNetwork!. After winning the seventh parachain auction, Calamari is now being onboarded as my eighth parachain [7-auction winning parachains, plus #Statemine]. Over 16,000 network stakeholders locked up KSM in favor.
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The BEEFY consensus protocol has been activated on Kusama through a fellowship referendum. BEEFY is the mechanism that will enable:. ❄️ Snowbridge: a trustless bridge from Ethereum to Polkadot. ⚔️ Hyperbridge: a coprocessor for secure, cross-chain interoperability.
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You know what they say, i'm like @Polkadot in the streets, but Kusama in the sheets. ₑₓₚₑcₜ cₕₐₒₛ.
You may have seen my blockchain, but my primitives will make your $KSM liquid 💦.
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If I see anyone mention "theoretical TPS" in the chat again, you’re getting this DM.
Highest TPS ever recorded .→ on a LIVE production network!. 128,184 TPS on Polkadot's .lab network Kusama! 🔥🚒
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Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ @ComposableFin's #Picasso!. After winning the 12th parachain auction, Picasso is now being onboarded as my 13th parachain [12-auction winning parachains, plus #Statemine]. Over 10.3K network stakeholders locked up KSM in favor!.
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Motion 346 has passed council to open my 6th parachain auction! This auction will run until Sept. 8 at approx. 10am CEST. So far 16 teams are participating, who will be my lucky number 7 parachain?. To follow along, or take part, check out @PolkadotJs:
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Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ @bsx_finance!. After winning the 8th parachain auction, Basilisk is now being onboarded as my 9th parachain [8-auction winning parachains, plus #Statemine]. Roughly 12,000 network stakeholders locked up KSM in favor!.
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Based on the community's response to the Polkassembly post "The Case For Continuous Auctions", a council member submitted a motion for council to vote on scheduling the next auctions. If passed, the first auction will be at block #9777777 [Oct. 23, 2021].
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Over the weekend lease period 18 began onboarding 6 new parachains to the sɐoɥɔ. Congratulations to @CrustNetwork, @encointer, @AIRA_Robonomics, @SakuraFinance, @SubsocialChain, and @ZeitgeistPM on being added🚀.
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On Wednesday the v0.9.0 client was released which contains the parachain runtime modules for Westend and yours truly. ₑₓₚₑcₜ cₕₐₒₛ.
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June 30th hear from the second parachain auction winner on Kusama. Next Wednesday, tune in to the #TwitterSpace on yours truly. The team and exact time of the Space will be announced next Tuesday once the winning block is chosen. Stay tuned!.
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Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ @SubsocialChain!. After winning my 16th auction, Subsocial will be onboarded as my 17th parachain [16-auction winning parachains, plus #Statemine] at the start of lease 18. Over 11.9K network stakeholders locked up KSM in favor!.
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The next batch of 24 auctions has officially opened on yours truly🚀 Each auction will last 7 days, with a new auction beginning weekly after the previous auction ends.
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Today the students became the master in bringing the cₕₐₒₛ on yours truly. Auction sniping is impossible on Kusama. Any parachain that takes the lead for even a single block in the ending period can win a slot. Congratulations to all past, present, and future winners.
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Tomorrow at 4pm CEST, tune in to the #TwitterSpace on yours truly to hear from @marvin_tong and @bgmshana from #Khala [@PhalaNetwork], the fourth team securing a parachain slot via an auction on Kusama. Comment your questions below:.
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For the first time in Kusama's history an unknown parachain has won an auction. It is also the first time an auction has been won without a crowdloan. Welcome to the soɐɥɔ. ParachainX will be onboarded as my 29th parachain, approx. April 6th, at the start of lease period 20.
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Until now Statemine has been running with limited functionality. After a performance review and audit, the Kusama Council proposed an upgrade to remove the restrictions. Today the referendum passed authorizing an upgrade to make Statemine permissionless.
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• 2021/06/22, 12:00 GMT: 2nd Kusama Parachain Slot auction begins. • 2021/06/29, 12:00 GMT: 3rd Kusama Parachain Slot auction begins. • 2021/07/06, 12:00 GMT: 4th Kusama Parachain Slot auction begins. • 2021/07/13, 12:00 GMT: 5th Kusama Parachain Slot auction begins.
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Originally proposed by the community, for the community - I just got a new, shiny, Treasury Bounty mechanism. Allowing the Council to extend their authority to curators to supervise the execution of bounties and pay them out with Treasury funds.
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And just like that my 11th parachain slot auction has taken flight! . This auction will run until Oct. 13 at approximately 9am CEST. So far 11 teams are participating, who will join the soɐɥɔ next?. To follow along, or take part, check out @PolkadotJs:
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As previously scheduled by motion 384, the 13th auction on Kusama has now begun. Auction 13 will continue over the next week and end on November 8, 2021.
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Congratulations to @KaruraNetwork on winning my 29th auction! This is the second auction Karura has won, and this time without a crowdloan. Excited for Karura to continue to bring #DeFi to the ecosystem.
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Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ @kintsugi_btc!. After winning the 11th parachain auction, Kintsugi is now being onboarded as my 12th parachain [11-auction winning parachains, plus #Statemine]. Over 8K network stakeholders locked up KSM in favor!.
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July 7th at 5pm CEST, tune in to the #TwitterSpace on yours truly to hear from @WatanabeSota from @ShidenNetwork, the third team securing a parachain slot via an auction on Kusama. Comment your questions below:.
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Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ @GenshiroDeFi!. After winning my 15th auction, Genshiro will be onboarded as my 16th parachain [15-auction winning parachains, plus #Statemine] at the beginning of lease 17. Over 4.8K network stakeholders locked up KSM in favor!.
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It’s been a wild ride since taking flight 4 years ago. Happy Birthday Kusama 🐦. ₑₓₚₑcₜ ₘₒᵣₑ cₕₐₒₛ.
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After gracefully battle-testing parachains for @Polkadot in 2021 there are now 16 parachains on-chain with 7 more being added in the new year, over 31% of the network is backing these parachains, 4 parachains are currently taking part in the auctions, & a partridge in a 🍐 tree.
My usual annual writeup - just in time.
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April 8th. International Kusama<>Polkadot Bridge Day
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From Sept 1st - Oct 13th, 16 teams registered parachains and opened crowdloans in hopes of winning one of the parachain slots. Although the initial motion was to allocate 5 parachain slots, after some discussion within the community, the council scheduled an additional auction.
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Tomorrow at 5pm CEST, tune in to the #TwitterSpace on yours truly to hear from @Iurpis and Tyrone Pan from @bifrost_finance, the fifth team securing a parachain slot via an auction on Kusama. Comment your questions below:.
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You can now test your Parachain Auctions and Crowdloans on #Rococo!. Make sure to follow @shawntabrizi's step-by-step guide:
𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵 Parachain Auctions & Crowdloans have launched on Rococo!.What you need: .• ROC[#rococo-faucet:.• Register to become a Parathread [requires Runtime Wasm + Head Data, takes 2 sessions; 1 hour]. Follow @shawntabrizi's guide:
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Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ @ZeitgeistPM!. After winning my 17th auction, Zeitgeist will be onboarded as my 19th parachain [17-auction winning parachains, plus #Statemine & @encointer] at the start of lease 18. Over 4.8K stakeholders locked up KSM in favor!.
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Over the weekend a PR was merged finalizing more of my parachain parameters. Parachains will be able to bid for a total of 8 consecutive periods, 6 weeks each on yours truly. May the odds be ever in your favor, read more:
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Chainlink is now integrated directly as a pallet, giving teams in the ecosystem—specifically teams building parachains with @substrate_io —a straightforward approach for accessing high-quality external market data.
#Chainlink Price Feeds are now available as an oracle pallet to all #Substrate, #Polkadot, & #Kusama chains. This gives teams building across the Polkadot ecosystem a standardized, easy-to-integrate, & time-tested oracle solution to support their DeFi apps.
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Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ #Quartz by @Unique_NFTchain!. After winning the 14th parachain auction, Quartz is now being onboarded as my 15th parachain [14-auction winning parachains, plus #Statemine]. Over 8.8K network stakeholders locked up KSM in favor!.
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Oh @KaruraNetwork, is that a blockchain or are you just happy to see me?.
I want your slot @kusamanetwork. Stop playing hard to get.
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Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ @ParallelFi!. After winning the 10th parachain auction, Parallel-Heiko is now being onboarded as my 11th parachain [10-auction winning parachains, plus #Statemine]. Over 10.4K network stakeholders locked up KSM in favor!.
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Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ @bifrost_finance!. After winning the fifth parachain auction, Bifrost is now being onboarded as my sixth parachain. Approximately 1,000 network stakeholders locked up KSM in favor of Bifrost being added to yours truly.
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As previously scheduled by motion 384, the 14th auction on Kusama is now under way. Auction 14 will continue over the next week and end on November 15th, 2021. ₑₓₚₑcₜ cₕₐₒₛ. ₙₒ ₚᵣₒₘᵢₛₑₛ. For more information, and to participate:
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Motion 354 has passed council to open my 8th parachain auction! This auction will run until Sept. 22 at approximately 10am CEST. So far 14 teams are participating, who will join the soɐɥɔ next?. To follow along, or take part, check out @PolkadotJs:.
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Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ @AIRA_Robonomics!. After winning my 20th auction, Robonomics will be onboarded as my 22nd parachain [20-auction winning parachains, plus #Statemine & @encointer] at the start of lease 18. Over 1.2K stakeholders locked up KSM in favor!
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Nominating on Kusama is the act of choosing validator candidates that you trust, and delegating stake to them in order to secure the network. Learn how to nominate validators on @klever_io. Integration funded by my treasury:
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Both myself and @polkadot have treasuries comprised of funds collected through transaction fees, slashing, staking inefficiencies, etc. To see a full overview including income, output, total funds, proposals, tips, bounties, total burned and more check out
We delivered our work for M2. Community members can check the incomes and comment about the funded projects, each expense of @kusamanetwork treasury. Let's raise chaos!. We will be on the way of @polkadotnetwork integration.
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Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ #KhalaNetwork [@PhalaNetwork]!. After winning the fourth parachain auction, Khala is now being onboarded as my fifth parachain. Over 2,700 network stakeholders locked up KSM in favor of Khala being added to yours truly.
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Funded by my treasury, @klever_io has successfully integrated Kusama! . Currently there is 397,813 KSM and counting waiting to fund other promising proposals. For more information, and to apply:
#Klever now supports #Kusama Network!. @klever_io has integrated @kusamanetwork, one of the world's fastest growing blockchain platforms & @Polkadot's canary network. ◽️ Hold, Send, Receive $KSM.◽️ Manage #KSM.◽️ Stake/Bond.◽️ Nominate/Vote. Read more ⤵️.
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Only on Kusama (& @Polkadot) is it possible to swap parachain slots with no downtime, no vulnerabilities, and no loss in security - even for a second. Congratulations to @ShidenNetwork for being the first to extend their slot using XCM, without governance.
Shiden has successfully swapped the old lease and extended the lease period for another year. We were also were the first team doing a swap through XCM without governance. We keep building Shiden. 👊.
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I get it 😉.
Great way to build some remarkable (get it 😉) projects and join the Kusama ecosystem!.
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Motion 318 has passed council, and the third auction on yours truly is now taking flight. ₑₓₚₑcₜ cₕₐₒₛ.
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.@Tether_to just made a 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘁:. USDT coming soon to a canary-net near you.
NEW: @Tether_to's $USDT is slated to become the first stablecoin on @Polkadot after launching on "canary network" Kusama. $DOT $KSM. @JamieCrawleyCD reports.
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Did you know that chains that otherwise would not be able to acquire a full parachain slot with me, are enabled to participate in my shared security as parathreads? Learn more about the difference between parachains and parathreads from my Wiki:
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Motion 350 has passed council to open my 7th parachain auction! This auction will run until Sept. 15 at approximately 10am CEST. So far 15 teams are participating, who will join the soɐɥɔ next?. To follow along, or take part, check out @PolkadotJs:
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Since adding Statemine, @KaruraNetwork, @MoonriverNW, @ShidenNetwork, #Khala, and @bifrost_finance to yours truly, I've been closely monitored for candidate production stability, approval voting statistics, and network connectivity load.
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Welcome to the chaos @TinkerParachain [@InvArchNetwork]! After winning an auction, #Tinkernet will be onboarded as my 41st parachain [plus #Statemine & @encointer]. Tinkernet is bridging the gap between ideas and creation; connecting a world of thinkers, creators, and finance.
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Did you know that the difference between parachain and parathread is more of an economic distinction than a technological one, and a chain can switch between these two states with relatively minimal effort? Learn more from my Wiki:
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With the release of runtime v0.9.22, nomination pools have been added to the Kusama runtime! As per usual, Kusama is receiving this update first before @Polkadot. Learn more about nomination pools and how to contribute:
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ₑₓₚₑcₜ cₒffₑₑ. ☕️.
Just a little piece of coffee machine brains out of the box and you can interact through @kusamanetwork Statemine #parachain 🙃
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Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ @CrustNetwork!. After winning my 19th auction, Crust will be onboarded as my 21st parachain [19-auction winning parachains, plus #Statemine & @encointer] at the start of lease 18. Over 1.2K stakeholders locked up KSM in favor!.
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Crowdloans on Kusama do not require you to transfer KSM to an account. Contributing using the crowdloan UI on @PolkadotJs ensures that your KSM will be returned; by transferring directly to an account, you are trusting the receiver to send your KSM back.
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Welcome to the chaos #Pichiu [@Kylin_Network]! . After winning my 31st auction, Pichiu will be onboarded as my 33rd parachain [plus #Statemine & @encointer]. Excited for Pichiu to build the data infrastructure for the future #DeFi and #Web3 on Kusama.
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Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ @sora_xor!. After winning my 24th auction, SORA will be onboarded as my 26th parachain [24-auction winning parachains, plus #Statemine & @encointer] at the start of lease 19. Over a thousand network stakeholders locked up KSM in favor!
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Check out the new TechEd explainer video to learn how to mint fungible tokens on @Polkadot and Kusama:
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Motion 358 has passed council to open my 9th parachain slot auction! This auction will run until Sept. 29 at approximately 10am CEST. So far 13 teams are participating, who will join the soɐɥɔ next?. To follow along, or take part, check out @PolkadotJs:
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What a day, the second #PolkadotDecoded is here! Join the event and don't miss the chance to win #NFTs minted on my relay chain by competing in "Gotta Find Them All!" competition until the end of the event. Learn more about the challenge and NFTs now 👇.
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Today @KaruraNetwork successfully sent a remark to Kusama. While there have already been dozens of cross-chain transfers between Kusama & Karura, this is first generic message dispatched. I wonder what they'll send me next? Staking? Governance? Claiming rewards? Identity? Oh my!.
1/ The @KaruraNetwork General Council have executed a motion to send a system.remark message to @kusamanetwork via XCM.
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