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Summit is Happening in the Paraverse! (October 28th - November 3rd)

What is up, my friends!

As we move into November, “Summit is happening in the Paraverse,” as the calendar is packed with events and parachain teams are fully entrenched in activities.

Several Polkadot-focused events coincided with larger events.

The Web3 summit in Lisbon, Portugal, featured a plethora of figureheads: government representatives, large multinational corporations, global tech giants, institutional investors, blockchain leaders, royalty, and more.

Check out the grand list of speakers here.

Teams from within our ecosystem led by Kilt, Exosama, t3rn, and Gear, hosted a masterclass on “Polkadot, the next step for Web 3 adoption”. This was further supplemented with Polkadot workshops hosted by 727 ventures in the conference booth arena.

Joining the workshops included Sora, Phala, Unique, Interlay, Subsocial, Frequency, Peaq, Cogency, Composable Fi, and Pendulum, as well as the teams who hosted masterclasses. The full agenda and participants can be found here.

Happening in parallel on the other side of the Atlantic ocean was the “Polkadot Summit”, which was hosted by Astar in San Franciso, USA, during SF Blockchain Week.

There was no shortage of representation from teams within the Paraverse which included Parity, Astar, Oak, Phala, Nodle, Parallel Fi, Zeitgeist, Manta, AstridDAO, Moonwell, DAM Fi, Subquery, Gear, Moonbeam, Polkahaus, Sumi, Bitgreen, Arthswap, Frequency, Robonomics, Invarch, and Eluvio.

WagMedia representation was also prominent, as Jay made appearances as Chairman of Chrawnna Corp. Also, our very own Pnin continues to be “On The Road”. Read more about the sights and sounds in our top news feature.

For Spanish-speaking audiences, the weekend also saw the return of Polkadot World in Madrid, Spain. Moonbeam, Composable, Bitcountry, RMRK, Unique, Subsocial, Gear, and Ajuna, were all present.

In person events in November, include: Token 2049 London which will have representation from Composable, Phala, and Apillion; and Dot Brno, which looks to have a great afterparty and beer tour side event in the Czech Republic–this is, of course, after a full day of talks from KodaDot, Mangata, AstridDAO, Kilt, Pendulum, Interlay, Manta, and Apillion.

Those that cannot attend in-person events may want to check out Moonbeam’s Illuminate 22. WagMedia content creators have done a great job raising awareness. There were so many threads created for the bounty campaign, with standouts from @CAN, @MaximV, @TheFVK, and @pnp.

Before folks get into the festive month, there is the Sub0 Polkadot Developers Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, at the end of November. This event is for devs and is also supplemented by a number of side events to help with well-being.

Wagtastic chads at the Polkadot Summit!

TOP NEWS OF THE WEEK

Hey, everyone, Pnin here.

Real life events are always a treat. Meeting people you’ve only spoken to online, especially in crypto where being anonymous is the majority, adds a layer of networking that is rarely available elsewhere.

Crane and Pnin

It’s a surreal, almost silly feeling introducing yourself by pseudonym rather than real name, as few people will recognize you otherwise.

But there’s also a relief in telling people who you are. It’s as if you are finally removing a heavy mask–the caution and security that you must wear at all times for your own protection when communicating online.

There’s a sense of camaraderie as people recognize each other and realize they’ve shared hours with one another between countries and over months, all with a shared goal to build the tools desperately needed in our world, today.

Pnin and Dustin Lee

It’s these people who show up in a bear market that are the ones you want to build the strongest bridges with, after all. They are the ones likely to be the most successful players in the next bull, and being seen, being known, is much easier in this time.

That said, there’s no denying that the weight of the bear was evident. Speakers in the dev rooms had far more engagement and attendance than those in the common, larger spaces. At times, it was discouraging, but that discouragement dissolved as I entered the dev rooms where chairs were full and discussions around development and progress remained at the forefront.

Jay leading a panel on Blockchain adoption

Meanwhile, in the business development spaces, market strategy held the focus.

“How can we gain more interoperability, more adoption to sustain activity even in future bears?”

“What pieces in other ecosystems are working, and how do we build above and beyond them?”

“What are we offering that is not simply a clone of something else?”

Sota discussing how Astar’s WASM allows better performance and user experience than EVM

These questions, and the high concentration of innovative minds working in the space, gave me confidence.

Polkadot remains one of the fastest developing ecosystems in blockchain, and in a way, the bear market is a blessing as the technology stack of Polkadot is arguably the most complicated of any blockchain, and building the necessary infrastructure to make onboarding both developers and users easy is no easy task.

None of us can know the future, and it’s easy to look outwards, but I do believe that the ecosystems with the most innovation and activity will consume the rest, eventually.

We’ve already seen layer 1s and other blockchains starting to mirror elements of Polkadot’s architecture, and with the newest announcement from the Web3 Foundation to proactively work with the SEC to transition Polkadot legally into a software, it would not be surprising to see others copying the move as well.

Adoption and survivability and dominance is not going to happen without marketing, agility, and integration, but at least we have what I believe to be the strongest foundation available to build on, and ultimately, that’s all any of us can do: build, and build more.

Now, on to the usual flurry of news and content.

Speed Reading

We are now into November, which means there will be various monthly recaps from the parachain teams

Nitty Gritty

  • NFT-focused chain Ternoa (built on substrate) announces a partnership with Crust to provide decentralized storage.
  • Here’s a friendly guide on setting up a validator via onfinality.
  • Energy Web put out an article on Avelia, it’s their solution that could help the Aviation sector reach Net Zero.
  • Aslah is a new local token being introduced into circulation in the Rwandan capital by common good parachain Encointer.
  • Check out the thread from the co-founder of KodaDot, as he tells all about the new design of the marketplace, including the team’s objectives and how users will benefit.
  • An incredible achievement by Manta, as there were over 5000 participants from as many as 133 countries that took part in their trusted set-up event. Here’s an article by decrypt that covers it.
  • Here’s the transcript from the latest Universal Privacy Alliance, which was hosted by Manta Network.
  • Peaq partners with Datarella with the focus of developing dapps in the mobility space.
  • Finoa is now offering Polkadot Staking for institutions.
  • Snow Network provides details on its staking vault, which be launched on October 31st.
  • Two slots are being opened for the community to apply to join Litentry's collator.
  • Check out the interesting interview between Peaq and Citiesabc, it links smart city working through the economy of things.
  • O3 swap (on Astar) is running a quest campaign with a prize from a pool of 108,000 tokens and 100 Astr domain names.
  • Shokunin exists to remove barriers and enable talent to flourish. Check out the article here for more details, including how you can support it.
  • The Polkadot training course is immense, it covers Parachains, Interacting with the Network, Security & Consensus, Cryptography, Interoperability & Scalability, and Polkadot for developers.
  • Here’s Phala’s recent weekly report, there is a lot going on including the anticipated mint for PhalaWorld.
  • Pendulum introduces its Stellar oracle, which will be crucial for its Spacewalk bridge.

Pendulum’s Stellar Oracle is a fundamental component in making decentralized forex in DotSama possible

Content creation (Tier 1 & 2 Creator)

@pitcoin creates content on all thing Astar, the image above is his monthly recap infographic

Messages From the Treasuries

Crowdloan Updates

No bids for Auction 58, which spookily ended on Halloween! Image taken from parachains.info

What's in Your Wallet?

  • In the build-up to Talisman’s one-click staking launching on Halloween @birdo provides a sneak peek. And here’s the official launch announcement of Polkadot pooled staking with a single click.
  • Nova Wallet now supports cross-chain transfers for Interlay’s INTR and iBTC tokens to other Polkadot chains.
  • SubWallet announces the public testing launch of its mobile app, on both Android and iOS.
  • Another month has passed, recap Talisman’s October highlights, which include credit card capability, browser notification, interviews, security features, and one-click staking.
  • Talisman’s article gets into issues with staking DOT, which is overcome by their new one-click staking feature that will help Polkadot flourish.
  • ASTR, CLV, iBTC, INTR, PHA & USDT on Parallel – are now supported by Nova Wallet!

AMA and IRL Events Round-up

Translating DotSama

Some excellent translations and non-English original creations, which you may find fitting to share with family, friends, and neighbors around the world.

Content Dojo (Tier 3 Creator)

Bifrost is back with another bounty campaign, waggers have been given 10 days to cover vKSM

NFTs and the Metaverse: The Heartbeat of Dotsama

Making space for a load of NFT news this past week
  • Here’s a Preview of Hog Lordz Hogtailz, Monsterz, and Mythz in the Raresama NFT Gallery
  • The Governance rewards snapshot has occurred. 54 cute robots will evolve into the 1st stage of 3 evolutions. You can fill up the huge middle space in your shelf with a climber plant (priced at 1 $KSM).
  • Here’s an update by SFY Labs team about their Back To Asgard NFT project for Bifrost.
  • TheSaurus CrewNFT will be Airdropped for Cyberbeast, Donkeygang, Mr whitehole, and Astar Degens holders, forming the SFY DAO. Donkey holders must burn Saurus Tokens and enter their EVM address in the memo before November 20th. There’s also a SaurusCrew NFT giveaway.
  • A new Public Pressure collection will be made by Godfathers of Brindance and will be called "Lepora 5". Lepora 5 is made by D'Arcangelo.
  • Astar Network has partnered with Mones, a role-playing-game (RPG). Mones will develop and deploy a new server of the Mones RPG on Astar.
  • Here's a guide on how to turn your origin shell into a mature shell and a sneak peek of Shell item slots! PhalaWorld also distributed NFTs to wallets. Their Legendary & Magic NFTs sold out in 15 minutes and public Mint for your PhalaWorld NFTs has occured. Here’s a series of tweets that explains holding Generation-0 Shell NFTs.
  • The Band protocol’s VRF is on Astar Networks Shibuya testnet for developers to integrate VRF into building game Dapps.
  • The Candygirl NFT collection on Astar Network has partnered with TofuNft and X2Y2 NFT marketplaces. Features such as purchase with credit cards, bulk buy/sell will be available. This project could be a bit more than beautiful artwork. Check out the clip, as they mention a fantasy world.
  • New auction has started for AnonSama’s SAMA #45, SAMA #46 and #47 have all concluded.
  • There is a whitelist for a music airdrop in the Chaos Collective discord.
  • If you're on the WL, you can start getting your Spacers. WAGMETOTHESUN for a Wag Media patch. Kusama Dragon holders can use the code “DRAGONS” in the Spacers NFT sale. Subsocial integrates Talisman wallet to the pods.spacers.app.
  • 75 Halloween pumpkin potions from Materia Prima are listed for 0.4 $KSM. Future utility for alchemists and homunculi exists.
  • Moonriver Quest 3 challenge has begun.
  • RMRK Punks has announced its last triple collaboration. Owners of the whole 6 tracks will get a soulbounded album NFT equippable to your Punk in the gem slot. The Chaos NFTs are listed for 1 $KSM. RmrkPunks also filed a proposal to receive grant to support KusaMint, an easy-to-use RMRK 2.0 minting tool.
  • DeStore is a multi-chain NFT minter on Dotsama that has partnered with AEM Algorithm. AEM is an Australian-based protocol that builds apps to improve the ease of use of cryptocurrencies in P2P, B2B and C2B applications.
  • DPS Mint begins on the 7th of November for 0.15 $ETH. Day 1 - 2 for whitelisted people. Day 3-7 for Public mint. You will receive PIRATE, FLAGSHIP, SHIP Cosmetic, ROOM at INN. Kanaria birds have been also seen in DPS Pirate Metaverse. Retweet and follow to enter a raffle.
  • Donnie announces that everyone who uses the refineries within Exosama’s carnage this Sunday will receive an airdrop of $100 Poop.
  • Evrloot teases adventuring, as well as their halloween drop. Almost 100k NFTs have been minted for evrloot beta game.
  • PNS (Polkadot Name System) Carnival: Do the tasks in order to get Comets NFTs which will have Governance DAO functionalities!
  • Bedside monsters will hatch tomorrow.
  • Enjin Claims to be the Lamborghini of the nft projects.
  • Moonfit has just launched a new campaign on the Crew3 platform where you will have to complete missions daily.
  • There is also a campaign available organized by @TFAlphaDao on the Crew3 platform. There will be a reward of 5 MOVR distributed in 5 winners. @TFAlphaDao is the team behind the Moontpets collection on the Moonbeam network.
  • Canary Network Agency brings the first vending machine for NFT London 2022 meeting.
  • NeonCrisis has just launched the beta version of their Neon Builder. Neon holders can try to customize Neons. There will be a snapshot of current holders.
  • Skylab drops their roadmap and announces intentions to create a film.
  • Tricky NFT teases collabs with 3 collections.
  • Give your feedback about **Kodadot'**s latest updates and you may win $30 in $KSM!
  • Elements of Kusama will be part of 1st London's NFT vending machine.
  • There was an NFT airdrop by Mangata x for those who supported Ref 237
  • Many Dotsama NFT projects will be showcased at @Polkadotwrld in Madrid, Nov 5th and 6th.
  • EPISODE 10 - Rocky Mountains from Americas 2.0 Collection is out now.

Content creation (Tier 1 & 2 Creator)

  • @MaxTheo makes a video on the Spacers NFT collection by Subsocial.
  • @prophet Expresses his views on how RMRK NFT legos could disrupt the music industry.
  • @DrCAO makes a video on the Dotsama ecosystem and also NFT updates from YoudleDAO, Spacers, and PhalaWorld, and then another video specifically on Spacers, and yet another video about Phala World’s Shell NFTs.
  • @pitcoin.spacelabs.astr shares a twitter thread on passive income from Astar Degens DAO
  • @Everythingblockchain discusses the new gas token from Exosama.
  • @MarcoRo takes a look inside the RMRK ecosystem report.

DeFI

Plenty of new partnerships, launches, and listings happening across the various platforms and chains this past week

Content creation (Tier 1 & 2 Creator)

Governance

Governance is being discussed in multiple places, including the Kusamaverse!

Rumours & Alpha

Do Your Own Research! These finds are unconfirmed alpha in Dotsama:

  • A new venture is being evaluated and appears to be a service that aims at onboarding workers into the Polkadot ecosystem. Go check out the form, and provide feedback.
  • Parallel Finance's discord was temporarily closed this past week for an update. It’s linked to their new testnet campaign, which you may want to look out for.
  • Darwinia is researching the possible merge between Crab and Darwinia. The consolidation will reduce complexity when it comes to new integrations, as well as enhance overall network security.
  • Madcripto (@Mattunchi), a notable Spanish-speaking influencer, has been posting about Zeitgeist and has created a new prediction market for Mexico-Poland match in the World Cup.

Beginner’s Guide

New to Polkadot? Or maybe you have some friends who keep coins on a CEX but haven't become a part of a community yet? Share this with them to get them started! It will be updated weekly with new content and is open for changes. Feel free to leave a comment and I'll add content that's needed.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Dotsama

Another mind-blowing week! Our WagMedia discord is the primary source for most of the content in this newsletter – thanks a ton fam! These are just the highlights, for more in-depth news join the discord and get incentivized to learn more about the ecosystem and provide news, alpha, and content to us all. As always, I’m open to feedback and I hope you find this helpful. Looking forward to yet another week of exponential growth in the DotSama ecosystem.

What is WagMedia?

WagMedia Discord.

Jay Chrawnna’s The Kusamarian channel provides us all with extremely entertaining updates on everything DotSama. Here is the playback listing of the past week:

  1. Trust-free Yield on Bitcoin Coming to Polkadot & Kusama via Interlay $BTC Defi - SER, Have ya Heard?
  2. Bringing Liquidity to Kusama from Polkadot, Cosmos, & Ethereum w/ 0xbrainjar - Space Monkeys 75.
  3. NEW Spacers RMRK NFT Collection Brings Real Utility to Subsocial Users? - PNinja on the Road.
  4. What Would Happen if Artificial Intelligence Lived on a Blockchain? BitTensor - Csaint's Alpha Shots.

Looking for more to read, why not check out the other works by the Wag Weekly Squad: Pnin, Csaint, Jb_blah, and Dodow.

Tips appreciated

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News you need to know to stay on top of significant DotSama developments. Courtesy of WagMedia and Polka Häus

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WagMedia Weekly News
News you need to know to stay on top of significant DotSama developments. Courtesy of WagMedia and Polka Häus