Taking community feedback onboard, the Astar Foundation is proposing updates to the Tokenomics 3.0 model. Target inflation would be reduced from 7% to 5.5%, with a max ASTR supply of 10B. DApp Staking would be streamlined, limiting participation to 16 projects and moving to annual voting.
After serving clients across some of Polkadot’s largest projects, including maintaining Polkadot JS, BlockDeep Labs is finally coming up for air. The team is stepping away from blockchain consulting services, closing this chapter while leaving its mark on the ecosystem.
Parity Data has launched the Dotlake API, giving developers programmatic access to daily and monthly metrics across Polkadot, Kusama, Westend, Paseo, and the parachains. The API provides pre-aggregated data suitable for tasks such as building dashboards, analyzing governance participation, and tracking staking rewards.
On February 4th at the University of East London, Xcavate delivered its first proof-of-concept for the realXeducation app, a platform for sponsorship and incentivization of free micro-courses. Three university students taught the module “What is Blockchain”, written by PBA Alumnus Connor Campbell, and sponsored by Tokenised GBP.