Polkadot OpenGov Big Spender Referendum 1377 proposes to initiate a bounty with initial funding of 250K DOT. This bounty will support Rust developers to carry out tasks requested by OpenGov and reputable organizations such as the Fellowship.
At Protocol Berg on June 12th, Bastian Köcher (Parity) presented an overview of CorePlay, described as an actor-like framework for blockchains built on top of JAM.