Another first for Polkadot as Kusama council approves first parachain slot au...
The first Kusama parachain slot auction will now commence and is set to run for the next week. Polkadot's Kusama council passed Motion 310 on Tuesday, confirming the start of the first slot auction on the Kusama network.According to details shared on the Polkadot governance platform Polkassembly, 13 out of the 19 “seats” on the Kusama council voted in favor of commencing the slot auction process.First slot auction on Kusama network is approved. Source: PolkassemblyAs previously reported by Cointelegraph, Polkadot and Kusama co-founder Gavin Wood had published a tentative schedule for the....
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