Ethereum is currently the de facto largest blockchain ecosystem, making the interconnectivity between other blockchains and Ethereum particularly important. This article summarizes the current status and future direction of one of the key technologies connecting the Polkadot ecosystem with Ethereum — the Polkadot Light Client. When two chains interconnect, there…

Notable Changes Addressed potential overflow issues (@AurevoirXavier, #1271) Adjusted GasLimitPovSizeRatio (@boundless-forest, #1274) Removed tips (@AurevoirXavier, #1279) Enabled deploy tracing node for mainnets (@fewensa, #1289) Simplified Crab token system (@AurevoirXavier, #1310) Upgraded Substrate to polkadot-v1.0.0 and polkadot-v1.1.0 (@AurevoirXavier, #1306) Improved staking payout performance (@AurevoirXavier, #1313)

Notable Changes Addressed potential overflow issues (@AurevoirXavier, #1271) Adjusted GasLimitPovSizeRatio (@boundless-forest, #1274) Removed tips (@AurevoirXavier, #1279) Enabled deploy tracing node for mainnets (@fewensa, #1289) Simplified Crab token system (@AurevoirXavier, #1310) Upgraded Substrate to polkadot-v1.0.0 and polkadot-v1.1.0 (@AurevoirXavier, #1306) Improved staking payout performance (@AurevoirXavier, #1313)

Protocol Updates Bumped the Frontier Version. GitHub Provided EVM tracing node for the Darwinia Chain and Crab Chain. Added support for OpenGov in the testnet. GitHub Redesigned the staking commission rule. GitHub Adjusted governance parameters. GitHub Darwinia Msgport has been deployed on Arbitrum Sepolia. Darwinia Ecological Applications and Infrastructure Updates Information Disclosure: Foundation Reserve (From Genesis Allocation) has…

Notable Changes Governance parameters were adjusted by @AurevoirXavier in #1299. Release Details Runtime Version 6404 — GitHub Release Council Motion #16 — Subscan Hash 0x09c565a2c4a52878a7c68ac071c8648d2914851594e6f3f71593e3fc54ce8f39 Tech.Comm Proposal #11 — Subscan Hash 0x6ccbe9dd93dfbb56d66776759f2064ffc66e1b412fd635f8d68e450d34eae80b Referenda #11 — Subscan Proposal Hash 0x0d838a1530a060bacd334f9ca1234944e0d2f040fa071959c9fa164594a1479f

Notable Changes Governance parameters were adjusted by @AurevoirXavier in #1299. Release Details Runtime Version 6404 — GitHub Release Council Motion #26 — Subscan Hash 0x868c0b249d201ddc6a75a57e09ac336f66e69fed1e7c2b4c0001b9867df2f8e0 Tech.Comm Proposal #20 — Subscan Hash 0x4bfd689602deee14a15bddbeee1a81aa65c441d1e8fef5f7c62665fd33a38bff Referenda #22 — Subscan Proposal Hash 0xae73042d7f9c6eb55f7f3f9e9a73e43727e18a5813a06ccf4a698be012d12bcf

In the previous article, we learned about what ORMP is. In this article, we will further explore ORMP, including its main working logic and the responsibilities of the Relayer. Terms UA: User Application Endpoint: UA sends and receives messages through the Endpoint contract. …

Notable Changes Bump Frontier Version by @boundless-forest in #1286 Release Details Runtime Version 6403 — GitHub Release Council Motion #15 — Subscan Hash 0x7b995fb6094fad4292bea491e76db03658d334a2f4b73c414e6ae06702c28445 Tech.Comm Proposal #10 — Subscan Hash 0x02cb380af6cb7d9faeac0cd7ac605ea308aa0d7cb49fef9e270440675e6e52e3 Referenda #10 — Subscan Proposal Hash 0xf006ff4587bca4435634a28476664a422422be46a7d5282a90780c8a49324a91

This report addresses a recent governance attack, where an attacker exploited vulnerabilities in pallet-elections-phragmen and pallet-tips, taking advantage of the network’s low vigilance to drain the Treasury’s funds. The attack transpired just before the end of a term’s duration when the council member list was scheduled to be refreshed based…