EDG Dev Digest: Aug 22
Introduction
We have a new weekly newsletter to keep you up to date on all things technical related to Edgeware and more! Always in a human-readable form, we look at the code changes so you don't have to.
Status updates
What's to come for development on Edgeware.
- Bi-weekly Builder's Call: August 31st, 2:00 PM EST in the builders voice channel on the Edgeware discord. Every Tuesday at 2p EST. Bring questions, projects to show off, and ideas!
- Wako Upgrade: More nodes have upgraded to 3.3 Wako, meaning that soon we can launch the on-chain upgrade.
Documentation updates
- How to easily stake on Edgeware using Polkadot Apps.
- Ledger Documentation. The application to Ledger has been received and is in processing, we hope that EDG will be on the official app soon.
NEW for EDG EVM: Advanced Remix Tutorial
This video demonstrates how to deploy and test an EVM smart contract using Remix on the EDG Beresheet Test Network, using a multisig wallet example code.
Ecosystem Headlines
Substrate
- Updates to primitive token mint basic pallet integration. This gives any account the ability to create a token supply in exchange for native token fee on your chain. Check out the changes on github.
Polkadot/Kusama
- Polkadot recently made a playlist of videos for beginners wanting to use Polkadot JS.
- On September 2 there will be a crowdcast for Kusama Demo Day. Hosted by Equilibrium DeFi with media support by Cointelegraph. You’ll see demos of major projects that are already live, a vibrant panel on the parachain auctions. Register
- A quick video by @GldnCalf about what the Polkadot and Kusama councils do, how representation works on the relay chains and how to get elected. He also made a PLO Cheatsheet.
- Information on how crowdloans work from Polkadot blog.
Tools
- Polkadot JS API 5.5 is out as a low priority upgrade for users of TypeScript (changes to Bigint across the board).
- Subscan has completed all milestones of Web3 Foundation Grant — Multisignature Management Tool