Polkadot whale and notable community member @DonnieBigBags tweeted that the Polkadot to Kusama bridge will be rolled out at the end of this year. He added that, by formally connecting both chains, Kusama is “more important than ever.”

“Importantly it was announced today that the $DOT <> $KSM bridge will be ready by the end of the year. This, in my opinion, makes $KSM more important than ever before. All native $KSM assets will be readily available on $DOT and vice-versa.”

With that, should we expect Kusama to step out of Polkadot’s shadow and discard its status as a “canary network?”