Kusama: Polkadot's Canary Network

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Kusama, Polkadot's wild cousin, has been released into the wild. This is an early-release - but feature-complete - version of Polkadot which is being used to see how Polkadot will work in a real-world environment.

To be covered:

1. What is Kusama?
2. What is a canary network?
3. What is the future of Kusama?
4. Kusama block production / finalization
5. What can I do on Kusama?
6. How do I get Kusama tokens?

What you'll need:
(Optional) Just a computer with a web browser to follow along! A web interface is available for all features.