Polkadot Digest 23 Sep 2022

Polkadot News

With the Ending Period starting tomorrow, OAK Network is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.polkadot.io#/parachains/auctions

A summary of the latest Polkadot Governance Community Call has been posted here: https://forum.polkadot.network/t/community-call-sept-2022-polkadot-governance-recap/477

With 21 days left to vote, Referendum 74, aiming to open several HRMP channels to Statemint, is passing unanimously. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/74

With 3 days left to vote, Referendum 75, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot relay chain runtime to v9820 is passing by a wide margin. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/75

Note that Referendum 75 has been fast-tracked by the Technical Committee. If passed, it will execute after only 400 blocks (~ 40 minutes). https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-governance#technical-committee

Three Treasury Proposals are currently under consideration by the Polkadot Council. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.polkadot.io#/council/motions

Kusama News

With two days left in the current parachain lease auction, QUARTZ by UNIQUE has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions

A summary of the latest Kusama Governance Community Call has been posted here: https://forum.polkadot.network/t/community-call-sept-2022-kusama-governance-recap/478

Referendum 230 is currently passing with 78% in favor with three days left to vote. This is a simple referendum making a batch call to remark “Expect chaos”. https://kusama.subsquare.io/democracy/referendum/230

Referendum 231, proposing to upgrade the Kusama Relay Chain runtime to v9290, is currently passing by a wide margin with 5 days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/231

Note that Referendum 231 has been fast-tracked by the Technical Committee. If passed, it will execute after only 400 blocks (~ 40 minutes). https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-governance#technical-committee

The staking rate on Kusama has continued to increase, rising 0.7 percentage points to 55.5% over the last two days. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/staking