Polkadot Digest 18 Oct 2022

Polkadot News

Polkadot 0.9.30 has been released with LOW upgrade priority. https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/releases/tag/v0.9.30

With the ending period starting in 10 hours, Crust is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions

Motion 279, to onboard the Collectives parachain as a common good parachain, is under consideration by the Polkadot Council. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/motion/279

Motion 280, to fund the development of Sequester (which would allow parachains to become carbon-neutral), is under consideration by the Polkadot Council. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/motion/280

You can hear an AMA on Sequester (hosted by yours truly) here: https://twitter.com/BillLaboon/status/1578354625207758850

Motion 277, approving a Treasury Proposal for reimbursement of funds for expenses related to Web Summit, has passed. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/motion/277

There are currently four referenda up for vote with average turnout of approximately 0.05%. You can vote on the future of the network here: https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/democracy

Kusama News

With the Ending Period beginning in one day, Crust Shadow is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions

Referendum 238, proposing to set the minimum validator commission to 8.5%, is failing with 81% in favor and six days to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/238