Polkadot Digest 21 Nov 2022

Polkadot News

Referendum 81, on-boarding Collectives as a common-good parachain, has been passed and executed. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/81

For details on the Collectives parachain, see the relevant blog post from Joe Petrowski. https://polkadot.network/blog/proposal-for-common-good-parachains/#collectives

Referendum 85, proposing to update the Kapex parachain runtime code to allow it to upgrade, is currently passing with 99% in favor with 20 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/85

Referendum 86, proposing slightly higher nomination limits, is currently passing unanimously with 22 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/86

The staking rate on Polkadot continues to decrease, having dropped 0.3 percentage points over the weekend to 49.0%. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/staking

Kusama News

Referendum 244, proposing to upgrade the Kusama relay chain runtime to v9320, is currently passing with 99% in favor and around 7 hours left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/244

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

This runtime would bring OpenGov (aka Gov v2 or Gov2) to Kusama. For details, see https://polkadot.network/blog/gov2-polkadots-next-generation-of-decentralised-governance/

Referendum 246, proposing to swap parachain ID 2024 to 2226 for Genshiro, is currently passing with 99% in favor and less than an hour left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/246

Anonymous parathread ID 2233 has won the most recent parachain lease auction. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions