Polkadot Digest 23 Jan 2023

Polkadot News

With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, parathread ID 2104 has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions

Referendum 98, proposing to modify the genesis block Wasm of the Bittensor parachain, is passing unanimously with 12 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/98

Shawn Tabrizi has posted an in-depth forum post on the technical differences between Cosmos's and Polkadot’s approaches to shared security. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/what-are-some-differences-between-substrate-and-cosmos-sdk/1354/8

Kusama News

Referendum 53, proposing to register the Bridge Hub parachain, eventually providing a gateway to other networks such as Ethereum and Polkadot, has been confirmed. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/53

For more details on the Kusama Bridge Hub, see https://github.com/paritytech/cumulus/releases/tag/parachains-bridge-hub-kusama-v9360

There are currently 15 active Referenda on the Kusama OpenGov system. You can see them and vote on them here: https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/referenda

Moonriver has been in the lead in the entire Ending Period of the current parachain lease auction. Note that they are only bidding for lease periods 28 - 34. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/parachains/auctions

There is a Treasury Proposal up for vote via OpenGov to fund Polkassembly’s ongoing support and development for OpenGov. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/75