Polkadot Digest 20 June 2023

Polkadot News

Polkadot version 0.9.43 has been released with MEDIUM upgrade priority. https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/releases/tag/v0.9.43

The latest Polkadot Roundup, which covers events in the ecosystem, occurred yesterday. https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1670776482505818113

DotInsights has released their H1 2023 Polkadot Staking Report. https://twitter.com/dotinsights%5Fxyz/status/1671117867348275200

Polkadot Pioneers AMA Volume 2 will be going live today at 13.00 UTC. https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1671126751932477442

Referendum 18, proposing to upgrade the relay chain and system parachains to runtime v9430, is now up for vote on the Whitelisted track. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/18

Referendum 9, proposing to re-do the failed upgrade of the Bridge Hub parachain to runtime v9420, is up for vote on the Whitelisted track. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/3

Referendum 3, proposing to set max_code_size to 3 MiB, is now up for vote on the Root track. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/9

Kusama News

With three days left in the current parachain lease auction, both Tinkernet and Amplitude have been in the lead for significant periods of time during the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

The staking rate on Kusama has continued to increase and is now approximately 53.5%. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview