Polkadot Digest 3 Jul 2023

Polkadot News

Did you miss Polkadot Decoded 2023? You can watch Dr. Gavin Wood’s keynote describing the future of Polkadot here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIB1WeVuJD0

There are now 45 Referenda available for all DOT holders to vote on via Polkadot OpenGov. https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipns/polkadot.dotapps.io/#/referenda

Are you looking to get more involved in building and developing on Polkadot? Check out the new Polkadot Developer Heroes program - https://polkadot.network/blog/introducing-the-polkadot-developer-heroes-program

The staking rate on Polkadot has continued to slowly increase and is now at 43.46%. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview

Note that staking rewards and inflation are related to the staking rate. For details, see the Polkadot Wiki - https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-staking-advanced#inflation

Kusama News

With two and a half days left in the current parachain lease auction, Darwinia Crab has been in the lead the entire Ending Period so far. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

Kusama OpenGov now has has six active Referenda for all KSM holders to vote on. https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipns/polkadot.dotapps.io/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/referenda