Polkadot Digest 11 Nov 2022

Polkadot News

With the Ending Period starting in 12 hours, parathread ID 2092 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

Referendum 80, seeking sufficiency for USDT on Statemint, is currently passing with 98% in favor and 1 day left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/80

Referendum 81, to on-board Collectives as a common-good parachain, is passing with 99% in favor with 7 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/81

Referendum 84, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot relay chain to runtime v9300, is passing unanimously with less than an hour left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/84

I will hold an AMA today (11 Nov) on Reddit at 14.00 UTC. https://www.reddit.com/r/Polkadot/comments/yr9qz4/bill%5Flaboon%5Fama%5F11%5Fnovember%5F1400%5F1500%5Futc/

Kusama News

Referendum 244, proposing to upgrade the Kusama relay chain runtime to v9320, is passing with 99% in favor and 10 days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/244

Note that upgrading to runtime v9320 will activate Gov v2. However, the current version of governance on Kusama will initially run in parallel. https://polkadot.network/blog/gov2-polkadots-next-generation-of-decentralised-governance/

Referendum 242, proposing to open an HRMP channel between Statemine and Kintsugi, is currently passing with 99% in favor and 3 days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/242

Referendum 243, proposing to extend Encointer’s common-good parachain lease slot another 48 weeks, is passing with 99% in favor and 5 days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/243

With 3 days left in the current parachain lease auction, parathread ID 2231 is in the lead. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions