Polkadot Digest 11 Sep 2023

Polkadot News

With a day and a half left in the current parachain lease auction, Energy Web X has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions

Interested in learning about how to learn blockchain, Polkadot, and the Polkadot SDK? This Polkadot Forum thread has some great resources. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/seeking-guidance-to-become-a-polkadot-fellow/3865

Interested in building on Polkadot? Web3 Foundation offers an extensive grants program for technical development and research. https://grants.web3.foundation/

The Polkadot staking rate has declined slightly to 48.74%. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview

Kusama News

Virto Network has won the most recent parachain lease auction. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

The Kusama staking rate has remained relatively steady at 54.74%. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview