Polkadot Digest 17 Aug 2022

Polkadot News

The next parachain lease auction begins today at block 11_646_400. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/calendar

Referendum 70, proposing to increase the maximum number of HRMP channels from 10 to 30, is currently passing by a wide margin with 9 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/70

The staking rate on Polkadot has increased slightly to 52.0. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/staking

Kusama News

With four days remaining to vote, Referendum 222, proposing to extend the Statemine common good parachain lease, is passing by a wide margin. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/222

There are nine proposals vying for the chance to be the next referendum - you can endorse which ones you would prefer to see voted on here: https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/democracy

The staking rate has increased slightly over the last 24 hours to 52.3%. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/staking