Polkadot Digest 17 Aug 2023

Polkadot News

With the Ending Period almost exactly halfway over, InvArch has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions .

Filippo Franchini, Technical Educator at W3F, has put together a brief explainer on Polkadot as “ubiquitious computer” https://twitter.com/filippoweb3/status/1692025249070563413

Referendum 110, proposing to update the parachain validation configuration in several ways, currently has almost unanimous Ayes. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/110

Referendum 111, proposing a multisig as curator for the Polkadot Assurance Legion (PAL) Bounty, has 14.6% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/111

Sub0 Europe, the Polkadot Developers’ Conference, is 19-20 September in Lisbon and online. https://www.polkadot.network/ecosystem/events/sub0/

Kusama News

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