Polkadot Digest 17 Feb 2023

Polkadot News

With three days left in the current parachain auction, Hashed Network has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/#/parachains/auctions

Referendum 101, approving a Wasm smart contracts bounty, is passing with 99.1% in favor and 10 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/101

Referendum 103, a public proposal to unbrick the Zeitgeist parachain, is failing with 71% in favor. Note that the Zeitgeist team has asked people to vote against this Referendum. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/103

Referendum 104, a fast-tracked, Council-backed version of Referendum 103, is passing with 98% in favor and 7 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/104

Referendum 105, proposing to update system parachains to runtime v9370, is passing almost unanimously with 12 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/105

Note that Referenda 104 and 105 were fast-tracked by the Technical Committee. If passed, they will execute shortly afterwards. https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-governance#technical-committee

Kusama News

A new parachain lease auction has begun. Parathread ID 2259 is currently in the lead, with the Ending Period beginning in 19 hours. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.dotters.network%2Fkusama#/parachains/auctions

Referendum 101, proposing the Kusama parachain lease auction schedule for the rest of 2023, is up for vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/101

Referendum 97, proposing to clean up the Tips queue in several ways, is currently up for vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/97

Referendum 100, proposing curators for the Spanish language content bounty, is currently up for vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/100