Polkadot Digest 18 Aug 2022

Polkadot News

With the Ending Period beginning tomorrow, Kylin 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 70, proposing to increase the maximum number of HRMP channels from 10 to 30, is currently passing by a wide margin with 8 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/70

If you missed my voice AMA about Polkadot governance and the changes coming in v2, you can listen to the recording here: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1lDGLLzAOXyGm

I will be holding my 11th Polkadot AMA on Reddit tomorrow at 13.00 UTC - https://www.reddit.com/r/Polkadot/comments/wrcy7q/bill%5Flaboon%5Fama%5F19%5Faug%5F1300%5F1400%5Futc/

Kusama News

With three days left in the current parachain lease auction, Parathread 2130 has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions

Motion 526, approving a Treasury Proposal for Sovereign Nature Initiative, has passed Council vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/motion/526

A Treasury Proposal for Polkadot participation for the Blockchain Rio conference is under consideration by the Kusama Council. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/motion/525

A new Treasury Proposal for participation of the Polkadot ecosystem in the 10th Pais Digital Chile Summit is up for discussion. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/treasury/199

A post on Polkassembly is seeking feedback for KusamaHub, an analytics tool for NFTs in the Kusama ecosystem. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/1645