Polkadot Digest 19 Oct 2023

Polkadot News

Anonymous parathread 3353 has won the most recent parachain auction, after leading in 99.89% of blocks in the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions

Referendum 204, proposing to kill (cancel and slash decision deposit) of Referendum 203, is now up for vote, but requires a decision deposit. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/204

In total, there are 33 active Referenda on Polkadot OpenGov. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc-polkadot.luckyfriday.io#/referenda

Reminder that all DOT holders can participate in governance. If you would prefer to delegate your vote to another account, you can do so with the Delegation Dashboard: https://delegation.polkadot.network/

Alice und Bob has posted an in-depth analysis of the on-chain Polkadot Treasury. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-treasury-report-2023-q3/4333

The staking rate on Polkadot continues to slowly increase and is now at 49.02%. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview

Kusama News

With slightly under three days left in the current parachain lease auction, t3rn Kusama is in the lead, although Zero has also been in the lead during the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

There are eight active Referenda on Kusama OpenGov. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.dwellir.com#/referenda