Polkadot Digest 24 Aug 2022

Polkadot News

With only six hours left in the current parachain lease auction, Kylin has been in the lead the entire Ending Period . 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 only 2 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/70

The staking rate has decreased slightly over the last 24 hours, to 51.9%. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/staking

Kusama News

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

There are currently nine public Proposals available. Proposals become Referenda in order of how much KSM endorse them. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/democracy

There are also several motions currently under consideration by the Kusama Council. You can view them here: https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/council/motions

Referendum 223, proposing to upgrade Statemine to runtime v9270, is passing by a wide margin with one day left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/223

Referendum 224, to fix the opening of an HRMP channel between Statemine and Robonomics, is passing unanimously with four days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/224