Polkadot Digest 3 Oct 2023

Polkadot News

Referendum 174, proposing sufficiency for the USDC asset on Statemine, is now up for vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/174

“Sufficiency” means that an asset can exist on an account that does not contain the existential deposit of the native asset (i.e. DOT). For more details, see https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/build-integrate-assets#assets-basics

Referendum 139, proposing to swap parachain leases for Moonbeam, is currently passing with 99% approving. However, it has yet to reach enough support on the Root track to pass. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/139

Referendum 166, proposing to change the ideal staking rate calculation, is currently passing with 55.7% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/166

There are now 29 Referenda up for vote on Polkadot OpenGov. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2F1rpc.io%2Fdot#/referenda

With three and a half days left in the current parachain lease auction, anonymous parathread ID 3344 has been in the lead the majority of the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions

Kusama News

Referendum 279 is now up for vote on the Root track. It setting a specific item of storage to a new value, but lacking any contextual information. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/279

There are four active Referenda on Kusama OpenGov. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.dotters.network%2Fkusama#/referenda