Polkadot Digest 30 Aug 2022

Polkadot News

Interested in building in Polkadot and looking for support? Check out Square One, a guide to resources available for builders in the ecosystem. https://substrate.io/ecosystem/square-one/

Motion 249, funding a Treasury Proposal for PolkaWatch maintenance, has been approved by the Polkadot Council. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/motion/249

Motion 250, proposing to approve a Treasury Proposal for PolkaWorld maintenance and operations, has been passed by the Polkadot Council. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/motion/250

Motion 251, seeking to issue a Proposal to upgrade Polkadot to runtime v9270, has been passed by the Polkadot Council. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/motion/251

Kusama News

Leemo has a post on Polkassembly seeking feedback on KICRA, the Kusama Innovation Cost Reduction Act of 2022. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/1792

With the Ending Period starting in 14 hours, Snow Network is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions

Referendum 225, proposing to upgrade the Kusama relay chain to runtime v9271, is passing unanimously with one day left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/225

Referendum 226, proposing to edit the Snow crowdloan parameters, is currently failing with 23% in favor. Note that the ICE/SNOW Network team has asked people to vote against this as they are running another crowdloan. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/226