Polkadot Digest 31 Aug 2023

Polkadot News

With half a day left in the current parachain lease auction, Astar has been in the lead the vast majority of the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions

With upcoming potential changes to Polkadot, “blockspace” is being discussed more. See Rob Habermeier’s article on the subject last year for a good overview of “Blockspace over Blockchains”: https://www.rob.tech/polkadot-blockspace-over-blockchains/

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Kusama News

With three and a half days left in the current parachain lease auction, Kabocha has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama