Polkadot Digest 31 Jan 2023

Polkadot News

Aleph Zero has announced that they have won a parachain lease (after bidding as an anonymous parathread). https://alephzero.org/blog/aleph-zero-polkadot-bridge-parachain/

With 5 days left to vote, Referendum 98, proposing to update the parathread ID in the genesis state Wasm of @bittensor_ parachain, is passing with 99% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/98

Referendum 101, proposing to approve the Wasm smart contracts bounty (Bounty #19) is currently passing unanimously with 27 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/101

Kusama News

OpenGov Referendum 80, proposing to add a missing auction meant to be scheduled by Referendum 72, has been confirmed. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/80

Referendum 261, proposed without any contextual information, is failing with 98.8% against with a few hours left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/261

There are now 11 Referenda up for vote on the OpenGov system. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpublic-rpc.pinknode.io%2Fkusama#/referenda