Polkadot Digest 4 Oct 2023

Polkadot News

Referendum 166, proposing to tweak the ideal staking rate calculation for Polkadot, is now passing with 96.4% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/166

Referenda require both sufficient approval and support in order to pass. For details, see https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-polkadot-opengov

A new video explaining Polkadot OpenGov has been released. https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1707717487066788237

Filippo Franchini, Technical Educator at W3F, will be discussing Polkadot OpenGov at ETHRome this weekend. https://twitter.com/filippoweb3/status/1708932434719338971

I will be part of a panel along with representatives from Metamask and ChainSafe, on the topic of Metamask Snaps and Polkadot, on Tuesday 12 Oct at 12.00 UTC. https://twitter.com/ChainSafeth/status/1707467541847724297

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

Kusama News

Referendum 282 on the Treasurer track, proposing to remove a test bounty from the Bounties list, is now up for vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/282