Polkadot Digest 6 Dec 2022

Polkadot News

Today at 18.00 CET (17.00 UTC), Web3 Foundation will hold a Twitter Space to discuss DOT morphing from security to software. https://twitter.com/web3foundation/status/1599802512655388673?s=46&t=baPe8YQbe4E0hbCMBPNMmg

With four and a half days to go before the end of the current parachain lease auction, OmniBTC has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions

The staking rate on Polkadot relay chain has decreased slightly to 45.8%. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/staking

Kusama News

Referendum 251, proposing to swap parachain slots for Zeitgeist, has passed. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/251

Referendum 253 is currently failing with 50% in favor. Note that since Kilt has already used XCM to swap their parachain lease, it does not matter if this referendum passes or not. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/253

There are now 12 Referenda available to be voted on in the OpenGov system. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/referenda

The staking rate on Kusama has decreased to 50.1%. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/staking