Polkadot Digest 7 Aug 2023

Polkadot News

With half a day left in the current parachain lease auction, InvArch has been in the lead for the majority (>80%) of the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions

Polkadot Pioneers AMA is tomorrow at 14.00 UTC, featuring discussion on Web3 Gaming. https://twitter.com/polkadot/status/1687041577246429184?ref=parachains-info

The Polkadot staking rate continues to increase and is now at 45.35%. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview

There is a thread on the Polkadot Forum discussing dynamic backing groups as a potential foundation for agile scheduling of cores. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/dynamic-backing-groups-preparing-cores-for-agile-scheduling/3629

There has been quite a bit of discussion on this Polkadot Forum post proposing an adjustment to the current Polkadot inflation model. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/adjusting-the-current-inflation-model-to-sustain-treasury-inflow/3301

There is another interesting discussion on a potential Name Service Pallet for a Polkadot-wide naming service (similar to ENS, not a DID service). https://forum.polkadot.network/t/name-service-pallet-introduction-and-call-for-frame-devs-to-finalise-review/3480

Kusama News

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

The Kusama staking rate has increased slightly over the last week to 54.09%. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview