Polkadot Digest 10 Jul 2024

Polkadot News

Referendum 972, proposing to onboard People Chain with all identity info taken from the Relay Chain, is now up for vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/972

Referendum 973, proposing to update HRMP channel limits, is now up for vote. This replaces Ref 896 which failed due to a hardcoded limit. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/973

Ava Protocol was in the lead the entire Ending Period and will win the current parachain lease auction. https://parachains.info/auctions

I will be giving having a discussion on X on Cardano and Polkadot on-chain governance today at 13.00 UTC. https://x.com/CatalystSwarm/status/1810703467301814657

I will be discussing Polkadot OpenGov and Treasury Proposals on a Twitter Space at 14.30 UTC today. https://x.com/Polkadot/status/1810613348632846495

Polkadot Decoded starts tomorrow. If you have an EthCC ticket, you can register for Polkadot Decoded for free. https://x.com/filippoweb3/status/1810586213457289662

Kusama News

Referendum 416, proposing to increase the maximum number of parachain validators to 500 and max_validators_per_core to 5, is passing with over 99% in favor. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/416