Polkadot Digest 7 Sep 2022

Polkadot News

Referendum 72, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot runtime to v9270, has passed and the network has been upgraded. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/72

Referendum 73, proposing to upgrade the Statemint runtime to v9270, is currently passing unanimously with five days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/73

The staking rate has increased by 0.3 percentage points over the last 24 hours to 52.4%. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.polkadot.io#/staking

Kusama News

With the Ending Period starting in 18 hours, BitCountry Pioneer is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions

Referendum 227, seeking to lift restrictions on nomination pools (thus allowing 256 pools and 1024 members/pool), is passing unanimously with four days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/227

Referendum 228, proposing to upgrade Kusama to runtime 9280, is passing unanimously with six days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/228

Note that this Referendum has been fast-tracked by the Technical Committee, and if passed, will execute 600 blocks (~ 1 hour) afterwards. For more information on fast-tracking, see https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-governance#technical-committee

After a drop of 2.5 percentage points two days ago, the staking rate has increased by 2.3 percentage points over the last 24 hours to 53.8%. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/staking