Polkadot Digest 9 Sep 2022

Polkadot News

The next parachain lease auction begins tomorrow, 10 Sep, at block 11_992_000 (approx. 22:12 UTC). https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/calendar

Referendum 73, proposing to upgrade the Statemint runtime to v9270, is currently passing with 99% in favor with three days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/73

If you’re interested in understanding more about Polkadot and its governance, I gave an interview to Blockchain.com recently: https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1567783531719364617

There are now 33 Tips to be approved on Polkadot, and 18 on Kusama. Councillors, please remember to review Tips on a regular basis. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/treasury/tips

Kusama News

With approximately three days left in the current parachain auction, both BitCountry Pioneer and Quartz by Unique have been in the leading during the Ending Period. 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 with 92% in favor with three days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/227

Referendum 228, proposing to upgrade Kusama to runtime 9280, is passing with 91% in favor with four days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/228

The staking rate on Kusama continues to climb and is currently at 53.9%, a 0.1 percentage point increase from 24 hours ago.