Polkadot Digest 12 Sep 2022

Polkadot News

Bitgreen is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction, with a few hours to go before the Ending Period starts. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions

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

Reminder that Sub0 - the Polkadot Developer Conference - is coming again on 28 - 29 November in Lisbon. Apply to attend here: https://sub0.polkadot.network/

Kusama News

BitCountry Pioneer has won the most recent parachain lease auction. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/parathreads

The next parachain lease auction will begin at block 14_515_200 (approximately 19 Sep at 07:18 UTC) https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/calendar

Referendum 227, seeking to lift restrictions on nomination pools (thus allowing 256 pools and 1024 members/pool), has passed. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/227

Referendum 228, proposing to upgrade Kusama to runtime 9280, is passing with 94% in favor with one day left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/228

Referendum 229, a proposal which was admitted to be a mistake by the originator, is failing with 2% in favor. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/229