Polkadot Digest 19 Oct 2022

Polkadot News

Referendum 79 has passed and executed, upgrading the Polkadot relay chain to runtime v9291 and Statemint to runtime v9290. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/79

With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, Crust has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions

Referendum 77, proposing to approve a Treasury Proposal to fund development of Gossamer, a Polkadot Host implementation written in Go, is passing with 14 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/77

Referendum 78, proposing to set up initial configuration for Polkadot nomination pools, is currently passing with 12 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/78

Referendum 80, seeking sufficiency for USDT on Statemint, is currently passing with 24 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/80

“Sufficiency” means that this asset can be used for transaction fees, without having any DOT on the relevant Statemint account. For more details, see https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/build-integrate-assets#assets-basics

Kusama News

With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, Crust Shadow has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/parachains/auctions

Referendum 238, proposing to set the minimum validator commission to 8.5%, is failing with 68% in favor and 4 days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/238

Referendum 239, proposing to upgrade the Kusama relay chain to runtime v9300, is currently passing with 90% in favor and 6 days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/239

The staking rate on Kusama has decreased recently, and is now down to 53.6% against an ideal rate of 46.5%. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/staking

Motion 558, proposing to fund OnFinality’s public infrastructure, is under consideration by the Kusama Council. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/motion/558

Motion 559, proposing to top up the Infrastructure Bounty, is under consideration by the Kusama Council. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/motion/559