Polkadot Digest 12 Jan 2023

Polkadot News

Reminder that if Referendum 96 passes (currently 99% in favor), Polkadot will upgrade to runtime v9340 on Saturday 14 Jan. This will have several effects for future Referenda enactment and multisig users: please read the Referendum details! https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/96

The Web3 Foundation research team has released a new paper, “Sassafras and Semi-Anonymous Single Leader Election”. https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/031.pdf

With three days left in the current parachain lease auction, Hashed Network and anonymous parathread ID 2101 have both been in the lead during the Ending Period. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.polkadot.io#/parachains/auctions

With 14 hours left to vote on Referendum 94, proposing to seed the Polkadot Alliance with initial members, is passing with 97% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/94

With 4 days left to vote, Referendum 97, seeking to unbrick the Bitgreen parachain, is passing unanimously. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/97

With 23 days left to vote, Referendum 98, proposing to update the parathread ID in the genesis state Wasm of Bittensor parachain, is passing with 99% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/97

Referendum 99, proposing to upgrade the Statemint and Collectives system parachain code to runtime v9360, is currently passing unanimously with six days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/97

Note that this Referendum was fast-tracked by the Technical Committee and will enact shortly after passing. https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-opengov#technical-committee

Kusama News

Bittensor Kusama has won the most recent parachain lease auction. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama-65-67#timeline%5Fkusama-65-67

There are now 15 active OpenGov Referenda up for vote. You can see details here: https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/referenda

There is a legacy Democracy Referendum up for vote, but the proposer has asked for it to be ignored. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/259