Polkadot Digest 13 Jan 2023

Polkadot News

Final reminder: if Ref 96 passes (currently 99% in favor), Polkadot will upgrade to runtime v9340 tomorrow. This will have effects for Referenda enactment and multisig users: please read the Referendum details! https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/96

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

This means that either could win the current auction. For details, see https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-auction#mechanics-of-a-candle-auction

Referendum 94, seeding the Polkadot Alliance, has passed. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/94

There are other governance Referenda up for vote and Proposals which you can endorse to become Referenda. To vote on either, you can go to https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/democracy

If you are interested in learning more about how governance works on Polkadot, see https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-governance

Web3 Foundation, along with many other entities in the technology space, has signed an open letter calling for the US Congress to embrace a pro-privacy future. https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2023-01-10-open-source-decentralized-tech-leaders-urge-new-congress-to-defend-privacy

Kusama News

There are now 16 Referenda available to vote on via the OpenGov mechanism. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/referenda

For an overview of the OpenGov system running on Kusama, see https://medium.com/polkadot-network/gov2-polkadots-next-generation-of-decentralised-governance-4d9ef657d11b