Polkadot Digest 16 Feb 2023

Polkadot News

Radha, Tech Ed Lead at W3F, gave a talk at Messari Mainnet on the new OpenGov system coming to Polkadot (and already live on Kusama). https://twitter.com/DrW3RK/status/1625956631056986113

Motion 348, adding a new batch of HRMP channels (for HydraDX, Kapex, Ajuna, Pendulum, and Litentry) has passed Council vote and now goes as a Referendum for vote by all DOT holders. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/motion/348

Motion 350, proposing to approve a Treasury Proposal for 1TRIBE Radio, is under consideration by the Polkadot Council. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/motion/350

Referendum 105, proposing to update system parachains to runtime v9370, is now up for vote and passing almost unanimously. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/105

The staking rate on Polkadot has increased slightly to 47.32%. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview

Remember that you can now stake directly on-chain in an entirely decentralized, trustless way with as little 1 DOT using nomination pools. https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-nomination-pools

Kusama News

Turing Network has won the most recent parachain lease auction. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama-65-69#kusama%5Fauction%5F69

OpenGov Referendum 101, proposing a new Kusama auction schedule for 2023, is up for vote, with 100% in favor. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/101

There are now 14 Referenda for vote using in the OpenGov system. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.public.curie.radiumblock.co%2Fws#/referenda

Legacy Referendum 264, proposing to replace the current runtime code with the text “test how to proposal”, is failing with 1% in favor. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/264