Polkadot Digest 10 Aug 2022

Polkadot News

Referendum 71, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot Relay Chain to runtime 9260, has been passed and executed. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/71

This marks the 39th forkless upgrade to the Polkadot relay chain runtime since its inception. https://polkadot.subscan.io/event?module=system&event=codeupdated&page=1&address=&startDate=&endDate=&startBlock=&endBlock=&timeType=date&version=9260

For more information on how runtime upgrades work and how they can occur without forks, see the Polkadot Wiki: https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-runtime-upgrades

With two days left in the current parachain lease auction, anonymous parathread ID 2057 has been in the lead the entire Ending Period so far.

If you are concerned about an RPC node not supporting your requests, you can run a light client in your browser yourself and interact directly with the chain. Just select “light client” in the Polkadot-JS App, or click here for an example: https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=light%3A%2F%2Fsubstrate-connect%2Fpolkadot#/parachains/auctions

Substrate Connect is open source (GPLv3-licensed) - https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-connect

Kusama News

With the Ending Period beginning in seven hours, GM Parachain is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/parachains/auctions

The Kusama Council is currently considering Motion 524, to extend the lease of the Statemine common good parachain. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/motion/524

Referendum 220, proposing to open an HRMP channel between Statemine and Calamari, is passing by a wide margin with 4 days left to vote.https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/220

Referendum 221, proposing to upgrade the Encointer common good parachain’s runtime, is currently passing by a wide margin with 4 days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/221

The staking rate continues to increase, with another 0.1 percentage point increase to 51.6%. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/staking