Polkadot Digest 10 Oct 2023

Polkadot News

There are several Polkadot Technical Fellowship referenda up for vote. The first is to incorporate the Encointer runtime in the Fellowship repository. https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/RFCs/pull/22

Another referendum, #27, would allow parachains to store a list of bootnodes for a parachain on the relay chain DHT, is also up for vote. https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/RFCs/pull/8

Interested in learning how one becomes a member of the Polkadot Fellowship, or becoming a member yourself? As always, check out the Polkadot Wiki: https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-polkadot-opengov#becoming-a-fellowship-member

Referendum 166, proposing to adjust the algorithm for determining the ideal staking rate, is currently passing with 99% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/166

Referendum 179, proposing to approve a Treasury Proposal for the Polkadot Blockchain Academy, is passing with 77% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/179

Filippo Franchini, Technical Educator at W3F, has created a nice comic/description of asynchronous backing with a kitchen analogy. https://twitter.com/filippoweb3/status/1711301599656546593

For more information on asynchronous backing, you can read the Polkadot Wiki: https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-async-backing

Kusama News

Crust Shadow has won the most recent parachain lease auction. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

Referendum 286, proposing to extend the lease of Encointer system parachain, is now up for vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/286