Polkadot Digest 14 Nov 2023

Polkadot News

Referendum 246, proposing to cancel the Polkadot runtime upgrade (Ref 241), is passing with 100% in favor and likely to enter the confirming period soon. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/246

The Polkadot Developer Heroes Program is helping to build a strong community of developers on Polkadot; see here for details on becoming a candidate. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/introducing-the-polkadot-developer-heroes-program-to-the-community/4581

Kusama News

With less than a day to go to the end of the latest parachain lease auction, Turing Network has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

Referendum 305, setting the relay chain’s safeXcmVersion to v3, is now up for vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/305

The Westend Testnet is experiencing a slowdown in block production; developers are aware and looking into the issue.