Polkadot Digest 16 Aug 2023

Polkadot News

With three and a half days left in the current parachain lease auction, InvArch has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions

There is a new Referendum up for vote on the Whitelisted track that updates the parachain configuration in several ways. For details, see https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/110

The staking rate on Polkadot continues to increase, and is currently at 47.35%. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview

You can now submit Polkadot OpenGov Referenda directly via Polkassembly, including preimage construction and submission. https://twitter.com/polk%5Fgov/status/1691424678810898433

Kusama News

The current parachain lease auction has seen DAO IPCI, Bifrost, and parathread ID 2279 all in the lead during the Ending Period, with 17 hours remaining. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

Referendum 257, looking to upgrade the Encointer system parachain runtime, is now up for vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/257