Polkadot Digest 19 Aug 2022

Polkadot News

With the Ending Period beginning in five hours, Kylin is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions

Referendum 70, proposing to increase the maximum number of HRMP channels from 10 to 30, is currently passing by a wide margin with 7 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/70

I will be holding my 11th Polkadot AMA on Reddit today at 13.00 UTC - https://www.reddit.com/r/Polkadot/comments/wrcy7q/bill%5Flaboon%5Fama%5F19%5Faug%5F1300%5F1400%5Futc/

Kusama News

With three days left in the current parachain lease auction, Parathread 2130 has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions

Referendum 222, proposing to extend the lease of the Statemine common good parachain, is currently passing by a wide margin with two days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/222

Referendum 223, proposing to upgrade Statemine to runtime v9270, is passing by a wide margin with six days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/223