Polkadot Digest 23 Aug 2022

Polkadot News

With one day left in the current parachain lease auction, Kylin has been in the lead the entire Ending Period so far. 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 4 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/70

There is a post from Kian (Parity engineer) proposing slightly increasing nomination limits. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1224

Although the Digest focuses on the Polkadot and Kusama relay chains, there is quite a bit happening in the broader ecosystem. See the Polkadot Roundup for some details on what’s happened in the last week here: https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1561754666987360257

Kusama News

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

Referendum 224, to fix the opening of an HRMP channel between Statemine and Robonomics, is passing unanimously with five days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/224

The staking rate on the Kusama relay chain has increased to 53.0%, a 0.2 percentage point increase in the last 24 hours. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/staking