Polkadot Digest 27 Jan 2023

Polkadot News

Following W3F's announcement on DOT morphing into a non-security, read the thread below to learn how DOT was able to morph, what Polkadot is, and the primary goals of the network. https://twitter.com/Web3foundation/status/1618550186166620161

With less than a day left to go in the current parachain lease auction, anonymous parathreads 2104 and 2106 have both been in the lead during the Ending Period. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpublic-rpc.pinknode.io%2Fpolkadot#/parachains/auctions

The Polkadot Network blog has released a new article on DeFi parachains in the Polkadot ecosystem. https://polkadot.network/blog/a-year-in-parachains-part-1-defi/

The January community call, including news from HydraDX, DAM Finance, BitDotCountry, Manta, Subwallet, Subsocial, Origin Trail, and RMRK, can be listened to here. https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1618228474065620999?s=20&t=PtUMcpvvvZXRvAcLBGgckg

The video from the second week of the Polkadot Blockchain Academy has been released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9CBFXnkF74

The Staking Dashboard has received an overhaul, which should make it even easier to use. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview

Kusama News

Referendum 74, proposing to upgrade the Kusama Relay Chain runtime to v9370, has passed. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/74

There are now 14 active referenda up for vote in the OpenGov system. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/referenda