Polkadot Digest 29 Sep 2022

Polkadot News

With 10 hours left in the current parachain lease auction, OAK Network has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/security-vulnerability-executing-unauthorized-xcm-messages/553

Referendum 74, proposing to open several HRMP channels, is passing unanimously with 15 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/74

Referendum 76, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot relay chain runtime to v9281, has passed. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/76

This runtime upgrade has fixed a security vulnerability found by SRLabs. For details, see https://forum.polkadot.network/t/security-vulnerability-executing-unauthorized-xcm-messages/553

Kusama News

With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, anonymous parathread ID 2223 is in the lead. DAO IPCI was also in the lead during the Ending Period. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions

Referendum 235, proposing to upgrade the Kusama Relay Chain to runtime v9291, has passed. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/235

Referendum 231, proposing to upgrade the Kusama Relay Chain to runtime v9290, has failed. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/231

Referendum 233, extending the Picasso parachain’s by swapping two lease slots, is passing with 99% in favor and 4 days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/233

Referendum 234, approving a Treasury Proposal for WagMedia, is passing with 83% in favor with four days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/234

Note that there have been some finality issues on the Westend Testnet. For details, see https://hackmd.io/cxRTwTmGQpKHGYZirRZCRQ