Polkadot Digest 30 Oct 2023

Polkadot News

Version 1.1 of the Staking Dashboard has been released, with better view of validator performance metrics, validator rank, Metamask support, and other UI improvements. https://twitter.com/rossbulat/status/1718910809118826818

With thirteen hours left in the current parachain lease auction, Clover has been in the lead the majority of the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions

Radha Dasari, Technical Education Lead at W3F, has given a talk on Web3 and XR. https://twitter.com/DrW3RK/status/1718190810817057267

The staking rate on Polkadot has increased from 48.72% one week ago to 50.5% today. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview

An increase in the staking rate has an effect on staking rewards. For details, see https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-inflation

Kusama News

Although Zero was in the lead for ~ 93% of the blocks in the last parachain lease auction, nobody won the lease because the candle blew out in the part of the Ending Period before they bid. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama-104-110

This is expected behavior, to encourage bidders to put their best bid up immediately. For details on how candle auctions work, see https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-auction#mechanics-of-a-candle-auction

With three days left in the current parachain lease auction, Zero has been in the lead the majority of the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

Referendum 297, proposing to upgrade Kusama to runtime v1_000_000, has been confirmed. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/297

The enactment of Ref 297 is scheduled for block 20_435_000 (~ 6 Nov 2023). https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/297

The staking rate on Kusama has remained relatively constant at 54.69%. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview