Polkadot Digest 31 Aug 2022

Polkadot News

Anonymous crowdloan (para ID 2056) is in the lead of the current parachain lease auction, with eight hours to go before the Ending Period begins. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.polkadot.io#/parachains/auctions

Referendum 72, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot runtime to v9270, is currently passing unanimously with six days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/72

Note that Referendum 72 has been fast-tracked by the Technical Committee and if it passed, will execute 400 blocks (~ 40 minutes) later. https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-governance#technical-committee

Kusama News

With four and a half days left in the current parachain lease auction, Snow Network 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 225, proposing to upgrade the Kusama relay chain to runtime v9271, is passing by a wide margin with a few hours to left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/225

Referendum 226, proposing to edit the Snow crowdloan parameters, is currently failing with 21% in favor with four days left to vote. Note that the ICE/SNOW Network team has asked people to vote against this. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/226

There is a Treasury Proposal to fund the Bounty #3, meant for funding dapps and mobile wallets. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/treasury/197

There is a post on Polkassembly seeking feedback for a potential Treasury Proposal from Polkadot Hub to organize an 8-week Substrate hackathon in Latin America. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/1790

Polkadot-JS Plus has updated their potential Treasury Proposal after community feedback. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/1764#6b4f1644-3dd2-465c-8ef8-809371362e9b

There is a post seeking feedback for a potential Treasury Proposal for dubbing the Polkadot Decoded 2022 videos into Spanish. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/1780

A post on Polkassembly is seeking feedback for a potential Treasury Proposal to cover maintenance costs for Parasnaps.io, a provider of snapshots for the Polkadot and Kusama networks. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/1777