Polkadot Digest 31 Jan 2024

Polkadot News

RFC 10, proposing to burn Coretime sales, has now been officially proposed to the Polkadot Technical Fellowship. https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/RFCs/pull/10#issuecomment-1918573224

Zondax has published an update on the progress of the Polkadot Generic Ledger App (which would allow you to use one Ledger app for any parachain). https://twitter.com/%5Fzondax%5F/status/1752393213334159677

The new Paseo community testnet is now available via Polkadot-JS App. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpaseo.rpc.amforc.com#/explorer

For more information on the Paseo testnet, see Birdo’s initial Polkadot Forum post. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/the-new-polkadot-community-testnet/4956

With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, Bifrost Polkadot has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/polkadot

Kusama News

With one day left in the current parachain lease auction, Parathread 3344 is in the lead, but Kabocha has also been in the lead during the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

This means that either could win the current parachain lease auction, due to how candle auctions work. For details, see https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-auction#mechanics-of-a-candle-auction

Referendum 333, upgrading Kusama Asset to runtime 1’001’001, is currently passing almost unanimously. It has reached sufficient support for the Whitelisted track. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/333

Referendum 334, proposing to clean up some undecodable locks and session keys, is currently passing almost unanimously. It has reached sufficient support for the Whitelisted track. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/334

Referendum 335, seeking retroactive funding for Sep - Dec 2023 for Encointer, is now up for vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/335

A new challenge period for Kappa Sigma Mu, Kusama’s on-chain society that you can join with proof-of-ink, starts today. https://ksmsociety.io/explore/bidders