Polkadot Digest 31 Oct 2023

Polkadot News

Although Parallel Finance ended the Ending Period with the most DOT bid, Clover Finance won the latest parachain lease auction due to when the auction ended. https://parachains.info/auctions

For details on how candle auctions work, see https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-auction#mechanics-of-a-candle-auction

The next Polkadot Community Call will be today at 15.00 UTC, featuring guests from seven different parachain teams. https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1719046972030566474

Interested in exploring wallets, applications, and programs on Polkadot? Check out the Polkadot Wiki’s new Explore section - https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/explore-index

There is an ongoing debate on RFC-10 proposing to burn DOT used for coretime sales. https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/RFCs/pull/10

Kusama News

Shiden Network is in the lead in the current parachain auction, but Zero has been in the lead for ~ 29% of the Ending Period as well. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

The staking rate on Kusama has dropped over one percentage point since yesterday, to 53.62%. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview