Polkadot Digest 6 Oct 2022

Polkadot News

Have any questions about Polkadot or Kusama? I am holding an AMA tomorrow on Reddit at 15.00 CET ( 13.00 UTC ) . https://www.reddit.com/r/Polkadot/comments/xwxxny/bill%5Flaboon%5Fama%5F7%5Foct%5F2022/

And right before that, at 14.00 CET ( 12.00 UTC), I’ll be holding an AMA with Sequester, a potential common good parachain to allow any parachain to become climate-positive. https://twitter.com/BillLaboon/status/1577665365605322752

There have been some updates to the Polkadot Staking dashboard recently, including support for nomination pools. For details, see https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1577660094787063809

With the Ending Period beginning today, Crust is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.polkadot.io#/parachains/auctions

Referendum 77, proposing to fund Chainsafe for development of Gossamer ( a Polkadot Host written in Go), is passing with 88% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/77

Referendum 74, proposing to open several HRMP channels, is passing by a wide margin with 9 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/74

Kusama News

Referendum 236, proposing to upgrade Statemine to runtime v9290, is currently passing with 99% in favor with 4 days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/236