Polkadot Digest 9 June 2023

Polkadot News

After leading the entire Ending Period, Anonymous Parathread ID 3342 won the most recent parachain lease auction. Moonbeam has announced that they are the owners of 3342. https://twitter.com/MoonbeamNetwork/status/1666813628920778754

The next parachain lease auction is scheduled to begin on 1 July, at block 16_210_200. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/#/calendar

Referendum 118, proposing to increase the number of validators in the active set to 400, has failed. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/118

Referendum 119, proposing to swap Acala to a different parachain slot, is passing with 99% in favor and six days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/119

Referendum 123, proposing to open HRMP channels between Statemint and Litentry, Composable, Polkadex, and Zeitgeist is passing with 99% in favor and 26 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/123

Kusama News

Altair is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction, with two and a half days left to go. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

There are eight active referenda in Kusama OpenGov taking place now. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2F1rpc.io%2Fksm#/referenda