Polkadot Digest 9 Oct 2023

Polkadot News

Polimec, aka “Parathread 3344”, has won the most recent parachain lease auction. https://parachains.info/auctions

The next parachain lease auction begins approximately 12 October, at block 17_683_200. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot-rpc-tn.dwellir.com#/calendar

Kagome, the C++ version of the Polkadot Host, has released version 0.9.2, including such features as BEEFY consensus and using C++20. https://github.com/qdrvm/kagome/releases/tag/v0.9.2

For more information on BEEFY, please see the Polkadot Wiki: https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-consensus#bridging-beefy

There is a new post from Encointer on the Polkadot Forum on a bounty to make Polkadot Sybil-resistant. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/a-bounty-to-make-polkadot-sybil-resilient/4206

Did you know that the W3F Technical Education Team has made over 80 videos to explain different aspects of Polkadot and how to use them? https://twitter.com/filippoweb3/status/1711015226546561343

The Polkadot staking rate has increased slightly over the last week to 48.8%. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview

Kusama News

With less than a day to go in the current parachain lease, Crust Shadow is in the lead, but Genshiro and Zero have also both been in the lead during the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

Reminder that Kusama, like Polkadot, uses a candle auction to determine the winner of an auction, so any of these teams could win: https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-auction#mechanics-of-a-candle-auction

The Kusama staking rate has dipped slightly over the last week, and sits currently at 54.81%. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview