Polkadot Digest 10 July 2023

Polkadot News

The Polkadot Blockchain Academy @AcademyPolkadot is starting tomorrow at Berkeley. https://twitter.com/AcademyPolkadot/status/1678130906983284736

There are currently 22,001 active nominators out of 43,870. Inactive nominators who are not receiving staking rewards can fast unstake (if eligible) and join nomination pools. Nomination Pools · Polkadot Wiki

With 2.5 days left in the current parachain lease auction, Peaq @peaqnetwork (crowdloan) is in the lead. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

There are 51 active Referenda up for vote on Polkadot OpenGov. Polkadot/Substrate Portal Cast your vote or delegate it through the delegation dashboard. https://delegation.polkadot.network/

Referendum 16, retroactively funding @EquilibriumDeFi for building a common Ledger app that is compatible with all parachains, is passing but needs more support to enter the confirmation period of 1 day before the decision period ends in 7 days. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/16

Referendum 21, funding Zondax @zondax for the maintenance of Ledger apps, is passing but needs more support to enter the confirmation period of 2 days before the decision period ends in 9 days. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/21

Referendum 46, funding the first Polkadot Hub @Polkadot_Hub in the Asian-Pacific Region, is not passing and needs both more approval and support to enter the confirmation period of 12 hours. The decision period ends in 15 days. See the video Polkadot Hub BALI : An Introduction - YouTube

Referendum 55, updating the Nomination Pools settings (increasing the number of pools and members, and setting the max commission to 10%), is passing but needs more support to enter the confirmation period of 10 minutes before the decision period ends in 21 days. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/55

Referendum 56, which cancels remaining auctions and introduces new auctions for leasing periods 14 and 15, is passing but needs more support to enter the confirmation period of 3 hours before the decision period ends in 22 days. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/56

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Kusama News

With 1.5 days left in the current parachain lease auction, #Heiko Finance is in the lead. Kusama Auctions and Crowdloans | Parachains.info

There are 4 active Referenda up for vote on Kusama OpenGov. Polkadot/Substrate Portal