# Polkadot Digest 10 Oct 2023

**URL:** <https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-10-oct-2023/4237>\
**Category:** Digest\
**Created:** [October 10, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-10-oct-2023/4237 "2023-10-10T09:14:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-10-oct-2023/4237/1 "2023-10-10T09:14:47Z")

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## Polkadot News

There are several Polkadot Technical Fellowship referenda up for vote. The first is to incorporate the Encointer runtime in the Fellowship repository. [Adopt Encointer Runtime by brenzi · Pull Request #22 · polkadot-fellows/RFCs · GitHub](https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/RFCs/pull/22)

Another referendum, #27, would allow parachains to store a list of bootnodes for a parachain on the relay chain DHT, is also up for vote. [https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/RFCs/pull/8](https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/RFCs/pull/8)

Interested in learning how one becomes a member of the Polkadot Fellowship, or becoming a member yourself? As always, check out the Polkadot Wiki: h

[ttps://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-polkadot-opengov#becoming-a-fellowship-member](https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-polkadot-opengov#becoming-a-fellowship-member)

Referendum 166, proposing to adjust the algorithm for determining the ideal staking rate, is currently passing with 99% in favor. [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/166](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/166)

Referendum 179, proposing to approve a Treasury Proposal for the Polkadot Blockchain Academy, is passing with 77% in favor. [Polkassembly - Referendum #179](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/179)

Filippo Franchini, Technical Educator at W3F, has created a nice comic/description of asynchronous backing with a kitchen analogy. [https://twitter.com/filippoweb3/status/1711301599656546593](https://twitter.com/filippoweb3/status/1711301599656546593)

For more information on asynchronous backing, you can read the Polkadot Wiki: [Asynchronous Backing (Pipelining) - Polkadot Wiki](https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-async-backing)

## Kusama News

Crust Shadow has won the most recent parachain lease auction. [https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama](https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama)

Referendum 286, proposing to extend the lease of Encointer system parachain, is now up for vote. [Polkassembly - Referendum #286](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/286)