# Polkadot Digest 12 May 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Digest\ **Created:** [May 12, 2023, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-12-may-2023/2835 "2023-05-12T07:06:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bill\_w3f](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.polkadot.network/bill_w3f/32/910_2.png) [@bill\_w3f](https://forum.polkadot.network/u/bill_w3f)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-12-may-2023/2835/1 "2023-05-12T07:06:00Z")
## Polkadot News Registration for Polkadot Decoded, 28-29 June in Copenhagen, is open. Remote viewing will be available and there are several other off-site watch parties. Details: [Polkadot Events | Upcoming Conferences, Meetups, and Hackathons](https://polkadot.network/ecosystem/events/decoded-2023/) There are now than 4 million DOT being used by over 10’000 accounts in 122 nomination pools. [https://twitter.com/dotinsights\_xyz/status/1656324764036894721](https://twitter.com/dotinsights_xyz/status/1656324764036894721) The Polkadot staking rate has increased over the last few eras to 41.58%. [Polkadot Staking Dashboard](https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview) ## Kusama News While [Bit.Country](http://bit.country/) is currently in the lead, Kabocha and Anonymous Parathread ID 2268 have both also been in the lead during the Ending Period of this parachain lease auction. [https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama](https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama) Referendum 191, proposing to close two bounties (Infrastructure and Spanish Language Context), as well as providing some contextual information via system.remark, is currently failing with 0 KSM in favor. [Polkassembly - Referendum #191](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/191) There are 13 other Referenda to be voted on. All KSM holders can vote on them here: [Polkadot/Substrate Portal](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.ibp.network%2Fkusama#/referenda)