Polkadot Digest 12 Oct 2023

Polkadot News

A new parachain auction has begun and anonymous parathread ID 3353 is currently in the lead. Auctions and crowdloans on Polkadot & Kusama networks | Parachains.info

Nodle Network is lending Parallel Finance their previous parachain lease, essentially extending the Parallel lease another 3 months. https://twitter.com/NodleNetwork/status/1712131596520951902

Referendum 139, proposing to swap leases for Moonbeam, has confirmed. Moonbeam: Swap Leases with Parachain 3342 | Polkassembly

There is often confusion on Polkadot’s inflation, Treasury funding, and staking rewards. Filippo Franchini, Technical Educator at W3F, has explained it with an easy-to-understand chart. https://twitter.com/filippoweb3/status/1712368479762829518

I will be participating in a Twitter Space today at 14.00 UTC covering MetaMask Snap functionality with Polkadot. https://twitter.com/ChainSafeth/status/1706318320834646498

If you are interested in deeper discussion on what is happening in Polkadot, please check out the Polkadot Forum. https://forum.polkadot.network/

Kusama News

With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, Genshiro has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. Kusama Auctions and Crowdloans | Parachains.info