Polkadot Digest 19 Dec 2023

Polkadot News

The next parachain lease auction will begin on 23 Dec at block 18_720_000. Auctions and crowdloans on Polkadot & Kusama networks | Parachains.info

The first-ever Polkadot Annual Report, covering metrics from the Polkadot ecosystem in 2023, has been released. https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1736751770720731345

Reminder that Sub0 Asia will be coming to Bangkok in March 2024. You can apply to speak or join the waitlist here: sub0 Asia 2024 | The Polkadot Developer Conference | March 2024

Referendum 348, cancelling Ref 341, has passed and executed. Cancel Ref 341 - Dolpha.com seeking 150,000 DOT | Polkassembly

Kusama News

With two days left in the current parachain lease auction, Mangata X has been in the lead the entire Ending Period so far. Kusama Auctions and Crowdloans | Parachains.info

Referendum 325, seeking a 1.989 KSM tip for a Kusama Flappy Bird game, is now up for vote. KusamaFly | Polkassembly

Kusama recently passed the 21 million blocks produced mark. https://kusama.subscan.io/

Curious about Kappa Sigma Mu, the on-chain society on Kusama? You can read about it (and apply) here: https://ksmsociety.io/