Polkadot Digest 19 Oct 2022

Polkadot News

Referendum 79 has passed and executed, upgrading the Polkadot relay chain to runtime v9291 and Statemint to runtime v9290. Polkassembly

With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, Crust has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

Referendum 77, proposing to approve a Treasury Proposal to fund development of Gossamer, a Polkadot Host implementation written in Go, is passing with 14 days left to vote. Polkassembly

Referendum 78, proposing to set up initial configuration for Polkadot nomination pools, is currently passing with 12 days left to vote. Polkassembly

Referendum 80, seeking sufficiency for USDT on Statemint, is currently passing with 24 days left to vote. Polkassembly

“Sufficiency” means that this asset can be used for transaction fees, without having any DOT on the relevant Statemint account. For more details, see Assets on Polkadot · Polkadot Wiki

Kusama News

With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, Crust Shadow has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

Referendum 238, proposing to set the minimum validator commission to 8.5%, is failing with 68% in favor and 4 days left to vote. Polkassembly

Referendum 239, proposing to upgrade the Kusama relay chain to runtime v9300, is currently passing with 90% in favor and 6 days left to vote. Polkassembly

The staking rate on Kusama has decreased recently, and is now down to 53.6% against an ideal rate of 46.5%. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

Motion 558, proposing to fund OnFinality’s public infrastructure, is under consideration by the Kusama Council. Polkassembly

Motion 559, proposing to top up the Infrastructure Bounty, is under consideration by the Kusama Council. Polkassembly