Polkadot News
An initial proposal for pricing of coretime on Polkadot and Kusama has been posted on the Polkadot Forum. Feedback is welcome. Initial Coretime Pricing - #6 by pdmerritt
Messari has released its “State of Polkadot Q4 2023”. Highlights include a 93% QoQ increase in active addresses, a 150% QoQ increase in XCM transfers, and a Nakamoto coefficient of 93. https://messari.io/report/state-of-polkadot-q4-2023
With two days left in the current parachain lease auction, Bifrost Polkadot has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. Polkadot Auctions and Crowdloans | Parachains.info
After community voting, Polkadot Decoded will be held in Brussels this year. https://twitter.com/PolkadotDecoded/status/1753032290496569352
The Polkadot staking rate has been increasing this week and stands now at 52.75%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard | Polkadot Staking (DOT)
Kusama News
Kabocha has won the most recent parachain lease auction. Kusama Auctions and Crowdloans | Parachains.info
Although Parathread 3344 bid more by the end, the ending block in a candle auction is determined retroactively, and this time occurred while Kabocha was in the lead. For details on how candle auctions work, see Parachain Slot Auctions · Polkadot Wiki
A new parachain auction has begun and Parathread 3344 is in the lead. The Ending Period begins today. Kusama Auctions and Crowdloans | Parachains.info
Referendum 339, proposing to upgrade the Kusama Runtime to v1’001’002.
The Kusama staking rate has been increasing this week and now stands at 53.04%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard | Polkadot Staking (DOT)