# Polkadot Digest 20 Mar 2024

**URL:** <https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-20-mar-2024/6906>\
**Category:** Digest\
**Created:** [March 20, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-20-mar-2024/6906 "2024-03-20T07:43:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-20-mar-2024/6906/1 "2024-03-20T07:43:15Z")

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## Polkadot News

Version 1.9.0 of the Polkadot SDK has been released. [Release Polkadot v1.9.0 · paritytech/polkadot-sdk · GitHub](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/releases/tag/polkadot-v1.9.0)

A summary of yesterday’s Technical Fellowship OpenDev call has been posted by Alice\_und\_Bob. [https://grillapp.net/12859/2024-03-19-technical-fellowship-open-dev-call-100261?ref=8720](https://grillapp.net/12859/2024-03-19-technical-fellowship-open-dev-call-100261?ref=8720)

Data for the Polkadot relay chain as well as six parachains are now available on Dune. [Empowering Next-Level Insights: Dune Brings Polkadot and Kusama Analytics into Focus](https://polkadot.network/blog/polkadot-kusama-analytics-dune)

In the current parachain lease auction, anonymous crowdloan 3368 is in the lead, but Litentry has also been in the lead ~ 15% of the Ending Period. [https://parachains.info/auctions](https://parachains.info/auctions)

Support for the Polkadot Staking Dashboard is now available at [support.polkadot.network](http://support.polkadot.network/). The previous Canny feedback board is now deprecated. [https://twitter.com/rossbulat/status/1769937131646886182](https://twitter.com/rossbulat/status/1769937131646886182)

Barring any vote changes, Referendum 545, initializing a Kusama GRANDPA light client on the Polkadot Bridge Hub should enter the confirming period in less than 24 hours. [Polkassembly - Referendum #545](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/545)

## Kusama News

With six hours to go in the latest parachain lease auction, Basilisk has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. [https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama](https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama)

There are 14 bidders and two current candidates for Kappa Sigma Mu, the on-chain “fratority” secured by “proof of ink”. [https://ksmsociety.io/explore/bidders](https://ksmsociety.io/explore/bidders)