Polkadot News
With three and a half days left in the current parachain lease auction, Logion has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions
As part of Parity’s initiative to build a stronger decentralized ecosystem, it is scaling down the number of RPC nodes it runs and introducing further rate limits. For details, see Scaling Down of Parity’s Public Infrastructure
Referendum 231, proposing to acquire USDT via the Polkadot Treasury to pay members of the Polkadot Technical Fellowship, is now passing with 51% in favor. Polkassembly - Referendum #231
Referendum 268, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot runtime to v1’000’001, is now up for vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/268
This restores governance lock periods to 7 days in Polkadot, unlike runtime v1’000’000 which would have increased them to 28 days. Release Runtimes 1.0.1 · polkadot-fellows/runtimes · GitHub
Referendum 266, proposing to cancel Referendum 265, is passing with over 99% in favor. Polkassembly - Referendum #266
Shawn Tabrizi has posted “9 Ideas for the Decentralized Future of Polkadot” on the Polkadot Forum. 9 Ideas for the Decentralized Future of Polkadot
The staking rate (% of all DOT staked) of Polkadot has increased slightly over the last week to 50.59%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard
Kusama News
Parathread 3337 is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction, with twenty hours left to go. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama
Mangata has also been in the lead. However, both of these bids occurred after the Ending Period began, so there is a chance neither wins. For details on how candle auctions work, see Web3 and Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki
The staking rate (% of all KSM staked) of Kusama has increased slightly over the last week to 53.34%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard