Polkadot Digest 23 Jan 2023

Polkadot News

With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, parathread ID 2104 has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

Referendum 98, proposing to modify the genesis block Wasm of the Bittensor parachain, is passing unanimously with 12 days left to vote. Update genesis state WASM to 2097 | Polkassembly

Shawn Tabrizi has posted an in-depth forum post on the technical differences between Cosmos’s and Polkadot’s approaches to shared security. What are some differences between Substrate and Cosmos SDK? - #8 by shawntabrizi

Kusama News

Referendum 53, proposing to register the Bridge Hub parachain, eventually providing a gateway to other networks such as Ethereum and Polkadot, has been confirmed. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/53

For more details on the Kusama Bridge Hub, see Release Kusama BridgeHub Genesis · paritytech/cumulus · GitHub

There are currently 15 active Referenda on the Kusama OpenGov system. You can see them and vote on them here: Polkadot/Substrate Portal

Moonriver has been in the lead in the entire Ending Period of the current parachain lease auction. Note that they are only bidding for lease periods 28 - 34. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

There is a Treasury Proposal up for vote via OpenGov to fund Polkassembly’s ongoing support and development for OpenGov. Polkassembly - Referendum #75

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