Polkadot Digest 23 Sep 2022

Polkadot News

With the Ending Period starting tomorrow, OAK Network is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

A summary of the latest Polkadot Governance Community Call has been posted here: Community Call Sept 2022: Polkadot Governance Recap

With 21 days left to vote, Referendum 74, aiming to open several HRMP channels to Statemint, is passing unanimously. Second Batch Of Statemint HRMP Channels (replacing motions 256 and 257) | Polkassembly

With 3 days left to vote, Referendum 75, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot relay chain runtime to v9820 is passing by a wide margin. Polkadot Runtime Upgrade to v0.9.28 | Polkassembly

Note that Referendum 75 has been fast-tracked by the Technical Committee. If passed, it will execute after only 400 blocks (~ 40 minutes). Web3 and Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki

Three Treasury Proposals are currently under consideration by the Polkadot Council. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

Kusama News

With two days left in the current parachain lease auction, QUARTZ by UNIQUE has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

A summary of the latest Kusama Governance Community Call has been posted here: Community Call Sept 2022: Kusama Governance Recap

Referendum 230 is currently passing with 78% in favor with three days left to vote. This is a simple referendum making a batch call to remark “Expect chaos”. https://kusama.subsquare.io/democracy/referendum/230

Referendum 231, proposing to upgrade the Kusama Relay Chain runtime to v9290, is currently passing by a wide margin with 5 days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/231

Note that Referendum 231 has been fast-tracked by the Technical Committee. If passed, it will execute after only 400 blocks (~ 40 minutes). Web3 and Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki

The staking rate on Kusama has continued to increase, rising 0.7 percentage points to 55.5% over the last two days. Polkadot/Substrate Portal