# Polkadot Digest 25 Aug 2023

**URL:** <https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-25-aug-2023/3785>\
**Category:** Digest\
**Created:** [August 25, 2023, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-25-aug-2023/3785 "2023-08-25T08:56:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-25-aug-2023/3785/1 "2023-08-25T08:56:47Z")

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## Polkadot News

A new parachain auction has begun, and Astar is currently in the lead, with the Ending Period starting in ~ 36 hours. [Polkadot Auctions and Crowdloans | Parachains.info](https://parachains.info/auctions/polkadot)

Referendum 132, proposing to unbrick the Nodle parachain via forceSetCode, is now up for vote. [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/132](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/132)

In-person tickets for Sub0, the Polkadot Developers’ Conference, are now sold out. You can still register for free online tickets. [https://sub0.polkadot.network/](https://sub0.polkadot.network/)

A recording of yesterday’s Polkadot Community Call, featuring discussions of several recent referenda among other things, is available here: [https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1694711758672494890](https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1694711758672494890)

## Kusama News

With three and a half days left in the current parachain lease auction, Bifrost Kusama has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. [https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama](https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama)