Polkadot Digest 25 Jan 2023

Polkadot News

With 2 days left in the current parachain lease auction, Parathread ID 2104 has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

The staking rate on Polkadot has increased over 2 percentage points since the last era, to 47.9%. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

Kusama News

With less than a day to go in the current parachain lease auction, Moonriver has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

There are now 16 Referenda available to vote on in the OpenGov system. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

There is a post seeking feedback on increasing the validator minimum commission rate on Kusama (from 3% to 10%). Polkassembly - Referendum proposal - Increasing the Validator minimum commission rate #1993

There is a post seeking feedback for a Treasury Proposal for Subsquid integration with the Polkascan block explorer. Polkassembly - Subsquid integration with Polkascan block explorer (upcoming Treasury Proposal) #2157

There is a post seeking feedback for a Treasury Proposal for maintenance of the substrate-api-client by Supercomputing Systems. Polkassembly - Maintenance for the substrate-api-client Feb-23 to Apr-23 #2159

There is a post seeking feedback for a potential Treasury Proposal for funding GMI crypto media, a network public service podcast series. Polkassembly - Proposal: GMI crypto media, an original network public service podcast series #2158

There is a post seeking feedback on renewing funding for the NFT Content Creators initially funded by Bounty 12. Polkassembly - 6 Month Funding for NFT Content Creation Guild #2101

On the Gov1 side, Referendum 261, which has provided no contextual information on what it is proposing, is currently failing with slightly over 0% in favor and 6 days left to vote. Untitled - Referendum | Polkassembly