Polkadot News
The next parachain auction begins on 28 Jan at block 19_238_400. Auctions and crowdloans on Polkadot & Kusama networks | Parachains.info
Referendum 433, proposing a tip for adding the try-state hook in the Tip and Vesting pallets, has passed. Polkassembly - Referendum #433
Tips for contributions to Polkadot SDK can be initiated on Github. Example from Ref 433: Adding `try_state` hook for Vesting pallet by Doordashcon · Pull Request #2847 · paritytech/polkadot-sdk · GitHub
Referendum 394, assigning a curator to Bounty 32 (System Parachains Collator Bounty), is passing with 99.6% in favor. Polkassembly - Referendum #394
Referendum 416, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot runtime to v1’001’000, is passing almost unanimously. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/416
Referendum 440, proposing to clean up an undecodable storage entry, is passing with 73% in favor. Polkassembly - Referendum #440
Kusama News
Kusama validators - please ensure that you have updated to the latest client version (1.6.0) and have rotated your session keys to generate BEEFY keys. You can check if your validator has BEEFY keys here: ParaNodes - Polkadot and Kusama Validator
BEEFY is a secondary protocol to allow efficient bridging between consensus systems. For details, see Proof of Stake Consensus | Polkadot Developer Docs
With one day left in the current parachain lease auction, Sora Kusama has been in the lead the vast majority of the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama