# Polkadot Digest 26 Oct 2023

**URL:** <https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-26-oct-2023/4435>\
**Category:** Digest\
**Created:** [October 26, 2023, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-26-oct-2023/4435 "2023-10-26T07:32:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-26-oct-2023/4435/1 "2023-10-26T07:32:11Z")

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## Polkadot News

With the Ending Period having just begun, Clover is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction. [https://parachains.info/auctions](https://parachains.info/auctions)

Reminder that users generally do not need to issue a crowdloan.refund extrinsic to receive crowdloaned DOT back. Only one account per crowdloan needs to do this, and all crowdloaned DOT from the first batch have already been returned.

[https://polkadot.subscan.io/extrinsic?address=&module=crowdloan&call=refund&result=all&signedChecked=signed only&startDate=&endDate=&startBlock=&timeType=date&version=9431&endBlock=](https://polkadot.subscan.io/extrinsic?address=&module=crowdloan&call=refund&result=all&signedChecked=signed%20only&startDate=&endDate=&startBlock=&timeType=date&version=9431&endBlock=)

There is a discussion on the Polkadot Forum about a potential bounty for making identities on Polkadot Sybil-resistant in a decentralized manner. [A Bounty to make Polkadot Sybil-Resilient](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/a-bounty-to-make-polkadot-sybil-resilient/4206)

The Polkadot staking rate has increased slightly over the last few days to 49.16%. [Polkadot Staking Dashboard](https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview)

## Kusama News

With two days left in the current parachain lease auction, Zero has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. [https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama](https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama)

Referendum 294, reducing the backing group size from 5 to 3, is passing on the Whitelisted Track. [https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/294](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/294)

Referendum 297, proposing to upgrade the Kusama runtime to v1’000’000, is passing on the Whitelisted Track. [https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/297](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/297)