# Polkadot Digest 27 Oct 2023

**URL:** <https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-27-oct-2023/4445>\
**Category:** Digest\
**Created:** [October 27, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-27-oct-2023/4445 "2023-10-27T08:59:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-27-oct-2023/4445/1 "2023-10-27T08:59:04Z")

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## Polkadot News

The staking rate on Polkadot continues to increase and is now at 49.63%. [Polkadot Staking Dashboard](https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview)

With three and a half days left in the current parachain lease auction, Clover Finance has been in the lead for the vast majority of the Ending Period. [https://parachains.info/auctions](https://parachains.info/auctions)

Referendum 204, proposing to kill Referendum 203 (slashing its submission and decision deposits), is currently passing. [Polkassembly - Referendum #204](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/204)

Wondering where you can discuss Polkadot with other interested people? Check out the Polkadot Wiki’s Community page: [Community - Polkadot Wiki](https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/community)

## Kusama News

With less than a day left in the current parachain lease auction, Zero has been in the lead the vast majority of the Ending Period. [https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama](https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama)

Referendum 297, proposing to upgrade the Kusama relay chain runtime to v1’000’000, is currently failing with 64% in favor. [https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/297](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/297)

Referendum 294, proposing to reduce the backing group size from 5 to 3, is passing with 99.8% in favor. [Polkassembly - Referendum #294](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/294)

There are nine other Referenda up for vote on Polkadot OpenGov. [Polkadot/Substrate Portal](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.ibp.network%2Fkusama#/referenda)