# Polkadot Digest 28 Apr 2023

**URL:** <https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-28-apr-2023/2739>\
**Category:** Digest\
**Created:** [April 28, 2023, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-28-apr-2023/2739 "2023-04-28T07:18:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-28-apr-2023/2739/1 "2023-04-28T07:18:40Z")

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## Polkadot News

Interested in understanding exactly how Polkadot works? Check out our newly-revamped Polkadot Specification site - [https://spec.polkadot.network/](https://spec.polkadot.network/)

The next parachain lease auction begins today at block 15\_286\_734. [https://parachains.info/auctions](https://parachains.info/auctions)

The Polkadot Auction Schedule was scheduled by the passing of Referendum 109 in March. [Polkadot Auction Schedule 2023 | Polkassembly](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/109)

For a spreadsheet of scheduled Polkadot Auctions for the rest of 2023, see [Polkadot Auctions 2023 - Google Sheets](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1audL4P9LhCIFuX9AXB5K7cQEvn4JgukBmcA_vxwYfTY/edit#gid=218733256)

Interested in talking about Governance proposals, motions, referenda, etc.? There are 521 discussions on the Polkadot Polkassembly: [Polkassembly - Discussions](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/discussions)

For more general discussions, you can check out the Polkadot Forum. [https://forum.polkadot.network/](https://forum.polkadot.network/)

Or if you are interested in other ways of interacting with the Polkadot Community, see the Community page on the Polkadot Wiki: [Community - Polkadot Wiki](https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/community)

## Kusama News

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