# Polkadot Digest 28 Aug 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Digest\ **Created:** [August 28, 2023, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-28-aug-2023/3795 "2023-08-28T08:32:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bill\_w3f](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.polkadot.network/bill_w3f/32/910_2.png) [@bill\_w3f](https://forum.polkadot.network/u/bill_w3f)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-28-aug-2023/3795/1 "2023-08-28T08:32:14Z")
## Polkadot News With 3 and a half days left in the current parachain lease auction, Astar has been in the lead the majority of the Ending Period, but Sora has also been in the lead for a few blocks. [https://parachains.info/auctions](https://parachains.info/auctions) This means that either could win the auction, due to how candle auctions work. For details, see [Web3 and Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki](https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-auction#mechanics-of-a-candle-auction) Referendum 132, proposing to unbrick the Nodle parachain via forceSetCode, is currently passing almost unanimously. [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/132](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/132) As it is on the Root track, it will also require a significant amount of support (% of DOT total issuance) to pass quickly. Currently it has 1.7% support. For details, see the Polkadot Wiki: [Infrastructure | Polkadot Developer Docs](https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/maintain-guides-polkadot-opengov#root) Referendum 130, proposing to cancel the old auction schedule (superseded by a newer schedule), is now up for vote on the Whitelisted Track. [Polkassembly - Referendum #130](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/130) Note that this was part of Ref 56, but since that was on the AuctionSchedule track, it could only introduce new parachain lease auctions, not cancel previously-scheduled ones. [Polkassembly - Referendum #56](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/56) The staking rate (% of total issuance locked for staking) has remained relatively steady at 48.65%. [Polkadot Staking Dashboard](https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview) ## Kusama News With half a day left in the current parachain lease auction, Bifrost Kusama has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. [https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama](https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama) Referendum 258, proposing to set DOT as a sufficient asset on Kusama Asset Hub, passed, but was not whitelisted on time and thus did not execute. [Polkassembly - Referendum #258](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/258) The whitelisting vote is currently confirming; assuming it is whitelisted, the original Referendum is planned to be re-proposed. [https://kusama.subsquare.io/fellowship/referenda/47](https://kusama.subsquare.io/fellowship/referenda/47) The Kusama staking rate has decreased slightly to 54.33%. [Polkadot Staking Dashboard](https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview)