Polkadot News
Moonsama has won the most recent parachain lease auction. Polkadot Auctions and Crowdloans | Parachains.info
Referendum 112, proposing to immediately increase the number of validators in the active set from 297 to 500, is currently failing with 71% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/112
Referendum 108, proposing to fix the genesis registration for the Manta parachain but was superseded by Ref 110, did not pass. [Superseded by Referendum #110] Fix genesis registration for Manta Parachain | Polkassembly
The Encode Club Polkadot Hackathon begins on 11 April. For details and registration, see Discover Typeform, where forms = fun
Shawn Tabrizi gave a talk on “What is Shared Security?” at EthDenver 2023. For a recording of the talk, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwF6KNQghpc
Kusama News
There are now 10 Kusama OpenGov referenda up for vote. Polkadot/Substrate Portal