# Polkadot Digest 3 Jan 2023

**URL:** <https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-3-jan-2023/1586>\
**Category:** Digest\
**Created:** [January 3, 2023, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-3-jan-2023/1586 "2023-01-03T09:05:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-3-jan-2023/1586/1 "2023-01-03T09:05:27Z")

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## Polkadot News

Gavin Wood has published the Polkadot 2022 Roundup. [Polkadot 2022 Roundup](https://polkadot.network/blog/polkadot-2022-roundup/)

Videos from the 2022 Sub0 Conference are now all available online. [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOyWqupZ-WGvywLqJDsMIYdCn8QEa2ShQ](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOyWqupZ-WGvywLqJDsMIYdCn8QEa2ShQ)

Pendulum has won the most recent parachain lease auction. [Polkadot Auctions #33-39 and Crowdloans | Parachains.info](https://parachains.info/auctions/polkadot-33-39#timeline_polkadot-33-39)

Anonymous parathread ID 2097 has been in the lead the entire Ending Period of the current parachain lease auction. [Polkadot/Substrate Portal](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/crowdloan)

Referendum 91, increasing the maximum number of nomination pools from 64 to 128, is currently passing almost unanimously (\> 99.9% in favor) with two days left to vote. [Increasing Max Number of Nomination Pools | Polkassembly](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/91)

Referendum 93, proposing a new registrar but including no other contextual information, is currently failing with 3% in favor and four days left to vote. [On chain council motion | Polkassembly](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/93)

Referendum 94, proposing to seed the Polkadot Alliance, is currently passing with 97% in favor and 9 days left to vote. [The Seeding of the Polkadot Alliance: Fighting for an open source culture and open collaboration that benefits the Polkadot ecosystem | Polkassembly](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/94)

Referendum 96, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot runtime to v9340, is currently passing almost unanimously (\>99.9% in favor) with 11 days left to vote. [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/96](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/96)

The staking rate on Polkadot has decreased over the last two weeks to 44.4%. [Polkadot/Substrate Portal](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/staking)

## Kusama News

Robonomics has won the most recent parachain lease auction. [Kusama Auctions #59-64 and Crowdloans | Parachains.info](https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama-59-64)

Bittensor and anonymous parathread ID 2243 have both been in the lead during the ending period of the current parachain lease auction. [Polkadot/Substrate Portal](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions)

Bittensor has submitted a Referendum to change the genesis Wasm blob for their parathread. [https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/referendum/48](https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/referendum/48)

Four OpenGov referenda are currently up for vote. [Polkadot/Substrate Portal](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/referenda)

The staking rate on Kusama has increased slightly to 49.9%. [Polkadot/Substrate Portal](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/staking)