Polkadot News
Phala Network has won the latest parachain lease auction. Auctions and crowdloans on Polkadot & Kusama networks | Parachains.info
The next parachain lease auction, #59, begins tomorrow morning UTC. Auctions and crowdloans on Polkadot & Kusama networks | Parachains.info
The call for speakers for Sub0 Asia 2024, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand this March, ends tomorrow. You can apply here: Sessionboard
Polkadot Blockchain Academy, Hong Kong Wave, has begun! The next wave is in Singapore starting 20 May. For more information or to register your interest, see here: Polkadot Blockchain Academy
Referendum 380, proposing to set the relay chain’s XCM safe version to v3, is now up for vote. Polkassembly - Referendum #380
Referendum 394, assigning a curator for Bounty 32 (System Parachain Collator Bounty), is now up for vote. Polkassembly - Referendum #394
Referendum 340, proposing to open an HRMP channel between AssetHub and Polimec, is passing with 99.7% in favor. Polkassembly - Referendum #340
Referendum 373, proposing retroactive funding for Polkassembly’s Fellowship product, is passing with 60.5% in favor. Polkassembly - Referendum #373
Referendum 348, cancelling Dolpha’s Referendum 341, has passed and executed. Polkassembly - Referendum #348
Referendum 349, retroactively funding a Polkadot workshop at UPR Mayaguez by Shawn Tabrizi, has passed and executed. Polkassembly - Referendum #349
Referendum 350, proposing to pre-fund Sub0 Asia 2024, has passed and executed. Polkassembly - Referendum #350
Referendum 351, proposing to deregister the Equilibrium parachain, has timed out with no decision deposit and with 0.6% in favor. Polkassembly - Referendum #351
Referendum 365, proposing to fund WagMedia for content creation for 26 weeks, has passed and executed. Polkassembly - Referendum #365
Referendum 364, proposing retroactive funding for Dot Code School PoC, has passed and executed. Polkassembly - Referendum #364
Referendum 378, proposing to reimburse the Asset Hub HRMP channel deposits for Zeitgeist and Composable Finance, has passed and executed. Polkassembly - Referendum #378
If you’ve never read “An Overview of Polkadot and its Design Considerations”, it’s a perfect way to get a deep understanding of Polkadot. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2005.13456.pdf
The staking rate on Polkadot has been relatively consistent, and is now at 50.95% Polkadot Staking Dashboard
Kusama News
Mangata X, Parathread 3340, and Litmus have won the last three parachain lease auctions on Kusama. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama
Referendum 320, proposing a new auction schedule for Kusama for 2024, has passed and executed. Polkassembly - Referendum #320
Referendum 321, proposing a new Bounty for public RPCs for the Kusama relay and system parachains, has passed and executed. Polkassembly - Referendum #321
Referendum 322, proposing funding for Kusama system parachain collators, has passed and executed. Polkassembly - Referendum #322
Referendum 324, addressing an opening block error for Kusama auctions for lease period 37, has passed and executed. Polkassembly - Referendum #324
Did you know there is an on-chain society making a “human blockchain” on Kusama, that has been active since 2020? You can find out more information on Kappa Sigma Mu here: https://ksmsociety.io/
The staking rate on Kusama has dropped slightly over the last few weeks to 50.86%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard