Polkadot Digest 31 Jan 2024

Polkadot News

RFC 10, proposing to burn Coretime sales, has now been recommended to be proposed to the Polkadot Technical Fellowship. Burn Revenue from Coretime Sales by jonasW3F · Pull Request #10 · polkadot-fellows/RFCs · GitHub

Zondax has published an update on the progress of the Polkadot Generic Ledger App (which would allow you to use one Ledger app for any parachain). https://twitter.com/_zondax_/status/1752393213334159677

The new Paseo community testnet is now available via Polkadot-JS App. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

For more information on the Paseo testnet, see Birdo’s initial Polkadot Forum post. The new Polkadot community testnet

With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, Bifrost Polkadot has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. Polkadot Auctions and Crowdloans | Parachains.info

Kusama News

With one day left in the current parachain lease auction, Parathread 3344 is in the lead, but Kabocha has also been in the lead during the Ending Period. Kusama Auctions and Crowdloans | Parachains.info

This means that either could win the current parachain lease auction, due to how candle auctions work. For details, see Parachain Slot Auctions · Polkadot Wiki

Referendum 333, upgrading Kusama Asset to runtime 1’001’001, is currently passing almost unanimously. It has reached sufficient support for the Whitelisted track. Upgrade Kusama Asset Hub to Patch Release v1.1.1 | Polkassembly

Referendum 334, proposing to clean up some undecodable locks and session keys, is currently passing almost unanimously. It has reached sufficient support for the Whitelisted track. Clean up undecodable Locks and SessionKeys | Polkassembly

Referendum 335, seeking retroactive funding for Sep - Dec 2023 for Encointer, is now up for vote. Encointer Retroactive Funding for Sep-Dec 2023 | Polkassembly

A new challenge period for Kappa Sigma Mu, Kusama’s on-chain society that you can join with proof-of-ink, starts today. https://ksmsociety.io/explore/bidders