Polkadot Digest 4 Apr 2024

Polkadot News

Find yourself wishing for a feature as a user of Polkadot? Please post on this Github issue which features you wish for! 🎉 Wishlist: Users · Issue #3901 · paritytech/polkadot-sdk · GitHub

There is also a similar issue for developers specifically - 🧑‍💻 Wishlist: Developers · Issue #3900 · paritytech/polkadot-sdk · GitHub

Referendum 645, setting asset rates for Treasury assets, is now up for vote and passing with 99% in favor. Set Asset Rates for Treasury Assets | Polkassembly

Note that although asset rates are set manually in this referendum, in the future the asset conversion pallet can update these rates autonomously.

Referendum 594, proposing to open HRMP channels between Asset Hub and Mythos, is passing almost unanimously. Open HRMP Channels between AssetHub and Mythos | Polkassembly

With approximately eleven hours remaining in the current parachain lease auction, Litentry has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions

Kusama News

Referendum 373, proposing to upgrade the Kusama relay chain to runtime 1.2.0 on 18 April, is now up for vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/373

Among other changes, this runtime will bring an immediate halt to parachain auctions, enable the Coretime parachain and on-demand coretime, add the Kusama People Chain, and add a new governance track, “Wish for Change”. Release Runtimes 1.2.0 · polkadot-fellows/runtimes · GitHub

With three days left in the current parachain lease auction, Parathread 3347 is in the lead, but Integritee Kusama has also been in the lead during the Ending Period. Kusama Auctions and Crowdloans | Parachains.info