# Polkadot Digest 5 Jan 2023

**URL:** <https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-5-jan-2023/1619>\
**Category:** Digest\
**Created:** [January 5, 2023, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-5-jan-2023/1619 "2023-01-05T09:53:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-5-jan-2023/1619/1 "2023-01-05T09:53:30Z")

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## Polkadot News

Referendum 91, increasing the maximum number of nomination pools from 64 to 128, is currently passing with 99% in favor with only a few hours left to vote. [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/91](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 3 days left to vote. [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/93](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/93)

Referendum 94, proposing to seed the Polkadot Alliance, is currently passing with 97% in favor and 7 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 9 days left to vote. [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/96](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/96)

Referendum 97, proposing to unbrick the Bitgreen parachain, is currently passing unanimously with 11 days left to vote. [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/97](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/97)

Note that Referenda 91, 94, 96, and 97 have all been fast-tracked by the Technical Committee and will activate (if passed) soon after the vote ends. [Web3 and Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki](https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-governance#technical-committee)

Daniel Schoenberger, CLO of Web3 Foundation, along with Josh Klayman (Linklaters) and Angela Dalton (Signum Growth Capital) was interviewed on Web3 Wednesdays, about DOT morphing. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-fzE4PXZG8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-fzE4PXZG8)

## Kusama News

There are now seven Referenda up for vote using the new OpenGov process on Kusama. [Polkadot/Substrate Portal](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/referenda)