# Polkadot Digest 9 Jan 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Digest\ **Created:** [January 9, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-9-jan-2024/5569 "2024-01-09T06:35:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bill\_w3f](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.polkadot.network/bill_w3f/32/910_2.png) [@bill\_w3f](https://forum.polkadot.network/u/bill_w3f)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-9-jan-2024/5569/1 "2024-01-09T06:35:28Z")
## Polkadot News With two days left in the current parachain lease auction, Parathread 3358 has been in the lead the majority of the time in the Ending Period, but Sora lead for ~ 5% of blocks. [https://parachains.info/auctions](https://parachains.info/auctions) Web3 Foundation continues to fund interesting projects providing value to the Polkadot ecosystem. [https://twitter.com/Web3foundation/status/1744337541233270861](https://twitter.com/Web3foundation/status/1744337541233270861) Besides the traditional Grants Program, W3F has also started the Decentralized Futures program, providing 20 million USD and 5 million DOT to teams looking to grow and decentralize Polkadot. [https://futures.web3.foundation/](https://futures.web3.foundation/) Referendum 400, approving all Dan V and VI members in the Polkadot Technical Fellowship, is now up for vote. [Polkassembly - Referendum #400](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/400) “Approval-Based Committee Voting in Practice: A Case Study of (over-)Representation in the Polkadot Blockchain,” which has two W3F co-authors (Jonas Gehrlein and Alfonso Cevallos) has been accepted by the AAAI. [https://twitter.com/GehrleinJonas/status/1744304667742404985](https://twitter.com/GehrleinJonas/status/1744304667742404985) ## Kusama News With the Ending Period starting shortly for the current parachain lease auction, Darwinia Crab is currently the lead bidder. [https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama](https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama)