Polkadot News
The next parachain lease auction begins tomorrow, 10 Sep, at block 11_992_000 (approx. 22:12 UTC). Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Referendum 73, proposing to upgrade the Statemint runtime to v9270, is currently passing with 99% in favor with three days left to vote. Polkassembly
If you’re interested in understanding more about Polkadot and its governance, I gave an interview to Blockchain.com recently: https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1567783531719364617
There are now 33 Tips to be approved on Polkadot, and 18 on Kusama. Councillors, please remember to review Tips on a regular basis. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Kusama News
With approximately three days left in the current parachain auction, both BitCountry Pioneer and Quartz by Unique have been in the leading during the Ending Period. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Referendum 227, seeking to lift restrictions on nomination pools (thus allowing 256 pools and 1024 members/pool), is passing with 92% in favor with three days left to vote. Polkassembly
Referendum 228, proposing to upgrade Kusama to runtime 9280, is passing with 91% in favor with four days left to vote. Polkassembly
The staking rate on Kusama continues to climb and is currently at 53.9%, a 0.1 percentage point increase from 24 hours ago.