Polkadot Digest 28 Sep 2022

Polkadot News

Rob Habermeier has published a Polkadot roadmap roundup, with details and expected timelines for asynchronous backing, parathreads, XCMv3, and more. Polkadot Roadmap Roundup

The first draft of the Polkadot Fellowship Manifesto has been published by Gavin Wood, explaining a new rules-based, ranked-membership organization for decentralizing technical decision making on Polkadot. manifesto/manifesto.pdf at 5e01eef15eded63f1db9be808b0f7c11bb9f4a12 · polkadot-fellows/manifesto · GitHub

With one day left to go in the current parachain lease auction, OAK Network has been in the entire Ending Period. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

Referendum 74, proposing to open several HRMP channels, is passing unanimously with 16 days left to vote. Polkassembly

Referendum 76, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot relay chain runtime to v9281, is passing unanimously with three hours left to vote. Polkassembly

Kusama News

With the Ending Period just started, and thus five days left in the current parachain lease auction, DAO IPCI is in the lead. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

Referendum 235, proposing to upgrade the Kusama Relay Chain to runtime v9291, is passing unanimously. Polkassembly

Referendum 231, proposing to upgrade the Kusama Relay Chain to runtime v9290, is failing with 21% in favor, with four hours left to vote. Polkassembly

Note that Referendum 231 was superceded by Referendum 235, and developers have asked for Referendum 231 to be rejected by the community.

Referendum 233, extending the Picasso parachain’s by swapping two lease slots, is passing with 99% in favor and 5 days left to vote. Polkassembly

Referendum 234, approving a Treasury Proposal for WagMedia, is passing with 82% in favor with five days left to vote. Polkassembly

The Kusama staking rate continues to increase, and is now at 55.6% with a 48.0% ideal staking rate. Polkadot/Substrate Portal