Polkadot Digest 1 Mar 2023

Polkadot News

With three days left in the current parachain lease auction, parathread IDs 3333 and 3334 have both been in the lead during the Ending Period. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/#/parachains/auctions

Recall that this means either can potentially win the auction, due to the candle auction mechanism used in parachain lease auctions. For details, see https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-auction#mechanics-of-a-candle-auction

With less than a day left to vote, Referendum 105, upgrading system parachains to 9370, is passing almost unanimously. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/105

With five days left to vote, Referendum 107, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot relay chain runtime to v9370, is passing unanimously. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/107

Referendum 106, proposing to open new HRMP channels between Statemint and HydraDX, Kapex, Ajuna, Pendulum, and Litentry, is passing unanimously with 9 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/106

Kusama News

With one day left in the current parachain lease auction, Parathread ID 2262 has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.dwellir.com#/parachains/auctions

Referendum 101, proposing the Kusama parachain lease auction schedule for the rest of 2023, has passed. https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/referendum/101

Referendum 100, proposing a curator group for the Spanish content and event production bounty, has passed. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/100

Referendum 110, proposing to cancel Referendum 106 (relay chain runtime upgrade to v9380) currently has 99% in favor. This delay is to give more time for parachain teams to test XCMv3 before it launches. https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/referendum/110

There is a request for promotion for a Fellowship member. You can view this to see the process of requesting promotion in the Fellowship. https://kusama.subsquare.io/fellowship/referendum/28