Polkadot Digest 12 Mar 2023

Polkadot News

Referendum 106, opening a new batch of HRMP channels between Statement and HydraDX, Kapex, Ajuna, Pendulum, and Litentry, has passed. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/106

Referendum 108, a community proposal seeking to fix the genesis registration for the Manta parachain, is currently failing with 27% in favor and 20 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/108

Referendum 109, proposing to set the Polkadot Auction Schedule for 2023, is currently passing with 99% in favor and 6 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/109

Referendum 110, an external motion (i.e. from the Council) to fix the genesis registration for Manta, is currently passing with 99% in favor and 8 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/110

Block production time on Polkadot relay chain slowed down yesterday (from average 6 seconds to ~ 9 seconds) due to a validator issuing numerous dispute requests. This also had an impact on parachain block times. Block time is now back to normal, and a permanent fix is being developed for the issue.

Kusama News

With three days left in the current parachain lease auction, Sora has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions

There are now fifteen Kusama OpenGov referenda on which to vote,. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/referenda

Of particular interest is Referendum 122, proposing to cancel several wrongly-scheduled early proposals. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/122