Polkadot Digest 28 Feb 2023

Polkadot News

Parathread IDs 3333 and 3334 has now both been in the lead during the Ending Period, which has approximately four and a half days left. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.dotters.network%2Fpolkadot#/parachains/auctions

Referendum 101, approving a Wasm smart contracts Bounty, has passed. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/101

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

State proofs are an important concept for understanding how Polkadot works. For more information on them, see this new article: https://twitter.com/seunlanlege/status/1630208723355594753

Kusama News

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

The Kusama staking rate has increased by over 2 percentage points in the last 24 hours, to 49.95%. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview