Polkadot Digest 3 Mar 2023

Polkadot News

Polkadot v0.9.39 has been released with MEDIUM upgrade priority. https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/releases/tag/v0.9.39

With less than two days left in the current parachain lease auction, Parathread ID 3333 is in the lead, but 3334 has also been in the lead during the Ending Period. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.public.curie.radiumblock.co%2Fws#/parachains/auctions

After a jump in the staking rate yesterday, there has been a slight (~0.4 percentage point) decrease today. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview

Kusama News

A new parachain lease auction has begun. With ~ 36 hours until the Ending Period begins, Sora is currently in the lead. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.ibp.network%2Fkusama#/parachains/auctions

Referendum 110, cancelling Referendum 106 (and thus the upgrade to Kusama runtime 9380, containing the new XCMv3 logic), has passed and executed. https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/referendum/110

There are now 10 referenda up for vote on Kusama OpenGov. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.ibp.network%2Fkusama#/referenda

A new Referendum, for Milestone 4 of the Canary Network X Polkadot Network Experience, is up for vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/115

The Kusama Staking rate has continued to increase and is now slightly over 51%. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview