Polkadot Digest 9 Mar 2023

Polkadot News

Registration is now open for Polkadot Now India, 1-2 April in Bangalore. Details: https://twitter.com/PolkadotNowInd/status/1633122776814084096

The next Polkadot Blockchain Academy is 10 July - 10 August at UC Berkeley in California. Applications and more information are here: https://polkadot.network/development/academy/

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

Kusama News

With less than a day to go in the current parachain lease auction, Krest 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 108, proposing a Bounty for collators of system parachains, has been approved. https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/referendum/108

There are still 12 active Referenda up for vote with Kusama OpenGov. You can make your voice heard here: https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.dwellir.com#/referenda