Polkadot Digest 11 Apr 2024

Polkadot News

I will be holding office hours on Twitter/X tomorrow at 13.00 UTC. Ask me anything about Polkadot! https://twitter.com/BillLaboon/status/1778323028771750254

The Treasury-funded Apillon project has onboarded over 100’000 new developers and are now proposing Milestone 2. https://twitter.com/Apillon/status/1778090316442030172

The staking rate on Polkadot continues to increase and is now at 51.89%. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview

Referendum 615, proposing to start BEEFY consensus on Polkadot, is currently passing unanimously. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/615

Referendum 648, proposing to upgrade Polkadot relay chain runtime to v1.2.0, is currently passing almost unanimously (4.3 million DOT Aye, 5 DOT Nay). https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/648

Kusama News

Kintsugi is now in the lead in the current parachain auction, although Parathread 3350 was already in the lead for over 50% of the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama