Polkadot Digest 12 Mar 2024

Polkadot News

Mandala Chain has won the most recent parachain lease auction. https://parachains.info/auctions

Sub0 Asia 2024 has begun in Bangkok, Thailand. You can also obtain a free virtual ticket to watch online here: https://events.polkadot.network/event/sub0-asia

Gavin Wood’s keynote was on Jam, a new paradigm for how Polkadot can increase scalability and versatility. @Alice_und_Bob has provided a good overview here: https://twitter.com/alice%5Fund%5Fbob/status/1767454972806074693

Web3 Summit is returning to Berlin, 19 - 21 August. Tickets and more information are available here: https://web3summit.com/

Referendum 487, proposing an on-chain Polkadot Ambassadors program, is passing with 96.1% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/487

Kusama News

Karura is in the lead in the current parachain auction, but Basilisk has also been in the lead for part of the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

This means that either could win this auction, as this is a candle auction and the ending block is unknown. For details, see https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-auction#mechanics-of-a-candle-auction