Polkadot Digest 14 Feb 2024

Polkadot News

I will be holding my weekly office hours on Polkadot this Friday at 14.00 UTC. Come and ask me anything about Polkadot! https://twitter.com/BillLaboon/status/1757355556077986144

In the current parachain lease auction, the NeuroWeb crowdloan has reached its hard cap and has been in the lead the entire Ending Period so far, with two more days to go. https://parachains.info/auctions

Kusama News

There were two winners, Bit.Country and Xode, for non-overlapping lease periods in the latest parachain auction. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

Xode bid for one lease period starting at LP 36; Bit.Country for 6 starting at period 38. https://kusama.subscan.io/event?block=21858804

For details on how there can be two winners of an auction, see the Polkadot Wiki: https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-auction#bidding

A new auction has begun and Quartz is in the lead with an hour to go until the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

Referendum 338, proposing to to deregister parachain IDs 2086 and 2108, is passing with ~ 93% in favor. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/338