Polkadot Digest 16 Apr 2024

Polkadot News

Referendum 615 has passed and executed, enabling BEEFY consensus on Polkadot. https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/615

Referendum 639, bumping parachain validation timeouts from 2s to 2.5s, has passed and executed. https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/639

With fourteen hours left in the current parachain lease auction, Ajuna Network is in the lead and has been for the majority of the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions

Jonas Gehrlein of the W3F developed a tool for tracking staking rewards on Polkadot, Kusama, and various parachains. For details, see https://twitter.com/GehrleinJonas/status/1779920556445315483

The staking rate on Polkadot has been increasing and is now at 51.9%. https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview

Kusama News

After 138 parachain auctions, there will be no more on Kusama as the transition to coretime occurs tomorrow at block 22_793_600. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/375

Previous parachain leases will be migrated to equivalent long-term coretime leases. For more details, see the Polkadot Wiki https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/polkadot-direction#from-slot-auctions-to-coretime-marketplace