Polkadot Digest 26 Feb 2024

Polkadot News

The Polkadot Mini-Summit at EthDenver 2024 is on Wednesday, with various parachain teams, builders, and yours truly. https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1761154118109028615

With two days left in the current parachain lease auction, Mandala chain is in the lead, but Unique Network was in the lead for over twice as long so far. https://parachains.info/auctions

Remember that the ending block of a parachain lease auction is determined retroactively, thus either Mandala or Unique could win at this point. For details, see https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-auction#mechanics-of-a-candle-auction

There are now 47 Referenda up for vote in Polkadot OpenGov (with three additional Referenda where the Decision Deposit has not yet been deposited). https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/all-posts?trackStatus=all&page=1

If you are interested in building on Polkadot, Kian Paimani’s writeup is a great place to figure out what you can do and how to start doing it. https://twitter.com/kianenigma/status/1761736097128677585

The Kusamarian has interviewed Fabi Gompf, CEO of Web3 Foundation, on the topic of Decentralized Futures, Decentralized Voices, and what the Web3 Foundation does. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r3vsqTAJYM&t=1253s

Kusama News

Anonymous parathread ID 3346 has won the most recent parachain lease auction, after leading for 99% of the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama

There are six Referenda up for vote on Kusama OpenGov. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/all-posts?trackStatus=all&page=1