The Polkadot Staking Update for April is out. This edition introduces nomination pools, which will allow the staking system to scale and are now available on Westend to try out. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vQ8ki4x_iEyBx-7Ih3OKzk5fBW1XcBlyJVIB41ZbSaA/edit
Angel Hack has post seeking feedback for a North American Polkadot hackathon. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1029
There is a post seeking feedback for a potential Treasury Proposal for rewards for participants i the earlier nominator survey. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/1036
Motion 473, seeking to add subsidize a Liquidity/Reward/Bridge subsidy, has passed Council vote and will enter the queue as an external motion. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/motion/473
There are currently four referenda up for vote on Kusama. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/democracy
Referendum 194, seeking to swap parachain lease slots for Moonriver and Khala, is currently passing by a wide margin with a few hours left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/194
Referendum 195, proposing to upgrade the Kusama relay chain to v9200, is currently passing by a wide margin. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/195
Referendum 196, seeking to open an HRMP channel between Statemine and Parallel Heiko, is currently passing by a wide margin. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/196
Referendum 197, proposing to grant sufficiency to USDT tokens on Statemine, is currently passing by a wide margin. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/197
The staking rate on Kusama has increased slightly to 44.4%. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/staking
Polkadex has won the most recent parachain slot auction. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.polkadot.io#/parachains/parathreads
The next parachain slot auction is scheduled to begin at approximately 21.25 UTC on 11 May ( block 10_264_000 ). https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.polkadot.io#/calendar
Referendum 59, proposing to unbrick Phala’s parachain, has been passed and executed. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/59
Referendum 61, reducing the HRMP deposit amount from 20_000 DOT to 10 DOT, has passed and executed. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/61
Shiden Crowdloan 2 has won the most recent parachain slot auction. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/parachains/parathreads
The next parachain slot auction is scheduled to begin approximately 21.53 UTC on 15 May (block 12_700_800). https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/calendar
Referendum 193, granting sufficiency to RMRK tokens on Statemine, has passed. It will go into effect on 16 May. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/193
Referendum 192, swapping parachain leases for Karura, is passing by a wide margin with only a few hours left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/192
Referendum 194, seeking to swap parachain leases for Moonriver and Khala, is passing by a wide margin with one day left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/194
Referendum 195, seeking to upgrade the Kusama runtime to version 9200, is passing by a wide margin with 4 days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/195
Referendum 196, proposing to open an HRMP channel between Parallel Heiko and Statemine, is passing by a wide margin with 6 days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/196