Polkadot Digest 14 Oct 2024

Polkadot News

Alice_und_Bob have released their 2024-Q3 Polkadot Treasury Report. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/2024-q3-polkadot-treasury-report/10450

The Parity Data Team has published their own “OpenGov Report - Year In Review”, which covers many governance-related metrics. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/opengov-report-year-in-review/10426

Referendum 1200, proposing to increase the validator active set from 400 to 500, is currently passing almost unanimously. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1200

Alice_und_Bob has proposed a mechanism for OpenGov to agree on a Treasury budget. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/budgeting-via-subdaos-wfc-draft/10448/2

Kusama News

Subscan will sunset support for the Rococo testnet (relay chain and parachains) on 18 Oct. https://x.com/subscan%5Fio/status/1845702040602947677

This is due to Rococo itself being deprecated, as announced in June. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/rococo-to-be-deprecated-in-october/8702

There are no candidates for Kappa Sigma Mu this round. You can make a bid here: https://ksmsociety.io/explore/bidders